Dodge Neon Complaints

3,495 consumer complaints on file.

#10091645September 8, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. UPON IMPACT, BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. DRIVER TO SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10087323September 8, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE SHE WAS ON HER WAY TO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE SHE EXPERIENCED SOME FUNNY THINGS WITH VEHICLE. IT SEEMED AS THOUGH ONE OF THE WHEELS LOCKED, AND THE VEHICLE JERKED. ALSO, IT SMELLED LIKE BURNING RUBBER. CONSUMER STATED THAT LATER IT UNLOCKED BY ITSELF AND POWERED ITSELF UP, AND THEN TOOK OFF. NOTHING ELSE HAPPENED AGAIN. SHE WAS AT DOCTOR'S OFFICE WHERE SHE PARKED FOR 2 HOURS. AFTERWARD SHE GOT BACK INTO VEHICLE TO RETURN HOME, AND THE VEHICLE DID THE SAME IDENTICAL THING AFTER ABOUT 20 MILES. ALL OF THIS HAPPENED AFTER PUTTING COOLANT IN THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER INSISTED THAT SHE NEEDED HELP BECAUSE SHE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. *AK VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING. *TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10083836September 8, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
THE ACCELERATOR STUCK AND THE BRAKES FAILED. DEALER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, WHO REPORTED THAT THE THROTTLE SCREW WAS LOOSE, AND THEY WERE INSPECTING THE VEHICLE.*AK SCREW ON CLIP ON THROTTLE HOSE CAME OFF, CAUSINGAIR TO RUSH IN REV UP THE ACCELRATOR AND CAUSED BRAKE FAILURE.*TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090177September 1, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, INTERIOR LIGHTING
CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT VEHICLE WOULD STALL WHEN BRAKING. NONE OF THE INSTRUMENT GAUGES WERE OPERATING, AND THE INTERIOR LIGHT WOULD INTERMITTENTLY COMING ON WHILE DRIVING. DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT NONE OF THE ABOVE ISSUES WERE COVERED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090204September 1, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090144August 31, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, AND THEY DETERMINED THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED AND CAUSED COOLANT TO LEAK INSIDE THE ENGINE. CONSUMER INDICATED THREE YEARS AGO THEY REPLACED THE INTAKE MANIFOLD AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE OF $3,000. CURRENTLY, PROBLEM RECURRED, AND WILL COST CONSUMER ABOUT $5,000. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088897August 31, 2004
STRUCTURE
I HAVE A 2001 DODGE NEON, WITH A WATER LEAK PROBLEM. THE CAR HAS ALWAYS STOOD UNCOVERED IN THE RAIN AND SNOW, AND NEVER BEFORE HAS HAD ANY WATER LEAKED IN. AND YES, THE WINDOWS AND DOORS WERE CLOSED. THE WATER HAS COME IN FROM SOMEWHERE ABOVE THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE PUDDLE WAS ON THE DRIVER SIDE FLOOR. THERE WERE TRACES OF WATER ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. I THOUGHT PURCHASING AN EXTENDED DAIMLER CHRYSLER WARRANTY WOULD BE A GOOD FORM OF PROTECTION, SINCE CHRYSLER'S ARE KNOWN TO BE INFERIOR VEHICLES. THE REASON I BOUGHT THE CAR WAS BECAUSE IT'S ALL I COULD AFFORD AT THE TIME. I REGRET IT NOW AND CURSE THE MANUFACTURER FOR NOT BACKING UP THEIR PRODUCTS OR WARRANTIES. THE WARRANTY DOESN'T COVER WATER LEAKS AND THE DEALER WANTS $100.00 TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM AREA. DON'T BUY A NEON. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088894August 31, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I BOUGHT MY 2003 NEON WITH 18,000 MILES. IMMEDIATELY I NOTICED THE CAR SHIFTED HARD AND SOMETIMES WHEN PUTTING INTO GEAR WOULD NOT GO INTO DRIVE. I TOOK TO MY DEALERSHIP ON 3 OCCASSIONS, ONCE IN 08/03, ONCE IN 12/03, AND ONCE IN 03/04. ALL THREE TIMES I WAS TOLD THAT THE CAR SHIFTED FINE AND THAT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE "DUPLICATED". ON 08/04/03, I WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE INTERSTATE WHNE MY TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP AND RENDERED MY CAR INOPERABLE AND IMMOBILE. CAR WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND THAT THEY HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT BEFORE. I WAS GIVEN A TOTALLY NEW TRANSMISSION UNIT. SINCE THEN THE CAR HAS BEEN SHIFTING FUNNY AND IT ALSO HESITATES A LOT, ESPECIALLY IN THE LATE AFTERNOON WHEN IT IS FAIRLY WARM OUT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10083830August 31, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:CONCEALMENT DEVICES
WHILE DRIVING WITH THE HEADLIGHTS ON, THE CONSUMER NOTICED POOR LIGHTING. THE CONSUMER INSPECTED THE HEADLIGHTS AND SAW DISCOLORATION ON THE HEADLIGHT LENSES. *AK *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088775August 29, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
BRAKES SQUEL AND MAKE NOISE, CAR WON'T STOP ABOVE 50 MPH IN SAFE DISTANCE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089415August 23, 2004
AIR BAGS
WHILE TRAVELING 45 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. CONSUMER SPOKE TO THE MANUFACTURER, BUT THE ONLY RESPONSE HE RECEIVED WAS A LETTER DENYING THE CLAIM THAT COLLISION WAS OFFSET. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10088023August 17, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP, BUT DEALERSHIP DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10086843August 14, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM), SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL
ON AUGUST 12TH WHILE DRIVING ON SCATTERFIELD DR, AN AREA OF HIGH CONSTRUCTION, MY 1995 DODGE NEON SUDDENLY STALLED AND QUIT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. I HAD A FULL TANK OF GAS SO I KNEW THAT WAS NOT THE PROBLEM AND LUCKILY IT WAS A CONSTRUCTION AREA AND TRAFFIC WAS MOVING RATHER SLOWLY. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START SO I CALEDL PEYTON WELL AUTO AT (765) 644-1111, WHO ON AUGUST 11TH HAD JUST REPAIRED MY CAR FOR SIMILAR PROBLEMS THAT INCLUDED MY BATTERY LIGHT COMING ON AND THEN THE CAR MAY OR MAYNOT START.THEY SENT A TOW TRUCK TO GET ME. A MONTH EARLIER THE CAR STALLED AND JUST QUIT AND I HAD IT TOWED TO THIS SAME DEALERSHIP WHO CHARGED ME 300.00 TO FIX THE ELECTRICAL SUSPENSION AND HARNESS. ON AUGUST THE 11TH I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE STARTER AND THAT COST ME ANOTHER 300.00. AFTER RESEARCHING THE RECALL LIST I FOUND RECALL INFORMATION # 94V033000 THAT IDENTIFIES POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE PROBLEMS THAT SHOULD BE REPLACED. THIS WAS OBVIOUSLY NEVER COMPLETED ON THIS VEHICLE. I AM SCARED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. THE PEYTON WELL SERVICE ADVISOR BEN WOODFILL STATED IF ANYTHING LIKE THIS HAPPENED AGAIN THEY WOULD FIX IT FOR FREE BUT THIS WAS AFTER TELLING ME THAT THE MAIN HARNESS TO THE MOTOR NEEDED REPLACING AND THAT THEY HAD FOUND SOME CORROSION ON ANOTHER ELECTICAL PART AND CLEANED IT UP ON AUGUST 12TH. MY FIANCE SPOKE WITH THE SERVICE ADVISOR AND STATED THAT WE WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED THE FIRST TIME WHEN WE HAD IT TOWED IN BUT NOW THEY WERE TELLING US THAT IT WOULD COST AND ADDITIONAL 700.00 TO GET THIS SO CALLED MAIN HARNESS REPLACED. IT WAS THEN THAT MR. WOODFILL CONFERED WITH HIS MANAGER AND THEY STATED THEY WOULD FIX ANYMORE PROBLEMS LIKE THE ONES I HAVE HAD FOR FREE. TO ME THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. IF THEY KNOW THERE IS AREADY A PROBLEM THEN WHY NOT GO AHEAD AND FIX IT. DON'T WAIT UNTIL MY CAR STALLS IN 65 MPH TRAFFIC AND IT IS TOO LATE. PLEASE HELP!!! *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10086871August 14, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
THE CAR STARTED LEAKING OIL X 2 MONTHS. KEPT OVERHEATING AFTER 20 MINUTES OF RUNNING. ALLE THE RADIATOR FLUID LEAKED OUT. HAD RADIATOR FIXED. CONTINUED TO OVERHEAT, TOLD IT WAS FAN RELAY. HAD THAT REPLACED. NOW TOLD THAT IT WAS THE GASKET. THAT IT HAD A LEAK AND NOW NEEDS TO BE REPLACED DUE TO SOME THING ABOUT THE ALUMINUM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10081709August 12, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A GRINDING/POPPING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP, AND HAD BOTH LOWER CONTROL ARMS ON BOTH SIDES REPLACED. *AK THE REPAIR SHOP INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT A RECALL WAS ISSUE FOR THIS FAILURE (RECALL 99V-114). THE CONSUMER CONTACTED BOTH THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10087638August 10, 2004
TIRES:SIDEWALL
WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 35-40 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A CLICKING AND BUMPING NOISE. SHE PULLED TO THE SIDE, GOT OUT, AND NOTHING APPEARED TO BE WRONG. SHE WENT BACK INTO THE VEHICLE AND DROVE ON THE HIGHWAY AND SAME NOISE STARTED, BUT JUST A LITTLE LOUDER THEN, CONSUMER PULLED OFF INTO A DRIVEWAY, GOT OUT AND NOTICED THAT THE RUBBER SEPARATED FROM TIRE SIDEWALL. GOODYEAR, EAGLE MS, P1855/60R15.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10087417August 9, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, DUAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED HEAD/KNEE/CHEST INJURIES, AND SHATTERED GLASS UNDER THE SKIN. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10083709July 23, 2004
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
PROBLEMS WITH AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ON DODGE NEON 2000. *MR THE LIGHT WAS INTERMITTENT AND WOULD BEEP EVERYTIME THE CONSUMER WOULD MAKE A TURN. RECALL# 99V043000. *SC THE TIE RODS HAD TO BE REPLACED. WHEN THE CONSUMER TURNED THE AIR CONDITION ON, THE VEHICLE FELT AS THOUGH IT WAS GOING TO CUT OFF. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10082329July 20, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
JUNE 1, 2004. ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK THE CAR STARTED IDLING REAL ROUGH AND I DIDN'T REALLY THINK ANYTHING OF IT. I WOULD STOP AT A STOP LIGHT AND IT WOULD IDLE REAL ROUGH. FINALLY THE OIL LIGHT FLASHED ON AND THE CAR DIED. CALLED FOR A TOW TRUCK AND THEY TOOK IT TO A DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. A MONTH LATER ON JULY 2 THE CAR STARTED IDLING REAL ROUGH. I DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER DRIVING IT OUT ON THE STREET CAUSE I KNEW IT WOULD BREAK DOWN ON ME AGAIN. I SHUT IT OFF AND STARTED IT AGAIN ABOUT FOUR TIMES AND EACH TIME IT WOULD IDLE REAL ROUGH. GOT IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN WHERE I WAS TOLD ALL THEY COULD FIND IT NEEDED WAS A TUNE UP. I GOT THE TUNE UP DONE TO IT AND EVER SINCE THEN IT HAS A HARD TIME GOING PAST 60 MPH. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10081193July 16, 2004
VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
I HAVE A 1999 DODGE NEON. I BOUGHT THE CAR IN MAY 2002 AT BRUCE CAMPBELL DODGE IN REDFORD, MICHIGAN. MY SUNROOF WENT OUT IN SEPTEMBER 2002. AFTER ARGUING WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER, THEY REPLACED THE SWITCH (OR THE WIRES). I HAVE THE POWERTRAIN EXTENDED WARRANTY (ADDED CARE). THE NEXT OCCURENCE (MAY, 2004) WAS WHEN I KEPT HEARING NOISE IN MY DRIVER WHEEL AREA. I TOOK MY CARE TO BRUCE CAMPBELL TO CHECK 3 TIMES, THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. AFTER THE 3RD TIME, I TOOK IT TO BIRMINGHAM CHRYSLER AND ASKED THEM TO LOOK AT IT AND THEY TOLD ME THE CYLINDER WAS CRACKED. I WAS GRATEFUL THAT MY WARRANTY COVERED THAT PROBLEM (I WAS WITHOUT MY CAR FOR 2 WEEKS). I STILL HAVE A TREMBLE IN MY STEERING WHEEL WHEN I REACH THE SPEEDS OF 50 TO 70 MPH. I HAVE PURCHASED NEW WHEELS, RIMS, AND HAVE HAD MY TIRES ROTATED AND BALANCED IN MAY, 2004, BUT I STILL HAVE ISSUES WITH THE TREMBLING. I'M TOLD THAT THE CAR IS SUPPOSED TO DRIVE THAT WAY. I'VE HAD A '93 PLYMOUTH COLT THAT DROVE BETTER. MY 3RD OCCURENCE IS NOW MY SUNROOF HAS WENT OUT AGAIN. I JUST SPENT $70.00 AT BIRMINGHAM CHRYSLER TO DIAGNOSIS THAT THE WIRE ARE BROKEN AND IT'LL COST MY AROUND $1,000 TO FIX IT. MY WARRANTY COVERS SUNROOFS FOR SWITCH PROBLEMS, BUT NOT WIRING. I DON'T HAVE MONEY TO BE SPENDING ON REPAIRS WHEN I HAVE 3 MORE YEARS OF PAYING CAR NOTES. THE REASON I BOUGHT THIS PARTICULAR CAR WAS BECAUSE OF THE SUNROOF. I HAVE HAD 3 CHRYSLER CARS AND NO BREAK FROM REPAIR SHOPS. I NEED SUGGESTIONS. *AK THANK YOU.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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