Safety Score
79
Safe
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994-02-08 | 94V023000 |
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE | 200 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-04-25 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | 1994 DODGE SPIRIT CAUGHT FIRE WHILE DRIVING ON THE OHIO TURNPIKE. CONSUMER STATES HE PULLED OVER WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN… |
| 2003-11-26 | SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:NON-POWERED AXLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | FOR OVER A YEAR, WE KEPT HEARING A METAL ON METAL THUNKING NOISE. NO ONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO DIAGNOSE IT. TWO DAYS AGO, … |
| 2002-08-15 | SUSPENSION:REAR | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM REAR AXLE, AND THERE WAS A POPPING SOUND. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK *YH |
| 2002-06-29 | SUSPENSION:REAR | No | 0 | T 30MPH AND WITH NO WARNING REAR AXLE SNAPPED, AND COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK |
| 2001-12-15 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THE TRANSMISSION ON THIS CAR STARTED DOWNSHIFTING VERY HARSHLY & GOING OUT OF GEAR WITH NO WARNING. I WAS ALMOST REAR-E… |
| 2001-12-11 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | No | 0 | FUEL SMELL SEEPS ONTO THE CAR WHEN HEAT IS ON. DEALER STATES THAT THE FUEL INJECTOR IS LEAKING, BUT REFUSES TO REPAIR … |
| 2001-05-31 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | SINCE WE BOUGHT THIS USED CAR FROM A DEALER IN 1999, THE TRANSMISSION SEEMED TO SLIP. WE COMPLAINED, BUT NOTHING WAS E… |
| 2001-05-29 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM | No | 0 | CONSUMER WAS SLOWING DOWN AND VEHICLE WAS WOBBLING. CONSUMER PULLED OVER, TOOK A LOOK, DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING, AND CONTI… |
| 2001-03-12 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | VEHICLE HAS HAD INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH SEALS ON ENGINE GASKET. THEY WERE LEAKING, AND CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL. D… |
| 2001-02-22 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | FUEL TANK WAS RUSTY AND LEAKING, HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK |
| 2000-09-24 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 1 | WHEN THE AIR BAG ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE DEPLOYED DURING COLLISION, DRIVER'S HANDS WERE INJURED, DRIVER'S THUMBS WERE ALMO… |
| 2000-09-24 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | AIR BAG DEPLOY DARN NEAR TOOK THUMBS OFF MY HANDS, REQUIRED 15 STITCHES IN ALL. HIT DEER, CAUSING AIR BAG TO DEPLOY. |
| 2000-08-21 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | I WAS TAKING MY GRANDSON TO AUBURN, NY WHEN HE NOTICE A WHITE WISP COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. I STOPPED IMMEDIATE… |
| 2000-06-06 | SEATS | No | 0 | BOLT ON SEAT FRAME CAUSED SEAT BACK TO DROP TO THE REAR. COULD CAUSE ACCIDENT IF CAR WAS MOVING. ENGINE BELT TENSIONOR … |
| 2000-06-01 | SUSPENSION:REAR | No | 0 | THREE SPOT WELDS BROKE AT REAR LEFT SWAY BAR. MANUUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT PART WAS COVERED UND… |
| 2000-04-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | HAD TRANSMISSION REBUILT AT 65K AND REPLACED AT 83K--MECHANIC STATES THE ONLY WAY THIS IS POSSIBLE IS A DEFECT FROM THE… |
| 2000-03-14 | FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM | No | 0 | UNABLE TO GET A PART NEEDED FOR FLOAT SENDER. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT 244 PARTS WERE ON BACK ORD… |
| 1999-10-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | UPON TURNING IGNITION SWITCH SMOKE BEGAN TO COME FROM STEERING COLUMN THEN FROM DASH. TURNED OFF IGNITION AND HAD CAR … |
| 1999-10-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | WITHIN 3 MONTHS OF OUR PURCHASE OF THIS USED CAR IN 1999, THE PAINT WENT VERY FLAT AND THE CLEAR COAT STARTED FLAKING O… |
| 1999-08-19 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | DEALER FAILED TO CURE SEALER ON GASKET TO TRANSMISSION PAN,CAUSED LEAKS WHICH RESULTED IN TRANSAXLE FAILURE/SLIPPAGE |
| 1999-08-06 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION SHOULD NOT FAIL AT 33,000 MILES |
| 1999-05-14 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE, REQUIRING REPLACEMENT OF THE TCM, TORQUE CONVERTER, VALVE BODIES, VALVE … |
| 1999-03-10 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY |
| 1998-11-03 | SUSPENSION:REAR | No | 0 | REFER TO PAGE 2-50 IN 1994 SPIRIT SERVICE MANUAL I HAVE PHOTO OF THE "CRACKED" "TORQUE TUBE OR ROD" WHICH IS A TUBE TH… |
| 1998-09-14 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER | No | 0 | WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING THE SEAT LATCH BROKE WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED. *AK |
| 1998-09-10 | EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL | No | 0 | WARNING CHIMES WHEN KEYS ARE LEFT IN IGNITION OR THE LIGHTS ARE LEFT ON. NOW THE DOORS WILL LOCK WITH THE ENGINE ON AN… |
| 1998-08-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | REAR SEAT BELT BUCKLES WILL NOT RELEASE. DEALER/MANUFACTURER CONTACTED AND NEW BUCKLE WAS REPLACED AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. … |
| 1998-01-06 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:BRAKE FLUID LOW WARNING: LAMP | No | 0 | BRACKET THAT HOLDS THE BRAKE LINES HAS A VERY SHARP EDGE, SNOW AND SUSPENSION PUSHED BRACKET INTO METAL GAS LINE AND PU… |
| 1997-12-20 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | Yes | 2 | WHILE DRIVING THE BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. ALSO, THE PASSEN… |
| 1997-12-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THE REAR CARRIER THAT CARRIES WHEEL WELL IS BROKEN ON THE END CARRIER. DEALER SAID WILL REPLACE PART ,OUT OF WARRANTY.… |
| 1997-11-21 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 1 | VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT DURING ACCIDENT KNOCKED OUT DRIVER. |
| 1997-07-30 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT BEING IN A COLLISION. AIRBAG LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR A WHILE. *AK |
| 1997-06-13 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | THE GAS TANK HAS ROTTED AND GAS LEAKED OUT IN SEVERAL PLACES, CAUSING A POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD. *AK |
| 1997-05-12 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 1 | THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTS VERY TIGHTLY AROUND THE PASSENGER IN THE FRONT SEAT. PASSENGER REACH UP TO RELEAS… |
| 1997-01-31 | SEAT BELTS | Yes | 0 | THE MOTORIZED SHOULDER BELT ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SEPARATED FROM THE PANEL UPON CRASH ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE CAR… |
| 1996-12-31 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | WHEN A PASSENGER OPENS THE FRONT SIDE DOOR THE MOTORIZED SEA TBELT WILLEITHER LOCK THE PASSENGER TIGHTER OR IT ACTUALL… |
| 1996-12-04 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | DURING VEHICLE OPERATION, THE VEHICLE JUMPS OUT OF GEAR FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL. *AK |
| 1996-11-30 | VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE | No | 0 | HEATER CORE FAILURE. *AK |
| 1996-10-24 | STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR | No | 0 | STEERING COLUMN IS BROKEN. *AK |
| 1996-10-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | VEHICLE KEEPS STALLING AT ANY SPEED. DODGE FINALLY SAID CO PILOT SHOULD BE INSTALLED, ADMITTING THERE IS A PROBLEM. … |
| 1996-07-21 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER | No | 0 | WHILE STARTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A TRAFFIC LIGHT AT INTERSECTION, THE SEATBACK RECLINER CONTROL FAILED AND DRIVER'S SI… |
| 1996-07-14 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | DRIVING AT SPEED 45MPH, VEHICLE WENT INTO OPEN THROTTLE POSITION, TO STOP APPLIED BRAKES REAL HARD. *AK |
| 1996-05-13 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 1 | DRIVING VEHICLE, DEEP DIP IN ROAD, VEHICLE HIT DIP, AIR BAG WAS DEPLOYED, DRIVER INJURED BY AIR BAG DEPLOYING. *AK |
| 1996-03-01 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | PASSENGER'S SIDE AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT FAILURE, PASSENGER UNABLE TO LATCH SEATBELT. *AK |
| 1996-02-21 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION: BOUGHT CAR FEBRUARY 94, HAD NEW TRANSMISSION PUT IN IN 1996. CURRENTLY, WHEN DRIVING ALONG IT … |
| 1996-02-19 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | DRIVER COULD NOT REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH NOR TURN THE IGNITION ON. |
| 1996-01-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE STOPS/STALLS/HESITATION/STUMBLE WHEN THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN. TT |
| 1995-12-27 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER | No | 0 | ENTERING VEHICLE, REAR BACK COLLAPSED ON BUCKET SEAT FOR DRIVER. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. |
| 1995-08-22 | EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER | No | 0 | THE AIR CONTIONER FAILED, NOT COOL ENOUGH DUE TO H-VALVE/CONDENSOR LEAKING, ALSO ROUGH IDLE/ VEHICLE STALLS AND NOISY … |
| 1995-06-01 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM | No | 0 | VEHICLE STALLS OUT COMPLETELY WITH NO WARNING, POWER BRAKES AND STEERING FAIL TO WORK PROPERLY. *AK |