Plymouth Neon
Owners filed 1,372 complaints across 8 model years of the Plymouth Neon. The 1995 drew the most (481); the 1994 the fewest (3).
Model years8
Complaints1,372
Recalls19
Fires54
Deaths9
Every Plymouth Neon model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 15 | Air Bags › Frontal | Fatalities reported | |
| 2000 | 141 | 6 | 5 | 29 | Air Bags › Frontal | Fatalities reported | |
| 1999 | 62 | 0 | 2 | 8 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Routine | |
| 1998 | 167 | 1 | 4 | 20 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Fatalities reported | |
| 1997 | 161 | 1 | 2 | 19 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Routine | |
| 1996 | 308 | 2 | 11 | 32 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Above average | |
| 1995 | 481 | 6 | 29 | 57 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Fatalities reported | |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 | — | 1 | Air Bags › Frontal | Routine |
Which Plymouth Neon years should you avoid?
On raw complaint volume the 1995 is the weakest year on record, with 481 complaints concentrated in the engine and engine cooling › engine. It carries 6 recalls.
Read these numbers with sales volume in mind. A model year that sold in huge numbers naturally accumulates more reports than a rare one, and older cars have had more years to fail. The stronger signal is the severity columns and whether the same component keeps coming up year after year.
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, September 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.