FaultScore

Worst years for a Eagle Talon

Owners have filed 791 complaints about the Eagle Talon with NHTSA across model years 1990 to 1999. More of them are about the transmission & drivetrain than anything else.

Avoid

1995 Eagle Talon

320 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly transmission & drivetrain.

Cleanest on record

1996 Eagle Talon

56 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Eagle Talon 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
1999 2 0 0 Equipment & Accessories
1998 B 24 3 0 72,000 Brakes
1997 B 37 2 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
1996 A 56 0 0 101,000 Suspension
1995 D 320 17 8 96,820 Transmission & Drivetrain
1994 B 21 2 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
1993 C 48 3 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
1992 61 2 1 Transmission & Drivetrain
1991 133 7 3 Transmission & Drivetrain
1990 89 0 4 Transmission & Drivetrain

What breaks on a Eagle Talon

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

Worst in 1995

Engine & Cooling 127 16.1%

Worst in 1995

Suspension 87 11.0%

Worst in 1995

Brakes 45 5.7%

Worst in 1995

Worst in 1995

Seat Belts 36 4.6%

Worst in 1991

Worst in 1992

Worst in 1995

Worst in 1995

Airbags 22 2.8%

Worst in 1995

Acceleration & Cruise Control 16 2.0%

Worst in 1995

Equipment & Accessories 16 2.0%

Worst in 1995

Steering 15 1.9%

Worst in 1995

Other & Unspecified 13 1.6%

Worst in 1995

Exactly what failed on a Eagle Talon

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

Column Shift 81 21.0%
Engine 66 17.1%
Transfer Case (4-WHEEL Drive) 48 12.4%
Automatic Transmission 47 12.2%
Lower Ball Joint 45 11.7%
Gasoline 34 8.8%
Manual Transmission 21 5.4%
Frontal 17 4.4%
Door 14 3.6%
Control ARM 13 3.4%

Complaints filed over time

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

Jan 1995 peak 34 Nov 2015

Eagle Talon problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Eagle Talon

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