Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1994 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
94
NHTSA complaints
3
Defect investigations
40
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

94 filed
20
Crashes
3
Fires
16
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
    10
  • SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
    9
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    7
  • SUSPENSION:REAR
    4
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION Components
    4
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    4
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    4
  • VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
    3

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

3 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

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