1993 DODGE STEALTH Problems & Recalls
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The contact owns a 1993 Dodge Stealth. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 02V143000 (Power Train) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The local dealer was contacted and confirmed that parts were not yet available. The contact stated that the manu...
DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT BELTS FAILED TO RETRACT. *AK
SEAT BELT, ONCE PULLED OUT, DOESNT PROPERLY PULL BACK IN. TOO MUCH SLACK, IF AN ACCIDENT HAPPENED SOME SERIOUS INJURIES COULD OCCUR. THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 3000GT / STEALTH. *NM
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED ALL FOUR TIRES LOOKED AS IF THEY HAD A SPLIT DOWN THE SIDEWALL. THE FAILURES WERE NOTICED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. THE TIRE PRESSURE WAS 35 IN THE FRONT TIRES AND 28 IN THE REAR. UPON INSPECTION, THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE TIRES WERE DRY ROTTING. THE CONTACT REPL...
Mileage: 99,300
VEHICLE HAS HAD FOR SOME TIME, THE PROBLEM STATED IN RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER 96V143003, WHICH STATES: UNDER CONDITIONS OF FULL LOCK STEERING AND FULL SUSPENSION TRAVEL, THE LEFT OR RIGHT FRONT WHEEL-SIDE BRAKE HOSE CAN CRACK, RESULTING IN BRAKE FLUID LEAKAGE. CONSEQUENCE: BRAKE FLUID LEAKAGE WIL...
BOUGHT FROM A SMALL CAR LOT, HAD CAR FOR LESS THAN 30 DAYS AND TIRE BLEW OUT DUE TO BAD ALIGNMENT. WAS TOLD BY A MECHANIC THAT THE CAR NEEDED ABOUT $1610.00 WORTH OF REPAIRS. IT NEEDED A TUNE UP. HAD RADIATOR LEAK/SPARK PLUG WIRE SHORTED OUT /FUEL INJECTION CLEANING/ COOLANT SERVICE/ANTIFREEZE...
Mileage: 81,100
BOUGHT FROM A SMALL CAR LOT, HAD CAR FOR LESS THAN 30 DAYS AND TIRE BLEW OUT DUE TO BAD ALIGNMENT. WAS TOLD BY A MECHANIC THAT THE CAR NEEDED ABOUT $1610.00 WORTH OF REPAIRS. IT NEEDED A TUNE UP. HAD RADIATOR LEAK/SPARK PLUG WIRE SHORTED OUT /FUEL INJECTION CLEANING/ COOLANT SERVICE/ANTIFREEZE...
Mileage: 81,100
BOUGHT FROM A SMALL CAR LOT, HAD CAR FOR LESS THAN 30 DAYS AND TIRE BLEW OUT DUE TO BAD ALIGNMENT. WAS TOLD BY A MECHANIC THAT THE CAR NEEDED ABOUT $1610.00 WORTH OF REPAIRS. IT NEEDED A TUNE UP. HAD RADIATOR LEAK/SPARK PLUG WIRE SHORTED OUT /FUEL INJECTION CLEANING/ COOLANT SERVICE/ANTIFREEZE...
Mileage: 81,100
BOUGHT FROM A SMALL CAR LOT, HAD CAR FOR LESS THAN 30 DAYS AND TIRE BLEW OUT DUE TO BAD ALIGNMENT. WAS TOLD BY A MECHANIC THAT THE CAR NEEDED ABOUT $1610.00 WORTH OF REPAIRS. IT NEEDED A TUNE UP. HAD RADIATOR LEAK/SPARK PLUG WIRE SHORTED OUT /FUEL INJECTION CLEANING/ COOLANT SERVICE/ANTIFREEZE...
Mileage: 81,100
BOUGHT FROM A SMALL CAR LOT, HAD CAR FOR LESS THAN 30 DAYS AND TIRE BLEW OUT DUE TO BAD ALIGNMENT. WAS TOLD BY A MECHANIC THAT THE CAR NEEDED ABOUT $1610.00 WORTH OF REPAIRS. IT NEEDED A TUNE UP. HAD RADIATOR LEAK/SPARK PLUG WIRE SHORTED OUT /FUEL INJECTION CLEANING/ COOLANT SERVICE/ANTIFREEZE...
Mileage: 81,100
FILLED TANK FULL OF FUEL NIGHT BEFORE.. GOT UP THE NEXT MORNING PULLED CAR IN TO GARAGE.. CLEANED CAR OUT AND WENT TO PULL CAR BACK OUT AND WILL NOT START... REPLACED EVERYTHING COULD THINK OF.. STILL WILL NOT START. *AK
Mileage: 129,637
FILLED TANK FULL OF FUEL NIGHT BEFORE.. GOT UP THE NEXT MORNING PULLED CAR IN TO GARAGE.. CLEANED CAR OUT AND WENT TO PULL CAR BACK OUT AND WILL NOT START... REPLACED EVERYTHING COULD THINK OF.. STILL WILL NOT START. *AK
Mileage: 129,637
FILLED TANK FULL OF FUEL NIGHT BEFORE.. GOT UP THE NEXT MORNING PULLED CAR IN TO GARAGE.. CLEANED CAR OUT AND WENT TO PULL CAR BACK OUT AND WILL NOT START... REPLACED EVERYTHING COULD THINK OF.. STILL WILL NOT START. *AK
Mileage: 129,637
WHILE DRIVING 25-30 MPH PRESSURE PLATE BROKE THROUGH THE BELL HOUSING AND THROUGH THE HOOD. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE REPAIR SHOP. THE CAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM WAS STILL UNDETERMINED.*AK
Mileage: 47,000
18 SPLINE TRANSFER CASE SEIZED AND OUTPUT SHAFT SNAPPED CAUSING CAR TO GO INTO A SKID AROUND A CORNER AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH OFF AN EMBANKMENT ROLLING 2.5 TIMES. THE CAR WAS TOTALLED.*AK
FAILURE OF REIMBURSEMENT FOR FAILURE TO TRANSFER CASE ON 1993 DODGE STEALTH. *MR A DESIGN DEFECT IN THE VEHICLE CAUSED THE TRANSFER CASE FLUID TO LEAK FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER PAID TO HAVE THE TRANSFER CASE REPLACED. AFTER THE TRANSFER CASE WAS REPLACED THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL RELAT...
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED WITHOUT WARNING THE TRANSFER CASE HAD CRACKED CAUSING FLUID TO LEAK OUT. DEALER NOTIFIED. *MR
TOOK VECHICLE TO TIRE SHOP TO HAVE TIRES ROTATED AND THREE WHEEL STUDS BROKE OFF LEFT FRONT. THEN LATTER WENT TO SEARS AND HAD NEW TIRES PUT ON FRONT AND ONE STUD THAT WAS PROPERLY TORQUED THAT DAY BROKE ON RIGHT DURRING TORQUING PROCEEDURE WITH HARDLY ANY PRESSURE ON WRENCH !!!!!!!!! ...
TRANSMISSION IS DEFECTIVE. HARD TO IMPOSSIBLE TO SHIFT INTO 1ST OR REVERSE. TRANSMISSION REPLACED 2 TIMES, ONCE UNDER WARRANTY, AND AGAIN ON MY OWN COSTING WELL OVER $5,000.00. 2 YEARS AFTER LAST REPAIR, PROBLEM PERSISTS. GETRAG TRANSMISSION IS DEFECTIVE!*AK
DRIVING ALONG AT 35 MILES AND HR WHEN THE WHEELS LOCK UP AND THE CAR FISH TAILED TO A REST ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.THE DEALER THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO CHECK IT. SAID THAT THE TRANSFER CASE LOCKUP AND DAMAGE THE TRANSMISSION.
MY CAR HAS SUFFERED MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION FAILURES. ONE IN 07/1994 WITH ONLY 1,774 MILES, 3RD GEAR ISSUES AT 65,461 MILES 10/1996, A FULL TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT AGAIN AT 68,057 MILES IN 01/1997, MORE 3RD GEAR ISSUES IN 02/1997 WITH 68,069 MILES, TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AGAIN IN 01/1998 WITH 77...
SPLINES ON SHAFT NOT HEAVY ENOUNGH/ POOR DESIGN NO SHIELDING, SEALS OR LUBRICATION TO PREVENT CORROSION OF THE ALREADY WEAK SPLINES, I KNOW OF MANY CASES OF THIS SAME PROBLEM AND OTHERS OCCURING ON THIS TRANSAXLE/TRANSFER CASE SETUP. HAVE MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH THE DRIVETRAIN IN CARS WITH 60K OR LESS ...
AIR CONDITIONER STOPPED WORKING WITHOUT WARNING. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID CONSUMER NEEDED TO BUY A COMPRESSOR. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFOMATION.*AK
THE GETRAG TRANSMISSION/TRANFER CASE IS NOTED TO HAVE ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS. I HAVE HAD VARIOUS LEAKS, AND THE OUTPUT SHAFT FROM THE TRANSMISSION TO THE TRANSFER IS ALMOST SHOT. LUCKILY, THE SYNCRONIZERS HAVE BEEN OK SO FAR. THEY ARE ANOTHER KNOWN PART THAT FAILS TOO MUCH. MITSUBISHI DOES NOT OF...
TRANSMISSION FAILURES LIKE THIS ARE COMMON IN DODGE STEALTHS AND 3000GT AWD MODELS (ESSENTIALLY THE SAME CAR) WHEN THE TRANSFER CASE WAS OPENED, IT HAD BEEN RUSTING INSIDE. THIS IS BOTH COSTLY AND DANGEROUS TO THE CONSUMER.
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT SEVENTY MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A POPPING NOISE AND A VERY SLIGHT VIBRATION. TOOK VEHICLE TO AN AUTOMOBILE SHOP AND PUT VEHICLE ON A LIFT. MECHANIC NOTICED THAT FRONT DRIVER'S TIRE WAS LOOSE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THESE TIRES WERE AFTER MARKET TIRES. TIRES WE...
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK (TIRESIZE: 205 50 15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 205 50 15 )
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 205 50 15 )
DODGE MARKETED A VERSION OF THE MITSHUBISHI 3000GT VR-4 IN THE EARLY-MID 90'S. BOTH OF THESE CARS ARE EQUIPPED WITH TRANSMISSIONS THAT CAN LOCK UP WHEN BEING DRIVEN!!! I PERSONALLY KNOW OF AT LEAST 4 OCCURRENCES OF THIS, EVEN THOUGH THE PRODUCTION OF THE CARS WAS LIMITED TO A FEW THOUSAND TURBO MODE...
DODGE MARKETED A VERSION OF THE MITSHUBISHI 3000GT VR-4 IN THE EARLY-MID 90'S. BOTH OF THESE CARS ARE EQUIPPED WITH TRANSMISSIONS THAT CAN LOCK UP WHEN BEING DRIVEN!!! I PERSONALLY KNOW OF AT LEAST 4 OCCURRENCES OF THIS, EVEN THOUGH THE PRODUCTION OF THE CARS WAS LIMITED TO A FEW THOUSAND TURBO MODE...
THIS TRANSMISSION PROBLEM HAS OCCURED SINCE THE 3000GT AND STEALTH TWIN TURBO HAS BEEN OUT. WE'VE HAD MANY PEOPLE ON THERE 4TH AND 5TH TRANSMISSION ALREADY AND HAVE GONE OUT AS EARLY AS 20,000 MILES. THIS IS A VERY COSTLY AND DANGEROUS SITUATION. AS IN MY CASE IT WOULD HAVE COSTED ME $5800 JUST FOR ...
THIS TRANSMISSION PROBLEM HAS OCCURED SINCE THE 3000GT AND STEALTH TWIN TURBO HAS BEEN OUT. WE'VE HAD MANY PEOPLE ON THERE 4TH AND 5TH TRANSMISSION ALREADY AND HAVE GONE OUT AS EARLY AS 20,000 MILES. THIS IS A VERY COSTLY AND DANGEROUS SITUATION. AS IN MY CASE IT WOULD HAVE COSTED ME $5800 JUST FOR ...
OUTPUT SPLINES ON TRANSAXLE/INPUT SPLINES ON TRANSFER CASE RUSTED AND STRIPED OUT
OUTPUT SPLINES ON TRANSAXLE/INPUT SPLINES ON TRANSFER CASE RUSTED AND STRIPED OUT
THE PULLEY AND CABLE ASSEMBLY ON THE POWER WINDOW REGULATOR IS NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THE WEIGHT OF THE WINDOW AND FAILS AFTER SOME TIME. WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENS IS THE PIECE OF METAL TO WHICH THE PULLEY AND CABLE GUIDES ARE ATTACHED WARPS INWARD TOWARDS THE WINDOW, AND WHEN IT WARPS FAR ENOUGH,...
KEY FITS INTO RECESSED LUGNUT IN A PATTERN SPECIFIC FASHION. KEY PULLS OUT OF LUG NUT INSTEAD OF LOOSENING IT MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO CHANGE A FLAT TIRE AND LEAVING ME STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. ABLE TO LOOSEN THE STANDARD LUG NUTS PROVING PROBLEM IS WITH THE DES...
THE AIR BAG FRONT IMPACT SENSOR IS GOING BAD ON ITS OWN. THE AIR BAG LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER & HAD IT TEST DRIVEN. WAS INFORMED PROBLEM WAS IN THE WHEEL WELL AREA. WILL BE HAVING IT REPAIRED. *AK
THE OUTPUT SHAFT FROM THE TRANSMISSION TO THE TRANSFER CASE BECAME STRIPPED. THE DEALER WOULD NOT SUPPLY PARTS FOR THE TRANSMISSION, STATING THAT FOR ANY PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION OR TRANSFER CASE THE PARTS MUST BE REPLACED. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS (EXPENSIVELY) TO REPLACE ...
TRANSAXLE FAILED.
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE WIRING HARNESS UNDER THE HOOD CAUGHT ON FIRE. DEALER SAYS THE WIRING HARNESS RUBBED AGAINST A MOTOR MOUNT AND RUBBED THROUGH THE INSULATION. *AK
BRAKES LOCKED UP AT NORMAL SPEEDS, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL, ONCE RESULTING IN A COLLISION/INJURIES.
OWNER STATES GLUE IS USED TO HOLD THE PLASTIC TYPE HUB WHEELS ON VEHICLE WHICH OVER TIME HEAT BUILDS UP FROM CONSTANT BRAKING, CAUSING WHEEL TO FALL OF WHILE DRIVING. *AK
FRONT ROTORS WARPED, CHANGED EVERY 3/5 MONTHS, WHEELS VIBRATE SEVERELY, EXCESSIVE EFFORT TO CONTROL VEHICLE. *AK
FRONT ROTORS WARPED, CHANGED EVERY 3/5 MONTHS, WHEELS VIBRATE SEVERELY, EXCESSIVE EFFORT TO CONTROL VEHICLE. *AK
THE IDLE MALFUNCTIONED AND VEHICLE GOES UP TO 7000RPM, SOMETIMES VEHICLE STALLS OUT, CAUSING BRAKING AND STEERING FAILURE. TT
SUNROOF WINDOW EXPLODED IN OUTER AND INNER OF THE VEHICLE, RESULTING IN INJURIES TO DAUGHTER. TT
THE CLUTCH BROKE THREE TIME IN A TOTAL OF 14,000 MILES. TT
APPLIED ABS BRAKES ON WET SURFACE AT 45MPH AND BRAKES FAILED WITHOUT WARNING, VEHICLE SLIPPED/LOST CONTROL, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK
WHEN DRIVING AT 50 TO 55 MPH AND STEPPING FULL ON ACCELERATOR, VEHICLE WILL DOWN SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL AND SLOWING DOWN, GEARS WILL DOWN SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL. TT
IDLE REEVES UP TO 2000 RPMS, CAUSING A SURGING PROBLEM. TT
REPLACRD IDLE SPEED CONTROL UNIT MOTOR. *AK
INTERMITTENT STALLING. *AK