1995 Chrysler Cirrus: engine stalls while driving

Filed May 9, 2006 · Electrical, Engine · 82,064 miles · CA

Dt*: the contact stated while driving the vehicle stalled without warning. This occurred at various speeds. The vehicle was towed to the dealership, where they determined the computer was bad and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer has not been contacted. The consumer stated the recall regarding the automatic shifter was not properly fixed. The consumer had problems shifting gears. Updated 05/30/06.

Filed Nov 30, 2004 · Engine · 126,200 miles · MI

1995 chrysler cirrus, 2.5l 6cyln engine, bought for our twin daughters 16th birthday and within 2 days of getting the car, they were driving on the expressway and the engine stalled resulting in them losing ps/pb control., the car has repeatedly stalled while they have been driving and they came very close to hitting a man as he was walking along the side of the road because of this engine failure and loss of power steering and power brakes. This car also has a problem starting, my husband is a senior automotive techinician and he found that when trying to start the car there is no spark, have we solved the problem as to what to replace? No, it could be a number of possibilities from the coil to the computer chip. Our daughters drove the car for 9 days and now it sits waiting to get fixed, do we want to go through the expense of guessing what part it needs to run again? No!! When reviewing the complaints about this car in general, I have no idea why this car has never been recalled for this problem, it is a disaster waiting to happen, maybe your waiting for someone to get killed or seriously injured before you will take any action on this, I think it is very bad business to not even know why this problem is happening. I hope for other peoples sake that no one gets hurt over this, unlike your company that only cares about the big bucks involved. Do a job right or don't do it at all. I will never again buy a chrysler product and will let anyone know who is in the marketplace for a car.

Filed Apr 2, 2004 · Electrical · 79,000 miles · UT

I have a 1995 chrysler cirrus, v-6 engine with 82,000 miles. I have had a problem with this car since august 2003 and have not been able to resolve it. Anytime I drive the vehicle for periods longer than 20 minutes it will just stall for no reason. When the problem happens it is as if someone has turned off the ignition. The car will restart after several hours but not before and when it does restart it is as if nothing was ever wrong. This can happen at any speed and is a very dangerous situation when it happens on the interstate. I have had the vehicle into the dealer and the response was " our educated guess is that it is the distributor and for $1,000 we will replace the distributor, we are not sure this is the problem but our best guess is it is". Anytime I have had the vehicle towed into the dealer or any other repair center by time the car gets there and is evaluated the problem has went away just to arise a day later, a week later, or some period of time later. No other repair center will agree with the dealer that the problem is the distributor, and they admit they just do not know since the problem cannot be replicated while the repair shop has the vehicle. This seems to be a prevalent problem with this type of vehicle and engine from chrysler and its just a matter of time before someone gets killed from a vehicle stalling in heavy traffic in the middle lane on the interstate.

Filed Mar 6, 2004 · Electrical · 72,000 miles · TX

I have a 1995 chrysler cirrus that keeps stalling, even while traveling at speeds of 60 m.p.h. The car just stalls like the ignition was turned off, but it will restart right away. I have had it in to the shop several times and they keep replacing parts but it does not correct the problem. They say that the computer does not show an error code for them to know what the problem is. It is getting expensive replacing parts that they think are the problem and then the problem continues to exist.

Filed Nov 26, 2003 · Transmission · 113,000 miles · VA

At any given time the transmission slips or what you can say stalls out and sometimes brought itself into neutral. Car will not go anywhere and RPM's race. Very dangerous. No one knows how to fix it.

Filed Dec 2, 2002 · Electrical · GA

While driving at 45 MPH the oil and check engine light came on then vehcle stalled out. The dealership indicated that this was caused by the main computer going out. Please provide more details. Ts

Filed Aug 22, 2002 · Transmission · VA

Vehicle stalls/ shudders ,and breaks down constantly. Consumer has had to replace transmission 3 times.

Filed Jul 31, 2001 · Brakes, Electrical · TX

Brakes-driving on several occasions brakes will make a grinding sound and go to the floor, and will finally stop. Had brakes replaced often, because they wear down often. Battery- had to replace battery several times, because something causes battery to go dead. Engine-driving at different speeds or sitting at stop signs and lights car will stall withot warning, took car to the shop, could not find problem, also called manufacture. Electrical system-gas gauge shows empty when car is full, check engine light comes on, radio in car would go off when you hit a bump, finally stop working ,dash lights come on and off. Air conditioner-have had several problems with air conditioner, have had different parts replaced,when sitting with air on car tries to go died. Transmission- car leaks fluid, can't find spot, while driving up a hill transmission will slip is hard to pull, have had many problems out of car and sent to car repair shop many times.

Filed May 11, 2001 · Engine · MA

While driving 50 MPH vehicle stalled.

Filed Apr 11, 2001 · Engine · IL

When driving and coming to a stop vehicle will stall/die.

Filed Apr 10, 2001 · Electrical, Engine · MT

The vehicle simply stalled and would not start again. The distributor and distributor rotor have been replaced. The car ran for one day then stalled again and won't start. We are taking it back now for more work and it only has 51,000 miles on it!

Filed Jan 23, 2001 · Electrical · MD

While driving under 20 MPH everything shuts down. When cruise control is on at high speed engine will shut off, and this causes cruise control to cut off. When going around corner car will die. Took to dealer, and they couldn't find cause since aug of 2000.*ak the vehicle stall several times. All possible causes that the dealer pointed out each time the vehcile stall (dirty egr valve, defective computer module and wiring harness failures) were corrected but the problem still exists.