1992 Dodge Stealth problems
Owners have filed 122 complaints about the 1992 Dodge Stealth with NHTSA. Power train accounts for 42.6% of them — the clear leader, ahead of seat belts at 19.7%.
Complaints122
Crashes2
Fires1
Injuries1
Deaths7
What owners report breaking
Power train 42.6% · 52
Seat belts 19.7% · 24
Engine and engine cooling 8.2% · 10
Air bags 8.2% · 10
Fuel system, gasoline 4.9% · 6
Service brakes, hydraulic 4.1% · 5
Electrical system 2.5% · 3
Steering 1.6% · 2
Severity
Of those complaints, 2 describe a crash, 1 describe a fire, 1 report an injury and 7 report a death.
Reading the numbers
Filings have fallen off, 9 in the last three years against 11 in the three before. That is normal as a generation leaves the road.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 105,000 miles.
In owners' own words
I contact you the first time the transmission went out and you said that there was no recall, I went and paid $2,200 to have it fix .The same thing happen again I was standing still the the car first jerk in reverse while it was in drive then it just stop moving. I was wondering is the Dodge Stealth is part of the mitsubishi motors corp cover up thats going on in tokyo. Thank you david earl cummings. Power train
The transmission and transfer case failed on the car just 1,000 miles after the powertrain warrenty expired. I have heard that Dodge/mitsubishi had a lot of failures on these cars and in 93 built them with stronger parts. I feel some if not all of the repair costs should be covered and was wondering if the nhtsa dot had any other complaint/recall requests or class action suits that I should know about? Power train
The contact owns a 1992 Dodge Stealth. While driving 65 mph, the contact stated that the vehicle slowed down. Upon acceleration; the contact stopped and had the vehicle towed to a dealer. It was diagnosed that the rear drive power train failed and the rear. Drive transfer case needed to be replaced. Its was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified. The failure mileage was 127,000. Power train · reported at 127,000 miles
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
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