1995 PLYMOUTH NEON Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

THE VEHICLE'S HEAD GASKET BLEW.*MR THE CONSUMER REPLACED THE HEAD GASKET . *NM

THE CAR HAS A CRACK IN THE HEAD GASKET I HAVE LEARNED THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH 1995 NEON'S. I HAVE ALSO HEARD ABOUT A "SECRET WARRANTY" BUT I CAN NEVER GET ANY HELP! THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT I THINK NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO. THANK YOU. *SCC ***DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS****749199

I RECENTLY DISCOVERED THAT MY 1995 PLYMOUTH NEON HAS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. THE DEALER THAT I TOOK IT TO FOR REPAIRS TOLD ME THAT IT WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRENTY, BUT THAT I COULD CONTACT CHRYSLER TO SEE IF THEY WOULD COVER THE REPAIRS. MY CAR IS IN EXCELLENT SHAPE AND ONLY HAS 63,000 MILES ON IT. CHRYSLER HAS DECLINED TO COVER ANY OF THE COST OF PARTS AND SERVICE FOR THIS REPAIR, DESPITE THE FACT THAT THEY ARE AWARE THAT HEAD GASKETS ARE A DEFECT IN THIS CAR. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND DISCOVERED THAT MANY NEON OWNERS ARE FIGHTING THIS SAME BATTLE. I AM APALLED THAT A RECALL WAS NEVER DONE ON THIS PART. VIEW OTHERS PROBLEMS WITH THE NEON HEAD GASTKET AT THIS WEBSITE. <HTTP://GROUPS.GOOGLE.COM/GROUPS?Q=NEON+HEAD+GASKET&IE=ISO-8859-1&HL=EN> I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU COULD GIVE ME ANY ADVICE ON THIS MATTER. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THIS DEFECT...

CONSUMER STATES HEAD GASKET BLEW 2 DIFFERENT TIMES WHILE DRIVING CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL.*JB

THE CAR ONLY HAS 84,600 MILES AND THE HEADGASKET NEEDED REPLACEMENT. I JUST LEARNED THIS IS RECCURRING PROBLEM WITH THE NEON.*AK

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

OIL WAS LEAKING FROM VEHICLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER INDICATED NEEDED HEAD GASKETS REPLACED. *AK

VEHICLE EXPIENCING EXCESSIVE OIL LOSS. TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, AND INFORMED CONSUMER OF A HEAD GASKET FAILURE. DEALER / MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER.*AK

WHILE HAVING A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE AT A "10 MINUTUE" OIL CHANGE PLACE THE SERVICE PERSON NOTED THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM AND TO GET IT CHECKED OUT. AFTER BRINGING IT TO A DEALER THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE HEAD GASKET. AFTER CHECKING AROUND AT OTHER LOCAL GARAGES, WE FOUND THAT THERE WERE MANY OTHER CASES OF THIS SAME INCIDENT WITH THE NEON VEHICLE. WHEN I CALLED CHRYSLER ABOUT THIS THEY SAID THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM , WHICH IS NOT POSSIBLE - BUT AFTER MANY PHONE CALLS AND LONG DISCUSSIONS, THEY OFFERED TO PAY FOR PARTS, WHICH WAS HELPFUL BUT NOT ENOUGH SINCE THE SERVICE PERSON AT THE CAR DEALER HAD SAID THE PART WAS OBVIOUSLY MACHINED WRONG AND WAS DEFECTIVE- BUT THEY WERE ALSO NOT GOING TO HELP US WITH THE COST.THIS LEFT ME WITH A $ 534.26 BILL TO PAY FOR THE SERVICE -...

VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH LOSS OF OIL AT 55,000 MILES, TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT SHOP, AND INFORMED OF A HEAD GASKET FAILURE. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER. *AK

CHRYSLER HAS A SECRET ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ABOUT THIS PART. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMBEROUS OF FAILURES REPORTED TO CHRYSLER ABOUT THE HEAD GASKET. WHEN I CALLED THE CHRYSLER HOT LINE I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS AN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR 10 YEAR / 100,000 MILES BUT BECAUSE I HAVE 97,000 MILES THEY WILL NOT HELP ME. IF IT HAD FAILED AT 50,000 THEY WOULD HELP ME. THEY FEEL LIKE THE CAR IS AT THE END OF IT LIFE SO THEY DO NOT WANT TO PROVIDE ME WITH ANY ASSISTANCE. I GUESS THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE VERY MUCH FAITH IN THEIR PRODUCT TO LAST VERY LONG. SO I AM BEING PUNISHED BECAUSE I WAS LUCKY AND MY HEAD GASKET DID NOT FAIL AT 50,000 MILES SO CHRYSLER WILL NOT HELP.*AK

1995 NEONS, HEAD GASKETS HAVE BEEN A COMMON PROBLEM, MANY PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS, AND IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE TO FIX (EST. $1100), I THINK THE COMPANY SHOULD RECALL THESE VEHICLES SINCE IT'S A MANUFACTURING DEFECT.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 60 MPH ENGINE WAS OVERHEATING, AND SHUTDOWN . HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER, WHERE THEY FOUND OUT ENGINE HEAD HAD BLOWN.*AK

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

TWICE NOW THE HEAD GASKET HAS FAILED ON MY CAR. I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THE "NEW STYLE" GASKET STILL WILL ONLY LAST 70K MILES. THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL. I'VE HAD TO REPLACE NUMEROUS OTHER COMPONANTS BECAUSE OF IT. DODGE/CHRYS/PLYM. IS NO HELP AT ALL. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING OVERHEATIN/RUNNING ROUGH AND LOSS OF COOLANT. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER, AND INFORMED OF A HEAD GASKET FAILURE WHICH WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

HEAD GASKET FAILED, CAUSING OVERHEAT AND COOLANT TO BUBBLE OUT OF THE OVERFLOW TANK. *AK

HEAD GASKET HAS FAILED THREE TIMES. NLM

LEAKS OIL EVERYWHERE, OIL CHANGED EVERY 3K ON THE DOT, HEAD GASKET FAILURE RATES IN 1995 NEON'S WAY TOO HIGH!!! "A COMMON PROBLEM" SAYS DEALERSHIPS

HEAD GASKET SHOULD BE RECALLED BECAUSE IT IS A KNOW PROBLEM WITH EVERY ONE I TALKE TO AND EVERY SITE THAT I VISIT AND THE TRANS MISSION SHOULD BE LOOKED AT TO BECAUSE I HAVE HAD TWO OF THEM BLOW UP ON ME. *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

HEAD GASKET FAILED DUE TO MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. *AK

OIL IS LEAKING OUT OF HEAD GASKET ON TO EXHAUST MANIFOLD AND IN TO MANUAL TRANSMISSION GEAR BOX DUE TO FAULTY COMPOSITE GASKET. SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED TO DC, SOME PEOPLE DC WILL FIX AND SOME NOT. HAVE HEARD OF RUMORED "GOODWILL POLICY". TO ME DC IS ADMITTING GUILT BY TSB090598.

HEAD GASKET HAS PREMATURELY FAILED, CAUSING BAD OIL LEAK AND ENGINE TO RUN HOT.*AK

VEHICLE HESITATES DURING ACCELERATION, VEHICLE OVERHEATS DUE TO OIL AND WATER MIXING TOGETHER IN THE COOLING SYSTEM, THE DEALER STATES THAT THE HEAD GASKET IS BLOWN. *SLC

CONSUMER WAS TRYING TO START CAR AND IT WOULD NOT START. TOWED TO DEALER, AND SAID ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEWOUT. *AK

ENGINE GASKETS PREMATURELY FAILED. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING ONTO GROUND. MANUFACTURER IS ONLY WILLING TO REIMBURSE 50% OF REPAIR COST. THERE IS NO EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT THEY'RE OFFERING.*AK SINCE THE CAUSE OF HEAD GASKET FAILURE IS PRIMARILY DUE TO POOR DESIGN BY THE MANUFACTURER, IT SHOULD BE THE RESPONSIBLITY OF THE MANUFACTURER TO CORRECT IT OR PAY FOR REPAIR. *YH

HEAD GASKET LEAKED, CAUSING STARTER TO HAVE TO BE REPLACED. *AK

VEHICLE WAS RUNNING HOT AND SHAKING/VIBRATING. VEHICLE OVERHEATED, AND OIL WAS LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD DUE TO A CRACKED HEAD GASKET. VEHICLE AT DEALERSHIP. *AK

I OWN A 1995 PLYMOUTH NEON,RECENTLY I NOTICED AN OIL LEAK,COME TO FIND OUT IN MY INVESTIGATION THAT MOST NEONS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM FROM 1995 TO 1999.THE HEAD GASKET CAN FAIL AT JUST ABOUT ANY MILEAGE ,FROM 10'000 ON UP. THE CHRYSLER CORP. IS BEING AFFORDED THE LUXERY OF HANDLING THIS PROBLEM ON A CASE TO CASE BASIS, UNDER THERE SECRET WARRANTIES PROGRAM ,WHICH MEANS THAT A PERSON IGNORANT OF THIS EVIDENT PROBLEM WOULD MORE THAN LIKELY PAY MORE FOR REPAIRS THAN A PERSON WITH KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROBLEM ,THIS IS A VERY UNFAIR WAY TO LET THIS PROBLEM BE HANDLED , I BELIEVE CHRYSLER SHOULD BE MADE TO RECALL THIS PROBLEM HEAD GASKET ,SO THAT ALL CONSUMERS CAN BE TREATED EQUALLY AND HONESTLY. WHY SHOULD GRANDMA HAVE TO PAY $250.00 TO REPAIR HER HEAD GASKET WHEN CURIOUS GEORGE ONLY HAS TO PAY $50.00 . THANK YOU. *AK

ENGINE MOUNT BOLTS SHEARED CAUSING ENGINE TO FALL TO THE RIGHT.

AFTER FINDING OIL EVERY TIME ON DRIVER, TOOK VEHICLE TO A TECHINICIAN, AND WAS TOLD THAT PROBLEM WAS THE MASTER SEAL ON THE ENGINE BROKE, ALLOWING OIL TO LEAK AND ENGINE TO OVERHEAT. *AK CUSTMER CALLING FOR ESTIMATED , THREE DIFFERENT MECHANIC SHOPS SAYS THIS PROBLEM WAS VERY COMMON AMONG NEON. *YH

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

HEAD GASKET FAILED. NLM

HEAD GASKET FAILED. NLM

DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKET CAUSED THE ENGINE TO LOCK UP WHICH ALMOST CAUSED A CRASH WHILE DRIVING. DEALER SAID THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH OIL, AND THAT WAS REASON WHY THE ENGINE LOCKED UP. BUT, VEHICLE NEVER RAN OUT OF OIL. PEP BOYS SAID IT WAS A DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKET. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET ON MY 95 NEON HAS FAILED THREE TIMES. IT QUITE DISTURBING WHEN IT IS NOT REPAIRED AT THE MANUFACTURING COMPANY WHEN THEY KNOW THEY PROBLEM EXITS. I WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER PRODUCT FROM THIS COMPANY AGAIN. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT. CONSUMER SAW WHITE SMOKE. TOOK VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, AND HE SAID IT WAS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. MECHANIC WOULD NOT TOUCH IT BECAUSE IT WAS A PROBLEM THAT CHRYSLER KNEW ABOUT. *AK

WHEN DRIVING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH. VEHICLE STARTED OPERATING ROUGHLY. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER LINKED THE PROBLEM TO THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET WHICH BLEW OUT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

AN INTERNAL PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION OIL OR WATER GETTING INTO TRANSMISSION, CAUSING TRANSMISSION FAILURE. ALSO, ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT, AND TURN SIGNAL WILL NOT TURN OFF. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKETS BLEW OUT, CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK ONTO ENGINE. VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED. COMMON PROBLEM. *AK *ML

HEAD GASKET FAILED. NLM

OIL PAN GASKET FAILED. NLM

THE HEAD GASKET FAILED CAUSING $1269.00 IN REPAIRS. WAS TOLD BY LOCAL MECHANIC AND BY A CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP MECHANIC THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH CHRYSLER HEAD GASKETS AND THAT THERE WAS A SECRET WARRANTY. CHRYSLER DENIES THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE HEAD GASKETS AND THAT THERE ISN'T A SECRET WARRANT, AND THAT SINCE MY VECHILE HAS OVER 100,000 MILES, THE SECRET WARRANT THAT DOESN'T EXIST DOESN'T APPLY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE JUMPED TO OVERHEATED AT WHICH POINT I PULLED OFF THE ROAD. ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC MY HEAD GASKET HAD BLOWN, WARPING ONE OF THE HEADS IN THE ENGINE. I WAS ALSO INFORMED AT THAT TIME AND HAVE DISCOVERED SUBSEQUENTLY THROUGH RESEARCH THAT ALMOST EVERY NEON WHICH REACHES ALMOST 60,000 MILES BLOWS THE HEAD GASKET. IN GENERAL CHRYSLER VEHICLES SEEM TO POSSESS A FAULTY HEAD GASKET WHICH NEEDS REPLACED AROUND 60,000 MILES WHICH ACCORDING TO SEVERAL AUTOMOTIVE SOURCES SHOULD NOT EVEN BE CONSIDERED FOR SERVICE UNTIL THE 100,000 MILE MARK. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 40-45 MPH NOTICED ENGINE OVERHEATING AND COOLANT LEAKING. VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER, AND WAS INFORMED OF A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. *AK

VEHICLE WAS LEAKING OIL. DEALERSHIP TOLD CONSUMER THAT ENGINE HEAD GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

HEAD GASKET AND HEAD DAMAGED AS A RESULT OF THE DEFECT. *AK

STARTED LEAKING OIL AROUND 70K MILES, TOOK IT TO CHRYSLER DEALER AND REPORTED TO CHRYSLER, THEY STATED THERE WERE NO RECALLS, DEFECTS OR TSB'S, TOOK IT TO MECHANIC, AND THEY SHOWED ME THE TSB ON THE VEHICLE, ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT CHRYSLER AGAIN, AND THEY STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING AND IT WASN'T THEIR PROBLEM. I HAVE SPOKEN TO SEVERAL MECHANICS WHO SAY THAT THE HEAD GASKET IS DEFECTIVE, BUT THERE IS NO RECALL. THERE SHOULD BE! CHRYSLER MANUFACTURED A PIECE OF JUNK, THEY SHOULD REPLACE THEIR SCREW UPS. *AK