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1993 Dodge Colt Vista 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.
6
Latest Jul 9, 1999
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 Oct 18, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 6 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1993 Dodge Colt Vista. 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 1–6 of 6

Seat belts
Filed Jul 9, 1999

MOTORIZED SHOULDER SEAT BELT RETRACTOR CABLE CAME OUT OF COVER. SHOULDER BELT LOCKED IN WHEN THE DOOR WAS SHUT. WILL BE TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER. *AK *ML

NHTSA ID
842016
Incident
May 3, 1999
Transmission
Filed Feb 11, 1999

TORQUE CONVERTER FAILURE DUE TO RECALL COMPONENT, HOWEVER FAILURE OCCURRED PRIOR TO NOTICE.

NHTSA ID
543898
Incident
Nov 3, 1998
AirbagsSeat beltsVisibility
Filed Jul 10, 1998

SEAT BELT FAILURE.

NHTSA ID
538138
Body & structure
Filed Oct 28, 1997

REAR DOOR OPENS WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY. OFTEN THE DOOR JAMS, NOT ALLOWING THE OWNER TO CLOSE THE DOOR. THE DEALER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK

NHTSA ID
817819
Incident
Oct 26, 1997
Brakes
Filed Feb 8, 1996

REPLACED THE BRAKE FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS ROTOR, DISC AND CALIPER EVERY MONTH . TT

NHTSA ID
978902
Brakes
Filed Oct 18, 1995
Crash reported

BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE, PARTIAL LOSS OF BRAKING, REPLACED ENTIRE FRONT BRAKES. TT

NHTSA ID
973591
Incident
Oct 16, 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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