VEHICLE WAS LEAKING FUEL IN DRIVEWAY. CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 0V26800 FOR FUEL LEAK. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER ,AND THEY REPLACED SEAL. , BUT RECALL LETTER STATED IF FUEL WAS LEAKING FUEL RAIL ASSEMBLY WOULD BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
1994
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION STARTED ACTING-UP APPROX. TEN MONTHS AGO. VEHICLE DEVELOPED A SHUDDER AROUND 40 MPH WHEN TRANSMISSION WAS SHIFTING FROM DRIVE INTO OVER-DRIVE. RECENTLY, WHEN COLD, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE WHEN PUT INTO REVERSE. UPON CONTACTING A RECOMMENDED TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOP, I WAS TOLD THAT THESE WERE COMMON PROBLEMS WITH CHRYSLER PRODUCED MINI VANS. THEY EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THE SHUDDER WAS MOST LIKELY CAUSED BY A BROKEN SNAP-RING THAT THE MANUFACTURER MADE TOO THIN AND THE REASON THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE WHEN PUT INTO REVERSE WAS THAT THE INTERNAL SEALS WERE FAILING BECAUSE THE MANUFACTURER MADE THEM OUT OF THE WRONG MATERIAL. I UNDERSTAND THAT CHRYSLER HAS REPAIR KITS TO TAKE CARE OF THESE DEFECTS. MY QUESTION IS: IF THIS IS SUCH A COMMON PROBLEM, WHY HASN'T THERE BEEN A RECALL? WE ARE FACING A REPAIR BILL OF WELL OVER $1000 BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF LABOR INVOLVED TO CORRECT PROBLEM. IS CHRYSLER DOING ANYTHING FOR CUSTOMERS REGARDING THIS SITUATION? *AK