1995 Plymouth Neon

These are unverified consumer reports filed with NHTSA, shown as submitted.

• 12/30/1998· FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER

  WHILE DRIVING THE GAS GAUGE INDICATES THAT THERE IS GAS IN THE VEHICLE, BUT, IN REALITY, THERE IS NO GAS. VEHICLE SHAKES/STALLS, AND DIES OUT WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING. *AK

• 12/30/1996· SEATS

  HEAD REST ARE POORLY PADDED AND DESIGNED CREATING A POTENTIAL HAZARD.

• 12/30/1996· VISIBILITY

  DEFROSTER INOPERATIVE, CAUSING WINDSHIELD/WINDOWS TO FOG UP/POOR VISIBILITY.

• 12/26/1995· SEAT BELTS

  SEAT BELT LATCH QUIT WORKING AFTER VEHICLE WAS HIT BY ANOTHER CAR. *DSH

• 12/23/1998· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN,UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON/OFF. PROBLEM IS WITH THE OXYGEN SENSOR. ALSO TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, LEADING TO REPLACEMENT OF THE TRANSMISSION/BRAKES WORE OUT AND REPLACED THREE TIMES. DEALER AWARE OF ALL PROBLEMS. PROBLEMS STILL EXISTS. WARRANTY IS EXPIRED. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

• 12/23/1997· ELECTRICAL SYSTEMFire

  WHILE DRIVING THE ELECTRICAL WIRE THAT FEEDS TO THE DEFROSTER SYSTEM CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE OWNER HAD TO PULL THE FUSE OUT TO STOP THE FLOW.. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

• 12/21/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  ENGINE HEAD GASKET IS A MAJOR PRBLEM IN CHRYSLER 4 CYL. ENGINES AND CHRYSLER SHOULD PAY 100%

• 12/20/1999· SUSPENSION

  VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT WHEN BRAKING AND DURING START OFF. NLM

• 12/20/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  UPON DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO MAKE A NORMAL OR GRADUAL STOP CONSUMER NOTICED A NOISE COMING FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL. NOISE SOUNDED LIKE METAL TO METAL, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER HAS YET TO REPLACE PARTS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

• 12/19/1999· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  WHILE PARKED IN DRIVEWAY, WITH NO ONE IN IT, CAR STARTED AND TRAVELED ABOUT 50 FEET PRIOR TO HITTING BARN. THEN, WOULD NOT START. DEALER REPORTS IT NEEDS A NEW STARTER, BUT HAS NO EXPLANATION FOR THE PROBLEM. CAR IS MANUAL TRANSMISSION. KEY WAS NOT IN CAR. CAR HAD BEEN STOPPED FOR ABOUT 15-20 MIN AND WAS UNATTENDED.

• 12/19/1997· SUSPENSION

  HAD STARTED TO NOTICE THAT SUSPENSION CONTROL ARM WAS GETTING ROUGH. FELT LIKE NO SHOCKS ON VEHICLES. HAD MECHANIC CHECK VEHICLE & WAS INFORMED BOLTS BECAME UNWELDED. *AK

• 12/19/1997· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION SLIPS FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL SIMPLY BY LEANING ON OR NUDGING THE SHIFTER COLUMN ACCIDENTLY. ALSO, ANTI-LOCK BRAKE FAILURE. *AK

• 12/19/1996· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  INTERMITTENT STALLING.

• 12/17/2002· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  I RECENTLY DISCOVERED THAT MY 1995 PLYMOUTH NEON HAS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. THE DEALER THAT I TOOK IT TO FOR REPAIRS TOLD ME THAT IT WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRENTY, BUT THAT I COULD CONTACT CHRYSLER TO SEE IF THEY WOULD COVER THE REPAIRS. MY CAR IS IN EXCELLENT SHAPE AND ONLY HAS 63,000 MILES ON IT. CHRYSLER HAS DECLINED TO COVER ANY OF THE COST OF PARTS AND SERVICE FOR THIS REPAIR, DESPITE THE FACT THAT THEY ARE AWARE THAT HEAD GASKETS ARE A DEFECT IN THIS CAR. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND DISCOVERED THAT MANY NEON OWNERS ARE FIGHTING THIS SAME BATTLE. I AM APALLED THAT A RECALL WAS NEVER DONE ON THIS PART. VIEW OTHERS PROBLEMS WITH THE NEON HEAD GASTKET AT THIS WEBSITE. <HTTP://GROUPS.GOOGLE.COM/GROUPS?Q=NEON+HEAD+GASKET&IE=ISO-8859-1&HL=EN> I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU COULD GIVE ME ANY ADVICE ON THIS MATTER. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THIS DEFECT WARRANTS A RECALL?

• 12/17/2002· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  UPON INSPECTION OF VEHICLE, CONSUMER NOTICED A LEAK COMING FROM THE VALVE COVER. CONSUMER STATED THAT IF THIS LEAK CONTINUED, IT COULD RESULT IN AN ENGINE FIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. TS

• 12/17/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  OWNER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE, CONTACTED DEALER AND WAS TOLD THEY WOULD NOT HAVE PARTS IN UNTIL JAN. 1,1997. RECALL #96V228000. *AK

• 12/17/1996· STEERING

  STEERING PROBLEM.

• 12/15/2010· LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

  PRIMARY HOOD LATCH COMES UNLATCHED WHILE DRIVING. DEALER STATES THAT CABLE CONNECTING LATCH TO INTERIOR HAS STRETCHED OVER TIME LEADING TO THIS FAILURE - THIS IS A SERIOUS MVSS DESIGN DEFECT THAT COULD LEAD TO A FATALITY. DEALER REFUSES TO REPAIR AT NO CHARGE. *TR

• 12/15/1999· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VISIBILITY,EQUIPMENT

  ALL WHO BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE SEEM TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS AND SYMPTOMS THAT LEAD UP TO THE PROBLEMS. WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR CHRYSLER TO TAKE ACTION AND KEEP THE GOOD NAME THAT THEY USED TO HAVE? WE ALL PAID A LOT OF MONEY FOR THESE CARS AND NOW WE ALL MIGHT AS WELL JUNK THEM AND BUY NEW CARS. IN THE LONG RUN IT WILL SAVE US ALL A LOT OF MONEY! *AK

• 12/13/1996· AIR BAGS

  THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WHEN THE VEHICLE WENT OVER A MANHOLE AT 20MPH. *AK

• 12/12/2002· FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER

  FUEL PUMP DRAIN PLUG LEAK. THERE IS A LEAK IN THE FUEL PUMP OF MY 1995 PLYMOUTH NEON. I HAD AN INCIDENT AND BROUGHT IT TO A MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC SAID THAT CHRYSLER DID NOT HAVE ANY RECALLS ON IT AND THEY DO NOT SELL THE PLUG BY ITSELF. THE MECHANIC SAID THAT I WOULD HAVE TO BUY A NEW FUEL PUMP. YOU SEE THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE FUEL PUMP ITSELF HAS A DRAIN PLUG AND THAT DETERIORATED AND FUEL BEGAN TO LEAK. I THINK THIS NEEDS FURTHER INVESTIGATING. I WAS LUCKY THAT I CAUGHT IT ON TIME. THINK OF THOSE FAMILIES WHO WILL NOT BE SO LUCKY. I STILL HAVE THE SAME FUEL PUMP. WE JUST INSTALLED A PLUG ON IT.

• 12/11/2000· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  CONSUMER WAS TRYING TO START CAR AND IT WOULD NOT START. TOWED TO DEALER, AND SAID ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEWOUT. *AK

• 12/11/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULICCrash

  THE ABS BRAKE FAILS CAUSED CONSUMER TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. TT

• 12/10/2005· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,STRUCTURE

  NUMEROUS HEATING COOLING PROBLEMS. INCORRECT TEMPERATURE GAUGE, OVERHEATING, RADIATOR FANS NOT COMING ON, ERRATIC FAN OPERATION, WATER LEAKING IN FROM FIREWALL POURING INTO THE BLOWER MOTOR CAUSING BLOWN FUSES, FAULTY BLOWER MOTORS AND SOAKING CARPETS. WIRING PROBLEMS CAUSING FUSES TO BLOW WHEN FANS WOULD KICK ON, A/C WAS TURNED ON, OR DASH WOULD EMIT SMOKE WHEN THE PARKING BREAK WAS ENGAGED WITH THE VEHICLE RUNNING, ERRATIC GAUGE CLUSTER, OFF AND ON GAUGES, INTERIOR LIGHTS FAILURE. *NM

• 12/10/2001· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  VEHICLE EXPIENCING EXCESSIVE OIL LOSS. TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, AND INFORMED CONSUMER OF A HEAD GASKET FAILURE. DEALER / MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER.*AK

• 12/09/2005· LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

  TRUNK WOULD COME UN-LATCHED ON ITS OWN RESULTING IN THEFT OF PROPERTY FROM VEHICLE. *JB

• 12/09/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  WHEN TRYING TO APPLY THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE THE VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP, THE VEHICLE HAS EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK

• 12/08/1997· VISIBILITY

  THE WINDSHIELD WIPER BLADES DO NOT CLEAN WINDSHIELD PROPERLY, MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE WHEN SNOWING OR RAINING, ETC. THE DEALER HAS TRIED TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM AT LEAST (4) TIMES. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN THE WIPERS ARE FIRST REPLACED THEY WORK FINE FOR ABOUT 3 WEEKS, THEN THEY BEGIN TO STREAK ESPECIALLY ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. *SLC

• 12/07/1998· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  ENGINE HEAD GASKET BOLTS ARE NOT LONG ENOUGH TO PROPERLY TIGHTEN HEAD GASKET. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. *AK

• 12/07/1998· STEERING

  WHILE DRIVING ON WET PAVEMENT THE STEERING LOCKS UP, CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

• 12/06/1995· AIR BAGSCrash

  UPON PASSENGERS AIR BAG DEPLOYING, DOOR WINDOW IMPLODED W/FRAGMENTS THROWN OVER ENTIRE COMPARTMENT. TT

• 12/06/1995· STEERING,SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  LOSS OF THE STEERING COLUMN THE STEERING COLUMN CAME APART PE94-095. TT CONSUMER STATES BRAKES FAILED AS WELL.*JB

• 12/05/1997· STEERING

  STEERING COLUMN COUPLER FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE.

• 12/04/2002· AIR BAGSCrash

  WAS TRING TO EXIT HIGHWAY WHEN TRAFFIC SUDDENLY STOPPED AND I HAD TO SLAM ON MY BRAKES BUT IT DIDN'T KEEP ME FROM REAR ENDING A TRUCK AND IT LEFT SKID MARKS ON THE HIGHWAY. THE AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. DT

• 12/04/1997· UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  THE DASHBOARD DESIGN IS SUCH THAT EXTREME GLARE RESULTS DURING MORNING AND EVENING DRIVING PERIODS. *AK

• 12/04/1995· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  WHILE DRIVING, HEADLIGHTS WENT OFF WITHOUT WARNING; SWITCH IN STEERING COLUMN DEFECTIVE. TT

• 12/03/1997· STEERING

  LOWER STEERING COLUMN COUPLER FAILED.

• 12/02/1998· STEERING,AIR BAGS

  DURING UNDERBODY IMPACT, STEERING WHEEL DECOUPLED AS STATED IN RECALL, CAUSING FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG AND RESULTING IN INJURY TO CONSUMER. (ATTORNEY FOR CONSUMER)

• 12/02/1997· SUSPENSION

  REAR STRUTS VERY POOR, MAKE NOISE.

• 12/02/1996· AIR BAGS

  AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT ACCIDENT OR COLLISION.

• 12/01/1997· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  WHILE DRIVING AT HIGWAY SPEED THE VEHICLE SUDDENDLY ACCELERATED. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED SUDDENLY THREE TIMES PRIOR. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

• 11/30/2001· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHILE HAVING A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE AT A "10 MINUTUE" OIL CHANGE PLACE THE SERVICE PERSON NOTED THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM AND TO GET IT CHECKED OUT. AFTER BRINGING IT TO A DEALER THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE HEAD GASKET. AFTER CHECKING AROUND AT OTHER LOCAL GARAGES, WE FOUND THAT THERE WERE MANY OTHER CASES OF THIS SAME INCIDENT WITH THE NEON VEHICLE. WHEN I CALLED CHRYSLER ABOUT THIS THEY SAID THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM , WHICH IS NOT POSSIBLE - BUT AFTER MANY PHONE CALLS AND LONG DISCUSSIONS, THEY OFFERED TO PAY FOR PARTS, WHICH WAS HELPFUL BUT NOT ENOUGH SINCE THE SERVICE PERSON AT THE CAR DEALER HAD SAID THE PART WAS OBVIOUSLY MACHINED WRONG AND WAS DEFECTIVE- BUT THEY WERE ALSO NOT GOING TO HELP US WITH THE COST.THIS LEFT ME WITH A $ 534.26 BILL TO PAY FOR THE SERVICE - WHICH WAS ALOT OF MONEY TO SPEND WHEN THIS WAS OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED. I N MAY OF '98 I TRADED THE CAR IN- DIDN'T NEED THE HASSLES ANY MORE OR TO PUT MORE MONEY INTO IT. NOW I SEE HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM- I'M VERY FRUSTRATED- I'VE CALLED CHRYSLER AGAIN AFTER FINDING THAT PEOPLE HAVE HAD ONLY $100 OR $200 DEDUCTIBLES TO PAY & I PAYED OVER $500.00 FOR THIS. NOT FAIR FOR ANYONE. PLEASE DO WHAT YOU CAN TO RECALL THIS-I KNOW IT'S NOT THE LAW TO HAVE TO REIM BURSE YOU , BUT THE NOT-SO-HELPFUL CHRYSLER EMPLOYEE- SAID THAT THEY WILL REIMBURSE IF A RECALL IS DONE. TOO MANY UNFORTUNATE PEOPLE HAVE PAID HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS THEY PROBABLY COULDN'T AFFORD, AND MANY MORE WILL TOO IF THIS MATTER IS NOT RESOLVED. *AK

• 11/30/2000· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  ENGINE GASKETS PREMATURELY FAILED. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

• 11/30/1995· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINEFire

  VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO FUEL GETTING INSIDE COMPARTMENT ASSOCIATED W/HEATER. TT

• 11/27/1998· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULICCrash

  WHEN DRIVING 55 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE STOPPED IN FRONT OF THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO HIT A DUMP TRUCK FROM THE SIDE. WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE BRAKES LOCKED UP AND PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOORBOARD. ALSO, BRAKES WERE VERY SOFT, AND THE VEHICLE SPINNED AROUND DUE TO THE CONSUMER LOSING CONTROL OF THE STEERING. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE BRAKES LOCKED UP, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP SIX TIMES FOR BRAKES, AND THE DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK

• 11/25/1997· STEERING

  CONSUMER CALLED 11-17-97 TO MAKE APPOINTMENT. DEALER SAID WILL NOT FIX PROBLEM UNTIL NOTIFIED BY MANUFACTURER. CONSUMER THAN CALLED MANUFACTURER, CALLED ON THREE WAY CONFERENCE CALL, DEALER THEN AGREED TO FIX RECAL. ,BUT AS SOON MANUFACTURER WIOULD HANG UP DEALER SAID WILL NOT FIX PROBLEM UNTIL RECEIVED WRITTEN NOTIFICATION FROM MANUFACTURER. *AK

• 11/25/1996· AIR BAGS

  DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY ABOUT 12MPH AND THE AIR BAGS JUST DEPLOYED, DIDN'T HIT ANYTHING ,THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT, THEY JUST WENT OFF. *AK *JB

• 11/24/2000· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  MY NEON BACKFIRES AND LOSES POWER THEN STALLS, DOES IT DRIVING AT 55 OR AT 10. WAIT 30 MINS AND IT WILL START AFTER BACKFIRING SEVERAL TIMES. OUR LOCAL CHRYSLER DEALER KEPT THE CAR FOR 12 DAYS AND IT DID NOT STALL SO THEY SAID IT WAS FINE , ALSO PUT THROUGH DIAGNOSITCS AND FOUND NOTHING. THEY ALSO CAME TO ROADSIDE WITH DIAGNOSTICS AND FOUND NOTHING WHILE IT WAS STALLED. HOWEVER IT IS STILL DOING THE SAME THING. A FRIEND HAS SUGGESTED OXYGEN SENSOR. IF THIS IS IT , WHY DIDN'T CHRYSLER MECHANICS FIND THE PROBLEM?? I SPENT OVER $300 AND SEVERAL STALLED ON THE ROAD HOURS BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOS A PROBLEM YET, THE CAR WOULD NOT RUN?? PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT , IF ANYTHING I CAN DO TO FIND OPUT WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT EXACTLY IS WRONG WITH MY 1995 NEON. THANK YOU

• 11/24/1998· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  THE ENGINE CONSTANTLY LEAKS OIL. IT LEAKS FROM DRIVER'S SIDE. WHENEVER VEHICLE IS PARKED, IT WOULD CONSTANTLY LEAK. WILL BE TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER. *AK

• 11/23/1999· UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  A LOT OF PEOPLE I TALK HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM I THANK SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT IT. I STILL OWN ABOUT $6,000 ON THE CAR. PLEASE HELP ME IN ANY WAY . MY SISTER INLAW WAS HAVING SAME PROBLEM .I MET THIS LADY AT THE GAS STATION SHE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON NEON. SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONE IN SUMMARY. *AK