Recall Register

1986 Plymouth Horizon: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 1986 Plymouth Horizon. The newest campaign is 91V056000. NHTSA received the report on 11 Apr 1991. The NHTSA record gives the component Suspension / Rear. NHTSA has 1 complaint on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 91V056000, in the NHTSA record

Replace the rear suspension trailing arm-to-hanger bracket pivot bolt with a properly processed bolt.
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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

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Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 87,149 units in total.

  1. 91V056000Received . 55,000 units.

    Suspension / Rear

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Rear suspension trailing arm-to-hanger bracket pivot bolts may fail from stress corrosion cracking possibly caused by processing deviations in the construction of the pivot bolt.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Failure of bolts may result in partial separation of therear suspension from the vehicle, resulting in loss of vehicle control withoutwarning and a vehicle crash.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Replace the rear suspension trailing arm-to-hanger bracket pivot bolt with a properly processed bolt.

    Report filed by CHRYSLER CORPORATION. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 86V053000Received . 32,149 units.

    Electrical System / 12v/24v/48v Battery

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Battery cap vents may be partially or completely blocked with plastic flashing. Consequence of defect: a build up of internal gas pressure could occur which could result in case rupture, particularly during post charging. Should a person be in the vicinity of the battery when the case ruptures, they may be injured by the released gases and/or acid.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Rework batteries by probing both vent orifices to eliminate any vent obstruction.

    Report filed by CHRYSLER CORPORATION.

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Complaints by component

1 complaint, 2 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

1986 Plymouth Horizon: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Fuel System, Gasoline2
Complaints that report a crash
0
Complaints that report a fire
0
Injuries in the complaints
0
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
3 Sep 2000

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 1986 Plymouth Horizon, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2000, with 1 complaint.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19788
  2. 19793
  3. 19803
  4. 19811
  5. 19822
  6. 19841
  7. 19852
  8. 19862
  9. 19871
  10. 19881
  11. 19891
  12. 19901

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1986 Plymouth Horizon: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/plymouth/horizon/1986/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
30 Sep 2026
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
CHRYSLER CORPORATION

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1986 Plymouth Horizon?
87,149 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Plymouth Horizon have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 21 recall campaigns for the Plymouth Horizon, model years 1978 to 1990. 2 of them name the 1986 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1986 Plymouth Horizon name most often?
Fuel System, Gasoline: 2 of 2 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1986 Plymouth Horizon open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.