1996 Dodge Neon air bags problems
45 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 1996 Dodge Neon, which is 5% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 45 5% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 33 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 23 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 33 crashes, 1 fire, 23 injuries.
What owners wrote
In august of 1999, due to a health problem (unknown to me), I fell asleep at the wheel of my 1996 neon. I awoke in time to force the car over to a grassy median between two parts of a four lane highway. The car flew twenty or so feet in the air, making impact with the grass, and continuing without power steering, etc., for approximately. 300 feet. While in the air, my left arm broke the driver side window.
The vehicle horn sounded on its own. Consumer stated the only way to stop horn from blowing was to disconnect the fuse. Ts horn continued to sound after fuse replacement. Consumer had to bang on horn switch in order to stop sound. Horn switch is part of air bag assembly therefore air bag assembly needed to be replaced.
Other problems reported for the 1996 Dodge Neon
- Engine 364 complaints
- Electrical system 105 complaints
- Brakes 104 complaints
- Transmission 33 complaints
- Body & structure 25 complaints
- Steering 24 complaints
- Lighting 22 complaints
- Fuel system 21 complaints