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1988 Chrysler New Yorker

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Issues worth paying extra attention to based on owner reports.

  • Service Brakes, Hydraulic. Review the 22 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
  • Engine And Engine Cooling. Review the 5 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
  • Power Train. Review the 3 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →

NHTSA owner reports · September 18, 2026 snapshot.

0 crash reports1 fire reports0 injury reports

Power Train complaints

3 reports
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Mileage unknown · Jun 29, 2001
Electrical SystemEngine And Engine CoolingEquipment

WHEN TRAVELING, APPLIED BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. ABS AND PARKING BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON DASHBOARD. *AK POWER STEERING NOISY, FAULTY POWER STEERING PUMP, NOISE STILL CONTINUES, DEALER TIGHTENED STEERING RACK. FLAT GOODYEAR TIRE, STEEL BELT WAS SHOWING, GOODYEAR STATED FRONT TIRES WERE WEARING DUE TO FRONT END OUT OF A…

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WHEN TRAVELING, APPLIED BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. ABS AND PARKING BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON DASHBOARD. *AK POWER STEERING NOISY, FAULTY POWER STEERING PUMP, NOISE STILL CONTINUES, DEALER TIGHTENED STEERING RACK. FLAT GOODYEAR TIRE, STEEL BELT WAS SHOWING, GOODYEAR STATED FRONT TIRES WERE WEARING DUE TO FRONT END OUT OF ALIGNMENT, HOLE DRILLED IN LEFT FRONT STRUT. ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, BRAKES ARE SPONGY, ABS HYDRAULIC ACCUMULATER WAS REPLACED. AFTER RELEASING EMERGENCY BRAKE, BRAKE LIGHT WOULD REMAIN ILLUMINATED. VEHICLE EXPERIENCED HESITATION, LOW OIL PRESSURE, PRESSURE SENSOR WAS REPLACED, FAULTY PRESSURE SENDING UNIT CAUSED OIL LEAK, VALVE TAPPING NOISE AT SPEEDS OF 55-60, CONSUMER HEARS AN ENGINE BACKFIRE NOISE, AN OIL LEAK IN REAR MAIN SEAL, MINOR LEAK FOUND AT BELL HOUSING AREA. VEHICLE STALLED AND WOULD NOT RESTART DUE TO LEAKING INJECTORS AND FAULTY FUEL PUMP, VEHICLE GETS POOR GAS MILEAGE, THERE IS AN EXHAUST LEAK, AUTOMATIC IDLE SPEED MOTOR REPLACED, MAP SENSOR REPLACED, FUEL SMELL FROM ENGINE, VEHICLE ALSO EXPERIENCES ROUGH IDLE. TRANSMISION JERKS WHEN PUT IN GEAR AND ON DOWNSHIFT, EXPERIENCES SHIFTING PROBLEMS, CV JOINT TORE, VEHICLE ROLLS BACKWARD WHEN ON AN INCLINE, INSPECTOR STATES THIS IS NORMAL. BATTERY REPLACED, CONSUMER FEELS THIS WAS DUE TO VOLTAGE PROBLEMS, OVERHEAD COMPUTER WOULD GIVE FALSE READINGS WITHOUT TEMPERATURE AND DIRECTION, AND IT WOULD NOT STATE A PROBLEM WHEN TEHRE WAS ONE WITH THE OIL LEAK, DEALER REPLACED WIRING HARNESS. HEAT INOPERABLE AT TIMES, HORN WOULD BLOW WITH AC ON, LEFT SIDE OF DASH DEFOGGER VENT WOULD BLOW HOT AIR WHEN AC WAS ON. TRUNK WOULD NOT OPEN AUTOMATICALLY, ANTENNA WOULD NOT GO UP OR DOWN, MOLDING ON BOTTOM DECK LID WAS WARPED, WIND NOISE, RIGHT REAR DOOR COULD NOT BE OPENED FROM THE OUTSIDE, CHROME MOLDING ON FENDER WAS LOOSE, TRIM BY FRONT PASSENGER DOOR IS WAPRED AND LOOSE. TRUNK SPARE TIRE COVER FALLS DOWN, CARPET IN REAR TRUNK KEEPS FALLING DOWN. *SLC

NHTSA ODI #891742

Mileage unknown · May 8, 1996
Power TrainFire

VEHICLE BURST INTO FLAMES, DRIVER BROKE AN AXLE WHILE DRIVING. *AK

NHTSA ODI #984212

Mileage unknown · Aug 16, 1995
Power Train

THE TRANSMISSION HESITATES AND IT BUCKS AND JUMPS IN AND OUT OF THE GEARS WHILE DRIVING. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

NHTSA ODI #970575

Official recalls

0

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NHTSA investigations

1

EA91010 · Trans Park System Failure

Opened Dec 10, 1990 · Closed Dec 31, 1991

Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Power Train

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