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1997 Damon Challenger 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.
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Latest May 24, 2000
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.
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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.
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Reports on file since Nov 4, 1997

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1997 Damon Challenger. 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 1–2 of 2

EngineFuel system
Filed May 24, 2000

CRACKED INTAKE MANIFOLD WHICH HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH FORD. MANUFACTURER HAS IGNORED THE ISSUE. CONSUMER MAY HAVE A PROBLEM PASSING EMISSION TEST TO GET A STICKER. *AK LEAK IN EXHAUST MANIFOLD CAUSED THE VEHICLE NOT TO PASS EMISSION. *YH

NHTSA ID
862440
Incident
May 1, 1999
Brakes
Filed Nov 4, 1997

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED THREE TIMES, MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED HOWEVER BRAKES DO NOT FEEL RELIABLE.

NHTSA ID
524401
Incident
May 28, 1997

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.

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