Dodge Neon Complaints (1997)

390 consumer complaints on file.

#855257January 20, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN APPYING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP VEHICLE, BRAKES WILL NOT STOP INTO A FEW FEETS AWAY, AND THE PEDAL FEELS HARD AND HIGH. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#855111January 19, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
OIL IS LEAKING FROM THE RIGHT ENGINE HEAD GASKET WHICH COULD CAUSE THE ENGINE TO LOCK UP. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717570January 19, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
FAULTY, LEAKING HEAD GASKET, SREVICE DEPT. SAYS ALL NEONS HAVE SAME PROBLEM, LEAK CAUSES LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE WHILE DRIVING
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717052January 7, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716715January 1, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
WHILE BRAKING IN LINE OF TRAFFIC BRAKES DID NOT WORK, CRUISE CONTROL SEEMED TO ENGAGE,CAR WOULD NOT STOP. HIT CAR IN FRONT, THAT CAR HIT NEXT IN LINE. RECEIVED SUMMONS BUT AT LATER DATE FOUND NOT GUILTY AND FINE RETURNED. INSPECTION SAID CRUISE WAS OK. ON 23/25/99 BRAKES AGAIN FAILED TIL CRUISE CONTROL WAS HIT AT OFF BUTTON. CRUISE WAS NOT IN USE - HAS NOT BEEN USED SINCE 1996 ACCIDENT. CRUISE CONTROL WAS NOT CONNECTED AT TIME OF PURCHASE - NORTHTOWN DODGE CONNECTED 10/4/96 WHEN FOUND CRUISE DID NOT WORK. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#854406December 27, 1999
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING 30-35 MPH WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION IN WHICH NEITHER DRIVER'S SIDE NOR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716310December 21, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716062December 15, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
I HAVE HAD MY CAR CHECKED OUT BY A MECHANIC AND HE HAS STATED THAT THE OIL LEAK IS COMING FROM THE CYLINDER HEAD IN THE BACK OF THE MOTOR. HE ALSO STATED THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT & THAT I SHOULD TAKE IT BACK TO A DODGE DEALER TO GET REPAIRED. THIS IS NOT A SAFETY RELATED ISSUE, BUT IT IS A COSTLY MECHANICAL REPAIR ISSUE THAT I FEEL NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO FOR POSSIBLE RECALL TO REPAIR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#853856December 8, 1999
STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID
TRUNK LEAKS WHEN IT RAINS MATS AND PANEL SMELL . IT SEEMS TO BE COMING THROUGH THE VENTS OF THE TRUNK . DEALER WAS CONTACTED, BUT NO COAPERATION. MANUFACTURER WAS CALLED, BUT CAN'T GET THROUGH TO THEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#853809December 7, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CONSUMER HAD TAKEN VEHICLE FOR REPAIRS BECAUSE OIL WAS LEAKING. TECHNICIAN TOLD CONSUMER THAT IT WAS DUE TO THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLOWING OUT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#715511December 1, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE FIRST PROBLEM I HAD WITH THIS CAR WAS THE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT. CHRYSLER AGREED TO PAY FOR IT (THE $1000 WAS MY ESTIMATE OF WHAT IT COST TO REPLACE THE GASKET). THE SECOND PROBLEM WAS THE THROTTLE ASSEMBLY AND COIL PACK QUIT WORKING, BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. I PAID $600 OUT OF MY POCKET TO FIX THEM. THE THIRD PROBLEM WAS THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING AND THE CAR WILL NOT GO INTO REVERSE WHEN ITS COLD. THE FOURTH MOST CURRENT PROBLEM IS THE BRAKES ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY THE PEDAL WILL NOT GO DOWN AND THE DEALER SAYS ITS PROBABLY SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE VACUUM SYSTEM. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS FOR THE TRANSMISSION, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE ADMITTED THAT THEY HAVE PROBLEMS WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS PER INFORMATION I OBTAINED FROM A WEB SITE CALLED LEMON- AID. ****** I WILL NEVER BUY A DODGE AGAIN!!! I'M SPREADING THE WORD. I COME INTO CONTACT WITH MANY PEOPLE EVERDAY. SO SORRY DODGE!!!******
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#783588November 23, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE VEHICLE HAS HAD TWO HEAD GASKETS BLOWN, IN A TWELVE MONTH PERIOD. *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#853221November 22, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKETS MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING HESITATION AND STALLING WHICH MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#853241November 22, 1999
WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS
WHILE DRIVING WHEEL WENT FLAT. STARTED TO CHANGE THE TIRE & NOTICED THE STUDS HAD BROKEN COMPLETELY. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER & WAS INFORMED BY THE MECHANIC IT WAS OWNER'S FAULT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#853090November 18, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
KEPT HAVING A LEAKE. TOOK IN VEHICLE TO BE SERVICED, TIRE TO BE ROTATED. CAR INSPECTED, AND THEY NOTICED ENGINE HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING, COMING FROM THE O-RINGS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#714719November 13, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
OIL LEAK FOR QUITE A WHILE. MECHANIC SAID COMMON TO 97 . *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#714445November 7, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
STARTED AS SMALL OIL LEAK, KEPT GETTING WORSE. TOLD 3-4 WEEKS AGO THERE WAS A BAD HEAD GASKET AND A CHRYSLER ZONE REP WOULD BE CONTACTED. HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET BUT I'M WAITING FOR A CALL ON MONDAY. I WAS TOLD THERE WERE 3-4 OTHER NEONS IN THE SHOP WHEN MY CAR WAS BEING CHECKED THE FIRST TIME. ALSO TOLD THAT ALL VEHICLES WITH SAME ENGINE ARE HAVING PROBLEMS BUT GIVEN NO FURTHER DETAILS. TOLD NOT TO PUT MONEY INTO MY CAR IF I WAS GOING TO GET RID OF IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#714415November 6, 1999
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
NO SUMMARY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#852342November 1, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
OIL IS SPLATTERING OUT OF ENGINE. CONSUMER HAS TO CONTINUALLY PUT OIL IN VEHICLE. CHRSLER TOLD CONSUMER TO GO TO AN AUTHORIZED CHRSLER DEALER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#852274November 1, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING OIL LEAKS OUT OF THE ENGINE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT . PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FUTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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