Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › DrumCrash
Filed Aug 6, 1996NY
REAR BRAKES FAILED 5 TIMES, ONCE CAUSING ACCIDENT. *SD
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1994 Plymouth Acclaim complaints
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Air Bags › FrontalCrash3 injured
Filed Jul 15, 1996NY
VIOLENT DEPLOYMEN TOF DRIVER'S AIR BAG DURING AN ACCIDENT WHERE VEHICLE HIT A TRUCK, RESULTING IN INJURIES. *AK
Air Bags › FrontalCrash3 injured
Filed Jul 8, 1996NY
DRIVERS AIR BAG DID NOT INFLATE IN ACCIDENT. *DH
Suspension › Rear
Filed Jun 17, 1996FL
REAR AXLE CRACKED, CAUSING NOISE. *DH
Seat Belts › Front › Buckle Assembly
Filed Jun 10, 1996MD
FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT DOES NOT CATCH IN THE OVERHEAD LATCH. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
Seats › Front Assembly › Recliner
Filed May 23, 1996IN
SEATBACK COLLAPSED WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE. *AK
Fuel System, Gasoline › Fuel Injection System
Filed May 14, 199600
VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY. *DH
Seat Belts › Front › AnchorageCrash1 injured
Filed Apr 11, 1996NJ
SEAT BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN PASSENGER DURING ACCIDENT, CAUSING INJURY.*SD
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Mar 12, 1996IL
VEHICLE STALLS WHILE DRIVING. *DH
Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Jan 23, 1996NJ
WHILE DRIVING AT SPEED OF 50 MPH, VEHICLE WENT OPEN THROTTLE POSITION UP TO 90MPH. TT
Air Bags › FrontalCrash1 injured
Filed Aug 2, 1995VA
FRONTAL COLLISION IMPACT 12:00 POSITION SPEED 40 MPH, DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG CAME OUT BUT DID NOT INFLATE. TT
Latches/Locks/Linkages › Hood › Latch
Filed Jul 26, 1995PA
WHILE DRIVING HOOD CAME UNLATCHED AND FLEW UP; SPEED 35 MPH; NO WARNING; BOTH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY LATCH FAILED; LEVEL FOR SECONDARY LATCH. TT
Air Bags › FrontalCrash
Filed Jul 7, 1995MD
DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED AND CAUSED SHIRT TO CATCH ON FIRE. *AK
Visibility › Windshield
Filed Jun 21, 199500
THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED FOR NO REASON. TT
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed May 27, 1995WA
WHEN DRIVING AND STOPPING AT A STOP SIGN THERE IS A LOUD NOISE . TT
Air Bags › FrontalCrash1 injured
Filed Mar 31, 1995WI
UPON IMPACT, DURING MULTI-CRASH REAR TO FRONT, AT APPROX. 10-35MPH HEAD WAS FORCED INTO STEERING COLUMN, AIRBAG PLASTIC COVER, CAUSED FACIAL INJURIES. TT
Power Train
Filed Mar 30, 1995NY
SPEEDOMETER/KILOMETER SCALE NOT ILLUMINATED ENOUGH FOR NIGHT DRIVING. *AW
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed Feb 2, 1995IN
WHILE SEATING AT A STOP, BRAKE PEDAL FADE TO THE FLOOR, AND COME BACK UP, DEALER CLEAN BRAKES TO NO AVAIL. TT
Visibility › Defroster/Defogger/Hvac System › Heater Core
Filed Feb 1, 1995WI
DEFROSTER AIR DOES NOT REACH DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW BY THE POST, LEAVING A LARGE BLIND SPOT. *AK
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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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