Dodge Neon Complaints (1995)

976 consumer complaints on file.

#850073October 6, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE HEAD GASKETS HAVE CRACKED PREMATURALLY, RESULTING IN OIL LEAKAGE ONTO THE ENGINE. DEALER HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, AND THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#712641October 1, 1999
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
AC FAILED TOTAL SIX TIMES DEFROST 2
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#849331September 29, 1999
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND ANOTHER CAR PULLED IN FRONT OF HER CAR AND HIT CONSUMER ON DRIVER'S SIDE. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAG PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. NO INJURIES REPORTED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#848816September 27, 1999
SUSPENSION
WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, TIRES AND THE STEERING KEEP SHAKING AND THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN INTO THE SHOP FOUR TIMES ,AND THE DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#846202September 23, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ENGINE HEAD GASKETS HAS BLOWN OUT TWICE, RESULTING IN AN OIL LEAKAGE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK TIMING BELT WAS CHANGED AT 61,524 MILES. SWITCH FOR OIL INDICATOR BURNED OUT CAUSING OIL LEAKAGE (5-11-98). *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#711773September 22, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM
8 BRAKE FAILURES (METAL TO METAL) WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED SERIOUS INJURIES. BRAKE FAILURES AT THE FOLLOWING MILEAGES; 4714, 8365, 10773, 16695, 21193. 23695, 43024, 48115. MOST OF THE BRAKE FAILURES WERE DUE TO CRYSTALLIZATION OF THE BRAKE PADS. CHRYSLER REPLACES PADS FREE OF CHARGE 1ST 4 BRAKE FAILURES AND #7 AND #8 FAILURES. CHRYSLER DID NOT OFFER LEMON LAW PROTECTION EVEN WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A POSSIBLE FATAL ACCIDENT WITH THE TERRIBLE BRAKE SYSTEM ON THIS 1995 NEON
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#848274September 21, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
WHILE DRIVING FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS AND PARKING THE CAR CONSUMER NOTICED SPARKS COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD, VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#711724September 21, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
THE CAR STALLS INTERMITTENTLY WHILE BEING DRIVEN. SOMETIMES IT WILL RESTART, OTHER TIMES IT WILL NOT. WE HAVE CONTACTED A DEALER, SEVERAL MECHANICS AND DODGE/CHRYSLER THEMSELVES. NO ONE CAN DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM AND WE WERE TOLD BY CHRYSLER TO KEEP DRIVING TILL IT HAPPENS AGAIN. SINCE THIS HAS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING 55MPH ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY, WE ARE, NEEDLESS TO SAY, CURRENTLY NOT DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR SAFETY REASONS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#831807September 15, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
OIL LEAKAGE IS OCCURRING DUE TO A BAD ENGINE GASKET, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO STALL. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#847352September 9, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
ENGINE LEAKS OIL. THE BRAKE PADS WEAR OUT EVERY 6 MONTHS & HAVE TO BE CHANGED. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALER & INFORMED THE LEAKING IS FROM CRACKED ENGINE HEAD GASKET. HEAD GASKETS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#847413September 9, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH WITHOUT AND WITH NO PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE STALLS AND ACCELERATES ON ITS OWN. ALSO UPON APPLYING THE BRAKES, PEDAL IS SOFT AND THE VEHICLE OVERHEATS AND SHUTS DOWN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#532834September 8, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
ACCIDENT DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#711003September 6, 1999
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR, STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
LOSS OF STEERING OCCURRED WHEN I DROVE THROUGH A PUDDLE OF WATER DURING A RAINSTORM AND THE STEERING POWER WAS CUT CAUSING ME TO HIT A CONCRETE CURB AT ABOUT 15 MPH IN A PARKING LOT SCRATCHING THE PAINT ON THE FRONT BUMPER. SECOND THE WIRING IN THE DOME SWITCH IN THE PASSENGER DOOR AND THE WIRES IN THE LIGHTS ON REMINDER IN THE DRIVER'S DOOR IS SHORTED CAUSING THEM NOT TO WORK PROPERLY. AFTER THE RECALL FOR THE STEERING COUPLER WAS PERFORMED THE CAR TENDS TO PULL TO THE RIGHT AND THE STEERING WHEEL IS NOT "STRAIGHT" WHEN DRIVING ON A STRAIGHT ROAD 2 ALIGNMENTS HAVE BEEN PERFORMED AND THE PROBLEM IS STILL NOT CORRECTED. THE HOOD IS NOT PROPERLY ATTACHED AND THE HOOD HITS THE RIGHT FENDER NOW CAUSING RUST TO FORM. THE ORIGINAL BATTERY ALSO CORRODED THROUGH BOTH TERMINALS FIRST CAUSING THE CAR NOT TO EVEN START THEN AFTER THE TERMINALS WERE REPLACED CAUSED THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT TO REMAIN LIT UNTIL THE TERMINAL WAS REPLACED AGAIN. ALSO FINALLY THE BRAKES MAKE LOUD SCREECHING NOISE WHEN APPLIED AND WHEN I HAD THEM CHECKED WAS TOLD IT WAS "BREAK DUST AND NOT TO WORRY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#548299September 1, 1999
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, WHEELS:HUB
AIR CONDITION FAILED DUE TO COMPRESSOR FAILURE. MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#782871August 31, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HEAD GASKET FAILED. *ET
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#846180August 31, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE HEAD GASKET DOES NOT FIT PROPERLY, CAUSING THE GASKETS TO BLOW OUT/ENGINE TO CEASE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TOWED IN, AND DEALER HAD THE HEAD GASKET REPLACED TWICE BY THE DEALER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#710536August 26, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING AND THE MECHANIC AT A LOCAL DEALER HAS SAID THAT THAT IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM FOR THE NEON'S.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#837666August 25, 1999
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A VERY MINOR COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. PASSENGER'S AIR BAG CAUGHT ON FIRE. PASSENGER SUSTAINEDBURNS ON HIS RIGHT HAND FINGERS. VEHICLE SMELLED LIKE BURNE DNYLON FIBER. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#548034August 24, 1999
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
AIR CONDITIONER HAS NEVER WORKED. MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#845612August 23, 1999
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
VEHICLE WAS AT A STANDSTILL WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE REARENDED THE DODGE NEON, CAUSING THE DRIVER'S SEAT TO COLLAPSE BACKWARDS, AND OBSCURING DRIVER'S VIEW OF THE ROAD. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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