Safety Score
84
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1993 Dodge Spirit.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-08-24 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | No | 0 | DT: 1993 DODGE SPIRIT. THE CONSUMER RECEIVED MANUFACTURER'S RECALL CONCERNING THE FUEL SENSOR. THE DEALERSHIP ARR… |
| 2004-06-10 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL | Yes | 0 | WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ENGAGED AND SET ITSELF TO 90 MPH WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO… |
| 2004-04-20 | WHEELS:RIM | No | 0 | I BROUGHT MY TIRE TO A MECHANIC TO REPLACE A BENT RIM. HE SAID HE COULD NOT FIND A REPLACEMENT RIM AND BENT THE RIM BAC… |
| 2003-11-09 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | THE BRAKE LIGHTS CAME ON AND REMAINED ON WHILE DRIVING DUE TO THE THROTTLE TAKING OVER. *PH WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE… |
| 2003-03-27 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I OWN A 1993 DODGE SPIRIT WITH ONLY 96000 MILES ON IT AND I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. FOR NO REASO… |
| 2002-04-06 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | Yes | 0 | AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AFTER A REALLY BAD IMPACT. ALSO, SEAT BELT BUCKLES DID NOT LOCK PROPERLY.DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *… |
| 2001-08-25 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | BATTERY WILL DIE OUT AT ANY SPEED. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, A… |
| 2001-07-06 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH ENGINE STALLED, VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER , CAMSHAFT HAD BROKEN.*AK *JB |
| 2000-12-30 | POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | UPON VISUAL INSPECTION MECHANIC INFORMED OWNER THAT REAR AXLE'S WELD WAS BREAKING LOOSE. *AK |
| 2000-12-26 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 1 | FRONT CRASH 35 MPH, DRIVER'S AIRBAG DEPLOYED, AND A 3 INCH PIECE OF HARD PLASTIC HIT DRIVER IN FACE AND CAUSED INJURY. … |
| 2000-09-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES | No | 0 | REAR AXLE BAR BROKE FOR NO APPARENT REASON. DUE TO LOCATION OF BREAK, WHOLE ASSEMBLY HAD TO BE REPLACED ($885.97). RE… |
| 2000-04-27 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | Yes | 0 | VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHILE PARKED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. ENGINE OIL IGNITED WHEN ENGINE PAD… |
| 1999-12-10 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK |
| 1999-09-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | UPON STARTING VEHICLE OR WHEN DRIVING SMOKE IS COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN AREA. PROBLEM OCCURRED MOSTLY UPON STARTI… |
| 1999-07-19 | STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR | No | 0 | SMOKE IS COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT, DEALER REPLACED THE STEERING COLUMN. THE DEALER HAS … |
| 1999-05-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES THE VEHICLE STARTED TO STALLS INTERMITTENTLY AT 75,000 MILE DURING DAMPS WEATHER CONDITION. VEHICLE BEE… |
| 1999-05-04 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | LEFT FRONT SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY FAILED WHICH WAS REPLACED ON MAY 4, 1999. |
| 1998-12-01 | SEATS | No | 0 | DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BOLT WHICH SUPPORTS THE SEAT BROKE, CAUSING MOVEMENT IN THE SEAT WHEN DRIVING. ALSO, ONLY ONE BOLT… |
| 1998-10-09 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | VEHICLE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY STALL WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN/OUT DEALER SHOP FOR REPAIRS. CONDITION STILL OCC… |
| 1998-08-25 | SUSPENSION:REAR | No | 0 | CONSUMER EXPERIENCING LOUD SQUEAKING NOISE FROM REAR OF VEHICLE. DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE REAR TRAILING ARM A… |
| 1998-08-01 | SUSPENSION:REAR | No | 0 | REAR AXLE BEAM SPLIT. QCAW |
| 1998-07-01 | POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | CREAKING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE CAR. THE PROBLEM IS A CRACK INSIDE THE REAR AXLE. |
| 1998-06-01 | SUSPENSION:REAR | No | 0 | REAR TRAILING ARM ASSEMBLY. |
| 1998-04-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | VEHICLE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH STALLING BETWEEN 15-40 MPH/ ENGINE JUST DIED OUT. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE N… |
| 1997-10-25 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | CROSSMEMBER BAR CRACKED. |
| 1997-10-05 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS | No | 0 | WHENEVER IT RAINS WATER GETS INTO THE HEADLIGHTS AND THE LIGHT BULB BLOWS OUT, CAUSING LOSS OF THE LIGHT. *AK |
| 1997-10-01 | SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS | No | 0 | REAR TORSION BAR FAILED. ALSO REPLACED TRANSMISSION TWICE AND ENGINE PULLEY BELT. *AK |
| 1997-09-05 | SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS | No | 0 | REAR AXLE TORSION BAR CRACKED, MAKES LOUD CLUNKING NOISE WHILE DRIVING HIGH SPEEDS, COULD FALL COMPLETELY OFF, CAUSING… |
| 1997-06-06 | POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE MAKES A RATTLING NOISE. WHEN TAKEN TO MECHANIC, MECHANIC STATED THAT THE DIFFEREN… |
| 1997-03-01 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:STABILIZER BAR | No | 0 | AXLE SUPPORT BAR WELDING SEPARATED, CAUSING INSTABILITY. |
| 1997-03-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES | No | 0 | VEHICLE DOES NOT ACCELERATE PROPERLY, GOES TO PUT FOOT ON GAS PEDAL HAS NO RESPONSE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER 3 TIMES, CL… |
| 1996-12-19 | SEATS | No | 0 | THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT LEANS BACK BECAUSE THE ANCHOR BOLT HEAD HAS PULLED THROUGH THE FRAME AND THERE ARE STRESS FRACTI… |
| 1996-09-01 | SUSPENSION:REAR | No | 0 | TRAILING ARM WELD BROKE WHICH CAUSES NOISE. |
| 1996-08-27 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:SWITCH/WIRING | No | 0 | WINDSHIELD WIPER SWITCH/MOTOR FAILED. |
| 1996-08-26 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | No | 0 | NOTICED BURNING SMELL AND SMOKE COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN, DEALER FOUND FRONT WIRING HARNESS HAD MELTED, CHRYSLER HA… |
| 1996-08-01 | SUSPENSION:REAR | No | 0 | SUSPENSION FAILURE, THE REAR TRAILING ARM CRACKED. *AK *JB |
| 1996-08-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE IGNITION SWITCH, CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SMOKE AROUND THE STEERING COLUMN.*AK |
| 1996-07-30 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 1 | DURING FRONTAL IMPACT, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK |
| 1996-06-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | IGNITION SWITCH FAILED TWICE TO OPERATE PROPERLY. *AK |
| 1996-05-26 | STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR | No | 0 | SMOKE CAME FROM STEERING COLUMN IGNITION WAS TURNED OFF. |
| 1996-05-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WILL STALL UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. DEALER REPLACE FUEL PUMP/EGR VALVE, ETC… |
| 1996-03-30 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | WHILE TRYING TO START, VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, CAUSED BY THE IGNITION SWITCH. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK |
| 1996-03-29 | SEATS | No | 0 | THE DRIVER'S SEAT BROKE WHILE THE OCCUPANT WAS DRIVING AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. *AK |
| 1996-02-21 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 0 | DRIVING AT SPEED OF 25 MPH, DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING, NO IMPACT INVOLVED. *AK |
| 1996-01-05 | VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR | No | 0 | WINDOWS FREEZE SHUT IN COLD WEATHER. CANNOT OPEN UNTIL CAR IS COMPLETELY WARMED. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT |
| 1995-11-21 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 1 | AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT WAS VIOLENT, CAUSING CARDIAC CONTUSION TO DRIVER. *SD |
| 1995-10-10 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL | No | 0 | OXYGEN SENSOR FAILED. *SD |
| 1995-08-18 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | WHEN STARTED THE CAR PUT INTO DRIVE GAS PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR CONSUMER HIT A TRUCK . TT |
| 1995-08-01 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER | No | 0 | DRIVERS SEAT BACK LATCH BROKE, CAUSING BACK OF SEAT TO RECLINE SUDDENLY. *DSH |
| 1995-07-31 | SUSPENSION:REAR | No | 0 | THE REAR TRAILING ARM HAS A CRACK IN THE WELD. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT |