1993 Dodge Shadow problems
The 1993 Dodge Shadow has 135 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (12%) concerns electrical system. After that come seats (11%) and engine (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 135 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 12% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 18 and 14
- Injuries and deaths
- 13 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; 14 complaints mention a fire; 13 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 91% 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 1993 ranks 2nd most-complained-about out of 5 model years of the Dodge Shadow with enough data (62 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.
Throttle stuck open, attempted to stop vehicle. A tree stopped the vehicle and engine continued to rev high. Brakes caught on fire as a result of trying to stop vehicle.
Driver's side seat bolt that attaches the recliner machanism to driver's seat broke, and seat fell all the way back, driver was in a lying position,.consumer lost control and landed in a ditch.
Dt: caller's -husband purchased daughter a used car. The wiring on the car caught on fire, and the fumes and the smoke almost killed her. She had the car for 1 month when the plastic started bubbling and melting while daughter was driving on the interstate. This happened in the rear of the vehicle.
While at a stop another vehicle went out of control and slammed into consumer's vehicle. Upon impact, driver's side seat came off of the frame.