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1987 Plymouth 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 Jan 16, 2020
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 Feb 27, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 6 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1987 Plymouth 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 1–6 of 6

Seat belts
Filed Jan 16, 2020
1 injury reported

RESPOND TO REQUEST FOR COMPENSATION DUE TO DRIVER RECEIVING INJURIES PRIOR TO RECEIVING NOTICE OF RECALL (95V-103-003, SUMMARY SENT) FOR SEAT BELT BUCKLES IN A 1987 PLYMOUTH COLT AND SENT A VOQ FOR FUTURE USE. CONSUMER SENT ADDITIONAL CORRESPONDENCE. *LD *JS *JS

NHTSA ID
565713
Incident
Aug 15, 2002
Seat belts
Filed Aug 27, 1996

RECALL WORK DENIED DUE TO LACK OF PARTS ON SEAT BELT BUCKLES.

NHTSA ID
507998
Incident
Jun 1, 1996
Seat belts
Filed Jun 25, 1996

THE REAR SEATBELT BUCKLES ARE NOT LATCHING. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

NHTSA ID
986121
Incident
Mar 12, 1992
Brakes
Filed Jun 17, 1996
Crash reported

RIGHT FRONT BRAKE PADS FELL OFF WHILE DRIVING, CAUSED ACCIDENT, VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE AT STANDSTILL. *AK

NHTSA ID
985714
Incident
Nov 15, 1994
Seat belts
Filed Dec 26, 1995

THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE IS HARD TO UNLOCK . TT

NHTSA ID
976944
Seat belts
Filed Feb 27, 1995

DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT WILL NOT PROPERLY LATCH DUE TO BROKEN PIECES OF RELEASE BUTTON. (TK521) PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

NHTSA ID
960664
Incident
Feb 27, 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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