1994 Plymouth Acclaim problems
Owners have filed 78 complaints with NHTSA about the 1994 Plymouth Acclaim. Engine is the most reported problem area, at 14% of complaints. After that come seat belts (14%) and air bags (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 78 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 14% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 12 and 0
- 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: 12 complaints mention a crash; 13 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 85% 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 3rd most-complained-about out of 6 model years of the Plymouth Acclaim with enough data (50 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.
Upon impact, during multi-crash rear to front, at approx. 10-35MPH head was forced into steering column, airbag plastic cover, caused facial injuries. Tt
Consumer was at a stop sign preparing to pull put when suddenly was struck by another vehicle on driver's side which caused the airbag to deploy. Also caused the dust particles located within the airbag to get into eyes of consumer, resulting in loss of vision. Consumer is now seeing a specialist . Seatbelts were worn at the time.
The bolt holding the seat upward snapped, which caused the consumer to fling back, her back was injured because of this. *slc