1994 Dodge Shadow problems
The 1994 Dodge Shadow has 137 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (11%) concerns air bags. After that come engine (11%) and electrical system (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 137 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 11% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 24 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 19 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: 24 complaints mention a crash; 3 complaints mention a fire; 19 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 89% 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 1994 ranks 1st most-complained-about out of 5 model years of the Dodge Shadow with enough data (94 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.
Auto-tran: throttle stuck; motor seemed to be screaming; brakes went to floor; ran into jeep; jeep ran into another truck; heard noise coming off ramp. Tt
Foggy night road, came to an intersection, did not see intersection, went straight across, hit embankment, hit head on steering wheel, then air bag deployed. *
While driving southbound on I-85 in carnesville, ga, I heard a loud noise coming from the back right of my car. I looked back and saw smoke coming from the direction of my back right tire. I began to slow my car by letting off the gas. At this time my car began to swerve out of control, first veering right. I tried to redirect the car back to the road as it was heading towards some trees. The car the swerved out of control to the left causing my car to go toward the median of the interstate.
94 dodge shadow and some other years around my area are going bad having to replace the computers and they are costly.