1990 Dodge Shadow problems
The 1990 Dodge Shadow has 50 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (30%) concerns air bags. After that come engine (20%) and electrical system (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 50 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 30% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 18 and 5
- Injuries and deaths
- 11 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 18 complaints mention a crash; 5 complaints mention a fire; 11 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 99% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1990 ranks 5th most-complained-about out of 5 model years of the Dodge Shadow with enough data (24 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Drivers air bag inflated for no reason, driver put on brakes and the air bag deployed, causing the driver to loose consciousness and have an accident. Tt
Steering wheel locked up causing loss of vehicle control, frontend collision at 15-20MPH. Airbag did not deploy.total loss of vehicle. Describe. Tt
My daughter hit a pot hole, her air bag deployed giving her a very bruised face, swollen, black eye, numerous scratches and cuts and a burned hand. Her car is not damaged at all except for the air bag being deployed. Emergency room doctors say this never should have happened.