Vehicle report
1986 CHRYSLER NEW YORKER
This model year
What the record shows
The 1986 Chrysler New Yorker is a midsize car, and the 15th model year of a nameplate NHTSA records from 1972 to 2004.
The EPA rated two configurations: engines from 2.2-litre four-cylinder to 2.5-litre four-cylinder, front-wheel drive only, a single transmission, Automatic 3-spd and running on premium gasoline and regular gasoline.
Combined fuel economy ranges from 19 to 21 mpg depending on which one you have.
The federal record holds 12 owner complaints and 9 service bulletins for it.
Counts are reports, not rates. A complaint is something an owner chose to file; it is unverified and unadjusted for how many of these cars were sold, so the useful comparison is against other model years of the same car. Recalls and investigations carry more weight because a manufacturer or regulator acted on them.
Reading this report
Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.