1996 Eagle Talon Complaint Log

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 EAGLE TALON. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH THE CONTACT HEARD A NOISE AND THE TIRES LOCKED U WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED ,AND A LOCAL MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE AS A LEAK IN THE TRANSFER CASE. THE DEALER/MANUFACTURER DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE AS NEEDING A NEW TRANSFER CASE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PART OF RECALL # 098V069002. RECORDS INDICATED THAT NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN PERFORMED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 112,000.*AK

THE TRANSFER CASE WENT OUT OF MY TALON TSI AWD TURBO IN 06/05. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD 75 MPH & BANG!-JERK!BANG!JERK!BANG!JERK! THE STEERING WHEEL ALSO FELT FUNNY, LIKE IT GOT LOOSE AND WASN'T HOOKED TO THE TIRES ANYMORE. I PULLED OVER THE AND HEARD A LOUD CLUNK (METAL ON METAL SORT OF SOUND) AND PUT IT INTO GEAR TO BABY IT INTO WORK, IT MADE MORE NOISES AND JERKS BUT SEEMED TO RUN. I COULD SMELL A BURNING SMELL SO I PARKED. THE SHOP PICKED IT UP AND COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. THEY ASKED IF I WAS SURE I KNEW WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT! I HAD DRIVEN THE CAR FOR 90000 MILES! I KNEW WHAT WASN'T NORMAL! I PICKED IT UP AND GUESS WHAT, IT RAN GREAT! I SPEEDED UP AND SLOWED DOWN AGAIN AND AGAIN AND IT JUST WOULDN'T ACT UP! I COULD FAINTLY SMELL THE BURNING SMELL BUT FIGURED I PICKED UP SOME PIECE OF SOMETHING OFF OF THE ROAD AND IT HAD BEEN STUCK BUT FELL OUT WHEN I STOPPED. I WENT FOR 50 MILES, NO PROBLEMS, THEN THE BANGING AND JERKING STARTED AGAIN MUCH WORSE THIS TIME. I KEPT GOING TO SEE IF IT WOULD STOP AND IT GOT SO LOUD THAT IT SOUNDED LIKE A SLEDGEHAMMER WAS HITTING SOME PART OF THE ENGINE OVER AND OVER. IT WOULD BANG-JERK- BANG -JERK ETC.. AND KEPT GETTING WORSE. THEN IT JUST DIED. THE SHIFTER WENT SLACK. THERE WAS A PUDDLE OF OIL UNDER THE CAR AND THE SMELL OF BURNING FLUID. THE MECHANIC PICKED IT UP AND REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION/TRANSFER WITH A USED ONE. I'M WONDERING IF THIS WAS THE TRANSFER CASE AND NOT THE TRANSMISSION AT ALL! THE MECHANIC SAID THERE WASN'T ENOUGH OIL IN THE TRANSMISSION. I DIDN'T KNOW IF THE TRANSFER CASE AND TRANSMISSION SHARE THE SAME OIL SUPPLY OR NOT. AFTER READING THIS ARTICLE ABOUT THE LOCKING UP THING IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE. ITS FELT JUST LIKE IT WANTED TO LOCK UP BUT FOR SOME REASON DIDN'T THAT FIRST TIME IT ACTED UP. THE TRANSMISSION PLACE SAID THEY HADN'T HEARD OF A TRANSMISSION BANGING AND CLANGING LIKE THAT. *JB

I WENT THROUGH EMISSIONS AND FAILED BECAUSE THERE WAS AN OBD ERROR SAYING THAT MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON, HOWEVER IT WAS NOT. I CALLED TO THE STATE EMISSIONS BOARD AND THEY SAID IT WAS A RECALL. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, AT THE END OF MAY AND IT HAS BEEN IN AND OUT EVER SINCE TRYING TO FIX THIS RECALL. IT HAS NOW BEEN IN THE DEALERSHIP CONSEQUENTLY FOR TWO MONTHS. THE DEALERSHIP HAS TOLD ME MORE THAN ONCE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO ONE MORE TEST AND THEN IF IT FAILS THEY WILL CALL CHRYSLER AND TELL THEM IT CAN NOT BE FIXED. BUT EVERY TIME THEY DO THE TEST AND IT FAILS THEY END UP DOING THE TESTS OVER AND OVER AGAIN. I ACTUALLY HAD TO PURCHASE A VEHICLE SO I WOULD HAVE A CAR TO DRIVE TO AND FROM HOME WORK SCHOOL AND DR'S APPOINTMENTS. I AM 8 MOTHS PREGNANT RIGHT NOW AND ON BED REST AND MY DOCTOR IS SAYING I DO NOT NEED ALL THIS EXTRA STRESS. I CALLED THE MANUFACTURER THREE TIMES WHOM TELLS ME ALL I CAN DO IS CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE DEALERSHIP. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE DEALERSHIP AND SAME THING, NO ANSWERS. THE GENERAL MANAGER ACTUALLY TOLD ME TO GET A LAWYER. I HAVE WROTE THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU AND NOW I AM WRITING YOU. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT ELSE I CAN POSSIBLY DO. PLEASE HELP ME!! *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, A GASOLINE ODOR FUMIGATED THE VEHICLE ON A CONSISTENT BASIS. THE CONTACT ENCOUNTERED MANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS MATTER # 509463 REGARDING FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE: STORAGE: TANK ASSEMBLY. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN EXAMINED BY A MECHANIC OR DEALER.

BALL JOINT OF FRONT RIGHT WHEEL SEPARATED AFTER HITTING BUMP ON HIGHWAY CAUSING LIMITED CONTROL OF VEHICLE. *LA

WE TOOK A CAR THAT WE RECENTLY PURCHASED FROM A PRIVATE PARTY TO OUR MECHANIC FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND FOUND THAT THE HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING AND IT WILL COST $1000.00 FOR REPAIR. ALSO FOUND OUT THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT THE EAGLE TALON HAD AND THAT THERE WAS NEVER A RECALL ON IT. WE FEEL THAT CHRYSLER SHOULD DO THE REPAIR AT NO COST TO US. WE WOULD APPRECIATE ANY HELP THAT YOU COULD GIVE US. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. ANN PIRRELLO. *JB

POWER STEERING AND ALTERNATOR BELTS FELL OFF. DURING RE-INSTALLATION AND INSPECTION OF THE CRANKSHAFT, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE CRANKSHAFT WAS LOOSE. *NLM

CONSUMER STATES THAT VEHICLE SHAKES AND SHIMMY'S AT HIGH SPEED AND LOWS SPEEDS THERE IS A CLUNK NOISE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. MR

VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR RECALL 00V421002 REPAIRS ON LOWER BALL JOINTS. DEALER STATED THEY WERE WORN, BUT REFUSED TO REPLACE THEM. CONSUMER HAD BALL JOINTS REPLACED AT AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE FOR INSPECTION OF TEARS IN THE LOWER LATERAL BALL JOINTS, HOWEVER CONSUMER EXPERIENCED A FAILURE OF THE RIGHT FRONT SUSPENSION COMPONETS, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR THIS FAILURE IN WHICH HE BELIEVES THE RECALL WAS NEVER PERFORMED.(ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT)*JB

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL (00V421002/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 967 FOR 2ND TIME. A YEAR AGO WHEN THE 1ST LETTER WAS RECEIVED, DEALER INSPECTED IT AND SAID IT WAS OKAY. WHEN CONSUMER RESPONDED TO 2ND RESPONSE DEALER (MESSEY YEARDLEY CHRYSLER JEEP & EAGLE) STATED THAT VEHICLE WAS TOO LOW TO PUT ON A LIFT. THIS WAS NOT A ISSUE WHEN IT WAS TAKEN IN THE 1ST TIME. DEALER STATED THEY DIDN'T LOOK AT IT. *AK

RECALL 98V069002; INFORMED OF RECALL BY FRIEND. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND VIN WAS CHECKED, AND RECALLED. MECHANIC INSPECTED 1ST TIME AND REPAIRED PROBLEM. WAS DRIVING AND FOUND SHIFTING HARD. SLEEVE HAD CAME OFF. TOOK BACK. MECHANIC INSPECTED TRANSFER CASE AND DRIVESHAFT 2ND TIME, AND FOUND NOTHING. TAKEN VEHICLE TO TRANSMISSION SHOP. INFORMED TRANSMISSION WAS SHOT AND BEARINGS GONE DUE TO A LACK OF FLUID IN TRANSFER CASE. *AK THE DEALER INDICATED THAT ALL RECALL PROBLEMS WERE FIXED. WHEN THE CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE AGAIN, THE DEALER POINTED OUT THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED NEW TRANSMISSION. THE CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DEALER WHEN IT WAS DETERMINED THAT TRANSFER CASE WAS LOW IN FLUID AND THE BEARINGS HAD FAILED. THESE WERE RECALL ITEMS (#780). THE CONSUMER WANTS THE MANUFACTURER TO REIMBURSE HIM THE COST OF REPAIR. *YH

GEARS WERE HARD TO SHIFT, AND THERE WAS TRANSMISSION OIL LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH, ALSO, TRANSFER CASE FAILED. RECEIVED MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 780. *AK

TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AT 42000 MILES. *AK

LATCH ON DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR DISCONNECTED FROM FRAME AND ALLOWED DOOR TO OPEN ON TWO OCCASSIONS WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

COVER IS PEELING OF OF METAL PLATE, DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG COULD CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY.*AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER CONCERNING DEFECTIVE BALL JOINTS. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND SAID IT WAS OKAY. CONSUMER FEELS PROBLEM IS STILL PRESENT.*AK THE RECALL WAS ONLY FOR THE SURROUNDING BOOT. BUT THE DEFECTIVE BALL JOINTA WERE IGNORED BY THE DEALER. *YH

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE CONCERNING LOWER BALL JOINT FAILURE. CONTACTED 2 DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS. EACH DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO DO RECALL REPAIRS. BOTH INSISTED THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE THE PROPER TOOLS FOR REPAIRS. *AK

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE #99V066003. SET APPOINTMENT WITH DEALER. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP. WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC, AFTER CHECKING VEHICLE, THAT THE VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE THE PROBLEM INDICATED IN RECALL LETTER. WAS DRIVING VEHICLE INTO A PARKING LOT WHEN THE WHEEL CAME OFF. TAKING VEHICLE BACK TO DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE REPAIR DONE. *AK

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE #99V066003ND CONTACTED DEALER. WAS INFORMED NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE FOR LOWER BALL JOINTS. COULD BRING VEHICLE IN FOR INSPECTION TO CHECK IF PART WAS NEEDED. *AK

WHEN HITTING A PUDDLE OF WATER THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS THEN IT WILL GO BACK TO NORMAL. ALSO, CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL ON THE BALL JOINTS AND LOWER CONTROL ARM. TOOK VEHICLE INTO DEALERSHIP AND THEY CLAIMED TO HAVE INSPECTED VEHICLE AND FOUND NO PROBLEM. CONSUMER EXPERIENCED EXACTLY WHAT RECALL LETTER INDICATED. *AK

FAN BELT COMES OFF OF PULLEYS, ESPECIALLY ON LONG TRIPS AND AT HIGH SPEEDS(70MPH), RESULTS IN LOSE OF ALTERNATOR/WATER PUMP/ AIR CONDITIONER COMPERSOR, AND POWER STEERING. VECHILE IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN AFTER BELT COMES OFF. THIS HAS HAPPENED A TOTAL OF 7 TIMES AND CAN NOT SEEM TO DETERMINE/FIX PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH,THE VEHICLE DROPPED DOWN ON THE FRAME DUE TO AXLE SHAFT FAILURE, THEN SLOWED DOWN WITHOUT ANY WARNING. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

FOGGING OF ALL WINDOWS AND A GREAT AMOUNT OF CONDENSATION, DUE TO THIS PROBLEM AN ACCIDENT OCCURED.

DESIGN OF REAR SEATS PROHIBITS ANY USAGE OF CHILD SAFETY SEATS. PARENTS WOULD HAVE TO SIT IN THE REAR AND HOLD INFANT. *AK

CONSUMER BELIEVES HIS DAUGHTERS ACCIDENT IN WHICH SHE EXPERIENCED LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL IS AS A RESULT OF THE RECALL ON FRONT SUSPENSION BALL JOINT BOOTS, THIS FAILURE OCCURED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE. NLM

MANUAL TRANSMISSION, 5 SPEED, TRANS AXLE LOCKS UP WHILE DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 35MPH, CAUSING VEHICLE TO BECOMIE INOPERTIVE. *AK

GAS TANK LEAKS.

ELECTRICAL WIRING SYSTEM FAILED, CAUSING REAR BRAKE LIGHTS TO BURN OUT.

WHENEVER PULLING OUT HEARS A LOUD BUMPY NOISE IN THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, YET THE PROBLEM REMAINS UNEXPLAINABLE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

ON ONE OCCASION WHILE DRIVING AT LEAST 55 MPH THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE TIRE FELL OFF TO THE SIDE. ON TWO OTHER OCCASIONS IN A PARKING LOT, THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE/FRONT LEFT SIDE TIRES AGAIN FELL OFF. THE TIRE JUST FELL OFF TO THE GROUND. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

ABS WARING LIGHTS CAME ON SECOND INCIDENT. DIAGNOSIS: CORRODED WIRES AND ABS PUMP. *AK

FUEL TANK LEAKS AROUND THE SENDING UNIT IN FOR REPAIRS 4 TIMES. TT *SLC

THE 1996 EAGLE TALON TSI HAD THE SAME DEFECTS AS THE 1995 EAGLE TALON TSI. *PH THE VEHICLE HAD MULTIPLE FAILURE TO INCLUDE THE A/C UNIT, TRANS AXLE, TRANSMISSION, UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS, ENGINE AT 75000 MILES. *NM

VEHICLE HAS A GASOLINE LEAK AND HAD TO REPLACE HEAD GASKET AND NOW FUEL VAPORS ARE ENTERING INSIDE THE PASSENGER'S COMPARTMENT. *AK

BATTERY FAILED.

TRANSFER CASE FLUID LEAK.

TRANSFER CASE FLUID LEAK. *AK

BOTH SIDES OF THE AIR BAG MODULE ARE COMING APART, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

BOTH SIDES OF THE AIR BAG MODULE ARE COMING APART, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. 822378 DUP OF 822376, POSTED ON 03-NOV-98. *AK

AFTER REPLACING ENGINE HEAD GASKET CONSUMER WAS POISONED BY CARBON MIOXIDE. *AK

I BOUGHT MY CAR AT THE END OF MARCH OF THIS YEAR WITH ONLY 16,000 MILES. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GREAT CAR WITH VERY LITTLE PROBLEMS SINCE IT HAD LOW MILEAGE. SINCE I'VE HAD IT THE TWO BELTS IN MY CAR HAVE FALLEN OFF. ALSO MY REAR RIGHT SPEAKER HAS AN ANNOYING RATTLE TO IT. THEY CHANGED MY SPEAKERS AND GAVE ME NEW ONES, BUT THAT WASN'T THE PROBLEM. THE DESIGN IS DIFFERENT FROM THE LEFT SIDE. I WANT THESE PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY MY BELTS KEEP FALLING OFF AND HOW TO FIX THE RATTLE IN MY SPEAKER.

WINDSHEILD WIPERS KEEP GOING OUT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 20-25 MPH AN UNUSAL NOISE OCCURRED, SOUNDING AS IF SOMETHING BROKE, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK