1990 Plymouth Sundance problems
NHTSA has received 59 complaints about the 1990 Plymouth Sundance, and 22% of them involve air bags. Next are engine (14%) and transmission (12%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 59 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 22% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 14 and 4
- Injuries and deaths
- 15 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: 14 complaints mention a crash; 4 complaints mention a fire; 15 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 98% 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 1990 ranks 4th most-complained-about out of 5 model years of the Plymouth Sundance with enough data (14 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.
When vehicle was involved in a crash, traveling about 30 MPH . Vehicle crashed into the side of another vehicle and when the air bag deployed it caught on fire. Vehicle has not been replaced.
While stopped in a left turn lane the vehicle was hit from behind. The impact caused both the driver and passenger seatbacks to collapse backward, causing neck strain to the passenger and neck & lower back strain to the driver.
Airbag deployed during front end accident, caused steering column to break; airbag deployment caused facial/arms/legs injuries; owner will give more details. T