Seats › Front Assembly › Recliner
Filed Mar 23, 200483,000 milesDE
WHILE AT A STOP DRIVER SEAT BACK RECLINED BACKWARDS. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
1992 Dodge Intrepid
Routine
Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the air bags › frontal. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seats › Front Assembly › Recliner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Air Bags › Frontal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsAir Bags › FrontalCrash1 injured
Filed Aug 17, 1998AR
CONSUMER WAS AT A STOP LIGHT WHEN ANOTHER CONSUMER REARENDED HIM, CAUSING HIM TO REAREND THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HIM. NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED . *AK
2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Across model years
Worst on record: 2000| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Deaths | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 129 | 2 | 5 | 0 | Routine |
| 2003 | 106 | 2 | 10 | 1 | Fatalities reported |
| 2002 | 329 | 3 | 9 | 1 | Fatalities reported |
| 2001 | 656 | 5 | 22 | 0 | High concern |
| 2000 | 1,065 | 9 | 22 | 0 | High concern |
| 1999 | 997 | 6 | 13 | 3 | Fatalities reported |
| 1998 | 377 | 5 | 12 | 5 | Fatalities reported |
| 1997 | 344 | 2 | 26 | 2 | Fatalities reported |
| 1996 | 505 | 2 | 22 | 0 | High concern |
| 1995 | 589 | 3 | 27 | 7 | Fatalities reported |
| 1994 | 718 | 4 | 23 | 0 | High concern |
| 1993 | 408 | 5 | 10 | 0 | Above average |
| 1992 — this page | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
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.