1996 Plymouth Acclaim

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine and engine cooling. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Engine and Engine Cooling	1		0	0	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Engine and Engine Cooling

Filed Jan 15, 2004145,000 milesUN

WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER IS ON HIGH, THE TEMPATURE GAUGE SKY- ROCKETS RIGHT UP TO HOT IN ABOUT 5 MINUTES.WE HAVE ALREADY REPLACED THE AIR COND. FAN MOTOR, AS WELL AS WE HAVE PUT IN A NEW THEMOSTAT.WE HAVE ALSO DONE A COMPLETE RADIATOR FLUSH AT MY REQUEST. ALL THIS IN THE LAST MONTH,AND TO NO AVAIL.THE TEMP. GAUGE STILL GOES TO HOT (HIGH),WHEN THE AIR IS ON HIGH? CAN ANYONE OUT THERE HELP ME OUT?????? THIS PROBLEM HAS EVERYONE PREPLEXED, AND IS COSTING ME A LOT OF MONEY. HELP, PLEASE ANYONE ?

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1991

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Deaths	Assessment
1996 — this page	1	0	0	0	Routine
1995	30	0	2	0	Routine
1994	69	1	0	0	Routine
1993	72	0	3	0	Routine
1992	63	1	4	2	Fatalities reported
1991	97	3	5	0	Routine
1990	60	2	8	1	Fatalities reported

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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.