From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npois!alice!rabbit!jj
Newsgroups: net.auto
Title: Re: Horizons are American
Article-I.D.: rabbit.564
Posted: Fri Jun 25 12:00:44 1982
Received: Mon Jun 28 04:48:49 1982
References: cbosgd.2389 utcsstat.218


Your friend's problem with the Horizon is the lean burn computer.
A lot of dealers don't know how do deal with them at all, and don't.
>From the symptoms, it sounds like it has a crack in it's encapsulation, and
as a result drifts.  I am NOT pulling this out of my hat, either.  He should
call Chrysler zone and raise Cain, and tell them about the messages he
had posted on netnews.  He should also find a dealer who knows how to
work on a car that has  electronics in it.  If he complains right,
he should manage to get the thing fixed for free, the key is to point out
that the problem existed before the warrantee expired, and was NOT fixed.
the door problem is simple also, take off the inside panel, force the
back of the latch  and then
opening the door, and putting it back on right.
I find the problems with Horizon/Omni really surprising, since I haven't met
a single complainer in my part of the Northeast, excepting two people whose
dealer couldn't fix the leanburn unit.   They were accomidated by another dealer,
and make happy.
Perhaps everyone who has problems/no problems should post their location
(part of US) conspicuously in the article, and I will look for a trend.