Chronic air conditioning problems, resulting in repairs every year. Fuel rail was replaced twice. Blower motor was replaced. Currently, transmission is being completely overhauled at a cost of $1000 to $1600. Numerous interior rattles that they can't seem to get rid of. The Infinity premium sound system blew out at 40,000 miles and would cost $800-1000 to replace. It never lived up to is "premium" billing either. The sound was quite poor. I wouldn't buy this car, and will sell it as soon at the transmission is fixed. The other problem I wish to avoid: common water pump problem that takes out the timing belt when the pump goes. I will sell it before this happens.
Though this car drives well, and the recent transmission trouble is the only major engine/drive train trouble, my conclusion after owning this car for 5 years is that Chrysler doesn't know how to put a vehicle together. This was their top of the line, luxury vehicle that went for $30,000 new. When you pay that much you shouldn't have to put up with so many body rattles. This car has been well cared for, but is more trouble than its worth.
I AGREE and am very troubled why a company such as CHRYSLER can sell such a piece of JUNK. I have an Eagle 95/Vision - same thing, won't run, $6000.00 in repairs and the car still won't get me to work and back. It stalls and dies.
The motor was completely rebuilt 2 times in a 1 month time period and the valve body and torque convertor replaced. From fuel rails to o-rings to head gaskets to all the electrical components /fuel pump... whatever short of a new car. I've bought it, as each Chrysler/Jeep Dealer thought what was the problem... it turned out it still has all the same problems and no one can help. Why can Dodge/Chrysler do this to the American public, I will never know. Thanks. Don't buy a DODGE/CHRYSLER ever.
My family had a 1996 LHS. That is the reason I have trouble recommending a Mopar product to people. The car had its air-conditioning fixed 4 times (first under warranty,2 and 3 we payed for, and the forth went the first time the VW dealor turned on the car after we bought our Passat) and the thing overheated twice, although I forget why. These cars DO have reliability problems and would never suggest one to anybody. And to the Eagle owner, remember that AMC eagles were great cars, then Chrysler took the name and made crappy cars out of it.
Well, we have had our 1994 LHS for 4 years and I must to admit it is a piece of junk for sure. We're having to replace the cooling fan, ball joints, transmission, and wiring harness that goes to the MAP sensor all at one time. That's not including what we have already replaced on it. With all that money I could have bought a new car! To anyone looking to buy an LHS, go look at a newer model such as a 2000.
...and I thought it was only me who purchased a lemon LHS! We put over $8,000 into our 1996 LHS last year. The transmission went bad, just like the Concorde we had before this car, and we had a year's worth of overheating problems, that we just couldn't get the Chrysler service department to acknowledge. In the end, the head cracked, and we had to replace everything related to the cooling system...urgh. Next time, I'm buying Ford!!
Actually, our 1994 LHS is a nice car. I was taken by its beauty when I first saw it. It gave us very good service up to about 160,000. Then we were beset with the failure of the AC system. This was completely redone for about $600. I had to replace the compressor in just over a year. (what timing!) Then I figured out the smoke that smelled like rubber burning was the harness that fused together at the rear of the engine under the plenum (sp?). However, like everyone else, the diagnosis for the intermittent poor shifting of the transmission that came along at about 185,000 miles was the solenoid pack in the trans case. Also a short is intermittently causing the #3 injector to not open so the motor misfires. All in all, the car would be great if not for the electronics poor design. One last thought, I am 6'2" and long waisted. My head rubs the top of the car unless I really slouch sufficiently. Buy another? Very doubtful, thank you.
We have owned a 1994 LHS for the last 5 years. We have had many of the same problems the above posters have mentioned. Mostly we just dealt with them and figured, oh well, cars always cost money to upkeep, and we just made a poor choice in buying our LHS.
However, two weeks ago a bolt on the rack and pinion steering failed (sheared off?), and the car was without steering. I don’t mean ‘power’ steering, I mean steering –ALL steering. It took about 24 hours to sink in that someone could have been killed. Luckily, the failure occurred as the car was entering a parking lot at low speed.
Here is the kicker. When I called Chrysler to complain – thinking that this is a valid safety concern, they hung up on me. I did call back and ask to talk to a supervisor to discuss the hang up, and I was told that supervisors don’t talk to customers.
We just bought a Toyota.
Let's face it: Chrysler's are JUNK!!!
Den.
Well, here is another nay-say to the Chrysler name.
We owned a '94 New Yorker (LHS minus a couple things) and boy was it a pile of junk... I agree with most of the above statements, with a few more problems to list.
The car was purchased with 76k on it, and the AC died the minute, literally, the minute we drove it from the dealer lot. Took a lot of effort to get it fixed, and when it finally started to work, the compressor whined loudly while engaged. Turns out the NEW unit had a bearing failure. What quality, eh?
After that the driver's side seat wouldn't recline, but the rest of the seat would move. Plus, the lumbar adjuster broke, leaving it in the 'out' position making it hard on certain backs on long trips.
Here is the killer problem... While on a trip, the ball joints crack, but we didn't know until there was a definite clunking noise when you hit the brakes and as soon as you would begin to accelerate. After it was serviced, the car began to jerk badly at low speeds, around 35-45mph, so we thought that it was the transmission. We had it inspected and it was fine, and the transmission shop told us to go to the Chrysler dealer. We then learned that the upper intake manifold was warping and there was significant blow-by, causing the engine to miss horribly. (all this at approx. 110k)
When we traded it for our new van, we learned that the steering rack was ready to fall off...
93-97 Chryslers ARE JUNK!!! Don't BUY ONE.
I own a 1994 LHS has 300 thousand and so far the regular maintenance brakes, plugs, wires, one inner tie rod. air compressor went, but after reading all the complaints I'm so not waiting for all the problems to beging should start thinking about trading it. car runs good very comfortable, as far as suspension I live in romote northern ontario Canada roads are mostly gravel with lots of pot hole.
Overall the car has been very good to me.
Norm
I don't know about trading your '94 LHS. If it has 300,000 miles then you won't get any trade-in value for it anyway, and it appears to be proving itself to be one of those gems where everything went together right. I would suggest continuing to drive it at least until the next big (e.g. $1,000) repair comes up, and then you can safely junk it with the knowledge that you've gotten all that you can reasonably get out of it. That makes a lot more sense than giving away a car that is running well in order to take on a new loan.
I had a brand new 1995 Intrepid ES loaded for 2 years and had no problems until my ex totalled it. It handled really well and was a really beautiful car that was different when it first came out. I almost bought the LHS. Since you already have an excellent speaker system with your Infinity factory radio I would go to a store such as a Circuit City and find an aftermarket In dash unit with a CD. They sell a harness that plugs directly in and install the kit. I took my older Bonneville that had great speakers and was out of there in an hour. My son had his Range Rover factory radio replaced with new speakers and bass tubes and it took about 3 hours. I would never repair a factory stereo unless it was a classic.
I have a 1997 LHS with 110,000 Miles.. I have owned it for about a year now and have done nothing, but drive it.. (With the exception of regular oil changes, and a new battery) For 3 GRAND it is a real nice luxury car that rides excellent, and gets great gas mileage!
The comments about the fellow with the "New Yorker". It seems his car fell apart from the time he bought it. I have just this to say about that particular car. Someone sold the car because it was not taken care of and it was a hunk of junk from neglect. I work with cars all the time and I am most definitely going to be purchasing a 1996 Chrysler LHS, I know the full service history of the car. And like any car it has had it's share of problems. BTW if the fellow had only done some homework he would have found out that all the "LH" cars had problems with the A/C compressor.
As with all used cars, do some research and don't just buy the first car you see... Shop around and find the right one.
Rob.
I also own a 1994 LHS. Not too many problems. I am 2nd owner. 1st owner was Father-in-law, so knew car was in good shape. Transmission had to be rebuilt. Needed upper ty-rod ends also. I just went ahead and added new struts and shocks at that time. The major problem right now is, that the A/C has quit. I have recharged, and replaced o-rings, unit will hold a vacuum, but gas leaks out under pressure. Sniffer will not pick up anything.
Would like to check the evaporator, but do not have any instructions on removing dash or how to get into the thing. Any help here would be appreciated.
John.
I have a 1994 New Yorker. It blew ahead gasket at 97,000 miles. It was my sons car and when he replaced timing belt, he didn't connect fan plug and car overheated in traffic. After I put new head gasket on, car runs great. It has 115,000 miles on it now. The only complaint I have is the A/C is difficult to keep working.
Howard.