1997 Chrysler LHS Problems, complaints & recalls

I noticed a gas smell while driving and thought that since I had recently put gas into the vehicle that that was what I smelled. The smell persisted and I had the hood open and I noticed that gas was gushing out of the front middle part of the engine. My engine light had come on and it was flashing on and off so I parked it and it now sits. I rely on my car to get to work. I was told that a fire could start and I feared for my safey and others around me.

I was driving several months ago and my dash light went black. It stopped working. They did not work for several months. Then a week ago they came back on while I was driving. Tonight, after a week of working dash lights, they suddenly stopped working again as I was driving down the road. What is going on? Please let me know what can be done. *Tr

Car has had bad fuel leak now for a month , it is an injector that I am certain was replaced by the local dealer two years ago , but even though they have diagnosed it, they are claiming they replaced a different injector to the leaking one ,and therefore is not covered under their warranty. I continue to drive the vehicle with the leak . *Tr

Bad fuel leak developed , and was , after several weeks , repaired by local chrysler dealer ,- plenum , injector etc. Replaced. *Tr

Tl* the contact owns a 1997 chrysler lhs. The contact stated that the vehicle was included and repaired under nhtsa campaign id number: 98v184000 (fuel system: gasoline: fuel injection system) in 1999 for an abnormal gasoline smell. The contact stated that the odor had returned and the smell of gasoline was extremely overpowering. The vehicle was inspected by the dealer and it was determined that the o-rings failed. The failure mileage was 143,000.

I had the check engine light come on. I checked it on a computer and it said misfire on cylinder one. It was running very rough and a family friend is a service manager for a chrysler dealership on the mainland, I live in hawaii. He said that it sounds like it very likely could be related to recall # 98v184000. I took it into, cutter dodge chrysler jeep in pearl city hawaii, in hopes that they would be able to take care of the recall. A few days later they told me there was a problem with the wires and spark...

My 1997 chrysler lhs completely lost all steering,the steering wheel went from one side to another with no resistance at all and the wheels never moved,luckily it was in a parking lot and not driving my grandkids. *Tr

I have a 1997 jeep grand cherokee. It has the "wobble of death", so called due to its violent shaking of the front end. I have searched it online and found many cases of the same. I am aware that the vehicle is over 10 years old, but the manufacture has been well aware of the problem. The "wob" has affected vehicles as old as 1994. I am not sure if there is anything that can be done but I feel like I need to try. *Tr

Tl*the contact owns a 1997 chrysler lhs. While the vehicle was being serviced for routine maintenance, the transmission pan was cleaned. Several hours after the repair, while driving in reverse, the accelerator pedal became stuck in the applied position. The contact was unable to apply the brakes. She had to remove the key from the ignition in order to stop the vehicle. The dealer replaced the master cylinder, but the failure recurred several weeks later. She is in the process of taking the vehicle back to...

I just purchased the cursed 97 chrysler lhs . Driving it home I noticed sloppy steering conditions. And I hit a pothole and my car jerked over to the next lane and almost hit an oncoming vehicle. When I got home I went straight to the tie rods and of course they were loose at the inner tie rod. So im stuck with an unsafe car that I cant drive. Thanks alot you billionaire freaks. *Tr

Tl*the contact owns a 1997 chrysler lhs. While driving approximately 25 mph, the contact activated the air conditioner unit and smelled a strong odor of gasoline. The check engine warning light indicator illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic and discovered that the fuel injection was leaking fuel. The technician advised the contact not to drive the vehicle due to the possibility of a fire. The vehicle has not been repaired. The vin was not included in the recall...

Tl*the contact owns a 1997 chrysler. The model was unavailable. The contact discovered nhtsa campaign id number 98v184000 (fuel system, gasoline:fuel injection system). She took the vehicle to the dealer and they claimed to have already performed the recall repair. The contact stated that the failure has not been repaired because the fuel rail is leaking. The dealer stated that the fuel rail needed to be replaced, but will not make the replacement. The current and failure mileages were 112,154. Updated 3/25/08 *cn the dealer stated there was a rubbing noise when turning and vehicle needs right wheel bearings. Updated 03/25/08 *tr

Steering is very loose. The car a 1997 chrysler lhs wanders from lane to lane and needs constant steering corrections. This is not the first time. We had the same condition fixed about 3 years ago. *Ak

The headlight housing can not be removed to replace a burned out headlight bulb. There are two bolts that need to be removed for each headlight. One of the two bolts can not be removed as the nut holding the bolt rotates inside the plastic housing and will not let the bolt be removed. This is a common failure and means that to many people have to drive with a burned out bulb much longer than necessary until they can schedule a repair appointment. It shouldn't take that long to replace a burned out headlight. *Nm

The transmission seized while going 35 mph and if I didn't have on my seat belt, I would have been thrown through the windshield. It was if someone threw my car into park while going 35 mph.

The speed, temperature, and fuel light gauges were inoperative. The manufacturer will be contacted by consumer. *Jb

I have a 1997 chrysler lhs, most of the time while I am driving all of my instrument will drop down to 0 and the air bag light will come on and the heat will come on full blast hot no matter what setting I have it on. And then when the instrument finaly come back up to the speed that I am going the a/c comes on as well. I took the car to the chrysler dealership in randolph several times and they still don't know what's wrong with it. Can you please help, this has been going on for a long,long time. *Ak

Instrument panel loose ground connections cause driver inst panel to go on or off when driving this also effects air bag panel light. This is chrysler tsb. When occurs you are blind to gas & all displays, incl mph.Very dangerious, should be a recall.*Ak

Vehicle tends to swerve making the ability to control difficult. Repair shop says the steering rack needs replacement. *Nm

(1) Events: normal driving. (2) Loss of steering control on 1997 chrysler lhs. Due to luck there was no accident or injury, although failure at a different time would easily have resulted in severe injury or death. Failure is not yet fully analyzed, but appears to be due to failure of either inner tie rod bushing or inner tie rod mounting bolt. Steering control of left side front wheel was completely lost. I will provide update when exact nature of failure is available. For legal reasons I am proceeding carefully in analyzing this failure. Complete documentation will be available after analysis is complete. *Jb

When my fuel guage reads a half of a tank, I'll run out of gas. *Ak

While driving consumer made a turn and the vehicle stopped. After being towed dealer stated the engine was defective and needed to be replaced. The manufacture wanted the consumer to provide oil change records.*Ak

Rack and pinion broke while the vehicle was parked in the driveway. Dealer was not notified. *Ak

I read an article online about defective seat belts model gen3 on chrysler lhs vehicles from 1994 thru 2001. I saw videos of how they were tested and how they failed. I checked my seat belts on my chrysler lhs 1997 and found that they too failed the test. I contacted the chrysler dealer but said that my vehicle did not apply to the recall and that I would have to buy the parts and have them replaced. I just recenly obtained this vehicle and I don't think that I should be responsible for unsafe parts installed by the manufacturer.*Ak

Consumer received a recall notice replacement fuel rail o ring to reinforce the fuel outlet rail. While driving consumer smelled a fuel odor coming inside from the vents. Consumer was able to pull over and noticed oil on top of the engine leaking underneath. Consumer drove the vehicle to the dealer for inspection, and mechanic informed consumer that this vehicle was not under a recall. A recall was done four years ago, and consumer had to pay for repairs. *Ak