Faults:

The car has been a fairly good car. I have yet to replace a thing, but the previous owner spent a lot of $$$$$$on this car. It does experience a little vibration at about 70 or 75 mph. Factory paint sucks.

General Comments:

I like it. It is a good car. It handles excellent, quick and peppy. I would buy another Chrysler. They have improved a lot of things lately, in the past three yrs. or so.

Faults:

-Water pump & timing belt replaced shortly after I got it.

-Timing belt tensioner failed 15,000 miles after water pump/belt replacement--crappy aftermarket part?

-Tranny rebuilt at 145,000 miles.

-Rear defogger switch/relay replaced.

-Front struts replaced (original)

-Just replaced O2 sensors (original)

-Tranny is being rebuilt again as I write this review!! (under warranty) Bad rebuild or bad transmission design? Possibly both.

General Comments:

Overall, very satisfied with this car. I am the fourth owner of it, but it seems to have been well cared for. Weak points are definitely the transmission and water pump.

As I've noticed in other reviews, my steering also makes strange noises when the outside temperature is below 20 F. Despite other reviews to the contrary, the A/C is the best I've had on any car. I think it was likely worked on before I got the car. The electrical system has a weird intermittent fault-- sometimes when I shut the car off, the dash lights remain on, and I have to turn the ignition back on and cycle the headlight switch to correct this. Infinity stereo failed, replaced with a friend's newer stereo from a newer Chrysler model. These were made by Alpine for Chrysler in this year--Alpine has had a lot of reliability problems. Very nice handling and performing car overall. I've driven a lot of cars, and despite the quirks, if I found myself in a high speed chase, this one would be on my top 5 list of cars I'd rather be driving. (at least ones that I can afford)

Faults:

We have only one major problem with the car. It does not like to start when it is cold. The car is finicky that way.

General Comments:

Shakes very badly above 80 miles per hour. Gets worse the faster you go. Handles badly around turns and power steers. The car hesitates when you floor it and shifts at the wrong times. The car is a little big too. It handles like a big boat from the eighties in some situations.

Faults:

According to our mechanic, the transmission on the LHS has been replaced. This seems to be a common problem among all LHS models however.

Also, upon inspection the mechanic found the other same problem with the loose from right bearing.

General Comments:

We're just buying this car now. The two problems most frequently being reported have been fixed in that the car has a new transmission and we are replacing the bearing.

The level of luxury for the price of this car is very good and would recommend it as long as you make sure to check the tranny, and bearing. Other than that it's an excellent vehicle.

Faults:

Air conditioning evaporator failed 3 times (more often than I replaced my brakes - I didn't know there was 'wear & tear' on an evaporator). Last replacement was 2 years ago with a 3rd party (non-Mopar), and hasn't been a problem yet.

Transmission failed at 20,000 miles - replaced under warranty.

ABS and traction control lights have started coming off & on at random, with noticeable thump in the brake pedal if stopped at a traffic light. The mechanic replaced the master cylinder. This seemed to take care of the symptoms for about a week, but now they're back. Is the master cylinder component failing again, or is there something else and the mechanic picked the wrong part to replace?

A solid clunk in the front end when backing up while turning. Mechanics have replaced multiple parts, but still haven't found the cause of the clunk.

We're still trying to find a mechanic who can fix our car the first time. Tune in next week for the next episode of "The Parts Replacers".

General Comments:

My wife and I really, really love driving this car. It is a great highway machine, especially if you want to feel comfortable traveling 'at speed' on the Pennsylvania turnpike's hills and curves in the rain with the trucks. It performs like a muscle car, trunk big enough to pack it all in for a major road trip. My daughter pretends she's in the back of a limousine (Black LHSs were used as VIP limousines by the Pentagon starting in 1994 to carry generals around D.C. to meetings with Congress and other officials). But, could Mopar please, please, please make more reliable parts, and could Chrysler please help me find a mechanic who can diagnose the problem the 1st time. I don't mind shelling out $600 --- if I know my wife won't be calling me to say its not fixed. The track record is the opposite.