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1. stereing wheel would not center up, vehicle drove straight. Dealer said this is normal to compensate for torque, no warranty repair, took to a suspension shop for repair $ $1200 (see details below). 2. transmission shuddered in torque converter lock up. Delaer found no problems with transmission, but confirmed the problem. $ $2200 for new hd torque converter and hp valve body (see detail below) **accelerator stuck wide open while traveling down interstate, had to push hard on brake pedal to slow down to merge to shoulder, place vehicle in neutral and the engine revved to red line, shut down the motor. Motor would not start only crank. Dealer said the injector pump and controller awere bad, $ $3000 for reapair. Replaced ball joint 6/2002, replaced transmission 10/2004, replaced fuel injector pump 12/04. Sum total of repairs $ 6600.00.
While driving the consumer noticed that smoked was coming from the rear. The vehicle started to vibrated uncontrollably. The driver was able to maintain control of the vehicle and drove it to the dealer. The mechanic informed the driver that the fuel injector needed replacing due to cleaning sensors. The consumer indicated that this problem started after pulling a trailer for 200 miles. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer where the replaced the injector pump.
Fuel lift pump failure could cause a serious accident, loss of power will cause loss of brakes, power steering, and control. Thousands of failures have occurred, the failed part is on national back order due to the large number of system failures. Chrysler/Dodge has not addressed this issue!!!
- Florece, OR, USA
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- Meadow Vista, CA, USA