Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1993 Dodge Shadow

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.

1
Open recalls
107
NHTSA complaints
4
Defect investigations
41
Service bulletins

NCAP safety

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

Consumer complaints

107 filed
14
Crashes
7
Fires
10
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    12
  • Unknown OR Other
    9
  • SUSPENSION:REAR
    9
  • SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
    9
  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
    7
  • Seats
    5
  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER Dash
    5
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    5

Recalls

1 campaign
99V212000·SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER1999-08-06

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. THE LOWER SEAT BACK ATTACHING BOLT ON THE DRIVER SEAT CAN FAIL AND SEPARATE.

RiskIF THE BOLT FAILS WHILE THE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN, THE DRIVER COULD LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, INCREASING THE RISK OF A VEHICLE CRASH.

FixDEALERS WILL REPLACE THE LOWER SEAT BACK ATTACHING BOLT ON THE DRIVER'S SEAT WITH A HIGHER STRENGTH BOLT THAT INCLUDES A SELF LOCKING NYLON PATCH.

NHTSA investigations

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

STEERING COLUMN SEPARATION

RQ99006·SEATS1999-05-13 → 2000-02-02

SEAT BACK FAILURE

Led to recall99V212000

PE96008·SEAT BELTS1996-01-25 → 1996-06-28

SAFETY BLT LATCH OPERATION

PE94069·UNKNOWN OR OTHER1994-09-14 → 1995-01-31

INTERIOR FIRES

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