EAGLE VISION · model year

1995 EAGLE VISION

166 NHTSA complaints, 4 crash reports for this specific cohort.

NHTSA overall rating

Not crash-tested

New Car Assessment Program

The 1995EAGLEVISION carries 166 consumer safety complaints in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database for this specific model-year cohort. Within that volume, owners reported 4 crashes, 1 fire, 7 injuries, and 0 fatalities. No NCAP 5-star crash-test rating is available for this model year in the federal database.

Component-level analysis is where model-year complaints become actionable: the top complaint category for the 1995 VISION is power train:automatic transmission with 24 filings, followed by equipment:appliance:air conditioner (11) and power train:automatic transmission:cooling unit and lines (7). Concentration in one or two component groups is the classic signature of a systemic defect; a flat distribution usually reflects normal aging, warranty complaints, or isolated build-plant variability.

NHTSA currently has 2 investigation files overlapping the 1995 VISION. Owners comparing this cohort against neighboring years should pair the counters above with the complaint-by-year trend on the parent model page — a spike in a single year often tracks to a platform refresh, a new transmission supplier, or an updated ECU calibration. Use the related-complaint feed below to read raw owner narratives before deciding whether any pattern here affects your specific use case.

166
Complaints
4
Crashes
1
Fires
7
Injuries
0
Deaths

Total Complaints

166 filings

Crashes Reported

4 reports

Source

NHTSA ODI

Federal complaints database

Complaints vs. fleet median (215)

At or below the fleet median complaint volume.

Complaints by Component

ComponentCount
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION24
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER11
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES7
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM7
STEERING:RACK AND PINION6
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM5
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE5
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER5
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE4
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE4
STEERING:LINKAGES4
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR4
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL3
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL3
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS3

Recent Complaints

20081125VISIBILITY

WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR CONNECTING ARM DISCONNECTED WHILE DRIVING. WIPER FAILURE RESULTED. *TR

Mileage: 80

20070120SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER

IN THE MIDDLE OF HEAVY RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, MY DRIVERS SEAT BACK FELL BACK. I HAD TO CLUTCH THE STEERING WHEEL TO STAY UPRIGHT AND TRAVELED TO ANOTHER LANE BUT LUCKILY DID NOT HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. I HAVE FOUND REFERENCE ON THE INTERNET TO A RECALL FOR THIS SPECIFIC PROBLEM ON OTHER 1995 EAGLE VISIONS, BUT OUR DEALER STATES THAT MY CAR IS NOT COVERED ON THIS RECALL. *NM

20060921POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE SHIFTER ARM WAS DIFFICULT TO SHIFT FROM THE PARK POSITION TO DRIVE OR REVERSE WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED. TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS ADDED EVERY WEEK OR TWO, WHICH SEEMED TO MAKE SHIFTING EASIER. THE AIR CONDITIONER FAILED AND AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DETERMINED THE COIL WAS FLAT AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED.

Mileage: 148,000

20060921EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE SHIFTER ARM WAS DIFFICULT TO SHIFT FROM THE PARK POSITION TO DRIVE OR REVERSE WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED. TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS ADDED EVERY WEEK OR TWO, WHICH SEEMED TO MAKE SHIFTING EASIER. THE AIR CONDITIONER FAILED AND AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DETERMINED THE COIL WAS FLAT AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED.

Mileage: 148,000

20050728STEERING:RACK AND PINION

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THE BOLTS IN RACK AND PINION STEERING HAD TO BE TIGHTENED CONSTANTLY. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR TWO YEARS. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY STATED IT WAS WEAR AND TEAR. WHEN THE BOLTS BECAME LOOSE THE WHEEL LOCKED. CONSUMER CONTINUED TO TIGHTEN THE BOLTS, BUT IT ONLY LASTED FOR NO MORE THAN A WEEK. *AK

20050404STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS

CONSUMER RECEIVED NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 99V215000; DAIMLER CHRYSLER ISSUED AN ENGINE CRADLE RECALL. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN BUT HAD THE CONTROL ARM BRACKET COME OFF THE ENGINE CRADLE.*AK

20050330POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT

'RECALL CAMPAIGN' RECEIVED AFTER 7 TRANSMISSION HAVE BEEN INSTALLED IN 1995 EAGLE VISION. *BF THE DEALER SUGGESTED THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE SHIFTING BUT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO EXHIBIT MOVEMENT/NON MOVEMENT AT TIMES. THE VEHICLE WENT INTO REVERSE WITH NO OCCUPANTS IN THE VEHICLE AND THE GEAR INDICATOR REMAINED IN THE PARK POSITION. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF THE ORIGINAL COST OF THE VEHICLE. *SC ON ONE OF THE SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE CONSUMER WAS PINNED BETWEEN THE CAR AND THE GARAGE DOOR WHEN THE VEHICLE WENT INTO REVERSE WITH NO OCCUPANTS IN THE VEHICLE AND THE GEAR INDICATOR WAS STILL IN PARK. *JB

Mileage: 232

20050323POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT

DEALER WILL NOT PERFORM REPAIRS FOR NHTSA RECALL 04V021000 CONCERNING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFTER. CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT RECALL REPAIRS COULD NOT BE PERFORMED BECAUSE THE VIN FELL INTO A LEMON BUY BACK.*AK

20041108POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

TRANSMISSION SHIFTED FROM FOURTH GEAR TO SECOND ON ITS ON. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC INSISTED THAT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. CONSUMER INFORMED THE DEALER THAT PROBLEM OCCURRED MORE THAN ONCE AND HAD NOT BEEN RESOLVED. *AK VEHICLE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED ON ITS OWN FROM 4TH GEAR TO 2ND GEAR WHILE IN MOTION. *TC

20040809STEERING:RACK AND PINION

WHILE DRIVING RACK AND PINION FAILED. THIS CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO LOSE POWER STEERING TEMPORALLY. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Mileage: 53,000

20040629FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:FUEL RAIL

WHILE DRIVING GAS FUME ODOR WAS COMING FROM THE VENTS. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT RECALL 96V158002 FOR REPLACEMENT OF FUEL TANK AS ISSUED. MECHANIC REPLACED IT ON THIS VEHICLE. BUT, CONSUMER INFORMED THE MECHANIC THAT PROBLEM RECURRED, AND HAD NOT BEEN RESOLVED. *AK

20040401POWER TRAIN

CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION TWICE. *PH *JB

Mileage: 55,000

20040221POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

I PURCHASED MY 1995 EAGLE VISION FROM NORTHTOWNE IN AMHERST, NY, IN 2001. EIGHT MONTHS AFTER I PURCHASED IT, THE TRANSMISSION WENT, I HAD ANOTHER INSTALLED. I LATER LEARNED THAT EAGLES WERE KNOWN FOR TRANSMISSION FAILURE-MY TRANSMISSION WENT AGAIN ON 2/13/04 COSTING ME $810, I WOULD LIKE TO FILE A CLAIM AGAINST THE COMPANY AS I FEEL THE WHOLE SYSTEM IS DEFECTIVE AND FEAR I WILL BE PUTTING IN ANOTHER TRANSMISSION WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR AS I HAVE BEEN DOING. *JB

Mileage: 55,400

20040218CrashSTRUCTURE:BODY

HEAD ON, BROAD SIDE COLLISION. FRONT DRIVERS TIRE CAME THROUGH THE FLOOR BOARD TRAPPING AND CRUSHING BOTH LEGS FROM FEET TO FEMUR. HOOD CAME THRU WINDSHIELD, DRIVERS AIRBAG DEPLOYED LATE, CAUSING DRIVER TO HIT WINDSHIELD, HOOD, PILLAR AND WINDOW.*AK

Mileage: 120,000

20030124CHILD SEAT

THE CONSUMER'S BABY SEAT WASN'T PROPERLY INSTALLED. WHEN ANCHORED BY THE LAP/SHOULDER BELT TIGHTLY, THE SEAT LEANS TO THE SIDE AND WORK ITSELF OUT OF POSITION WHEN TAKING THE BABY IN/OUT OF THE SEAT. SCC

20020813CrashAIR BAGS:FRONTAL

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION WITH A GUARD RAIL AND NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

20011227POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

TRANSMISSION WONT SHIFT TO OVERDRIVE// GAS GAUGE JUMPS AROUND W/ LOW LIGHT ON. *AK

20011227FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER

TRANSMISSION WONT SHIFT TO OVERDRIVE// GAS GAUGE JUMPS AROUND W/ LOW LIGHT ON. *AK

20011203STEERING

WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT AND HITTING A BUMP VEHICLE STEERED INADVERTENTLY. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED NO RECALL ON VEHICLE. *AK

20011116POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many complaints does the 1995 EAGLE VISION have?
The 1995 EAGLE VISION has 166 NHTSA complaints, 4 crashes, 1 fires, 7 injuries, and 0 deaths reported.
What are the most common problems with the 1995 EAGLE VISION?
The most-complained component for the 1995 EAGLE VISION is POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION with 24 complaints. Other frequently reported areas include EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER and POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES.
Is the 1995 EAGLE VISION safe to buy?
Review the complaint history, crash and fire reports, safety ratings, and recall status on this page to make an informed decision. No NHTSA crash test rating is available for this model year. Compare with other model years using the links above.
Where does this data come from?
All complaint, recall, and safety rating data is sourced from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Complaints are filed by vehicle owners through NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation.

Vehicle Safety Guides

Data as of 2025. Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) complaints database, NHTSA recall campaign API, NHTSA NCAP crash-test ratings, and NHTSA FARS for fatality cross-reference.