Owner-reported complaints naming the suspension system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming suspension components — springs, struts, shocks, control arms and related hardware. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1998 Plymouth Neon submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 14 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
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
CHYSLER IS INFORMING ME THAT THERE IS NO SUCH RECALL, RECALL NUMBER 99V-001. MY CAR FALLS WITHIN THE LOW HIGH VIN NUMBERS REPORTED TO POSSIBLY HAVE THIS PROBLEM AND I AM HAVING NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH MY 1998 PLYMOUTH NEON THATAPPLY TO THIS RECALL AS WELL AS SERVERAL TSB.
WHILE DRIVING THERE IS A LOUD POPPING NOISE THAT IS COMING FROM FRONT END OF VEHICLE. CONSUMER FINDS IT DIFFICULT TO CONTROL VEHICLE AT TIMES. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK
THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCES EXCESSIVE VIBRATION/SHAKING IN THE FRONT END AT SPEEDS OF 60 MPH AND UP, THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES AS WELL AS THE ENTIRE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND A PROBLEM, ONE DEALER REPLACED THE ROTORS BUT THAT DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. NLM
FRONT SUSPENSION MAKES LOUD NOISES WHILE MAKING LEFT OR RIGHT TURNS. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP AND MECHANIC INDICATED REPAIRS WERE DONE ON LOWER CONTROL ARM. NOISE HAD REAPPEARED WHILE GOING REVERSE OR FORWARD.*AK
I HAD A SLOW SPEED ACCIDENT IN MY 1998 PLYMOUTH NEON. I WAS IN A PARKING LOT AND ONLY GOING 5 MPH. THE OTHER CAR HIT MY LEFT FRONT FENDER. MY STRUT IS BROKEN & VARIOUS OTHER PARTS OF THE SUSPENSION, INCLUDING THE AXEL. I CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS COULD HAPPEN IN A SLOW SPEED ACCIDENT. I SEE THERE IS A REAR SUSPENSION DEFECT AND AM WONDERING ABOUT THE FRONT.*AK
ENGINE WOULD SKIP WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEEDS . ALSO, THERE IS A GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM REAR OF VEHICLE WHEN TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK
SEVERE VIBRATION & SHAKING WHENEVER VEHICLE REACHES 50 MPH OR MORE. VEHICLE BEEN IN/OUT OF DEALER SHOP ON SIX OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. SEEKING HELP AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM NHTSA. *AK
DRIVER'S DOOR WINDOW WOULD NOT ALLOW DOOR TO CLOSE WHEN UP. SQUEALING NOISES COMING FROM FRONT OF VEHICLE. ELECTRIC LIGHT IN TRUNK FAILS TO WORK. DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR IS ALSO UNEVEN. THE HOOD, LIGHTS & BUMPERS HAVE GAPS (LARGE GAPS ON ONE SIDE, SMALL GAPS ON OTHER SIDE). VEHICLE RUSTING UNDER HOOD. TOOK TO BODY SHOP & INFORMED VEHICLE WAS IN ACCIDENT PRIOR TO BEING SOLD BY DEALER. *AK
VEHICLE MAKES A POPPING NOISE GOING AROUND CORNERS. AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ALLOWS DRIVER TO SHIFT WITHOUT APPLYING BRAKES (NO/DEFECTIVE INTERLOCK). PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN ONGOING SINCE ORIGINAL PURCHASE. 1 PREVIOUS REPAIR ATTEMPT DID NOT RESOLVE POPPING NOISE, DEALER DID NOT ADDRESS THE SHIFT INTERLOCK PROBLEM. *AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK
FRONT END MAKES A RATTLING AND CLUNKING NOISE DURING TURNS OR ON ROUGH ROADS.
WHEN DRIVING 65 MPH ON SMOOTH PAVEMENT THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES VIOLENTLY. THIS OCCURRED DUE TO THE AXLE SHAFT MALFUNCTIONING. IT WAS REPLACED, BUT DID NOT REMEDY PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
WHILE DRIIVNG THE VEHICLE A POPPING SOUND CAME FROM THE RIGHT FRONT END OF VEHICLE. THE DRIVER WOULD ALSO GET A VIBRATION WHEN USING THE GAS/ BRAKE PEDAL. DEALER FOUND THAT THE STRUT MOUNTS AND SHOCKS WERE LO0SE. THERE WAS ALSO A LACK OF LUBRICATION ON THE BALL JOINTS WHICH CAUSED THE NOISE AND VIBRATION. PROBLEM HAS BEEN CORRECTED. *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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