Air Conditioner Problems of Chrysler LHS

This vehicle was purchased used in December of 2004. During the spring of 2005 it was found that the a/c was not functioning. After $300 in diagnostics, it was determined the evaporator was leaking freon and would need replacing, at an additional cost of $870. I contacted the previous owner of the vehicle and he stated that the a/c situation was the sole reason for trading the vehicle in the fall of 2004. Chrysler refused to replace the defective evaporator for the previous owner and the repair estimate was in excess of $1000; therefore, he traded the vehicle with less than 60k miles. The gm dealership which took the trade also failed to repair the a/c and falsely represented the a/c as functional when the car was purchased. At this time, Chrysler refuses to acknowledge the continued defect of their previously confirmed evaporators, which were voluntarily repaired up to 70k miles on previous model year vehicles. The reselling dealership does not take responsibility of the repair because the vehicle was beyond their 6000 mile warranty period after the sale, even though they knowingly sold the vehicle with a defective a/c system. This evaporator problem was brought to the attention of Chrysler prior to the 7-year/70k mile mark, and the evaporator is clearly defective. Chrysler should extend the model year to include 98 and 99 models, and should honor their extended warranty period to allow for these defective evaporators to be replaced.

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Vehicle with 57000 miles, has the rack and pinion steering go out. At 48000 the air conditioner compressor went out.

Ac lost charge and was not cooling properly in Feb 2002. Car was seviced at meineke in summerville, SC. No leak could be detected so system rercharged. System failed again in jun02 and again in aug02 at which time atlantic air and access. Inc located a leak in the evaporater. Took vehicle to rick hendrick Chrysler and they verified evaporater failure and replaced the evaporater. Car was out of warranty due to mileage (vehicle less that 3 years old) therefore they would not cover repairs under warranty. Contacted Chrysler coorperation to request consideration due to evidence the hs body cars had experience evaporater failer in the the 1996 and 1997 models and it appeared this problem still existed (they had increase the warranty on the evaporater in 96/97 to 7years/70000 miles). They also refused to provide consideration even after I based my arguement that the evaporater was not a moving part and therefore not effected by mileage and it appeared they were still having problems with evaporater failure. They restated the car was out of warranty and were under no obligation to cover any repairs. Request assistance from NHTSA to determine if Chrysler is still have evaporater failer problems and not addressing their responsibility to effect repairs in my and other owner's vehicles at the company's expense and not the owner's.

Power rack and pinion bushing failed to where rack was moving when I turned the wheel giving the driver so much play in the steering it was hard to control the car I assume the front steering linkage which was prematurally worn also contributed to this uncontrollable steering. The left rear trrailing arm completly failed when it rust all the way thru causing the car to be uynsafe to do drive as the axile was splayed out and pushed back. I really give the milage of just 75000 that this was a premature complete failure of the suspension system and a very unsafe condition that could have had serious ramification had I not been able to bring this car under control. As for the a/c evaporator Chrysler fixed trhat as well as the transmission and the recalled fuel rail.

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When temperture is about 75 degrees and consumer will turn on the air conditioner , hot air will come out instead of cool air.

Car temperature and air conditioning is unstable. Cold air coming in when warm air is called for and vise-versa.

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While driving at 40 mph saw smoke coming from behind the glove compartment and from the vents and both sides of the windshield due to a/c fan motor malfunctioning.

Temperature control sensor rectifier circuit on a heat sink overheated and created an open flame.

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