1993-99 Transmission Recall

Does anyone have any more information of a recall for all (except
Neon/mini-vans/trucks) 1993 to 1999 Chrylsler/Plymouth/Dodge/Eagle with
floor mounted Automatic transalxes?

I got a letter from [Daimler]Chrysler today informing me that it is possible
that the shifter ingnition/park interlock "may become inoperative" causing
the shifter to move even if there is no key in the ignition.

Or, that the Key can be removed with-out the shifter in Park.

I never had this problem and (even tho I am going to get it fixed) I would
like to know if any one in this group had such a problem

Now, if they would only have a recall on 96 LH driver seats. That would be
of more interest to me!

 

I thought the seats were recalled. They were on my 94 LHS and 99 300M to
fix bad bolts. Check www.alldata.com to be sure about yours or call your
dealer. On the 94 they also fixed the tracks if they went bad but it wasn't
a recall.

The transmission problem was found in rental cars which are more likely to
be driven rough.

 

Never had the problem on our 93, wouldn't care if I did. Interlocks are
stupid anyway- they make people dumb and inhibit natural selection.
Besides, my '66 Dodge doesn't have any interlock and it's gone 38 years
without maiming or killing anyone.

Stupid government waste of regulatory dollars wasted...

Make that 93-97 seats. Have you priced a new seat track assembly from
Chrysler? $600 plus, just for the part. And of course you can't buy the
drive motors or gear linkages separately, you have to buy a complete
seat track assembly. Thank God for junkyards....

 

I just got the recall on the floor shifter interlock problem in my mail
yesterday for my 1996 Eagle Vision TSI. I've owned the vehicle since it was
new (8+ years ) and never have experienced any problems in this area of the
vehicle. I'll get the recall done any way, but I can't remember hearing of
a single person who has had this problem.

On the seat bolt, I never got a recall for that and the seats are still
fine. Maybe this did not apply to the power leather version on my TSI?

Bob

 

I thought the seats were recalled. They were on my 94 LHS and 99 300M to
fix bad bolts

But that did not include seats that had bad welds, which in my case, was use
to hold the reclining device to the frame of the seat. When it broke, the
back of the seat would no longer keep itself upright.

While there is a TSB on this problem, neither Chrysler or the government
thinks it is much of a safety issue to recall the seats.

In my case, 2 boxes and a bag of insulation are all that is keeping my seat
in a upright position.

And even with such a problem the car just pass (for the second year in a
row) my state's inspection.

Which only seems to care if the seat belts were still working!

without maiming or killing anyone.

Well, my dad had a 62 Dart with the push button transmission, and he never
left the car without not only putting the car in park. But, making sure that
the parking brake was on.

And he didn't roll over anyone either!

Someone has to look out for Generation X

 

Wouldn't bother me at all. I've owned two Chrysler vehicles with the
Acustar steering column on which the ignition key eventually was removable
with the lock cylinder in any position. I found it very convenient and
certainly didn't want to fix it. I've no use for shift/key interlocks,
shift/brake interlocks or clutch/starter interlocks. They are devices
designed to protect the stupid and abet the lazy.

DS (And while I don't agree with the perpetual spammer on the topic that
they're death devices, I have little use for locking steering wheels,
either.)

 

I had a letter on my 94 LHS that they were replacing driver tracks for free
if they cracked. Did not affect operation but gave you a bumpy ride.

 

All first-gen LH car power seats use the same mechanism. And a true POS
it is, too. One of the very few things that were actually fundamentally
wrong with that car (another being the original A/C evaporators, and the
most notorious being the headlamps) :-(

 

Not the TRACKS, just the plastic inserts (guides) that serve as bearings
between the seat and the fixed portion of the track.

Ah, but within a short period of time, the "bumpy ride" will cause the
motor drive gears to start slipping if not outright strip... then the
only fix is a complete new track assembly (the $600 solution) or a
junkyard assembly (which probably needs new track inserts).

 

Thanks for the correction. So chrysler offered to fix the cheap part for
free but if you didn't know enuf to get it fixed it would lead to a $600
repair that wasn't free.

 

DJ, I can't disagree with you on all of the interlock crap on cars
nowadays, but I believe that it isn't only lazy and stupid drivers
that have caused this, but our litigious society. The auto
manufacturers have to try to cover their asses from ridiculous
lawsuits somehow.

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| Wouldn't bother me at all. I've owned two Chrysler vehicles with
the
| Acustar steering column on which the ignition key eventually was
removable
| with the lock cylinder in any position. I found it very convenient
and
| certainly didn't want to fix it. I've no use for shift/key
interlocks,
| shift/brake interlocks or clutch/starter interlocks. They are
devices
| designed to protect the stupid and abet the lazy.
|
| DS (And while I don't agree with the perpetual spammer on the
topic that
| they're death devices, I have little use for locking steering
wheels,
| either.)
|