Plymouth Neon 1998

• Recall 10098 [USA]: This condition can result in structural cracks in the body, and reduced crash protection in the event of a rear impact.
  Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. The rear suspension crossmember may be missing spot welds.
  dealers will inspect the vehicles for any missing welds, and will have structural rivets installed in place of the missing welds.
  owner notification began february 2, 1999. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact chrysler at 1-800-992-1997.Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).

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• Recall 1999010 [Canada]: Structure
  On certain vehicles, the rear suspension crossmember may be missing spot welds. This may result in structural cracks in the body, and reduced crash protection in the event of a rear impact. Correction: vehicles will be inspected and vehicles with missing spot welds will have structural rivets installed in place of the welds.

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To ensure accuracy and for your safety, it is recommended to do a free VIN recall check here or here [USA] - UK - Canada.

Bulletins are notices put out by manufacturers in conjunction with the NHTSA to notify the public of manufacturing issues or changes.

• Safety belt cinching latch plate investigation # PE02082

  There are no injuries or fatalities associated with this alleged defect.While conducting this investigation, odi found that the subject cinches meet the load bearing requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard 208, and that many of the reported failures were due to incorrect child safety seat installations. Additionally, the report rate is low (1.60/100k).The information available fails to establish the existence of a defect trend at this time.Further allocation of agency resources to this issue is unwarranted and the preliminary evaluation is being closed.
  

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Tl* the contact owns a 1998 plymouth neon. The contact stated that the speedometer failed and would not display the speed being traveled. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the speedometer circuit board resistor was replaced. The failure recurred. The failure and current mileage was 74,000. Updated 11/15/13*cn

Car has 36,000 miles on it and oil started running out underneath the car. Took car to dealer and the head gasket was blown. This is a known problem and chrysler has yet to correct it. Upon further investigation i have found that i will have this problem again since it is a defect from the manufacturer. I was told from mechanic that several other cars the heads are also affected by this problem. *tr

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. *tr

S10 appropriate handling control re defective new chrysler vehicle fwd to potus re how corporations are allowed to operate in the usa. *nj within a week of the consumers mother purchasing the vehicle, he heard an abnormal noise coming from the engine. The dealer told the consumers mother there was nothing wrong with the vehicle and that was just the way the vehicle sounded. The consumer stated the vehicle has 54,000 miles and with such low mileage, the vehicles engine rod is about to fail. The problem with the motor was that the oil pressure sender mounted on the rear of the motor leaked. The leak was normally small and only leaked when the vehicle was in motion. However, over time, the leaking caused excessive heat to the motor which caused wear and tear on the head gaskets, pistons and rods. *jb

Blown head gasket. *tr

A 1990 chevy impala turned left in front of my son while he was driving my car, he was going 30 mph he hit the other car in the b pillar, both side doors with the front of my car. Neither air bag was deployed on my car. The passenger door would not open due to the fender being jammed back into the door. The bumper is dangling about 4-5 inches from where it should be. The passenger and driver injured their knees on the dash when they slid forward from the impact. The seat belts held. *nm

I have a 1998 plymouth neon. I am angry with the way these cars were built from chrysler. It is unacceptable that my headlights continue to get foggier and foggier. I take normal care of my car to include keeping it clean and mechanically sound. I have a real safety issue with these lights becoming so cloudy. It is almost as though i have dim lights due to this clouding of the headlight lenses. I insist that a recall should be instated in order to fix this problem for each and every neon from 1998 for sure. This is a problem when driving and either the fog lights have to be on or your brights just to make sure you don't hit anything or anyone. Why should we have to replace something with our own money when it was a quite obvious problem on chrysler's end? Please let me know what i should do. *nm

Head gasket failure at 37500 miles ( 2001) head gasket failure at (83125 miles) resulting in oil contamination/check engine light problem/spark plug fouling. Rear oil seal failure ( started at 55125 miles)- $ 2000 repair bill to replace head gasket and rear oil seal at 83125 miles.

On my 1998 plymouth neon the fuel filler tube rusted away (i was able to see daylight when filling up with gas). The rust/road debris/water went into the fuel tank and was not prevented from going into the fuel rail & injectors causing the car to constantly stumble and display the "service engine soon" warning lite.

Common OBD-II Error Codes

• P0442 [1] Evaporative Emission Control System Leak Detected (small leak)
• P0455 [1] Evaporative Emission Control System Leak Detected (gross leak)
• P0456 [1] Evaporative Emissions System Small Leak Detected
• P1494 [1] EGRCHK Solenoid Circuit Malfunction