NHTSA complaint: 1994 CHRYSLER LHS — POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO PARK (WOULD ONLY GO AS FAR AS NEUTRAL) AND ENGINE COULD NOT BE TURNED OFF. EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS APPLIED AND HAD TO BE RELEASED MANUALLY. WHEN RELEASED THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED CRASHING BEFORE IT STOPPED. FUSES HAD TO BE DISCONNECTED IN ORDER FOR ENGINE TO SHUT OFF. CONSUMER WAS INJURED IN THIS ACCIDENT. VEHICLE EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE MALFUNCTION, THE ALTERNATOR BELT BURNED, CAUSING ENGINE TO SMOKE AND STALL. BATTERY FAILED. TURN SIGNALS DID NOT WORK. TIRES WERE OUT OF BALANCE AND CAUSED VIBRATION. TRANSMISSION EXPERIENCED VIBRATION, GEARS MALFUNCTIONED, A CODE REVEALED A PROBLEM BETWEEN THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE AND THE POWERTRAIN MODULE UNDER HEAVY ACCELERATION, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THIS WAS POSSIBLY CAUSED BY A STICKY THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR. BRAKES EXPERIENCED VIBRATION DUE TO BRAKES BEING OUT OF ROUND, THE FRONT BRAKES AND FRONT ROTORS WERE REPLACED. *SLC
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation