Tl* the contact owns a 1999 chrysler lhs. After the vehicle was started, the air bag warning indicator illuminated. In addition, the horn and cruise control failed to operate. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the clock spring assembly failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 04v480000 (air bags). The failure mileage was 100,000. The VIN was unavailable.
Chrysler LHS adaptive cruise problems
10 of the 967 owner complaints about the Chrysler LHS describe adaptive cruise control problems, most of them for the 1994 model year.
- owner complaints
- 10
- worst model year
- 1994
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
By model year
- 20011
- 19992
- 19971
- 19961
- 19952
- 19943
Often reported together
What owners say
I was backing out of my parking turning my squeaky steering wheel and the air bag light came on. I have almost had several accidents because then my horn stopped when the air bag light came on. So I checked the cruise control that don't work either now none of the buttons behind the steering wheel work. I did my research and it seems it's the clockscrew!! How do I get this part????
Dt*: the contact stated while driving 55 MPH the vehicle started to jerk, the engine and cruise control light illuminated and the vehicle stalled and was unable to restart. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the vehicle remained for a month. The dealer determined the problem was the computer module (or chip) and it needed to be replaced coupled with a fuel injection cleanse. Two miles later after leaving the dealer the vehicle presented the same problem and stalled. The vehicle was towed back to the dealer.
Consumer states while driving there is intermittent bucking, the RPM races, the engine light and cruise control light is on and vehicle losses power and will not restart. This has happended 12 times. On other occasions, experiencing long cranking time. Dealer replaced battery, water pump, tensioner, timing belt, idle speed motor, cleaned the throttle body, wiring at the crank sensor, cam sensor, positive terminal, connector to computer, found battery terminal corroded, and overhaled the transmission. The internal engine temperature is incorrect. Dealer replaced coolant sensor and thermostat. Fan belts are cracked. Belts replaced. However, problem still exist. Manufacturer notified.
I tried for over a mile to disengage the cruise control with the switch and brake. I started on level land, went uphill and down and had the brake to the floorboard. There were toll booths with a number of occupied vehicles in line. To avoid injurying or killing someone, I left the roadway hitting barriers and unoccupied vehicles. My wife suffered numerous bruising and bent glasses. I suffered a broken strernum and have developed fluid in my lungs and possibly around my heart. My prognosis is uncertain at this time.
While traveling and without any indication speed control would kick in . *ak when consumer depressed the brake , it disengage the cruise control and the vehicle loses power. Consumer took it to the dealer and dealer could not find any problem.
While driving on the interstate and coming out of cruise control driver only had low power and reverse. Consumer felt that this was a transmission problem, check engine light came on. Took vehicle to dealer, and they put in a chrysler transmission. Currently, after 500 miles, there's a winding noise. Consumer feels this is unsafe because vehicle may lose total power on the highway.
Clock spring in steering is defective, causing air bag/cruise control to malfunction.
Cruise control failure, vehicle was at complete stop, vehcile lurched forward and impacted vehicle at 12:00 position.
Consumer used the cruise control, it cut off and when went back to start it again, the car accelerated.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the Chrysler LHS adaptive cruise
Which Chrysler LHS years have adaptive cruise control problems problems?
The model years with the most reports are 1994 (3 complaints), 1995 (2 complaints) and 1999 (2 complaints).
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