1997 Chrysler Fifth Avenue

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the seat belts › front › retractor. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Seat Belts › Front › Retractor1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Manifold/Header/Muffler/Tail Pipe1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System › Manifold/Header/Muffler/Tail Pipe
Filed Mar 11, 2004OH

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FLASHED ON THE DASHBOARD. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT ENGINE MANIFOLD NEEDED REPLACING. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Retractor
Filed Jul 6, 2000OR

BOTH FRONT SEAT BELTS ARE EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH BELTS WOULD NOT RETRACT / UNRETRACT PROPERLY; LEAVING BOTH OCCUPANT WITHOUT ANY RETRAINT. DEALER / MANUFACTURER NOTIFED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVER UNDER RECALLS. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1991
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
1997 — this page2000Routine
199329000Routine
199225100Routine
199136310Routine
199036130Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.