12 of the 1,415 complaints about the 1995 Dodge Neon are about the tires — 1% of everything reported for this model year.
12
Complaints
1
Crashes
0
Fires
1
Injuries
Filed with NHTSA, in their own words.
TIRES
VEHICLE LOST CONTROL DUE TO PASSENGER REAR TIRE BLOW OUT. *MR THE CONSUMER STARTED TO SWERVE, SLID INTO THE GRAVEL, SWERVED AGAIN, THEN CRASHED INTO THE MEDIAN. *SCC (NO TIRE INFORMATION WAS GIVEN.
NHTSA complaint #10046440 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
TIRES
PURCHASED TIRE AT FIRESTONE; TIRE DEVELOPED A BUBBLE ON THE SIDE. FIRESTONE AGREED TO CHANGE THE TIRE, BUT WANTS TO CHARGE ME FOR LABOR AND SHOP SUPPLIES EVEN THOUGH THE TIRE HAS A 40,000 MILE WARRANTY AND I'VE USED IT ONLY FOR 6,000 MILES! FIRESTONE EMPLOYEES CONFIRMED THAT IT'S LIKELY TO EXPLODE SOON AND, THUS IT'S VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE THE CAR WITH IT, BUT THEY KEEP INSISTING ON CHARGING ME FOR LABOR.*AK (TIRESIZE: 18570R13)
NHTSA complaint #756683 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
MICHELIN, TIRE SIZE 18565R14, AFTERMARKET WITH 5000 MILES. CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME WHEN TREAD SURFACE PULLED AWAY FROM TIRE, COMPLETELY DELAMANATED FROM SURFACE AND STEEL WIRE TORE UP ON RIGHT FRONT TIRE. AFTER VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED, CONSUMER NOTICED LEFT REAR TIRE HAS DEVELOPED CRACKS AND DRYROTT.*AK CONSUMER STATES THE TREAD PART OF THE TIRE STEEL BELT AND WIRE WERE COMPLETELY CUT THROUGH AS IF TIRE HAD A DEFECT AND THE TIRE BURST OPEN ACROSS THE TIRE TREAD CUTTING THROUGH THENTIRE TREAD PART OF THE TIRE, DOT NUMBER HNP8D93X017. *SLC
NHTSA complaint #892275 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
TIRES
VEHICLE IS PULLING TO THE RIGHT, TWO TIRES(NO MANUFACTURER)HAVE BLOWN OUT, AND THERE HAVE BEEN MANY TIRE REPLACEMENTS, NONE CAN REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *SLC
NHTSA complaint #782833 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
TIRES
NOT THE ORIGINAL TIRES ON DODGE, NEON, 1995 PURCHASED MARCH 30, 2000, SIZE 218565R/14. CONSUMER PURCHASED TWO OF THE FIRESTONE TIRES, CONSUMER HAD TIRES FOR 2 MONTHS AND HAD A BLOWOUT ON THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE OF THE TIRE. *AK TIRES WORE DOWN TO CORDS WITHIN TWO MONTHS.
NHTSA complaint #870032 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
TIRES
CENTURY TIRES BLEW.
NHTSA complaint #515900 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
TIRES
TIRES RIDE ROUGH.
NHTSA complaint #513126 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
TIRES
GOODYEAR TIRES CUPPING.
NHTSA complaint #513126 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
TIRES
TIRE SIZE INCOMPATIBLE WITH VEHICLE.
NHTSA complaint #488054 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
TIRES
PURCHASE CAR NEW CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLOW OUT ITS A GOODYEAR TIRE #P18565R14 . TT
NHTSA complaint #970976 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
TIRES
LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT.
NHTSA complaint #481880 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
TIRES:TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE
SPARE TIRE BLEW OUT, ALSO RIM BENT.
NHTSA complaint #481880 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.