Dodge Neon Complaints (1995)

976 consumer complaints on file.

#10011699April 7, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST CHRYSLER BY OWNERS OF 1995 DODGE NEON'S REGARDING ENGINE FAILURE, WHICH RESULTED IN THE PCM BEING REPLACED.(LAWYER ON BEHALF OF CLIENTS) *TS *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10008373March 4, 2003
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
THE PLASTIC LENSES ON MY 1995 DODGE NEON'S HEADLIGHTS, TURN INDICATORS, AND FOG LIGHTS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY DETERIORATED OVER TIME. THE LENSES HAVE YELLOWED AND ARE PITTED CAUSING A SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF LIGHT OUTPUT. IT IS LESS SAFE TO DRIVE THIS CAR AT NIGHT. I WROTE TO DAIMLER CHRYSLER AND THEY DENIED MY CLAIM. THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE REPAIR IS EXPENSIVE BUT STATED THAT THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS IS A WARRANTY ISSUE - I BELIEVE IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10009133February 24, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE HEAD GASKET FAILED, WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE TO STALL.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10009134February 24, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE HEAD GASKET FAILED, WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE TO STALL.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10007081February 11, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE HEAD GASKET FAILED.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10000715January 3, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
I AM REALLY CONCERNED WITH THE WAY CHRYSLER CORP. IS HANDLING THE HEAD GASKET PROBLEMS ON THE 95-98 NEON'S. SO FAR MY HEAD GASKET HAS BEEN BLOWN. MOST OF THE DODGE NEON 95 -99 HAVE HEAD GASKET PROBLEMS RESULTING IN OIL LICK AND BURN OF FUEL. I HAVE TO REPLACE THE HEAD GASKET, WHICH WILL GOST ME ABOUT $1500.00. I ALSO HAVE NOTICED THE POOR CRASH RESULTS ON THE NEON 95. WHICH CAN RESULT IN A VERY SEROIUS INJURIES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
1
#8022574November 12, 2002
POWER TRAIN
NHTSA RECALL CAMPAINGN 94V033000 POWER TRAIN; THE VEHICLE IS STALLING DUE TO MOISTURE GETTING INSIDE POWER TRAIN. MOST OF THE TIME, THE VEHICLE WOULD START AGAIN ONCE STALLED OUT. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8022347November 7, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT THE CYLINDER HEAD LEAKING OIL FROM BACK OF ENGINE. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THERE IS NO RECALL SO THERE FOR THEY CAN DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#769122October 30, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
MY CAR CAUGHT FIRE FOR NO REASON AT ALL. IVE HEARD OF SOME OTHER DODGE, PLYMOUTH VEHICLES DOING THE SAME. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#8021799October 29, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND NO WARNING THE VEHICLE JERK AND THE ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON AND THERE WILL BE A HEAVY VIBRATION. DEALER NOTIFIED TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8021802October 29, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLING/CHARGING
CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT WARNING THE FUEL FILLER NECK IS RUSTING. DEALER NOTIFIED TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#768899October 25, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR
I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS CARS IN MY TIME AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THE DODGE NEON THAT I PURCHASED IS ABOUT THE WORST INVESTMENT THAT I HAVE EVER MADE. I HAVE EXPERIENCD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE. FOR START, THE BRAKES KEEP FAILING, AND TWO, THE WIRING HARNESS IS SO POORLY DESIGNED THAT IT HAS FUSED WIRES TOGETHER CAUSING THE WHOLE CAR TO MALFUNCTION. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8019880September 30, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE TIMING BELT BROKE AND IT WAS HARD TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#766676September 4, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
CRUISE CONTROL WENT OUT SHORTYLY AFTER DEALER REPROGRAMMED PCM. REAR MAIN SEAL HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH CONSTANT LEAKS. RADIO BEGAN WORKING INTERMITTENTLY ABOUT YEAR AND HALF AGO AND NOW IS COMPLETELY OUT. INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WAS WORKING INTERMITTENTLY FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND THEN COMPLETELY WENT OUT. A/C CONDENSOR WENT OUT AND TOOK BELTS WITH IT. I HAVE DONE ALOT OF INTERNET RESEARCH AND WORD OF MOUTH RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT ALL THESE COMPONENTS ARE COMMON FAILURS. CALLED DODGE COMPLAINT LINE ONLY TO HAVE THEM TELL ME I'M SOL SINCE WARRANTY IS UP.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8017675August 30, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH THE PASSENGER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED INTO REAR PASSENGER SEAT. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME.*AK CONSUMER STATED BOTH AIRBAGS DID DEPLOT, AND THE PASSENGERS AIRBAG EJECTED OUT OF THE DASHBOARD.*JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#8017513August 29, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
SMOKE IS COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN DUE TO PARTS OF IGNITION SWITCH AND DASH WIRING HARNESS MELTING. MILEAGE 123000. *AK THE DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH SHORTED THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT GROUND WIRE. THE WIRE IS LOCATED BETWEEN THE IGNITION SWITCH AND THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. THE SMOKE EMITTED ONCE THE KEY WAS TURNED IN THE IGNITION. THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION CONCERNING STEERING COLUMN FIRES PE97-007, BUT THE DEFECT WAS IN THE MALFUCTION SWITCH AND NOT THE IGNITION. THE SWITCH WAS SET IN THE INTERMEDIATE POSITION INSTEAD OF THE RUN POSITION. CONSUMER THINKS THIS MAY HAVE BEEN RELATED. *JG
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8017005August 22, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
WHEN TURNING ON THE IGNITION SWITCH NONE OF THE PANEL LIGHTS WILL COME ON, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WIRING HARNESS. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK THE WIRES IN THE DASH HAD BURNT AND THE MECHANIC SAID THAT IF THEY REPAIR IT, THAT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE PROBLEM MAY RE-OCCUR. DAMAGE HAD COME UP TO $1500.*SCC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8015417August 2, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
SMOKE WAS COMING FROM STEERING WHEEL.CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER CONTACTED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8014997July 29, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODEL HAS A DEFECT. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. CONSUMER WILL FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#566721July 24, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
FRONT BRAKE ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO A FACTORY DEFECT, CONSUMER NO LONGER OWNS THE VEHICLE. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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