FaultScore

Plymouth Sundance body problems

29 of the 408 complaints filed about the Plymouth Sundance are about the body and structure — 7% of everything owners reported. The worst model year for it is 1994.

29

Complaints

7%

Share of all complaints

0

Crashes

0

Fires

Body & Structure complaints by model year

1987 Sundance 2 6.9%
1988 Sundance 1 3.4%
1989 Sundance 4 13.8%

Median failure at 99,000 miles

1990 Sundance 4 13.8%
1991 Sundance 5 17.2%
1992 Sundance 4 13.8%
1993 Sundance 4 13.8%
1994 Sundance 5 17.2%

What owners said

1989 Plymouth Sundance at 99,000 miles Pacifica, CA

STRUCTURE:BODY

PAINT PEELING.

NHTSA complaint #10028540 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1990 Plymouth Sundance Arlington Heights, IL

STRUCTURE

THERE IS A HOLE IN THE FLOORBOARD. *SLC

NHTSA complaint #559923 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1994 Plymouth Sundance LAS Vegas, NV

STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS

REPORTING BOTH FRONT DOORS ARE DEATTCHING FROM THE HINGES OF A BROKEN WELD; DEALER NOTIFIED AND INFORMED THAT VEHICLE OUT OF IT WARRANTY AND ANY REPAIRS WOULD BE AT CONSUMER COST. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS:

NHTSA complaint #868847 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1992 Plymouth Sundance Brentwood, NY

STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR

SIDE PANEL OF DOOR CRUMBLES EASILY. NLM

NHTSA complaint #605680 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1992 Plymouth Sundance Brentwood, NY

STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID

THE BOARD IN THE TRUNK COVERING THE SPARE IS WARPED AND DOES NOT REST FLUSH IN THE TRUNK. NLM

NHTSA complaint #605680 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1991 Plymouth Sundance Staten Island, NY

STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID

IF YOU CAN'T HELP ME WITH THE PAINT, PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHO CAN. WAS THERE ANY RECALL ON PAINTING FOR PLYMOUTHS? I SEE MANY SUNDANCES ON THE ROAD WITH THE SAME PROBLEM PEELING AS MINE. ALSO, SOME SPOTS WHERE PEELING OCCURRED, IS NOW RUSTING. AS FOR THE HOOD, REPLACEMENT SHOCKS I PURCHASED HELPED HOLD TRUNK UP AGAIN.

NHTSA complaint #714408 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1991 Plymouth Sundance Pilot Moun, NC 1 injured

STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:SUPPORT DEVICE/STRUT

HATCHBACK STRUTS FAIL TO KEEP LID UP, FALLS EVERYTIME ITS OPENED CAUSING SERVERE BACK INJURY TO OWNER.

NHTSA complaint #548244 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1994 Plymouth Sundance Irving, TX

STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS

SINCE THE PAINT IS PEELING OFF OF THE CAR AND CHRYSLER REFUSES TO FIX IT, CLAIMING THE 3-FOOT BARE AREA ON THE ROOF OF MY CAR IS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR, THE BODY OF THE CAR WILL RUST, RENDERING IT A SAFETY HAZARD BOTH TO MYSELF AND TO OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD.

NHTSA complaint #709307 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1993 Plymouth Sundance West Valley, UT

STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS

STARTING IN 1996, I NOTICED SMALL PAINT CHIPS/PEELINGS ON THE TOP, HOOD AND TRUNK OF MY VEHICLE. I THOUGHT THEY OCCURRED FROM ROCK CHIPS OR SOMETHING. ONCE THE PEELING CONTINUED AND I FOUND OTHER PEELING ON THE SIDES AND TRUNK, I KNEW IT WAS DAMAGE FROM THE PAINT IT SELF AND NOT WEATHER OR ROCKS! IT HAS PEELED SO MUCH IT IS EMBARRASSING AND ABSOLUTLEY RIDICULOUS!! I CAN'T EVEN WASH MY CAR WITHOUT IT DAMAGING MORE. IT ALMOST LOOKS AS IF IT IS GOING TO CAUSE RUST TO MY VEHICLE ALSO. THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED AND CURED. I EXPECT IT TO BE SO FROM PLYMOUTH, AND WILL NOT STOP UNTIL IT IS. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED, JUST PAINT.

NHTSA complaint #708756 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1991 Plymouth Sundance Pilot Moun, NC 1 injured

STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:SUPPORT DEVICE/STRUT

HATCHBACK STRUT RODS FAILED CAUSING INJURY TO CONSUMER'S SPINAL COLUMN. MJS

NHTSA complaint #546038 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1987 Plymouth Sundance Mentor, OH

STRUCTURE:BODY

LIGHT BULB UNDER AUTOMATIC GEAR SELECTOR CONSOLE ASSEMBLY WAS NO LONGER FUNCTIONING. AFTER PURCHASING REPLACEMENT LIGHT BULB AS PER NUMBER SPECIFIED IN OWNERS MANUAL, REMOVED GEAR SELECTOR CONSOLE TO DISCOVER THAT BULB HAD NEARLY COMPLETED MELTED LENS AROUND IT. BULB WAS ENCASED IN MELTED PLASTIC AND SMELLED BURNED. BULBS MELTING PLASTIC IS A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE. SEE ALSO MY RECENT REPORT ODI 701361 AND ALSO ODI 371625 (ANOTHER PERSON). BURNING PLASTIC MAY CAUSE FIRE IN INTERIOR OF VEHICLE AND IS A SAFETY HAZARD. CHRYSLER SHOULD RECALL THIS VEHICLE FOR THIS AND RELATED PROBLEMS OR PAY FOR PARTS/LABOR.

NHTSA complaint #702547 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1989 Plymouth Sundance Mabank, TX

STRUCTURE:BODY:BUMPERS

REAR PLASTIC PORTION OF THE BUMBER FELL OFF WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE DEALER IS NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.

NHTSA complaint #830766 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1994 Plymouth Sundance Dousman, WI

STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS

DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HINGE BROKE DUE TO EXCESSIVE WEAR.

NHTSA complaint #534018 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1992 Plymouth Sundance SAN Ramon, CA

STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR

DOOR PANELS LOOSE.

NHTSA complaint #520002 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1987 Plymouth Sundance Cheyenne, WY

STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID

TRUNK DOOR WON'T STAY UP WHEN OPENED.

NHTSA complaint #516206 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1993 Plymouth Sundance Endwell, NY

STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS

DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR DROPPED FROM THE HINGES, PUSHING INTO FRONT BUMPER TWICE.

NHTSA complaint #513846 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1991 Plymouth Sundance Brooklyn, NY

STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:SUPPORT DEVICE/STRUT

REAR HATCHBACK LIFT GATE FALLS DOWN DUE TO SUPPORT RODS.

NHTSA complaint #514980 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1989 Plymouth Sundance Inverness, FL

STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID

WHEN LIFTING THE TRUNK, THE TRUNK SUPPORT FAILED, CAUSING THE TRUNK TO COME DOWN.

NHTSA complaint #807773 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1992 Plymouth Sundance Pinson, AL

STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:SUPPORT DEVICE/STRUT

HACTCHBACK LIFT GATE FAILURE, SUPPORT ROD WILL NOT HOLD THE LIFTGATE.

NHTSA complaint #808469 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

1994 Plymouth Sundance Cleveland, OH

STRUCTURE

WATER LEAKS INSIDE VEHICLE DUE TO INSUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF SEALANT AROUND COWL.

NHTSA complaint #511158 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

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