Neons, esp. the 95-97 Model years, had many fun little defects. Most notable of these glitches was the head gasket A mixture of cheap materials used in it were prone to failure, a large part of it being that the material was degraded by antifreeze. It was not uncommon for these little buggers to blow up between twenty five to seventy thousand miles. Other defects, include poorly applied paint that didn't properly set onto the primer, for some reason white being the worst of the bunch, and the alternator going tits up without good reason. Yes, those of you wondering, I owned one, and the pain hasn't stopped yet, even after paying the junkyard people to push the big red button to end its miserable life and perhaps become something more useful, like a soda can