Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1993 Dodge Colt

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

2
Open recalls
107
NHTSA complaints
3
Defect investigations
8
Service bulletins

NCAP safety

Overall
Not rated
Frontal
Not rated
Side
Not rated
Rollover
Not rated

Consumer complaints

107 filed
3
Crashes
0
Fires
3
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Seat Belts
    53
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
    19
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
    14
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE Assembly
    7
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING
    6
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT
    2
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    2
  • STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
    2

Recalls

2 campaigns
97V063002·LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH1997-05-12

EXCESS LUBRICATION CAN CAUSE THE RUBBER DOOR LATCH SWITCH COVER TO DEFORM, AND THE DOOR LATCH SWITCH TO MALFUNCTION, SO THAT THE SHOULDER BELT ANCHORAGE WOULD REMAIN AT THE A-PILLAR WHEN THE DOOR WAS CLOSED.

RiskIN THE EVENT OF A CRASH, THE SEAT OCCUPANT MAY NOT BE PROPERLY RESTRAINED.

FixDEALERS WILL REPLACE THE DOOR LATCH SWITCH WITH A SWITCH THAT UTILIZES REDUCED LUBRICATING GREASE, IMPROVED CONTACT SURFACE, AND A DIFFERENT RUBBER ISOLATION BOOT.

97V073002·SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE1997-05-12

THE GUIDE RAIL ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE CONTAINS A COVERED CABLE AND ALSO AN ANGLED BELT GUIDE AT THE TOP END OF THE WEBBING. THE COMBINATION OF THESE FACTORS CAN LEAD, OVER TIME, TO THE CABLE'S MOVEMENT EXERTING ABRADING FORCE TO THE LOWER EDGES OF THE CABLE'S CHAMBER, SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE THE CABLE TO DROP OUT OF THE CHAMBER WITH THE SHOULDER BELT ANCHORAGE BECOMING STUCK.

RiskIN THE EVENT OF A CRASH, THE SEAT OCCUPANT MAY NOT BE PROPERLY RESTRAINED.

FixDEALERS WILL INSTALL A NEW REPLACEMENT GUIDE RAIL THAT INCORPORATES A DOUBLE LIP DUST SEAL AND AN ANODIC OXIDE COATING.

NHTSA investigations

3 actions
DP03002·STEERING:COLUMN2003-05-07 → 2003-07-22

STEERING COLUMN SEPARATION

EA96014·SEAT BELTS1996-06-28 → 1997-06-12

AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT FAILURE

Led to recall97V063002

PE96007·SEAT BELTS1996-01-19 → 1996-06-28

AUTO SHOULDER BELT FAILURE

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