1996 Plymouth Neon LX 2.0
Summary:
It is a good car, but too expensive in repairs
Faults:
My head gasket blew 3 week ago. It is now being fixed and it is costing me $1,000.00.
General Comments:
The car has good mileage, but it is expensive to pay for repairs to the head gasket.
That is the only problem I had with my car, which I've had for 6 monthes now.
I also have to get my odometer fixed because it doesn't work sometimes.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? No
Review Date: 7th October, 2004
4th Feb 2004, 19:36
Assuming that the problems you mentioned were the WORST ones you experienced, it is difficult to understand your negative rating of the car. The speaker problems are certainly not indicative of the overall quality-maybe you just got cheap speakers and/or turned up the volume too loud, blowing them out. Likewise for the brake pads-cheap quality pads, hard driving or sticking calipers could have caused rapid wear.
The fact that you got almost 100K miles out of the car implies some degree of reliabilty.
Sorry, but none of the problems you described, with the possible exception of the oil leak, would seem to indicate a lack of quality or workmanship in the car itself.
You may very well experience similar problems with your Civic, based on the comments of others on this board.