2000 Plymouth Neon

WHILE DRIVING SRS LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. THIS CAUSED T HORN TO BECOME INOPERATIVE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE CLOCK SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND REPLACED IT. *AK THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERED ABOUT THE RECALL FOR CHRYSLER MINI VANS WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS HE IS HAVING SINCE BOTH VEHICLES USE THE SAME PARTS. *TC

CD PLAYER ON THE 2000 NEON IS MOUNTED ON THE FLOOR. ...AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STACK OF CENTER DASHBOARD EQUIPMENT. BEYOND A WORKING REACH OF MOST DRIVERS. *JB I FEEL MY DAUGHTER'S LINE OF SIGHT WAS OBSCURED AS SHE REACHED DOWN TO PUT IN A CD. SHE HAD JUST STARTED DRIVING THIS CAR 2 WEEKS PRIOR. SHE DROVE IT 30 MILES TO WORK IN THE NEXT TOWN. THIS CD ALIGNMENT IS SUCH THAT EVEN I (WHO IS 4" TALLER THAN MY DAUGHTER) WOULD NOT REACH THE CD PLAYER WITHOUT COMPROMISING MY ABILITY TO DRIVE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT MY CONCERN WOULD BE JOINED WITH OTHERS: WHERE THIS ISSUE WOULD BE BROUGHT FORWARD TO RAISE THE AWARENESS OF AUTOS THAT ARE BUILT IN A RISKY WAY. ... WHERE AUTO MAKERS WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO CONSTRUCT ACCESSORIES AT THE EXTREME LIMITS OF THE REACH OF THE DRIVER. I WOULD BE WILLING TO BE A PART OF A WATCHDOG GROUP THAT WOULD TAKE THIS ISSUE FORWARD. ILLUSTRATING THE ISSUE, ASKING FOR CHANGE. 8 WEEKS AGO MY DAUGHTER DIED IN THAT HEAD ON COLLISION. YESTERDAY, AFTER THE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REPORT WAS COMPLETED, I WAS ALLOWED TO TAKE THE CD PLAYER OUT TO SEE IF SHE WAS USING IT. AND YES, THERE WAS A KIDS CD IN THE MACHINE THAT MY WIFE AND I HAD NOT PLAYED. (I HAD NEVER USED THE CD PLAYER. MY WIFE ONLY MINIMALLY. I THINK OUR TEENAGE DAUGHTER WAS ATTRACTED TO TRY TO USE IT, EVEN WHEN IT WAS BEYOND REASONABLE REACH.) MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT MY DAUGHTER REACHED DOWN TO MANIPULATE THIS FACTORY INSTALLED CD PLAYER AND VEERED FROM THE DRIVING LANE. THERE WAS NO SIGN OF BRAKING. JUST THAT QUICK, SECONDS, SHE WAS HEAD ON INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. 2 MONTHS AGO ON A CLEAR DAY MY DAUGHTER DROVE HER PLYMOUTH NEON ACROSS THE CENTER LINE AND INTO AN ON COMING CAR. FOLLOWING THE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION I WAS ABLE TO UNDERSTAND FROM THE OTHER PARTY THAT THEY COULD NOT SEE HER FACE AS SHE CAME FORWARD INTO THEM. *JB

I BROUGHT MY CAR TO MIDAS FOR BRAKE WORK AND THEY TOLD ME THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE POWER STEERING. THEY ADVISED ME TO CALL THE DEALERSHIP. I CALLED, AND THEY FIT ME IN RIGHT AWAY. I RECEIVED A CALL FROM THEM TODAY STATING THE POWER STEERING RACK NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THEY ADVISED ME IT IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. THEY CANOT FIND ANY DOCUMENTATION THAT I PURCHASED THE 7 YEAR, 70,000 MILE WARRANTY. THE PRICE TO REPLACE THIS IS $820.00. WHILE I WAS TRYING TO FIND MY PAPERWORK, I CAME ACROSS A WORK ORDER FROM 11/15/00. I COMPLAINED THEN OF THE SAME PROBLEM AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A POWER STEERING CAP. THIS WAS UNDER WARRANTY AND THE COST I WOULD HAVE HAD TO PAY WAS $6.00. HOW CONVENIENT FOR THEM. WELL, HERE IT IS 2004 AND THE PROBLEM AROSE AGAIN. ONLY, IT IS $820.00 THAT I HAVE TO PAY VS. THEIR $6.00 THAT THEY PAID. THIS SEEMS LIKE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL PROBLEM. BUT THEN AGAIN, I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR ANYTHING. I LEARNED OF THE SEATBELT RECALL FROM THE NEWSPAPER.*AK

I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO MIDAS FOR BRAKE WORK AND WAS TOLD THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE POWER STERRING AND SHOULD CONTACT MY DEALER. WHEN I CALLED THE DEALER, THEY SQUEEZED ME RIGHT IN. I BOUGHT THE CAR IN 1999, IT IS A 2000 PLYMOUTH NEON. SINCE I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE, I HAVE GOTTEN NO RECALL NOTICES. I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE SEATBELT RECALL THROUGH THE NEWSPAPER. THE DEALERSHIP CALLED ME TODAY STATING THAT THE POWER STERRING RACK NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND THAT IT IS GOING TO COST ME $820.00. I ASKED IF THIS WAS COVERED UNDERWARRANTY AND WAS TOLD NO. I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF POWER STEERING NEEDING TO BE REPLACED AFTER 5 YEARS. MY 1995 NEON'S NEVER NEEDED REPLACING. I HAVE TRIED TO RESEARCH IF THIS IS A RECALL ISSUE AND CANNOT FIND ANY INFORMATION. *AK

FAULTY SPOT WELDS ON THE METAL BRACKET THATS HOLDS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL ASSEMBLY TO THE FIREWALL BROKE LOOSE. SPOT WELDS FULL OF AIR POCKETS. SHOWED IT TO THE DEALER, BUT THEY WOULD NOT HONOR THE DEFECT. 38000 MILES AND ITS REAL NICE TO HAVE THE GAS PEDAL TO HANG BY THE THROTTLE CABLE. THANK GOODNESS IT HAPPENED IN THE DRIVEWAY AND NOT PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC!*AK