Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1979 Dodge Sport Utility

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
52
NHTSA complaints
0
Defect investigations
0
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

52 filed
3
Crashes
0
Fires
11
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Equipment
    22
  • EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL
    21
  • EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL
    3
  • EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
    2
  • EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER Manual
    2
  • EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER
    1
  • None
    1

Recalls

1 campaign
79V074000·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:SPRINGS1979-03-22

INNER AND OUTER CARBURETOR THROTTLE RETURN SPRINGS MAY HAVE BEEN MISINSTALLED, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN SPRING FAILURE. THIS CAN PREVENT THE THROTTLE FROM RETURNING TO A CLOSED POSITION WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS RELEASED.

FixBOTH THROTTLE RETURN SPRINGS WILL BE REPLACED AND PROPERLY INSTALLED WITHOUT CHARGE.

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