Ok, here's the parking brake fiasco, you are absolutely correct, Jack :
Chrysler Corporation
Models:
Chrysler Cirrus
Years: 1995-1998
Dodge Stratus
Years: 1995-1998
Plymouth Breeze
Years: 1996-1998
Chrysler Sebring
Years: 1996-1998
Number Involved: 685,000
Dates of Manufacture: July 1994 - January 1998
NHTSA Recall No.: 98V183
Vehicle Description:
Description of Defect: Passenger vehicles equipped with automatic
transmissions. If the cable connecting the console shifter
mechanism to the ignition key is improperly adjusted and the operator
applies pressure to the release button on the console
shifter to shift out of Park with the key in the locked position, the
connecting pin in the shifter can break. If this happens, the
"ignition-park" interlock system will be nonfunctional, and the vehicle
can roll away if the parking brake is not set.
Remedy: Dealers will test and inspect for proper operation of the
system. Any vehicles that are not functional after the
inspection will have the shift mechanism and cable replaced with a
"self-adjusting" design.
Owner Notification: Owner notification is expected to begin during
December 1998. Owners who do not receive the free
remedy within a reasonable time should contact Chrysler at
1-800-992-1997.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jack Hilton III [SMTP:HEMI@charter.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 1998 11:08 AM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: Re: DML: Chrystler Recall
>
> Heard it on CNN last night .
>
> I think the "rolling away" thing had to do with the Cirrus , Stratus ,
> Breeze , and the Sebring .
>
> The child seat that was eating kids was in some Minivans .
>
> At least ours don't catch on fire like all those ferds did .
>
>
>
> At 10:46 AM 10/7/1998 -0400, you wrote:
> >
> >Have you heard about the Chrystler recall? I heard it on the radio
> this
> >morning. Apparently a lot of "late model" vehicles have been
> "popping
> >out of park and rolling away." There is also another regarding
> factory
> >installed child seats, "parents have complained of their children
> >becoming stuck in the seats." I heard this from a local station and
> >don't know if it affects any of us. (I am glad that I don't own an
> >automatic!)
> >
> >-Jodi
> >jlewis@sharetech.com
> >'98 Dakota Sport, 5 speed :)
> >
> >
> Jack Hilton
>
> HEMI@charter.net
>
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