1992 Chrysler New Yorker problems
Owners have filed 61 complaints with NHTSA about the 1992 Chrysler New Yorker. Brakes is the most reported problem area, at 20% of complaints. Next are steering (20%) and transmission (15%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 61 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 20% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 2 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 3 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 2 complaints mention a crash; 3 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1992 ranks 4th most-complained-about out of 6 model years of the Chrysler New Yorker with enough data (33 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Frontal collision, impact 12:00, driving vehicle at low speed 10 MPH, air bag driver side did deploy, but received injuries. Tt
Consumer had an accident at about 10 MPH, front crash with most of damage to passenger side of vehicle. Airbag deployed, causing burns to consumer's chin. Force of airbag caused severe damage to consumer's neck. Consumer was sitting 10 inches away from airbag.
The ABS system pump and motor have been replaced. The motor is running all the time and the system is always active. Please explain. Tt
Dt*: the contact stated the airbag warning light illuminated without incident upon starting the engine. Although the dealer was alerted, the vehicle was not inspected.
1992 chrysler new yorker 3.3 v6 with 68713 miles developed fuel rail leak and gasoline was dripping on top of engine, took to chrysler dealer, other models had same problem but no recall on this model..called chrysler customer service on 7/12/2006 to report and ask for assistance but was refused due to age of vehicle. Chrysler ref#15149057