Dodge Colt

Owners filed 170 complaints across 6 model years of the Dodge Colt. The 1993 drew the most (107).

Model years6
Complaints170
Recalls6
Fires3
Deaths1

Which Dodge Colt years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Dodge Colt model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Every Dodge Colt model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
19962
0——Seat BeltsRoutine
199418
0—3Power Train › Automatic TransmissionRoutine
1993107
2—3Seat BeltsRoutine
199214
2——Seat BeltsRoutine
199117
111Seat Belts › Front › Buckle AssemblyRoutine
199012
121Seat BeltsFatalities reported

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.