1990 Chrysler New Yorker Landau review from North America

I have had a ignition switch go bad. Can't complain though as it was relatively cheap (about $70) and easy to replace.

I also had to replace the blower motor. Would have been about $120.00 to buy the part from Mo-par, but I was trying to save cash so went with aftermarket. When all was said and done, I sure wish I had gone with the Mo-par as the aftermarket had to be modified to fit, which also probably more than doubled the installation time. The reason the motor went bad was because a mouse got into the "squirrel cage" fan, and was just enough weight to ruin the bearings in the motor from being out of balance.

Also, I am trying to figure out why I can't get good heat out of it. I just had the whole system flushed and installed a new thermostat. When I have it on DEFROST, fairly warm air comes out the defrost vents, but I also get cool air coming out of the floor vents at the same time. Kind of overtakes what is coming out of the top so it just gets comfortable in the car, not warm by any means, and the heat is nice to have in frigid Minnesota.

I bought this car as a back-up for my sportier 1990 Dodge Spirit ES with the 3.0 V6 which had a transmission go out on it. I bought this New Yorker at an insurance salvage auction and it had a slightly smacked up front end. I mess around with cars and have connections and so was able to get the parts to fix the car quite easily and cheap, yet not buying cheesy or questionable parts. OEM parts in good condition and also in the right color so no painting was needed. The car is about impossible to tell it was repaired (I replaced the header/grill assembly, straightened the core support a little and put a new radiator and used AC condenser in and also replaced the hood).

The car is not really my style (I'm a single 29 year old male), but I previously have driven sportier cars with turbos, etc. and my driving record was pretty bad. Not from accidents, but from speeding tickets and exhibition driving. This New Yorker while not being a chick magnet, also helps with not drawing the attention of personnel with lights on the top of their cars. Still, I would not call the car a slouch by any means. It has no problems keeping up with traffic, and the get-up-and-go of the car is by no means fast, but it does surprise a lot of people who look at the car and think it would be gutless. When driving on the open road, if I'm not using the cruise, I have to watch my speed because it's very easy to be cruising 90-100 MPH and the car just rides so smooth and quiet it's hard to tell.

Fuel consumption is also very pleasing as it will get anywhere from 18 MPG with a lot of heavy footed city driving to up near 28 MPG on the highway.

Everyone who gets in my car, even if they have newer luxury cars, are amazed at the comfort of the big pillowy plush velvety type seats. This car can be driven all day long and you don't notice it at the end of a long trip.

The sound system is also incredible for a car of this vintage. I have actually replaced the front speakers with a top name brand set of 5 1/4" speakers that cost $160.00 and that was without installations. I still have the original 6x9's in the back and I have installed a factory Chrysler Infinity CD player and I get many people who ride in my car asking me what kind of system I have and they can't believe it when I tell them it's the factory set-up except the front speakers and honestly, the factory rear speakers produce so much bass I even have had people make me open my trunk to prove that I didn't have a subwoofer, amplifier or speaker box of any kind.

The car has very minor rust in the rear quarters. Otherwise the car is very sharp looking for a 13 year old nearly 200,000 mile car. I have put a total between purchase price, repairing the front end damage, and all repairs and parts since purchase, of about $1200.00 and can't say I could be any more happy with my purchase.