1993 Plymouth Sundance problems
NHTSA has received 67 complaints about the 1993 Plymouth Sundance, and 24% of them involve air bags. Next are seats (15%) and electrical system (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 67 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 24% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 15 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: 15 complaints mention a crash; 4 complaints mention a fire; 15 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 97% 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 1993 ranks 3rd most-complained-about out of 5 model years of the Plymouth Sundance with enough data (42 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.
Driving down rd, going wrong way, started to turn around, another vehicle rearended sundance, front seats collapsed/broke onto rear, backseats vehicle was crushed foward due to impact, steering wheel ripped out of driver's hands causing loss of control of vehicle, consumer and passenger suffered injuries.
The driver's side airbag deployed at 12:00 (frontal) collision at 30 MPH, airbag failed to inflate. Tt consumer was injured in accident. *slc
When airbag deployed and the gas filled the passenger compartment and caused the driver to be sick. Please describe. Tt
Rear axle on a 1993 plymouth sundance has a anti-sway bar welded inside the axle. The sway bar or the welds broke causing a very loud noise. The rear axle sounds like it is going to fall off. Several mechanics state that this is a common problem and should be handled by the manufacturer. Cost to replace the entire rear axle is will over 1000.00. *nlm