Dodge Neon Complaints (2005)

96 consumer complaints on file.

#10169791October 2, 2006
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY FOR SEVERAL MILES AND GOT OFF AN OFF RAMP. I CONTINUED TO DRIVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND HAD COME TO A FOUR WAY STOP. I PROCEEDED TO GO AND ACCELERATED IN 1ST GEAR AND THEN PUT THE CAR INTO 2ND GEAR. WHILE IN THE 2ND GEAR, THE ENGINE CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP AND SPARKS FLEW ALL OVER THE STREET. THE CLUTCH HAD EJECTED ITSELF OUT OF THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING MASSIVE DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE BAY AND CHASSIS. DEALER AND INSURANCE COMPANIES DENIED MY CLAIM AND HAVE NOT FIXED MY MOTOR VEHICLE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10164811August 7, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED INTO SECOND GEAR AND IT ACCELERATED BEYOND EFFORT. THE BRAKES AND STEERING FAILED AFTER THIS OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RESTART THE VEHICLE , IT WOULD NOT START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THE AIR INTAKE HOSE CRACKED AND CAUSED A VACUUM LEAK. THE HOSE WAS REPLACED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10163995July 31, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY VEHICLE HAS A PROBLEM WHEN I ACCELERATE. HOWEVER, THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IS BUMPY OR SHUDDER INTO ROUGH FIRST OR SECOND GEAR SHIFT. ALSO, ANOTHER WAY WHEN I STOPPED THE BRAKE PEDAL THEN I QUICKLY PRESS THE GAS PEDAL IS SHAKES A LITTLE BIT. I WILL CONSIDER GOING TO THE DODGE DEALER TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10162695July 17, 2006
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
I HAVE A 2005 DODGE NEON SRT-4. I PURCHASED THE CAR LAST MAY BRAND NEW WITH 2 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. SINCE ABOUT 800 MILES I HAVE BEEN HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE 3RD GEAR DURING BOTH UP SHIFTING AND DOWN SHIFTING. DURING THE UP SHIFT, AT TIMES IT WILL JUST LOCK OUT OF GEAR, AND I WILL HAVE TO RELEASE THE CLUTCH, REV THE ENGINE AND THEN PRESS THE CLUTCH AGAIN TO GET THE GEAR TO ENGAGE. DURING THE DOWN SHIFT, ABOUT 1 OUT OF 10 TIMES IT WILL EITHER JUST POP BACK OUT OF GEAR, IT WILL SEEM TO ONLY PARTLY ENGAGE, THEN GRIND AND POP OUT, OR JUST GRIND AND NOT ENGAGE AT ALL. I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED IT, ALONG WITH ANOTHER LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIP TO ASK ABOUT IT, AND AT BOTH PLACES I WAS TOLD THAT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM, BUT UNLESS I COULD SHOW THEM WHAT WAS HAPPENING, WHILE IT WAS HAPPENING, THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10155636April 18, 2006
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
JUMPS OUT OF THIRD GEAR WHEN UNDER PRESSURE. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10154738April 6, 2006
SUSPENSION
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE BOUNCED WHILE DRIVING DOWN A HILL OR COMING TO A STOP. ALTHOUGH THE TECHNICIAN RODE IN THE VEHICLE AFTER INSPECTION AND STATED THIS WAS NOT NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS, THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE A PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10154178March 30, 2006
STRUCTURE, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
LEAKING REALLY BAD UP UNDER THE PASSENGER SIDE DASH AND HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10153953March 28, 2006
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
2005 DODGE NEON [XXX]. 4 CYL, 2.0 LTR ENGINE, 12,326 MILES, I WAS DRIVING IN ANCHORAGE ALASKA, ON 03/06/06, MY ACCELERATOR GOT STUCK, AND I WAS GOING FASTER, BEFORE I KNEW WHAT TO DO I SLAMMED INTO AN ABANDONED VEHICLE, I WAS GOING ABOUT 30/40 MPH, AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. AT IMPACT I HIT MY HEAD GOT A CONCUSSION. AFTER IMPACT CAR WAS STILL ACCELERATING, PUT THE CAR IN PARK, REALIZED THE ACCELERATORS STUCK, NOW SMOKE WAS FILLING THE CAR, AND I GOT MY PHONE AND RAN THINKING IT WAS GOING TO EXPLODE, I CALLED 911, THEY ASKED IF THE ENGINE WAS STILL REVVING AND I SAID YES, THEY THEN TOLD ME TO BACK AWAY FROM THE CAR, AND WAIT FOR THE FIRE DEPT. 3 WITNESSES SAW THAT THE ENGINE WAS STILL REVVING WITH ME OUT OF THE CAR. ANCHORAGE FIRE/PARAMEDIC CAME. THE FIRE DEPT DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY AND OPENED THE TRUNK; SMOKE WAS STILL COMING OUT OF THE ENGINE/TRUNK. ANCHORAGE POLICE CAME AND ASKED WHAT HAPPENED, I TOLD HIM. I GOT A CASE NUMBER CASE #, AND THEY TOWED MY CAR TO A BODY SHOP. BODY SHOP FOUND THAT THERE WAS A HOLE IN MY PLENUM/ INTAKE MANIFOLD, CAUSED BY THE COLLISION. THAT'S WHY THE CAR WAS STILL REVVING. I ASKED HOW DID THE ACCELERATOR GET STUCK IN THE FIRST PLACE, WAS TOLD HE COULD NOT DETERMINE THAT. I CALLED DAIMLER CHRYSLER, TO FILE A CLAIM WITH THEM. THEY SENT A SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR TO LOOK AT THE CAR. I GOT A LETTER FROM DAIMLER CHRYSLER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY ARE DENYING MY CLAIM. I CALLED TO FIND OUT WHY, AND WAS TOLD DAIMLER CHRYSLER DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THE CLAIM, A DECISION WAS MADE AND THAT'S FINAL, I CAN SEEK LEGAL ACTION IF I FEEL LIKE IT. I ASKED WHY DAIMLER CHRYSLER DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THE CLAIM, SHE TOLD ME A DECISION WAS MADE AND THAT WAS FINAL I CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT AND ENDED THE CALL. MY INSURANCE IS GOING TO FIX THE CAR, BUT I HAVE TO DRIVE THIS CAR KNOWING THAT THE ORIGINAL PROBLEM WAS NEVER FIXED, AND THAT EVERY TIME I PUT MY WIFE AND MY 7 MONTH OLD IN THE CAR. *JB UPDATED 07/16/2012 *JS
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10152082March 7, 2006
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TURNING, AT 30 MPH, A POP WAS HEARD. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER AND THE CONTACT DID NOT HEAR ANY ADDITIONAL NOISES. A BURNING SMELL WAS NOTICED AND THERE WAS A LIQUID TRAIL BEHIND THE VEHICLE. IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TORN APART FOR INSPECTION, BUT THE DISTRICT TECHNICIAN AND MANUFACTURER REPRESENTATIVE DETERMINED, WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS ON A LIFT, A PIECE OF THE PRESSURE PLATE BROKE LOOSE AND WENT THROUGH THE TRANSMISSION. IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE OWNER ABUSE AND NO REPAIR WAS OFFERED UNDER WARRANTY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10151784March 4, 2006
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
MY SON WAS DRIVING OUR 2005 DODGE NEON ON HWY. 50 WHEN A 2003 DODGE DAKOTA 4X4 MADE AN UNSAFE LANE CHANGE IN FRONT OF OUR CAR. THE DRIVER OF THE DAKOTA SLAMMED ON HIS BRAKES BEFORE BEING COMPLETELY IN MY SON'S LANE AND MY SON REAR-ENDED THE DAKOTA (FRONT END DAMAGE, MOST OF WHICH WAS CAUSED BY THE DAKOTA'S TRAILER HITCH PUNCHING THROUGH OUR NEON--TRAILER HITCH ENTERED TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE NEON'S LICENSE PLATE BY ABOUT A FOOT). AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY SHOULD HAVE. MY SON WAS WEARING HIS SAFETY BELT AND DUE TO THE AIR BAGS NOT DEPLOYING, HIS KNEES WERE RAMMED INTO THE DASH. AT TIME OF IMPACT, MY SON BELIEVES HE WAS GOING ABOUT 20 MPH. DAMAGE TO THE NEON, ACCORDING TO CAL STATE AUTO AND GEICO, IS $7400.00. MY SON HAD SORE KNEES AND A WRENCHED BACK PLUS A VERY SORE CHEST FROM THE SEAT BELT BEING THE ONLY THING THAT HELD HIM IN PLACE (COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE). *NM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10150022February 11, 2006
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
COMPLETE BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE. AFTER NEON SAT FOR APPROX 36 HOURS PARKED IT WAS DRIVEN AT HWY SPEEDS FOR APPROX 12 MILES AND BRAKE PEDAL WOULD TRAVEL WITHOUT EFFORT TO FLOOR. USING A COMBINATION OF ENGINE BRAKING AND HAND BRAKE I WAS ABLE TO COME TO A STOP AFTER PUMPING PEDAL NORMAL BRAKING WOULD OCCUR. IT HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER FOUR TIMES NOW WITH AIR IN THE LINES FOR NO APPARENT REASON. AFTER A MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED IT SEEMED NORMAL ONLY TO HAVE THE PEDAL TRAVEL TO THE FLOOR ONCE AGAIN. DEALER NOW STATES UNABLE TO DUPLICATE. I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW AND ONLY HAVE 8K MILES ON IT. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10147455January 11, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY
I BOUGHT A 2005 DODGE NEON SXT ON DECEMBER 14,2005 AND JUST ON SUNDAY JANUARY 8, 2006 THE CLAMP AND HOSE OF THE RADIATOR JUST BROKE. I HAD MY CAR TOWED TO MY HOUSE AND THEN I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERS ON MONDAY. THEY ADVISED ME THAT IT WAS THAT, WHICH I NOTICED THAT DAY THAT ABOUT 6 OTHER CARS CAME IN ALSO THE SAME YEAR MAKE AND MODEL, IT WAS THE 2005 DODGE NEON SXT LINE. SO THEY REPLACED THE PART AND SO FAR IT HAS HELD UP BUT DON'T NOW FOR SHORE YET. SO PLEASE PASS THIS DOWN IN THE RECALL THAT THIS LINE OF CAR'S HAVE A HOSE AND CLAMP RECALL THANKS EDWARD ROBINSON. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10142655November 14, 2005
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
MY WIFE STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE IN THE BACK @ APPROXIMATED 45 MILES PER HOUR WITH SUBSTANTIAL FRONT END DAMAGE TO THE FRONT END (TOTAL LOSS) NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. I CONTACTED DODGE WITH THIS ISSUE THEY HAD A LOT OF EXCUSES AND PROMISED TO SEND OUT A REP. TO INVESTIGATE THE INCIDENT BUT NEVER DID.*JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10138358October 3, 2005
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
DT: ON SEPTEMBER 24, 2005 THE RADIO CAUGHT ON FIRE. CONTACTED DODGE, THEY SENT AN INVESTIGATOR , AND CONSUMER WAS STILL WAITING FOR A DISPOSITION FROM THEM. THE FIRE INVESTIGATOR DETERMINED THAT THE AMP HAD OVERHEATED AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. NOTHING WAS IN CONTACT WITH IT. THERE WAS NO MODIFICATIONS MADE TO IT, AND THERE WAS NO FOREWARNING. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN SITTING FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS BEFORE IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10113362March 3, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED SMOKE CAME FROM OUT OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10103797December 14, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH AND WHILE COMING TO A RIGHT TURN LOST CONTROL OF BRAKES AND STEERING. VEHICLE HIT AND WENT UP ON THE CURB. THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE WHEEL WAS DAMAGED.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

← Back to Dodge Neon