Safety Score
62
Average
Recalls
2
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (2)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-10-07 | 97V169000 |
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR | 375,000 | — | Details |
| 1994-01-09 | 94V026000 |
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | 2,700 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-08-15 | INTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 PLYMOUTH NEON. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMIT… |
| 2010-12-15 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES | No | 0 | PRIMARY HOOD LATCH COMES UNLATCHED WHILE DRIVING. DEALER STATES THAT CABLE CONNECTING LATCH TO INTERIOR HAS STRETCHED O… |
| 2008-07-29 | AIR BAGS | No | 1 | WHILE DRIVING INTO THE DRIVEWAY, BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED CAUSING INJURIES TO OUR 16 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. SHE INCURRED IMP… |
| 2006-03-29 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | A RECALL IS LISTED ON N.H.T.S.A. (NATIONAL HIGHWAY SAFETY TRAFFIC ASSOCIATION) FOR MY VEHICLE MAKE/MODEL/YEAR, FOR IT'S… |
| 2005-09-16 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | No | 0 | DUE TO CORROSION, THE BRAKE LINES RUPTURED WHILE I WAS BRAKING. I FEAR THAT THE CORROSION WILL ALSO LEAD TO FUEL LINE L… |
| 2005-08-09 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | NUMEROUS HEATING COOLING PROBLEMS. INCORRECT TEMPERATURE GAUGE, OVERHEATING, RADIATOR FANS NOT COMING ON, ERRATIC FAN … |
| 2005-06-21 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TRUNK LID:LOCK | No | 0 | TRUNK WOULD COME UN-LATCHED ON ITS OWN RESULTING IN THEFT OF PROPERTY FROM VEHICLE. *JB |
| 2005-03-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | No | 0 | THE INSTRUMENT PANEL SOMETIMES DO NOT SHOW HOW MUCH GAS, OR TEMPT GAUGES DO NOT WORK...IT SEEMS IF IT IS COLD -OR DAMP-… |
| 2005-02-12 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM) | No | 0 | POWER CONTROL MODULE FOR THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. AS A RESULT, VEHICLE STALLED AND SHIFTED IMPROPERLY. RECALL 94V0330… |
| 2005-01-06 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM) | No | 0 | TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT 1995 PLYMOUTH NEON HAS BEEN RECALLED. HOWEVER, THE DEALERSHIP AND THE MANUFACTURER STATE… |
| 2004-07-26 | SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER | No | 0 | TO PROPERLY INSTALL A CHILD SAFETY SEAT IN THE REAR ON EITHER SIDE ( I HAVE TWO CHILDREN AND CANNOT USE THE CENTER) TH… |
| 2004-04-22 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE'S FUEL TANK HAD A SMALL EXTRA HOLE IN IT WHICH WAS PLUGGED BY A SMALL VINYL PLUG. IT APPEARED THAT HE FUEL… |
| 2004-01-20 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | POOR DESIGN LEADS TO HEAD GASKET OF PLYMOUTH NEONS TO BLOW FREQUENTLY. CHRYSLER OFFERS NO RE-CALL OR FINANCIAL ASSISTA… |
| 2004-01-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK | No | 0 | THIS CAR IS SQEAKING BRAKES...DON'T SEEM VERY SAFE....AND NOISES UNDER THE CAR??*AK |
| 2003-11-05 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE CAR'S COMPUTER, OR ECU MALFUNCTIONED TWICE. NO POWER WAS REACHING THE COIL, HENCE THERE WAS NO SPARK AND THE CAR W… |
| 2003-08-30 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I BOUGHT THIS CAR...WITH A TRADE IN WITH A PONTIAC BONNEVILLE..I HAD BAD LUCK WITH THIS NEON 1995 MODEL FROM DAY I DROV… |
| 2003-08-15 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | Yes | 0 | BRAKES FAILED TO WORK RIGHT WHEN MY BOYFRIEND WRECKED THE CAR WHICH THEN MADE HIM HIT THE GUARD RAIL. THE AIR BAGS DIDN… |
| 2003-07-28 | STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS | No | 0 | BLUE PAINT IS COMING OFF THE ROOF IN SPLOTCHES, WITH SMALL SCATTERED AREAS OF PAINT LOSS ELSEWHERE, AND HAS BEEN DOING … |
| 2003-06-15 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | PAINT STARTED BUBBLING UP AND PEELING OFF IN LARGE CHUNKS. CAN'T EVEN WASH WITH A HOSE OR MORE PAINT IS REMOVED. CHRYSL… |
| 2003-06-11 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | 1995 2 DR NEON, THE PAINT STARTED BUBBLING AND THEN PEELING 6 MONTHS AGO. ALMOST ALL THE PAINT ON THE ROOF IS GONE, AS … |
| 2003-02-15 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | PAINT IS PEELING OFF AND IS CRACKING ALL OVER CAR. I HAVE WAXED THIS CAR ALL THE TIME AND IT IS IN VERY GOOD SHAPE OTH… |
| 2002-12-09 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | I RECENTLY DISCOVERED THAT MY 1995 PLYMOUTH NEON HAS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. THE DEALER THAT I TOOK IT TO FOR REPAIRS TOLD… |
| 2002-11-14 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH A/C CLUTCH, SEIZED UP AND STARTED SMOKING CAR IS MAJOR HAZARD. DT |
| 2002-11-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | HEAD GASKET FAILED AT APPROXIMATELY 75,000 MILES; LEAKED OIL THROUGHOUT COOLANT SYSTEM, WHICH REQUIRED THE REPLACEMENT … |
| 2002-10-24 | FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | No | 0 | THE FUEL FILLER NECK THAT RUNS TO GAS TANK IS RUSTED. CONSUMER STATES WHEN FILLING TANK GAS POURS ALL OVER THE GROUND.… |
| 2002-09-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES HEAD GASKET BLEW 2 DIFFERENT TIMES WHILE DRIVING CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL.*JB |
| 2002-07-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | HEAD GASKET FAILED CAUSING OIL TO LEAK INTO COOLANT AND ENGINE TO OVERHEAT. OVERHEATING OCCURED ON EXPRESSWAY CASUING … |
| 2002-06-18 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY | No | 0 | THE FIRST PROBLEM BEGAN WITH THE TIMING BELT BREAKING, I RETURNED TO CASINO AUTO SALES TO FIND A SOLUTION,THEIR MECHANI… |
| 2002-06-17 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY CAR OVERHEATED ABOUT TWO WEEKS PRIOR. TOOK IT IN TO A MECHANIC BUT THEY COULDN'T IDENTIFY A PROBLEM SO THEY THOUGHT … |
| 2002-06-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | PE 98 012/UNDERHOOD FIRE: WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED A FIRE HAS STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. DEALER AND MANUFACTURE… |
| 2002-05-17 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | 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 … |
| 2002-05-14 | FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM | No | 0 | FUEL IS LEAKING FROM RUBBER CAP OF FUEL SENDING UNIT. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATIUON.*… |
| 2002-05-02 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 0 | MINOR BUMP TO ANOTHER VEHICLE. AIRBAGS DEPLOYED AT A VERY SLOW SPEED. NO DAMAGE TO MY VEHICLE OTHER THAN THE AIRBAGS … |
| 2002-03-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | VEHICLE STALLS AT ANY TIME/ ANY SPEED. THERE IS A RECALL BUT, THIS VEHICLE IS NOT AFFECTED. *AK |
| 2002-03-01 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 1 | WHILE SITTING AT A INTERSECTION AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING ,AND UPON IMPACT AIR BAGS WENT OFF AND HIT CONSUMER IN FA… |
| 2002-02-28 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | THE CAR ONLY HAS 84,600 MILES AND THE HEADGASKET NEEDED REPLACEMENT. I JUST LEARNED THIS IS RECCURRING PROBLEM WITH TH… |
| 2002-02-26 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK |
| 2002-02-22 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS | Yes | 2 | WHILE AT 40 MPH GOING DOWN HILL AROUND A TURN CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES AND THEY WERE TOO HARD. CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WENT I… |
| 2002-01-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 1 | DEFECTIVE HEADGASKET CAUSED EROSION AND DAMAGE TO THE HEAD, CHRYSLER DENIES TO COVER COST OF $2500. THERE ARE MANY REP… |
| 2002-01-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | OIL WAS LEAKING FROM VEHICLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER INDICATED NEEDED HEAD GASKETS REPLACED. *AK |
| 2002-01-15 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | No | 0 | VEHICLE WAS LEAKING BRAKE FLUID FROM BRAKE LINES. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER INDICATED THERE WAS A LOT OF CORRO… |
| 2001-12-15 | TIRES:TREAD/BELT | No | 0 | THE TIRE BELT BROKE ON MY CAR AND DESTROYED THE ENGINE. THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPEND ALL AT ONCE WITHOUT A CLUE THE CAR… |
| 2001-10-28 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY | No | 0 | THE LINE BETWEEN TANK AND THE FENDER IS CORRODED AND FALLEN, CAUSING A FIRE HAZARD. *AK |
| 2001-10-09 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | THERE IS A STRONG FUEL SMELL INSIDE VEHICLE AFTER THE TANK IS FILLED WITH FUEL.*AK |
| 2001-09-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | VEHICLE EXPIENCING EXCESSIVE OIL LOSS. TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, AND INFORMED CONSUMER OF A HEAD GASKET FAI… |
| 2001-08-28 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | SINCE MY ENGINE WENT OUT, I HAVE TALKED TO 17 MECHANICS AND I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT THE ENGINE IN THE NEON IS CONSIDERED … |
| 2001-08-12 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | CONTACTED CHRYSLER BECAUSE ONE YEAR EARLIER THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD IT WAS FIXED IN MY BUIL… |
| 2001-08-10 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | CHRYSLER HAS A SECRET ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ABOUT THIS PART. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMBEROUS OF FAILURES REPORTED TO CHRYSLER A… |
| 2001-08-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | No | 0 | UNDER DASH WIRING SHORTED OUT, RESULTING IN A FIRE. *AK |
| 2001-07-23 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK |