59 of the 2,016 complaints filed about the Plymouth Neon are about the suspension — 3% of everything owners reported. The worst model year for it is 1998.
59
Complaints
3%
Share of all complaints
4
Crashes
0
Fires
SUSPENSION
I WAS DRIVING MY 2001 WITH ONLY 65,000 MILES ON IT AND HEARD A LOUD BANG. I WAS ABLE TO BRING IT TO MY MECHANIC AND HE SAID THE FRONT END ROTTED OUT.ITS A GOOD THING I WAS GOING SLOW OR I COULD HAVE BEEN SEVERLY INJURED.IN ADDITION WHEN IT RAINS THE FLOOR BOARDS AND TRUNK WELL FILL WITH WATER.THIS CAR SHOULD NOT BE SOLD .I JUST READ ONLINE ABOUT OTHER DRIVERS HAVING HAD THE SAME PROBLEM.
NHTSA complaint #10991976 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION
FRAME OF CAR WAS SO RUSTED THAT THE ACTUAL ENGINE MOUNTING SYSTEM BROKE IN HALF., LOST CONTROL OF STEERING AND MOVEMENT. MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING AND THE CAR BEGAN TO SHAKE SHE LOST CONTROL OF THE STEERING THEN IT STOPPED MOVING THOUGH THE CAR WAS STILL IN DRIVE. CAR WAS MOVING ON A CITY STREET AND TURNING WAS NIL.
NHTSA complaint #10870627 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION
A MECHANIC WAS CHECKING THE FRONT SUSPENSION OF MY CAR WHILE PERFORMING A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE WHEN HE NOTICED AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF RUST AND SEVERAL CRACKS FORMING IN THE SUB FRAME.
NHTSA complaint #10606897 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION
APPROACHING A STOP SIGN, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY CAME TO A JARRING STOP AFTER THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL HIT A SMALL RECESSED GAS COMPANY ACCESS COVER, PERHAPS 2" DEEP AND 6" IN DIAMETER. THE FRAME MEMBER BETWEEN THE TWO FRONT WHEELS CRACKED RIGHT THROUGH IN A SHOWER OF RUST. FORTUNATELY THIS DID NOT HAPPEN AT HIGHER SPEEDS OR MAJOR INJURIES COULD HAVE OCCURRED. 12 YEARS SEEMS TOO SOON FOR THIS KIND OF UNDERCARRIAGE WEAR TO HAVE OCCURRED. CAR IS SCRAP NOW BUT HAD BEEN RUNNING WELL.
NHTSA complaint #10470138 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:REAR
THE STRUT ON THE DRIVER SIDE REAR RATTLES. IT RUBS WHEN I MAKE RIGHT TURNS. I HAVE ONLY CHANGED THE STRUTS IN THE REAR AND A WHEEL BEARING ON THE DRIVER SIDE REAR AND IT IS STILL DOING IT.
NHTSA complaint #10365808 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PLYMOUTH NEON. WHILE TURNING A CORNER AT 5 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A SCRAPING NOISE. BOTH OF THE FRONT TIRES SPREAD APART AS IF THEY WERE SEPARATING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT BOTH BALL JOINTS AND THE CABLE FAILED. THE CRADLE, LOWER BALL JOINTS, AND THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE DRIVETRAIN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 99V114000 (SUSPENSION: FRONT: CONTROL ARM: LOWER ARM) WAS REFERENCED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 118,000.
NHTSA complaint #10216874 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
LOUD CLUNKING NOISE IN FRONT OF CAR. HAD IT LOOKED AT AND I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE TIE ROD AND THE CONTROL ARM.
NHTSA complaint #10163600 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION
CONSTANT PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE SINCE TIME OF PURCHASE WHEN IT ONLY HAD 500 MILES & WAS SUPPOSED TO BE "NEW". IT'S THE WORST VEHICLE I'VE EVER OWNED. I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND THIS HEADACHE TO ANYONE!
NHTSA complaint #10069057 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
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.
NHTSA complaint #10051787 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:FRONT:STABILIZER BAR
CHYSLER IS INFORMING ME THAT THERE IS NO SUCH RECALL, RECALL NUMBER 99V-001. MY CAR FALLS WITHIN THE LOW HIGH VIN NUMBERS REPORTED TO POSSIBLY HAVE THIS PROBLEM AND I AM HAVING NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH MY 1998 PLYMOUTH NEON THATAPPLY TO THIS RECALL AS WELL AS SERVERAL TSB.
NHTSA complaint #10036783 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:FRONT
CHYSLER IS INFORMING ME THAT THERE IS NO SUCH RECALL, RECALL NUMBER 99V-001. MY CAR FALLS WITHIN THE LOW HIGH VIN NUMBERS REPORTED TO POSSIBLY HAVE THIS PROBLEM AND I AM HAVING NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH MY 1998 PLYMOUTH NEON THATAPPLY TO THIS RECALL AS WELL AS SERVERAL TSB.
NHTSA complaint #10036783 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
WHEN ATTEMPTING TO HAVE ALL NHTSA ISSUED SAFETY RECALLS COMPLETED ON MY VEHICLE SERVICE REPAIR CENTER MANAGER. STATED THEY ONLY APPLIED TO CERTAIN NEON'S NOT ALL OF THE 2000'S. I HAVE YET AS OF THIS DATE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH NHTSA RECALL ID#99V043000, #99V114000 NOR HAVE I EVER RECEIVED THE ADDENDUM REFERRED TO IN NHTSA RECALL ID #00V366000. IN RECOGNITION OF THE RECENT PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED W/MY VEHICLE, OVERHEATING, INOPERABLE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW, HORN & AIRBAG SYSTEM AND MY HAVING ALSO EXPERIENCED BRAKE PROBLEMS, I FEEL THESE RECALLS ARE ESSENTIAL. HOWEVER, THEY ARE GOING UNRECOGNIZED BY ANNAPOLIS TATE DODGE. *NLM
NHTSA complaint #10013719 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION
CONSUMER STATES SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING THE AUTO THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS BEEN ONE. THE MECHANIC TOLD CONSUMER THAT ONE OF THE SPARK PLUGS WERE INOPERATIVE, WHICH WAS THEN REPLACED, HOWEVER 5-6 MONTHS LATER THE LIGHT CAME BACK ON. CONSUMER ALSO STATES WHEN SHE MAKE A TURN THE AUTO FEELS AS THOUGHT IT IS GOING TO SHUT OFF. ALSO WHEN THE AIR CONDITION IS ON, THE AUTO VIBRATES.
NHTSA complaint #8013286 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:FRONT
THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCES EXCESSIVE VIBRATION/SHAKING IN THE FRONT END AT SPEEDS OF 60 MPH AND UP, THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES AS WELL AS THE ENTIRE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND A PROBLEM, ONE DEALER REPLACED THE ROTORS BUT THAT DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. NLM
NHTSA complaint #785720 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:FRONT
WHILE DRIVING THERE IS A LOUD POPPING NOISE THAT IS COMING FROM FRONT END OF VEHICLE. CONSUMER FINDS IT DIFFICULT TO CONTROL VEHICLE AT TIMES. CONTACTED DEALER.
NHTSA complaint #8008468 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:FRONT
THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCES EXCESSIVE VIBRATION/SHAKING IN THE FRONT END AT SPEEDS OF 60 MPH AND UP, THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES AS WELL AS THE ENTIRE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND A PROBLEM, ONE DEALER REPLACED THE ROTORS BUT THAT DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. NLM
NHTSA complaint #785720 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:FRONT
WHEN VEHICLE IS IN REVERSE AND BACKING INTO OR OUT OF PARKING SPACES A VERY LOUD CRACKING NOISE OCCURS IN FRONT SUSPENSION AREA, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.
NHTSA complaint #895534 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
FRONT SUSPENSION MAKES LOUD NOISES WHILE MAKING LEFT OR RIGHT TURNS. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP AND MECHANIC INDICATED REPAIRS WERE DONE ON LOWER CONTROL ARM. NOISE HAD REAPPEARED WHILE GOING REVERSE OR FORWARD.
NHTSA complaint #893152 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:FRONT
I HAD A SLOW SPEED ACCIDENT IN MY 1998 PLYMOUTH NEON. I WAS IN A PARKING LOT AND ONLY GOING 5 MPH. THE OTHER CAR HIT MY LEFT FRONT FENDER. MY STRUT IS BROKEN & VARIOUS OTHER PARTS OF THE SUSPENSION, INCLUDING THE AXEL. I CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS COULD HAPPEN IN A SLOW SPEED ACCIDENT. I SEE THERE IS A REAR SUSPENSION DEFECT AND AM WONDERING ABOUT THE FRONT.
NHTSA complaint #745088 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SUSPENSION:REAR
ENGINE WOULD SKIP WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEEDS . ALSO, THERE IS A GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM REAR OF VEHICLE WHEN TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.
NHTSA complaint #884934 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.