Chrysler Cirrus loss of power problems

Filed Jun 15, 2009 · Engine · 63,000 miles · CA

The distributor has gone out twice (2x) on my 1999 chrysler cirrus. The first time was in 2007 while I was sitting in a car wash. I thought perhaps some water had splashed in and shorted something out. So I didn't report it. But the second time was on friday, may 29th. We were driving on the I-210 freeway in the carpool lane - near azusa, ca. Suddenly the car lost all power and I had to pull across 5 lanes of traffic in order to safely get off the freeway. It was very scary and very dangerous. If I had not been able to pull over, the car would just have stopped dead on a busy freeway on the friday afternoon of the memorial day weekend. I asked the mechanic at clippinger chrysler in covina where we had the car towed if the distributor went out often on their cars. He said it was "rare." I think that the fact that it has gone out twice on my car in the past 2 years is very strange and could constitute a serious defect.

Filed Jan 11, 2008 · Engine · 49,784 miles · GA

Tl*the contact owns a 1996 chrysler cirrus. While making a left turn between 10-20 MPH, the vehicle lost power. The failure occurred on five different occasions and was repaired each time for a total cost of $2,283.04. The dealer stated that there were no recalls listed. The contact spoke with daimler chrysler on three occasions and they stated that nothing could be done. They stated that they do not own their dealerships and it would be the dealer's decision to make the repair or issue a recall. Daimler chrysler further stated that they would try and send a technician to inspect the vehicle; however, no one has yet to arrive. The failure occurs while driving, stopped, or making a right or left turn. The failure mileage was 49,784 and current mileage was 50,261.

Filed Dec 26, 2005 · Transmission · 178,000 miles · CA

The first failure was on dec 19 2005, I was driving on the freeway at approx. 65 MPH and the engine quit running resulting in loss of power steering and power brakes also the transmission would not shift into a lower gear it just free wheeled. After bring the car to a stop on the side of the freeway and putting the transmission in park it restarted. This failure has occurred three more times this week.

Filed Aug 18, 2005 · Electrical · 52,771 miles · MA · fire

Dt: on july 3 the consumer's vehicle caught fire. The insurance company hired an investigator and they found it started on the lock on the driver's side door. The police and fire department were both called. The vehicle had not been in use for four hours. The fire originated on the upper front of the left door trim panel adjacent to the dash. The fire originated at the location of the power mirror and lock switches on the upper front of the door trim panel. It is evident that the fire was caused by a malfunction that caused high resistance heating in one of the switches. The exact switch that caused the overheating could not be determined because of the fire damage. *jb the following are incidents that occurred before the fire: the vehicle would take up to ten minutes before it would catch. The vehicle would lose power at times. The dealer replaced the solenoid which may have not of cured the problem. A few days after the solenoid replacement, the problem recurred. The dealer placed a new distributor in the vehicle and stated that the wires need to be replaced.

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 Aug 7, 2004 · Transmission · 115,000 miles · DE

While driving at any speed the car will just lose power, start slowing down, the RPM will rise to over 5000 rpms. Have to drive at under 40 miles/hr just to try and keep the RPM under 4500. This is scarly when you got kids in the car and on a highway. This has become an everyday problem I could just start the car and the RPM will rise faster than the speedometer and wont go down, or I could just be driving and it will happen for no reason and you never know when it will happen. I have looked at nemerous car reviews related to the this model and year and in all of them eg http://www.carreview.com/midsize-compact/chrysler/prd_230_1531crx.aspx#reviews. Just to mention one and in all of them several people are complaining about this problem, I also took time to read some of the complaints you have received over the years and found the same thing. Would like to know if this issue was looked into and what can be done to correct it. As almost everything has been tried to no success from changing the computers to new transmissions, stopping at the side of the road and starting again. Hoping to hear from you soon. I would be willing to alow you pple test drive my car and get a feel of it first hand. Thankyou in advance.

Filed Oct 15, 2003 · Transmission · 89,455 miles · VA

While traveling on the highway and without prior warning there was a explosion due to the trans axle loosening and busting the transmission case. *ak the vehicle experienced loss of power steering and brakes. The transmission was serviced. *ph *jb *jb *ph

Filed Dec 15, 2000 · Engine · FL

Egr stuck, causing a sudden loss of power which almost resulted in a rearend crash. Dealer was able to duplicate defect, and has replaced egr.

Filed Oct 26, 2000 · Electrical, Fuel system · TX

While driving at any speed vehicle lost power without prior warning. This has happened three times, onece power went low. Another time, it stalled. Third time, engine went low, but did not lose power. Thechnician replaced fuel pump/ computer, and part of fuel tank.

Filed Sep 9, 2000 · Engine · MA

Car stalls out erratic in nature no warning results in loss of power steering and power brakes