Passenger vehicle production at the Lakefront and Kenosha Main plants was discontinued on 23 December 1988 (or mid-model year 1989).

[5] Significantly, Chrysler excluded employees of the Kenosha plant from its 2 February 2009 buyout offer for hourly workers.

[6] In response to news about closing the Kenosha Engine plant, hundreds of auto workers held a rally in May 2009.

[2] The Old Carco Liquidation Trust, the owner of assets formerly held by Chrysler LLC, unsuccessfully tried to market the site to other industrial users.

[10] By October 2011, an agreement was reached to transfer ownership of the property to either the city or the state, with $10 million in federal Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) money available to help clean up environmental problems at the site.

[11] An auction was held in December 2011, for the machines and equipment in the Kenosha Engine plant under order of the United States Bankruptcy Court.