2000 Chrysler LHS Steering Problems

“For some time now when I would start my car ,I would hear a banging sound and feel the steering wheel move. I took the car for service and tie rod ends and I think center link were replaced . It was fine for a while and than I started to get a grinding noise when the wheel was turned. Took it in for service and nothing could be found. On feb. 16th 2012 I was leaving work and noticed the grinding and banging had increased. My route home consists mostly of right turns. …”

“I purchased my vehicle as a pre-certified car with only 14,100 original miles in june of 2003. On 4/4/2004 my vehicle speedometer sensor failed causing my vehicle to be place in a safety mode of no more than 25 miles an hour..(felt like the transmission dropped). Then a year later around the same time, my power steering pump failed and almost causing me an accident. I have also repaired the cradle bushing 3 times since owning this vehicle and now I have to replace them again. I also just recently (dec. …”

“2000 LHS power steering problems. Car has 83,000 miles. Good maintenance and upkeep. Steering is sluggish, wandering on highway, clunking noise in steering wheel, intermittent pulling surges in steering wheel, constant corrections, loose feel, afraid of sudden and complete failure - plan to take car to dealer where I know I will be given song and dance. I have owned several cars driven over 100,000 miles never had such an issue.”

“I own a 2000 Chrysler LHS and we bought the car back in 2002 with 36*** miles on it. Around 15,000 miles after buying the car, my wife was going to make a left hand turn out of a parking lot when the steering locked up. We had the car towed to a local shop and they informed us that the rack would have to be replaced. After paying a thousand plus, we were back up and going. We never heard any more than rack failure. Now fast forward to friday december 14th, 2007, I was getting ready to leave work and the car lost all power steering. …”

“On july 15, 2007, I entered my Chrysler LHS to drive home from a local business parking lot. After starting the car and slightly turning the steering wheel, I heard a pop , pop . I thought that I had a blow out and checked the wheels. All were ok. I tried again to turn the steering wheel and it turned freely from right to left and back with no effort what so ever. Checked the front wheels after turning steering wheel fully to the left and found the wheels pointed straight ahead. Left the car overnight and the next day had it transported to baxter Chrysler for repair. …”