Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full
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Our database holds 36 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1990 Plymouth Sundance. 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.
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VEHICLE WAS LEFT PARKED OUT OF GEAR AND REMOVED KEY FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH, CONDITION CAUSED VEHICLE TO ROLL FORWARD INTO A NEIGHBORS DRIVEWAY WALL. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. *AKTHE VEHICLE WAS NOT IN PARK YET THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION, AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE ROLLED FORWARD INTO A NEIGHBORS WALL CAUSING PROPERY DAMAGE. NLM
THE ENGINE VALVE COVER GASKET BLOWS OFF RESULTING IN LOSS OF OIL, THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE EXHIBITS THE SAME FAILURE DESCRIBED IN RECALL 89V-237 BUT THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. NLM
VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED MANY ENGINE RELATED PROBLEMS, THE VALVE COVER ALLOWS OIL TO SPILL ON ENGINE, DEALER REPAIRED, HOWEVER ENGINE STILL LEAKS OIL, DEALER STATED VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 89V237 DUE TO VEHICLE WAS MADE MARCH OF 1990, OIL SENDING UNITS NEED REPLACED, ENGINE SHAKES AND BUCKS WHEN PUTTING IN REVERSE, AND THERMOSTAT WAS REPLACED. *SLC
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WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BOLT BROKE, CAUSING CONSUMER'S SEAT TO FALL BACK A LITTLE. *AK
CAR WAS PARKED INSIDE OF THE PARKING LOT. CONSUMER WENT TO RESTARED THE VECHICLE AND IT BURST INTO FLAMES WHICH CAME FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *AK
DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, EXITING A RAMP AND BRAKES BECAME INOPERATIVE. ALSO, STEERING LOCKED UP, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK
WHILE STOPPED IN A LEFT TURN LANE THE VEHICLE WAS HIT FROM BEHIND. THE IMPACT CAUSED BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEATBACKS TO COLLAPSE BACKWARD, CAUSING NECK STRAIN TO THE PASSENGER AND NECK & LOWER BACK STRAIN TO THE DRIVER.
THE VEHICLE WAS IN A FRONTAL CRASH AND AIRBAGS DEPLOYED AFTER THE COLLISION HAD TAKEN PLACE. DRIVER HIT HEAD ON STEERING WHEEL. ALSO THE THE SEAT BELTS DID NOT PROPERLY RESTRAIN OWNER. *AK
WAITING AT STOP LIGHT WHEN DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG SUDDENLY DEPLOYED FOR NO REASON. TOOK TO DEALER & HAD AIR BAG REPLACED. INSURANCE COMPANY LOOKING INTO PROBLEM. *AK
AFTER DRIVER OVER A SEWER COVER AT 30 TO 35 MPH, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED, CUAISNG CONSUMER TO SUSTAIN BURNS TO SKIN. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK
WHILE PARKED AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE WIRING, CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CATCH ON FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY DETAILS. *AK
HAD JUST STARTED VEHICLE, BEGAN TO PULL OUT OF DRIVEWAY WHEN DRIVER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED UNEXPECTEDLY AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO SUSTAIN INJURIES ON FACE AND NECK. *AK
WHEN VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH, TRAVELING ABOUT 30 MPH . VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE SIDE OF ANOTHER VEHICLE AND WHEN THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED. *AK
BOTH REAR SEAT BELT BUCKLES CAME APART.
TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING INTERMITTENTLY. *AK
AIR BAG INFLATED CAUSING PHYSICAL DAMAGE, PERMANENT SCARES AND BRUISES WERE LEFTED.
VEHICLE INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT--DRIVER WAS INJURED MORE FROM THE AIR BAG THAN FROM THE IMPACT OF THE CRASH.
TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING AND CLOSE TO FAILING.
TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING AND CLOSE TO FAILING.
KEYS CAN BE REMOVED FROM IGNITION SWITCH WITHOUT GEAR BEING IN PARK POSITION, ALLOWING VEHICLE TO ROLL FORWARD/BACKWARDS.
IN HOT WEATHER CONDITIONS THE TRUNK LID DOES NOT STAY IN THE UP POSITION.*AK
REPLACED LEAKING OIL GASKET SEAL, ALSO TURN SIGNAL SWITCH FAILED ANS STRUT RODS MALFUNCTIONED. *AK
WHILE DRIVING REAR WHEEL BROKE AND THE VEHICLE JUMPED THE CURVE AND THE SEAT BELT DID NOT RETAIN THE DRIVER IN THE SEAT. ALSO THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY UNTILL THE VEHICLE HAD CAME TO AN COMPLETE STOP.*AK
CONSUMER REAR ENDED A TRUCK AND THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED, THERE WAS A FLAME THAT CAME OUT OF THE AIR BAG, CAUSING THIRD DEGREE BURNS. *AK
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