1995 EAGLE VISION Recalls, Complaints & Safety

WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR CONNECTING ARM DISCONNECTED WHILE DRIVING. WIPER FAILURE RESULTED. *TR

IN THE MIDDLE OF HEAVY RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, MY DRIVERS SEAT BACK FELL BACK. I HAD TO CLUTCH THE STEERING WHEEL TO STAY UPRIGHT AND TRAVELED TO ANOTHER LANE BUT LUCKILY DID NOT HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. I HAVE FOUND REFERENCE ON THE INTERNET TO A RECALL FOR THIS SPECIFIC PROBLEM ON OTHER 1995 EAGLE VISIONS, BUT OUR DEALER STATES THAT MY CAR IS NOT COVERED ON THIS RECALL. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE SHIFTER ARM WAS DIFFICULT TO SHIFT FROM THE PARK POSITION TO DRIVE OR REVERSE WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED. TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS ADDED EVERY WEEK OR TWO, WHICH SEEMED TO MAKE SHIFTING EASIER. THE AIR CONDITIONER FAILED AND AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DETERMINED THE COIL WAS FLAT AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED.

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THE BOLTS IN RACK AND PINION STEERING HAD TO BE TIGHTENED CONSTANTLY. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR TWO YEARS. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY STATED IT WAS WEAR AND TEAR. WHEN THE BOLTS BECAME LOOSE THE WHEEL LOCKED. CONSUMER CONTINUED TO TIGHTEN THE BOLTS, BUT IT ONLY LASTED FOR NO MORE THAN A WEEK. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 99V215000; DAIMLER CHRYSLER ISSUED AN ENGINE CRADLE RECALL. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN BUT HAD THE CONTROL ARM BRACKET COME OFF THE ENGINE CRADLE.*AK

'RECALL CAMPAIGN' RECEIVED AFTER 7 TRANSMISSION HAVE BEEN INSTALLED IN 1995 EAGLE VISION. *BF THE DEALER SUGGESTED THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE SHIFTING BUT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO EXHIBIT MOVEMENT/NON MOVEMENT AT TIMES. THE VEHICLE WENT INTO REVERSE WITH NO OCCUPANTS IN THE VEHICLE AND THE GEAR INDICATOR REMAINED IN THE PARK POSITION. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF THE ORIGINAL COST OF THE VEHICLE. *SC ON ONE OF THE SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE CONSUMER WAS PINNED BETWEEN THE CAR AND THE GARAGE DOOR WHEN THE VEHICLE WENT INTO REVERSE WITH NO OCCUPANTS IN THE VEHICLE AND THE GEAR INDICATOR WAS STILL IN PARK. *JB

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DEALER WILL NOT PERFORM REPAIRS FOR NHTSA RECALL 04V021000 CONCERNING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFTER. CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT RECALL REPAIRS COULD NOT BE PERFORMED BECAUSE THE VIN FELL INTO A LEMON BUY BACK.*AK

TRANSMISSION SHIFTED FROM FOURTH GEAR TO SECOND ON ITS ON. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC INSISTED THAT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. CONSUMER INFORMED THE DEALER THAT PROBLEM OCCURRED MORE THAN ONCE AND HAD NOT BEEN RESOLVED. *AK VEHICLE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED ON ITS OWN FROM 4TH GEAR TO 2ND GEAR WHILE IN MOTION. *TC

WHILE DRIVING RACK AND PINION FAILED. THIS CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO LOSE POWER STEERING TEMPORALLY. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING GAS FUME ODOR WAS COMING FROM THE VENTS. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT RECALL 96V158002 FOR REPLACEMENT OF FUEL TANK AS ISSUED. MECHANIC REPLACED IT ON THIS VEHICLE. BUT, CONSUMER INFORMED THE MECHANIC THAT PROBLEM RECURRED, AND HAD NOT BEEN RESOLVED. *AK

CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION TWICE. *PH *JB

I PURCHASED MY 1995 EAGLE VISION FROM NORTHTOWNE IN AMHERST, NY, IN 2001. EIGHT MONTHS AFTER I PURCHASED IT, THE TRANSMISSION WENT, I HAD ANOTHER INSTALLED. I LATER LEARNED THAT EAGLES WERE KNOWN FOR TRANSMISSION FAILURE-MY TRANSMISSION WENT AGAIN ON 2/13/04 COSTING ME $810, I WOULD LIKE TO FILE A CLAIM AGAINST THE COMPANY AS I FEEL THE WHOLE SYSTEM IS DEFECTIVE AND FEAR I WILL BE PUTTING IN ANOTHER TRANSMISSION WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR AS I HAVE BEEN DOING. *JB

HEAD ON, BROAD SIDE COLLISION. FRONT DRIVERS TIRE CAME THROUGH THE FLOOR BOARD TRAPPING AND CRUSHING BOTH LEGS FROM FEET TO FEMUR. HOOD CAME THRU WINDSHIELD, DRIVERS AIRBAG DEPLOYED LATE, CAUSING DRIVER TO HIT WINDSHIELD, HOOD, PILLAR AND WINDOW.*AK

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THE CONSUMER'S BABY SEAT WASN'T PROPERLY INSTALLED. WHEN ANCHORED BY THE LAP/SHOULDER BELT TIGHTLY, THE SEAT LEANS TO THE SIDE AND WORK ITSELF OUT OF POSITION WHEN TAKING THE BABY IN/OUT OF THE SEAT. SCC

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION WITH A GUARD RAIL AND NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

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TRANSMISSION WONT SHIFT TO OVERDRIVE// GAS GAUGE JUMPS AROUND W/ LOW LIGHT ON. *AK

WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT AND HITTING A BUMP VEHICLE STEERED INADVERTENTLY. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED NO RECALL ON VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

CONSUMER REECEIVED RECALL 99V215000/ MANFACTURER'S RECALL 837 FOR ENGINE CRADLE. DEALER KEEPS PUTTING CONSUMER OFF, SCHEDULING OTHER DATES. PARTS OR TOOLS ARE BROKEN. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 1 1/2 MONTHS. DEALER IS NELSO JEEP LOCATED ON US RT20 GARY IN. PHONE #219-938-8000.*AK

INJECTORS POURING FUEL INTO CYLINDERS AND DUMPING IT OUT OF EXHAUST PIPES.*AK

THE LOWER CONTROL ARM ATTACHING BRACKET FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 99V-215 RESULTING IN VEHICLE LOOSING ACCELERATION PRESSURE AND EVENTUALLY IN TRANSMISSION FAILURE, CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT. NLM

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL (99V215) REPAIR, HOWEVER NOW THAT THE REPAIR HAS BEEN MADE THERE ARE CLUNKING AND POPPING NOISES IN THE FRONT END OF THE THE VEHICLE DURING TURNS OR STOPS. *SLC

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 35MPH ON HIGHWAY, WENT TO SHIFT FROM THIRD GEAR TO SECOND GEAR, AND IT TOOK MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME FOR SHIFTING. TDEALERSHIP AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

ENGINE: NEEDED TO REPLACE 12 ENGINE VALVE LIFTERS. BRAKES, ENGINE LIFTERS AND WATER PUMP NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY: 3 YR/36000 MI WARRANTY EXPIRED.

RECALL 98V-184 FOR THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM WAS REPAIRED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE, CONSUMER SENT RECIEPT AND REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT BUT WAS TOLD BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT THE CONDITIONS OF THE RECALL HAD NOT BEEN MET. NLM

ENGINE: NEEDED TO REPLACE 12 ENGINE VALVE LIFTERS. BRAKES, ENGINE LIFTERS AND WATER PUMP NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY: 3 YR/36000 MI WARRANTY EXPIRED.

WHEN STARTING UP VEHICLE THERE'S A BAD KNOCKING NOISE, CONSUMER STATES IT'S COMING FROM THE FRONT AND REAR PASSENGER TIRES (NO TYPE OF TIRE GIVEN), CONSUMER PURCHASED TIRES BRAND NEW AND WITHIN A YEAR THE OUTSIDE OF THE PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WAS BALD. *SLC

RECALL 99V215000, ON MARCH 1, 2000 DEALER INSTALLED A BRACKET FOR ENGINE CRADLE RECALL. DEALER IS RICHARDSON EAGLE, 1376 EAST F STREET, OAKDALE, CA 209-847-3025. THREE WEEKS LATER, A LOUD HORRIBLE NOISE CAME FROM FRONT END. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND HE RETORQUED THE BRACKET. PROBLEM IS STILL OCCURRING, AND DEALER KEEPS RETORQUING THE BRACKET. SEEMS THAT THE SOLUTION DIDNT REMEDY THE RECALL. *AK

RECALL # 98V184000 CHRYSLER/FUEL LEAKAGE: DEALER WILL NOT HONOR RECALL CONCERNING FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM FAILURE. *AK

TOLD SERVICE DEPT. THEY SHOULD REPAIR AS SOMEONE COULD BE HURT BY HOOD FALLING ON THEM.*AK

IGNITION WILL NOT START UNTIL CONSUMER TURNS THE STEERING WHEEL IN A CERTAIN DIRECTION. ALSO, ALL GAUGES ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL KEEP FLASHING ON AND OFF. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

LOUD POPPING NOISE WHEN TURNING/BRAKING, COMES FROM AREA OF LEFT STRUT MOUNT*AK

CONSUMER HAS DISC BRAKES ON ALL FOUR WHEELS. CONSUMER WENT FOR AN INSPECTION, AND ROTORS WERE WARPED AND CORRODED. ROTORS WERE REPLACED BY OWNER, BUT HE FEELS THAT CHRYSLER SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE REPLACEMENT. *AK *ML

BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS CORRODED AND REQUIRED REPLACEMENT. *MJS

HOOD WILL NOT REMAIN IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

THE FAILURE IS 2 BUSHINGS ATTACHING THE RACK TO THE STEERING GEAR HAVE BROKEN AND FALLEN OUT, LEAVING METAL BOLTS TO HIT METAL WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY BREAK THE BOLTS, CAUSING THE CAR TO BE UNSTEERABLE. DEALER SAYS THE WHOLE RACK WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THEY CAN NOT GET THE BUSHINGS SEPARATE. *AK

ABS SENSOR LIGHT AND EMERGENCY BRAKE LIGHT WOULD COME ON INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE BEEN IN/OUT OF DEALER SHOP ON THREE OCCASIONS, AND AT AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP ON ONE OCCASION. BUT, PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING.*AK

CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED TWO DEALERS, BUT NEITHER ONE HAD THE TOOLS TO FIX RECALL # 99V215000/ ENGINE CRADLE. BUT DID HAVE PARTS.*AK

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THEY SQUEAK AND GRIND, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. TOOK VEHICLE IN TO BE SERVICED, BUT THE GRINDING AND SQUEAKING WAS STILL THERE. OWNER WAS UNABLE TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT WORK WAS DONE, AND BELIEVES THAT NO REPAIRS WERE ACTUALLY MADE. *AK *ML

TRANSMISSION GEAR DOESN'T ENGAGE INTERMITTENTLY AND TRANSMISSION SLIPS. *AK *ML

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

RECALL 98V184000, FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM. DEALER CAN'T GET PARTS. *AK

I NOTICED FLUID LEAKING FROM STEERING PUMP AREA. LOW MILEAGE CAR (WELL TAKEN CARE OF. WHEN TURNING, I DO NOT CRANK WHEEL ALL THE WAY UNTIL IT STOPS TO KEEP PRESSURE OFF SEALS IN PUMP). I NOTICED FLUID A FEW MONTHS AGO BUT IGNORED IT (NOT MUCH LEAKAGE). WHEN CHRYLSER OVEHAULED MY TRANSMISSION 2 WEEKS AGO, EVENTHOUGH I FORGOT TO MENTION TO THEM, THEY DID NOT SEE NOR NOTIFY ME OF IT. ANOTHER TACTIC OF THE DEALER WAITING FOR IT TO BECOME MORE SERIOUS (THUS MORE COSTLY) TO REPAIR. THERE'S NO WAY THEY COULD HAVE MISSED IT!! *AK