Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed Oct 15, 1996PA
THE BRAKES MAKE NOISE, THE STEERING HAS A SHORT AND YOU AND CAN DRIVE WITH THE HAND BRAKE ON . PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
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1996 Plymouth Neon complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1996 record →
Air Bags › FrontalCrash1 injured
Filed Sep 30, 1996AZ
WIFE DRIVING, SUDDENLY ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF HER, SHE HIT VEHICLE HEAD-ON GOING ABOUT 40 MPH, AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
Seat BeltsCrash1 injured
Filed Aug 13, 1996VA
DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY DURING FRONT END COLLISION, VEHICLE REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE AT 35 MPH, BOTH VEHICLES SUDDENLY SLAMMED ON BRAKES.*AK
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Jul 26, 1996DC
VEHICLE STALLED.
Steering › Column Locking › Anti-theft DeviceFire
Filed Jun 22, 1996MD
DROVE VEHICLE TO PARKING LOT, TOOK ITEMS OUT OF TRUNK, SET ALARM THEN WALKED AWAY, SOMEONE NOTICED SMOKE, INFORMED DRIVER VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE, WIRES BURNED COMPLETELY. *AK
Structure › Body › Door
Filed May 17, 1996MO
SHARP EDGE ON THE DOOR HANDLE CAUSED CUT ON HAND. *AK
Air Bags › FrontalCrash
Filed Apr 9, 1996PA
CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND AFTER THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED, THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG CAUGHT ON FIRE AND THE PASSENGERS SIDE WAS RED HOT. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
Visibility › Glass, Side/Rear
Filed Feb 29, 1996WA
REAR WINDOW EXPLODED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING. *AK
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