FaultScore

Worst years for a Plymouth Neon

Owners have filed 2,016 complaints about the Plymouth Neon with NHTSA across model years 1994 to 2001. More of them are about the engine & cooling than anything else.

Avoid

1995 Plymouth Neon

711 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly engine & cooling.

Cleanest on record

1999 Plymouth Neon

82 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Plymouth Neon year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2001 C 74 18 1 60,000 Brakes
2000 C 199 40 8 82,000 Brakes
1999 B 82 8 3 57,500 Engine & Cooling
1998 C 237 23 5 66,123 Engine & Cooling
1997 C 234 22 2 65,000 Engine & Cooling
1996 D 476 41 11 73,238 Engine & Cooling
1995 F 711 77 36 85,000 Engine & Cooling
1994 3 1 0 Engine & Cooling

What breaks on a Plymouth Neon

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Engine & Cooling 625 31.0%

Worst in 1996

Brakes 233 11.6%

Worst in 1995

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Airbags 169 8.4%

Worst in 1995

Steering 119 5.9%

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Worst in 2000

Suspension 59 2.9%

Worst in 1998

Lights 55 2.7%

Worst in 1995

Worst in 1995

Worst in 1995

Exactly what failed on a Plymouth Neon

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Engine 382 41.3%
Frontal 126 13.6%
Gasoline 125 13.5%
Foundation Components 61 6.6%
Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 53 5.7%
Automatic Transmission 49 5.3%
Steering Wheel/Handle BAR 42 4.5%
AIR Conditioner 36 3.9%
Interior/Under Dash 27 2.9%
Cooling System 23 2.5%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Plymouth Neon, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Feb 1995 peak 57 Feb 2022

Plymouth Neon problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Plymouth Neon

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.