Owner-reported complaints naming the airbag system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the air-bag system — deployment behaviour, inflators, sensors and warning lights. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1997 Plymouth Neon submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 16 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
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN A DRIVE-THRU, BOTH FRONTAL AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. THE CONTACT WAS NOT IN THE VEHICLE WHEN THIS OCCURRED, BUT STATED NOTHING WAS HIT OR RUN OVER. BOTH FRONT WINDOWS SHATTERED AND THE OCCUPANTS SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN SEEN BY A MECHANIC.
WHILE REVERSING BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS DEPLOYED PREMATURELY. DRIVER SUSTAINED LIGHT BRUISES AND EYE IRRITATION FROM THE CONTENTS OF THE AIR BAGS.*AK
BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY DURING AN ACCIDENT, DRIVER AND PASSENGER SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES. *YH
CONSUMER HAS A BRAKE PROBLEM. WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THERE IS NOISE. ALSO, ENGINE HEAD GASKET HAD AN OIL LEAK, AND SHE TOOK IT TO THE GARAGE. THEN, SHE TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO DEALERSHIP. MECHANIC REPLACED HEAD GASKET. BRAKE DRUM WAS PITTED, AND MECHANIC TOLD HER THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG. FINALLY, PASSENGER'S AIRBAG PANEL WAS BULGING ON THE DASHBOARD. THERE WERE NO LIGHTS ON THE AIRBAG MODULAR. *AK
AIRBAGS DEPLOYED UNEXPECTEDLY AND SUDDENLY, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON THE VEHICLE FOR INADVERTENT DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIRBAGS. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A DIRECT FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND SEAT BELT DID NOT RETRACT, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED.THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE AIRBAG ON THE PASSENGER SIDE HAD A HOLE BURNING IN THE MIDDLE RIGHT AFTER THE IMPACT. THE FIRE BURNED THE PASSENGER'S CLOTHING AND SKIN. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK *ML
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 40 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE AIRBAG ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DEPLOYED, BUT NOT COMPLETELY AND ALSO CAUGHT ON FIRE. *AK *ML
I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS RECALL FOR THE 1997 NEON'S. HOWEVER THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS THAT THE PAINT IS PEELING OFF THE ENTIRE CAR. I'VE TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM WITH BOTH THE DEALER AND THE MAKER,TO NO AVAIL. WHAT IS MY RECOURSE? THANK-YOU!
WHILE TRAVELING AT 65 MPH THIS VEHICLE WAS STRUCK FROM THE REAR. VEHICLE SPINNED OUT IN THE MIDDELE OF THE HIGHWAY AND WAS HIT FOUR MORE TIMES. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, ONE INCIDENT WHILE DRIVING LED TO VEHICLE COLLISION DUE TO LOSS OF CONTROL, VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS RESULTED IN BURNS TO DRIVER (CHEST,ARMS). MJS
VEHICLE WAS INVOVLED IN TWO ACCIDENTS. FIRST ACCIDENT WAS BETWEEN TWO VEHICLES AT AN IMPACT OF 35 MPH, AND THE SECOND ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT AN IMPACT OF 45 MPH. UPON BOTH IMPACTS, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPOLY. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. CAN NHTSA PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS MATTER. *AK
SAID VEHICLE INVOLVED IN FRONTAL IMPACT CRASH- AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.
AIR BAG WILL NOT INFLATE.
RECALL WORK COMPLETED ON THE AIR BAG, HOWEVER FAILURE WHICH CAUSED HORN TO FAIL AND AIR BAG LIGHT TO BE ON CONTINUALLY.
DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS CAME OUT WHEN THE TWO PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE CAR. *AK
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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