1995 Plymouth Neon Airbags Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 PLYMOUTH NEON. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REVERSING, THE STEERING COLUMN STARTED SMOKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN COUPLER AND STEERING HARNESS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE TURN SIGNALS AND INTERIOR LIGHTING FAILED TO OPERATE INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 97V169000 (STEERING). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

NHTSA ID

10767353

Incident

Aug 15, 2012

Mileage

60,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING INTO THE DRIVEWAY, BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED CAUSING INJURIES TO OUR 16 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. SHE INCURRED IMPACT BURNS AND A SPRAIN TO HER LEFT WRIST.*TR

NHTSA ID

10238719

Incident

Jul 29, 2008

Mileage

124,800 mi

DURING IMPACT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, CAUSED NUMEROUS BURNS TO FACE, NECK, HANDS, CHEST ARMS AND SHOULDERS. *BF THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE AIR BAG SYSTEM IN THE VEHICLE WAS DEFECTIVE AND THAT THE VEHICLE SHOULD BE RECALLED. *NM

NHTSA ID

10095121

Incident

Apr 9, 1998

BRAKES FAILED TO WORK RIGHT WHEN MY BOYFRIEND WRECKED THE CAR WHICH THEN MADE HIM HIT THE GUARD RAIL. THE AIR BAGS DIDN'T COME OUT. WE CONTACTED THE PLACE WE GOT THE CAR FROM BUT THEY COULD NOT TELL US ANYTHING. THEN THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT OF IT ON OCTOBER 1, 2003. THE WHOLE TRANSMISSION EXPLODED. WE WERE TOLD THE PLACE WE BOUGHT IT FROM DID NOT PUT IN NEW CLUTCH AND PRESSURE PLATE AND THROW OUT BEARINGS IN WHEN WE HAD JUST BOUGHT IT. WE HAD TOLD THEM THE CLUTCH WAS MAKING NOISE. THEY WOULD NOT FIXED IT. THEY SAID IT WAS NOTHING WHEN I TOOK IT IN; THAT'S JUST NEONS THEY SAID... MY BIGGEST CONCERN BESIDE THE TRANNY AND CLUTCH IS THE AIR BAGS NOT COMING OUT AT ALL...

NHTSA ID

10071032

Incident

Aug 15, 2003

Mileage

85,000 mi

WAS TRING TO EXIT HIGHWAY WHEN TRAFFIC SUDDENLY STOPPED AND I HAD TO SLAM ON MY BRAKES BUT IT DIDN'T KEEP ME FROM REAR ENDING A TRUCK AND IT LEFT SKID MARKS ON THE HIGHWAY. THE AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. DT

NHTSA ID

770456

Incident

May 17, 2002

WHILE SITTING AT A INTERSECTION AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING ,AND UPON IMPACT AIR BAGS WENT OFF AND HIT CONSUMER IN FACE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

NHTSA ID

8015422

Incident

Mar 1, 2002

MINOR BUMP TO ANOTHER VEHICLE. AIRBAGS DEPLOYED AT A VERY SLOW SPEED. NO DAMAGE TO MY VEHICLE OTHER THAN THE AIRBAGS AND WINDSHIELD.*AK

NHTSA ID

762032

Incident

May 2, 2002

WHILE AT 40 MPH GOING DOWN HILL AROUND A TURN CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES AND THEY WERE TOO HARD. CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WENT INTO OTHER LANE AND STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD-ON. VEHICLE BURST INTO FLAMES AND AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK CONSUMER MENTIONS RECALLS 94V034, 94V033, AND 96V228, CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO GET THESE RECALL REPAIRS TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO ACCIDENT, HOWEVER DEALER REFUSED DUE TO VIN, CONSUMER STATES THESE RECALLS ARE RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT. *YD

NHTSA ID

8007519

Incident

Feb 22, 2002

DEFECTIVE HEADGASKET CAUSED EROSION AND DAMAGE TO THE HEAD, CHRYSLER DENIES TO COVER COST OF $2500. THERE ARE MANY REPORTS ON THE INTERNET OF BROKEN HEADGASKETS IN THE NEONS AND CHRYSLER ADMITS TO THE DEFECT AND PAYS TO REPAIR SOME, BUT SAYS VEHICLE HAS TOO MANY MILES AND CONSUMER IS A THIRD OWNER SO THEY WON'T COVER IT. *AK ON 22-FEB-2002 CONSUMERS SON WAS HIT HEAD ON BY ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING AT 35 MPH, THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE ON IMPACT, CONSUMER WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT, THE DOORS WOULD NOT OPEN, CONSUMER HAD TO CRAWL OUT OF THE WINDOWS. *SLC

NHTSA ID

758154

Incident

Jan 15, 2002

VEHICLE WAS GOING 40-45MPH AND ANOTHER VEHICLE MADE A SUDDEN STOP CAUSING CONSUMER'S VEHICLE TO REAREND OTHER VEHICLE. PASSENGER'S AIRBAG DEPLOYED, BUT DRIVER'S DIDN'T. NO INJURIES TO DRIVER. *AK *SLC

NHTSA ID

890271

Incident

Jun 6, 2001

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 35 MPH VEHICLE WENT OVER A LARGE POTHOLE AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING BOTH AIRBAGS DEPLOYED, PASSENGER SIDE DOOR WINDOW WAS BROKEN BY AIRBAG. VEHICLE AT DEALER'S CURRENTLY, AMOUNT OF DAMAGE UNKNOWN. CONSUMER WAS NOT INJURED. *AK

NHTSA ID

889946

Incident

Jun 7, 2001

NO DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAG DURING VEHICLE ACCIDENT. *ET (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT)

NHTSA ID

553114

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 40MPH ON A CITY STREET, SHE WAS PROCEEDING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION GOING STRAIGHT WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE CAME INTO HER LANE AND VEERED INTO CONSUMER'S VEHICLE STRAIGHT ON, CAUSING IT TO JUMP INTO THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, AND RESULTING IN A CRASH. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED, AND CONSUMER SUSTAINED INTERNAL INJURIES. *AK

NHTSA ID

863693

Incident

Apr 17, 2000

I WAS REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER CAR GOING 35MPH AND IT PUSHED MY CAR FORWARD SMASHING THE FRONT OF MY CAR AS WELL AS THE BACK. NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED IN MY CAR, BUT BOTH IN THE CAR THAT HIT ME. *AK

NHTSA ID

724122

Incident

Jun 12, 2000

THE AIRBAG EXPERIENCED DEPLOYMENT WHILE VEHICLE WAS NOT INVOLVED IN ANY ACCIDENT, THE DEPLOYMENT CAUSED BOTH FRONT WINDOWS TO BLOW OUT, SOME VENTS TO GET DAMAGED, AND THE DASHBOARD TO GET SEPARATED, THE CONSUMER FEELS THAT THE DEALER SHOULD COVER THE COSTS, HOWEVER THE DEALER REFUSES, WHICH LEFT THE CONSUMER HAVING TO BUY A NEW CAR. *SLC

NHTSA ID

783872

I WOULD LIKE TO INFORM ANYONE AND EVERYONE ABOUT THE CONTINUED INJUSTICE THE AIR BAGS THAT WE OUGHT TO HAVE THE RIGHT TO DISCONNECT THESE DANGEROUS HAZARDS. I WAS DRIVING INTO A GAS STATION WITH MY ONE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER INTHE REAR CHILD SEAT WHEN I WAS EXITING THE STATION I HIT A SEWAGE GRATE AND MY AIRBAGS DEPLOYED, THANK GOD I WASNT ON A MAJOR INTERSTATE OR IT WOULD HAVE BEEN FATAL. IF YOU COULD EXAMINE THE AIRBAG ISSUE AGAIN I WOULD CERTAINLY APPRECIATE. SO THAT NO ONE HAS TO DIE DUE TO CAR MANUFACTURERS GREED OF MORE PROFIT. *AK

NHTSA ID

714606

Incident

Nov 3, 1999

CONSUMER WAS AT A STOP LIGHT WHEN VEHICLE ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL, AND AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. CONSUMER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO HER FACE. *AK

NHTSA ID

849024

Incident

Sep 4, 1999

FAN MOTOR GOES OUT AND THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT COMES ON. WHEN THE FAN MOTOR COMES ON, THE WARNING LIGHT GOES OFF. DEALER DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM COULD BE. *AK

NHTSA ID

845251

DRIVER'S AIRBAG DEPLOYED, CAUSING SEVERE INJURIES TO WRIST/1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS, AND SERIOUS LACERATIONS. *AK

NHTSA ID

841533

WHILE COMING OUT OF A PARKING LOT AND MAKING A RIGHT TURN, DRIVERS SIDE AND PASSENGERS SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED FOR NO APPARENT REASON. BOTH SIDE WINDOWS WERE BLOWN OUT DURING THE DEPLOYMENT. *AK *JG

NHTSA ID

840780

Incident

Jun 11, 1999

WHILE DRIVING AT 10 MPH REAR ENDED VEHICLE IN FRONT OF CONSUMER, AND BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, CAUSING DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE WINDOWS TO BLOW OUT. *AK

NHTSA ID

837936

Incident

Oct 10, 1996

THE VEHICLE RAN OVER AN AUTO PART, A DRIVESHAFT, AT 30 TO 45MPH, CAUSING BOTH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS TO DEPLOY. THERE WAS NO OUTER BODY DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. CHRYSLER SAYS THAT THE AIRBAGS WORKED PROPERLY. *AK

NHTSA ID

836649

Incident

Mar 30, 1999

DURING UNDERBODY IMPACT, STEERING WHEEL DECOUPLED AS STATED IN RECALL, CAUSING FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG AND RESULTING IN INJURY TO CONSUMER. (ATTORNEY FOR CONSUMER)

NHTSA ID

542818

Incident

Mar 10, 1998

DURING COLLISION VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG BURNED ARM AND INJURED HAND.

NHTSA ID

542469

Incident

Aug 25, 1998

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. ALSO FRONT SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK AND CAUGHT THE CONSUMER, DEALER CONTACTED. AN INVESTIGATOR EXAMINED THE VEHICLE, AND RESPONSE GIVEN WAS THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OKAY. *AK

NHTSA ID

827916

Incident

Jul 22, 1998