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1986 Dodge Colt 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 Oct 31, 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.
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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 Feb 21, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 22 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1986 Dodge Colt. 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 1–22 of 22

Seat belts
Filed Oct 31, 2002

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL REGARDING THE SEAT BELT BUCKLES WITH A LIFETIME WARRANTY. CONSUMER ALSO STATED THERE HAD ALWAYS BEEN PROBLEMS WITH THE BACK SEAT BELT BUCKLES. THE PROBLEM WAS BOTH BACK SEAT BELT BUCKLES WERE STUCK IN THE SEAT. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED, HOWEVER THEY STATED THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF RECALL. PROBLEMS STILL EXIST WITH THE FRONT SEAT BELT BUCKLE NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. CONSUMER HAS ORIGINAL RECALL DOCUMENT. TS *TT *JB

NHTSA ID
8022013
Incident
Sep 1, 2002
Body & structureSeat belts
Filed Mar 9, 2000

FOR YEARS, WATER LEAKING INSIDE TRUNK. DON'T KNOW WHERE LEAK COMING FROM. ROTTED AWAY ENTIRE INTERIOR OF TRUNK. AROUND OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 1999, NOTICED SEAT BELT WON'T CLIP INTO PLACE, AND IF IT DOES AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, IT'S STUCK INSIDE. WHEN PRESS BUTTON "PRESS" NOTHING HAPPENS. *AK

NHTSA ID
719880
Incident
Nov 1, 1999
Seat belts
Filed Jul 2, 1997

REAR DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELTS ARE INOPERATIVE. THE SEAT BELTS ARE IN THE LOCK POSITION, CANNOT DISENGAGE THE BELT FROM THE BUCKLE. *AK

NHTSA ID
813728
Incident
Jul 7, 1996
Seat belts
Filed Apr 23, 1997

TOOK VEHICLE IN TO BE REPAIRED UNDER THE RECALL AND THE DEALER WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE RECALL. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

NHTSA ID
811613
Seat belts
Filed Dec 4, 1996

SEAT BELT RECALL WORK NOT COMPLETED DUE TO LACK OF PARTS.

NHTSA ID
522235
Incident
Jul 1, 1996
Seat belts
Filed Sep 20, 1996

SEAT BELT BUCKLE RECALL REPAIRS REFUSED TWICE; ONCE DUE TO UNAVAILABILITY OF PARTS, SECOND TIME DEALER RECEIVED WRONG PARTS, CONSUMER WILL HAVE TO RETURN A THIRD TIME, HAS STILL NOT HEARD FROM DEALER (95V-103-003). *AK

NHTSA ID
801689
Incident
Aug 30, 1996
Engine
Filed Jul 23, 1996

CRANSHAFT BROKE, ALLOWING HARMONIC BALANCER TO FLY ACROSS THE INTERSTATE. *AK

NHTSA ID
987192
Incident
Jul 19, 1996
Seat belts
Filed Jul 12, 1996

THE REAR SEAT BELTS WILL NOT LATCH. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

NHTSA ID
986783
Incident
Feb 28, 1992
Seat belts
Filed Apr 10, 1996

CAMPAIGN 95V103003 FOR SEAT BELT BUCKLE HAS BEEN DENIED BY MFR EVEN THOUGH ALL SEATBELT DISPLAYS TK 52 SHOW SEAT BELT BUCKLE BROKE. *AK

NHTSA ID
982555
Seat belts
Filed Jan 4, 1996

INTERNAL PLASTIC PART OF FRONT PASSENGER'S BUCKLE BROKE, CAUSING SEAT BELT BUCKLE TO NOT LATCH. TT

NHTSA ID
977428
Incident
Feb 15, 1995
Seat belts
Filed Sep 27, 1995

MANUFACTURER SAYS THERE IS NO RECALL ON MY SEAT BELT BUCKLES BUT THE SAME PROBLEM EXIST IN THEM. TT

NHTSA ID
972532
Incident
Jan 1, 1993
Seat belts
Filed Sep 15, 1995

#PE94-093 THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE HARD TO UNLATCH . TT

NHTSA ID
972054
Seat belts
Filed May 2, 1995

TAKATA SEAT BELT BUCKLE IS INOPERATIVE DUE TO PART OF BUCKLE BREAKING OFF AND FALLING INSIDE, WHICH CAUSES TO JAM. TT

NHTSA ID
964673
Incident
May 1, 1994
Seat belts
Filed May 2, 1995

PASSENGER SIDE BUCKLE WILL JAM, AND DRIVER SIDE BUCKLE WILL NOT LATCH PE94-093 ACTIVE. TT

NHTSA ID
964627
Incident
Jan 1, 1995
Fuel systemSeat belts
Filed Apr 28, 1995

BOTH FRONT SEAT BELT DON'T RESTRAIN PROPERLY. TT

NHTSA ID
964498
Incident
Jul 1, 1994
Seat belts
Filed Apr 24, 1995

THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE DIDN'T RESTRAIN WOULD NOT STAY IN PLACE. TT

NHTSA ID
964222
Incident
Aug 1, 1992
Seat belts
Filed Apr 17, 1995

DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BUCKLE WILL NOT LATCH FOR PROPER USE OF SAFETY RESTRAINTS. TT

NHTSA ID
963848
Incident
Apr 17, 1995
Seat belts
Filed Apr 5, 1995

VEHICLE SEAT BELT DRIVER SIDE BUCKLES RED PUSH IN BUTTON BROKE AND PIECES ARE INSIDE.THUS MAKING SEAT BELT INOPERATIVE.(PE94-093). TT

NHTSA ID
963147
Seat belts
Filed Mar 24, 1995

SEAT BELT DIFFICULT TO DISENGAGE.

NHTSA ID
482355
Incident
Dec 1, 1994
Seat belts
Filed Mar 8, 1995

SEAT BELT BUCKLE ON DRIVER SIDE WILL NOT LATCH. TT

NHTSA ID
961497
Incident
Feb 3, 1995
Seat belts
Filed Feb 24, 1995

DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BUCKLE IS BROKEN. TT

NHTSA ID
960581
Incident
Apr 1, 1994
Seat belts
Filed Feb 21, 1995

FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT HAD TO BE OPENED WITH A SCREWDRIVER. TT

NHTSA ID
960322
Incident
Feb 3, 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.

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