Eagle Automotive Repair Manuals

Interesting Facts About Eagle Motor Cars You Probably Don’t Know – Common Problems – and PDF Manuals for Download…

Eagle cars were the marque of the Chrysler Corporation once they purchased American Motors Corporation (AMC).

The Jeep/Eagle division was formed in 1987 and unlike any of the vehicle manufacturers that Chrysler had purchased such as Dodge the logo for the Eagle range of cars remained as the Eagle Head logo and not the Chrysler Pentastar logo.

The name Eagle was used by Dan Gurney for his racing cars and arguably one of the most famous of his models was the 1967 Eagle-Weslake formula one.

It is considered by most motor car enthusiasts as one of the most beautiful formula 1 cars that were ever built.

The first two models were the Eagle Premier and Eagle Medallion which were designed in cooperation with AMC’s former partners Renault.

The remainder of the brand’s cars were simply re-badged cars sold by other Chrysler Divisions.

Historically the Eagle brand suffered from product recognition and was generally marketed either under the Chrysler or Mitsubishi brands. Because of budget constraints, they were generally marketed under the better-performing brands.

In other words, the marketing efforts would be focused on the better Jeep performing models.

This was not the only constraints with the Eagle Brand faced but with dealers as well. Most dealers felt that the Eagle passenger brand was not as profitable as the Jeep business for instance.

Chrysler wanted to have an SUV range and with the acquisition of AMC decided to realign their dealer network.

The strategy was to consolidate the stand alone Jeep/Eagle dealers with the Chrysler franchises.

Chrysler did not have an SUV to sell but adding the Jeep range of vehicles gave them a chance to be competitive in this market.

This helped the marketing of the SUV range of vehicles at certain dealerships but did not improve the sales of different yet similar passenger vehicles.

Understandably most dealerships wanted to have fewer models and focus the marketing efforts on those.

After 10 years of having poor sales with the Eagle brand, it was decided to discontinue manufacturing the car and replaced it with the Chrysler 300M.

The Eagle brand was discontinued in stages with the Eagle Talon being the last in 1998.

One of the reasons that the Eagle brand did not survive even though there were plans to redesign the Eagle Vision is the merger of Chrysler and Daimler.

Common Problems with Eagle Cars

With the cars being discontinued as far back as 1998 the cars on the road today are pretty old but some of the problems that have been experienced are mentioned below. The one way to get around these problems is to have a good repair manual.

Some of the common problems that old cars could present are the fact that they might not pass the stringent emission tests that are expected today.

  • There are problems with the Eagle Vision 2003 models having excessive fuel leaks and the problem is difficult to solve. This not only creates a problem with the fuel consumption but it would certainly not pass the emission tests. This is why it is a good idea to have a repair manual.
  • Problems that are experienced with the engine of the Eagle Talon is that it often will not start even though the engine turns over efficiently and freely.
  • There have been cases when the timing belt has failed in the 1995 Eagle Talon models and this causes other problems. Often these types of problems will cause other issues in the engine like the balance shaft bolt needing replacing and the timing cover is replaced.
  • There have been quite a few issues with the Talon 4 cylinder where the automatic transmission has given problems. One of them is that the car stalls when stopped by applying the brake while the car is in gear.
    This is not normal for automatic transmissions. The worse problem being when the driver accelerates the car stalls.
  • Some problems have occurred with the head gasket leaking and the car not performing as it should. It loses power and it backfires due to the bad fuel air mixtures.
  • The Talon 4WD has a design problem with the crankshaft bearing and apparently, the manufacturers are aware of this problem. It is a flaw in the oiling system and the bearing wear results in lateral play in the crankshaft.
    This leads to a malfunction of the crankshaft position sensor installed externally which shuts off the engine. This fault has been reported from owners of Eagle Talon cars which have done between 10,000 miles to 100,000 miles.

Conclusion

The problem with having cars that have been manufactured more than 15 years ago is that there are probably no experts left at the service workshops and it becomes more important to have a repair manual.

Repair manuals serve as an excellent tool to solve engine problems which are the main problem with the Eagle Talon.

Especially if someone should buy a well looked after used vehicle one is never aware how it was treated before and with the Talon’s history of cranks shaft problems it could require repair soon after it has been bought.

Often crank shaft lateral movement can damage other parts of the engine such as the valves. Having a repair manual will ensure that you are able to troubleshoot the problem and even repair it if necessary.

The Eagle Talon is probably one of the better-known models from the Eagle range and has actually won the SCCA World Challenge touring car championship from 1990 to 1991.

Even though it was discontinued in 1998 it did inspire Chrysler to develop the second generation Chrysler Concorde.

It is an iconic car with a superb design which could become a collectors car, especially with the colourful history.

It has been featured in two computer games Gran Turismo and Forza Motorsport.

If you do own an Eagle Talon or other model having a repair manual will go a long way to ensure that you are able to maintain and repair your Eagle model.

 

Purpose of this is to catalog and include one of most comprehensive, useful and accessible “automotive repair PDF manual” database on the web for all Eagle models.

It’s your go-to source for learning all about Eagle – when you can’t find it elsewhere.

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