2000 Plymouth Neon: Reliability Data

199
Total Complaints
82,000mi
Median Mileage
Frontal
Top Issue
40
Crash Reports

When Do Complaints Happen?

Distribution of NHTSA complaints by vehicle mileage at time of report.

52,988 25th Percentile
82,000 Median Mileage
114,046 75th Percentile

What Fails?

Most reported component issues from NHTSA complaints.

Frontal
13
Vehicle Speed Control
11
Unknown Or Other
8
Air Bags
7
Service Brakes, Hydraulic
7
Foundation Components
7
Gasoline
6
Engine
6
Vacuum
6
Automatic Transmission
5

Severity Assessment

40
Crashes
8
Fires
27
Injuries
3
Deaths

Sample Complaint Reports

"WHILE PARKING AND APPLYING THE BRAKES PEDAL WOULD NOT DEPRESS. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WOULD NOT MOVE AND STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, CAUSING DRIVER TO HIT A CRUB AND THEN A PARKED VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN THE CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER'S BODY SHOP FOR REPAIRS. PLEASE PR..."
"WHILE PARKING AND APPLYING THE BRAKES PEDAL WOULD NOT DEPRESS. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WOULD NOT MOVE AND STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, CAUSING DRIVER TO HIT A CRUB AND THEN A PARKED VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN THE CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER'S BODY SHOP FOR REPAIRS. PLEASE PR..."
"WHILE PARKING AND APPLYING THE BRAKES PEDAL WOULD NOT DEPRESS. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WOULD NOT MOVE AND STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, CAUSING DRIVER TO HIT A CRUB AND THEN A PARKED VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN THE CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER'S BODY SHOP FOR REPAIRS. PLEASE PR..."

Source: NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Names and identifying details omitted.

When Were Complaints Filed?

Number of complaints by the year the issue occurred.

When Does Each Component Fail?

Median mileage at complaint for top components.

Unknown Or Other 8 complaints
25th: 42,000 mi Median: 42,000 mi 75th: 82,000 mi

Where Are Complaints Coming From?

Top states by complaint count.

TX: 20 GA: 20 PA: 15 FL: 14 IL: 13 NY: 13 CA: 11 MD: 11 OH: 10 NC: 10

Who Files Complaints?

47.2%
Original Owners
52.8%
Second+ Owners

Plymouth Neon — Other Years

See how this model compares across different model years.

YearComplaintsCrashes
199571177
199647641
199723422
199823723
1999828
20017418

Data source: View this vehicle on NHTSA.gov | NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Public domain.

Methodology: Complaint counts and mileage distributions are computed directly from consumer-reported NHTSA complaints. This data represents reported issues, not failure rates — vehicles without complaints are not represented. Full methodology.

Data through: 2026-03-28