Chrysler Lebaron Recalls

The Chrysler LeBaron has 13 recalls spanning the 1982–1994 production run, with the most serious being a hood latch defect on 1992 models where both the primary and secondary latches can fail to engage, allowing the hood to fly open while driving and blocking the driver's view of the road.

On the occupant protection side, 1985 models with power-adjusted bucket seats have a seat frame that can fail at one of its mounting attachments, allowing the seat to shift forward, backward, or sideways while driving. The 1994 model year has a seat belt anchor on bucket-seat-equipped vehicles that may lack sufficient strength to hold the belt in a crash.

The brakes account for several recalls across multiple years. On 1983 models, a brake tube routed near the rear parking brake cable can chafe against it, eventually wearing through and causing partial brake failure at the rear wheels. The 1991 model year has two brake issues: parking brake cables on some vehicles may be mismatched in length, reducing holding force on one rear wheel, and front disc brake caliper guide bolts may be under-torqued, leading to abnormal braking. Going back to 1989, vehicles operated in high road-salt areas can experience brake pad separation from the front or rear brake plates, reducing stopping power.

Further back in the production run, 1987 LeBaron convertibles have a driver's side floor mat that can slide under the accelerator pedal and prevent the throttle from returning to idle. On 1982 models, bolts attaching the front suspension ball joints to the steering knuckles can fail, causing ball joint separation and loss of directional control.

The remaining recalls are compliance-related or lower severity. The 1991 model year has an owner's manual that incorrectly describes the front passenger door lock behavior on coupes and convertibles. The 1985 model year has a seatbelt installation compliance issue, and 1986 limousine variants have a lighting compliance issue.