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Chrysler E Class

Every Chrysler E Class model year on file, 1981 to 1986. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years10 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years61981 to 1986

Recall campaigns5Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins60Summed across model years

By model year

The 1983 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 100% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.

Components

Structure leads the Chrysler E Class complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Structure

Suspension

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Chrysler E Class model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Chrysler E Class by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Investigations	Bulletins
1986	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	0	10
1985	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	0	10
1984	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	1	10
1983	Sedan	1	0.0	50	4	1	10
1982	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	0	10
1981	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	0	10

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Chrysler E Class

08E-033 Apr 14, 2008
Part numbers packaged with incorrect nuts are: k7147, k7329, k8683, and 104353
Suspension · 6,903 vehicles
89V-052 Mar 29, 1989
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
Suspension · 500k vehicles
82V-123 Dec 9, 1982
Hydraulic brake tubing routed to the left rear wheel brake system may have been bent out of shape during assembly and could chafe against the…
Brakes · 50k vehicles
82V-092 Sep 24, 1982
Travel computer system wiring, on the involved vehicles, may be improperly connected
Equipment · 479 vehicles
82V-091 Sep 22, 1982
Involved vehicles may be equipped with an electrical fuel filler door release which is activated through a coiled current carrying wire (a solenoid)
Fuel system · 5,234 vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.