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1989 Chrysler Fifth Avenue Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
4
Latest Jan 28, 2002
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
1
Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
0
Reports on file since Jan 17, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1989 Chrysler Fifth Avenue. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–4 of 4

AirbagsOther / unspecified
Filed Jan 28, 2002
Crash reported1 injury reported

DURING AN ACCIDENT, AIR BAG DEPLOYED VIOLENTLY, CAUSING INJURY TO DRIVER, CONSUMER STATED THAT EVEN THOUGH THE AIR BAG LIGHT HAD ILLUMINATED, SHE WAS UNAWARE THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH AN AIR BAG BECAUSE THERE WERE NO MARKINGS FOR THE AIR BAG IN HER VEHICLE. *TT

NHTSA ID
564139
Steering
Filed Aug 24, 1995

HAD TO REPLACE STEERING GEAR BOX THREE TIMES, VEHICLE HARD TO STEER. TT

NHTSA ID
971019
Steering
Filed Aug 24, 1995

STEERING GEAR BOX FAILED 2 TIMES. *SD

NHTSA ID
483331
Incident
Jul 1, 1995
Body & structureEngine
Filed Jan 17, 1995

ENGINE LEAKING OIL. *AK

NHTSA ID
480663
Incident
Jan 17, 1995

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Data sources

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