Eagle Summit Recalls & Complaints by Model Year
NHTSA lists 4 safety recalls and 214 owner complaints across 8 model years of the Eagle Summit (1989–1996). The most-complained-about year is 1993.
Pick your Eagle Summit model year
| Model year | Recalls | Complaints |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 Eagle Summit | 1 | 2 |
| 1995 Eagle Summit | 1 | 31 |
| 1994 Eagle Summit | 1 | 15 |
| 1993 Eagle Summit | 3 | 92 |
| 1992 Eagle Summit | 3 | 44 |
| 1991 Eagle Summit | 1 | 12 |
| 1990 Eagle Summit | 1 | 6 |
| 1989 Eagle Summit | 1 | 12 |
What Eagle Summit owners complain about
Across all model years, owners have filed 214 complaints with NHTSA. The 1993 model year has the most, with 92.
All Eagle Summit recalls (4)
Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Eagle Summit, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.
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Automatic transmission (power train)
Vehicle description: all wheel drive passenger vehicles. Lockup of the transfer case can occur due to insufficient lubrication.
Remedy: Dealers will inspect the vehicles for adequacy of the transfer case oil volume, transfer case oil leakage, and operational degradation of the transfer case mechanism. If oil volume is insufficient, the appropriate…
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Latch (latches/locks/linkages)
Excess lubrication can cause the rubber door latch switch cover to deform, and the door latch switch to malfunction, so that the shoulder belt anchorage would remain at the a-pillar when the door was closed.
Remedy: Dealers will replace the door latch switch with a switch that utilizes reduced lubricating grease, improved contact surface, and a different rubber isolation boot.
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Anchorage (seat belts)
The guide rail on the driver's side contains a covered cable and also an angled belt guide at the top end of the webbing. The combination of these factors can lead, over time, to the cable's movement exerting abrading force to the lower edges of the cable's chamber, sufficient to cause the cable to drop out of the chamber with the…
Remedy: Dealers will install a new replacement guide rail that incorporates a double lip dust seal and an anodic oxide coating.
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Buckle assembly (seat belts)
The front safety belt buckle release buttons can break. These red plastic release buttons are marked "press." if a button breaks, pieces can fall into the buckle assembly causing the buckle to operate improperly.
Remedy: Owners should promptly check the condition and operation of both front safety belt buckles and carefully inspect the red release button for any breaks or cracks. They should ensure that both buckles are operating…
Model years: 1989, 1990, 1991
Other Eagle models
- Talon587 complaints
- Vision478 complaints
- Premier219 complaints
- Medallion12 complaints
- Eagle3 complaints
- Medalion3 complaints
- Summit Wagon3 complaints
- Boat Trailer1 complaints
Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.