2000 PLYMOUTH NEON Structure Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 200 PLYMOUTH NEON. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOWERED TO THE GROUND AND BOTH FRONT TIRES BLEW OUT. THE CONTACTED CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE WHO DETERMINED THAT THE JACK WENT THROUGH THE FRAME. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE FRAME WAS RUSTED. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000.

Mileage: 170,000

APPROACHING A STOP SIGN, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY CAME TO A JARRING STOP AFTER THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL HIT A SMALL RECESSED GAS COMPANY ACCESS COVER, PERHAPS 2" DEEP AND 6" IN DIAMETER. THE FRAME MEMBER BETWEEN THE TWO FRONT WHEELS CRACKED RIGHT THROUGH IN A SHOWER OF RUST. FORTUNATELY THIS DID NOT HAPPEN AT HIGHER SPEEDS OR MAJOR INJURIES COULD HAVE OCCURRED. 12 YEARS SEEMS TOO SOON FOR THIS KIND OF UNDERCARRIAGE WEAR TO HAVE OCCURRED. CAR IS SCRAP NOW BUT HAD BEEN RUNNING WELL. *TR

Mileage: 145,000

WATER IS COMING IN THE TRUNK SOMEHOW SEEPING INSIDE THE SPARE TIRE AREA AND LEAKING INTO THE BACK OF THE CAR SOAKING THE BACK FLOOR BOARDS. / STRONG GAS SMELL IN MY CAR WHEN OPERATING - SO BAD THAT THE WINDOWS HAVE TO CRACKED FOR FRESH AIR - CANNOT FIND ANY LEAKS- MY GRANDCHILDREN ARE BEING TRANSPORTED IN MY CAR DAILY- WAS TOLD THAT THIS DOES NOT SOUND LIKE A DEFECT AND I WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY COST - PROBLEM SINCE AROUND NOVEMBER 2004 / BRAKES SQUEAL EVERYTIME I BRAKE -HAD NEW ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS INSTALLED DECEMBER 2003 - NOISE IS SO LOUD SOMETIMES IT IS EMBARRASSING. *NM

PUDDLES OF WATER IN THE REAR PASSENGER COMPARTMENT AFTER A RAINFALL. I HAVE PUT NOVEMBER 5, 2004 BUT IT HAS HAPPENED TWICE BEFORE. *JB

Mileage: 13,500

THERE IS AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF RUST FORMING ON THE UNIBODY STRUCTURE BEHIND THE FRONT FRAME SUPPORT THAT SPANS THE WIDTH OF THE CAR. LARGE PIECES OF FLAKING METAL ARE COMING OFF AND THERE ARE HOLES THROUGH THE METAL. I FEAR THE INTEGRATY AND THE STREANGTH OF THE BODY IS BEING WEAKENED.*AK

Mileage: 48,000

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY THERE IS A KNOCKING AND VIBRATION UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

THERE IS LEAKAGE OF WATER IN THE TRUNK OF THE VEHICLE AFTER IT RAINS OR AFTER A CAR WASH. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

CONSUMER HAS NUMEROUS PROBLEMS, AIR CONDITION BURNED OUT , AND LOCKS WILL NOT UNLOCK. CONSUMER WAS LOCKED IN FOR AN HOUR, BLACK SMOKE CAME FROM AIR CONDITIONING WHILE SHE WAS INSIDE OF VEHICLE. ALSO, GASKET HAD TO REPLACED NUMEROUS TIMES. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK *JB

THERE IS A LOUD NOISE WHEN WEATHER IS COLD AND APPLYING TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION HAS A KNOCKING NOISE. THERE IS A WATER LEAK COMING INSIDE OF VEHICLE. TWO INCHES OF WATER WAS COMING INSIDE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. MECHANIC TOLD HER THAT DRAINAGE HOLE WASN'T BIG ENOUGH. *AK

WHILE WIPING THE REAR WINDOW NOTICED WATER ON BACK SEAT AND ON FLOOR OF VEHICLE. CONSUMER PULLED SPAR TIRE OUT, AND NOTICED MOLD AND WATER UNDER TIRE IN TRUNK. *AK

ANTIFREEZE IS POOLING IN THE REAR PASSENGER COMPARTMENT FLOOR, NOT COMING FROM THE TRUNK OR FROM INSIDE THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. BUT FLOORBOARD RUGS ARE SOAKED WITH ANTIFREEZE.*AK

STATIC ELECTRICITY VERY SHARP WHEN LEAVING VEHICLE. SO, HAVE LEARNED TO NOT TOUCH METAL WHEN EXITING VEHICLE, BUT THIS BECOMES A PROBLEM WHEN I THEN GO TO OPEN GAS TANK, ESP WHEN HOT AND UNDER PRESSURE. I HAVE ATTACHED A GROUND STRAP WHICH HAS NOT SOLVED PROBLEM. ONLY THING THAT WORKS IS TO SPRAY SEATS WITH ANTI STATIC, BUT THAT WEARS OFF. DEALER ACKNOWLEDGES PROBLEM, DOES NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO, AND THERE IS NO TECH SERVICE BULLETIN FROM CHRYSLER. I AM AFRAID OF SPARKING THE GAS FUMES ONE DAY, BUT ALSO AM SICK AND TIRED OF BEING AFRAID OF TOUCHING THE DOOR AS THE SPARK IS SIGNIFICANT AND FEELS LIKE A [XXX] NEEDLE. THIS IS NOT RIGHT. MY FATHER ALSO BOUGHT AN IDENTICAL CAR AND HAS SAME PROBLEM. HE WEARS GLOVES ALL THE TIME FOR A HEALTH PROBLEM BUT WHEN HE DOES NOT HAVE THEM ON HE GETS THE SAME SHOCK AND IT JOLTS. I HAVEN'T TRIED TO MEASURE IT, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE TAKING OFF YOUR T SHIRT AT NIGHT AND WATCHING THE SPARKS, THIS ONE HURTS. [XXX]. *AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WHEN LOCKING DOOR WITH ALARM OR MANUALLY, DOORS WILL UNLOCK RIGHT AWAY WITHOUT A REASON. *AK