Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1995 Plymouth Neon submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 87 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
The 25 most recent of 87, in the owner's own words
DUE TO CORROSION, THE BRAKE LINES RUPTURED WHILE I WAS BRAKING. I FEAR THAT THE CORROSION WILL ALSO LEAD TO FUEL LINE LEAKAGE. THERE IS AN EXISTING RECALL ON BOTH COMPONENTS, MY VIN# IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALLS CAMPAIGN NUMBER ON BRAKE LINES 96V2280000*JB
THIS CAR IS SQEAKING BRAKES...DON'T SEEM VERY SAFE....AND NOISES UNDER THE CAR??*AK
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...
THE GAS MILEAGE WAS VERY POOR, THE SEAT BELT COVERS, TIRE TREAD, FOG LIGHTS AND DOME LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE AND THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. *PH *JB
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
VEHICLE WAS LEAKING BRAKE FLUID FROM BRAKE LINES. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER INDICATED THERE WAS A LOT OF CORROSION. ALSO, NEEDED MASTER CYLINDER AND BRAKES LINES.
WHILE DRIVING THERE IS A DELAY IN SHIFTING, AND NO POWER GOING UP HILLS. CONSUMER STATES GAS PEDAL IS PRESSED TO FLOOR, AND VEHICLE ONLY GOES 40 MPH. *AK CONSUMER STATES TRANSMISSION STICKS WHILE SHIFTING FROM FIRST GEAR TO SECOND. OIL GAKSET LEAK WAS DETECTED AFTER 25000 MILES. BRAKES STARTED SQUEAKING AFTER 10000 MILES. *SLC
BRAKES FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE WHEN THEY WERE APPLIED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP AND MECHANIC TEST DROVE VEHICLE. INFORMED OWNER THAT ABS BRAKES WERE WORKING JUST FINE AND WERE NORMAL. LATER, WAS DRIVING VEHICLE, AND WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT DUE TO LACK OF BRAKING POWER.*AK
WHENEVER IT RAINS OR SNOWS THE ABS LIGHT COMES ON, DEALERSHIP IS NOT ABLE TO FIND OUT WHAT IS CAUSING THIS PROBLEM. CJ
WHILE TRYING TO BRAKE ON ANY WET SURFACE ABS DOES NOT WORK. SIMILAR TO RECALL # 94V026000. *AK
WHILE DRIVING DRIVER DEPRESSED BRAKE PEDAL AND IT DID NOT RESPOND. CONSUMER SAID IT FELT "SQUISHY," AND BRAKES FELT LIKE THEY WERE GOING TO WORK, AND THEN THEY DIDN'T WORK. *AK
WHILE DRIVING COULD STEP ON THE BRAKES PEDAL AND BRAKES WILL NOT STOP ON TIME.*AK POSSIBLE ENGINE FAILURE CAUSED CHECK THE ENGINE LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE DURING RAIN. BRAKES MAKE A WAILING SOUND. BACK UP LIGHTS FAILED. LIGHTS ON RADIO FAILED. HEAD GASKET LEAKS. *YH
THE FAULTY BRAKE LINE SQUEAKS CONTINUOUSLY. YH
IT WAS VERY COLD AND CAR BEGAN TO SMOKE, ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC, AND HE SAID THAT IT WAS THE MASTER CYLINDER. *AK
THE POWER STEERING PUMP BRACKET NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *SLC
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
UPON DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO MAKE A NORMAL OR GRADUAL STOP CONSUMER NOTICED A NOISE COMING FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL. NOISE SOUNDED LIKE METAL TO METAL, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER HAS YET TO REPLACE PARTS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
AIR NOISE FROM FRONT DRIVER'S WINDOW. (ATTORNEY FOR CONSUMER).MJS
WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THEY SQUEAK. DEALER HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. *AK*ADJ
RANDOMLY CAR WILL NOT STOP WITHIN REASONABLE LENGHTS. DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE. *AK
VEHICLE TRIED TO MAKE A STOP BEHIND ANOTHER VEHICLE, BUT BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND CONSUMER REAR ENDED VEHICLE IN FRONT. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN LOOKED AT AS OF YET. *AK
IN THE RAINY OR SNOWY CONDITIONS, BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, AND MAY HAVE RESULTED A CRASH. ALSO PROBLEMS WITH DRIVER'S SEATBELT SYSTEM WHICH ALWAYS LOCKED UP WHEN IT WAS NOT SUPPOSE TO. ALSO, ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
HEAD GASKET FAILED RESULTING IN OVERHEATING AND DAMAGE TO OTHER ENGINE COMPONENTS. MJS
ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON/OFF. PROBLEM IS WITH THE OXYGEN SENSOR. ALSO TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, LEADING TO REPLACEMENT OF THE TRANSMISSION/BRAKES WORE OUT AND REPLACED THREE TIMES. DEALER AWARE OF ALL PROBLEMS. PROBLEMS STILL EXISTS. WARRANTY IS EXPIRED. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
WHEN DRIVING 55 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE STOPPED IN FRONT OF THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO HIT A DUMP TRUCK FROM THE SIDE. WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE BRAKES LOCKED UP AND PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOORBOARD. ALSO, BRAKES WERE VERY SOFT, AND THE VEHICLE SPINNED AROUND DUE TO THE CONSUMER LOSING CONTROL OF THE STEERING. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE BRAKES LOCKED UP, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP SIX TIMES FOR BRAKES, AND THE DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK
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