Dodge Neon Complaints

3,495 consumer complaints on file.

#705060March 29, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT:SEAL, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY
MY CAR HAS HAD A PROBLEM WITH OVERHEATING SINCE I HAD IT; BUT THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT THE DEALERSHIP WPULD ALWAYS SAY IT WAS THE THERMOSTAT WHEN IT WASN'T. I CHANGED THE THERMOSTAT THREE TIMES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. WHEN THE WARRANTY RAN OUT, I WAS TOLD ALL THESE PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR THAT WAS EXISTING BEFORE IT RAN OUT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED. THE CAR HAS BEEN LEAKING OIL AND SMOKING UNDER THE HOOD ( NOT EXHAUST VALVES) BUT I AM TOLD THE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT, AND THAT THIS HAPPENED WITH ALOT OF NEONS. ALSO THE REAR MAIN SEAL LEAKS RIGHT AROUND 60K MILES WHICH IS WHEN I STARTED HAVING OIL PROBLEMS. MY CAR OVERHEATS IN WARM WEATHER ,MOSTLY WHEN I AM STOPPED AT A LIGHT OR IN TRAFFIC AND I HAVE TO CUT THE HEAT ON UNTIL I START MOVING. I THOUGHT IT WAS A FAN MALFUNCTIONING, BUT AGAIN, THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID IT WAS THE THERMOSTAT, WHICH IT WASN'T. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE I HAD THE CAR. IF THIS HAPPENS WITH ALOT OF NEONS I THINK THIS SHOULD BE REMEDIED BY THE MANUFACTURER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#705010March 28, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
NO SUMMARY LISTED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#705017March 28, 1999
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
IN MAY MY STEERING COLUMN WAS REPLACED. IT WAS AGAIN LOOKED AT IN NOVEMBER OF 1996. NOW, MY STEERING COLUMN HAS ONCE AGAIN FAILED. IT TAKES 10 TURNS OF MY WHEEL TO TURN FROM ONE EXTREME TO THE OTHER. ALSO, MY HEAD GASKET, AT 45000 MILES STARTED TO LEAK. THIS SHOULDN'T HAPPEN TO A CAR 3 YEARS OLD. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#705021March 28, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HEAD GASKET FAILURE. ALSO CAUSED DAMAGE TO ENGINE HEAD .CHRYSLER CORPORATE OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. NOR RETURN PHONE CALLS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#704994March 27, 1999
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER, SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT
THE VEHICLE WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND IN THE LEFT REAR. THE NEON WAS MOVING AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH AND THE VEHICLE WHICH HIT THE NEON WAS MOVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30-35 MPH. UPON IMPACT, THE DRIVERS SEATBACK COLLAPSED, AND THE HEAD RESTRAINT STOPPED ON THE BACK SEAT. NECK STRAIN TO THE DRIVER, RESULTED FROM THIS INCIDENT. DRIVER WAS LOOKING UP AT THE CEILING OF THE NEON WHEN HE RESUMED CONSCIOUSNESS. THE VEHICLE WAS A RENTAL. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#704953March 26, 1999
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#836091March 24, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN APPLYING ABS BRAKES ON WET OR ICY ROAD CONDITIONS EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE OCCURS. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#831010March 23, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THERE IS A BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKET WHICH IS CAUSING OIL LEAKAGE WITHIN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT TOWARD THE FIRE WALL. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER HAS YET TO REPLACE PARTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#704796March 23, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED, THIS IS A COMMON ENOUGH PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINES USED IN THESE CARS THAT CHRYSLER HAS ISSUED SERVERAL TSBS ON IT. NONE OF THE FAILURES TO MY KNOWLEDGE HAVE TO DATE CAUSED ANYTHING WORSE THAN OVERHEATING DUE TO OIL/COOLANT LOSS, BUT COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE MORE SERIOUS DAMAGE IF LEFT UNREPAIRED FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#704825March 23, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
HAVE ALSO HAD TRANSMISSION, ELECTRICAL FAILURE, AND BRAKE FAILURE AT LOW MILEAGE, VERY UNHAPPY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#782033March 22, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HEAD GASKET FAILED. YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#704714March 21, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE)
BRAKES SQUEAKY FROM THE DATE OF PURCHASE, EGR VALVE WAS REPLACED AT 39,000 MILES. ENGINE HEAD GASKET LEAKS AT ONLY 42,000 MILES(EST COST OF ALL REPAIRS $800) EGR VALVE ALREADY PAID FOR, WANTING ASSISTANCE FROM CHRYSLER FOR HEAD GASKET. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#834991March 19, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING OIL WHICH MAY SPILL UNTO THE ENGINE AND START A FIRE. DEALER SAID IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#704574March 17, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
NO SUMMARY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#704575March 17, 1999
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
I HAVE HAD MY CAR IN FOR REPAIR 4 TIMES IN 3 YRS. FIRST THE SPARK PLUGS WERE BAD, HAD TO BE REPLACE. SECOND THE WIRES MELTED TOGETHER IN MY STEERING WHEEL COLUMN, 4RD THE FUELD SENSOR WENT OUT IN FUEL PUMP HAD TO HAVE THE FUEL PUMP REPLACED. ASK WARRENTY COMPANY WHAT MOST COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE DODGE NEON WAS THEY SAID THE HEAD GASKET BLOWING, NOW I GUESS IT'S MY TURN FOR THAT I TOOK TO DEALER TODAY FOR OIL LEAK , THEY SAID HEAD GASKET BLOWN, NEED TO TEAR DOWN ENGINE TO MAKE SURE NOTHING ELSE IS BAD ( CRACKED BLOCK / HEAD) SEEMS LIKE AN AWFUL LOT OF PROBLEMS FOR A CAR THAT'S NOT THAT OLD AND HAS BEEN MAINTAINED, VERY DISSAPOINTED IN VEHICLE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#704576March 17, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
NO SUMMARY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#704586March 17, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, AIR BAGS
WHEN THE TRANSMISSION FAILED THE DEALER TOLD ME I RAN IT OUT OF FLUID/ I WAS 2 MO. / 2000 MILES FROM FACTORY WARRANTY AND THEY WOULD NOT HELP PAY FOR ANY OF THE $1350 THEY WANTED ME TO PAY/ HAD IT TOWED TO AN INDEPENDANT MECHANICH WHICH TOLD ME THAT THE BACK OF THE TRANSMISSION HAD A LARGE HOLE BLOWN OUT OF THE BACK OF IT, COULDNT KEEP TRANSMISSION FLUID IN IT THAT WAY. FOUND A USED ONE WITH 2,000 MI. CHARGED $800. THIS CAR HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT TROUBLE SINCE DAY ONE. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER DODGE, EVER!! THE DEALERS TRY TO ROB YOU BLIND AND THE CO. DOESN'T KNOW YOU ONCE THEY HAVE GOTTEN THEIR MONEY. PAID 10,500 FOR THIS CAR 2 YEARS AGO AND HAVE BEEN PAYING EVER SINCE.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#704492March 16, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING AND HAD TO BE REPLACE IT TOOK TWO WEEKS TO GET THE PART BECAUSE THEY SAID THAT MOST OF THE 97 NEONS HEAD GASKET WAS BLOWN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#704503March 16, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
NO AIRBAG WERE DEPLOY - I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE REPAIR SHOP THAT 1995 NEONS AFTER 50K MILEAGE HAS THIS PROBLEM - THE CAR RENTAL CO. TOLD ME THEY HAD 10 OWNERS THIS MONTH WITH THE SAME PROBLE FOR 1995 NEONS AFTER 50K MILEAGE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#704512March 16, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WELL, I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS CONSIDERED A SAFETY ISSUE, BUT I GUESS IF THE HEAD GASKET ON YOUR CAR BLOWS WHILE YOU'RE DRIVING YOU COULD GET INTO AN ACCIDENT?? ANYWAY, ABOUT A MONTH AGO I NOTICE SMALL AMOUNTS OF OIL LEAKING FROM MY CAR. I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO THOUGHT THAT PERHAPS I HAD A SLIGHT CRACK IN MY HEAD GASKET. HE SAID JUST TO KEEP AN EYE ON IT SINCE TO FIX IF WOULD BE AN EXPENSE. IN THE MEANTIME A FRIEND OF MINE TOLD ME ABOUT A FRIEND OF THEIRS WHO HAD A NEON AND THEY EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. THEY CONTACT CHRYSLER AND SOMEONE AT CHRYSLER STATED THEY KNEW THERE WAS A PROBLEM AND WOULD FIX IT WITH NO COST INCURRED BY THE OWNER. I'VE TRIED TO LOCATED CHRYSLER'S CUSTOMER SERVICE EMAIL AND I HAVE NO LUCK, SO I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HELP ME OR NOT. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME REGARDING THIS MATTER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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