Suspension › Front
Filed Jun 18, 1996TX
VEHICLE FRONT WHEEL STEERING FEELS LIKE SHIMMY. *AK
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1996 Dodge Avenger complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1996 record →
Electrical System › Ignition
Filed May 6, 1996TX
VEHICLE STALLS IN TRAFFIC OCCASIONALLY WHILE DRIVING. *AK
Air Bags › FrontalCrash
Filed Feb 9, 1996NJ
WHILE IN AN ACCIDENT, THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
Electrical System › Wiring › Front UnderhoodFire
Filed Feb 8, 1996MD
WHILE WAITING FOR A LIGHT TO CHANGE THERE WAS AN ENGINE COMPARMENT FIRE.PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Dec 27, 1995IN
WHEN DRIVING CAR ACCELERATES SOMETIMES . TT
Air Bags › FrontalCrash2 injured
Filed Dec 26, 1995TN
UPON IMPACT ESTIMATED SPEED 30 MPH, PASSENGERS AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Sep 7, 1995VA
PURCHASE CAR ON 9/04/95 ON 9/07/95 CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT OUT OF GEAR AND COULDN'T GET IT TO GO BACK INTO GEAR . TT
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NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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