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#1398 of 1409 electrical gremlins by wiegers

Aug 30, 2011 (10:48 am)

I have a 2000 LHS and am having electrical problems. The other night it hesitated to start, but did on the second attempt. That night I went out and it was like the entire battery was dead. Got a jump and got about 3 miles, then it just quit...not even flashers! I got it home and put the battery charger on and the battery is fully charged. The strange part is that the seat belt and interior light are very dim and constantly flash. Yesterday I went out and it started.. cool I thought! Then this morn.. totally dead again...HELP!!

#1399 of 1409 2000 LHS will not start by 2000lhs

Apr 19, 2012 (1:19 am)

My 2000 LHS has 233,000 miles. It has overheated a number of times. I had the radiator and both hoses replaced two months ago. All of a sudden the car overheated again. I pulled over waited for the car to cool down. I noticed all the coolant was in the back part of the reserve. Refilled the reserve. Car was fine for about two minutes, the needle was slow to get to mid point on the gauge, then all of a sudden straight to red again. All the coolant was still in the reserve. I also started hearing a sound just about where the water pump is, sounds like "popcorn popping"this would happen after the car warmed up. I would then turn the car off. Last week I started it again, heard the "popcorn" sound for about 30 seconds, then the engine quit. Now it just cranks without starting. Thinking it's ready for the junk yard. they will give me $400.00. I am thinking it's the water pump and timing belt. Got estimates of $500.00 to fix. The head gasket has a small leak, and the car was always blowing white smoke. The car was a gift. No cost to me. Any ideas what happened? worth fixing? Thanks

#1400 of 1409 1994 Chrysler LHS by mrdsgrumpy

Sep 10, 2012 (9:46 am)

I want to start by saying I am amazed by all the posts on here and how many very good answers I have seen.
I want to see if anyone can help me with a couple questions about my 1994 lhs.
low miles 71,000
interior and exterior in excellent shape{slight problem with molding. lol.}
motor and all electrical working
drives like a dream EXCEPT when it goes into limp mode which is the main question I am posting this.
It seems as thou everyplace I have taken it they have said to replace tranny but why on earth would I do that when it passed inspection with flying colors.
It is something that is sparatic and after it warms up or I stop and turn it off and then restart it it works just fine.
I am kind of at a loss and am not sure if I should take it to a dealer or a reliable mechanic and let them put it on reader because I cant get any codes to come up on display.
I know I probally am asking to much but I just want to get this annoying problem fixed.
I am sure there are numerous things I can do including checking/changing sensors but I want to try and do most of work myself. Thanks in advance for any and all help
Larry

#1401 of 1409 Re: 1994 Chrysler LHS [mrdsgrumpy] by marmoore

Sep 11, 2012 (6:26 pm)

Replying to: mrdsgrumpy (Sep 10, 2012 9:46 am)
I had this problem with my first 94. The wiring harness for the wires running to the top of the tranny was part of a recall to keep them off of the top tie rod on the passenger side. The repair had been done on my car but, Chrysler's are knownfor not having the best covering on their wires and on a couple of my wires the covering had cracked and fell off causing bare spots. These spots would randomly touch causing the car to go into limp mode. I taped the wires with black tape and never had the problem again.

#1402 of 1409 Re: 1994 Chrysler LHS [marmoore] by mrdsgrumpy

Sep 11, 2012 (10:01 pm)

Replying to: marmoore (Sep 11, 2012 6:26 pm)
You got to be shi**ing me...lol... If that is the case then I will be sending you a thank you package of some kind. I even called my old mech today and he is a specialist in chrysler and he had no idea what it might be. he did say come in and do a reading and it will cost about 100 bucks which i wont be spending. I found out pep boys will do it for nothing so I am goin in tommorow am and see if they can find any error codes. you telling me this about your 94 gives me hope that it is something easilly fixed and I can get back out on the road in my LHS and be stylin thanks again for the info and I will let you know how it goes.

#1403 of 1409 Re: 1994 Chrysler LHS [mrdsgrumpy] by boxersatheart

Oct 04, 2012 (4:52 pm)

Replying to: mrdsgrumpy (Sep 10, 2012 9:46 am)
I had the exact same issue on my 94 as well. Found the harness was rubbing on the pass side tie rod end. Would kill motor when turning tight right or it would go into limp. Cut harness added wire and shrink tube, wrapped in tape and tube with a couple of wire ties here and there - no issues ever again! Dealer wanted 2500 for tranny.........Think it cost me $15 bucks and has been three years and 40K plus miles!

#1404 of 1409 Radio going nuts! by boxersatheart

Oct 04, 2012 (4:55 pm)

Ok,
My 1994 LHS has 160K on it. Radio went nuts the other day, flashing, sometimes wont turn off/on. Drove to work and with radio off could still hear it thru speakers! Temp fix was to pull fuse. Have tinkered a little with it but it now seems to be dead. Any ideas?

#1405 of 1409 Re: 1994 Chrysler LHS [boxersatheart] by mrdsgrumpy

Oct 04, 2012 (9:55 pm)

Replying to: boxersatheart (Oct 04, 2012 4:52 pm)
Thanks for the input. I still havnt had a chance to do anything on it but I am gonna try a few suggestions I have got on here/yours bein 1 of them..I cant wait to get it road worthy again.

#1406 of 1409 radio and climate control by roguejester

Feb 22, 2013 (3:49 pm)

95 LHS, digital on radio and climate control is intermittant. off or on digital will be either or for weeks, radio will still work but no digital, heater goes into a type of reserve mode when digital goes out, giving me defrost and low blower. wont let me freeze but whats the issue, thinking a short but theres alot of wiring in this and any other car.

#1407 of 1409 Re: radio and climate control [roguejester] by marmoore

Feb 24, 2013 (9:34 am)

Replying to: roguejester (Feb 22, 2013 3:49 pm)
Hello, We have had two 94 LHS Sedans and both of them have had the heater issue. There is a block fuse on the back of the heater unit that could be the problem but, I went to a junk yard and replace our heater unit with a another unit from the lowest mileage car I could find in the yard. Here in Florida it cost me $13 for the replacement unit. The radio could be tied into the heater unit problems but, most likely it is the LED connections failing in the radio. In our first LHS, the radio worked fine but the digitals never worked. Hope this helps.

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