Consumer stated that while driving there was too much play in steering, and steering was too loose. She took the vehicle to a mechanic, and was told that the rack and pinion/ inner tie rod, and bushings were too loose. Consumer will take the vehicle to a dealer later.
Chrysler New Yorker ball joint problems
21 of the 587 owner complaints about the Chrysler New Yorker describe ball joint or control arm failure, most of them for the 1994 model year.
- owner complaints
- 21
- worst model year
- 1994
Is there a fix? There is 1 recall for this area of the car. See below
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What owners say
1.car hits a pothole and bottoms out 2. The passenger rear suspsenion kinks and splits fuel lines above control arm, the brake line bracket was the cause of the damages. 3. Work hasnt been done as of today. But techs are telling me I have to replace the whole fuel line system do to debris in lines.
Driver turned steering wheel to make a u-turn and vehicle kept going straight due to a bolt coming off tie rod. Dealer has to put sealant on nut to keep it from coming off.
Both inner tie rod bushings and attached rods had to be replaced, the right side had failed and fallen out(rubber bushing), the left side bushing was fractured and worn out causing play in the right side wheel steering, both items were replaced and wheel alignment done.
Lower control arm brackets fixed in recall but it made the seat motor break.
The right side frame member, where the lower control arm attaches broke away causing the tire and strut assembly to go into the fender, and pulled the cv joint apart at the transmission rendering the car undrivable, and unmovable. I was backing out of a parking space with the wheel turned to the left in the rain when I heard a loud bang and the car came to a stop, while banging continued. Then I turned the car off, and took a look, and saw that the right front tire into the fender and the bottom sticking way out. It could not be towed on a standard wheel kift tow truck.
Steering failure because bolts have sheared off. Consumer stated that tie rods has been replaced twice prior to this incident.
Both tie rod ends at steering gear box replaced. Failure due to wear of rubber bushings part no. 501825aa. This should be considered a dangerous situation which could lead to accidents , especially at highway speeds. Reported failures believed to be more numerous than chrysler will admit. See oid; id 8449555 8/1/99, id 716813 1999, id 852875 10/29/99, id 715247 at 59,000 miles 9/1/99. Cost to repair $589.00.
With the fuel leak we smelled a lite fuel oder at first when we started the car. The oder got stronger by the end of the month. We recived a recall notice shortly after . We took the car in for repair on 4/7/99 for the recall & bc the tires wobbled & shook the car at 30-45 MPH. They found the left inner tie rod brushinhs were worn & tire rod flopping- they replaced the tire rod 7 left toe specs. They also found the transmission oil leaking from the cooler hose.--on 11/22/99 I was reversing at 1 or 2 MPH from a parking space & then as I tried to put the car in forward there was a violent jerking ,& shaking but the car would not move anywhere at all. I got out to look & there was wheel berrings & thick grease all over the parking lot. My car was towed the next day to an auto mech shop & repars were done. Shortly after that we recived a recall notice for the problem that we had repaired. We are still trying to get reimbursed from chrysler corp. For that incident. And as of today 6/25/00 we are having problems again with the front wheel wobbling & shaking the car when driven at 30-45 MPH for about 3 or 4 weeks now. We are currently saving money to have that repaired again. We have had other problems with the car but did not include them on the investigation report bc they were not life threating---such as trunk opening on own while driving-it was fixed but trunk open light on dash panel comes on & off when trunk is closed. --the A/C leaked water on passenger floor & has a bad oder when put on. Almost like urine.
Front tie rods broke, causing wheels to almost to fall off, which may have caused loss of vehicle control and crash. Please provide further information.
Related recalls
Suspension: front: control arm: lower arm
- What is wrong
- Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. The lower control arm attaching brackets can crack due to fatigue and separate from the engine cradle.
- Risk
- If this occurs, the transmission half-shaft could pull out of the transaxle and result in loss of power.
- Remedy
- Dealers will reinforce the engine cradle at the point where the lower control arm attaches to it.
Recall number 99V215000 · Recall details
Questions about the Chrysler New Yorker ball joint
Which Chrysler New Yorker years have ball joint or control arm failure problems?
The model years with the most reports are 1994 (11 complaints), 1995 (7 complaints) and 1990 (1 complaints).
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