Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1992 Dodge Spirit

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
58
NHTSA complaints
2
Defect investigations
41
Service bulletins

NCAP safety

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

Consumer complaints

58 filed
4
Crashes
4
Fires
1
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    9
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC Limited Slip
    5
  • SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
    4
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    3
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    3
  • Power TRAIN:AXLE Assembly
    3
  • SUSPENSION:REAR
    3
  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
    3

Recalls

1 campaign
92V015000·STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR1992-02-14

THE ZINC PLATING OPERATION PERFORMED ON THE UPPER STEERING COLUMN SHAFT COUPLING BOLT CAUSED HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT AND BREAKAGE OF THE BOLT.

RiskFRACTURES OF THE UPPER STEERING COLUMN SHAFT COUPLINGBOLT RESULT IN A LACK OF COUPLING LOAD ON THE SHAFT AND LOSS OF STEERINGCONTROL.

FixREPLACE THE ZINC PLATED BOLT WITH A PHOSPHATE PLATED BOLT.

NHTSA investigations

2 actions
PE96036·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1996-05-14 → 1996-10-31

THROTTLE WILL NOT RETURN TO THE POSITION

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

SAFETY BLT LATCH OPERATION

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