1999 PLYMOUTH NEON Complaints

DRIVER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR A ROUTINE MAINTENANCE CHECK, AND SPARK PLUGS WERE REPLACED. MECHANIC TOLD CONSUMER THAT OIL WAS GETTING INTO ENGINE. DEALER STATED THIS COULD CAUSE ENGINE TO LOCK UP AND RESULT IN A FIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

PERSISTANT ODOR INSIDE VEHICLE, CHECKED AT SHOPS SEVERAL TIME CANNOT LOCATE SOURCE.

THE SUNROOF WOULD ONLY OPEN ON RIGHT SIDE/ WAS BINDING ON THE RIGHT. HAD TO HAVE SUNROOF ASSEMBLY REPLACED. NOTICED OIL POOLING UNDER MY CAR. TOOK IT IN AND WAS TOLD IT WAS THE HEAD GASKET LEAKING OIL. HAD IT REPLACED. 12 DAYS LATER THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY SAID THERE WERE DEPOSITS ON THE VALVES AND THE SPRINGS HAD TO BE REPLACED.

OIL LIGHT CAME ON. CHECK MY OIL AND IT WAS TOTALLY EMPTY. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE I KNEW THERE WAS A PROBLEM SINCE IT WAS NOT TIME FOR OIL CHANGE. STATED THAT MY HEAD GASKET WENT OUT.*AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A T-BONE COLLISION OF 31 MPH WITH A 1991 FORD, EXPLORER; BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER HAVE RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES, AND VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER.*AK

WHILE SITTING IN THE VEHICLE AFTER DRIVING 1.5 MI TO GET A SUNDAY PAPER, WITH THE IGNITION OFF, THE ENGIINE BURST INTO FLAMES. I USED TWO ABC EXTINGUISHERS TO PUT THE FIR E OUT BUT IT QUICKLY DROPPED BELOW THE ENGINE AND HEADED FOR THE GAS TANK. 911 WAS CALLED AND THE FIRE DEPT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. POLICE ALSO ARRIVED AND MADE OUT A REPORT. I WAS TOLD BY MY INSURANCE AGENT THAT I HAD "ONE OF THOSE NEONS" THAT ALLEGEDLY RAN THE FUEL LINE ALONG OR IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD, CONNECTED IN LOCATIONS BY PLASTIC CONNECTORS, ONE WHICH APPARENTLY MELTED, CAUSING GASOLINE TO SPRAY ON AN EXHAUST COMPNENT CAUSING THE FIRE.R INTENT TO HAVE A LONG TERM INVESTMENT IN THE NEON. MY WIFE IS HANDICAPPED, THIS WAS HER VEHICLE TO MAKE HER DOCTOR APPOINTMENTS IN AND GO TO MEETINGS ASSOCIATED WITH HER DISIBILITY. WE WERE COMPLETELY STONEWALLED BY ALL PARTIES. AS A MATTER OF FACT, AMERICAN FAMILY PAID CHRYSLER BEFORE THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED FOR DAMAGES, A HIGHLY UNUSABLE TATIC. *AK

THE CAR HAS REPEATEDLY (DIED) STOPPED RUNNING ON BUSY STREETS CAUSING ME TO HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT SAFETY. *AK

HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING OIL IN NOVEMBER OF 1999, DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION HEAD GASKET LEAK WAS AGAIN DETECTED IN FEBRUARY 2001.*AK *SLC

WAS DRIVING 40-45MPH AND REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE IN FRONT TRAVELING SLOW. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. DRIVER'S HEAD HIT FRAME OF VEHICLE ABOVE WINDSHIELD. WAS TREATED AT SITE.*AK

OIL WAS LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON DASHBOARD. DEALERSHIP REPLACED WIRE HARNESSS. LEAKING INSIDE OF BACK TRUCK AND A MOLD LIKE SUBSTANCE WAS INSIDE OF TRUCK. PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR WAS LEAKING WHEN THERE WAS RAINY WEATHER. ALS, DEALERSHIP REPLACED A WEATHER STRIP ON SIDE OF PANEL.*AK