Total Complaints
2 filings
PLYMOUTH B200 · model year
2 NHTSA complaints for this specific cohort.
NHTSA overall rating
Not crash-tested
New Car Assessment Program
The 1990PLYMOUTHB200 carries 2 consumer safety complaints in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database for this specific model-year cohort. Within that volume, owners reported 0 crashes, 0 fires, 0 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 1990 B200 is service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components with 1 filings, followed by service brakes, hydraulic:power assist:hydraulic (1). 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 5 investigation files overlapping the 1990 B200. 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.
Total Complaints
2 filings
Crashes Reported
0 reports
Source
NHTSA ODI
Federal complaints database
At or below the fleet median complaint volume.
| Component | Count |
|---|---|
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS | 1 |
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:HYDRAULIC | 1 |
BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE, BRAKE PEDAL FEELS SPONGY WHEN BRAKING, ALSO PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR. TT CONSUMER OVERHAULED BRAKE SYSTEM AND EVER SINCE THEN THE FOLLOWING HAS BEEN DONE: MASTER CYLINDER HAS BEEN REPLACED 8 TIMES, 4 BRAKE BOOSTERS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, ONE PROPORTIONAL VALVE REPLACED, 3 SETS OF REAR BRAKE SHOES AND WHEEL CYLINDERS, 1 SET OF ABOVE DRUMS, 1 PAIR OF NEW ROTORS ON FRONT AND ONE TURNING OF THESE NEW PARTS, 1 PAIR NEW FRONT BRAKE HOSES, AND APPROXIMATELY 7 TO 9 REBUILT FRONT CALIPERS AND PADS. *SLC
BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE, BRAKE PEDAL FEELS SPONGY WHEN BRAKING, ALSO PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR. TT CONSUMER OVERHAULED BRAKE SYSTEM AND EVER SINCE THEN THE FOLLOWING HAS BEEN DONE: MASTER CYLINDER HAS BEEN REPLACED 8 TIMES, 4 BRAKE BOOSTERS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, ONE PROPORTIONAL VALVE REPLACED, 3 SETS OF REAR BRAKE SHOES AND WHEEL CYLINDERS, 1 SET OF ABOVE DRUMS, 1 PAIR OF NEW ROTORS ON FRONT AND ONE TURNING OF THESE NEW PARTS, 1 PAIR NEW FRONT BRAKE HOSES, AND APPROXIMATELY 7 TO 9 REBUILT FRONT CALIPERS AND PADS. *SLC
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.
Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.