Side/window Air Bag Problems of Plymouth Neon

Plymouth Neon owners have reported 14 problems related to side/window air bag (under the air bag category). The most recently reported issues are listed below. Also please check out the statistics and reliability analysis of Plymouth Neon based on all problems reported for the Neon.

1 Side/window Air Bag problem of the 1998 Plymouth Neon

Failure Date: 05/18/2004

Passenger's side airbag cracked. Consumer contacted manufacturer and was told that she would have to pay for repairs. Consumer stated that if the air bag suddenly deployed she was afraid it will harm her daughter. The heat from the sun warped the dash board.

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2 Side/window Air Bag problem of the 2000 Plymouth Neon

Failure Date: 06/17/2001

When driving at 15 mph consumer was involved in a frontal collision in which neither driver's side nor passenger's side air bags deployed. Please provide any further details.

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3 Side/window Air Bag problem of the 2001 Plymouth Neon

Failure Date: 12/31/2000

A head on collision, and neither side air bags deployed.

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4 Side/window Air Bag problem of the 1996 Plymouth Neon

Failure Date: 09/01/2000

While driving, the driver's side airbag experienced false deployment, causing injury to consumer and causing consumer to lose control of the vehicle and crash, the passenger also sustained injuries from the accident, the passenger's airbag deployed during the crash.

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5 Side/window Air Bag problem of the 2000 Plymouth Neon

Failure Date: 06/13/2000

Vehicle was rear ended by a dump truck, causing consumer to lose control. Vehicle turned around and hit a guardrail at about 50 mph. Upon impact, both passenger's side and driver's side airbags did not deploy. Consumer sustained injuries.

6 Side/window Air Bag problem of the 1998 Plymouth Neon

Failure Date: 02/23/2000

Consumer was traveling at 40mph and vehicle t-boned another vehicle, and both airbags: side door didn't deploy. Driver was injured. Dealer will be contacted.

7 Side/window Air Bag problem of the 1998 Plymouth Neon

Failure Date: 11/13/1998

While driving at 35 mph another vehicle made a u-turn in front of the consumer, causing the consumer to apply the brakes, the brakes failed to stop vehicle and the consumer hit the other vehicle on the left side, and driver's/ passenger's side air bags didn't deploy.

8 Side/window Air Bag problem of the 1998 Plymouth Neon

Failure Date: 11/06/1998

While driving at 30 mph vehicle was hit in front by another vehicle, causing consumer's vehicle to spin around. Consumer was hit in the rear too. After being hit in the rear, vehicle spinned around again, and hit another vehicle head-on then the vehicle came to a stop. Upon impact, driver's side and passenger's side air bags didn't deploy.

9 Side/window Air Bag problem of the 1996 Plymouth Neon

Failure Date: 08/23/1998

While traveling on the highway at a speed of 40mph, another vehicle pulled out in front of the vehicle, and the vehicle broadsided the vehicle that pulled out in front and the driver's side airbag didn't deploy.

10 Side/window Air Bag problem of the 1997 Plymouth Neon

Failure Date: 02/03/1997

Driver's side and passenger's side airbags came out when the two people were trying to get out of the car.

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11 Side/window Air Bag problem of the 1996 Plymouth Neon

Failure Date: 12/21/1996

While driving vehicle on highway at 60 mph owner had an accident and there was no deployment of driver's or passenger's side airbags,owner received mutilple facial injuries.

12 Side/window Air Bag problem of the 1996 Plymouth Neon

Failure Date: 04/01/1996

Consumer was in an accident and after the air bag deployed, the driver side air bag caught on fire and the passengers side was red hot. Please describe.

13 Side/window Air Bag problem of the 2000 Plymouth Neon

When driving consumer rearended a vehicle at 30-40 mph and neither driver's side nor passenger's side air bags deployed. Also, seat belts malfunctioned, causing driver to go into steering wheel. Frame was bent on front end. Please provide any further details.

14 Side/window Air Bag problem of the 1996 Plymouth Neon

While driving between 30-35 mph owner struck another vehicle direct frontal impact, and there was no deployment of driver's or passenger's side airbags. Problem has not been indentified by Chrysler investigator.


Other Common Air Bag related problems of Plymouth Neon

Problem Category Number of Problems
Front Air Bag problems
37
Air Bag Not Deploy problems
35
Side/window Air Bag problems
14
Air Bag problems
12
Air Bag Light On problems
1
Warning Light On problems
1

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