FaultScore

Worst years for a Chrysler Lebaron

Owners have filed 832 complaints about the Chrysler Lebaron with NHTSA across model years 1978 to 2003. More of them are about the transmission & drivetrain than anything else.

Avoid

1995 Chrysler Lebaron

89 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly body & structure.

Cleanest on record

1993 Chrysler Lebaron

87 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Chrysler Lebaron year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2003 1 0 0 Airbags
1997 2 0 0 Engine & Cooling
1996 4 3 0 Airbags
1995 D 89 8 3 Body & Structure
1994 C 133 6 5 94,000 Body & Structure
1993 C 87 6 1 Transmission & Drivetrain
1992 100 13 6 Transmission & Drivetrain
1991 95 6 5 36,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
1990 96 10 3 Transmission & Drivetrain
1989 69 10 10 Engine & Cooling
1988 40 5 6 Steering
1987 59 5 9 Engine & Cooling
1986 31 5 5 Engine & Cooling
1985 13 0 2 Engine & Cooling
1984 7 0 1 Steering
1983 2 0 1 Engine & Cooling
1982 1 0 0 Body & Structure
1979 1 0 0 Other & Unspecified
1978 2 2 0 Transmission & Drivetrain

What breaks on a Chrysler Lebaron

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Worst in 1990

Engine & Cooling 106 12.7%

Worst in 1994

Body & Structure 84 10.1%

Worst in 1994

Worst in 1990

Airbags 57 6.9%

Worst in 1989

Suspension 56 6.7%

Worst in 1993

Brakes 52 6.3%

Worst in 1992

Worst in 1987

Steering 40 4.8%

Worst in 1988

Seat Belts 36 4.3%

Worst in 1987

Seats 35 4.2%

Worst in 1992

Worst in 1991

Acceleration & Cruise Control 17 2.0%

Worst in 1993

Other & Unspecified 16 1.9%

Worst in 1990

Exactly what failed on a Chrysler Lebaron

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Automatic Transmission 90 25.6%
Hinge AND Attachments 46 13.1%
Frontal 46 13.1%
Engine 37 10.5%
Gasoline 35 10.0%
Ignition 25 7.1%
Rear 21 6.0%
Power Window Devices AND Controls 18 5.1%
Recliner 17 4.8%
Axle Assembly 16 4.6%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Chrysler Lebaron, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jan 1995 peak 33 Jun 2013

Chrysler Lebaron problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Chrysler Lebaron

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.