2000 PLYMOUTH NEON Complaints

VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP AT STOP SIGNS. *PH THE CONSUMER HAD THE BRAKES REPLACED ON THE VEHICLE, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. *JB

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP TO ALLOW A VEHICLE WITH A BLOW OUT TO GET OFF THE ROAD. I STARTED TO ACCELERATE, LOOKED AT THE CAR WITH THE BLOW OUT AND APPARENTLY A TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME FELT THE SAME WAY BECAUSE WHEN I LOOKED UP HE HAD COME TO A STOP AND I COULDN'T STOP BEFORE HITTING HIM. I WAS GOING 15 MPH. MY AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. I DIDN'T EVEN SCRATCH THE OTHER VEHICLE BUT WITHIN SECONDS A FIRE STARTED COMING OUT WHERE THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE, IN A MATTER OF MINUTES MY CAR WAS ENGULED. THE FRONT OF MY CAR HAD LITTLE DAMAGE BUT THE FIRE ENGULFED THE REST. *AK

CONNECTION BETWEEN RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION FAILED ON A BUSY ICY ROAD IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AS THE CAR LOST POWER MY WIFE NURSED IT TO A GAS STATION THE DAMAGE WAS ALREADY DONE WE REPLACED THE RADIATOR ONLY TO FINE THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REBUILT. *JB

THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD AT THE ENGINE IS CRACKED REAL BAD LETTING EXHAUST INTO THE CAR. *JB

I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW WHICH WOULD NOT START FOR TEST DRIVE WAS TOLD SOMEONE LEFT DOME LIGHT ON. AFTER JUMP, IT WORKED FINE FOR A FEW THOUSAND MILES. THEN WENT TO CAR AND WOULD NOT START ONE DAY. THERE WAS NO BATTERY LIGHT ON OR ANY WARNING. IT HAS HAPPENED 2 MORE TIMES SINCE THEN. REAR BRAKES WEAR OUT WITHIN A FEW MONTHS FROM REPLACEMENT. DEALER FIXED ONCE AND I HAVE INCURED THE EXPENSE SEVERAL TIMES SINCE. I CAN NOT EVEN AFFORD TO DO IT ANYMORE LEAVING ME TO TAKE A RISK OF DRIVING WITH BAD REAR BRAKES. THE MOST RECENT OF EVENTS TO OCCUR THIS MORNING MY DRIVE BELTS BROKE. AFTER TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER TO REPLACE THEM I WAS TOLD THE BELTS BROKE BECAUSE THE TENSIONER PULLEY HAD TILTED. I WAS ALSO INFORMED FROM SERVICE TECH THAT THEY SEE LOTS OF THEM COME IN LIKE THAT AND THAT THEY WERE SURPRISED THAT THERE HAD NOT BEEN A RECALL OR AT LEAST A TSB. THE CAR IS PAID FOR AND WAS BOUGHT BECAUSE I NEEDED MORE RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION THAN MY PREVIOUS VEHICLE. SAD PART IS MY PREVIOUS VEHICLE IS STILL RUNNING WITH MINIMAL REPAIRS MADE TO IT SINCE I HAD IT. ALSO I HAVE CALLED DAIMLER CHRYSTLER AND EMAILED THEM ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT.

VEHICLE MADE A CLICKING AND RATTLING NOISE WHEN ACCELERATING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE REAR HUB ON THE RIGHT SIDE. MECHANIC SAID THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT WHEEL BEARING. *AK

WHILE APPLYING THE GAS PEDAL VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. DRIVER COULD NOT MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES, AND VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK

SINCE JUNE 2003 (AFTER MY WARRANTY RAN OUT) , MY 2000 PLYMOUTH NEON NEEDS TO BE JUMPED EVERY 2 WEEKS. I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE BATTERY, SO I WENT TO AUTO ZONE WHERE THEY USED THEIR TESTER AND I PURCHASED A BATTERY FROM THEM. BUT SINCE THEN, I STILL NEED A JUMP EVERY 2 WEEKS AND SOMETIMES SOONER (WHEN IT'S COLD OR RAINY). I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY LOOKED AT IT, TELLING ME THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT, BUT CHARGED ME ABOUT $150 FOR THE LABOR. I HAD THE CAR JUMPED ON 11/23, DROVE IT AROUND, LEFT IT SIT IDLING FOR ABOUT AN HOUR, TURNED IT OFF AND IT STARTED RIGHT UP. BUT ON 11/25, I NEEDED A JUMP AGAIN B/C IT WAS 44 DEGREES OUTSIDE. COULD THIS POSSIBLY BE A PROBLEM WITH A COMPONENT EITHER IN THE ALTERNATOR OR SOMETHING ELSE? I AM REALLY FRUSTRATED AT THIS POINT BEING TOLD THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT I AM SERIOUSLY THINKING ABOUT TRADING IT IN B/C I AM GETTING NOWHERE.

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 45 MPH, DROVE OVER SOME GRAVEL IN THE ROAD, LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND HIT A GUARD RAIL.UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK

PROBLEMS WITH BRAKE EQUIPMENT ON 2000 DODGE NEON.*MR THE CONSUMER STATED THE BRAKES SQUEAKED WHEN THEY WERE WET. THE CONSUMER WENT TO THE DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, BUT WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE BRAKES AND THE NOISE WAS NORMAL. *JB