Car Problem DataNHTSA records

1991 Eagle Summit

Fatalities reported

Owners filed 12 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the seat belts › front › buckle assembly. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Seat Belts › Front › Buckle Assembly3
101
Seat Belts3
000
Seat Belts › Front › Retractor2
000
Visibility › Rearview Mirrors/Devices › Exterior1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor1
000
Exterior Lighting › Brake Lights1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine1
000

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports
Seat Belts › Front › Buckle Assembly95V103003
Filed May 24, 1995920,000 vehiclesChrysler Corporation

Defect. THE FRONT SAFETY BELT BUCKLE RELEASE BUTTONS CAN BREAK. THESE RED PLASTIC RELEASE BUTTONS ARE MARKED "PRESS." IF A BUTTON BREAKS, PIECES CAN FALL INTO THE BUCKLE ASSEMBLY CAUSING THE BUCKLE TO OPERATE IMPROPERLY.

Risk. THE SAFETY BELTS WOULD NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE PROTECTION TO AN OCCUPANT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.

Remedy. OWNERS SHOULD PROMPTLY CHECK THE CONDITION AND OPERATION OF BOTH FRONT SAFETY BELT BUCKLES AND CAREFULLY INSPECT THE RED RELEASE BUTTON FOR ANY BREAKS OR CRACKS. THEY SHOULD ENSURE THAT BOTH BUCKLES ARE OPERATING PROPERLY BY INSERTING EACH LATCH PLATE INTO ITS BUCKLE, TUGGING ON THE BELT TO MAKE SURE THE LATCH IS SECURELY LOCKED, AND THEN PRESSING THE RELEASE BUTTON. THE LATCH PLATE SHOULD POP OUT OF THE BUCKLE WHEN THE BUTTON IS PRESSED. IF EITHER RELEASE BUTTON SHOWS A SIGN OF BREAKING OR CRACKING OR IF EITHER BUCKLE FAILS TO OPERATE PROPERLY, OWNERS SHOULD PROMPTLY CONTACT THEIR AUTHORIZED DEALER TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THE BUCKLE REPLACED OR REPAIRED, FREE OF CHARGE. THE MANUFACTURER IS DEVELOPING A REMEDY DESIGNED TO PREVENT FAILURE OF THE BUTTONS THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY BROKEN.

What owners reported

Newest filings
Exterior Lighting › Brake Lights
Filed Oct 3, 2001KS

CONSUMER STATES THE BRAKE LIGHT IS INOPERATIVE, AND WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALER THAT PROBLEM IS UNREPAIRABLE.*JB

Seat Belts
Filed Jul 1, 1998DC

AUTOMATIC SEAT BELTS FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL, RECALL REPAIRS REFUSED DUE TO UNAVAILABILITY OF PARTS.

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Feb 11, 1998NY

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE, HEARD NOISE COMING FROM UNDERHOOD. TOOK TO DEALER & INFORMED HARMONIC BALANCE BOLT HAD LOOSENED & FELL OUT. WAS REPLACED 6 TIMES. THE TIMING BELT REPLACED. & VALVES BENT IN CYLINDER HEADS.

Seat Belts › Front › Buckle Assembly
Filed Jul 25, 1997CA

THE DEALERSHIP WILL NOT RECTIFY THE RECALL. THEY HAVE LIED TO THE OWNER SEVERAL TIMES THAT THE PART IS IN, AND HE CAN COME IN, ONLY TO BE TURNED AWAY. *AK

Seat Belts
Filed Dec 23, 1996NY

AUTOMATIC SEAT BELTS STICKS/DON'T RELEASE PROPERLY, CHOKING OCCUPANT.

Seat Belts › Front › Retractor
Filed Nov 13, 1996NM

FAILURE OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR, THE SEAT BELT IS IN THE RETRACTING POSITION.*AK

Seat Belts
Filed Aug 1, 1996PA

PASSENAGER'S AUTOMATIC SEATBELT SWINGS FREELY BACK AND FORTH, DOES NOT LOCK IN OPEN OR CLOSE POSITION. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Retractor
Filed Jul 10, 1996OR

SEAT BELT RETRACTOR TIGHTENS WHEN STARTING VEHICLE, CHOKING/STRANGLING PASSENGERS. *DH

Visibility › Rearview Mirrors/Devices › Exterior
Filed Apr 5, 1996OH

NO PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. *SD

Seat Belts › Front › Buckle Assembly
Filed Dec 11, 1995NJ

THE REAR DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE JAMMED. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
Filed Jul 12, 199500

THE FRONT BRAKE ROTOR HAS BEEN REPLACE TWICE OUT OF A TOTAL OF SIX REPAIR ON THE BRAKE FRONT BRAKE. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Buckle AssemblyCrash1 injured1 killed
Filed May 22, 1995MI

SEAT BELT FAILURE, AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT BECAME OPEN UPON 7:00 COLLISION. TT

12 of 12 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1993
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
19962100Routine
199531100Routine
199415101Fatalities reported
199392300Routine
199244300Routine
1991 — this page12101Fatalities reported
19906100Routine

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1 death reported in complaints filed with NHTSA.

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.

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Most recent recall on file: May 24, 1995. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.