Plymouth Neon
Owners filed 1,372 complaints across 8 model years of the Plymouth Neon. The 1995 drew the most (481).
Model years8
Complaints1,372
Recalls19
Fires54
Deaths9
Which Plymouth Neon years should you avoid?
Going by 1,372 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Plymouth Neon years to avoid are 1995 and 2000.
- 1995481 complaints, 3.0× a typical Neon year, most often about the engine.
- 20002.4× the usual share of fires, crashes and deaths for a car of its age (5 fires, 29 crashes, 3 deaths).
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
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 | |
| 2000Avoid | 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 | |
| 1995Avoid | 481 | 6 | 29 | 57 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Fatalities reported | |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 | — | 1 | Air Bags › Frontal | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.