1991 Eagle Talon problems
Owners have filed 133 complaints with NHTSA about the 1991 Eagle Talon. Transmission is the most reported problem area, at 26% of complaints. Next are drivetrain & axles (20%) and engine (19%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 133 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Transmission 26% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 7 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 8 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: 7 complaints mention a crash; 3 complaints mention a fire; 8 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1991 ranks 3rd most-complained-about out of 7 model years of the Eagle Talon with enough data (31 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
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.
During frontal collision driver hit a ditch seat belt did not restrain, causing face to impact the steering wheel.
On 4 different days the car, for no reason, would jerk to the right. When it would do this the steering wheel would not turn with the wheels. The fifth time it did this there was a soft road shoulder and my daughter lost control, hit 4 trees and totaled the car. The car is sitting at a dealship right now but will be take to a salvage yard on monday january 3rd.
Defect stated in the transfer case recall 98 v 069 002 occurred after the recall repairs were performed. As a result, the bushing in the extension housing wore out and developed a leak. Dealership was refusing to repair the bushing.
Took my 1991 eagle talon tsi to klaben chrysler to be serviced by them per the recall on the car. They called and said everything checked ok. But the transmission is burned up. That week a fellow technician and I pulled the transmission and transfer case as an assembly and found the insides of the transfer case were powder and blown apart inside. The transfer case was not leaking due to no oil at all in the transfer case.