Dodge Neon Complaints (1998)

339 consumer complaints on file.

#742569March 17, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THIS CAR HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS SINCE DAY ONE. I HAVE TALKED TO OTHER NEON OWNERS WHO HAVE ALSO HAD TO HAVE THE HEAD GASKETS REPLACED. I TALKED TO TWO DIFFERENT MECHANICS WHO HAVE SAID THIS OUGHT TO BE RECALLED BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF PROBLEMS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883095March 14, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HEAD GASKET HAS BEEN LEAKING FROM ENGINE, AND DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882914March 13, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES
HEAD GASKET AND OIL PAN GASKET FAILURES. VEHICLE TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP FOR REPAIRS. CURRENTLY, A TRANSMISSION REAR GASKET FAILURE OCCURRED, CAUSING FLUID LEAKAGE. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK THE DEALER WAS UNWILLING TO DO REPAIR BECAUSE THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN AT INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP EARLIER. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882002March 2, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WAS TAKING OFF WHEN THROTTLE WOULD SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THROTTLE WOULD BE WIDE OPEN. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC THAT PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. *AK THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION OCCURED TWICE AND THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881827March 1, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
VEHICLE WAS LEAKING OIL FOR ABOUT 3-4 WEEKS. CONSUMER CALLED DEALER, AND THEY KNEW EXACTLY WHAT PROBLEM WAS. IT SEEMED TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM THAT HASN'T REACHED AN INVESTIGATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741702February 28, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILURE AT 57,000 MILES. FACTORY CHANGED GASKET AT ASS'Y PLANTS IN LATE 1998, HOWEVER, MINE WAS BUILT IN APRIL 1998 WITH ORIGINAL FAULTY DESIGN. THIS DESIGN FLAW IS COMMON AND SHOULD TRIGGER A RECALL.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741596February 27, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
THE FIRST TIME WOULD HAVE BEEN HEADED UP 23 N THE CAR HESITATED ON THE HILL, LATER THAT DAY, BEING THE NEXT DAY AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR, IT STOPPED GOING UP A SLIGHT INCLINE ON HIGH STREET IN WORTHINGTON OH IN LUNCH HOUR TRAFFIC, I WAS IN THE FAR LANE AND COULD FEEL THERE WAS NO PRESSURE ON THE GAS PEDAL, THE NEXT WAS 2 DAYS LATER GOING UP KENNEY RD, I WAS HALF WAY WHEN I COULD FEEL NO PRESSURE IN THE GAS PEDAL, I MANAGED TO GET OFF THE ROAD AND TURN THE CORNER WHEN THE CAR STOPPED, THE FINAL TIME I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK IN MORNING RUSH WHEN IT STARTED TO ACT UP, AGAIN THERE WAS NO PRESSURE IN THE GAS PEDAL, I WAS MOVING AT A RATE THAT I COULD PULL OFF THE ROAD, EACH TIME EVEN THOUGH I WAS ON LEVEL GROUND THE CAR WOULD NOT START AGAIN, THE FIRST TIME THE DEALER SAID I WAS OUT OF GAS, THE SECOND TIME HE SAID I WAS OUT OF GAS AND DIDN'T BOTHER TO HAVE IT REPAIRED ONLY AFTER THE THIRD CONFLICT WITH HIM AND THIS CAR WAS IT FIXED, I ALSO THINK THIS CAR MAY HAVE BEEN WRECKED, IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY BUT WAS ON THE SALES LOT WITH ALL THESE PROB AND THE DRIVER DOOR LEAKS AIR QUITE A BIT, IF THER IS A WAY THAT COULD BE CHECKED OUT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO IT IF I HAD THE INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741563February 26, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
BLOWN HEAD GASKET. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741587February 26, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HEAD GASKET FAILURE THEN HEAD REPLACED BECAUSE IT WAS PITTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741485February 25, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
REPLACED BLOWN HEAD GASKET.... NEW GASKET WAS OF SUPERIOR QUALITY AND DESIGN THAN ORIGINAL. THE MANUFACTURER OBVIOUSLY REDESIGNED IT DUE TO A FAULTY ORIGINAL DESIGN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741318February 22, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
SPRAG GEAR BROKE, VEHICLE WAS MAINTAINED ACCORDING OWNERS MANUAL. A GOOD TRANSMISSION SHOULD NOT FAIL AT 56000. THIS CAR WAS NOT DRIVEN HARD. AND THERE IS NO REASON FOR TRANNY TO FAIL.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741289February 21, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE 1998 DODGE NEON THAT I BOUGHT HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT A PROBLEM. ALONG WITH NUMEROUS, AND I DO MEAN NUMEROUS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, THE HEAD GASKET HAS BLOWN TWICE. AND AS WE ALL KNOW THEY ARE NOT CHEAP TO REPLACE. DODGE SHOULD BE MADE TO REIMBURSE ALL SUCH PROBLEMS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880926February 21, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE HEAD GASKETS HAS DEVELOPED A LEAK WHICH COULD CAUSE VEHICLE TO COMPLETELY SHUTDOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#559725February 16, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
BLOWN HEAD GASKET CAUSED OIL LEAK AT 33K MILES. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740945February 15, 2001
SUSPENSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HEAD GASKET FAILURE AT 40000 MI. SPRING SLEEVES REPLACED AT 500 MI, FAILED AROUND 3000 MI. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880531February 14, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHENEVER PUTTING OIL IN TO GAS TANK IT WILL LEAK RIGHT TO THE GROUND. MECHANIC TOLD CONSUMER THAT HEAD GASKET WAS SHOT, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE IS A SERVICE BULLETIN ON PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740789February 12, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
FAULTY HEAD GASKET AT ONLY 54,400 MILES SEEMS ODD FOR A 1998 VECHICLE. I BOUGHT IT USED IN NASHVILLE AND ON THE FIRST OIL CHANGE AN OIL LEAK PROBLEM WAS DESCOVERED AND FIXED VIA WARENTY. THIS MAY BE THE SAME COMPONENT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740693February 10, 2001
STEERING:LINKAGES, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
NO SUMMARY LISTED IN ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740460February 5, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
AFTER NUMEROUS OIL CHANGES, ENGINE CHECK LIGHT SUDDENLY STARTED FLASHING WHILE ON EXPRESSWAY AND CAR LURCHED, THEN SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY. AT DEALERSHIP I WAS INFORMED THAT ENGINE THREW A ROD THROUGH THE OIL PAN. I'M CONVINCED THIS IS RELATED TO THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF THE HEAD GASKET IN THE ENGINE, SINCE THEY ALL SEEM TO HAVE OIL LEAKS IN COMMON.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879485January 31, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
VEHICLE EXPERIENCING OIL LEAKAGES. TAKEN TO DEALER, AND INFORMED THAT 2.0L ENGINE HAD A HEAD GASKET FAILURE, AND VEHICLE WAS OUT OF ITS WARRANTY. NOT COVERED UNDER MANUFACTURER'S RECALL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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