Model-year matrix

Eagle Summit
which year?

Compare every Eagle Summit model year the EPA recorded, 1989 to 1996. See complaint patterns, fuel economy and configurations side by side, then open any year for recall campaigns and the full dossier. Confirm against the official NHTSA recall search.

Evidence-led answer

Looking for the best Eagle Summit year—or years to avoid?

The official records cannot honestly name a best, worst or most reliable year. Complaint totals have no sales, mileage or age denominator. They can show where more reports were filed and which components were named, giving you years to investigate more closely before checking the exact car and its VIN.

What is the best year for the Eagle Summit?

No official dataset can support one universal best year. Use the table to compare complaint patterns and EPA figures, then open the shortlisted years for recall campaigns and exact specifications.

Which Eagle Summit years should you avoid?

The records cannot justify a blanket avoid label. Years with more reports are surfaced below as research priorities, not predictions about every car from that year.

01 · More reports to inspect1993

92 indexed complaint reports; seat belts is the most-reported component label.

Open the 1993 dossier →02 · More reports to inspect1992

44 indexed complaint reports; seat belts is the most-reported component label.

Open the 1992 dossier →03 · More reports to inspect1995

31 indexed complaint reports; air bags is the most-reported component label.

Open the 1995 dossier →

Do not read this as an avoid list. Older and higher-selling model years usually accumulate more reports. A low count can also mean a newer, rarer or poorly matched vehicle—not a safer one.

Read this as evidence, not a ranking.

Complaint totals are counts of owner-submitted allegations, not confirmed defects, and they carry no denominator: they are not adjusted for how many cars were sold, how old they are, how far they are driven, or how much publicity a fault received. A high-volume or older year will usually show more reports than a rare or recent one. The site does not convert these into a reliability score, because the data needed to do that honestly is not in the public record.

Direct comparison

Compare two Eagle Summit model years.

Choose any two years. The URL keeps the pair so you can return to the same comparison. Every figure below is an observed official record or EPA estimate—not a reliability score.

First model year

1995 Eagle Summit

NHTSA complaint allegations: 31
Combined EPA economy: 18–31 mpg/MPGe
EPA configurations: 10
Annual EPA fuel-cost estimate: $2,000–3,400
Fuel labels: Regular Gasoline

Most-reported component labelsair bags 11power train 9engine and engine cooling 2

Open the 1995 evidence dossier →

Second model year

1996 Eagle Summit

NHTSA complaint allegations: 2
Combined EPA economy: 18–31 mpg/MPGe
EPA configurations: 10
Annual EPA fuel-cost estimate: $2,000–3,400
Fuel labels: Regular Gasoline

Most-reported component labelsseat belts 1steering 1

Open the 1996 evidence dossier →

Observed complaint-record difference

1996 has 29 fewer indexed complaint allegations than 1995.

This is not a rate or reliability finding. The counts have no sales, mileage, age or exposure denominator, and newer years have had less time to accumulate reports.

Side by side

Eagle Summit by year.

Complaint bars are scaled against this model’s own highest year, so they compare years with each other and with nothing else.

Eagle Summit model years with NHTSA complaint totals, most-reported components, EPA fuel economy and configuration counts
Year	Complaints	Most-reported components	Combined MPG	EPA configs	Annual fuel cost	Dossier
1996	2	seat belts 1steering 1	18–31	10	$2,000–3,400	Dossier →
1995	31	air bags 11power train 9engine and engine cooling 2	18–31	10	$2,000–3,400	Dossier →
1994	15	power train 5air bags 4engine and engine cooling 2	18–31	10	$2,000–3,400	Dossier →
1993	92	seat belts 66power train 9engine and engine cooling 6	19–31	12	$2,000–3,250	Dossier →
1992	44	seat belts 21structure 14power train 6	19–29	12	$2,100–3,250	Dossier →
1991	12	seat belts 8exterior lighting 2engine and engine cooling 1	25–29	4	$2,100–2,450	Dossier →
1990	6	seat belts 4seats 1tires 1	23–27	4	$2,300–2,650	Dossier →
1989	12	seat belts 8engine and engine cooling 2seats 1	23–28	4	$2,200–2,650	Dossier →

Evidence snapshot generated August 25, 2026. “Not indexed” means NHTSA holds no complaint record matching this exact year, make and model — not that no fault occurred. Recall campaigns are not summarised here: NHTSA publishes no bulk recall dataset, and fetching them per year would take longer than the page should. Each year’s dossier shows its recalls in full, live from NHTSA.