Dodge Neon Complaints (1996)

611 consumer complaints on file.

#834669February 9, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
DUE TO A DEFECTIVE ENGINE HEAD GASKET THERE IS A OIL LEAK COMING FROM THE GASKET AND LEAKING ONTO EXHAUST MANIFOLD WHICH MAY CAUSE A FIRE. DEALER IS AWARE OF PROBLEM, BUT DID NOT RECEIVE ENOUGH COMPLAINTS TO WARRENT A RECALL. PARTS UNAVAILABLE DUE TO BACKORDERS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#834594February 8, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON/OFF. VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY STALLS. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE 4 TIMES AND NO SOLUTION FOUND. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#702994February 6, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION SLIPPING. DEALER CALLING US LIARS WHEN REPORTED.HAVE RETURNED TO DEALER 4 TIMES FOR SAME PROBLEM. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#834537February 5, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
EGR VALVE ALLOWED WATER INTO HYDRAULIC LINE, CAUSING BRAKE POWER ASSIST TO FAIL. THIS MADE BRAKE PEDAL "ROCK-HARD", MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO STOP VEHICLE. PROBLEM OCCURRED SPORADICALLY, ONLY UNDER WET DRIVING CONDITIONS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#834411February 3, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
WIRE SHORT CIRCUITED, BURNING THE SENSORS OF THE AIRBAG AND THE HORN CAUSING THE AIRBAG AND HORN TO BECOME INOPERATIVE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#702905February 3, 1999
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
HEAVY COLLISION DAMAGE TO RIGHTT FRONT. DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED, RT SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. ACCIDENT WAS HEAVY IMPACT. MANUFACTURER CONTACTED 2/2/99, SAID THEY WOULD GET BACK WITH ME 2/3. AS OF 2/3 5:00 PM THEY ARE IGNORING THE CLAIM. I AM A BODY SHOP MANAGER AND AM REPORTING THIS AS A FAVOR TO THE OWNER. VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY WAITING TO BE TOWED TO A SALVAGE VEHICLE SALE LOT. PLEASE INVESTIGATE A.S.A.P. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#834340February 2, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS VEHICLE WILL SUDDENLY HAVE A BURST OF SPEED, AND THEN IT SLOWS DOWN ON ITS OWN,JERKING VERY HARD. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#834376February 2, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION WENT OUT, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER. CONSUMER TO HAVE TRANSMISSION REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#834136January 28, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
THE ABS BRAKES LOCKED UP WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 30MPH ON WET PAVEMENT. ANOTHER VEHICLE HAD CROSSED CENTER LINE & BRAKES WERE APPLIED QUICKLY. THE OTHER VEHICLE WAS BROADSIDED. AT THE TIME OF IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. NO INJURIES. HAS POLICE REPORT. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#834083January 27, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THE PEDAL BECOMES ROCK HARD, MAKING IT HARD TO STOP VEHICLE. DLR HAS NOT SEEN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#702377January 19, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
OIL LEAKAGE/SEEPING ON THE POSTERIOR SIDE OF THE ENGINE BLOCK HEAD GASKET.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#543388January 19, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
BRAKES FAILED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#701004January 13, 1999
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ALL INSTRUMENTS, SPEEDOMETRE/ODOMETER, FUEL GUAGE, AND TEMPERATURE GUAGE FAIL INTERMITTENTLY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#702065January 9, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
MAJOR OIL LEAK. I TOOK THE CAR TO TWO MECHNICS, WHO TOLD ME THE HEAD GASKET NEEDED REPLACED. I SPOKE TO THE LOCAL DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, AND THAT THE JOB WOULD COST OVER $700. I LATER FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS A COMON PROBLEM AND THE REPLACEMENT PART IS NOT THE SAME AS THE ORIGINAL BECAUSE OF SOME DEFECT. CHRYSLER STILL DOES NOT ACKNOWLEGE A PROBLEM?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#543275January 7, 1999
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD, STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
GAS GAUGE FAILED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#833073January 6, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
DUE TO AN OIL LEAK THE ENGINE HEAD GASKETS HAVE BLOWN OUT. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#833091January 6, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
BRAKES SEEMED LOW AND MECHANIC CHECKED, NO REPAIRS. WHEN DRIVING AT 30 MPH, APPLIED BRAKES AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE OCCURRED, WHEN PUMPING BRAKES THEY GET BETTER. DEALER NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#832969January 4, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
REAR SEAL ON ENGINE HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING OIL, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO BECOME DEFECTIVE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#701807January 3, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD, VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM
FIRST, WHEN IT IS COLD, MY BRAKES DO NOT WORK. AT FIRST THEY DO NOT GO TO THE GROUND AND THE CAR TAKES A LONG TIME TO COME TO A STOP. FORTUNATELY THIS HAS ONLY OCCURED WHEN CAR IS STARTED OR WHEN IT IS GOING LESS THAN 5MPH. INDEPENDENT MECHANIC LOOKING AT IT NOW. HAS REPLACED SOME BRAKES PADS AND SERVICES THE BRAKES. WATER WAS FOUND IN A VALVE FOR THE POWER ASSISTED BRAKES, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. THIS MECHANIC BELIEVES WATER IS GETTING INTO THE BRAKE LINE BUT IS UNSURE AS TO HOW. THE PROBLEM DOES NOT OCCUR EVERY TIME I DRIVE IT SO JUST WHEN IT SEEMS TO BE OKAY THE BRAKES FAIL AGAIN. ANOTHER PROBLEM IS THE WINDOWS. EVEN WHEN THE DEFROSTERS AND DEFOGGERS ARE ON, THE SIDE WINDOWS NEVER DEFOG, I NEED TO CONSTANTLY TURN ON REAR REFROST (EVERY 5 MIN OR SO) SO THAT I CAN SEE OUT OF IT. THIS IS A NEW PROBLEM THIS WINTER. I CANNOT SEE OUT PASSENGER OR DRIVER SIDE WINDOW WHILE DRIVING. A THIRD PROBLEM IS THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW, THIS IS NOT A NEW PROBLEM . EVEN WHEN THE WINDOW IS ALL THE WAY UP WIND HOWLS IN THE WINDOW. YOU CAN SEE A GAP AND IF IT IS RAINING WATER COMES IN. FINALLY THE LAST PROBLEM IS ALSO NOT A NEW PROBLEM. I DOES NOT SEEM TO BE RELATED TO THE LAST PROBLEM BECAUSE IT OCCURRED LONG BEFORE THAT PROBLEM. AFTER IT RAINS, WATER COLLECTS IN THE WELL BETWEEN THE INSIDE AN OUTSIDE OF THE DOOR (MOSTLY ON PASSENGER SIDE, BUT OCCASIONALLY ON DRIVERS SIDE) CONSEQUENTLY WHEN I OPEN THE DOOR A PUDDLE OF WATER FALLS OUT ON MY FEET. IN THE WINTER THE WATER IN THE WILL FREEZES MAKING IT DIFFICULT OT OPEN THE DOOR. I INFORMED THE DEALER OF THIS PROBLEM WHEN IT FIRST OCCURED AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT IT OCCURED WITH ALL OF THE CARS AND THAT IT WAS JUST A DESIGN FLAW AND THEY COULD DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. I LEFT IT AT THAT ALTHOUGH IT BOTHERED ME. I AM COMPLAINING NOW BECAUSE SO MANY THINGS SEEM TO BE GOING WRONG WITH THE CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#701749December 31, 1998
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD, POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION REBUILT BY AMOCO SAID ALMOST ALL PARTS WERE "CHEWED UP" NOW 1 YR LATER SLIPS GOING INTO 1ST AND HAS NO REVERSE THE HEAD HAS BEEN REPLACED 2 TIMES AND HAS GONE AGAIN SPPEDOMETER STAYS ON 0
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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