1995 Plymouth Neon complaints

SMOKE CAME FROM THE STEERING COLUMN, NO PROBLEM FOUND.

VEHICLE IS INVOLVED UNDER RECALL # 97V169, STEERING COLUMN COUPLING. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER JUNE 1,1998 TO HAVE RECALL REPAIRS DONE, AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. *AK

VEHICLE INVOLVED UNDER RECALL #96V228, STEERING COLUMN COUPLING. OWNER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER TO HAVE RECALL REPAIRS DONE, AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE DRIVER NOTICED A HUGE BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM THE VENTS, AND THE DRIVER TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND THERE WAS THE FIRE COMING FROM THE DASH. *AK

EACH TIME CRUISE CONTROL IS REPAIRED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON WITHIN A FEW DAYS AND THE GAUGES FAIL AND THE HEAD LIGHTS BLOW AND THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILS AGAIN.

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD SOUND. TOOK VEHICLE TO REPAIR SHOP AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRONT SPINDLE BROKE. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

DRIVER BUMPED INTO CURB AND WITHOUT WARNING THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DEPLOYMENT FRIGHTENED DRIVER WHO THEN ACCELERATED INTO CURB.

AIR CONDITIONER LEAKS FREON. TOOK TO DEALER. MECHANIC FILLED IT UP. WOULD LEAK OUT. DON'T KNOW WHERE LEAK COMING FROM. HAD NEW SEALS & HOSES PUT ON. TOOK BACK AGAIN FOR SAME PROBLEM FOLLOWING YEAR. MECHANIC NOW INDICATES THAT IT IS THE COMPRESSOR THAT IS CAUSING THE LEAK. *AK

CIRCUIT BOARD MALFUNCTION. DEALER CLAIMS OLD PART IS NO LONGER MADE, SYSTEM WAS UPGRADED BECAUSE IT IS FLAWED. CANNOT FIND RELATED RECALL.

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 60 MPH ON THE FREEWAY ACCELERATOR STICKS. CONSUMER HAD TO CLUTCH VEHICLE FOR A FEW SECONDS SO ACCELERATOR COULD RELEASE. ALSO VEHICLE HAD BEEN FIXED FIVE TIMES BEFORE. *AK

WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, DEFROSTER WAS ON,CAUSING AIR CONDITIONING TO COME ON AND OFF AUTOMATICALLY/FROZE UP, CAUSING THE POWER STEERING BELT TO BREAK AND LOSS OF POWER STEERING. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

ATTEMPTED A PANIC STOP, BRAKE PEDAL FELT STIFF/HARD, NO ABS ENGAGEMENT AND NO APPARENT SLOWING DOWN OF VEHICLE. REAR ENDED VEHICLE IN FRONT AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.

VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER RECALL 97V169, STEERING COLUMN COUPLING. AFTER THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED THERE WERE THREE INCHES OF PLAY IN THE STEERING COLUMN. THE DEALER TOLD OWNER THAT IF SHE WERE TO SIGN A WAIVER THEY WILL PUT THE OLD COUPLING BACK IN THE VEHICLE. *AK

A SPECIAL NUT & BOLT HAD TO BE ADDED TO FRAME CROSSMEMBER TO STOP FRAME FROM BUMPING ON DRIVER'S SIDE FLOORBOARD.

WHILE DRIVING THE STEERING COLUMN CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE VEHICLE IS UNDER RECALL # 97V169. THE DEALER WILL NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE UNDER THAT RECALL. *AK

RECALL # 97V16900 CHRYSLER/STEERING COLUMN COUPLING. OWNER STATES THE DEALER IS NOT HONORING TERMS AS DESCRIBED IN RECALL NOTICE FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION. THE CORRECTIVE ACTION CALLS FOR REPLACING OF THE STEERING COLUMN COUPLING. *AK

WHENEVER IT RAINED AND DRIVER STARTED TO MAKE EITHER A LEFT R RIGHT TURN, THE STEERING WOULD FREEZE, LEAVING DRIVER UNABLE TO CONTROL VEHICLE. THIS WAS A CONTINUOUS PROBLEM. THE FREEZING OF THE STEERING CAUSED DAUHTER TO RUN OFF THE ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH WHILE ON A CURVE.

WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN STOP POSITION WITH DRIVER'S FOOT ON BRAKE, VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. DID NOT HIT ANYONE ON FIRST TWO OCCASIONS, BUT ON THIRD INCIDENT TAPPED FRONT BUMPER. DEALER ALSO REPLACED OXYGEN SENSOR.

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON REPEATEDLY.

DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S DOORS FAIL TO OPEN WITHOUT DIFFICULTY. THE STICK AND FAIL TO OPEN WITH HANDLES.

POWER STEERING MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE.

FRONT AND REAR BRAKES REPLACED BECAUSE OF GRINDING AND SQUEAKING.

VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS DURING ACCIDENT.

WHILE DRIVING THE NEON ANOTHER VEHICLE CUT IN FRONT, CONSUMER PRESSED ON THE BRAKES TO AVOID HITTING THE OTHER VEHICLE; HOWEVER, BRAKES FAILED, VEHICLE STARTED SLIDING AND SPINNING, HITTING A CEMENT WALL ON DRIVER'S SIDE. DRIVER SUFFERED INJURIES AND VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. *AK

BRAKES FAILED A COLLISION.

BATTERY CABLE CORRODED, CAUSING BATTERY FAILURE.

STARTER SHORTED OUT, CAUSING VEHICLE TO START BY ITSELF AND MOVED TEN FEET FORWARD. HOWEVER, THE CORNE ROF VEHICLE CAUGHT THE EDGE OF SHED AND WAS STUCK ON A SMALL LOG. IGNITION SWITCH ALSO SHORTED OUT. *AK

VEHICLE WAS HIT IN THE REAR AND IMPACTED ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD-ON 35 TO 40 MPH. THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND PASSENGER 'S SIDE SEAT BELT UNLATCHED FROM SEAT BELT BUCKLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY DETAILS. *AK

FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG CAUSING ACCIDENT.

A SPECIAL NUT AND BOLT NEEDS TO BE ADDED TO THE FRAME CROSS MEMBER TO STOP THE FRAME FROM BUMPING THE DRIVER SIDE FLOOR BOARD. SPECIAL SEAL, SPRINGS, AND NUTS AND BOLTS ARE NEEDED WHERE THE EXHAUST PIPE MOUNTS TO THE MANIFOLD - OTHERWISE IT COMES LOOSE. THE LIGHT SHUT OFF AND COME BACK ON WHILE DRIVING.

NEW STEERING COLUMN COUPLE INSTALLED.

WHILE DRIVING THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT REASON, CAUSING CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK

FRONT AIRBAGS DEPLOYED WHEN VEHICLE HIT A CURB AT 3 MPH.

WHILE DRIVING READY TO MAKE A LEFT INTO A PARKING LOT AND THE PASSENGER'S TIRE HIT A CURB, AND BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WHICH BURNED THE DRIVER'S HAND. SHE WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL. THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION GOING ON, EA 98 003. THE AIR BAG DEPLOYING. *AK

HEAD GASKET FAILED, CAUSING OIL TO LEAK.

CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO RELEASE AND/OR ACCELERATOR STUCK PREVENTING BRAKES FROM SLOWING VEHICLE CAUSING A REAR END COLLISION.

MAIN SEAL LEAKING.

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WARPED/CALIPERS LOCKED UP ON SECOND FAILURE, ALMOST CAUSING A COLLISION. *AK

RECALL WORK ON THE LOWER STEERING COLUMN COUPLER WAS NOT DONE IN A TIMELY MANNER.

A/C FAILED.

BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR.

REAR STRUT MOUNT BROKE, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE ELECTRICAL WIRE THAT FEEDS TO THE DEFROSTER SYSTEM CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE OWNER HAD TO PULL THE FUSE OUT TO STOP THE FLOW.. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

TRANSMISSION SLIPS FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL SIMPLY BY LEANING ON OR NUDGING THE SHIFTER COLUMN ACCIDENTLY. ALSO, ANTI-LOCK BRAKE FAILURE. *AK

HAD STARTED TO NOTICE THAT SUSPENSION CONTROL ARM WAS GETTING ROUGH. FELT LIKE NO SHOCKS ON VEHICLES. HAD MECHANIC CHECK VEHICLE & WAS INFORMED BOLTS BECAME UNWELDED. *AK

THE WINDSHIELD WIPER BLADES DO NOT CLEAN WINDSHIELD PROPERLY, MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE WHEN SNOWING OR RAINING, ETC. THE DEALER HAS TRIED TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM AT LEAST (4) TIMES. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN THE WIPERS ARE FIRST REPLACED THEY WORK FINE FOR ABOUT 3 WEEKS, THEN THEY BEGIN TO STREAK ESPECIALLY ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. *SLC

STEERING COLUMN COUPLER FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE.

THE DASHBOARD DESIGN IS SUCH THAT EXTREME GLARE RESULTS DURING MORNING AND EVENING DRIVING PERIODS. *AK

LOWER STEERING COLUMN COUPLER FAILED.

BRAKES MAKE GRINDING NOISE CONTINUALLY.