1995 PLYMOUTH NEON Complaints

38 SERVICE ORDERS SINCE MAY 1996, COULD BE RECYCLED LEMON. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK

THE HEAD GASKET FAILED CAUSING $1269.00 IN REPAIRS. WAS TOLD BY LOCAL MECHANIC AND BY A CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP MECHANIC THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH CHRYSLER HEAD GASKETS AND THAT THERE WAS A SECRET WARRANTY. CHRYSLER DENIES THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE HEAD GASKETS AND THAT THERE ISN'T A SECRET WARRANT, AND THAT SINCE MY VECHILE HAS OVER 100,000 MILES, THE SECRET WARRANT THAT DOESN'T EXIST DOESN'T APPLY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE JUMPED TO OVERHEATED AT WHICH POINT I PULLED OFF THE ROAD. ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC MY HEAD GASKET HAD BLOWN, WARPING ONE OF THE HEADS IN THE ENGINE. I WAS ALSO INFORMED AT THAT TIME AND HAVE DISCOVERED SUBSEQUENTLY THROUGH RESEARCH THAT ALMOST EVERY NEON WHICH REACHES ALMOST 60,000 MILES BLOWS THE HEAD GASKET. IN GENERAL CHRYSLER VEHICLES SEEM TO POSSESS A FAULTY HEAD GASKET WHICH NEEDS REPLACED AROUND 60,000 MILES WHICH ACCORDING TO SEVERAL AUTOMOTIVE SOURCES SHOULD NOT EVEN BE CONSIDERED FOR SERVICE UNTIL THE 100,000 MILE MARK. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 40-45 MPH NOTICED ENGINE OVERHEATING AND COOLANT LEAKING. VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER, AND WAS INFORMED OF A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. *AK

I'M VERY UPSET ABOUT MY PAINT COMING OFF MY CAR. I DON'T THINK A PAINT JOB ON A CAR THAT IS ONLY 4 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME SHOULD BE CHIPPING OFF. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO A DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD REPAIR IT AND TOOK MY NAME AND PHONE NUMBER, THEY SAID THEY WOULD CONTACT ME AND NEVER DID. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT I SHOOULD DO? I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THER IS A RECALL ON A BLUE PLYMOUNTH NEON FOR CHIPPING PAINT? NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK OFF.

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.

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

APPLIED BRAKES DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER , DRIVER EXPERIENCED LOSS OF BRAKE EFFECTIVENESS, RESULTING IN REAR END COLLISION. DLR STATES RUSTY BRAKES, SEEMED LIKE THEY WERE IMMERSED IN WATER.*AK