Head gasket failure with oil or coolant leakage
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
51 quejas de NHTSA · 1999-07 → 2004-08
“HEAD GASKET FAILED AT APPROXIMATELY 75,000 MILES; LEAKED OIL THROUGHOUT COOLANT SYSTEM, WHICH REQUIRED THE REPLACEMENT OF ALL COMPONENT PARTS, SAVE FOR THE RADIATOR, AND THE OXYGEN FLOW SENSOR”
“HEAD GASKET FAILED CAUSING OIL TO LEAK INTO COOLANT AND ENGINE TO OVERHEAT. OVERHEATING OCCURED ON EXPRESSWAY CASUING ME TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. OIL AND COOLANT SPILLED OUT THROUGH THE OVERFLOW BOTTLE. DT”
“DEFECTIVE HEADGASKET CAUSED EROSION AND DAMAGE TO THE HEAD, CHRYSLER DENIES TO COVER COST OF $2500”
“WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE JUMPED TO OVERHEATED AT WHICH POINT I PULLED OFF THE ROAD. ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC MY HEAD GASKET HAD BLOWN, WARPING ONE OF THE HEADS IN THE ENGINE”