The defect
FRONT SUSPENSION CROSSMEMBER MAY CORRODE AND FAIL AT LOWER CONTROL ARM REAR PIVOT MOUNTS IF OPERATED WHERE SALT IS USED TO AID IN SNOW REMOVAL.
The risk
CONTROL ARM COULD DETACH FROM THE CROSSMEMBER, ADVERSELYAFFECTING DIRECTIONAL STABILITY, WHICH COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT.
The remedy
INSTALL ATTACHMENT REINFORCEMENT BRACKETS TO PREVENT CONTROL ARM DETACHMENT AS A RESULT OF CORROSION WEAKENING.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by ODI
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Chrysler E-Class | 1983 |
| Chrysler LeBaron | 1982, 1983 |
| Chrysler New Yorker | 1983 |
| Dodge 400 | 1982, 1983 |
| Dodge 600 | 1983 |
| Dodge Aries | 1981, 1982, 1983 |
| Plymouth Reliant | 1981, 1982, 1983 |
Components: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chrysler E-Class | 1983 | 1 | 4 |
| Chrysler LeBaron | 1982 | 1 | 4 |
| Chrysler LeBaron | 1983 | 2 | 4 |
| Chrysler New Yorker | 1983 | 5 | 2 |
| Dodge 400 | 1982 | 0 | 3 |
| Dodge 400 | 1983 | 0 | 5 |
| Dodge 600 | 1983 | 0 | 5 |
| Dodge Aries | 1981 | 2 | 4 |
| Dodge Aries | 1982 | 2 | 4 |
| Dodge Aries | 1983 | 2 | 4 |
| Plymouth Reliant | 1981 | 2 | 4 |
| Plymouth Reliant | 1982 | 2 | 4 |
| Plymouth Reliant | 1983 | 1 | 4 |
Other suspension recalls in 1989
19 of the 234 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 1989 concerned the suspension; CHRYSLER CORPORATION filed 640 campaigns in all.
| 89V236000 26 Dec 1989 | GREAT DANE TRAILERS, INC. |
| 89V228000 5 Dec 1989 | PACCAR, INCORPORATED |
| 89V133000 10 Aug 1989 | PORSCHE CARS N.A. INC. |
| 89V132000 8 Aug 1989 | MOTOR COACH IND., INC. |
| 89V120000 24 Jul 1989 | PREVOST CAR, INCORPORATED |
| 89V123000 24 Jul 1989 | COACHMEN INDUSTRIES, INC. |
| 89V119000 24 Jul 1989 | MACK TRUCKS, INCORPORATED |
| 89V117000 18 Jul 1989 | GREAT DANE TRAILERS, INC. |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1989