1998 PLYMOUTH NEON Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

HEAD GASKET BLEW ON 1998 NEON. DID NOT NOTICE UNTIL OIL DUMPED ALL OVER GARAGE FLOOR. LUCKILY REPAIRED FOR FREE, BUT THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM ON NEONS. CHRYSLER SHOULD MAKE REPAIRS FOR FREE UP TO 100,000 MILES BECAUSE IT IS A DESIGN DEFECT. THERE ARE 108 POSTS IN THE BAD NEON HEAD GASKET DISCUSSION GROUP ON THE INTERNET. SUPPOSEDLY THERE IS A "SECRET WARRANTY" OUT ON THIS PROBLEM, BUT CHRYSLER APPLIES IT INCONSISTENTLY. I DO NOT HAVE THE VIN BECAUSE I JUST TRADED IT LAST WEEK, BUT STILL CONCERNED BECAUSE I BOUGHT ANOTHER '98 NEON ON 1/28/01. *AK

NOTICED OIL STAIN ON GARAGE FLOOR AND TOOK CAR TO MECHANIC WHO PUT IT ON A LIFT AND DETERMINED VISUALLY THAT THERE EXISTS AN OIL LEAK AT HEAD GASKET. ADVISED ME TO TAKE CAR TO DEALER FOR REPAIR. HIS COMPUTER SEARCH INDICATED THAT THIS WAS A PROBLEM WITH 1998 NEONS AND IT SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. MY 3 YEAR WARRANTY EXPIRED 10/30/2000. I CALLED DEALER AND ARRANGED FOR APPOINTMENT ON MONDAY 01/22/2001 AND HOPE THIS WILL BE REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY SINCE IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM. INFORMING YOU FOR THE RECORD OF EXISTING PROBLEM.

ENGINE WAS LEAKING OIL. THEN, TOOK VEHICLE TO A TECHNICIAN, AND TECHNICIAN SAID THERE WAS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 20 MPH ENGINE SHUT DOWN WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. CRANKSHAFT SENSOR FAILED AND STOPPED ENGINE. *AK

HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT AT 46,000 MILES. DEALR HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

HEAD GASKET FAILED CAUSING OIL LEAK. *ET

VEHICLE LEAKING OIL SEVERELY; AT OIL CHANGE TOLD CAM SEAL BROKE. *AK

VEHICLE WAS LEAKING SMALL AMOUNT OF OIL, AND WAS CONSUMING ALOT A LARGE AMOUNT OF OIL. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER NOTICED THAT HEAD GASKET WAS PUMPING OIL ONTO THE ROAD SURFACE. ACCORDING TO DEALER, CHRYSLER HAS UPGRADED THE GASKET THREE TIMES. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

UPON COMPLETION OF OTHER REPAIRS TO ACCIDENT DAMAGE WE DISCOVERED AN OIL LEAK, WHICH WE WERE TOLD WAS UNRELATED TO THE ACCIDENT, AND WAS A HEAD GASKET FAILURE. AFTER INVESTIGATING WE LEARNED THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM IN NEONS. *AK

BLOWN HEAD GASKET AND CRACKED HEAD. MECHANIC SAYS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN IN ABOUT A YEAR AS WELL HE SAYS IT IS A REACCURING PROBLEM FOR THE NEONS.

VEHICLE WAS LEAKING OIL, A HOLE WAS UNDERNEATH THE CARRIAGE WHICH WAS FULL OF OIL.*AK

CONSUMER NOTICED AN OIL LEAK. THIS COULD CAUSE A FIRE. TOOK TO DEALER AND REPLACED THE SEAL. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. TOOK BACK, AND THEY REPLACED THE CAM. *AK

HEAD GASKET LEAKING ONTO THE ENGINE CAUSING FAILURE. *YC

OIL PAN LEAK. *YC

WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE HAS BAD VIBRATION AND MAKES A LOT OF NOISE. DEALER SAYS THE FRONT MOTOR MOUNTS BROKE, BUT VEHICLE IS OKAY TO DRIVE. *AK

VEHICLE BEEN EXPERIENCING VARIOUS PROBLEM WITH THE FOLLOWING: 1. SUN ROOF LEAKING; 2. SPARK PLUGS FAILED, AND HAD TO BE REPLACED ON TWO OCCASIONS WITHIN A YEAR; 3. OXYGEN SENSOR HAD TO BE REPLACED ON TWO OCCASIONS ; 4. THE HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED DUE TO FAILURE; 5. THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO A BROKEN BOLT, CAUSING ENGINE TO OVERHEAT, WHICH RESULTS IN INTERMITTENT STALLING. CAN NHTSA PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THIS MATTER. *AK *ML

HEAD GASKET FAILED RESULTING IN LEAKAGE. NLM

HEAD GASKET FAILED RESULTING IN LEAKAGE. MJS

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