1987 STERLING 825 User Comment / Complaint

Gas fumes can be smelled inside and outside the vechicle when outside temps reach over 105 degress. has been witnessed by two chevrolet service managers and head mechanic. has been serviced 5 times by bradley cheverot and i have been told that the regional rep has stated that the fumes both visable and odor are very normal. both the service manager and head mechanic have stated that they feel the car is not safe and would not put their families in my vehicle. the vechile smells up my entire home with gas fumes and has to be parked outside of the garage. the engineers have asked that a couple of parts be changed on my vechile to pasaify me, but that it is probably my fault, i must have over filled the gas tank - and i was asked "just what exactly are you doing mrs. anderson to cause this problem?". i have been told by the dealership that several cars in las vegas and texas have reported the same problems.  view

Over a period of several weeks, the transmission behaved erraticallty, often shifting out of gear into neutral or from neutral into drive. these shifts would occur when the engine was running but with no one touching the gear shift lever. most often, this occurred at stop signs or lights. then, on june 20, the transmission shifted into low gear on its own and remained locked there. fortunately, no accidents or injuries have occurred. however, since taking the vehicle in for transmission repair or replacement, the dealer seems unable to fix the vehicle and has not been able to return it to me. this suggests a substantial and potentially inherent transmission problem with serious safety implications.  view

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I am experiencing a problem where the my auto is idling in park and then lurches into reverse. i have contacted the dealership and they are treating me like what i describe is impossible and ignoring my complaint. i have a date scheduled for repair and its my guess the people at chrysler know that this is a major defect in the auto and are trying to sweep it under the carpet. also my transmission is dragging they acknowledged that problem and are to repair it soon. i wish i had never bought this death trap. i have also talked with several other jeep owners and most report some problems when the auto is in reverse.  view

This vehicle has jumped out of gear on two occasions and was reported to dealership and they would not look at vehicle. i was told that i should call crysler instead and i explained that i had been severely injured from this. i was still told they could not do anything i still have medicals for which i am still under a doctors care resulting from the injury of the auto. this auto has jumped out of gear on two occasions and ran over me causing injuries.  view

Speedometer/odometer inaccurate at speeds above 40 mph. odometer records 1.4 miles per every mile at highway speeds and speedometer shows actual speed plus 10-25 mph with a bouncing needle. many other owners seem to have the same problem as local dealer mentioned large number of inquiries for the specific part.  view

Consumer received recall notification for ball joints, repair of ball joints was done before notification went out, consumer was denied reimbursement by manufacturer stating consumer did not meet required conditions of recall, due to the fact that maufacturer contacted the mechanic that performed the work, and mechanic stated that ball joints were damaged due to accident which did not happen, consumer is appealing for reconsideration for reimbursement stating there was some type of misunderstanding, between the mechanic and manufacturer.  view

Consumer states car caught fire while driving, due to a leakeage in the front seal of transmission, replacement of transmission is needed.  view

The consumer replaced all four tires two months prior to recall notice because they were showing signs of severe tread separation, the consumer requested reimbursement but the manufacturer denied the claim because the replace tires were purchased prior to jan 1, 2000 (firestone atx p235/75r15). nlm  view