Will Chrysler still do the lifetime ABS recall?

My beautiful 1991 New Yorker 5th Avenue is starting to show the symptoms of
the infamous Bendix 10 ABS problem. It only has 80K miles and had the
recall done back in 1996 and again in March of this year! I know that two
items are supposed to be for life, but will Chrysler continue to fix these
things? I am looking for someone to convert it over to a regular power
booser/master cylinder system without ABS. Mechanics here are very touchy
about doing such a modification on the brake system, even if they know it
would be better.

On 10/12/2010 02:09 AM, sctvguy1 wrote:
> My beautiful 1991 New Yorker 5th Avenue is starting to show the symptoms of
> the infamous Bendix 10 ABS problem. It only has 80K miles and had the
> recall done back in 1996 and again in March of this year! I know that two
> items are supposed to be for life, but will Chrysler continue to fix these
> things? I am looking for someone to convert it over to a regular power
> booser/master cylinder system without ABS. Mechanics here are very touchy
> about doing such a modification on the brake system, even if they know it
> would be better.
>

ah yes, bull****ter guy...

"You can probably pass my 1941 Chrysler, as it only has a six and 24K
original miles. It will outlast you I expect. You probably can't pass
my 1991 Chrysler New Yorker 5th Avenue, with only 80K miles. Both of
them are in excellent original shape and are well built."

you've has this vehicle in for two major rebuilds in only 80k miles, but
you say it's in "excellent original shape" and "well built".


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On Tue, 12 Oct 2010 05:09:18 -0400, sctvguy1 wrote:

> My beautiful 1991 New Yorker 5th Avenue is starting to show the symptoms
> of the infamous Bendix 10 ABS problem. It only has 80K miles and had the
> recall done back in 1996 and again in March of this year! I know that two
> items are supposed to be for life, but will Chrysler continue to fix these
> things? I am looking for someone to convert it over to a regular power
> booser/master cylinder system without ABS. Mechanics here are very touchy
> about doing such a modification on the brake system, even if they know it
> would be better.

I don't know if it was Lifetime. I believe it was 100,000 miles. However,
if you bought the car new you may have some pull at the dealer.


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On Tue, 12 Oct 2010 23:54:54 +0000 (UTC), Hachiroku
> wrote:

>On Tue, 12 Oct 2010 05:09:18 -0400, sctvguy1 wrote:
>
>> My beautiful 1991 New Yorker 5th Avenue is starting to show the symptoms
>> of the infamous Bendix 10 ABS problem. It only has 80K miles and had the
>> recall done back in 1996 and again in March of this year! I know that two
>> items are supposed to be for life, but will Chrysler continue to fix these
>> things? I am looking for someone to convert it over to a regular power
>> booser/master cylinder system without ABS. Mechanics here are very touchy
>> about doing such a modification on the brake system, even if they know it
>> would be better.
>
>I don't know if it was Lifetime. I believe it was 100,000 miles. However,
>if you bought the car new you may have some pull at the dealer.

It was "lifetime" but it is getting hard to find a dealer that will
deal with it. Twenty years old is ancient at a dealer shop.

It would be hard to find someone to retrofit it because of liability
though the work wouldn't be that hard and the yards are full of
donors. Is this something you could take on yourself or perhaps you
have a mechanic friend that would enjoy making a project of it?

Steve B.

On Mon, 18 Oct 2010 22:52:53 -0400, Steve B. wrote:

> On Tue, 12 Oct 2010 23:54:54 +0000 (UTC), Hachiroku
> > wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 12 Oct 2010 05:09:18 -0400, sctvguy1 wrote:
>>
>>> My beautiful 1991 New Yorker 5th Avenue is starting to show the
>>> symptoms of the infamous Bendix 10 ABS problem. It only has 80K miles
>>> and had the recall done back in 1996 and again in March of this year!
>>> I know that two items are supposed to be for life, but will Chrysler
>>> continue to fix these things? I am looking for someone to convert it
>>> over to a regular power booser/master cylinder system without ABS.
>>> Mechanics here are very touchy about doing such a modification on the
>>> brake system, even if they know it would be better.
>>
>>I don't know if it was Lifetime. I believe it was 100,000 miles. However,
>>if you bought the car new you may have some pull at the dealer.
>
> It was "lifetime" but it is getting hard to find a dealer that will deal
> with it. Twenty years old is ancient at a dealer shop.
>
> It would be hard to find someone to retrofit it because of liability
> though the work wouldn't be that hard and the yards are full of donors.
> Is this something you could take on yourself or perhaps you have a
> mechanic friend that would enjoy making a project of it?
>
> Steve B.

My current copy doesn't have ABS.


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Gimme that! "La Stinkadora"

On 2010-10-19, Steve B > wrote:
> It was "lifetime" but it is getting hard to find a dealer that will
> deal with it. Twenty years old is ancient at a dealer shop.

I have a friend with a 1963 Rambler Ambassador that he purchased new.
It has the lifetime ceramic-armored exhaust system that AMC featured
at the time -- this car has spent most of its life indoors and unused
and still has parts of that ceramic-armored exhaust on it. Since Chrysler
bought out AMC, wonder if they'll honor the warranty on that puppy when
it finally needs a muffler?

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