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1986 Dodge Diplomat 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 24, 2004
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 Jan 18, 1996

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1986 Dodge Diplomat. 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 1–3 of 3

Transmission
Filed Oct 24, 2004

ON VEHICLE OF TRANSMISSION, LOST THE OVER DRIVE AND ALSO THE REVERSE GETTING A CLUNK WHEN SHIFT INTO REVERSE AT ANY SPEED ONLY HAD 14,000 ON THE VEHICLE (2) THE REVERSE PLATE ACCORDING TO A TRANSMISSION RESTORER WAS COMPLELETELY GROVED WAS UNABLE TO SALVAGE TRANSMISSION (3) HAD TO REBUILD ENTIRE TRANSMISSION AND REPLACE REVERSE PLATE WITH TORK COVERTER ( ADDITIONAL INFO) THEIR WAS A RECALL ON THIS MODEL AND TRANSMISSION BACK IN 1995 TBS NO. ATRASIL8912 REVERSE SQUAWK / CLUNK /AT 727/904. *AK

NHTSA ID
10096296
Incident
Jul 19, 2004
Mileage
84,000 mi
Other / unspecified
Filed Aug 14, 1996
Crash reported

LEFT FRONT TIRE/RIM BROKE OFF LUG STUDS, CAUSING ACCIDENT. (OHIO STATE POLICE REPORT)

NHTSA ID
507475
Incident
Jul 3, 1996
Seat belts
Filed Jan 18, 1996
Crash reported1 injury reported

THE SEATBELT DID NOT RESTRAIN THE OCCUPANT WHILE INVOLVED IN A COLLISION. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

NHTSA ID
977748
Incident
Dec 22, 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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