1994 DODGE STEALTH Problems & Recalls

DRIVER AND FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELTS TWIST AND FOLD GETTING STUCK WITHIN THE GUIDE RINGS CAUSING THEM NOT TO FULLY RETRACT OR PULL FORWARD SO THAT YOU ARE EITHER UNABLE OR MUST FORCIBLY CLICK THEM INTO THE BUCKLE ASSEMBLY. THE CONSTANT EFFORT OF UNTWISTING THEM CAUSES THEM TO SHRED ALONG THE OUTER ...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 DODGE STEALTH. SHE STATED THAT THE SUNROOF GLASS SHATTERED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE THE VEHICLE PARKED. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE AND THEY STATED THAT SOMEBODY MUST HAVE THROWN SOMETHING ON THE SUNROOF. AS OF APRIL 11, 2008, THE DEALER HAD NOT REPAIRED...

Mileage: 136,000

FRONT SEAT BELTS DO NOT RETRACT ON THEIR OWN. THEY HAVE TO BE HAND FED BACK OR ELSE THEY JUST REMAIN FULLY EXTENDED AFTER BEING UNBUCKLED. THIS PROBLEM WILL SOMETIME EVER CREATE EXTRA SLACK IN THE SEAT BELT WHILE DRIVING (WITH SEAT BELT BUCKLED). THIS IS A GREAT SAFETY PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 105,000

SEAT BELTS DO NOT RETRACT AS THEY ARE INTENDED TO. *NM

Mileage: 62,000

SEAT BELTS DO NOT RETRACT AS THEY ARE INTENDED TO. *NM

Mileage: 62,000

DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS SEAT BELTS DO NOT RETRACT. HAPPENS EVERY SINGLE TIME I GET IN MY CAR. *NM

Mileage: 110,000

WHENEVER SEAT BELT PULLS OUT, IT FAILS TO RETRACT ON IT'S OWN, UNLESS HAND-FED INTO THE REEL. MANY TIMES THE SEAT BELT WILL NOT PROPERLY RETRACT WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. *JB

Mileage: 76,000

AFTER FASTENING THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELTS, THEY DO NOT AUTOMATICALLY RETRACT TO BE TIGHT ON THE BODY. THE EXCESS SLACK CAN CAUSE THE SEAT BELT TO NOT OPERATE PROPERLY IF AN ACCIDENT WERE TO HAPPEN. *NM

Mileage: 100,750

SEAT BELTS DO NOT RETRACT PROPERLY. IT IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE THERE IS USUALLY EXTRA SLACK WHEN IT IS BUCKLED. IT HAS BEEN LIKE THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME. *NM

SEAT BELT STICKS WHEN PULLED OUT, ALLOWING EXCESS SLACK IN BELT. NO INCIDENT OF INJURY, BUT EXCESS SLACK COULD PREVENT OPERATOR FROM BEING RESTRAINED PROPERLY. *JB

WHEN THE SEAT BELT IS PULLED ON IT DOES NOT RETRACT, LEAVING ENOUGH SLACK IN THE BELT THAT IF AN ACCIDENT WERE TO OCCUR, IT WOULD NOT SERVE ITS PURPOSE AS A SAFETY RESTRAINT. *JB

Mileage: 79,000

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE VEHICLE WILL HEAVILY JERK CAUSING IT TO BE HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *MR

TRANSFER CASE LEAKS FLUID WHICH HAS BEEN KNOWN TO CAUSE THE AWD SYSTEM TO LOCK UP SOMETIMES, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. MY TRANSFER CASE LEAKS BUT I AM CONSTANTLY CHECKING FLUID TO MAKE SURE THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN. I KNOW IT HAS HAPPENED TO OTHER OWNERS OF THE STEALTH RT TT AND MITSU 3000GT VR4 WHICH I...

TRANSFER CASE LEAKS FLUID WHICH HAS BEEN KNOWN TO CAUSE THE AWD SYSTEM TO LOCK UP SOMETIMES, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. MY TRANSFER CASE LEAKS BUT I AM CONSTANTLY CHECKING FLUID TO MAKE SURE THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN. I KNOW IT HAS HAPPENED TO OTHER OWNERS OF THE STEALTH RT TT AND MITSU 3000GT VR4 WHICH I...

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

MY TRANSMISSION IN MY 1992 STEALTH AWD, THE SYNCROS WENT AT 60K, REPLACEMENT PARTS ARE NOT MADE. HAD A USED ONE PUT IN UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRENTEE. MY TRANS IN MY 94 STARTED LEAKING AT 50K MILES. WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRENTEE FROM DODGE, 10K MILES AND 13 MONTHS LATER MY NEW ONE STARTED LEAKING AGA...

SYNCROS FAILING. *AK

BOTH TRANSMISSION AND TRANSFER CASE SUFFER FROM OIL LEAKS ALLOWING THEM TO BE RUN DRY IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME AND DAMAGING THE CONPONENT ITSELF. *AK

BOTH TRANSMISSION AND TRANSFER CASE SUFFER FROM OIL LEAKS ALLOWING THEM TO BE RUN DRY IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME AND DAMAGING THE CONPONENT ITSELF. *AK

HEAD LIGHTS FOGGING UP ON INSIDE. GETTING DIMMER EVERYDAY

NO SUMMARY

THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE STEALTHS AND THE MITSUBISHI 3000GT'S IT IS A PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESS BECAUSE MITSUBISHI HAS AVOIDED THIS PROBLEM LONG ENOUGH AND NOW IT IS TIME FOR THEM TO ACCEPT SOME RESPONSIBILTY ON THE VEHICLES

I HAVE TALKED TO 3 STEALTH OWNERS AND THEY, LIKE ME, HAVE HAD THEIR TRANSMISSIONS SIEZE WHILE DRIVING. WONDERING IF THERE IS A RECALL OR SOMETHING ON RECORD OF THIS PROBLEM

REAR WINDOW WIPER SWITCH WOULD NOT DISENGAGE LEAVING THE REAR WIPER ON CONSTENTLY. THE REAR WIPER SWITCH ON THE DASH HAD TO BE REPLACED TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

ABS MALFUNCTION.

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AND THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED, CAUSING MAJOR INJURIES INCLUDING DEATH. THE AIR BAG PLASTIC COVERING CAUSED THE SKIN TO TEAR FROM NECK TO THE EAR TO THE BONE, CAUSING THE LUNGS TO COLLAPSE. ALSO, CAUSED A AIR BUBBLE IN THE BRAIN WHICH RESULTED IN THE...

A HAIR LINE FRACTURE IN THE INSIDE LIP OF THE GAS TANK, CAUSING A FUEL LEAK. *AK

FILM CONTINUES TO BUILD UP ON INSIDE WINDOWS, CREATING VISIBILITY PROBLEMS.

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE HAD A DIRECT FRONTAL COLLISION. BOTH AIRBAGS DEPLOYED, BUT HOSPITAL CLAIMED AIRBAG CAUSED THE OCCUPANT'S LUNGS TO COLLAPSE AND AN AIR BUBBLE TO THE BRAIN, CAUSING OCCUPANT TO BE BRAIN DEAD. OCCUPANT HAD NO PRIOR HEALTH PROBLEMS AND WAS SEAT BELTED. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS INOPERATIVE.

BELT NOISE.

LOWER CONTROL ARM FAILED, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE/ACCIDENT/INJURY. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT)