1991 Dodge Shadow

These are unverified consumer reports filed with NHTSA, shown as submitted.

• 12/28/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  VEHICLE FLOODS ITS SELF AND SHUTS DOWN AT WILL. DEALER CLAIMS PROBLEM CAN'T BE REPAIRED. *AK

• 12/26/1995· SUSPENSION

  THE REAR AXLE HAS A CRACK ALL THE WAY AROUND IT AND IT WILL BREAK SOON. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

• 12/07/1995· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  THE CAR RPM RACES ON ITS OWN. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

• 11/21/1999· UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  THE PAINT ON MY HOOD STARTED PEELING IN LARGE CHUNKS WHEN I NOTICED THERE WAS NO PRIMER UNDER THE PAINT, ONLY BARE METAL. IS THIS LEGAL? I THEN SAW ANOTHER 1991 DODGE SHADOW WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS. I KEPT MY EYES OPEN AND I HAVE SINCE NOTICED THAT ON ALMOST ALL WHITE 1991 DODGE CARS OR TRUCKS HAVE SIMILAR PAINT PROBLEMS. I KNOW FORD HAD A PROBLEM LIKE THIS ONCE AND THEY TOOK RESPONSIBILITY. WILL CHRYSLER?NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

• 11/19/1997· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  CRANKSHAFT BOLT SNAPPED ( INTERIOR AND OUTER BREAKAGE), TOTALLY CORRODED, HELD UP BY SLIGHT SLIVER LESS THAN FIVE PERCENT. *AK

• 11/09/1998· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  IGNITION SWITCH MALFUNCTIONED. *AK

• 11/09/1998· POWER TRAIN

  CONSUMER STATES THAT HE DOES NOT NEED TO HAVE HIS FOOT ON THE BRAKE OR ANYTHING EXTRA TO CHANGE GEARS. *AK

• 10/31/1997· LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

  THE REAR HATCHBACK CLYLINDERS DO NOT SUPPORT THE REAR HATCHBACK, RESULTING IN THE HATCHBACK FALLING ON THE OCCUPANT WHEN LIFTING THE HATCH IN THE UP POSITION. *AK

• 10/29/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  ENGINE STALLING DUE TO FAILURE OF THE O2 SENSOR. MJS

• 10/28/1999· EQUIPMENT

  LIGHTER FLIES OUT OF IT'S CASING WHEN HOT. NLM

• 10/28/1995· AIR BAGSCrash

  NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S AIR BAG DURING COLLISION, CAUSING INJURY PRIOR TO RECALL. ( 90V194000.) *SD

• 10/21/2000· SEATS

  DAIMLER-CHRYSLER HAS ISSUED A RECALL (#729) ON DODGE SHADOWS INVOLVING THE BOLT IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT BACK. THE CAR WAS TAKEN ON 10/12/00 TO CRYSTAL AUTO MALL AT 220 RTE. 22 WEST, GREEN BROOK, NJ TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THEY TOOK THE CAR IN WHILE I WAITED, AND BROUGHT IT OUT AFTER 20 MINUTES, GAVE ME A RECEIPT AND TOLD ME THE JOB WAS DONE. TODAY, IT IS 10/21/00 AND I DECIDED TO LOOK AT THE REPLACEMENT BOLT ONLY TO FIND THAT THE ORIGINAL IS STILL IN IT'S PLACE. I WAS ISSUED A RECEIPT, AND WAS TOLD THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED. CLEARLY, I HAVE BEEN A VICTIM OF FRAUD FROM A VERY LARGE AUTO DEALER WHO HAS COMPROMISED MY SAFETY, MY FAMILY'S SAFETY, AND THOSE ON THE ROADS WHO MIGHT COLLIDE WITH ME IF THE RECALLED ITEM WERE TO FAIL WHILE DRIVING BECAUSE OF THE STUPIDITY AND NEGLIGENCE OF AN AUTO DEALER. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS AND IF YOU NEED YOU CAN CALL ME OR MY SON HUGO CAPELLO AT WORK AT (732) 667-2081. THANK YOU.

• 10/18/1995· AIR BAGSCrash

  DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY IN FRONTAL COLLISION AT 35 MPH. TT

• 10/17/1997· AIR BAGSCrash

  FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG RESULTED IN ACCIDENT AND INJURY TO CONSUMER (BURNED AND TOOTH KNOCKED OUT).

• 10/05/1995· SEATS

  PASSENGER FRONT SEAT BACK REST COLLAPSED BACKWARDS WITH OCCUPANT; NUT/SCREW THAT SECURES SEAT/BACK REST TOTALLY BROKE. TT

• 10/04/1997· SEAT BELTS

  RIGHT REAR SEAT BELT FAILS TO PULL OUT.

• 09/30/1996· STRUCTURE

  GAS SUPPORT STRUTS FOR REAR HATCH FAILED.

• 09/29/1999· SEATS

  WHENEVER SEAT HAS TO BE PULLED FORWARD TO ENTER REAR, IT WOULD FAIL TO LATCH BACK INTO PLACE. CAN LEAN FORWARD TO FRONT SEAT FROM THE REAR & SEAT BACK, CAUSING DRIVER TO HIT STEERING WHEEL WHILE DRIVING. *AK

• 09/29/1997· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  CAMSHAFT SNAPPED WHILE BARELY MOVING. *AK

• 09/18/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ON SEPTEMBER 17,2000 @9:27AM MY BREAKS GAVE OUT ON ME COMPLETLY, 2HOURS LATER THEY WERE WORKING AGAIN, THE BRAKE LIGHT DID COME ON FOR A FEW MINUTES THEN IT WENT AWAY.

• 09/17/1996· SEATS

  DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBACK BOLT SHEARED OFF AND SEAT FELL BACK. *AK

• 09/16/1999· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE,POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  I HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS PIECE OF CRAP CAR. FIRST THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REBUILT AND THEN PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKE CYLINDERS AND NOW I HAVE SOME SORT OF SHORT SOMEWHERE IN THE CAR THAT CAUSES THE RADIO TO GO OUT. I NOTICED THE TACHOMETER WAS JUMPING UP TO LIKE 5000RPM BY ITSELF AND THEN IT WOULD DROP TO ZERO. THIS HAPPENED FOR A WHILE. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE RADIO GOES OUT AND SO DOES EVERYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH THAT FUSE. I PROCEEDED TO REPLACE THE FUSE 15 TIMES UNTIL I TOOK A AMPERAGE READING WITH A MULTIMETER AND FOUND THAT 35 AMPS WAS FLOWING TO THAT FUSE THAT WAS BLOWING. THE NORMAL AMPERAGE IS 7 AMPS. FINALLY THE FUSE TOOK AND WHEN I HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD OUT IT WENT AGAIN. SO I FIGURE A SHORT SOMEWHERE. MY FUEL SYSTEM IS ACTING UP ALSO. I HAD MY SYSTEM CLEANED AND IT STILL STALLS AND HESITATES. I WRIT ONLY BECAUSE MY UNCLE OWNS THE SAME CAR AND HAS HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THE FUEL INJECTION AND THE TRANSMISSION. CHRYSLER CORP WAS NO HELP. SURE THEY SAID THEY WOULD FIX IT FOR TONS OF CASH BECAUSE THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED.

• 09/16/1995· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  INTERMITTENT ENGINE SURGES, ESPECIALLY IN COOL WEATHER. *AW

• 09/03/1997· SEATS

  SEAT FAILED PRIOR TO SEAT BOLT RECALL.

• 08/31/2000· AIR BAGSCrash

  DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG CAME OUT UNEXPECTEDLY & KNOCKED THE DRIVER UNCONSCIOUS. VEHICLE REARENDED ANOTHER DUE TO A SUDDEN STOP.*AK

• 08/22/1997· STRUCTURE

  THE TRUNK HINGES ON THE DRIVER SIDE HAVE CORRODED, AND WHEN DRIVING AT ALL SPEEDS THE TORQUE BAR MAKES A SQUEAKING SOUND, AND IS WORST WHEN DRIVING SLOW. *AK

• 08/20/1998· SEATS

  SEAT BACK BOLT RECALL REPAIR DENIED DUE TO LACK OF PARTS.

• 08/19/1999· SEATS

  CONSUMER HAS BEEN TRYING TO GET MANUFACTURER'S. RECALL NOTICE TO BE HONORED BY DEALER SINCE 25 AUG 98: SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. *AK

• 08/18/1997· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROLCrash

  WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 65 MPH COMING OFF AN EXIT RAMP AND HIT BRAKES, THE CRUISE CONTROL WOULDN'T SHUT OFF, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK

• 08/15/2003· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  PROBLEMS WITH 1991 DODGE SHADOW. PROBLEMS WITH BRAKES AT LOWER SPEEDS.*MR TWO DIFFERENT CERTIFIED MECHANICS STATED THE VEHICLE SHOULDN'T BE DRIVEN UNTIL REPAIRS ARE MADE. THE FUEL FILTER WAS REPLACED, BRAKE SYSTEM FLUSHED, AND TIRE ROTATION. *PH *JB

• 08/14/2002· STRUCTURE

  WATER IS GETTING INSIDE OF VEHICLE BETWEEN CONVERTIBLE TOP AND TOP OF WINDSHIELD. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER.*AK

• 08/14/1996· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  RADIATOR FAILED, CAUSING ENGINE TO OVERHEAT, ALSO REPLACED ENGINE HEAD/EXHAUST/BRAKE LIGHTS. *AK

• 08/14/1995· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 45 MPH CAR DECELERATE TO ZERO 4 CYCLE 2.5 LITRE ENGINE . TT

• 08/12/1997· SEAT BELTS

  SEAT BELT BOLT FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL.

• 07/30/1997· EQUIPMENT

  A/C REPLACED FIVE TIMES.

• 07/29/1999· SEATS

  BOLT BROKE ON DRIVER'S SEAT, CAUSING T THE SEAT TO RECLINE ALL THE WAY BACK.*AK

• 07/23/1997· SEATS

  SEAT BOLT FAILED, CAUSING SEAT TO COLLAPSE PRIOR TO RECALL.

• 07/22/2001· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  I HAVE OBSERVED THAT EVERY DODGE SHADOW HAS CLOUDY HEADLIGHT COVERS WHICH SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE THE EFFETIVENESS OF THE HEADLIGHTS. . OTHER VEHICLES HAVE THE GLASS SEALED BEAMS WITH THE OPAQUE AND CLOUDY PLASTIC HEADLIGHT BEAMS B

• 07/22/1997· AIR BAGSCrash

  VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG IN ACCIDENT CAUSED ABRASIONS, BURNS, WHIPLASH, BROKEN NOSE, BRUISED CHEST.

• 07/21/1999· POWER TRAIN

  VEHICLE DESIGN OF THE TRANSMISSION INTERLOCK SYSTEM ALLOWS FOR THE KEY TO BE REMOVED WHILE VEHICLE IS IN GEAR, ALLOWING VEHICLE TO ROLL. MJS

• 07/18/1995· SEATS

  DRIVER AND PASSENGER BUCKET SEAT BACKS FALLS BACKWARDS INTERMITTENTLY WITH THE SLIGHEST MOVEMENT FROM OCCUPANTS. TT

• 07/14/1997· AIR BAGSCrash

  CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT ON SAID DATE AND THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED AND BURNED THE SIDE OF HER FACE AND NECK. MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

• 07/11/1997· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULICCrash

  DRIVING TO AIRPORT ABOUT 45MPH APPLIED BRAKES TO AVOID HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE; NO BRAKES; TURNED OFF ROAD TO ANOTHER; HAD FLASHERS GOING & HONKING HORN; ANOTHER VEHICLE REARENDED SHADOW & DRIVER'S SEATBACK WENT FORWARD; THREW DRIVER INTO SIDE WINDOW BAR; DRIVER PASSED OUT; WAS EMERGENCY ROOM. *AK

• 07/06/2000· STRUCTURE

  CONVERTIBLE TOP IS LEAKING. IN THE SUMMER MONTHS DURING HOT WEATHER THE SEALS SHRINKS, AND THEY DON'T MET TO KEEP WATER FROM COMING IN OVER THE DOOR.*AK

• 06/27/1995· SEATS

  DRIVER SEATBACK BROKE WHILE SITTING IN RECLINING POSITION. TT

• 06/18/1997· EQUIPMENT

  REPLACED FRONT RADIO SPEAKERS TWICE. *AK

• 06/15/1995· POWER TRAIN

  BROKEN TRAILING ARM IN LINKAGE BAR CAUSES RATTLING NOISE IN REAR END. *DH

• 06/14/2005· POWER TRAINCrash

  DT: THE IGNITION KEY CAN BE REMOVED OUT OF THE IGNITION REGARDLESS OF WHAT POSITION IT IS IN. THE VEHICLE ITSELF WHEN PLACED IN PARK IN PARKING LOT SOMEHOW IT CAME OUT OF PARK AND STRUCK A STORE FRONT WITH NO KEY IN THE IGNITION. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE TO CORRECT DEFECT. *AK

• 06/13/1995· STRUCTURE

  FRONT PASSENGER SIDE DOOR HAS BROKE OFF HINGES CAN NOT OPEN THE DOOR. TT

• 06/04/2002· AIR BAGSCrash

  WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND CONSUMER SUSTAINED BODILY INJURIES. *AK