Dodge Neon Complaints (1997)

390 consumer complaints on file.

#8003001January 28, 2002
STRUCTURE:BODY:BUMPERS
A SPLIT ON LEFT SIDE OF ALL 1997, DODGE, NEON BUMPERS. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#564106January 18, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HEAD GASKET BEGAN LEAKING, CONSUMER MADE ATTEMPTS TWO MONTHS LATER TO SCHEDULE REPAIRS UNDER AN 8 YEAR 80000 MILE WARRANTY, HOWEVER DEALER WOULD NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE WARRANTY, 2 MONTHS LATER THE ENGINE BLEW OUT BECAUSE OF THE LEAKING HEAD GASKET, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIR COSTS. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8002225January 15, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING THERE WAS A NOISE, AND THEN CAME SMOKE FROM ENGINE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER ,AND DEALER NOTED THAT THERE WAS WATER LEAKING INTO OIL DUE TO A BLOWEN HEAD GASKET. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#756847January 14, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#756373January 3, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8001371January 2, 2002
INTERIOR LIGHTING
DASH LIGHTS WOULD GO OUT INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. VEHICLE BEEN TO DEALER SHOP ON FOUR OCCASIONS BEFORE CORRECTION WAS MADE. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8001374January 2, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
NOISE COMING FROM BRAKES WHEN APPLIED. CARBON DUST BUILD UP IN BRAKES. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8001375January 2, 2002
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
POWER STEERING UNIT MAKES NOISE WHEN STARTING OR WHEN MAKING TURNS. VEHICLE AT DEALER SHOP. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#755754December 17, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
SIX MONTHS AGO SEVERE OVERHEATING PROBLEMS, TOLD RELAY NOT FUNCTIONING. MECHANIC REPLACES SWITCH, FIRST TIME FAN KICKS IN TO COOL ENGINE, RELAY BLOWS/SHORTS OUT, MECHANIC SENDS ME TO DEALER BECAUSE OF WARRANTY .DEALER REPLACES RELAY, CAR CONTINUED TO OVER HEAT. DEALER TOLD ME "MICE" MUST HAVE EATEN THROUGH WIRING, DEALER REPLACED SWITCH/WIRING. NOW HEAD GASKET NEEDS REPLACING AFTER FOUR MONTHS OF OIL LOSS. DIAGANOSIS W/BLACK LIGHT, HEAD GASKET. TOLD RELAY AND HEAD GASKET RELATED AS ALUMINUM BLOCK PRONE TO OVERHEATING, RELAY COOLING DISFUNCTION POSSIBLE CAUSE OF HEAD GASKET LEAK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#899942December 6, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE), UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON, AND ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH. DEALER DETERMINED EGR VALVE HAD FAILED, AND HAD TO BE REPLACED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#754438November 12, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I BOUGHT THIS PILE OF C... 2 YEARS AGO AND HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION WITH 38000 MILES ON IT . NOW THE HEAD GASKET HAS FAILED. I WAS ABOUT TO GIVE THE DEALER $800 TO REPAIR IT WHEN THE TOLD ME THE ENGINE HAS A CRACK IN IT. NOW IT WILL BE $3500.00 FOR A NEW ENGINE. IT ONLY HAS 71000 MILES ON IT . AND CHRYSLER DOESNT CARE THAT THIS IS QUITE POSSILY THE WORST CAR EVER MADE. IT RANKS RIGHT UP THERE WITH A YUGO AND A PINTO
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#754459November 12, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, POWER TRAIN, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
EVER SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR USED I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS. HERE IS JUST A BRIEF LIST: INCORRECT GAS MILEAGE BOTH CITY AND HIGHWAY, TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, BRAKES SQUEAKING, AIR COMING THROUGH BAD WINDOW SEALS, DEFROST NOT WORKING PROPERLY, AIR CONDITIONING NOT WORKING CORRECTLY, 3 OXYGEN SENSORS REPLACED, 2 HEAD GASKETS REPLACED, AND WATER COMING INTO THE TRUNK WHICH HAS CAUSED THE JACK AND TIRE CHANGING EQUIPMENT TO RUST. ALSO THE WATER THEN LEAKS INTO THE BACK FLOOR WHICH CAUSES THE CAR TO SMELL. THE CS FOR DODGE WILL NOT AGREE TO FIX THE PROBLEM WITH THE ORIGINAL ROOF DESIGN WHICH WOULD CORRECT THE WATER FROM COMING INTO THE TRUNK. FOR THE PAST YEAR, ABOUT EVERY 2 MONTHS SOMETHING IS GOING WRONG WITH THE CAR WHICH HAS JUST A LITTLE OVER 62,000 MILES AND PROPER MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN FOLLOWED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#754228November 7, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#898443October 30, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
DIRECT FRONTAL COLLISION AT RATE OF SPEED OF 45 MP. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES TO DRIVER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#897523October 10, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
OIL WAS LEAKING FROM VEHICLE, CONSUMER HAD TO CONSTANTLY PUT OIL INTO VEHICLE.*AK VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER, AND CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT HEAD GASKET WAS DEFECTIVE.*SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#752737September 30, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
DRIVING AT 35 MPH, A PICKUP TRUCK PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF AND I CRASHED INTO THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR. UPON IMPACT, THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, THE SEAT BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN ME FROM SLAMMING FORWARD, AND THE SEAT LOCK DID NOT ENGAGE. THE CHRYSLER INVESTIGATOR CLAIMS THAT ALL THREE RESTRAINT SYSTEMS WORKED PROPERLY YET THE DEALER REPLACED BOTH THE SEAT BELTS AND THE SEAT LOCKS.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#752430September 20, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
I CONTACTED CHRYSLER DAIMLER 800-992-1997, I WAS TOLD THAT THERE IS NO REPAIR ASSISTANCE OR RECALL. ALTHOUGH THE SERVICE BULLETIN SHOWS AN UPGRADE AND A CHANGE IN THE HEAD GASKET AND ADDITIONAL INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS TO BE MADE. THIS BECAME KNOWN IN 1998, 1 YEAR AFTER MY VEHICLE WAS BUILT. THIS SEEMS LIKELY TO BE A DEFECT AND QUALITY ISSUE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#895996September 7, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CONSUMER TOOK VHEICLE TO A MECHANIC FOR A BAD OIL LEAK. MECHANIC SHOWED CONSUMER 36 DIFFERENT CRACKS IN HEAD OF MOTOR.ALSO, TRANSMISSION WAS SHATTERED, VEHICLE WAS NOT SHIFTING RIGHT. CONSUMER TOOK TO DEALER AND IT WAS FULL OF PIECES OF METAL. CONSUMER STATES THAT DEALER REPLACED HEAD. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#751757September 5, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE WITH THE 1995-1998 NEONS AND THE HEADGASKET FAILING ANY WHERE FROM 40000 MILES TO OVER 50000;IF YOU GO TO THE WEBSITE LEAK NEONHEADGASKETS.COM OR NEON HEADGASKETS YOU WILL SEE HOW MANY PROBLEMS PEOPLE HAVE HAD. DAIMLERCHRYSLER WILL NOT REPAIR THE PROBLEM FOR FREE. THEY OFFER A VARIETY OF "GOOD WILL" ASSISTANCE BUT I FEEL WITH THE NUMBER OF CARS AND PEOPLE BEING AFFECTED THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL AND THE HEADGASKETS FIXED FREE OF CHARGE. I WAS AMAZED AT HOW MANY PEOPLE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I HAD TO FIX OTHER THINGS THAT WERE RELATED TO THE HEADGASKET LEAK AND ALL THEY WOULD AUTHORIZE WAS $300 ASSISTANCE WHILE I HAVE TO PAY OVER $550. PLEASE INVESTIGATE. THEY WOULD NOT EVEN LET ME SPEAK TO THE OWNER OR DISTRICT MANAGER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#895675September 4, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WARNING LIGHT/DEVICES
VEHICLE JUST SHUT OFF WHILE STOPPING AT A STOP SIGN, AND WOULD NOT RESTART. ALSO, BATTERY LIGHT AND SEAT BELT LIGHT CAME ON.CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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