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1995 Exide Corporation 781-0121

Recalls, owner-reported complaints, investigations and safety data

Data refreshed

Owner complaintsComplaints 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 Sep 22, 2011
Safety recallsA safety recall is issued when a manufacturer or NHTSA determines that a vehicle has a safety-related defect or does not comply with a federal motor vehicle safety standard. Recall repairs are free. Whether a specific vehicle is covered depends on its VIN — a recall listed for a model year does not necessarily apply to every vehicle of that year.
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InvestigationsNHTSA opens an investigation to examine whether a safety defect may exist. An open investigation is not a determination that a defect exists, and many investigations close without a recall. Investigations can, however, lead to one.
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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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Overview

Our database contains 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 1995 Exide Corporation 781-0121, most frequently naming the electrical category. 1 NHTSA investigation names it.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

What owners report

Complaints grouped by the component NHTSA recorded

  • Electrical1100.0%

Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.

Safety recalls

No recalls in our database for this model year

That does not guarantee a specific vehicle is unaffected — recalls are issued against VINs, and new campaigns are announced regularly. Check a VIN on NHTSA.gov.

Safety investigations

NHTSA inquiries naming this vehicle. An investigation is not a finding of a defect.

SQ97002ClosedInvestigation

REVERSE POLARITY ON BATTERY CABLE

Opened Jan 9, 1997
Closed Jan 11, 1997

EXCIDE HAS CONDUCT AN EXHAUSTIVE INTERNAL INVESTIGATION AND HAS INSPECTED OVER 150,000 SET OF CABLES.AS A RESULT OF THIS INVESTIGATION, A TOTAL OF 25 SETS OF CABLES HAVE BEEN FOUND IN ADDITION TO 5 SETS RETURNED AND A REPORT OF A PROBLEM WITH 1 SET WHERE THE SPECIFIC NATURE OF THE PROBLEM IS UNKNOWN.ALL SETS WERE BUILT PRIOR TO NOVEMBER 1995.SINCE THAT TIME EXCIDE HAS IMPLEMENTED AUTOMATED CRIMPING, CURRENT POLARITY TESTING AND OPTICAL SCANNING.WITH OVER 1.2 MILLION CABLES SOLD EXCIDE IS AWARE OF ONLY TWO REPORTED INCIDENTS INVOLVING REVERSE POLARITYTHE RESULTING FAILURE RATE IS .0000275.A SAFETY DEFET TREND HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED AT THIS TIME AND FUTHER USE OF AGENCY RESOURCES DOES NOT APPEAR WARRANTED.THE CLOSING OF THIS INVESTIGATION DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A FINDING BY NHTSA THAT NO SAFETY-RELATED DEFECT EXITS.THE AGENCY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO TAKE FURTHER ACTION WHEN APPROPRIATE.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Recent owner complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA, shown in the owner's own words

Electrical
Filed Sep 22, 2011

I RECENTLY FILED A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE PREMATURE FAILURE OF WALMART REPLACEMENT CAR BATTERIES. SINCE THEN I LEARNED THE OEM FOR THE BATTERIES IS EXIDE CORP. THIS WAS THE SIXTH WALMART/EXIDE BATTERY TO FAIL IN OUR HOUSEHOLD. THIS BATTERY SHORTED OUT, CAUSED THE CAR TO STALL IN TRAFFIC, EXPLODED, AND CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THIS FAILURE ALMOST RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. *TR

NHTSA ID
10426737
Incident
Sep 7, 2011

Compare model years

Complaint and recall counts across every year of this model

Exide Corporation 781-0121 by model year
YearComplaintsRecallsInvestigationsIssue Index
1997001—
1996001—
1995Viewing101—

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. Older model years have had longer for reports to accumulate.