# 1999 CHRYSLER LHS — STEERING:RACK AND PINION
> NHTSA complaint `627450` · 2007-06-17 · Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CHRYSLER
- **Model:** LHS
- **Year:** 1999
- **Manufacturer:** Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
- **Component:** STEERING:RACK AND PINION
- **Miles at failure:** 73,000
- **Speed:** 10 mph
## Narrative
VEHICLE STEERING WOULD START PULLING TO THE RIGHT AND THEN THE LEFT. NOISE COMING FROM FRONT END AND VERY LOUD AT TIMES WHILE TURNING. AND  SOMETIMES WOULD NOT TURN IT WOULD LOCK UP NO CONTROL THEN YOU WOULD GET CONTROL OF THE STEERING. WE HAD CAR INTO THE DEALER AND THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. VEHICLE THEN STARTED GETTING WERE IT WAS HARD TO TURN LEFT ,IT WAS LIKE THE POWER STEERING WOULD QUIT AND THEN START BACK .VEHICLE WOULD TURN RIGHT NO PROBLEM. WE HAD THIS CHECKED AGAIN,IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY. THE DEALER SAID THE COULD NOT FIND ANY THING WRONG. I HIT A DEER ,WHEN I TRIED TO TURN TO MISS HIM STEERING LOCKED UP WOULD NOT TURN. THEN I HAD A ACCIDENT WHERE I HIT SOMEONE IN THE REAR. I TRIED TO MISS AS I REALIZED THEY WERE STOPPED AND THE STEERING WOULD NOT LET ME TURN .I WAS NOT CHARGED WITH FOLLOWING  TOO CLOSE DUE TO VISION OBSCURED  BY THE SUN. I WOULD HAVE AVOIDED THE WRECK IF THE STEERING HAD NOT OF LOCKED UP I HAD NO CONTROL. I WAS NOT GOING FAST .THE VEHICLE KEPT GETTING HARDER TO TURN AND THEY STILL COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM .NOW THE WARRANTY IS OUT AND VEHICLE WAS CHECK BY ANOTHER MECHANIC  AND HE TOLD US IT NEEDED RACK AND PINION .THIS WAS WHAT WE COMPLAINED OF, AND THEY SHOULD HAVE FOND THE PROBLEM.  THE CAR NOISE GOT LOUDER, AND THEY SAID IT WAS NOTHING, AND ALL ALONG THIS WAS GOING OUT. CURRENTLY,  WARRANTY WAS GONE. THEY COVERED THIS JUST TO PASS THE WARRANTY OUT.  *AK
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