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To: ari-freedom

Chrysler started bringing out minivans and my wife started bringing out babies in the mid 80’s. So I gave up an Olds Toronado and bought an 84 Plymouth minivan, an 89 Plymouth minivan and a 94 Town and County minivan. The 84 blew several transmissions and one engine. The 89 ate transmissions but the engine held together. I still have the 94 and use it for Scouting so it only gets a couple of thousand miles a year now but quality wise has been ok. The minivans were unique at the time and great family vehicles so the quality issues were just endured.

I bought a 2000 Chrysler Concorde for the styling and interior room, but quality wise, it really was bad. Everything from all door locks to all seat motors, steering rack and pinion replaced. The gaskets around all the doors shrank and you could see daylight when closed. Imagine the noise going down the road. The Mercedes buyout didn’t help service any so that was my last Chrysler...period.


67 posted on 10/26/2008 6:33:39 PM PDT by Ron/GA
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To: Ron/GA
I recently sold my Chrysler minivan. From the time I bought to the time I sold, total repairs were $400 - per month. More than gas, maintenance and insurance combined. And that's just for repairs that weren't covered by warranty and recalls. Chrysler put in an extra $250 per month for those.

Failures in the last year included: brakes. starter, electrical, air conditioning, heat, tires, steering, coolant, and transmission. The doors worked, but I can't think of any other moving part that didn't get repaired.

Final straw: repair shop replaced starter for $700. I asked them to check coolant. Said no problem, despite the fact that their was *no* fluid in any part of the radiator. When transmission failed to tran, sold to a junkyard for about the price of the tires.

72 posted on 10/26/2008 6:57:19 PM PDT by bIlluminati (The kingdom of heaven is among us.)
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