Two problems related to manual transmission have been reported for the 1998 Plymouth Neon. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
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 vehicle about 35 mph when shifting the vehcle from 2 speed to 3 speed the transmission exploded without a reason, resulting in a fire. The vehicle was not hot at all, and the transmission had a hole on top. Service dealer said they had to wait a few days to find out where the problem was started.