1997 Dodge Shadow

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the power train › manual transmission. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Seats1
000
Power Train › Manual Transmission1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Seats
Filed May 25, 200471,000 milesTN

WHILE DRIVING, THE SEAT FRAME BOLTS WERE LOOSE. THIS CAUSED THE SEAT TO WOBBLE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *JB

Power Train › Manual Transmission
Filed Apr 22, 1998OH

TRANSMISSION SLIPPING DUE TO FAILURE.

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1993
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
19991000Routine
19981000Routine
1997 — this page2000Routine
19951000Routine
199494130Routine
1993107170Routine
199273430Routine
199189521Fatalities reported
199040250Routine

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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.