Dodge Neon Complaints (2004)

94 consumer complaints on file.

#10461369June 12, 2012
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE NEON. THE CONTACT WAS MAKING REPAIRS TO THE VEHICLE WHEN HE NOTICED THAT THE AREA WHERE THE AIR INTAKE TUBE WAS CONNECTED TO THE IDLE AIR CONTROL UNIT, THE VEHICLE COULD POSSIBLY CAUSE UNINTENDED ACCELERATION IF THE CLAMP WAS NOT INSTALLED PROPERLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE RPMS WOULD INCREASE EXCESSIVELY AND THE VEHICLE WOULD TAKE ACCELERATE RAPIDLY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 179,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 06/28/12*LJ THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER, THERE WAS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT, BUT IF THE PART DID COME LOOSE, THE COMPUTER IN THE VEHICLE WOULD DECREASE THE RPM'S. UPDATED 06/29/12
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10450772March 8, 2012
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE NEON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT HAD TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL, DEPRESS THE BRAKES AND SHUT OFF THE ENGINE IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 182,842 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 183,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10444106January 17, 2012
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE NEON. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO DECELERATE. THE CONTACT EXIT THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKING UNDERNEATH IT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THE RADIATOR HAD TO BE REPLACED AND THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE TO BE FLUSHED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10442694January 6, 2012
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE NEON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED IN AND OUT OF DRIVE. IN ADDITION, THERE WAS A TRANSMISSION FLUID SPILL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC THAT LOCATED THE FAILURE AT THE RADIATOR. THE RADIATOR WAS CRACKED AND CAUSED THE FLUID TO CONTAMINATE THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 134,526.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10442685January 6, 2012
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, POWER TRAIN
THE NEON WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN I LOST ACCELERATION AND IT SPEWED TRANSMISSION FLUID (AND MIXED WITH WHAT I LATER FOUND OUT WAS COOLING FLUID) ALL OVER THE ROAD. THE CAR COULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE AND IS INOPERABLE. THE MECHANIC LATER DETERMINED THAT THE RADIATOR HAD FAILED AND LEAKED COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING IT TO OVERHEAT AND FAIL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10437874November 30, 2011
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE NEON XTX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN ENTERING THE VEHICLE, THERE WAS WATER ON THE FLOORBOARDS COMING FROM THE TRUNK. THE FAILURE WAS NOTICED TWO DAYS AFTER A PERIOD OF STEADY RAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 104,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 106,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10410943July 7, 2011
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE NEON SXT. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, AND DODGING A FALLEN MATTRESS FROM ANOTHER VEHICLE, SHE SWERVED AND THEN CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES FROM THE SEAT BELT, THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER VEHICLE WAS INJURED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL VIA AMBULANCE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND WAS PENDING AN INVESTIGATION. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILES WERE APPROXIMATELY 97,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10386799March 8, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
THE RADIATOR CRACKED WHICH LEAKED COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND DAMAGED TRANSMISSION WHICH ENDED UP COSTING ME OVER $2,000 TO REPLACE. THE COOLANT LINE OR WHATEVER RUNS INTO THE TRANSMISSION SO WHEN THE RADIATOR LINE OR WHATEVER CRACKS IT ALLOWS COOLANT TO TO MIX WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID AND DAMAGES THE TRANSMISSION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10373121December 28, 2010
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
MY HEADLIGHT LENSE IS CLOUDY OBSTRUCTING THE CARS LIGHT OUTPUT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10353748September 3, 2010
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
CAR WAS TAKEN FOR OIL CHANGE AND TUNE-UP @ 134,000 MILES. COUPLE DAYS LATER CAR STARTED STALLING INTERMITTENTLY. WOULD START IN THE AM FROM SITTING ALL NIGHT BUT WHEN DRIVEN TO WORK AND PARKED FOR 5 1/2 HOURS CAR WOULD NOT START W/O A JUMP. MECHANIC DID NOT READ ANYTHING ON DIAGNOSTICS. WENT TO ADVANCED AUTO WHO READ BATTERY WAS LOW. REPLACED BATTERY & CAR STILL STALLED. CAR NO LONGER RESPONDED TO JUMP AND HAD IT TOWED TO MECHANIC. WHEN MECHANIC RECEIVED CAR WAS ABLE TO START CAR WITH NO HESITATION AND DROVE FOR 30 MINUTES. TURNED CAR OFF AND LET IT SIT FOR ANOTHER 30 MINUTES AND HAD NO PROBLEM STARTING. MECHANIC COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG WITH VEHICLE. STUCK WITH A CAR THAT INTERMITTENTLY STALLS AND SHOWS NO OTHER SIGNS OF FAILURE. CAR HAS NOT CUT OFF WHILE DRIVING ONLY STALLS WHILE TRYING TO START VEHICLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10352111August 25, 2010
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
S10 APPROPRIATE HANDLING - LETTER FROM REGARDING DODGE PROBLEMS. *KB 2004 DODGE NEON. THE CONSUMERS WIFE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED ACCELERATING. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND SHE WAS BARELY ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE HOOD WAS EXTREMELY TOO HOT TO TOUCH AND NOISES AND LIQUIDS WERE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION COOLER IN THE RADIATOR. THE TRANSMISSION, RADIATOR, HOSES AND THERMOSTAT HAD TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, THE ENGINE WAS FLUSHED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10343354July 14, 2010
POWER TRAIN
DRIVING 2004 DODGE NEON, BOUGHT NEW, GETTING ON INTERSTATE UP TO SPEED WHEN ENGINE BEGAN TO STUMBLE, WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, WOULD NOT GO ABOVE 2000 RPM, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. HAD TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. NURSED THE CAR HOME AT 40MPH AND RAN OBDII SCAN. GOT A CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR INTERMITTENT SIGNAL FAILURE CODE. REPLACED SENSOR FROM ADVANCE AUTO PARTS ON 2-18-2009. CAR RAN FINE UNTIL 7-7-2010 WHEN SAME THING OCCURRED. PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC TO GET UP TO SPEED WHEN ENGINE STOPPED PULLING AND STARTED TO SHUT DOWN. HAD TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF APPROACHING TRAFFIC FROM BEHIND AND PULL OFF THE ROAD. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, CAR WOULD RUN BUT NOT OVER 2000 RPM . GOT IT HOME AND SCANNED IT AND SURE ENOUGH SAME DEFECT CODE, CAM SHAFT POSITION SIGNAL INTERMITTENT. CHANGED IT OUT WITH ONE FROM AUTOZONE WITH A TWO YEAR WARRANTY. THIS WILL MAKE THE THIRD ONE IN THIS CAR AND IT ONLY HAS 46000 MILES ON IT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10335488June 9, 2010
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND ENGINE STARTED BUCKING.NO MORE GEARS OR SHIFTING INTO DRIVE.LOSS OF TRANSMISSION FLUID AND COOLANT. A PIECE OF TRANSMISSION LINE OR FITTING CORRODED AND LET LOOSE INSIDE THE RADIATOR. THIS CAUSED THE MIXING OF FLUIDS INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND COOLING SYSTEM.RADIATOR FAILED AND BLED FLUIDS. RADIATOR WAS REPLACED AND COOLANT SYSTEM WAS FLUSHED. TRANSMISSION WAS ALSO FLUSHED.THIS VERY SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED TO MY CO-WORKER THAT HAS THE SAME TYPE VEHICLE(04 DODGE NEON,2.0 LITRE ENGINE,74000 MILES). I SUSPECT IT IS HAPPENING TO EVERY CUSTOMER THAT HAS THAT TYPE AND YEAR NEON. PART NOT AVAILABLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10325267April 13, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, PARKING BRAKE
MY 16 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING HER 2004 DODGE NEON ON THE 101 FREEWAY NEAR SANTA BARBARA, CA IN BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC. SUDDENLY AND WITH NO WARNING THE BRAKE PEDDLE WENT TO THE FLOOR AND SHE HAD NO BRAKES. AT THE SAME TIME THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT WENT ON. BECAUSE SHE WAS TRAVELING SLOW SHE WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE FREEWAY USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WHICH WAS NEARLY IN-EFFECTIVE. IF SHE HAD BEEN TRAVELING AT FREEWAY SPEED SHE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STOP. THE PROBLEM TURNED OUT TO BE THE RIGHT REAR DRUM BRAKE CYLINDER WAS LEAKING WHICH ALLOWED ALL OF THE BRAKE FLUID TO LEAK FROM THE SYSTEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10320984March 19, 2010
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
2004 DODGE NEON SXT. TRANSMISSION / COOLING SYSTEM FAILURE RESULTING IN ANTIFREEZE MIXING WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID DESTROYING TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR. DODGE REFUSES TO HONOR THEIR POWER TRAIN WARRANTY CITING THE COOLING SYSTEM AS THE CAUSE OF THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE, AND NOT THE POWERTRAIN. THIS SHOULD BE A RARE OCCURRENCE ACCORDING TO MY MECHANIC, BUT IT IS ONE OF THE LARGEST PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR ONLINE. THERE SEEMS TO BE A MAJOR DEFECT IN THESE CARS CAUSING A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. DEALER ESTIMATED 3900 PARTS AND LABOR TO FIX. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10319119March 12, 2010
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
2004 DODGE NEON. ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL WITHOUT WARNING. TRIED TO APPLY BRAKES, BUT COULD NOT STOP. THE CAR CONTINUED TO GAIN SPEED. TRIED TO TURN ENGINE OFF AND IT WOULD NOT TURN OFF. TRIED TO PUT INTO NEUTRAL BUT IT CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. FINALLY PUT INTO PARK AND THE WHEELS LOCKED UP AND THE VEHICLE STOPPED. I HAD TO KEEP MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE TO KEEP THE CAR FROM MOVING WHILE IN PARK. I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO TURN THE ENGINE OFF. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10319237March 12, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE NEON. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH WITH THE HEADLIGHTS ILLUMINATED, THE FOG LIGHTS SUDDENLY ILLUMINATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO EMIT SMOKE AND BECAME UNUSUALLY HOT IN TEMPERATURE. SHE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE HOME; HOWEVER, A BURNING SMELL FILLED THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT EITHER THE WIRING HARNESS OR THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH HAD FAILED. THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 97,000. UPDATED 4/26/10 *CN UPDATED 05/06/10.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10295017December 8, 2009
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WE WERE TRAVELING DOWN A WET ROAD AT 40 MPH WHEN THE TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF US SUDDENLY STOPPED AND WE SLID INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF US AT ABOUT 30 MPH. NEITHER MINE NOR THE DRIVERS AIRBAG DEPLOYED WHEN FROM THE DAMAGE THEY SHOULD HAVE. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10285250September 25, 2009
SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE NEON. WHEN SHE ATTEMPTED TO INSTALL A CHILD SAFETY SEAT, THE PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE REAR SEAT BELT BUCKLE SEPARATED FROM THE SEAT BELT. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, NOR WERE ANY REPAIRS MADE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,300 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 66,500.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10277683July 22, 2009
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
2004 DODGE NEON LOST HEAD LIGHTS WHILE DRIVING LATE AT NIGHT. HAD THERE NOT BEEN TRAFFIC IN FRONT AND BEHIND, I WOULD HAVE RAN OFF THE ROAD. MULTI FUNCTION SWITCH HARNESS MELTED CONNECTOR TO MULTI FUNCTION SWITCH CAUSING SHORT TO FUSE 16. PRIOR TO FUSE 16 BLOWING, A MELTED PLASTIC SMELL WAS COMING FROM THE COLUMN COVER. REPLACED MULTI FUNCTION SWITCH WHICH SHOWED SIGNS OF OVERHEAT (COPPER TARNISHED). WHILE DISCONNECTING THE MFS HARNESS, THE CONNECTOR WAS OVERHEATED (MELTED) AND WAS FALLING APART. BOTH FUSES (17 & 18) TO THE HEADLAMPS WERE INTACT SO ISSUE IS INSIDE THE CAB. I STILL NEED TO HAVE THE HARNESS CONNECTOR TO THE MFS REPLACED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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