1995 PLYMOUTH NEON Steering Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 PLYMOUTH NEON. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REVERSING, THE STEERING COLUMN STARTED SMOKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN COUPLER AND STEERING HARNESS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE TURN SIGNALS AND INTERIOR LIGHTING FAILED TO OPERATE INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 97V169000 (STEERING). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

Mileage: 60,000

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

CONSUMER HAS NOT RECEIVED RECALL REPAIR (#741 STEERING COLUMN), ORIGINAL DEALER IS NO LONGER IN BUSINESS AND THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP HAS FAILED TO RESPOND TO SIX ATTEMPTS FOR SETTING APPOINTMENTS. *MJS

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 40MPH ON A CITY STREET, SHE WAS PROCEEDING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION GOING STRAIGHT WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE CAME INTO HER LANE AND VEERED INTO CONSUMER'S VEHICLE STRAIGHT ON, CAUSING IT TO JUMP INTO THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, AND RESULTING IN A CRASH. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED, AND CONSUMER SUSTAINED INTERNAL INJURIES. *AK

THE POWER STEERING PUMP BRACKET NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *SLC

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

TIE RODS FAILED. NLM

WHILE DRIVING STEERING WENT OUT, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL AND HAD A WRECK. DLR HAS SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

ENGINE HESITATES WHEN GAS IS APPLIED. LATER PICKS UP SPEED. DEALER SAYS STEERING COLUMN NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *AK

POWER STEERING WAS TOTALLY LOST. *AK

POWER STEERING FAILS WHEN WET. CHRYSLER HAS ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN. DEALERS SAY THEY DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT BULLETIN. DEFECT COULD CAUSE CRASH. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON WET PAVEMENT THE STEERING LOCKS UP, CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

DURING UNDERBODY IMPACT, STEERING WHEEL DECOUPLED AS STATED IN RECALL, CAUSING FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG AND RESULTING IN INJURY TO CONSUMER. (ATTORNEY FOR CONSUMER)

RECALL # 97V169000 STEERING COLUMN COUPLING; OWNER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE ON 11/19/98. ACCORDING TO A PRINT OUT FROM DEALERSHIP WITH A LSIT OF VIN #S, RECALL WORK WAS COMPLETED ON 11/4/98. SERVICE DEPARTMENT ABLE TO SEE THAT VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN SERVICED FOR RECALL WORK. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED STEERING LOCK UP AND LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO FAILURE OF THE LOWER STEERING COLUMN COUPLER PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE.

WHEN DRIVING ON WET PAVEMENT OR IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITION THE STEERING LOCKS UP. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

ENGINE FAILED, CAUSING OIL TO LEAK.

ALARM MODULE SHORTED OUT CAUSING ELECTRICAL WIRING TO BURN AND FAILURE OF COMPONENTS.

POWER STEERING RETURN HOSE CAME LOOSE, LEAKING FLUID.

RECALL 97V169000.741; STEERING COUPLING. THE RECALL REPAIR WORK WAS DONE AND THE STEERING RACK AND PINION WAS AFFECTED IN PROCESS. DEALER CONTACTED, AND CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

RECALL 97V169000.741; STEERING COUPLING. THE RECALL REPAIR WORK WAS DONE AND THE STEERING RACK AND PINION WAS AFFECTED IN PROCESS. DEALER CONTACTED, AND CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

CONSUMER STARTED THE VEHICLE WENT HALFWAY DOWN STREET WHEN THE CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE STEERING COLUMN AREA OF THE VEHICLE. *AK

POWER STEERING FAILS IN WET CONDITIONS.

SMOKE CAME FROM THE STEERING COLUMN, NO PROBLEM FOUND.

VEHICLE IS INVOLVED UNDER RECALL # 97V169, STEERING COLUMN COUPLING. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER JUNE 1,1998 TO HAVE RECALL REPAIRS DONE, AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. *AK

VEHICLE INVOLVED UNDER RECALL #96V228, STEERING COLUMN COUPLING. OWNER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER TO HAVE RECALL REPAIRS DONE, AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD SOUND. TOOK VEHICLE TO REPAIR SHOP AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRONT SPINDLE BROKE. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, DEFROSTER WAS ON,CAUSING AIR CONDITIONING TO COME ON AND OFF AUTOMATICALLY/FROZE UP, CAUSING THE POWER STEERING BELT TO BREAK AND LOSS OF POWER STEERING. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER RECALL 97V169, STEERING COLUMN COUPLING. AFTER THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED THERE WERE THREE INCHES OF PLAY IN THE STEERING COLUMN. THE DEALER TOLD OWNER THAT IF SHE WERE TO SIGN A WAIVER THEY WILL PUT THE OLD COUPLING BACK IN THE VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE STEERING COLUMN CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE VEHICLE IS UNDER RECALL # 97V169. THE DEALER WILL NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE UNDER THAT RECALL. *AK

RECALL # 97V16900 CHRYSLER/STEERING COLUMN COUPLING. OWNER STATES THE DEALER IS NOT HONORING TERMS AS DESCRIBED IN RECALL NOTICE FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION. THE CORRECTIVE ACTION CALLS FOR REPLACING OF THE STEERING COLUMN COUPLING. *AK

WHENEVER IT RAINED AND DRIVER STARTED TO MAKE EITHER A LEFT R RIGHT TURN, THE STEERING WOULD FREEZE, LEAVING DRIVER UNABLE TO CONTROL VEHICLE. THIS WAS A CONTINUOUS PROBLEM. THE FREEZING OF THE STEERING CAUSED DAUHTER TO RUN OFF THE ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH WHILE ON A CURVE.

POWER STEERING MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE.

RECALLED LOWER STEERING COLUMN COUPLER FAILED CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO LOCK IN THE RAIN.

STEERING LOCKED UP CAUSING A COLLISION.

NEW STEERING COLUMN COUPLE INSTALLED.

RECALL WORK ON THE LOWER STEERING COLUMN COUPLER WAS NOT DONE IN A TIMELY MANNER.

STEERING COLUMN COUPLER FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE.

LOWER STEERING COLUMN COUPLER FAILED.

CONSUMER CALLED 11-17-97 TO MAKE APPOINTMENT. DEALER SAID WILL NOT FIX PROBLEM UNTIL NOTIFIED BY MANUFACTURER. CONSUMER THAN CALLED MANUFACTURER, CALLED ON THREE WAY CONFERENCE CALL, DEALER THEN AGREED TO FIX RECAL. ,BUT AS SOON MANUFACTURER WIOULD HANG UP DEALER SAID WILL NOT FIX PROBLEM UNTIL RECEIVED WRITTEN NOTIFICATION FROM MANUFACTURER. *AK

DRIVING IN WET CONDITIONS POWER STEERING WILL GO OUT FOR APPROXIMATELY 1-2 SECONDS. POWER STEERING WILL COME BACK,BUT MAKES HARD TO CONTROL, IT MAKES A LOUD SQUEAKY NOISE. DEALER CHANGED POWER STEERING BELT, PROBLEM IS STILL REOCCURRING. CANNOT FIND PROBLEM. THIS DEFECT CAN RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK *SLC

STEERING COLUMN IS LOOSE AND MAKES NOISE WHILE TURNING.

WHILE TRAVELING 25 MPH OWNER SAW DISFIGURATION OF THE ROAD SURFACE AND SLOWED DOWN. AFTER PASSING OVER DISFIGURATION DRIVER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED ALONG WITH STEERING WHEEL BREAKING. SOMEONE STANDING ON THE ROADSIDE STATED "THIS IS THE THIRD VEHICLE TODAY THAT HAD THAT OCCURRENCE AT THAT SAME SPOT". PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH AND MAKING A RIGHT TURN THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED, CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL WHICH RESULTED IN A COLLISION. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING. OWNER MUST STOP RESTART AND JERK THE VEHICLE TO RESTORE RESUME POSITION. *AK

THE STEERING LOCKS UP WHEN DRIVING THROUGH PUDDLES FOR ABOUT 10 TO 15 SECONDS. DEALER HAVE NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

EA97-009 ACTIVE, STEERING FAILURE, WHEN MAKING A LFT HAND TURN , HAS NO STEERING CONTROL, WHEEL WILL NOT TURN TO THE LEFT. *AK

DURING WET ROAD CONDITIONS AT LOW SPEED WATER FILLS THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, AFFECTING THE POWER ASSISTED STEERING. DURING THESE CONDITIONS, OPERATOR IS UNABLE TO STEER VEHICLE. *AK

PE96-069, IN RAINY CONDITIONS WHILE MAKING A TURN, THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL WHICH COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK

STEERING WENT OUT DUE TO A CRASH. *AK

STEERING IS DIFFICULT WHEN MAKING A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN, OCCURS DURING MEDIUM TO HEAVY SHOWER AND WHEN HITTING A BUMP OR PUDDLE. DURING A TURN, VEHICLE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD BEFORE TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING SUDDENLY LOST STEERING CONTROL, HAPPENS MOSTLY WHEN MAKING TURNS; ALSO, DURING STRAIGHT DRIVING IT IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM, DEALER CAN NOT FIND CAUSE, CHECKED POWER STEERING FLUID, NORMAL. *AK

UPON STARTING OUT, ATTEMPTED TO MANUEVER STEERING WHEEL, FOUND POWER ASSIST TO BE INOPERATIVE, WHEEL WAS HARD TO STEER, REQUIRED EXCESSIVE EFFORT TO TURN STEERING WHEEL, BASICLY HAD TO STEER STRAIGHT TO GET TO DEALER, OWNER PAID FOR REPAIR, NO PRIOR WARNING. *AK

MANUAL STEERING GEAR BOX LOCKED UP DURING ICE STORM, CAUSING VEHICLE TO RUN OFF THE ROAD INTO AN EMBANKMENT. *AK

#PE96-069, WAS DRIVING AND TRIED TO MAKE A TURN THE STEERING WOULDN'T TURN, LOCKED UP. *AK

STEERING FAILURE, WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE ON WET ROAD CONDITIONS, HAD NO CONTROL OVER VEHICLE, COULD NOT MAKE A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN, IN FOR REPAIRS THREE TIMES, WILL PROVIDE REPAIR BILL, *AK

STEERING PROBLEM.

STEERING COLUMN FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT.

STEERING FAILURE, LOSS OF POWER STEERING IN WET WEATHER, LOCKS UP AND CANNOT TURN WHEEL. *AK

SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING WHEN DRIVING IN WET CONDITIONS, PE94-095.*AK *JB

LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL CAUSED ACCIDENT.

THE STEERING COLUMN BROKE, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. *AK

LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL, CAUSING ACCIDENT. *SD

STEERING COLUMN SHIMMIED WHILE DRIVING HIGHWAY; LOUD CLUNKING NOISE CAME FROM FRONT END; SPEED 45 MPH; DEALER CORRECTED PROBLEM. TT

STEERING COLUMN SHIMMIED WHILE DRIVING HIGHWAY; LOUD CLUNKING NOISE CAME FROM FRONT END; SPEED 45 MPH; DEALER CORRECTED PROBLEM. TT

LOSS OF THE STEERING COLUMN THE STEERING COLUMN CAME APART PE94-095. TT CONSUMER STATES BRAKES FAILED AS WELL.*JB

WHILE TRAVELING 50 TO 60 MPH, DRIVER HAD TO MANUVER TO AVOID VEHICLE. STEERING WHEEL LOCKED W/OVER COMPENSATING BOTH DIRECTIONS.NO AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. DESCRIBE.

WHILE TRAVELING 50 TO 60 MPH, DRIVER HAD TO MANUVER TO AVOID VEHICLE. STEERING WHEEL LOCKED W/OVER COMPENSATING BOTH DIRECTIONS.NO AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. DESCRIBE.

RACK AND PINION PROBLEMS, CAUSING STEERING COLUMN/WHEEL TO VIBRATE/VEHICLE TO PULL TO LEFT AND BECOME STIFF. &SKD

LOSS OF STEERING WHEN THE CAR GOES OVER 55 MPH. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

WHEN I BRAKE OR TURN A CORNER AND HIT SOME WATER CAR LOST POWER STEERING . TT

DRIVING IN THE RAIN WENT TO TURN RIGHT STEERING LOCKED UP. TT

PIECE OF METAL FROM STEERING SHAFT PARTIALLY BLOCKED BRAKE PEDAL, NOT ALLOWING BRAKING IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. *SD

STEERING WHEEL SHIMMIES AT SPEEDS OF 65 MPH, THER EIS A SERVICE BULLETIN, BUT DID DID NOT CORRECT PROBLEM. *AK