1979 Chrysler Cordoba from North America - Comments

When the car was new there were many, many small problems. The car was in the shop weekly for warranty work until the warranty finally ran out (12000 miles).

None of the problems were major, but all were annoying to say the least. Fit and finish were not good, but considering it was built in the 70's that is no surprise. The major problems were: Transmission Torque Converter went out at 80000 miles, only one week after having the fluid changed. The radiator was rotted out at 120000 miles and I replaced it with a new one. At 100000 miles there was one burned valve so I had a full valve job done then. Many problems with the carburetor, including problems with the choke. Finally replaced the carburetor and it was somewhat better after that. The car was very hard on brakes during the first 10 years, but got better after that.

In all the Cordoba is a classy car with too many small problems. I would not classify these as design flaws, but problems with quality control at the factory. It seems as if the factory expected the dealers to re-do the work for them that was done improperly to begin with.

Still have the car, but it is stored now. Still has the original paint and leather seats, all look exceptional.

I owned a Cordoba in the past, until the highway salt melted it away. It was a beautiful car to drive, and was a great highway car with lots of passing power. It was a bugger to park sometimes, but you kind of got used to it after awhile. It was very roomy in front, as I am a pretty big guy, but people in the back were kind of squashed. I was only disappointed that it did not have a 4 door model, to make it easier for passengers to get in/out of the backseat, as well I was always worried that I would get the overly large door nailed by a passing car. I loved the marker light on the outside, made it look even more classy. I was kind of ticked off when the Cordoba was cancelled by Chrysler, as I probably would have the current version of that model.

Well, I have a 82 Cordoba bought it for only $300 dollars with 78,000 miles. Since then, no big problems. Basic thing do go wrong. Drove it to Oklahoma from Florida 3 times. No, overheating problems. So now, I have 105,000 miles on it and carburetor was going bad. Rebuilt it and now I just can't tune it right. I've been reading on the internet about cordoba and I noticed everybody complains about the carburetor and the choke. I got tired every morning putting gas in my carburetor to get it started, so I rebuilt it and now I'm stuck on tuning it. Maybe I should of left it alone.