1995 Chrysler Cirrus LXi review from North America

At 100,000 miles the transmission went out. Upon bringing the car to a mechanic, I was told that this transmission (which was put in several other cars manufactured by Daimler Chrysler) was notorious for going out. Was given an preliminary estimate of $1,200 to fix - it ended up costing $2,000 for a completely rebuilt transmission. The mechanic said it was too far gone to go any other route and it would be much more to replace it with a new one.

The factory CD player completely stops working from time to time. Sometimes it won't eject CD's. The radio changes stations spontaneously, and you can't make it stop. It's something internal -moving the dials doesn't help at all.

The leather on the seats is very hard and uncomfortable at best. It's definitely not a car to purchase if you're big on saving gas by not using the air conditioner. With these seats, an air conditioner on full blast is almost necessary.

The car is beautiful. It has outstanding class - especially the LXi models.

However, the overall performance is unreliable. The transmission went out for the second time while I was attempting to merge onto a very busy portion of I-85 - the car simply would not go. Being the parent of a toddler -I've decided this is not the car for us when it comes to reliability and safety.