Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1996 Plymouth Neon

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

2
Open recalls
308
NHTSA complaints
2
Defect investigations
46
Service bulletins

NCAP safety

Overall
Not rated
Frontal
Not rated
Side
Not rated
Rollover
Not rated

Consumer complaints

308 filed
32
Crashes
11
Fires
33
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    113
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    44
  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
    22
  • Unknown OR Other
    20
  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT Underhood
    13
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION Components
    13
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    12
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC Limited Slip
    11

Recalls

2 campaigns
96V075000·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER1996-05-03

THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER CAN LEAK BRAKE FLUID DUE TO A DAMAGED DOUBLE LIP REAR PISTON SEAL.

RiskBRAKE FLUID LEAKAGE CAN RESULT IN DIMINISHED EFFECTIVENESS OF ONE HALF OF THE SPLIT BRAKE SYSTEM. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WARNING LIGHT(S) WILL SIGNAL SYSTEM IMPAIRMENT PRIOR TO PARTIAL BRAKE SYSTEM LOSS.

FixDEALERS WILL REPLACE THE REAR BRAKE MASTER CYLINDR PISTON ASSEMBLY.

96V026000·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD1996-02-05

AN ENGINE WIRING HARNESS CAN SHORT CIRCUIT DUE TO CONTACT WITH THE EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION TUBE..

RiskSHORTING OF THE WIRING HARNESS CAN CAUSE VARIOUS ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTIONS, INCLUDING ENGINE STALLING.

FixDEALERS WILL REROUTE THE ENGINE WIRING HARNESS PROPERLY AND ANY WIRE THAT HAS BEEN DAMAGED WILL BE REPLACED.

NHTSA investigations

2 actions
PE02082·SEAT BELTS2002-11-06 → 2003-04-23

SAFETY BELT CINCHING LATCH PLATE

PE98012·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM1998-02-26 → 1998-06-23

UNDERHOOD FIRES

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