Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1997 Rialta Rialta

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.

3
Open recalls
9
NHTSA complaints
0
Defect investigations
2
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

9 filed
0
Crashes
0
Fires
1
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Tires
    3
  • TIRES:TREAD/BELT
    3
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    2
  • Exterior LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH
    1
  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK Assembly
    1
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION Control
    1

Recalls

3 campaigns
98V081000·TIRES1998-04-21

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MOTOR HOMES EQUIPPED WITH CONTINENTAL GENERAL TIRES. CERTAIN TIRES, WHEN INSTALLED ON THESE MOTOR HOMES, CAN EXPERIENCE PREMATURE TIRE DETERIORATION.

RiskTHIS CONDITION CAN CAUSE THE TIRE TO DEFLATE AND PERSONAL INJURY AND/OR PROPERTY DAMAGE CAN RESULT.

FixDEALERS, IN CONJUNCTION WITH CONTINENTAL GENERAL TIRE, WILL REMOVE AND REPLACE THESE TIRES WITH NEW TIRES AND NEW VALVE STEMS. THE FRONT TIRES AND SPARE TIRE WILL BE THE SAME SIZE AS THE EXISTING TIRES. THE REAR TIRES WILL BE SIZE 215/70R15C AND HAVE A HIGHER LOAD RATING.

97V061000·SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE1997-04-09

A SPACER WAS OMITTED AT THE LOWER SEAT BELT ANCHOR POINT OF THE DRIVER AND FRONT PASSENGER SEAT.

RiskTHE MISSING SPACER CAN CAUSE THE SEAT BELT ANCHOR SYSTEM TO FAIL IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH INCREASING THE RISK OF PERSONAL INJURY AND/OR PROPERTY DAMAGE.

FixDEALERS WILL INSTALL THE SEAT BELT ANCHOR SPACER.

96V258000·EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS1996-12-27

THE TAIL LIGHT USED ON THESE VEHICLES WAS NOT CERTIFIED FOR THE UNITED STATES.

RiskTHE PHOTOMETRICS OF THE EUROPEAN TAIL LIGHT USED ON THESE VEHICLES MAY NOT BE THE SAME AS ON THE UNITED STATES VERSION RESULTING IN A DIFFERENCE IN LIGHTING ABILITY.

FixDEALERS WILL INSTALL THE CORRECT TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY.

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