FaultScore

Worst years for a Chrysler NEW Yorker

Owners have filed 1,032 complaints about the Chrysler NEW Yorker with NHTSA across model years 1977 to 2004. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Avoid

1994 Chrysler NEW Yorker

296 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly transmission & drivetrain.

Cleanest on record

1996 Chrysler NEW Yorker

17 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Chrysler NEW Yorker 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
2004 2 0 0 Electrical System
2000 1 0 0 Brakes
1999 1 0 0 Brakes
1998 2 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
1997 2 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
1996 A 17 0 0 Steering
1995 C 74 5 1 73,486 Steering
1994 D 296 29 9 110,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
1993 B 96 2 0 93,000 Brakes
1992 61 2 0 63,325 Steering
1991 124 1 5 94,500 Brakes
1990 117 3 4 85,000 Brakes
1989 95 3 5 Brakes
1988 49 0 1 Brakes
1987 49 2 4 Engine & Cooling
1986 28 0 1 Electrical System
1985 7 1 2 Fuel & Propulsion
1984 2 0 0 Fuel & Propulsion
1983 6 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
1981 2 0 0 Fuel & Propulsion
1977 1 0 0 Tires

What breaks on a Chrysler NEW Yorker

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

Brakes 232 22.5%

Worst in 1990

Fuel & Propulsion 137 13.3%

Worst in 1994

Worst in 1994

Engine & Cooling 106 10.3%

Worst in 1994

Steering 87 8.4%

Worst in 1994

Worst in 1994

Suspension 36 3.5%

Worst in 1994

Worst in 1994

Airbags 30 2.9%

Worst in 1994

Lights 28 2.7%

Worst in 1994

Worst in 1994

Worst in 1994

Seat Belts 25 2.4%

Worst in 1989

Seats 25 2.4%

Worst in 1994

Exactly what failed on a Chrysler NEW Yorker

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

Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 136 29.9%
Automatic Transmission 87 19.1%
Fuel Injection System 58 12.7%
Engine 41 9.0%
Gasoline 26 5.7%
Pump 23 5.1%
Foundation Components 23 5.1%
AIR Conditioner 22 4.8%
Headlights 20 4.4%
Frontal 19 4.2%

Complaints filed over time

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

Jan 1995 peak 53 Mar 2026

Chrysler NEW Yorker 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 NEW Yorker

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