Dodge Neon Complaints

3,495 consumer complaints on file.

#869840September 7, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
SPRING IN THE GAS PEDAL BROKE WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, CAUSING IT TO FLY STRAIGHT UP. DEALER HAS BEEN OCNTACTED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#869756September 6, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING AT 35MPH HAD A FRONTAL IMPACT WITH A SUBARU LEGACY, AND DRIVER/ PASSENGER AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND DID NOT PROTECT OCCUPANTS IN THIS CRASH. NO PRIOR PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRBAG SYSTEM. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#730223September 5, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE HEAD GASKET, AND BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPORTED UNMERIOUS TIMES BY OTHERS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#869547September 5, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WHEN CONSUMER CHANGES GEARS VEHICLE STOPS WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE, AND LOSES POWER. ALSO, TIRES TREAD WAS DEFECTIVE. SHE WILL CONTACT DEALERSHIP.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#869610September 5, 2000
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND ANOTHER VEHICLE VEERED INTO HER VEHICLE, AND IT WAS TOTALED. DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED. FATHER OF THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED ABOUTH THE COLOR OF DEBRIS THAT CAME FROM AIRBAG. BLUE COLORING BURNED CONSUMER'S SHIRT. CONSUMER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#869451September 5, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH SWERVED TO AVOID HITTING A CAT CONSUMER STRUCK A TREE, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#869507September 5, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
CIRCUIT BOARD WAS DEFECTIVE, CAUSING SPEEDOMETER TO TOGGLE. RECALL 96V026000 HAS BEEN ISSUED; HOWEVER THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729721August 31, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
THE CAR HAS A MANUAL TRANSAXEL. IT JERKS WHEN SHIFTING AND WHEN RELEASING FOOT FROM GAS AND RETURN WHEN DRIVING IN ALL GEARS. ACTS LIKE INCORRECT FUEL/AIR MIXTURE. DEALER CLAIMS THIS IS NORMAL. IT IS ELUSIVE BUT NOT NORMAL. IT COULD PROVE DANGEROUS MERGING ONTO FREEWAY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729613August 30, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
HEAD GASKET LEAKS, CAUSED OIL TO LEAK INTO RADIATOR, OIL LEAK CAUSES SMOKE-SMELL TO COME OFF OF ENGINE. ITS AMAZING HOW MANY NEONS HAVE THIS PROBLEM BUT YET THERE IS NO RECALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#869115August 30, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HEAD GASKET HAS BLOWN AT ONLY 25,000 MILES, CAUSING VEHICLE TO HEAT UP. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#869055August 29, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WAS REALLY HOT, IT WOULD SOUND LIKE SOMEONE BLOW A BULL HORN. MECHANIC SAID THE LEFT AND RIGHT BEARINGS MALFUNCTIONED. CONSUMER STATED THE ENGINE LOST POWER WHILE IN TRAFFIC AND VEHICLE MISSED. THIS HAPPENED EVERY 8000 MILES.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#869004August 29, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT
WHEN DRIVING AND UPON MAKING A LEFT OR RIGHT HAND TURN CONSUMER NOTICED A POPPING SOUND COMING FROM FRONT. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED FOUR TIMES, AND HAS NOT REPLACED PARTS, BUT JOINTS WERE OILED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868974August 28, 2000
SUSPENSION
VEHICLE VIBRATES REAL BADLY. DEALER TOLD CONSUMER TO BRING VEHICLE IN, BUT PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. DEALER WAS SUPPOSE TO CALL IN 2-3 DAYS, BUT TO THIS DATE HASN'T CALLED. VEHICLE CAN'T EXCEED OVER 65MPH.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729173August 26, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
OVERHEATING. LOCAL MECHANIC SUSPECTS HEAD GASKET PROBLEM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729206August 26, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
SPEEDOMETER, ODOMETER, TRIP METER, GAS AND TEMP GAUGES WILL ALL STOP WORKING. SOMETIMES THEY'LL ALL WORK, SOMETIMES THEY'LL ALL QUIT. THE SPEEDOMETER, ODOMETER AND TRIPMETER WILL ALL GO OUT EVERY TIME I DRIVE THE CAR AFTER IT'S BEEN RUNNING ABOUT 20 MINUTES. THE GAS AND TEMP GAUGES WILL GO OUT OCCASIONALLY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729222August 26, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
DODGE NEON SUCK!!!!! I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE ON 1/5/97 AND HEAD GASKET FAIL ON 1/24/97. I HAVE PAID TO REPLACE THE HEAD GASKET THREE TIMES. THE DEALERSHIP HAS FAIL AND UNABLE TO SUCCEED IN FIXING THE PROBLEM TIL THIS DAY AND HEAD GASKET IS STILL LEAKING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729035August 25, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
SINCE THE PURCHASE OF MY NEON IN MAY '95, I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT COSTLY PROBLEMS. THIS PAST YEAR, ALONE, THE REPAIR, TOWING, AND CAR RENTAL EXPENSES HAVE EXCEEDED $5000.00. THIS CAR IS COSTING ME A FORTUNE TO MAINTAIN, AS THESE ARE MAJOR COMPONENTS THAT ARE MALFUNCTIONING. THE ITEMS I HAVE REGISTERED COMPLAINTS ON ARE JUST A FEW OF THE ITEMS I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH. IN JUST OVER A YEAR, I HAVE HAD TO HAVE A HEAD GASKET REPLACED, MY AIR COMPRESSOR SEIZED, ALMOST RESULTING IN A FIRE, MY THROTTLE BODY HAD TO BE REPLACED, THEY STILL CAN'T DETERMINE WHY MY BRAKES SQUEAL CONSTANTLY. ALTHOUGH I HAVE HEARD THAT THIS, AMONG OTHER THINGS, IS A VERY COMMON AND DANGEROUS PROBLEM WITH THE '95 NEONS. MY MY ENGINE CONTROLLER HAD TO BE SUPPOSEDLY UPDATED, MY ENGINE SKIPS, BUT THE DEALER SAYS NOTHING IS WRONG WITH IT. MY WARNING LIGHTS DON'T WORK, WITH THESE PROBLEMS, YOU WOULD THINK THAT YOU WOULD HAVE SOME KIND OF WARNING. AND NOW, I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE GEAR SHIFT CABLES, AND AS OF YESTERDAY, I HAD A CLUTCH CABLE SNAP WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED TRANSMISSION DAMAGE. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE CLUTCH CABLE HAS BEEN UPDATED 3 TIMES FOR THE '95 NEON BECAUSE OF PROBLEMS WITH IT, I WILL BE INVESTIGATING THIS FURTHER. MY AIR COMPRESSOR HAS MALFUNCTIONED TWICE SINCE I HAVE HAD THE CAR, AS WELL AS THE EVAPORATOR. FOR WHAT IT HAS COST ME TO REPAIR THIS CAR, BECAUSE CHRYSLER REFUSES TO ADMIT FAULT, ALTHOUGH IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THIS MODEL AND YEAR IS A LEMON, I COULD BE DRIVING A MERCEDES BENZ!! I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO DISAPPOINTED IN A VEHICLE AS I AM WITH THIS NEON! AND OBVIOUSLY I AM CERTAINLY NOT THE ONLY PERSON WITH CONSTANT PROBLEMS AND ASTRONOMICAL REPAIR COSTS BEING INCURRED. IT IS QUITE OBVIOUS BY THIS DATABASE THAT THERE ARE MANY OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE SAME BOAT I AM IN. CHRYSLER HAS MADE NOT ONLY A POOR PRODUCT, BUT ALSO A DANGEROUS PRODUCT. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THEY WOULD KNOWINGLY SELL A VEHICLE TO SO MANY PEOPLE WITH THE PROBLEMS THAT THE NEON HAS HAD. THIEVES!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729094August 25, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
NO SUMMARY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868691August 25, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH VEHICLE STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE IN THE REAR, AND SEAT BELTS DID NOT RESTRAIN, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868706August 25, 2000
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
WHEN DRIVING ANDFOR NO APPARENT REASON AND WITHOUT OPERATOR OPERATING WINDSHIELD WIPER SWITCH WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL TURN OFF AND ON. PROBLEM IS LINKED TO AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. ALSO, NOTE CAR ALARM OFTEN SOUNDS OFF. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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