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1985 Dodge Daytona Owner Complaints

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

Data refreshed

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 Mar 22, 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.
2
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 Mar 12, 1996

What this page shows

Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1985 Dodge Daytona. 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

Engine
Filed Mar 22, 1999
Fire reported

RIGHT AFTER DRIVING VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE. OWNER WAS ABLE TO PUT OUT THE FIRE. THE FIRE DID NOT BURN THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY. *AK

NHTSA ID
835152
Incident
Jan 25, 1999
Engine
Filed Nov 12, 1998

THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH MOTOR. WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

NHTSA ID
830700
Incident
Oct 19, 1998
EngineFuel system
Filed Dec 11, 1997

THE ANTI-FREEZ TESTER TUBE CAME OFF AND GOT INTO THE RADIATOR, CAUSED CAR NOT TO WARM UP. YH

NHTSA ID
527248
Fuel system
Filed Mar 12, 1996
Fire reported

FUEL RAIL LEAKED GAS, CAUSING FIRE PRIOR TO RECALL, OWNER NOT NOTIFIED OF RECALL.

NHTSA ID
502056
Incident
Jan 7, 1996

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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