1997 Dodge Neon air bags problems
41 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 1997 Dodge Neon, which is 7% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 41 7% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 31 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 21 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 31 crashes, 3 fires, 21 injuries.
What owners wrote
After frontal impact, air bag took 2 minutes after the impact to deploy. Liquid in air bag caused drivers shirt to catch on fire, and burned her arms.. Consumer stated he hit a utility pole.
Consumer stated her brakes failed. There was a multi-car accident on the beltway. As she approached she saw the truck in front of her apply his brakes, she then applied her brakes. Her vehicle did not stop and the vehicle rear ended the truck in front of her. The air bags did not deploy, and she received some musculoskeletal injuries and was very sore. Her vehicle was totaled. Daimlerchrysler won't claim any responsibility for the defect on the vehicle. *scc
Other problems reported for the 1997 Dodge Neon
- Engine 225 complaints
- Brakes 52 complaints
- Electrical system 36 complaints
- Body & structure 24 complaints
- Transmission 23 complaints
- Cooling system 19 complaints
- Seat belts 17 complaints
- Lighting 16 complaints