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1993 Plymouth 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.
10
Latest May 1, 2001
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 Jul 31, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 10 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1993 Plymouth 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 1–10 of 10

Seat belts
Filed May 1, 2001

THIS REPORT IS IN REGARDS TO THE 1993 PLYMOUTH COLT VISTA I PURCHASED ON 04-30-01. NEITHER THE DRIVER'S SIDE OR PASSENGER'S SIDE FRONT MOTORIZED SEATBLETS ARE OPERABLE. THIS LEAVES ONLY THE LAP BELT FOR ANY TYPE OF RESTRAINT. IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH THIS DEFECT COOULD LEAD TO A FATALITY.*AK

NHTSA ID
744777
Incident
Apr 30, 2001
Transmission
Filed Oct 4, 2000

REPLACEMENT PART FAILED, AS WELL, ONE YEAR LATER. SAME SYMPTOMS...NOT DOWNSHIFTING AND STALLING ON A REGULAR BASIS WHEN ENGINE HEATED. SECOND TIME IN ONE YEAR.

NHTSA ID
733392
Incident
Jul 1, 1998
ElectricalSeat belts
Filed Jan 3, 2000

THE RADIO FAILED. *SLC

NHTSA ID
558391
Transmission
Filed Sep 30, 1998

TRANSMISSION FAILURE.

NHTSA ID
780574
Incident
Jun 1, 1996
Seat belts
Filed Jul 6, 1998

DRIVERS SIDE AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT LOCKS IN THE RESTRAINED POSITION AND TIGHTENS, PINNING THE DRIVER TO THE SEAT. DEALER STATED IT WAS A MOTOR AND GUIDE TRACK PROBLEM AND WAS COVERED UNDER A RECALL 97V073000, BUT OWNER WAS NEVER NOTIFIED.

NHTSA ID
537776
Incident
Jul 1, 1998
Body & structure
Filed Mar 5, 1997

REAR PASSENAGER'S SLIDING DOOR CAME OFF THE HIDGE OF VEHICLE WHILE IN PARK WITH NO PRIOR NOTICE. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAPPENED. *AK

NHTSA ID
809736
Incident
Aug 1, 1996
Transmission
Filed Feb 26, 1997
Crash reported

WHEN DECELERATING THE VEHICLE SLIPS INTO NEUTRAL AND WILL NOT GO. *AK

NHTSA ID
980570
Incident
Mar 1, 1996
Seat belts
Filed Nov 7, 1996

PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT WHEN SEAT BELT IS IN USE. *AK

NHTSA ID
804701
Incident
Jul 12, 1995
Body & structure
Filed Oct 21, 1996

SLIDING DOOR SWING ARM SHEARED OFF, CAUSING DOOR TO STICK.

NHTSA ID
510343
Incident
Aug 1, 1996
Driver assistanceVisibility
Filed Jul 31, 1995

DEFROSTER DOES NOT DEFROST THE WINDOW DURING RAINY WEATHER. TT

NHTSA ID
969594
Incident
Aug 15, 1994

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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