1996 Chrysler LHS from North America - Comments

Water pump at 63K, 3 out of 4 struts failed at 62K, Both inner tie rods failed at 63K.

If possible, sell your LHS BEFORE it reaches 60K miles. It appears Chrysler is making throw away cars.

Having the tie rods and water pump fail - when they did (mileage) - really killed my desire to buy another Chrysler product.

This site was helpful to me, so I thought I'd pass this along to my fellow LHS owners:

I had a miss/hesititation while accelerating and during a long stop. After one week of this symptom, the CHECK ENGINE light came on. Was it one of the four oxygen sensors? - no. Was it the fuel pump? - no. Was it the Camshaft positioning sensor? - no. Was it the Mass Air Flow sensor? - no.

Here's what I did to fix the problem:

I changed all the spark plugs with BOSCH Platinums, then disconnected, then re-connected the negative side of the battery after 20 minutes - "resets" the CHECK ENGINE light. Problem solved!

The whole "fix" cost me $12 bucks.

If you have any sort of engine miss similar to this - give this a try first - before taking your LHS in for service $$$$$$$$$$$.

Regards,

Pete

San Jose, CA.

We are having the same problem with our 1995 Chrysler LHS, we have repalaced the MAP sensor and oxygen sensors. The dealer told us our camshafts were set wrong so we set them according to the book, we still have the problem. We did put new plugs in and disconnect the battery, but we are still having the problem, however, we did not use BOSCH plugs. The only thing we have not tried is the fuel pump. If you have any ideas please leave a comment and I will read it, we could use the help.

Try changing your fuel filter and spark plug wires, use mopar parts. Good luck.

I'm having Over heating Troubles. everything seems fine I had to bleed the air from the T stat Hosing fixed the problem 1st time now its doin it again I NEED HELP AND Don't HAVE A lot OF MONEY deejayeroc@aol.com.

Check your radiator to see if it's full of bugs and dirt. Clean your radiator between the air conditioning condensor and the radiator - could be lots of stuff between there. Worked for me.

Hesitation/miss/rough idle is usually caused by a vacuum leak near the #5 cylinder. Usually develops around 60k miles on the LHS. This problem drove me nuts. If the leak is small, the engine will run rough for about a week or so before the check engine light comes on.

To fix it: drain the radiator, remove the intake plenum, remove intake manifold, look at gaskets and you will see a chunk missing near this cylinder. Replace with good after-market gaskets and problem will go away.