1993 Eagle Vision problems
NHTSA has received 221 complaints about the 1993 Eagle Vision, and 24% of them involve fuel system. After that come electrical system (10%) and transmission (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 221 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Fuel system 24% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 4 and 7
- Injuries and deaths
- 4 and 1
- Typical mileage
- 120,000 miles 14 complaints with mileage
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%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 0 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 1 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 2 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 1 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 0 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 3 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 6 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 14 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 120,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 4 complaints mention a crash; 7 complaints mention a fire; 4 injuries reported; 1 death reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1993 ranks 1st most-complained-about out of 5 model years of the Eagle Vision with enough data (115 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 5 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.
Daughter driving, weather rainy, pavement slick, slid into guardrail head on, air bag did not deploy upon impact, towed to auto yard, insurance adjuster looking into it, have police report.
Traveling at 30-35 MPH , had a frontal collision, neither air bags deployed on impact, driver received injury to abdomen and back.
Recall 98v130000//787; smelled gasoline , found a leak, o-rings were worn out and leaking gas over the motor. Fire started. Consumer stopped the fire with very minimum damage. Dealer contacted, and repair work was done by the consumer at consumer expense.
Air bag failure in 1993 eagle vision tsi. After full frontal impact with guardrail that probably should have deployed airbags, the airbag warning light was on but airbags had failed to deploy. Occupant was bruised by seatbelt but otherwise uninjured.
Seat belt will not rewind belt fully and gets traped in the door upon closing cassing damage to the belt over aperiod of time. Care must be taken by the drive to see that the belt is inside the car to avoid further damage