1995 Plymouth Neon complaints

VEHICLE WAS LEAKING OIL. DEALERSHIP TOLD CONSUMER THAT ENGINE HEAD GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE STALLS OUT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER HAS CHANGED THE COMPUTER CHIP. *AK

THE FIRST TORQUE CONVERTER AND TRANSAXLE WENT OUT IN 11/97 THEN AGAIN IN 1/7/99 AND AGAIN 2/00. IS THERE A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSIONS? I SEE ALOT OF OTHER CONSUMER COMPLAINTS WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS I HAVE EXPERIENCED. I FEEL THAT CHRYSLER SHOULD HAVE A RECALL ON THESE TRANSMISSIONS, THEY SHOULD LAST LONGER THAN 1 YEAR. PLEASE RESPOND.

HEAD GASKET AND HEAD DAMAGED AS A RESULT OF THE DEFECT. *AK

STARTED LEAKING OIL AROUND 70K MILES, TOOK IT TO CHRYSLER DEALER AND REPORTED TO CHRYSLER, THEY STATED THERE WERE NO RECALLS, DEFECTS OR TSB'S, TOOK IT TO MECHANIC, AND THEY SHOWED ME THE TSB ON THE VEHICLE, ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT CHRYSLER AGAIN, AND THEY STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING AND IT WASN'T THEIR PROBLEM. I HAVE SPOKEN TO SEVERAL MECHANICS WHO SAY THAT THE HEAD GASKET IS DEFECTIVE, BUT THERE IS NO RECALL. THERE SHOULD BE! CHRYSLER MANUFACTURED A PIECE OF JUNK, THEY SHOULD REPLACE THEIR SCREW UPS. *AK

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

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

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

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.

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

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

ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED, CAUSING THE OIL TO MIX WITH THE RADIATOR COOLANT FLUID. CONSUMER WAS TOLD THIS BY AN MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE WHOLE ENGINE SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE FLUSHED. CHRYSLER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

I WOULD LIKE TO INFORM ANYONE AND EVERYONE ABOUT THE CONTINUED INJUSTICE THE AIR BAGS THAT WE OUGHT TO HAVE THE RIGHT TO DISCONNECT THESE DANGEROUS HAZARDS. I WAS DRIVING INTO A GAS STATION WITH MY ONE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER INTHE REAR CHILD SEAT WHEN I WAS EXITING THE STATION I HIT A SEWAGE GRATE AND MY AIRBAGS DEPLOYED, THANK GOD I WASNT ON A MAJOR INTERSTATE OR IT WOULD HAVE BEEN FATAL. IF YOU COULD EXAMINE THE AIRBAG ISSUE AGAIN I WOULD CERTAINLY APPRECIATE. SO THAT NO ONE HAS TO DIE DUE TO CAR MANUFACTURERS GREED OF MORE PROFIT. *AK

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HEAD GASKET FAILURE ON OUR NEON AND DEALER ADMITTED 40 FAILED HEAD GASKETS SO FAR THIS YEAR THAT HE HAS REPLACED. NOW IN FOR REPAIR AT THE DEALER AND HAVE NOW BEEN TOLD THAT HEAD IS ALSO BAD BECAUSE OF THE LEAK. THEY WANT $1,400.00 FOR A HEAD THAT WAS DAMAGED BY WHAT SEEMS TO BE A RE-OCCURING PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL. YOUR NHTSA SERVICE BULLETIN 09-05-98 INDICATES THEY DID MAKE A CHANGE IN THE TYPE OF HEAD GASKET. I REGESTERED A COMPLAINT WITH CRYSLER AND THE DEALER HAS CONTACTED CRYSLER ABOUT OUR PROBLEM. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT CRYSLER "MIGHT" HELP OUT AND PAY "SOME AMOUNT". OF THE HEAD GASKET BILL. EARLY ON WITH THIS PROBLEM WE TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE THERMOSTAT, AND FLUSHED OUT THE COOLING SYSTEM, AND REMOVED THE RADIATOR AND HAD IT CLEANED. NONE OF THESE PROBLEMS FIXED THE PROBLEM AND WE TOOK IT BACK AGAIN. THIS IS WHEN HE FOUND THE LEAKY HEAD GASKET. HE CALLED OUT TO THE DEALER TO FIND OUT IF THEY HAD SEEN THE PROBLEM BEFORE AND THEY TOLD HIM IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM AND THEY HAD REPLACED 40 SO FAR THIS YEAR. NOW I HAVE A $1,400.00 TO $1,700.00 BILL FOR A PROBLEM THAT CRYSLER KNOWS ABOUT OR AT LEAST THIS LOCAL DEALER HAS SEEN 40 TIMES THIS YEAR.

WHILE DRIVING STEERING WENT OUT, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL AND HAD A WRECK. DLR HAS SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED PROBLEM WITH ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLOWING OUT WHILE DRIVING. DEALER NOTIFIED AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER A MFR. RECALL. ASKING NHTSA TO LOOK INTO THIS MATTER. *AK

CONSUMER WAS AT A STOP LIGHT WHEN VEHICLE ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL, AND AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. CONSUMER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO HER FACE. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT 65 MPH ON HIGHWAY HEARD A KNOCKING SOUND WHILE GOING. HAD SLOWED DOWN & KNOCKING CONTINUED. LATER THE NOISE WAS LOUDER & SMOKE APPEARED. PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD, AND SAW THAT FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED THAT TRANSFER CASE HAD CRACKED, CAUSING TRANSMISSION TO BE INOPERATIVE/LEAK . *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES, AND VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN AND CAME TO A STOP. *AK

ELECTRICAL TROUBLE IN THE HARNESS CONNECTED TO THE TURN SIGNAL OF THE CAR--WIRE WAS BURNED IN THE HARNESS.

TURN SIGNAL SWITCH OVERHEATED, RESULTING IN A FIRE WHICH MELTED THE CONTROL SWITCH WIRES. DALER HAS BEEN CONTACED. *AK

ENGINE HESITATES WHEN GAS IS APPLIED. LATER PICKS UP SPEED. DEALER SAYS STEERING COLUMN NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WAS FILLING VEHICLE WITH FUEL & NOTICED IT WAS LEAKING ON GROUND. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC THAT FILLER NECK HAD RUSTED & FELL OVER & OUT OF THE WAY. THIS CAUSED THE LEAKAGE.*AK

FAN MOTOR GOES OUT AND THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT COMES ON. WHEN THE FAN MOTOR COMES ON, THE WARNING LIGHT GOES OFF. DEALER DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM COULD BE. *AK

OIL LEAKING FROM HEAD DRIPPED ONTO EXHAUST MANIFOLD PIPES BELOW CAUSING A SMALL FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPART MENT

FIRE STARTED INSIDE OF VEHICLE POSSIBLY DUE TO SHORT CIRCUIT OF REMOTE MIRROR WIRING OR MOTOR ON DRIVER'S SIDE. DISCOVERED BY DAUGHTER UPON OPENING DRIVER'S DOOR TO GO TO WORK. AT FIRST, SHE REALIZED THAT THE OUTSIDE DRIVER'S MIRROR WAS HANGING DOWN FROM THE VEHICLE. UPON OPENING DOOR, FLAMES EMERGED FROM THE INTERIOR, SLIGHTLY BURNING HER ON THE ARM. ALL HEAVY BURN DAMAGE SEEMS TO BE AT THE AREA OF THE MOTOR AND SWITCH FOR THE REMOTE MIRRORS. THE INTERIOR SUFFERED TOTAL LOSS. NO ELECTRICAL ALTERATIONS WERE DONE TO THE VEHICLE. ALL COMPONETS ON THE VEHICLE ARE FACTORY INSTALLED. CAN'T SEEM TO GET THROUGH TO CHRYSLER FOR ANY ASSISTANCE. VEHICLE IS OF COURSE OUT OF WARRANTY (3YR - 36,000)

HEADLIGHTS WOULD REMAIN ON AFTER VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF. HAD NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN. CONTACTED DEALER WHO REFUSED TO LOOK AT VEHICLE FOR ANOTHER 2-3 WEEKS. HAD DISCONNECTED BATTERY & HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT & SMOKE STOPPED. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 35 MPH, AND CAR OVERHEATED.CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

AIR NOISE FROM FRONT DRIVER'S WINDOW. (ATTORNEY FOR CONSUMER).MJS

VEHICLE ENGINE WILL CRANK, BUT NOT START. SHORT IN ENGINE WIRING HARNESS. EXPENSIVE REPAIR [OVER $900 TO REPLACE HARNESS FOR THE SAKE OF ONE SHORTED WIRE]

SPEEDOMETER INTERMITTENTLY WOULD FAIL TO OPERATE. DEALER/MFR. NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE PART WAS NOT UNDER ANY RECALL, AND REPAIRS WOULD BE AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. *AK

MY CAR CURRENTLY HAS A BUSTED HEAD GASKET, WHICH AT THIS POINT WILL COST ME $1400 (ABOUT 10% OF WHAT I PAID FOR IT). I FIND IT UNACCEPTABLE THAT CHRYSLER HAS JUST RECENTLY MADE A PROPER FIX AND WILL NOT RECALL VEHICLES TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM. OWNERS HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR AN EXPENSE THAT IS NOT A NORMAL "WEAR & TEAR" OR COSMETIC THING. THIS IS A MAJOR FLAW-I'M SURPRISED THAT PEOPLE HAVE NOT BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED/DIED BECAUSE HOW THIS BROKEN GASKET COULD BLOW THE ENGINE! OF COURSE, MY LITTLE NEON DOESNT COMPARE WITH SOCCER-MOMS AND THEIR SUV'S/MINI-VANS AIR BAG ISSUE, BUT PLEASE PLEASE PUT PRESSURE ON CHRYSLER TO DO A RECALL! IF I HAD A CLUE TO THIS WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR 3 1/2 YRS AGO, I WOULD NOT HAVE PURCHASED IT OR AT LEAST HAVE THE CONFIDENCE THAT A RECALL WAS ORDERED AND THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED. THANKS FOR THE OPPERTUNITY TO LET MY FEELINGS BE KNOWN. *AK

POWER STEERING WAS TOTALLY LOST. *AK

DRIVER'S AIRBAG DEPLOYED, CAUSING SEVERE INJURIES TO WRIST/1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS, AND SERIOUS LACERATIONS. *AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL CRASH , DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30, WHEN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUGHT ON FIRE, BURNING THE INTERIOR AND DASHBOARD WHILE DRIVER WAS STILL IN VEHICLE, CAUSING INJUIRES. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. COULD NOT DETERMINE THE ORIGIN OF THE FIRE. ON IMPACT OF CRASH THE WINDSHIEL CAME OUT OF VEHICLE ALLOWING FIRE INTO THE INTERIOR. *AK

WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THEY SQUEAK. DEALER HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. *AK*ADJ

WHILE COMING OUT OF A PARKING LOT AND MAKING A RIGHT TURN, DRIVERS SIDE AND PASSENGERS SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED FOR NO APPARENT REASON. BOTH SIDE WINDOWS WERE BLOWN OUT DURING THE DEPLOYMENT. *AK *JG

RANDOMLY CAR WILL NOT STOP WITHIN REASONABLE LENGHTS. DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE. *AK

HEAD GASKET FAILURE, TWICE WITHIN A 6 MONTH PERIOD. AT 1ST FAILURE, A DEALER TOLD ME THE SYMPTOMS WERE "NORMAL" FOR THAT CAR AND IF IT GETS WORSE TO BRING IT BACK. FAILURE IS SLOW AND "BLOWS" OIL AND COOLANT. UNLABORED ENGINE OVERHEATS. VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR COSTS. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OU,T AND OIL IS LEAKING ONTO THE MOTOR. *AK

PE98012 UNDERHOOD FIRE; WHILE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN INTO THE GARAGE IT BACKFIRED THREE TIMES BEFORE IT CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BURNED. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WIRING HARNESS UNDER THE DASH CAUGHT ON FIRE UNEXPECTEDLY, AND COULD HAVE CAUSED INJURIES. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STARTED TO ACCELERATE ON IT OWN. WHEN RESTARTING, ENGINE REVVED REAL HIGH, THERE WERE NO TURN SIGNALS OR AIR CONDTIONING. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT AND AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN CAR WAS CHECKED A SHORT WAS FOUND BETWEEN THE IGNITION AND THE MAIN WIRING HARNESS. THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.

HEAD GASKET BLEW ENGINE. THIS HEAD GASKET IS A KNOWN PROBLEM ON THE NEON AND MITSUBISHI ENGINES. THERE'S AN ARTICLE IN THE MARCH 1999 ISSUE OF MOTORSERVICE MAGAZINE CONFIRMING THE PROBLEM. CHRYSLER ISSUED SERVICED BULLETINS, BUT NO RECALL. IT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE COST CHRYSLER $200-400 TO REPLACE THE HEAD GASKET WHICH WOULD HAVE AVOIDED THE $4000 BILL FOR A NEW ENGINE. MY CAR COULD HAVE BEEN SERVICED ONE MONTH PRIOR WHILE IT WAS IN THE DODGE DEALERSHIP FOR OTHER REPAIRS. CHYRSLER DID AGREE TO PAY FOR THE PARTS AND I PAID FOR THE LABOR $1400. I BELIEVE CHYRSLER SHOULD HAVE PAID FOR THE ENTIRE COST SINCE THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM THAT THEY HAD NOT ADDRESSED. I DID'T EXPECT TO REPLACE AN ENGINE ON A 4 YEAR OLD CAR. *AK

VEHICLE TRIED TO MAKE A STOP BEHIND ANOTHER VEHICLE, BUT BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND CONSUMER REAR ENDED VEHICLE IN FRONT. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN LOOKED AT AS OF YET. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 10 MPH REAR ENDED VEHICLE IN FRONT OF CONSUMER, AND BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, CAUSING DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE WINDOWS TO BLOW OUT. *AK

IN THE RAINY OR SNOWY CONDITIONS, BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, AND MAY HAVE RESULTED A CRASH. ALSO PROBLEMS WITH DRIVER'S SEATBELT SYSTEM WHICH ALWAYS LOCKED UP WHEN IT WAS NOT SUPPOSE TO. ALSO, ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

THE VEHICLE RAN OVER AN AUTO PART, A DRIVESHAFT, AT 30 TO 45MPH, CAUSING BOTH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS TO DEPLOY. THERE WAS NO OUTER BODY DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. CHRYSLER SAYS THAT THE AIRBAGS WORKED PROPERLY. *AK