Safety Score
94
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
33
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1989 Plymouth Acclaim.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-09-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEED THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED A WIRE MELTED INSIDE… |
| 2002-05-03 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | RECALL 89 V 237 000/ENGINE VALVE COVER: PROBLEM WITH OIL LEAKING FROM ENGINE GASKET. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO P… |
| 2000-06-12 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | ENGINE HEAD GASKET TRAILING ARM RUSTED OUT. AND ALSO THERE IS A TICKING NOISE.*AK |
| 1999-05-01 | POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | I HAVE DRIVEN THE VEHICLE ANOTHER 15,000 MILES SINCE THE FIRST INDICATION OF FAILURE. I NOTICED A CLUNKING NOISE IN TH… |
| 1998-12-24 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | No | 0 | DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE HEATING UNIT, VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDERNEATH THE DASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INF… |
| 1998-04-30 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | ENGINE FAILED, REPLACEMENT FAILED ALSO, RESULTING IN OVERHEATING AND LEAKAGE. |
| 1998-03-05 | SUSPENSION:REAR | No | 0 | NOISE HEARD FROM REAR DUE TO FAILURE OF THE TRAILING CONTROL ARM/CROSSMEMBER AND BUSHINGS. |
| 1997-09-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | ENGINE FAILED CAUSING OIL TO LEAK. |
| 1997-01-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE | No | 0 | MAIN COMPUTER HAD TO BE REPLACED TWICE. |
| 1996-08-06 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING DOWN ROAD, AIRBAG DEPLOYED ON ITS OWN. *AK |
| 1996-03-06 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE HAS A VALVE COVER LEAK AND IS PART OF A RECALL, BUT CHRYSLER WILL NOT FIX IT AND THERE IS OIL ALL OVER THE … |
| 1996-01-04 | SUSPENSION:FRONT | No | 0 | RUMBLING NOISE DEVELOPED UNDER THE FRONT WHEEL. PROBABLE CAUSE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. *AK |
| 1995-10-14 | POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | FRONT SUSPENSION FAILURE, FRONT AXLE BROKE. TT |
| 1995-10-07 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH | No | 0 | MANUFACTURER FAILED TO INSTALL A LOCKING FLOOR SHIFT IN VEHICLE LEAVING FLOORSHIFT LEVER UNLOCKED WHEN KEY IS REMOVED. … |
| 1995-07-01 | SUSPENSION:REAR | No | 0 | THERE IS A CRACK IN THR REAR TRAILING MEMBER . *AK |
| 1995-04-25 | SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS | No | 0 | CRACKED TORSION BAR, CAUSING SUSPENSION TO FAIL. *AK |
| 1995-04-10 | SUSPENSION:REAR | No | 0 | REAR AXLE CRACKED. *SD |
| 1995-04-01 | POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | WHEN CAR WAS 4 YRS. OLD HAD TO FIX REAR AXLE , 2 YRS. LATER IT BROKE AGAIN. TT |
| 1994-02-16 | SUSPENSION:REAR | No | 0 | TRAILING ARM REPLACED TWICE OVER A THREE YEAR PERIOD DUE TO A GRINDING NOISE. |
| 1991-06-21 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | WHILE THE CAR IS PARKED IT SLOWLY LEAKS OIL ,THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM SINCE NINETY-ONE, AND THE DEALER HAS TRI… |
| 1989-06-01 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD | No | 0 | PAINT BEGAN PEELING LESS THAN ONE YEAR AFTER PURCHASE. WAS DISMISSED AS "IMPROPER CARE AND INDUSTRIAL FALLOUT AND MALA… |
| — | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | ENGINE EXPERIENCES CONTINUED FAILURE RESULTING IN LEAKS, WATER PUMP FAILURE ALSO. |
| — | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | THE ENGINE VALVE COVER AND THE CAMSHAFT WERE REPLACED THE TIMING BELT WAS REPLACED NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN . TT |
| — | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | AIR CONDITIONING DOES NOT WORK. OWNER HAD VALVE COVER REPLACED TWO TIMES STILL DOESN'T WORK. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK |
| — | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS | No | 0 | WAS DRIVING VEHICLE WHEN HEADLIGHT COVER BECAME DIM. WAS NOT ABLE TO SEE DISTANCES CLEARLY DURING NIGHT. HEADLIGHT LE… |
| — | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED WITH INCORRECT VALVE GUIDE WHICH IS CAUSING OIL TO LEAK ONTO ENGINE, RESULTING IN VEHICLE SMO… |
| — | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | VEHICLE HAS A COLD WEATHER STARTING PROBLEM. IS THERE A RELATED RECALL? |
| — | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | OIL IS LEAKING FROM THE VALVE COVER GASKETS. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK |
| — | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | HAIR LINE CRACK IN ENGINE CYLINDER HEAD IS CAUSING OIL TO SEEP THROUGH CRACK . *AK |
| — | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | HAD ENGINE GASKET RECALL DONE, HAD TO HAVE REPLACED THREE TIMES SINCE. TT |
| — | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | MY DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT IS DEFECTIVE. IT WILL NOT STAY HOOKED IN. *AK |
| — | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | PURCHASE CAR NEW HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION SIX TIMES IN A YEAR AND A HALF AND IS ON THE SEVENTH . TT |
| — | SEATS | No | 0 | PURCHASE USED CONSUMER DRIVING IN THE DRIVEWAY THE TRACK BROKE . TT |