While traveling noticed air bag indication light on, and problems with horn and cruse control. Please provide further information.
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Started car air bag dash light on , horn does not work, cruise control does not work. Had seen news paper story about investigation on this problem for my car, took car to dealer on 03/22/2001, dealer serviced car replaced clockspring,part cost $120.00 labor to install part was $84.60, which I had to pay outof my pocket, dealer said was not a recall as of this date. Please include me with theother 164 people that are complaining of a problem with the clockspring on 2.8 million daimlerchryler ag minivans,thank you bill courtney.
Air bags/horn, and cruise control all went out. Manufacturer has fixed problem.*ak consumer states spring in the steering column broke.
Horn, cruise control & air bag indicator light stay lit. Consumer has noticed this for a while, but warranty has expired.consumer saw media alert, and will be contacting manufacturer.
Airbag light was on, horn and cruise control stopped working. Dealer replaced clock spring assembly. *ak
Airbag clock spring needed to be replaced because airbag light came on. Also, cruise control and horn were inoperative.*ak
Horn has failed and airbag light has come on. *ak also the cruise control in not working.
While driving horn and cruise control stopped working. Took to dealer, and they said that clock spring needed to be replaced. Also, airbags won't deploy. Consumer was worried about this being a safety problem.
The horn/cruise control do not work, and air bag light is illuminated. Dealer has been contacted.*ak
Air bag lighton and off/ horn and cruise control failure. *ak air bag light remains on all times.
Ea 01 00; malfunctioning of horn and speed control, and air bag light remaining on. Dealer / manufacturer were not notified at this time. Feel free to provide any further details on this matter.
Intermittently SRS light comes on while driving, and cruise control becomes inoperable.
Consumer was driving at approximately 25 to 40 MPH when clock spring caused loss of cruise control/ horn, and airbag light was illuminated. Please provide any additional information/attachments.
Airbag warning light stayed on, along with inoperative cruise control & horn.
On the cruise control, it accelerated on it's own. Had a very hard time getting pulled over safely in heavy high speed traffic. Burned up brakes/rotor. Wrote chrysler.nothing. Airbag clock recently failed and saw article in paper about your investigation. Thank you.
Airbag light stayed on/ horn and cruise control stopped working.
My airbag light came on, cruise control quit. Mechanic says clock spring.
Air bag light went on, horn failed, cruise control does not work. This is consistent with problems cited in a assoc. Press story on mar 19, 2001.
Consumer was traveling at approximately 30 to 35 MPH when and metallic banging noise was emitted from engine . Consumer lost control of acceleration & gear shifting. No accident. Please provide any additional information/attachments.
Doors do not close properly and do not stay open when opened. A problem with the clock spring has caused the airbags to be inopperable, the cruise control does not work, the horn does not work, and the windshield wipers do not work (it does rain in phoenix sometimes). We had to replace the power window motor in the drivers door. This is the first 6 of 15 problems with this vehicle.
Clock spring fatigued completely disabling drivers airbag, horn and cruise control.
The airbag, horn, & cruise control failed. Took to dealer - told clock spring assembly failed. Will cost about $400 to fix. Was told this is a very common defect. Would like some assistance from chrysler. This is our family car for a family of six. Unsafe to drive in this condition.
Air bag light stays on continuosly, the horn no longer works, cruise control no longer works, front interior lights no longer come on when the front doors are opened, cooling fans will not run even with A/C on, hood latch doesn't always release the hood.
While driving with cruise control, the minivan accelerates on its own to over 90 MPH. The cruise control cannot be disengaged by applying the brakes nor by pressing cruise button or cancel. If put into neutral while driving, engine races to over 7000 RPM. The van must be shut off while driving and then the cruise/throttle can be manually disengaged under the hood. On 6/23/98, the cable-throttle control was replaced. The cruise failed again requiring replacement a second time on 10/03/00 at family auto center, muskegon, mi. Chrysler customer service was contacted to initiate an investigation and hopefully a safety recall. Instead, I was referred to the federal safety agency. Mr. Marc goss, service manager at family auto, is planning to address the safety issue with a chrysler representative later this month. He is the only person that has shown any concern to this point.
While driving speed control activated without manual operation. Air bag warning light remained illuminated, and headlights could not be manually turned off.please give any further details.
Rear carrier weld broke, causing vehicle to surge forward when applying accelerator, and transmisson did not go into gear. Dealer has replaced the transmission.
Pe96-008; airbag light started to come on intermittently. After ward lost horn and cruise control function. At that point, consumer took vehicle to dealer, and was told that cause was a defective airbag clock.
The tackometer and speedometer flatlined to 0 then returned to normal, the horn and cruise control, have stopped working and the airbag light stays on most of the time. The transmission had a total failure in the highway and had to be rebuilt. The wipers occasionally come on by themselves and cycle a couple of times and then stop and occasionally stop in the middle of the windshield (this has been tothe dealer in madison heights, va several times for repair under warranty, but not since the warranty expired. The left speakers on the sound suystem periodically go off and on while the system is on. The starter went out and had to be replaced the end of june, 2000.
While driving the tackometer and speedometer flat lined to zero. Also, transmission indicator light went out. Consumer shut engine off and restarted vehicle. Air bag warning light remained illuminated/ horn and cruise control were inoperable. Please give any further details.
Once van is started, the airbag light stays on plus the horn and cruise control will not work. I have not taken it to a dealer yet. I have posted this problem on the chrysler internet newsgroup website and it appears that many other minivan owners are having or had the same problem. The fix for the problem seems to be to replace the clock spring. Will the federal safety agency force chrysler to do a recall on this problem? Thanks
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