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Worst years for a Eagle Summit

Owners have filed 256 complaints about the Eagle Summit with NHTSA across model years 1989 to 1996. More of them are about the seat belts than anything else.

Avoid

1993 Eagle Summit

110 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly seat belts.

Cleanest on record

1994 Eagle Summit

18 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Eagle Summit year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
1996 — 2 0 0 — Steering
1995 C 38 12 0 — Airbags
1994 C 18 3 0 — Transmission & Drivetrain
1993 D 110 1 0 — Seat Belts
1992 — 54 1 0 — Seat Belts
1991 — 14 1 0 — Seat Belts
1990 — 6 1 0 — Seat Belts
1989 — 14 1 1 — Seat Belts

What breaks on a Eagle Summit

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Seat Belts 110 43.0%

Worst in 1993

Transmission & Drivetrain 29 11.3%

Worst in 1993

Body & Structure 19 7.4%

Worst in 1992

Engine & Cooling 16 6.3%

Worst in 1993

Airbags 15 5.9%

Worst in 1995

Brakes 13 5.1%

Worst in 1992

Doors, Latches & Locks 8 3.1%

Worst in 1993

Electrical System 6 2.3%

Worst in 1993

Steering 6 2.3%

Worst in 1993

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 6 2.3%

Worst in 1995

Other & Unspecified 6 2.3%

Worst in 1993

Seats 5 2.0%

Worst in 1995

Lights 4 1.6%

Worst in 1991

Fuel & Propulsion 4 1.6%

Worst in 1992

Exactly what failed on a Eagle Summit

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Retractor 19 16.4%
Automatic Transmission 19 16.4%
Buckle Assembly 15 12.9%
Anchorage 14 12.1%
Frontal 12 10.3%
Hinge AND Attachments 10 8.6%
Engine 9 7.8%
Webbing 6 5.2%
Latch 6 5.2%
Door 6 5.2%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Eagle Summit, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jan 1995 peak 13 Dec 2019

Compare the Eagle Summit

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.

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