2000 Dodge Neon & 2000 Plymouth Neon recall: suspension
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. The front suspension lower control arms may have been inadequately welded between the pivot tube and the arm.
💥 The risk
This inadequate welding could allow the tube to separate from the arm, resulting in a loss of vehicle control.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will replace the lower control arm.
Is the fix free? Yes. Safety recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer under federal law, including parts and labor. (Vehicles more than 15 years old when the recall was announced can be excluded, but most manufacturers still fix them.)
- NHTSA campaign
- 99V114000
- Manufacturer recall #
- 826
- Manufacturer
- DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
- Vehicles affected
- 744
- Component
- SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
- Owner phone
- 1-800-992-1997
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- May 31, 1999
- Built
- Nov 15, 1998 – Jan 31, 1999
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Owner notification began may 31,1999.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact chrysler at 1-800-992-1997. Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).