Owner-reported complaints naming the fuel system system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming fuel storage or delivery — tanks, pumps, lines, injectors and fuel leaks. 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. 22 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.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
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
THE VEHICLE'S FUEL TANK HAD A SMALL EXTRA HOLE IN IT WHICH WAS PLUGGED BY A SMALL VINYL PLUG. IT APPEARED THAT HE FUEL ATE THROUGH THE PLASTIC PLUG AND ALLOWED FUEL TO LEAK OUT. *AK *NM
THE CAR'S COMPUTER, OR ECU MALFUNCTIONED TWICE. NO POWER WAS REACHING THE COIL, HENCE THERE WAS NO SPARK AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START. AT FIRST THE AUTO SHUTOFF DELAY WAS REPLACED. BUT THE DAY AFTER THE CAR WAS FIXED, IT ONCE AGAIN STALLED. IT TOOK ONE WEEK TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM: BAD COMPUTER IN THE CAR. THIS MIGHT HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS HAD IT HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY. *LA
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
THE WIRES THAT RUN THROUGH THE GAS TANK ONE OF THOSE WIRES CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNT A HOLE IN TANK. CONSUMER FEELS LUCKY THE CAR DIDN'T BLOW UP. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS
FUEL PUMP DRAIN PLUG LEAK. THERE IS A LEAK IN THE FUEL PUMP OF MY 1995 PLYMOUTH NEON. I HAD AN INCIDENT AND BROUGHT IT TO A MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC SAID THAT CHRYSLER DID NOT HAVE ANY RECALLS ON IT AND THEY DO NOT SELL THE PLUG BY ITSELF. THE MECHANIC SAID THAT I WOULD HAVE TO BUY A NEW FUEL PUMP. YOU SEE THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE FUEL PUMP ITSELF HAS A DRAIN PLUG AND THAT DETERIORATED AND FUEL BEGAN TO LEAK. I THINK THIS NEEDS FURTHER INVESTIGATING. I WAS LUCKY THAT I CAUGHT IT ON TIME. THINK OF THOSE FAMILIES WHO WILL NOT BE SO LUCKY. I STILL HAVE THE SAME FUEL PUMP. WE JUST INSTALLED A PLUG ON IT.
HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH A/C CLUTCH, SEIZED UP AND STARTED SMOKING CAR IS MAJOR HAZARD. DT
THE FUEL FILLER NECK THAT RUNS TO GAS TANK IS RUSTED. CONSUMER STATES WHEN FILLING TANK GAS POURS ALL OVER THE GROUND. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS
THE FIRST PROBLEM BEGAN WITH THE TIMING BELT BREAKING, I RETURNED TO CASINO AUTO SALES TO FIND A SOLUTION,THEIR MECHANIC " FIXED" THE PROBLEM SO I THOUGHT ONLY TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM OCCUR AGAIN ABOUT A MONTH AND HALF LATER WITH A BAD FUEL PUMP ADDED TO THE PROBLEM SO I WENT SOMEWHERE ELSE TO HAVE THAT FIXED. ABOUT A WEEK AFTER I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE I WAS TAKEN TO SEARS TO PURCHASE A NEW SET OF TIRES, I WAS TOLD BY A SEARS REP. THAT I WAS LUCKY TO NOT HAVE HAD AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE THE WRONG SIZE TIRES WERE PUT ON THE CAR WHICH CAUSED ME TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE RIGHT PASSENGER SIDE TIRED WITH WOBBLING. MY VEHICLE THEN BEGAN TO SMOKE FROM THE STEERING COLOUM WHENEVER THE HEAD LIGHTS ARE TURNED ON, I HAVENT EVEN BOTHERED TO GO BACK TO CASINO BECAUSE I WOULDNT TRUST THEM TO ACTUAALT FIX IT THE RIGHT AND HONEST WAY DO TO THE FACT THAT I BOUGHT THE CAR WITH CASH SO THEY BASICALLY SOLD ME A LEMON. *AK
FUEL IS LEAKING FROM RUBBER CAP OF FUEL SENDING UNIT. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATIUON.*AK
A RATTLE NOISE IN SIDE VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED AND TECHNICIAN NOTICED CORROSION OF FUEL TUBE ASSEMBLY DUE TO SALT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
THE LINE BETWEEN TANK AND THE FENDER IS CORRODED AND FALLEN, CAUSING A FIRE HAZARD. *AK
THERE IS A STRONG FUEL SMELL INSIDE VEHICLE AFTER THE TANK IS FILLED WITH FUEL.*AK
ENGINE STALLING PROBLEMS, FUEL PUMP AND LEAKING HEAD GASKET REPLACED, STALLING CONTINUED, VEHICLE TAKEN TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP, REPAIRS MADE TO COMPUTER, LOOSE FAN BELTS TIGHTEN, WHICH DEALERSHIP FAILED TO DO WHEN INSTALLING TIMING BELT. *CJ
WAS FILLING VEHICLE WITH FUEL & NOTICED IT WAS LEAKING ON GROUND. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC THAT FILLER NECK HAD RUSTED & FELL OVER & OUT OF THE WAY. THIS CAUSED THE LEAKAGE.*AK
I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT TROUBLE WITH THIS CAR. FUEL PUMP HAD TO BE REPLACED AFTER ONLY A FEW MONTHS OF OWNING (BOUGHT IT NEW). I HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF ALL RECALLS ON THIS CAR. I WAS TOLD AFTER THE LAST INCIDENT, WHEN MY CAR ENGINE WOULD CUT OFF WITH NO WARNING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THAT I NEEDED A NEW FUEL PUMP. $500 LATER I FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE AND SCREWS THAT COULD CAUSE STALLING OF THE ENGINE WHICH IS WHAT I HAD EXPLAINED TO THE DEALER THAT THE PROBLEM WAS. THEY NEVER MENTIONED ANY RECALLS TO ME.
WHILE DRIVING THE GAS GAUGE INDICATES THAT THERE IS GAS IN THE VEHICLE, BUT, IN REALITY, THERE IS NO GAS. VEHICLE SHAKES/STALLS, AND DIES OUT WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING. *AK
RECALL # 96V228000, A STRONG ODOR OF FUEL CAN BE SMELLED IN VEHICLE. NOTICED AFTER RECALL WORK WAS PERFORMED. *AK
GAS LEAKS IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. FAULTY FUEL INJECTOR.
OWNER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE, CONTACTED DEALER AND WAS TOLD THEY WOULD NOT HAVE PARTS IN UNTIL JAN. 1,1997. RECALL #96V228000. *AK
LOOSE NUT ON WINDSHIELD WIPER BLADE CAUSED WIPER FAILURE, REDUCING VISIBILITY.
VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO FUEL GETTING INSIDE COMPARTMENT ASSOCIATED W/HEATER. TT
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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