Chevrolet Express vs Plymouth Neon

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Chevrolet Express	Plymouth Neon
Complaints on file	856	2,016
Model years covered	1995–2024	1994–2001
Worst model year	2003	1995
Best model year	2011	1999
Crashes reported	30	230
Fires reported	34	66
Injuries reported	20	161
Deaths reported	3	11
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	10.2%	23.2%

Chevrolet Express by year

1 20 35 27 82 103 60 77 75 26 33 17 18 19 11 23 18 20 31 19 12 20 31 17 9 20 18 6 5 3

95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Brakes 145 16.9%

Electrical System 87 10.2%

Transmission & Drivetrain 75 8.8%

Engine & Cooling 69 8.1%

Fuel & Propulsion 66 7.7%

Body & Structure 60 7.0%

Tires 60 7.0%

Airbags 42 4.9%

Plymouth Neon by year

3 711 476 234 237 82 199 74

94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 625 31.0%

Brakes 233 11.6%

Electrical System 170 8.4%

Airbags 169 8.4%

Steering 119 5.9%

Transmission & Drivetrain 114 5.7%

Other & Unspecified 81 4.0%

Body & Structure 75 3.7%