Dodge Neon Complaints (1995)

976 consumer complaints on file.

#744780May 1, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM) FAILED CAUSING HESITATION AND STALLING AT CITY AND HIGHWAY SPEEDS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#887165April 30, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
A MAJOR OIL LEAK WHICH HAS CAUSED VEHICLE TO CUT OFF WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. ALSO, HEAD GASKET BLEWOUT. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, AND THEY HAD REPLACED PARTS; BUT, PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FUTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#886891April 26, 2001
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
WHEN MAKING TURNS IN EITHER DIRECTION THERE IS A LOUD CREAKING SOUND. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, WHO FOUND LOWER STEERING COLUMN COUPLER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE IS A RECALL 97V169000; BUT, THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744542April 25, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WE ARE TOLD 1995 NEONS HAD A NOTICE CALLING FOR A NEW THROTTLE PLATE AT A 200+ COST UNBENOUNCED TO THE CUSTOMER THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT DRIVING IN TRAFFIC AND JUST STOPPED NO WARNING AT ALL .*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#560878April 23, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN SHOP FOR OVER FOURTEEN DAYS, CONSUMER STATES THAT DEALER HAS FOUND OTHER DAMAGE THAT INCLUDES PISTON RINGS AND OTHER ENGINE PARTS, IN WHICH HE ONLY ANTICIPATED THE LABOR FOR HEAD GASKET FAILURE, DEALERSHIP IS COVERING PARTS, DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY THE HEAD GASKET FAILURE AND OVERHEATING CONDITIONL *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744408April 23, 2001
STEERING:LINKAGES
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#886383April 20, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING DOWN A SMOOTH SURFACE ROAD BOTH PASSENGER'S AND DRIVER'S AIRBAGS UNEXPECTEDLY DEPLOYED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744116April 16, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885982April 16, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
OVER A PERIOD OF TIME VEHICLE WAS LEAKING OIL. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF PROBLEM. CONSUMER HAD HEAD GASKET REPLACED AT 83 THOUSAND MILES. WHEN DRIVING AT 40 MPH VEHICLE CUT OFF WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER NOTICED PARTS WITHIN ENGINE COMPARTMENT HAD FAILED. ALSO, HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING OIL WHICH CAUSED THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#743984April 13, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
MY DODGE NEON SPORT FAILED TO STOP WHEN I PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL. I PRESSED THE PEDAL HARDER; THE CAR DID NOT STOP. (THERE WAS PLENTY OF PEDAL; THE PEDAL DID NOT GO TO THE FLOOR. I CRASHED INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885905April 13, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HAD NOTICED A LARGE PUDDLE OF OIL ON GARAGE FLOOR. TOOK TO MECHANIC AND HAD IT CHECKED. WAS INFORMED THAT SEALS WERE NOT INVOLVED, BUT HEAD GASKETS WERE CAUSING LEAKAGE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885711April 11, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED OVERHEATING AND LOSS OF COOLANT WHILE DRIVING. TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, AND INFORMED CONSUMER OF A HEAD GASKET FAILURE. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED THAT IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A RECALL. *AK *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#560676April 6, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HEAD GASKET FAILURE, POSSIBLE ENGINE PROBLEMS, MANUFACTURER HAS DENIED ASSISTANCE FOR THE REPAIRS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#560685April 6, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
THE FUEL PUMP HAS FAILED SIX TIMES WHILE DRIVING CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#743637April 6, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
I BOUGHT VEH IN DEC OF 1998 HAVE MADE $2000.00 WORTH OF ENGINE REPAIRS SINCE 02/01/00 WHICH CONSISTED OF REPLACING ENTIRE ENGINE NOW A YEAR LATER MY VEH IS LEAKING OIL AGAIN FROM THE REAR MAIN SEAL WHICH WILL BE ANOTHER $400.00 DOLLARS TO REPAIR AND I STILL OWE 4000.00 ON THE VEHICLE WITH THE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS ON THE ENGINES ON THESE CARS YOU WOULD THINK SOMETHING WOULD BE DONE I CANT KEEP REPLACING ENGINES EVERY YEAR. DODGE HAS REALLY SCREWED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ON THIS VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885137April 5, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE GAUGE WENT INTO THE RED, CONSUMER TURNED OFF CAR TO COOL. TWO DAYS LATER, MECHANIC SAID IT WAS A BUTSTED HEAD GASKET.*AK CONSUMER STATED ENGINE DAMAGE FROM OVERHEATING INCLUDED PISTON RINGS AND CRANKSHAFT BEARINGS. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#785378March 31, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
BRAKES ARE CONTINUALLY EXPERIENCING EXCESSIVE WEAR, CONSUMER HAS REPLACED THE BRAKES ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS SINCE OWNERSHIP, LAST REPAIR ON 3/17/01. *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742700March 20, 2001
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
I JUST HAD THE CLUTCH REPAIRED, AND WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC THAT MY HEAD GASKET IS CAUSING SERIOUS OIL LEAK AND NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED, I WAS TOLD THE DEALERSHIP SHOULD REPAIR THIS SINCE IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH NEONS, MECHANIC STATED HE NOTICE THIS PROBLEM WITH NEONS HE HAS REPAIRED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883458March 20, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
BRAKES STARTED SQUEAKING, AND SOUNDED LIKE METAL AGAINST METAL. CONSUMER HAS HAD BRAKES AND ROTORS CHANGED EVERY TWO TO THREE MILES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742527March 16, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
2 WEEKS PRIOR TO REPORTED INCIDENT VEHICLE HAD A COOLANT LEAK. GARAGE FOUND THAT THE COOLANT RESEVOIR HAD SPLIT AND REPLACED IT. ON THE 9TH MARCH MY WIFE DROVE THE CAR AND DROPPED A COLLEGE OF TO PICK UP HIS CAR AT A GARAGE. WHEN SHE RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND PROCEEDED TO DRIVE IT SHE NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE DID NOT SOUND RIGHT. SHORTLY AFTER THE CAR STARTED TO WOBBLE, THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON AND THE TEMPERTURE GAUGE STARTED TO CLIMB HIGHER. SHE ARRIVED HOME, I RANG THE GARAGE, TOLD THEM OF THE SYMPTOMS AND WAS TOLD TO BRING THE CAR IN. ON STARTING IT UP I NOTICED A LOT OF BLUE GREY SMOKE COME OUT OF THE EXHAUST. THE VEHICLE DROVE WITH NO PROBLEMS TO THE GARAGE. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE SHOWED A COOLANT LEAK, WHEN THE HEAD GASKET WAS TAKEN OFF THERE WERE 2 CRACKS ON THE ENGINE BLOCK. THE ESTIMATED COST OF A TEMPORARY REPAIR IS $1000, BUT THERE IS NO GUARANTEE HOW LONG THE REPAIR WOULD LAST. THE ONLY OTHER OPTION WAS A NEW ENGINE WHICH IS OUT OF THE QUESTION. I CANNOT UNDERSTAND HOW THIS PROBLEM COULD OCCUR WITH ONLY 76K ON THE CLOCK. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED USED WITH 45K ON THE CLOCK IN SEPTEMBER 1997. SINCE THEN IT HAS BEEN SERVICED ACCORDING TO THE MANUFACTURERS INSTRUCTION, WITH AN OIL AND FILTER CHANGE EVERY 3 MONTHS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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