1990 Daihatsu Charade

Routine

Owners filed 6 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the seat belts › front › retractor. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Seat Belts › Front › Retractor2
000
Seat Belts2
000
Seat Belts › Front › Webbing1
103
Seat Belts › Front › Buckle Assembly1
000

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Master Cylinder89V213000
Filed Dec 5, 198933 vehiclesDaihatsu America, Inc.

Defect. THE PRIMARY SIDE BRAKE CUP WITHIN THE MASTER CYLINDER MAY FAIL CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID LINE PRESSURE IN ONE-HALF OF THE DUAL BRAKING SYSTEM.

Risk. THIS WOULD CAUSE REDUCED BRAKING EFFECTIVENESS ANDINCREASED STOPPING DISTANCES THAT COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT.

Remedy. REPLACE MASTER CYLINDER.

What owners reported

Newest filings
Seat Belts › Front › Retractor
Filed Jan 22, 1997NM

THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR STOPPED WORKING. *AK

Seat Belts
Filed Jan 18, 1996CA

DRIVER'S SIDE AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT HAS FAILED, SHOULDER BELT HAS TOTALLY FAILED. TT

Seat Belts › Front › WebbingCrash3 injured
Filed Sep 18, 1995OK

VEHICLE INVOLVED IN HEAD ON COLLISION, SEAT BELT DID NOT KEEP PASSENGER IN PLACE. TT

Seat Belts
Filed Aug 17, 1995AL

MOTORIZED SEAT BELT FAILED TO LATCH. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Buckle Assembly
Filed Aug 2, 1995AL

SEAT BRELT WILL NOT LATCH, CAUSING AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT TO CYCLE, DEALER DISCONNECTED THE SYSTEM. 8AK

Seat Belts › Front › Retractor
Filed Mar 1, 1995WA

LAP/SHOULDER BELT WILL NOT RETRACT ON DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS SIDE SEAT. TT

6 of 6 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1990
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
19922000Routine
19912000Routine
1990 — this page6100Routine

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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.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: Dec 5, 1989. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.