1995 Eagle Vision recalls & problems

Recent owner complaints

• Nov 22, 2008 · 80 milesVisibility
  WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR CONNECTING ARM DISCONNECTED WHILE DRIVING. WIPER FAILURE RESULTED. *TR
• Jan 19, 2007Seats › Front assembly › Recliner
  IN THE MIDDLE OF HEAVY RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, MY DRIVERS SEAT BACK FELL BACK. I HAD TO CLUTCH THE STEERING WHEEL TO STAY UPRIGHT AND TRAVELED TO ANOTHER LANE BUT LUCKILY DID NOT HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. I HAVE FOUND REFERENCE ON THE INTERNET TO A RECALL FOR THIS SPECIFIC PROBLEM ON OTHER 1995 EAGLE VISIONS, BUT OUR DEALER STATES THAT MY CAR IS NOT COVERED ON THIS RECALL. *NM
• Sep 14, 2006 · 148,000 milesPower train › Automatic transmission › Gear position indication (prndl)
  DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE SHIFTER ARM WAS DIFFICULT TO SHIFT FROM THE PARK POSITION TO DRIVE OR REVERSE WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED. TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS ADDED EVERY WEEK OR TWO, WHICH SEEMED TO MAKE SHIFTING EASIER. THE AIR CONDITIONER FAILED AND AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DETERMINED THE COIL WAS FLAT AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED.
• Sep 2, 2004Steering › Rack and pinion
  DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THE BOLTS IN RACK AND PINION STEERING HAD TO BE TIGHTENED CONSTANTLY. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR TWO YEARS. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY STATED IT WAS WEAR AND TEAR. WHEN THE BOLTS BECAME LOOSE THE WHEEL LOCKED. CONSUMER CONTINUED TO TIGHTEN THE BOLTS, BUT IT ONLY LASTED FOR NO MORE THAN A WEEK. *AK
• Mar 31, 2005Structure › Frame and members
  CONSUMER RECEIVED NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 99V215000; DAIMLER CHRYSLER ISSUED AN ENGINE CRADLE RECALL. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN BUT HAD THE CONTROL ARM BRACKET COME OFF THE ENGINE CRADLE.*AK
• Mar 1, 1995Power train › Automatic transmission › Lever and linkage › Floor shift
  DEALER WILL NOT PERFORM REPAIRS FOR NHTSA RECALL 04V021000 CONCERNING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFTER. CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT RECALL REPAIRS COULD NOT BE PERFORMED BECAUSE THE VIN FELL INTO A LEMON BUY BACK.*AK
• Jun 4, 1997 · 232 miles · 1 injuryPower train › Automatic transmission › Lever and linkage › Floor shift
  'RECALL CAMPAIGN' RECEIVED AFTER 7 TRANSMISSION HAVE BEEN INSTALLED IN 1995 EAGLE VISION. *BF THE DEALER SUGGESTED THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE SHIFTING BUT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO EXHIBIT MOVEMENT/NON MOVEMENT AT TIMES. THE VEHICLE WENT INTO REVERSE WITH NO OCCUPANTS IN THE VEHICLE AND THE GEAR INDICATOR REMAINED IN THE PARK POSITION. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF THE ORIGINAL COST OF THE VEHICLE. *SC ON ONE OF THE SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE CONSUMER WAS PINNED BETWEEN THE CAR AND THE GARAGE DOOR WHEN THE VEHICLE WENT INTO REVERSE WITH NO OCCUPANTS IN THE VEHICLE AND THE GEAR INDICATOR WAS STILL IN PARK. *JB
• Nov 8, 2004Power train › Automatic transmission
  TRANSMISSION SHIFTED FROM FOURTH GEAR TO SECOND ON ITS ON. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC INSISTED THAT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. CONSUMER INFORMED THE DEALER THAT PROBLEM OCCURRED MORE THAN ONCE AND HAD NOT BEEN RESOLVED. *AK VEHICLE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED ON ITS OWN FROM 4TH GEAR TO 2ND GEAR WHILE IN MOTION. *TC

Owner complaints are submitted to NHTSA by the public and are not verified. Shown as filed (NHTSA removes personal details); long reports are shortened.

NHTSA defect investigations

• DP04007 · opened Oct 13, 2004 · closed Oct 27, 2004FUEL RAIL, BRAKE FLUID, CHASSIS
  ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2004, MR. ROBERT GALENTY OF ISELIN, NJ, PETITIONED THE AGENCY TO CONDUCT DEFECT INVESTIGATIONS OF CERTAIN MODEL YEAR (MY) 1993-1997 VEHICLES PRODUCED BY DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION.HIS PETITION IDENTIFIED THREE ISSUES OF CONCERN: 1) FUEL LEAKING FROM THE FUEL INJECTOR RAILS; 2) BRAKE FLUID CONTAMINATION RESULTING IN BRAKE FAILURE; AND 3) SUSCEPTIBILITY OF THE VEHICLE FRAME TO DAMAGE WHILE THE VEHICLE IS BEING TOWED.MR. GALANTY ALLEGED THAT HIS 1996 DODGE INTREPID HAD EACH OF THESE THREE PROBLEMS.CONCERNING FUEL RAIL LEAKAGE, DAIMLERCHRYSLER COMMENCED A RECALL (98V-184) OF APPROXIMATELY 722,600 VEHICLES TO ADDRESS ENGINE FUEL RAIL LEAKS THAT COULD LEAD TO A FIRE, INCLUDING THOSE VEHICLES CITED IN THE PETITION AND THE PETITIONER'S 1996 DODGE INTREPID.ON OCTOBER 7, 1998, NHTSA OPENED A RECALL QUERY INVESTIGATION (RQ98-018) TO EVALUATE THE ADEQUACY OF THE RECALL REMEDY.THAT…
• EA03011 · opened Jul 17, 2003 · closed Jan 30, 2004 · led to recall 04V021000AUTO TRANS IGNITION-PARK INTERLOCK
  THE MANUFACTURER REPORTS ABOVE ARE BASED ON DAIMLERCHRYSLER?S (DC) ANALYSIS OF MODEL YEAR (MY) 1998 (POPULATION = 356,384) AND 1999 (POPULATION = 486,948) JA, JX AND LH FAMILY SUBJECT VEHICLE DATA (EARLIER MYS EXCLUDED).THE POPULATION NUMBER INCLUDES ALL MYS.THE PRECISE NUMBER OF DUPLICATES BETWEEN ODI AND DC REPORTS CANNOT BE DETERMINED DUE TO MISSING OR INCOMPLETE INFORMATION.THE FATALITY INCIDENT INVOLVED AN ELDERLY PERSON WHO ATTEMPTED TO STOP A ROLL AWAY VEHICLE AND RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES.ODI ALSO GATHERED INFORMATION ON MY 1997-99 PROWLER VEHICLES IN THIS INVESTIGATION. THE PROWLER VEHICLES WERE MANUFACTURED WITH A DIFFERENT DESIGN SHIFTER MECHANISM (THE SHIFT LEVER IS SHORTER).THERE ARE NO COMPLAINTS OF PROWLER INTERLOCK FAILURE IN ODI?S DATABASE, AND DC HAS RECEIVED NO REPORTS EITHER.THE PROWLER IS EXCLUDED FROM THE RECALL SCOPE.THE INVESTIGATION INVOLVED A CONDITION WHERE THE…
• DP03002 · opened May 7, 2003 · closed Jul 22, 2003STEERING COLUMN SEPARATION
  MR. LARRY A. SACKEY SUBMITTED A PETITION TO THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION (NHTSA) BY LETTER DATED APRIL 18, 2003, REQUESTING THAT NHTSAFURTHER INVESTIGATE THE DEFECTIVE COLLAPSIBLE STEERING SHAFT SYSTEM ON 1987-1995 VEHICLES MANUFACTURED BY THE DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION.IN PART BECAUSE OF 49 CFR ? 30120(G), NHTSA HAS DECIDED TO LIMIT THE SCOPE OF THE PETITION VEHICLES TO 1993-1995 MODELS, EXCLUDING THE 1993 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE AND 1994-1995 DODGE RAM SERIES TRUCKS THAT WERE RECALLED (93V210 & 96V230) FOR STEERING COLUMN FAILURE.IF THE ANALYSIS OF THESE VEHICLES HAD IDENTIFIED A POTENTIAL PROBLEM, THE SCOPE COULD HAVE BEEN EXPANDED IN AN INVESTIGATION.A REVIEW OF ODI'S DATA BASE SHOWS NO RECENT COMPLAINTS AND A LACK OF A COMPLAINT TREND CONCERNING THE SUBJECT ISSUE ON THE SUBJECT VEHICLES AS A WHOLE OR BY INDIVIDUAL MODELS.THEREFORE, THE PETITION IS DENIED.FOR…
• EA99031 · opened Oct 29, 1999 · closed Sep 13, 2001STEERING SYSTEM RACK AND PINION
  There is no summary currently available
• PE99044 · opened Jun 28, 1999 · closed Oct 29, 1999STEERING SYSTEM RACK AND PINION
  SINCE OPENING THE PRELIMINARY EVALUATION (PE), ODI HAS RECEIVED 6 ADDITIONAL COMPLAINTS.DURING THE PE IT WAS DETERMINED MULTIPLE FAILURE MODES ARE INVOLVED IN THIS MATTER.THE WARRANTY CLAIM RATE IS HIGH FOR A STEERING SYSTEM CONCERN.THE ISSUES REPORTED INVOLVE PREMATURE WEAR OUT AT THE RACK AND PINION INTERFACE WITH THE INNER TIE ROD END(S), BINDING AND STICKING OF THE STEERING GEAR, CRACKED OR BROKEN TIE ROD ENDS, SHEARED RACK AND PINION ASSEMBLY BOLTS, AND WEAR OUT OF THE RACK AND PINION MOUNT BUSHINGS.MANY OF THE COMPLAINANTS MENTION STEERING WONDER AND LOOSE STEERING.THREE OF THE MOST RECENT COMPLAINTS ALLEGE A COMPLETE LOSS OF STEERING DUE TO SHEARED BOLTS.ODI IS UPGRADING THIS PE IN ORDER TO PERFORM A THOROUGH TECHNICAL ANALYSIS OF THE VARIOUS SYSTEM FAILURE ALLEGATIONS AND TO QUANTIFY THE EFFECT THAT THESE FAILURES HAVE ON VEHICLE CONTROL.
• RQ98018 · opened Oct 7, 1998 · closed Jul 8, 2002 · led to recall 98V184000FUEL INJECTION DELIVERY SYSTEM FUEL LEAK
  
• EA98007 · opened Mar 10, 1998 · closed Feb 1, 1999 · led to recall 98V184000FUEL INJECTOR ASSEMBLY LEAKAGE
  NITRILE RUBBER SEALS USED IN THE FUEL RAIL ASSEMBLIES OF THE SUBJECT VEHICLES AT THE SUPPLY, RETURN, AND CROSSOVER TUBE FITTINGS, AND AT THE PRESSURE REGULATOR FAIL, RESULTING IN FUEL LEAKAGE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.ALSO, THE OUTLET (RIGHT) FUEL RAIL MAY LEAK FROM CRACKS AT CERTAIN MOLD GATES IN THE THERMOSET RAIL MATERIAL.CHRYSLER WILL RECALL THE SUBJECT VEHICLES AND STATED THAT IT INTENDS TO REPLACE THE O-RINGS WITH FLUOROCARBON O-RING HAVING GREATER HEAT RESISTANCE CAPABILITY AND ATTACH REINFORCEMENTS TO THE RAIL IN THE AREAS WHERE THE CRACKING CONCERN HAS BEEN KNOWN TO OCCUR MOST FREQUENTLY.RAILS THAT ARE ALREADY CRACKED WILL BE REPLACED BY NEW, REINFORCED RAILS.
• EA95028 · opened Sep 22, 1995 · closed Feb 24, 1997UNDERHOOD FUEL LEAKS
  A SAFETY-RELATED DEFECT TREND HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED AT THIS TIME AND FURTHER USE OF AGENCY RESOURCES DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE WARRANTED.THE CLOSING OF THIS INVESTIGATION DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A FINDING BY NHTSA THAT NO SAFETY-RELATED DEFECT EXISTS.THE AGENCY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO TAKE FURTHER ACTION IF WAARRANTED BY THE CIRCUMSTANCES.AN ENGINEERING ANALYSIS CLOSSING REPORT IS INCLUDED IN THE PUBLIC FILE.
• EA95023 · opened Aug 31, 1995 · closed Dec 31, 1996WATER IN DEFROSTER SYSTEM
  A SAFETY-RELATED DEFECT TREND HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED AT THIS TIME AND FURTHER EXPENDITURE OF AGENCY RESOURCES DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE WARRANTED.THE CLOSING OF THIS INVESTIGATION DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A FINDING BY NHTSA THAT A SAFETY-RELATED DEFECT DOES NOT EXIST.THE AGENCY WILL TAKE FURTHER ACTION IF WARRANTED BY THE CIRCUMSTANCES.SEE THE ENGINEERING ANALYSIS CLOSING REPORT (EA95-023)