Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1997 Plymouth Neon.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-02-02 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 2 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN A DRIVE-THRU, BOTH FRONTAL AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. THE CONTACT WAS NOT IN … |
| 2005-10-15 | STRUCTURE | No | 0 | I BOUGHT THIS 1997 PLYMOUTH NEON ON 8/19/2005 USED WITH 66000 MILES IT SEEMED LIKE A SOLID VEHICLE BUT IN SEPT/OCT WE H… |
| 2005-03-01 | STRUCTURE | No | 0 | PLYMOUTH NEON 1997 FOUND PAINT USED TO PAINT NEON IS DEFECTIVE. *BF THE CONSUMER STATED IT WAS PEELING OFF IN ALARMING… |
| 2004-10-18 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | No | 0 | CAR STALLED OUT AND STOPPED ON FREEWAY! I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED. STATED RIGHT UP BUT STALLED AGAIN. HAD IT TOWED TO SHO… |
| 2004-03-18 | TIRES | No | 0 | FIRESTONE FR480 P175 70R14 DOT CODE (HYEP FRA 229) 4 NEW TIRES PURCHASED NOV 8, 2003 FROM FIRESTONE DEALER IN PORT RI… |
| 2004-01-29 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | 1997 PLYMOUTH NEON HEADGASKET FAILURE. THIS PROBLEM IS A KNOWN DESIGN PROBLEM OF THE ORIGINAL GASKET.*AK |
| 2003-10-30 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | VEHICLE BURNS OIL PREMATURELY. DEALER STATES ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *AK |
| 2003-10-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | ENGINE HEAD GASKET LEAK. *AK |
| 2003-09-25 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE FRONT AXLE BROKE WHICH CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER MANAGED TO P… |
| 2003-08-31 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | 68000 MILES. BLOWN HEAD GASKET. CAR IS ON 2ND HEAD GASKET ALREADY. THIS'LL BE THE 3RD. MAJOR OIL & COOLANT LEAKAGE. … |
| 2003-08-26 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | SINCE 2003 THIS VEHICLE HAD SMALL PATCHES AND A CAR WASH BY HAND OR BRUSHLESS AND NO SUN WILL CAUSE IT TO PEEL. THE P… |
| 2003-06-15 | STRUCTURE | No | 0 | HEAD GASKET FAILURE, REVERSE LIGHTS GO ON AND OFF SPORADICALLY, WINDOW SEALS AND SEALS TO THE TRUNK ARE FALLING OFF, TH… |
| 2003-06-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | 1997 PLYMOUTH NEON WITH 84,000 MILES SPRAYING OIL ONTO EXHAUST. COULD CAUSE A FIRE AND HAVE SMELLED OIL BURNING AND SEE… |
| 2003-05-26 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | CONSTANT REPLACEMENT OF TIRES ON FRONT DRIVERS SIDE, EXCESSIVE WEAR, NEW TIRE ONLY LAST ABOUT 6 TO 7 MONTHS, HAVE HAD A… |
| 2003-05-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM | No | 0 | IN HEAVY RAIN THE CAR IS VERY HARD TO STEER, I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION, I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE 02 SENSO… |
| 2003-04-19 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | I HAVE EXPERIENCED A NUMBER OF MECHANICAL FAILURES TO MY 1997 PLYMOUTH NEON WHICH I PURCHASED TWO YEARS AGO. ONE MONTH … |
| 2003-03-29 | SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER | No | 0 | THE REAR SEAT BELT BUCKLES FAILED. *JB |
| 2003-03-15 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | MAJOR OIL LEAK FROM HEAD GASKET WHICH WAS REPLACED. CRACKED MANIFOLD REPLACED. BLOWER MOTOR TO HEATER WENT OUT AND WA… |
| 2003-02-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IT HAS HAD BLOWN HEAD GASKET. THE FIRDT TIME WAS AT APROXMITLY 40,000 MILES AND NOW A SECOND TI… |
| 2002-12-12 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | 1997 BLOWN HEAD GASKET |
| 2002-12-11 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | 97 NEON HEAD GASKET FAILURE ONCE IN 2000 AND 12/2002. CHRYSLER REFUSES TO REIMBURSE FOR SECOND REPAIR. TS |
| 2002-09-28 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | HEAD GASKET FAILURE. OIL LEAKING ON BACK OF ENGINE. MR |
| 2002-09-04 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING APPLYED BRAKES, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE HAD NO BRAKES. THIS WAS A RES… |
| 2002-09-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES HEAD GASKET BLEW 3 DIFFERENT TIMES WHILE DRIVING CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL.*JB |
| 2002-08-17 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | CONSUMER NOTICED OIL SPOTS UNDER CAR, RADIATOR BLEW TWO MONTHS PRIOR, CONSUMER FEELS ITS A DEFECTED HOSE, ITS TOO SMALL… |
| 2002-06-19 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN | No | 0 | COOLING FAN WAS INOPERATIVE. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED, AND BOTH INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COV… |
| 2002-06-18 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:CONCEALMENT DEVICES | No | 0 | THE HEADLIGHT LENS COVER WAS DISCOLORED AND DETERIORATED. THE LENS HAS BECOME OPAQUE TO THE POINT WHERE IT DOES NOT IL… |
| 2002-05-31 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | VEHICLE IN FOR AN OIL LEAK . LEAK PROGRESSED OVER A MONTH'S PERIOD AND WAS CAUSED BY A HEAD GASKET TO FAILURE. VEHI… |
| 2002-05-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | BLOWN HEAD GASKET. IT'S A NEON, THE MANUFACTURER IS WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT DOES NOTHING. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL… |
| 2002-04-11 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | ENGINE DETONATION, DRIVING 55 MPH NORMAL HIGHWAY, PERFECT ROAD CONDITIONS. ENGINE BLEW UP IN A BANG, PARTS FELL OFF, GO… |
| 2002-03-05 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | I BOUGHT THIS NEON UNAWARE THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH ALL DODGE AND PLYMOUTH NEONS MAN. BEFORE 1998 , THERE ARE MULTI… |
| 2002-02-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | HEAD GASKET FAILURES ON MANY OF THE DODGE AND PLYMOUTH NEONS AND SIMILAR MAKES. SECRET RECALL BY CHRYSLER WHICH SHOULD… |
| 2002-02-04 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKET WHILE DRIVING, NOTICED LOSS OF OIL. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFO… |
| 2002-01-07 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | THIS IS THE SECOND FAILURE OF THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET,1ST AT 23000 2ND AT 54000. *AK |
| 2002-01-05 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | THESE CARS ARE NONE FOR FAULTY HEAD GASKETS NO RECALL MADE YET. *AK |
| 2001-12-17 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD | Yes | 0 | DURING AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE GLASSS WINDOWS SHATTERED. IS THIS NORMAL? |
| 2001-10-30 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | OIL LEAKING FROM HEAD GASKET |
| 2001-09-27 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | PAINT IS PEELING OFF CAR, ON DOORS AND TRUNK. |
| 2001-09-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | HEAD GASKET FAILED (OIL LEAK) AT 40000 MILES, THIS IS PREMATURE FOR ANY CAR UNDER VIRTUALLY ANY CONDITIONS AND IS QUITE… |
| 2001-07-19 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER | Yes | 2 | WHILE STOPPING VEHICLE WAS REARENDED BY A TRUCK AND PUSHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. FRONT PASSENGER'S SEAT BROKE AND WEN… |
| 2001-07-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I CONTACTED CHRYSLER DAIMLER AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE ARE NO RECALLS ON ANY OF THE PARTS THAT HAVE GONE BAD ON MY CAR, B… |
| 2001-06-08 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | BLOWN HEAD GASKET. OIL IN COOLING SYSTEM. CONTACTED CHRYSLER, NO HELP THERE. I STILL OWE $5000 ON A CAR WITH A MESSED U… |
| 2001-06-05 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | WE WERE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON. A FEW SECONDS LATER, THE CAR STARTED SPUTTERING, ACTING LIKE… |
| 2001-05-31 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH ALL NEONS 1996-1999 THE OIL LEAKS DOWN ON THE THE ENGINE AND COULD START A FIRE. THIS I… |
| 2001-05-27 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | OIL LEAKS(HEAD GASKET), PAINT PEELS FROM 3 SIDES OF THE CAR, OVERHEATS, AIR CONDITIONER FAILURE. *AK |
| 2001-05-05 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | DRIVING CAR IN MORNING. CAR HESITATED TO SHIFT FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR, HEARD THIS HIGH PITCH WINING NOISE, DECREASED SPE… |
| 2001-04-22 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | CAR HAVING A OILY SMELL WHEN STOPPING. CAR HAVE BEEN LEAKING FOR AWHILE NOW. WENT TO A AUTO SHOP TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLE… |
| 2001-03-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | HEAD GASKET FAILURE AND REAR MAIN OIL SEAL THIS CAR HAS ONLY 36000 MILES ON IT AND THERE ARE MANY OTHER OWNERS HAVING O… |
| 2001-02-26 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | ENGINE GASKET LEAKS OIL ONTO EXHAUST PIPE. CONSUMER IS RESPONSIBILE FOR $600-$700 REPAIR. GASKETS BELIEVED TO BE THE W… |
| 2001-02-20 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | DEALER NOTICED OIL LEAK AT LAST OIL CHANGE...ASSUMED IT WOULD WAS HEAD GASKET AS THEY ARE KNOWN TO FAIL. ESTIMATED COST… |