1991 EAGLE TALON Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

TIMING BELT TEETH BROKE AT THE CRANK. THIS ALLOWED PISTONS TO KEEP RUNNING, BUT THE CAM STOPPED. AS A RESULT OF THIS VEHICLE FAILED. REPAIRS WERE DONE IN APRIL 2002, WITH FAILURE REOCCURING IN AUG 2002. MILEAGE ACCUMULATION BETWEEN THE REPAIRS WAS 7,500 MILES. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED. INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOUND RECALL NOTICE 98V069002 REGARDINNG TRANSFER CASE FAILURE. ALSO, CAMSHAFT FAILED. INDEPENDENT MECHANIC REPLACED PARTS. LATER PROBLEM WITH CAMSHAFT BELT AND TRANSFER CASE REAPPEARED, CAUSING DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. MECHANIC CONTACTED MANUFACTURER , AND WAS INFORMED THAT MANUFACTURER WAS WILLING TO REPAIR TRANSFER CASE /CAMSHAFT BELT, BUT NOT OTHER DAMAGE DONE TO VEHICLE. INFORMATION FURNISHED BY MECHANIC WITH PERMISSION FROM OWNER. *AK

I AM INVESTIGATING PRIOR FAILURES AND/OR ACTIONS TAKEN IN REGARD TO FAILURE OF THE TIMING BELT AUTO-TENSIONER ASSEMBLY. THE TIMING & BALANCER BELTS WERE REPLACED UNDER A MANUFACTURER RECALL: 09594183 RECALL-594-TIMING BELT. THE WORK WAS PERFORMED AGAIN THE FOLLOWING WEEK AT NO-COST, AFTER REPORTING "MORE THAN USUAL ENGINE VIBRATION." I SUSPECTED THAT THE "BALANCE SHAFT" WAS INDEXED 180 DEGREES OUT-OF-PHASE, AS THIS WOULD BE THE ONLY PROBABLE CAUSE FOR "INCREASED ENGINE VIBRATION." THIS WAS CONFIRMED BY THE NOTES IN THE SECOND INVOICE STATING: "ADJUSTED BALANCE SHAFT; LABOR-2.5 HOURS." MY OTHER QUESTION IS IN REGARDS TO THE DEALER'S LIABILITY FOR GOODS AND SERVICES. IF DUE CARE WAS NOT GIVEN, THEN PROPER SERVICE OF A DIRECTLY RELATED COMPONENT CANNOT BE REASONABLY ASSUMED. THEREFORE, THE SUBSEQUENT PREMATURE FAILURE OF THE TIMING BELT AUTO-TENSIONER ASSEMBLY, COULD BE LINKED TO THAT SERVICE. ANY INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO OTHER CASES OF SIMILAR FAILURES AND ANSWERS TO...

1ST THE TIMING BELT WENT AND I NEEDED TO HAVE ENGINE REBUILT. 1000 MILES LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN AND MECHANIC SAID THE OIL PUMP IS CAUSING THE TIMING BELT TO GO AND I NEED A WHOLE NEW ENGINE. DEALER SAYS THAT RECALL WAS ALREADY PERFORMED ON MY CAR BY PREVIOUS OWNER AND I AM OUT OF LUCK. 86,000 MILES IS WAY TO PREMATURE FOR AN ENGINE REPAIR, ECSPECIALLY WHEN MANUFACTURE KNOWS THIS PROBLEM EXISTS. THEY SHOULD PAY FOR CAR REPAIR. PLEASE HELP!!! *AK

OWNER DIDN'T RECEIVE RECALL NOTICES (BOUGHT THE CAR USED). WANTS REFUND FOR TIMING BELT AND SEAT BELT REPAIRS.

VEHICLE STALLED, OIL PAN IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT.

MY 1991 EAGLE TALON BROKE DOWN ON 2/3/99. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THE TIMING BELT SLIPPED AND CAUSED ROUGHLY $3000.00 WORTH OF ENGINE DAMAGE. I WAS TOLD THERE WAS A RECALL BACK IN 1994 BUT I NEVER RECEIVED ANYTHING IN THE MAIL. THE SAME PROBLEM OCURRED IN OCTOBER OF 1993 AND IT WAS COVERED UNDER

TIMING BELT BROKE, CAUSING ENGINE TO FAIL.

CAMSHAFT/TIME BELT BROKE, CAUSING EXTENSIVE ENGINE DAMAGE ON VEHICLE. 8AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND THE TIMING BELT BROKE THERE WAS NO WARNING . TT