Dodge Neon Complaints

3,495 consumer complaints on file.

#785925March 21, 2002
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE IS LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#9003222March 21, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
INTERMITTENT ENGINE DIES AND WILL NOT RESTART UNTIL CAR SETS AND COOLS DOWN FOR A WHILE, DIAGNOSE FUEL PUMP TO BE THE CAUSE OF ENGINE STALLING. ON ANOTHER OCCASSION CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON, HAS BEEN LOOKED AT SEVERAL TIMES AND TOLD IT HAS A TSB OPEN, TEST DROVE AND INSTALLED DRB. #4 CYLINDER MISFIRE. ERASE DTC AND RETEST, NO MISFIRE PRESENT. REPROGRAM PCM PER TSB 18-46-98 TEST DROVE OK. DEFECTIVE RADIATOR (REPAIR),
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#759610March 21, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, TIRES, VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC., EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL
CHRYSLER SOLD NEONS WITH KNOWN FACTORY DEFECTS AS EVIDENCED BY ISSUANCE OF 70 TSBS AND FAILED TO RECALL CARS WHICH ARE HIGHWAY HAZARDS.TO DATE, I HAVE SPENT $10,088.79 ON REPAIRS DUE TO THESE KNOWN DEFECTS. TWO HEAD GASKETS, CYLINDER HEADS, CAM SEALS AND SENSORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY THE DEALER UNDER CHRYSLER'S "SECRET WARRANTY"--AT 20,871 AND 54,049 MILES. NOW SUPPOSEDLY ONLY DEFECTIVE CAMSENSORS ARE THE PROBLEM. OTHER DEFECTS BEGINNING 20,000 MILES: RADIO/TAPE PLAYER, VIBRATION, CLINKLING/CLUNKING SOUND, STEERING WHEEL SHAKE, "TOE" PROBLEM DUE TO FAULTY DESIGN RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE TIRE CONSUMPTION (TIRE & WHEEL RUN OUT), ABS FAILURE, BRAKE FAILURE DUE TO FAULTY DESIGN, BRAKE HOWLING, BRAKE METAL TO METAL CONTACT, NEED FOR LARGER BRAKE DRUMS, TRUNK WEATHERSTRIPPING DEFECTIVE, FAULTY DESIGN RESULTS IN LEAKS TO INTERIOR, LOWER CONTROL ARM DEFECTIVE, CANNOT HOLD ALIGNMENT, SUSPENSION SYSTEM DEFECTIVE, TIRES COLLAPSE AND FLY OFF, AC FAILURE (HOSE LEAKS, COMPRESSOR REPLACED), NEW BATTERIES REPEATED REPLACED ( AAA CALLED 12 TIMES AND RECHARGER PURCHASED) NOW A TBS SAYS THIS IS DUE TO A DEFECTIVE RKE TRANSMITTER, 02 SENSORS, VARIOUS SEALS LEAK, WIRING DEFECTIVE, TRANSMISSION REPLACED (NOTHING BUT SHARDS OF METAL LEFT--ON DISPLAY AT TRANSMISSION SHOP), TRANSAXLE DIFFERENTIAL REPLACED, OIL LEAKAGE, LIFETIME BRAKES REPLACED EVERY 6 MONTHS, INSUFFICIENT POWER ON INCLINE, WITH PARKING BRAKE AND FOOT BRAKE ON CAR ROLLS OR LURCHES WHEN IGNITION TURNED OFF, STEERING COLUMN SHAKES VIOLENTLY AT 45 MPH, DIFFICULT TO STEER AT UNDER 45 MPH, DRIVER SIDE REAR VIEW MIRROR FELL OFF, TURN SIGNAL DEFECTIVE, SEPARATION OF LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT, WHEELCOVER LOSS DUE TO MISSING OR LOOSE BOLTS, RIM REPLACEMENTS DUE TO TIRES FLYING OFF, OIL LEAK, GLOVE COMPARTMENT LATCH FAILURE, POOR DESIGN WITH NO LIGHTS AROUND LIGHTER, AND OTHER MINOR PROBLEMS. CHRYSLER IS A NEGLIGENT MANUFACTURER AND ALL NEONS SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF THE ROAD. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8006079March 20, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 35 MPH, STEPPED ON BRAKES PEDAL BUT BRAKES DID NOT ACTIVATE, AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. VEHICLE HAD CRASHED INTO THE GUARDRAIL. DEALER HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8006080March 20, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY
CONSUMER HAD NOTICED A PIN HOLE ON RADIATOR WATER HOSE WHICH HAD TO BE REPLACED. DEALER COULD NOT DETERMIBE HOW IT WAS CAUSED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8006082March 20, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 35 MPH AND WHEN APPLYING BRAKES LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO GUARDRAILS. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8005917March 19, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING AT 40 MPH WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE STRUCK CONSUMER'S VEHICLE ON LEFT FRONT SIDE. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8005929March 19, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING HEAD GASKET BLEWOUT WITHOUT WARNING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8005826March 18, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
VEHICLE IS SITTING IDLE FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES AND TEMPERATURE GAUGE GOES TO HOT. VEHICLE OVERHEATS. ONCE VEHICLE IS MOVING GAUGE GOES BACK DOWN. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#759489March 18, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ON 6/14/1999 I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALER FOR WARRANTY WORK.(35,784 MILES) BUSTED FRONT MOTOR MOUNT,, RATTLING WHEN CHANGING GEARS, WATER IN TAIL PIPE WHEN IT RAINED AND HIGH RPM, EVEN WHEN IDLING. THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE MOTOR MOUNT, THE HIGH RPM WAS NORMAL, THEY COULD FIND NO RATTLE AND NO PROBLEM WITH EXHAUST PIPE. I DEMANDED A REFUSAL IN WRITING ON THE MOTOR MOUNT. THEY ASKED TO KEEP THE CAR ANOTHER DAY AND RECHECK THE MOTOR MOUNT AND IT WAS NOW RAINING, THEY'D RECHECK THE EXHAUST PIPE NOISE. THEY SAID THEY REPLACED THE MOTOR MOUNT, BUT I COULD FIND NO EVIDENCE THAT THEY HAD ACTUALLY REPLACED IT. BEING FEMALE, WE ARE REGARDED AS MECHANICALLY IGNORANT AND MECHANICS WILL NOT LISTEN TO US IN MS. HAVING OUR OWN REPAIR SHOP FOR MANY YEARS, I PROBABLY FIXED MORE ENGINES IN MY TEENAGE YEARS THAN THEY DO IN THEIR CAREER. I HAD NO EXPERIENCE WITH THESE NEW FUEL INJECTED VEHICLES. THEY REFUSED TO LISTEN AND I COULDN'T WIN AGAINST A SO-CALLED SPECIALIST. AFTER A FEW MONTHS, I FOUND THE RATTLE IN REVERSE. IT WAS A BOLT ABOVE THE DRIVE SHAFT THAT WAS UNSCREWING ITSELF AND BANGING AGAINST THE DRIVE SHAFT. I TIGHTENED SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AND THEN MY FRIEND PUT SILICON ON IT AND IT HAS NEVER UNSCREWED ITSELF SINCE. THE WATER IN THE TAIL PIPE IS AN EXHAUST MANIFOLD LEAK AT THE MOTOR AND POSSIBLY A BUSTED HEAD GASKET. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT HAS CAUSED MY REAR MAIN SEAL TO START LEAKING AND I AM NOW GETTING OIL IN 2 OF MY SPARK PLUG AND IT HAS BURNT A VALVE IN MY ENGINE. IT NOW HAS 108000 MILES. PAID OFF IN 2 YEARS. THIS WAS MY FIRST CAR. DEALER SAID I COULDN'T GET EXTENDED WARRATY CAUSE MY CREDIT WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH. I PAID FULL PRICE, 13000 AND IT ALREADY HAD 127 MILES ON IT. THEY SAID THEY LIED TO CHRYSLER ABOUT MY INCOME TO GET ME FINANCED AND NO PROBLEM I'VE HAD WAS FIXED. I'M SINGLE MOM,LIVE IN COUNTRY. I'M DISABLED SINCE 2/2000. THE DEALER TOOK ADVANTAGE OF ME, NOW MY CAR NEEDS 1000'S IN REPAIRS CAUSED BY ORIGINAL COMPLAINT. I CAN'T FIX.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#564646March 15, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM
THE VEHICLE'S BRAKE BOOSTER HOSE WAS ON RECALL (01V-154), BUT THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THERE WERE NO PARTS TO REPLACE. CONSUMER STATED THAT THE DEALER WAS UNWILLING TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#564705March 15, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE HAS DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKETS CAUSING OIL LEAKS. HEAD GASKETS REPLACED TWICE. VEHILCE NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8005686March 14, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
FRONTAL COLLISION AT 15-20 MPH, AND NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. CONSUMER SUFFERED WHIPLASH. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE WAS $ 4000.00. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#8005622March 13, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WOULD RUN ROUGH AND LEAK OIL VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER, AND INFORMED OF A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8005635March 13, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING HEAD GASKET BLEWOUT. VEHICLE OVERHEATED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER. PROBLEM WAS REMEDIED. *AK THE MANUFACTURER REDESIGNED THE HEAD GASKET DUE TO NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM CONSUMERS, BUT REFUSED TO REIMBURSE THIS CONSUMER BECAUSE THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8005333March 11, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WAS OVERHEATING AND LEAKING OIL, CONSUMER REPLACED THERMOSTAT WHICH SUFFICED FOR 2 MONTHS, BUT VEHICLE STALLED OUT COMPLETELY, VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER. DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER OF A BLOWN HEAD GASKET, THIS WAS THE SECOND GASKET THAT WAS REPLACED WHICH WAS INSTALLED BY RECALL. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#759214March 11, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HEAD GASKET FAILED DUE TO WARPING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#759230March 11, 2002
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#759170March 10, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
BOTH AIRBAGS FAILED UPON VEHICLE REAR-ENDING A LARGER VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#759178March 10, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
OIL LEAK FIRST DOCUMENTED BY DEALER AT 30404 MI. PROBLEM CONTINUED TO WORSEN UNTIL HEADGASKET HAD TO BE REPLACED ON 3/4/02 AT 36794 MI. I HAVE HEARD AND READ ABOUT NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT BLOWN HEADGASKETS ON THE NEON AND STRATUS AND FELT I SHOULD GO ON RECORD WITH MY COMPLAINT. I HAVE DOCUMENTATION FOR ALL SERVICE DONE ON MY VEHICLE. THANK YOU. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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