67 complaint narratives mention fuel terms.
3,489 owner complaints analyzed
16 distinct recall campaigns
60,000 mi median reported failure mileage
Scope: 1993 to 2005 model years. Data updated: . 759 complaints include usable failure mileage. View data status.
67 of 3,489 complaints match this topic (1.9%). The keyword filter can include complaints that mention a transmission without reporting its failure. View matching rules.
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED/STOPPED DUE TO FUEL PUMP FAILING. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 959267 at NHTSA ↗
FUEL PUMP (20A) FUSE RANDOMLY BLOWS. 30A FUSES USED AND ALSO RANDOMLY BLOW CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL. NO INDICATION OF PROBLEM WITH FUEL PUMP ITSELF. O2 SENSOR AND EGR VALVE HAS BEEN REPLACED. MECHANICS HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO ISOLATE THE CAUSE BUT HAVE FOUND DIFFERENT VARIATIONS OF CIRCUIT/WIRING DIAGRAMS FOR THIS '95 NEON SPORT MODEL VEHICLE. MECHANICS HAVE ALSO RECEIVED VARYING ADVICE FROM DODGE DEALERSHIPS ON THE CAUSE AND REMEDY. RESULT IS SAFETY HAZARD TO VEHICLE DRIVER AND OCCUPANTS IF THE SYSTEM FAILS IN TRAFFIC.*AK
Owner-reported narrative. 74,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10028501 at NHTSA ↗
WHILE PUMPING FUEL CONSUMER NOTICED THAT FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM UNDRNEATH THE VEHICLE. DEALER STATED GAS TANK FILLER PIPE WAS CORRODED. *AK
Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 10031859 at NHTSA ↗
REPLACED RUSTED OUT FUEL TANK THAT LEAKED FUEL AFTER FILLING IT MORE THEN HALF-FULL. REPAIRED RUSTED OUT FUEL INLET TUBE ( LEAKED WHEN FILLING FUEL TANK) FUEL TANKS WAS RECYCLED AND STILL USING INLET TUBE. *JB
Owner-reported narrative. 150,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10182398 at NHTSA ↗
GAS TANK LEAK (VERY SLOW AND GRADUAL). NOTICED ONLY WHILE PARKED, LEFT DROPS ON GARAGE FLOOR. CAR ALSO HAD BAD HEAD GASKETS, PARKING BRAKE, AND AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. *TR
Owner-reported narrative. 50,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10267013 at NHTSA ↗
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3,489 unique complaints in this selection. Analysis snapshot: 2026-10-01.
Missing, zero and invalid mileage is excluded. Dates after the snapshot are excluded. Examples are limited selections, not a representative sample.
Model-wide comparison of the eight most reported components across the model. Cells show counts and shares within each model year. Open a cell for source examples.
| Component | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
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| Engine And Engine Cooling:Engine | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 222.2% | 21021.5% | 24540.1%ODI 10000506 · 70,000 mi1996 DODGE NEON WITH A LITTLE OVER 70,000 MILES ON IT. CAR IS LEAKING OIL..ACCORDING TO MECHANIC, THE HEAD GASKET NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $700-$800. MECHANIC INDICATED THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE NEON. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE. IF NOT, IS THERE ANY STEPS I CAN TAKE TO HAVE THIS COST PAID BY DODGE? TS | 14837.9%ODI 10000932MY DAUGHTER JUST TURNED 16 AND BOUGHT A USED 1997 DODGE NEON WITH 60,000 MILES. THE DEALER TOLD HER OF WHAT HAD BEEN DONE AND REPLACED. ONE OF HIS SELLING POINTS WAS A NEW HEAD GASKET HAD BEEN INSTALLED. WELL IT'S BEEN JUST OVER THE 3 MONTH, 3000 MILES AND THE HEAD GASKET BLEW, SPILLING OIL ALL OVER THE HIGHWAY. I WENT TO THE WEB, AND TO MY HORROR THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ALOT OF PEOPLE. THE ROADS ARE BEING MADE HAZARDOUS WITH SLIPPERY OIL AND PEOPLE ARE GETTING RIPPED OFF BY A BADLY DESIGNED ENGINE. CHRYSLER SHOULD RECALL THEM. I KNOW YOU ARE WEL… | 13038.3%ODI 10000507 · 65,000 miHEAD GASKET FAILED, WATER LEAKED INTO RADIATOR. HAD TO REPLACE HEAD GASKET, WATER PUMP, HOSES, AND FLUSH RADIATOR. TOTAL REPAIR $1600 CAR HAD 65000 MILES. I NEVER HAD A CAR DO THIS. DEALER CLAIMS THAT IT WAS MY FAULT. TS | 3933.6%ODI 10002890 · 72,000 miHEAD GASKET HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS BAD ON MY CAR THAT HAS HAD THE OIL CHANGED EVERY 3000 MILES AND THESE ARE HIGHWAY MILES.TOLD THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH NEONS | 216.2%ODI 100054322000 DODGE NEON I HAD THIS DODGE NEON FOR 3 YEARS NOW ; I FOUND OUT THE OTHER DAY THAT I HAVE TO REPLACE MY HEAD GASKET, FUEL PUMP AND TIMING BELT. I KNOW I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO REPLACE THESE ITEMS SO SOON. I TOOK MY CAR TO ANOTHER MECHANIC AND THEY TOLD ME THE SAME EXACT THING. I AM TRULY UPSET ABOUT THIS. | 42.7%ODI 10010752 · 33,000 miENGINE IDLES VERY ROUGH. CAR HAS STALLED OUT TWICE THIS WEEKEND WHILE IN REVERSE WITH NO WARNING. DEALER HAS SEEN CAR TODAY AND SAID IT CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM SO THEY HAVE NOTHING TO FIX. MY CAR HAS BEEN IN CLOSE TO A DOZEN TIMES IN REGARDS TO THE ROUGH HANDLING. ESPECIALLY WHEN A/C WAS ON. NOW IT SEEMS TO HAVE A PROBLEM WHILE COMING TO A STOP AT A LIGHT...WHEN YOU TRY TO GO THE CAR SEEMS LIKE IT ISN'T GETTING GAS. CAR DEALER IS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE ALTHOUGH MY HUSBAND AND FRIENDS HAVE ALL NOTICED/EXPERIENCED THE ROUGH FEELING WHILE DRIVIN… | 126.9%ODI 10016928 · 1,200 miNOTICED CAR WAS LEAKING OIL; CHECKED OIL LEVEL AND OIL WASN'T EVEN REGISTERING ON THE OIL DIPSTICK. REQUIRED TWO (2) QUARTS OF OIL TO FILL TO PROPER LEVEL. IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THE OIL IS FINDING ITS WAY INTO THE COOLANT SYSTEM AND BEING EXPELLED FROM THE COOLANT OVERFLOW (EXPANSION) TANK. ALMOST TWO WEEKS LATER THE VEHICLE REQUIRED ANOTHER QUART AND WAS LOSING OIL AND COOLANT AT AN ALARMING RATE (POURING OUT OF THE VEHICLE). DEALER HAS INSISTED PROBLEM DOESN'T EXIST AND HAS ACCUSED ME OF PUTTING OIL INTO COOLANT OVERFLOW TANK. THIS IS … | 31.5%ODI 10056105 · 1,065 miWHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER FLUCTUATED AND CONSUMER COULDN'T GET AN ACCURATE READING OF THE VEHICLE'S SPEED. *PH THE MECHANIC ATTEMPTED TO FIX THE SPEEDOMETER NUMEROUS TIMES, ONCE BY REPLACING THE INTERNAL CLUSTER. THERE WAS A SQUEALING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, THE NOISE WAS FIXED BY BLOCKING THE AIR INTAKE ON THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE STALLED SEVERAL TIMES ON THE FREEWAY, HOWEVER THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO FIND THE PROBLEM. THERE WAS A NOISE COMING FROM THE HEAT SHIELD. THE CONSUMER STATED TH… | 44.3%ODI 10145154 · 5,010 miIN EARLY AUGUST OF 2004 I PURCHASED A 2004 DODGE NEON SXT WITH ONLY 8 MILES ON IT. SINCE DECEMBER OF 2004 I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE MISSING. FOR EXAMPLE THE CAR SHAKES WHEN SITTING OR DRIVING AND IS HAVING TROUBLE AT TIMES GETTING SPEED WHEN YOU PRESS DOWN OF THE ACCELERATOR. SO I TOOK THE CAR IN JANUARY 2005 TO CORNELL DODGE IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA AT WHICH TIME IT HAS REACHED A LITTLE OVER 5,000 MILES. THE SERVICE ADVISOR TOLD ME THAT THE CAR WAS FINE AND THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS DETECTED BY THE COMPUTER AND TO RETURN LATER TO GET MY … | 22.1%ODI 10278758 · 34,230 miTL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE NEON. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE MORE THAN 45 MPH. THE VEHICLE ALSO BEGAN TO SHAKE. THE FAILURES WERE INCONSISTENT AND OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 34,230. |
| Air Bags:Frontal | 133.3%ODI 800497DRIVING AT A SPEED 30MPH, RAN OVER AN OBJECT IN HWY, DUAL AIR BAGS , NO IMPACT INPACT INVOLVED. *AK | 222.2%ODI 818425CONSUMER DID NOT HAVE ADEQUATE INFORMATION TO COMPLETE REPORT. (WILL FILL IN WHEN RECEIVED) THANK YOU. *AK | 818.3%ODI 10097735 · 133,000 miAFTER HITTING A MINOR BUMP IN THE ROAD FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK | 365.9%ODI 10008498IN AUGUST OF 1999, DUE TO A HEALTH PROBLEM (UNKNOWN TO ME), I FELL ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL OF MY 1996 NEON. I AWOKE IN TIME TO FORCE THE CAR OVER TO A GRASSY MEDIAN BETWEEN TWO PARTS OF A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY. THE CAR FLEW TWENTY OR SO FEET IN THE AIR, MAKING IMPACT WITH THE GRASS, AND CONTINUING WITHOUT POWER STEERING, ETC., FOR APPROXIMATELY. 300 FEET. WHILE IN THE AIR, MY LEFT ARM BROKE THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW. WHEN THE CAR LANDED DEAD ON TO THE GRASS, THE AIR BAGS BURST, BUT "WILTED" DOWN, THEY DID NOT COME STRAIGHT OUT AT ME AS NORMAL, BUT DO… | 317.9%ODI 10032439 · 62,000 miCONSUMER STATED HER BRAKES FAILED. THERE WAS A MULTI-CAR ACCIDENT ON THE BELTWAY. AS SHE APPROACHED SHE SAW THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF HER APPLY HIS BRAKES, SHE THEN APPLIED HER BRAKES. HER VEHICLE DID NOT STOP AND THE VEHICLE REAR ENDED THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF HER. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND SHE RECEIVED SOME MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURIES AND WAS VERY SORE. HER VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. DAIMLERCHRYSLER WON'T CLAIM ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DEFECT ON THE VEHICLE. *PH *SCC *JB | 288.3%ODI 10029688CONSUMER STATES THAT FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK | 86.9%ODI 10026748CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN HIT IN THE FRONT CENTER OF THE VEHICLE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK | 4914.5%ODI 10019355THE DRIVERS AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. *NLM | 2315.8%ODI 10001816CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING 50MPH HAD FRONT END COLLISION AND AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY, CAUSING INJURIES. TS | 137.5%ODI 10001619VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT PANEL COLLISION ON THE DRIVER SIDE AND NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS | 125.9%ODI 10073920CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER WAS SLIGHTLY INJURED, HER NECK AND BACK WAS SORE. *AK | 77.4%ODI 10106733 · 10,000 miWHEN HITTING A POLE AT 40 MPH IN THE FRONT END FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY NOR DID THE FRONT SEAT BELT RESTRAIN THE CONSUMER. DRIVER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK | 66.3%ODI 10142655 · 548 miMY 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 |
| Engine And Engine Cooling:Engine:Gasoline | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 697.1% | 8213.4%ODI 10004990I HAVE A 1996 DODGE NEON. THIS CAR IS A COMPLETE LEMON,MY ENGINE SEALENT HAS BEEN LEAKING FOR OVER 2 YEARS,IM AM NOT THE ONLY OWNER THAT HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE SEALENT. | 4511.5%ODI 10216755 · 89,500 miTHROUGH THE LIFE OF OWNING THIS CAR. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE HEAD GASKET SEVERAL TIMES 3 TIMES IN LAST 2 YEARS ALONE AND REPLACE THE ENGINE. THE HEAD GASKET STILL LEAKS AND NO ONE CAN SEEM TO FIX IT EVEN THE DEALER. I HAVE TALKED TO OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE NEONS AND THEY ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME EXACT HEAD GASKET PROBLEM. WHY HASN'T THERE BEEN A RECALL FOR THIS. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY COSTLY REPAIR. *TR | 4212.4%ODI 10002957 · 38,750 mi1998 DODGE NEON HS 2 DOOR MODEL HAS HAD AN OIL LEAK FOR APPROX. 6 MONTHS. TOOK IT TO THE SHOP TODAY AND WAS TOLD IT WAS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. SHOP OWNER TOLD ME OF 4 OTHER NEONS HE HAS HAD TO SERVICE FOR THE SAME BLOWN HEAD GASKET AND THAT NEON OWNERS ARE LUCKY IF THEIR CAR HITS 40,000 MILES WITHOUT THIS PROBLEM. I KNOW 2 OTHER PEOPLE WITH NEONS AND THEY HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM ALSO. I WAS TOLD THIS WOULD COST ME 550.00 TO FIX. IT IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING FIXED RIGHT NOW, BUT I FEEL A RECALL NEEDS TO BE DONE TO SOLVE THIS. | 43.4%ODI 737178HAD VEHICLE SERVICED FOR ENGINE OIL LEAK TWICE IN SAME MONTH - STILL LEAKED SAME DAY GOT BACK FROM DEALERSHIP AFTER SECOND TIME. *AK | 123.6%ODI 10144317 · 86,000 miHEAD GASKET BLOWN. LARGE OIL/FUEL LEAKS AND/OR CONTAMINATION THROUGHOUT ENGINE COMPARTMENT, INCLUDING CAPTURED IN MOTOR-MOUNT BAY ACTING AS A RESEVOIR DAM. *NM GOOGLE ALONE DEMONSTRATES SOME 111,000 REPORTED "NEON HEAD-GASKET" ITEMS WITH A MAJORITY PERCENTAGE SAMPLED SHOWING AS PROBLEMS WITH THE HEAD-GASKET! PLEASE HELP! NOT ONLY IS THIS AN EXPENSIVE ITEM ($450) TO REPLACE, BUT IT IS A CRITICAL SAFETY ISSUE! | 106.8%ODI 562200STEERING WHEEL MAKES A NOISE WHEN TURNING, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT A NEW RACK AND PINION STEERING UNIT WAS NEEDED.*YD | 31.7%ODI 10005659 · 1,500 miTHIS CAR HAS USED MORE THAN 10 QUARTS OF OIL SINCE NEW (NOT COUNTING CHANGES). IT HAS JUST OVER 20K MILES NOW AND STILL USES OIL. IT DOES NOT SMOKE OR LEAK. THE FUEL MILEAGE IS NOWHERE NEAR THE ADVERTISED MILEAGE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED REGARDING NO BRAKE LIGHTS JUST AFTER PURCHASE. AFTER TWO TRIPS TO THE DEALER (AND THE SERVICE WRITER TELLING US THAT WE REMOVED THE CIGARETTE LIGHTER ADAPTER WRONG), THEY DISCOVERED THE WIRING HARNESS FOR THE BACKUP LIGHTS WAS CRUSHED BY THE SHIFTER IN REVERSE AND SHORTED THE LIGHTS. AFTER COMPLAINING ABOUT PO… | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 11.1%ODI 10213208 · 25 miMY 2005 DODGE NEON DOES NOT WANT TO CRANK. WHEN IT DOES CRANK AND YOU ACCELERATE THEN RPMS INCREASE RAPIDLY AND THEN FALL BACK TO ABOUT 1500 AND THE CAR STARTS ACTING LIKE IT WANTS TO CUT OFF. THE ENGINE LIGHT IS NOW ON AND DOES NOT GO OFF. WHEN YOU COME TO A STOP THE CAR JUMPS FORWARD QUICKLY AND THEN ACTS LIKE IT IS GOING TO CUT OFF. NOT DRIVABLE, TOO DANGEROUS. *TR |
| Power Train:Automatic Transmission | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 394.0%ODI 10018589 · 61,000 miHAVE HAD THE CAR (1995 NEON) ABOUT 1 YEAR - ONLY HAD 61,000 MILES ON IT AND MAJOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS - TRANSMISSION SLIPS, IN RAIN ACTS AS IF THE CAR IS GOING TO STALL OR COMPLETELY SHUT OFF, GETS NO POWER IN WET CONDITIONS EITHER. *NLM | 284.6%ODI 10113995PURCHASED IN JULY OF 1996 ONLY PUT ON 26,345 MILES MOTOR MOUNT REPAIRED TWICE,BRAKES FRONT REPLACED THEY WERE COMPLETLY GONE ,BACK BRAKES ARE NO GOOD NEED TO BE REPLACED, HIGH PITCH SQUEALING COMES FROM THEM ,OIL GASGETS HAD TO BE REPLACED, STEARING TO A HARD RIGHT OR LEFT YOU GET A GRINDING NOISE, TRANSMISSION IS KNOW LEAKING CONSTANTLY HAVING TO PUT TRANSSMISSION FLUID IN ALL THE TIME HAVE A LIST OF PAPERS FROM THE CAR BEING SERVICED AT DAIMLER ON ANDOVER ST IN PEABODY WERE I PURCHASED CAR ALSO WROTE TO MAIN OFFICE TO SEE IF THEY WOULD RE… | 215.4%ODI 10043303 · 23,000 miI JUST BOUGHT THIS 97 DODGE NEON WITH ONLY 23,000 MILES ON IT. THE A/C HAS A LEAK IN THE COIL , THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING . THE CAR IS IN GREAT SHAPE BUT THOSE FEW THINGS SO FAR . THE PERSON WHO OWNED THE CAR BEFORE ME WAS AN OLDER GENTLEMAN WHO DOES NOT WRECK HIS THINGS. I WAS WONDERING ARE THESE PROBLEMS, FACTORY PROBLEMS AND/OR RECALLS? *LA | 123.5% | 54.3%ODI 10040440WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH AND WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED, THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION EXPLODED AND CAUSED A LOSS CONTROL. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE HAD TO BE USED IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. *AK *SCC | 144.2%ODI 10041968VEHICLE HAD ONGOING / INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH JERKING AND STALLING WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED OR SLOWING DOWN TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. VEHICLE WOULD RESTART WITHIN 10-15 MINUTES LATER. VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO DEALER ON THREE OCCASIONS. DEALER REPLACED IGNITION SWITCH ON ONE OCCASION, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL RECURRING.*AK | 53.4%ODI 10004283 · 48,000 miWHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE WILL SKIP GEARS. THIS ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THE DEALERSHIP FLUSHED THE AUTOMACTIC TRANSMISSION, BUT 5 WEEKS LATER THE TRANSMISSION WAS SHOT, IT HAD TO BE REPLACED. PH | 2313.3%ODI 10015808THE TRANSMISSION FAILED, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL. *JB | 115.4%ODI 10030379 · 70 miTRANSMISSIN FAILURE ON THE INTERSATE W/ A 2 YEAR OLD AND A 6 MONTH OLD CHILDREN IN THE CAR. HAD JUST PURCHASED THE VEHICLE ON JULY 19, 2004 WITH ONLY 17 MILES ON THE VEHICLE.*AK | 77.4%ODI 10152006 · 7,560 miDT*: THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS A LEAK IN THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND REPAIRS OVER 10 TIMES. THE DEALER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION PAN, TRANSMISSION STICK, HEAD GASKET, BOLTS AND THE DEALER SENT THE VEHICLE TO A TRANSMISSION EXPERT. ALTHOUGH, THESE CHANGES WERE MADE, THE TRANSMISSION CONTINUES TO LEAK. THE DEALER RECENTLY DETERMINED THE PROBLEM CAN NOT BE DUPLICATED AND NO ADDITIONAL REPAIRS WERE MADE. CONTACT WAS NOTIFIED ON 0313-2006 BY M&M DODGE TO BRING VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP FOR TRANSMISS… | 33.2%ODI 10163995 · 17,000 miMY 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 |
| Unknown Or Other | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 404.1%ODI 10031668CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OFF WHEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *PH | 376.1%ODI 10007419 · 55,000 mi1996 DODGE NEON. *PH *JB ***DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS****767968 | 194.9% | 185.3%ODI 10006979 · 90,000 mi1998 DODGE NEON. *NLM **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS*768023 | 32.6%ODI 10070663 · 24,000 miSINCE ABOUT THREE MONTHS AFTER GETTING MY 1999 DODGE NEON I STARTED HAVING DIFFICULITES WITH IT.RANGING FROM LIGHTS COMMING ON AND OFF INSIDE AND ROUGH IDLE.THENTHEN WHEN THE WIRING ISSUE WAS PRESENTED FOR LEFT TURN SIGNAL POPPING ON AND OFF AT WILL,AND THE WHOLE CAR JUST SHUTTING DOWN WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY.STEERING WHELL LOCKING UP AND NO CONTROL OVER THE FUNCTIONS AT ALL THEN CAR WOULD NOT START.I KEPT TAKING IT IN AND ADDRESSING TO CRYSLER THAT THE MAIN ENGINE FUSE BY THE FIREWALL WAS BLOWING AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS HIGHLY UNUSUAL FO… | 82.4%ODI 100078302000 DODGE NEON LEAKS WHEN IT RAINS. TONS OF WATER ON THE FLOOR BOARD IN THE BACK SEAT AND IN THE TRUNK. SO BAD THAT IT HAS TO BE BAILED OUT AND STAYS WET. DEALERSHIP REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING BECAUSE THE CAR IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. WE FEEL THIS IS A DEFECT AND SHOULD BE FIXED AT NO COST TO US AND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH A WARRANTY. WE BOUGHT THE CAR USED IN JAN OF 2002. | 32.1%ODI 10070655 · 25,000 miI BOUGHT MY NEON IN MAY OF 2001 AND IN FEB. 2002 I HAD A BAD WATER LEAK. I TOOK IT IN SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY WOULD SAY IT WAS FIXED, BUT NO IT WAS NOT. I FINALLY TOLD THEM I WANT MY CARPET REPLACED WHEN THEY DO GET IT FIXED. I FOUGHT WITH THEM ROUND & ROUND, TILL THEY FINALLY SAID THEY WOULD. I SAID DO NOT PUT IT IN UNTIL WE KNOW FOR SURE IT WAS FIXED. THEY SAID IT WAS, PUT NEW CARPET IN AND SURE ENOUGH IT LEAKED AGAIN AND THE NEW CARPET WAS SOAKED AND STINKY, LIKE THE ORIGINAL. THEY FINALLY GOT THE LEAK FIXED AFTER 6 MONTHS, BUT THEY SURE… | 84.6% | 52.5%ODI 10056105 · 1,065 miWHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER FLUCTUATED AND CONSUMER COULDN'T GET AN ACCURATE READING OF THE VEHICLE'S SPEED. *PH THE MECHANIC ATTEMPTED TO FIX THE SPEEDOMETER NUMEROUS TIMES, ONCE BY REPLACING THE INTERNAL CLUSTER. THERE WAS A SQUEALING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, THE NOISE WAS FIXED BY BLOCKING THE AIR INTAKE ON THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE STALLED SEVERAL TIMES ON THE FREEWAY, HOWEVER THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO FIND THE PROBLEM. THERE WAS A NOISE COMING FROM THE HEAT SHIELD. THE CONSUMER STATED TH… | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 55.3%ODI 10365422CHRYSLER DEALER ZANETTI SENT A NOTICE OF A RECALL FOR MY CAR. THE DEALER DOES NOT SERVICE MY VEHICLE NOR DID I PURCHASE IT THERE IN THE BRONX, NY. WHEN CHECKING WITH NHTSA DATABASE AND THE LOCAL DEALER IN WHITE PLAINS, THERE IS NO SUCH RECALL NUMBER "CJD021210". THESE TYPES OF NOTIFICATIONS ARE FICTICIOUS AND SHOULD NOT BE USED TO SOLICIT CUSTOMERS FOR THEIR GAINS. *TR |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 818.3%ODI 10062028MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING MY 1995 DODGE NEON WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AND CAUSED HER TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. SHE WAS TRAVELING AT APPROX 35 - 40 MPH .THERE WERE NO ABNORMAL WEATHER OR ROAD CONDITIONS. SUDDENLY THE STEERING WHEEL JERKED THE CAR OFF THE ROAD TOWARDS THE RIGHT, AT THAT POINT SHE HAD A LOSS OF STEERING AND NO CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. SHE WAS NOT APPLYING THE BRAKES OR MAKING A TURN, JUST DRIVING ALONG AS SHE NORMALLY WOULD. PREVIOSLY WE HAVE HAD PROBLEMS, SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM FAILING. WHEN APPLYING THE B… | 264.3%ODI 10090177 · 74,561 miCONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT VEHICLE WOULD STALL WHEN BRAKING. NONE OF THE INSTRUMENT GAUGES WERE OPERATING, AND THE INTERIOR LIGHT WOULD INTERMITTENTLY COMING ON WHILE DRIVING. DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT NONE OF THE ABOVE ISSUES WERE COVERED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK | 102.6%ODI 703100BRAKE PEDAL FEELS LIKE IT BOTTEMS OUT, ESPECIALLY WHEN FIRST DRIVEN.MOVING UNDER 10MPH,CAR CONTINUES TO MOVE AND BRAKES ARE APPIED FULLY,PEDAL HAS NO MORE TRAVEL,IF BRAKE IS PUMPED, IT'S OK. ,AS IF AIR IN LINES,OR BAD BRAKE BOOSTER. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE. ALSO, REPLACED PADS AND ROTORS-DOES NOT HAPPEN 100% OF THE TIME. | 10.3%ODI 899640VEHICLE WAS GOING 30MPH OVER SLIGHTLY RAISED PAVEMENT CROSSING AN INTERSECTION AND REAR END STARTED FISHTAILING AS CONSUMER BEGAN TO BRAKE, THERE WAS A CRASH SOUND FROM UNDERNEATH, AND REAR END STARTED TO GO LEFT, VEHICLE WENT OVER CURB ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF STREET, CAUSING VEHICLE TO HIT A TREE, WHEEL CAME OFF SPINDLE AND THE AXLE BROKE, AND THE WHEEL ON THE RIGHT REAR CAME OFF, CHRYSLER WAS NOT ASSISTING CONSUMER POSSIBLY BECAUSE INSURANCE COMPANY HAD PAID CONSUMER. REPRESENTATIVE THAT CHRYSLER SENT HAS NOT CONTACTED CONSUMER SINCE VEHICLE WAS… | 21.7%ODI 10031232CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN TRYING TO APPLY ANTI LOCK BRAKES BRAKES WILL LOCK UP, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK | 103.0%ODI 10106713WHILE TRAVELING AT ABOUT 40 MPH ALL OF A SUDDEN THE BRAKES LOCKED UP AND DID NOT OPERATE. VEHICLE SPINNED OUT THE ROAD BEFORE COMING TO A STOP. CONSUMER WILL CONTACT MANUFACTURER.*AK | 21.4%ODI 752158THE SHOULDER PART OF THE SEAT BELT DID NOT WORK AND THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH MY BRAKES. *AK | 31.7%ODI 10026144CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN TRYING TO APPLY THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES. THE BRAKES WILL LOCK UP CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO HAVE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK | 52.5%ODI 10042195WHILE DRIVING AND APPLYING BRAKES BRAKE PEDAL WOULD GO TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING PULSATION AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER INSPECTED VEHICLE TEN TIMES AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM.*AK | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 22.1%ODI 10103797CONSUMER 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 |
| Electrical System | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 131.3%ODI 10130212A FAILED TURN SIGNAL SWITCH STARTED AN ELECTRICAL FIRE IN THE CHRYSLER VEHICLE. ***NO ANSWER REQUIRED*** *MR THE FIRE ORIGINATED IN THE STEERING COLUMN. *SC *JB | 122.0%ODI 10054750 · 63,332 miVEHICLE REJECTED BY AZ DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. OBD NOT READY , DEALER HAS FLASHED COMPUTER , RETEST DONE AGAIN , NOW SAME INFORMATION OBD NOT READY. THEY WILL NOT PASS IT THEY SAY THEY CANT READ IT?? CPU IS FINE BY CHRYSLER... BEEN CHECKED 2 TIMES... HELP *LA | 92.3%ODI 10006701 · 62,000 miTHE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND THE MECHANIC STATED THE HEAD GASKET HAD BLOWN, AND THE RADIATOR FAN RELAY SWITCH NEEDED REPLACING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. PH | 82.4%ODI 10014697 · 74,000 miTHERE WAS A SMELL OF GAS AND THE VEHICLE STALLED, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED A PART WITHIN THE COMPUTER. *JB | 10.9%ODI 11124007RECENTLY BOUGHT A 99 DODGE NEON. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AS WHOLE WORKS INTERMITTENTLY AND OFTENTIMES THE SPEEDOMETER DOESN'T WORK EVEN WHEN EVERYTHING ELSE. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND THE THE COLD SODERS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ARE TO BLAME, AND ARE BAD ON MOST CHRYSLER VEHICLES FROM THIS ERROR. I FEEL THIS SHOULD BE FIXED BY THE MANUFACTURER. | 72.1%ODI 10017287THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *NLM | 85.5%ODI 10002120CONSUMER STATED WHILE STOPPED AT A LIGHT, AS SHE ATTEMPTED TO STEP ON THE GAS, THE PEDAL BEGAN TO ACT ERRATIC, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO HIT THE PERSON IN FRONT AND WOULD NOT STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT NOW IT HESITATES WHEN DRIVING OR STOPPING. OTHER PROBLEMS ARE AS FOLLOWED: THE ELECTRICAL LIGHTS AND ALARMS, ENGINE/COOLING SYSTEM, EQUIPMENT(NOT SPEC), FUEL SYSTEM, HEATER/DEFROST/VENT, PARK BRAKE, POWER TRAIN, SERV. BRAKES, STEERING, STRUCTURE, SUSPENSION, VISUAL SYSTEMS, THE AIR BAG MODULE, (BRAIN OF THE VEHICLE) COMPUTER, AND A… | 148.1%ODI 10058664MY INTERIOR LIGHT AND MY GAUGES IN MY CAR ARE NOT WORKING. I CAN'T SEE HOW FAST I AM GOING OR HOW MUCH GAS I HAVE IN MY CAR BECAUSE THEY AREN'T MOVING. THE FIRST TIME IT STOPPED WORKING A FUSE WASN'T ALL THE WAY IN I PUSHED IT IN UNDERNEATH THE HOOD AND IT WORKED. THEN THE NEXT TIME THAT IT WENT OUT I TRIED THAT SAME FUSE AND PUSHED IT IN AND IT STILL DIDN'T WORK I HAD SOMEONE CHECK THE FUSE AND THEY SAID THAT THE FUSE WASN'T BURNT OUT. THEY PULLED THE FUSE OUT AND PUT IT BACK IN AND IT WORKED. NOW THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THAT THIS HAS HAPP… | 4622.8%ODI 10074932MY NEON WILL SPORATICALLY LOSE ALL POWER THEN REGAINS POWER WITHIN A FEW SECONDS. IT HAS BEEN IN FOR SERVICE SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. I AM THE MOTHER OF 5 YR OLD TWINS AND THEIR SAFETY SHOULD BE OF THE UTMOST CONCERN TO THE DADGE COMPANY.*AK | 1010.6%ODI 10063565WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH A LOUD TICKING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, HOWEVER THE MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK THE HEADLIGHTS HAD GONE OUT WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE WHEEL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE LINE IN THE FRONT, THE WHEEL BEARING WAS BROKEN IN HALF, THE FOG LIGHTS HAD GONE OUT, THERE WAS A ROARING SOUND WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, THERE WAS A WHIRLING SOUND IN THE EN… | 1111.6%ODI 10113362 · 3,200 miWHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED SMOKE CAME FROM OUT OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 00.0%No examples available for this selection. | 222.2%ODI 806735VEHICLE VEHICLE WAS IN AN IDLE POSITION, WAS PUT IN DRIVE, AT STOP PULLED FORWARD AND VEHICLE WENT INTO OPEN THROTTLE POSITION AND LURCHED FORWARD, IMPACT 12:00 POSITION, SPEED UNKNOWN, ALSO EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM AGAIN WHILE DRIVING, THROTTLE GOT STUCK. *AK *JB | 373.8%ODI 10021389 · 82,741 miCHRONIC ENGINE OIL LEAKS. CYLINDER HEAD OIL LEAK REPAIRED (INCLUDING FRONT CAM SEAL, VALVE COVER, SPARK PLUG TUBE, EGR, COVER TUBE FLANGE, INTAKE MANIFOLD, AND THROTTLE BODY) ON 11/26/99 AT 82K MILES. FRONT CAM SEAL REPLACED ON 12/31/01 AT 105K000MILES. FRONT CAM SEAL FAILURE ON 6/9/02 AT 125K MILES. FAILURE CAUSED DAMAGE TO CAM SHAFT. ALL LEAKS WERE POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARDS.*AK | 132.1%ODI 10044295 · 100,000 miWHILE DRIVING CONSUMER NOTICED THAT SPEEDOMETER WAS NOT REGISTERING THE CORRECT SPEED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK | 102.6%ODI 10024660CONSUMER STATES THAT THE SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT WORK CORRECTLY. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK | 72.1%ODI 530930THROTTLE BODY FAILED, HAVING TROUBLE GETTING PART IN ORDER TO CORRECT ENGINE SURGING AND STALLING. | 21.7%ODI 854642WHILE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN UNDER CRUISE CONTROL, IT SPEEDED 11MPH BEYOND SET SPEED. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK | 133.9%ODI 10345397 · 123,191 miTL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE NEON. WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL FRACTURED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO COAST UNTIL ACTIVATING THE CRUISE CONTROL TO MAINTAIN SPEED. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT SHE BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NEITHER DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 123,191. | 64.1%ODI 10002120CONSUMER STATED WHILE STOPPED AT A LIGHT, AS SHE ATTEMPTED TO STEP ON THE GAS, THE PEDAL BEGAN TO ACT ERRATIC, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO HIT THE PERSON IN FRONT AND WOULD NOT STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT NOW IT HESITATES WHEN DRIVING OR STOPPING. OTHER PROBLEMS ARE AS FOLLOWED: THE ELECTRICAL LIGHTS AND ALARMS, ENGINE/COOLING SYSTEM, EQUIPMENT(NOT SPEC), FUEL SYSTEM, HEATER/DEFROST/VENT, PARK BRAKE, POWER TRAIN, SERV. BRAKES, STEERING, STRUCTURE, SUSPENSION, VISUAL SYSTEMS, THE AIR BAG MODULE, (BRAIN OF THE VEHICLE) COMPUTER, AND A… | 21.2%ODI 10066767CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 65 MPH AND THE VEHICLE JUMPED INTO PASSING GEAR. CONSUMER STATED THAT LAST WEEK WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY A TRUCK WAS BEHIND HIM AND HE NEEDED TO GET MORE SPEED, SO HE STEPPED ON THE GAS PEDAL TO ACCELERATE, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND, THEN IT STALLED. HE KEPT TELLING THE DEALER ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND WILL TAKE THE VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER TO HAVE IT CHECKED AGAIN. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE JUMPED FROM 65-68 MPH BACK AND FORTH. *AK THE POWER TRAIN WAS REPAIRED THREE TIMES. WHEN THE CONSU… | 42.0%ODI 10109926 · 27,911 miWHILE DRIVING MY 2003 DODGE NEON SXT THE THROTTLE CABLE SNAPPED AND I LOST THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE OR CONTROL THE CAR SPEED. THIS HAPPENED IN THE FAST LANE OF A 6 LANE ROADWAY. I WAS ABLE TO COAST THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROADWAY AND HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER. WHILE WITH THIS INCIDENT I WAS FORTUNATE TO AVOID A COLLISION IF THE POTENTIAL FOR A SERIOUS ACCIDENT WAS OBVIOUS. SEVERAL APPROACHING CARS NARROWLY AVOIDED COLLIDING WITH MY VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THE SUDDEN LOSS OF THE ABILITY TO MAINTAIN SPEED. *JB | 77.4%ODI 10065398 · 2,800 miWHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO EXIT A FREEWAY AND THE VEHICLE LURCHED AND MADE A LOUD NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT AND SMOKE BEGAN TO EMIT FROM THE HOOD. CONSUMER TURNED THE KEY OFF, BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO RUN. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY CABLES. AT THAT TIME THE SMOKING CEASED AND THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN. *AK THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE CONTINUED TO RUN ROUGH AND LURCH FORWARD, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON, , THE VEHICLE WOULD RUN WITH THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION,… | 1313.7%ODI 10263102 · 45,000 miPURCHASED 05 NEON IN '06 W/16,000 MILES. TIRES WERE ALREADY IN BAD SHAPE. CURRENT INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE ACCELERATED ON ENTRY RAMP TO FREEWAY. ONCE ON FREEWAY NOTICE VEHICLE WAS ACCELERATING ON ITS OWN. ATTEMPTED TO APPLY BRAKES AND THEY WOULD NOT ENGAGE. I ASSUMED BRAKES HAD FAILED. FINALLY AFTER A TERRIFIED EXIT FROM THE FREEWAY, I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO COME TO A STOP MY EVENTUALLY ENTERING A VACANT GRAVELED, UNEVEN LOT AND DRIVING ATOP CONCRETE BLOCKS. MY TERRIFIED PASSENGER AND I PUT IN PARK, TURNED OFF THE IGNITION AND JUMPED OUT OF THE … |
Darker cells indicate a larger share of submitted complaints. Components overlap. This measures complaint composition, not failure probability.
Median and middle 50% of usable owner-reported mileages. Ranges require at least five records.
| Component | Mileage range (25th–75th percentile) | Median | Usable records | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine And Engine Cooling:Engine | 32,351–79,250 mi | 49,284 mi | 72 | ODI 10009133 · 82,300 miTHE HEAD GASKET FAILED, WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE TO STALL.*JB ODI 10009134 · 82,300 miTHE HEAD GASKET FAILED, WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE TO STALL.*JB ODI 10016969 · 50,000 miTHERE SEEMS SO BE A BIG PROBLEM WITH DODGE NEON GASKET HEADS. THEY'RE FAULTY, THE COMPANY KNOWS THIS WHICH IS WHY THEY'VE BEEN REDESIGNED. I'VE HEARD THEY DON'T CONSIDER THIS A BIG ENOUGH PROBLEM, BUT ISN'T LEAKING OIL ON A HOT ENGINE DANGEROUS? *JB |
| Air Bags:Frontal | 14,113–75,625 mi | 45,000 mi | 43 | ODI 10097735 · 133,000 miAFTER HITTING A MINOR BUMP IN THE ROAD FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK ODI 10132819 · 75,000 miBOTH FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WHEN VEHICLE STRUCK A POTHOLE IN THE ROAD. THREE OCCUPANTS WERE IN THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. BOTH FRONT SEAT OCCUPANTS WERE SLIGHTLY INJURED AS A RESULT OF THE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. THE PASSENGER IN THE REAR SEAT, A 7 MONTH PREGNANT FEMALE, WAS NOT INJURED. CAR VEERED OF THE ROAD AND HIT CURB ON UNDERCARRIAGE OF VEHICLE AFTER AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. THE CONTACT WITH THE CURB CAUSED SOME DAMAGE, BUT THE VEHICLE IS STILL DRIVABLE. *JB ODI 10091950 · 86,000 miAFTER REAR ENDING THE VEHICLE IN DEAD CENTER THE FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK |
| Engine And Engine Cooling:Engine:Gasoline | 10,813–88,625 mi | 62,375 mi | 6 | ODI 10216755 · 89,500 miTHROUGH THE LIFE OF OWNING THIS CAR. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE HEAD GASKET SEVERAL TIMES 3 TIMES IN LAST 2 YEARS ALONE AND REPLACE THE ENGINE. THE HEAD GASKET STILL LEAKS AND NO ONE CAN SEEM TO FIX IT EVEN THE DEALER. I HAVE TALKED TO OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE NEONS AND THEY ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME EXACT HEAD GASKET PROBLEM. WHY HASN'T THERE BEEN A RECALL FOR THIS. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY COSTLY REPAIR. *TR ODI 10002957 · 38,750 mi1998 DODGE NEON HS 2 DOOR MODEL HAS HAD AN OIL LEAK FOR APPROX. 6 MONTHS. TOOK IT TO THE SHOP TODAY AND WAS TOLD IT WAS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. SHOP OWNER TOLD ME OF 4 OTHER NEONS HE HAS HAD TO SERVICE FOR THE SAME BLOWN HEAD GASKET AND THAT NEON OWNERS ARE LUCKY IF THEIR CAR HITS 40,000 MILES WITHOUT THIS PROBLEM. I KNOW 2 OTHER PEOPLE WITH NEONS AND THEY HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM ALSO. I WAS TOLD THIS WOULD COST ME 550.00 TO FIX. IT IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING FIXED RIGHT NOW, BUT I FEEL A RECALL NEEDS TO BE DONE TO SOLVE THIS. ODI 10104959 · 116,000 miI PURCHASED A 1998 NEON ESPRESSO IN JUNE OF 2004. ON ABOUT JULY 2004 MY CAR DIED. I HAD IT TOWED AND HAD OVER $1,800 OF ENGINE WORK DONE. AFTER WORK WAS DONE THEY STATED MY REAR SEAL WAS LEAKING AND WANTED OVER $600 TO REPAIR THIS. |
| Power Train:Automatic Transmission | 35,950–71,000 mi | 51,000 mi | 51 | ODI 10018589 · 61,000 miHAVE HAD THE CAR (1995 NEON) ABOUT 1 YEAR - ONLY HAD 61,000 MILES ON IT AND MAJOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS - TRANSMISSION SLIPS, IN RAIN ACTS AS IF THE CAR IS GOING TO STALL OR COMPLETELY SHUT OFF, GETS NO POWER IN WET CONDITIONS EITHER. *NLM ODI 10143833 · 50,000 miI HAVE HAD ONGOING PROBLEMS WITH MY 1996 DODGE NEON SPORT, IT HAS BEEN INOPERABLE FOR THE LAST YEAR OR SO, DUE TO ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS AND STALLING WHICH I BELIEVE STEM FROM THE WIRING HARNESS. I HAVE HAD THE BRAKES REPLACED A FEW TIMES, THE A/C REPLACED, FUEL INJECTION ACTS UP AND THE FUEL GAUGE FLUCTUATES, MY TRANSMISSION HAS STARTED SLIPPING, POWER STEERING AND EXHAUST ARE LEAKING, NUMEROUS OIL LEAKS, REAR LIGHTS/ BRAKE LIGHTS HAVE NOT WORKED IN OVER A YEAR, DRIVERSIDE WINDOW BROKE ALONG THE EXTENDING ARM INSIDE OF THE DOOR FRAME, TRUNK REL… ODI 10402507 · 137,537 miTL* THE CONTACT WAS SERVICING A 1996 DODGE NEON. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED OUT FRONT OF AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WITH THE ENGINE TURNED ON WHEN THE SHIFTER INDEPENDENTLY SHIFTED OUT OF PARK AND INTO REVERSE. THE VEHICLE TRAVELLED APPROXIMATELY EIGHT MILES ONTO THE HIGHWAY AT A SLOW SPEED. THE MECHANIC CHASED AFTER THE MOVING VEHICLE AND WAS EVENTUALLY ABLE TO OPEN THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE DOOR AND ENTER THE VEHICLE. THE BRAKES WERE IMMEDIATELY ENGAGED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN BACK TO THE INDEPENDENT REPAIR… |
| Unknown Or Other | 25,000–91,223 mi | 62,000 mi | 17 | ODI 10039330 · 69,000 miCHIPPING PAINTS ON THE TRUNK, SIDES AND TOP OF THE CAR. WENT TO LARSON DODGE IN TACOMA WASHINGTON TO SHOW THEM THE CHIPPING PAINT AND WAS TOLD I WOULD BE CONTACTED BY THE REP FROM CHRYSLER TO SEE WHAT COULD BE DONE ABOUT IT. I NEVER RECEIVED A CALL AND MY VEHICLE CONTINUED TO CHIP DOWN TO BARE METAL. ODI 10069169 · 62,000 miTHE CAR LEAKS WATER FROM SOMEWHERE. WHEN IT RAINS THE BACKSEAT FLOOR FILLS UP WITH WATER. THERE ARE NO WATER TRAILS RUNNING DOWN FROM THE WINDOWS SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE LEAK IS COMING FROM. THE AIR CONDITIONING HAS FINALLY DIED COMPLETELY - IT HAS BEEN SMELLING MUSTY FOR QUITE SOME TIME. THE WINDOWS ROLL DOWN BY THEMSELVES. IF YOU GO OVER A BUMPY ROAD OR JUST DRIVE FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME THE WINDOWS START CREEPING DOWN. AFTER EVERY DRIVE I HAVE TO GO AROUND THE CAR AND MAKE SURE THE WINDOWS ARE ROLLED UP TIGHT. ODI 10007419 · 55,000 mi1996 DODGE NEON. *PH *JB ***DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS****767968 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | 19,018–99,252 mi | 70,000 mi | 7 | ODI 10136311 · 130,916 miDT: THE CALLER SAID THAT BRAKES WILL NOT WORK ONE HAS TO HIT THE BRAKES AT THE LAST MINUTE. SHE SAID ONE CAN FEEL A POP, AND THEN THE BRAKES FAIL. SHE HAD TO RUN INTO A DITCH TO KEEP FORM HITTING SOMEONE. THE POLICE WERE CALLED, AND THERE A REPORT WAS TAKEN. THERE WAS A CRASH. THERE WERE INJURIES TO THE PEDESTRIAN. SHE SAID THE HUB ASSEMBLY WAS BAD AND HAD IT REPLACED. ALSO, THE TIE ROD WOBBLED AND HAD IT REPLACED. HAD ANOTHER ACCIDENT WITH THE BRAKES WHEN THE CAR IN FRONT OF STOPPED SUDDENLY AND BRAKES DID NOT WORK. POLICE CAME AND A … ODI 10145177 · 123,943 miDT: THE CONTACT STATES THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 96V228000 CONCERNING THE ABS BRAKES. THIS VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL, BUT IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE.*AK ODI 10090177 · 74,561 miCONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT VEHICLE WOULD STALL WHEN BRAKING. NONE OF THE INSTRUMENT GAUGES WERE OPERATING, AND THE INTERIOR LIGHT WOULD INTERMITTENTLY COMING ON WHILE DRIVING. DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT NONE OF THE ABOVE ISSUES WERE COVERED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK |
| Electrical System | 44,126–93,000 mi | 70,187 mi | 81 | ODI 10054750 · 63,332 miVEHICLE REJECTED BY AZ DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. OBD NOT READY , DEALER HAS FLASHED COMPUTER , RETEST DONE AGAIN , NOW SAME INFORMATION OBD NOT READY. THEY WILL NOT PASS IT THEY SAY THEY CANT READ IT?? CPU IS FINE BY CHRYSLER... BEEN CHECKED 2 TIMES... HELP *LA ODI 10057573 · 92,000 miTHE VEHICLE'S WIRING HARNESS FAILED AND CAUSED THE ENGINE TO STALL INTERMITTENTLY. *NM ODI 10143833 · 50,000 miI HAVE HAD ONGOING PROBLEMS WITH MY 1996 DODGE NEON SPORT, IT HAS BEEN INOPERABLE FOR THE LAST YEAR OR SO, DUE TO ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS AND STALLING WHICH I BELIEVE STEM FROM THE WIRING HARNESS. I HAVE HAD THE BRAKES REPLACED A FEW TIMES, THE A/C REPLACED, FUEL INJECTION ACTS UP AND THE FUEL GAUGE FLUCTUATES, MY TRANSMISSION HAS STARTED SLIPPING, POWER STEERING AND EXHAUST ARE LEAKING, NUMEROUS OIL LEAKS, REAR LIGHTS/ BRAKE LIGHTS HAVE NOT WORKED IN OVER A YEAR, DRIVERSIDE WINDOW BROKE ALONG THE EXTENDING ARM INSIDE OF THE DOOR FRAME, TRUNK REL… |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 61,500–122,000 mi | 98,489 mi | 28 | ODI 10021389 · 82,741 miCHRONIC ENGINE OIL LEAKS. CYLINDER HEAD OIL LEAK REPAIRED (INCLUDING FRONT CAM SEAL, VALVE COVER, SPARK PLUG TUBE, EGR, COVER TUBE FLANGE, INTAKE MANIFOLD, AND THROTTLE BODY) ON 11/26/99 AT 82K MILES. FRONT CAM SEAL REPLACED ON 12/31/01 AT 105K000MILES. FRONT CAM SEAL FAILURE ON 6/9/02 AT 125K MILES. FAILURE CAUSED DAMAGE TO CAM SHAFT. ALL LEAKS WERE POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARDS.*AK ODI 10041241 · 119,500 mi1995 DODGE NEON. THROTTLE BODY. WAS BUILT WITHOUT AN "O" RING SEAL. ENGINE GETS WET, THROTTLE BODY RUINED. WHEN IT GETS MOISTURE INSIDE, THE CAR HAS TROUBLE ACCELERATING. SOMETIMES IT DOES, OTHERS IT DOES NOT. IT FEELS LIKE DRIVING A FOUR CYLINDER CAR WITH THREE BAD SPARK PLUCKS, THE ENGINE MISSES, AND BOGS DOWN. BAD NEWS IF YOUR ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE PEOPLE BEHIND YOU WANT TO DRIVE THROUGH YOU BECAUSE YOUR NOT GOING THE SPEED LIMIT. DODGE SAYS THAT SINCE ITS NOT A "SAFETY ISSUE* WHICH, IT IS IF YOU SEE THE PEOPLE IN MY REARVIEW DRIVING UP TO … ODI 10044295 · 100,000 miWHILE DRIVING CONSUMER NOTICED THAT SPEEDOMETER WAS NOT REGISTERING THE CORRECT SPEED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK |
Explore monthly filing activity alongside recall announcements. Up to ten years of monthly history is available.
Solid line: filed complaints. Dashed amber lines: recall announcement dates for this vehicle selection; markers include all recall components. The latest month is partial. Temporal proximity does not establish causation.
| Month | Complaints | Campaigns announced | Examples |
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| 2024-11 | 0 | None | No examples available for this selection. |
| 2024-12 | 0 | None | No examples available for this selection. |
| 2025-01 | 0 | None | No examples available for this selection. |
| 2025-02 | 0 | None | No examples available for this selection. |
| 2025-03 | 0 | None | No examples available for this selection. |
| 2025-04 | 0 | None | No examples available for this selection. |
| 2025-05 | 0 | None | No examples available for this selection. |
| 2025-06 | 0 | None | No examples available for this selection. |
| 2025-07 | 0 | None | No examples available for this selection. |
| 2025-08 | 0 | None | No examples available for this selection. |
| 2025-09 | 0 | None | No examples available for this selection. |
| 2025-10 | 0 | None | No examples available for this selection. |
| 2025-11 | 0 | None | No examples available for this selection. |
| 2025-12 | 0 | None | No examples available for this selection. |
| 2026-01 | 0 | None | No examples available for this selection. |
| 2026-02 | 0 | None | No examples available for this selection. |
| 2026-03 | 0 | None | No examples available for this selection. |
| 2026-04 | 0 | None | No examples available for this selection. |
| 2026-05 | 0 | None | No examples available for this selection. |
| 2026-06 | 0 | None | No examples available for this selection. |
| 2026-07 | 0 | None | No examples available for this selection. |
| 2026-08 | 0 | None | No examples available for this selection. |
| 2026-09 | 0 | None | No examples available for this selection. |
| 2026-10 (partial) | 0 | None | No examples available for this selection. |
Complete months in the latest six months with at least 10 complaints, at least twice the preceding 12-month average, and at least three square-root deviations above that average.
This is a descriptive screening rule, not a statistical defect finding. Publicity and reporting changes can increase submissions.
No complete months meet the spike thresholds for this selection.
Model-wide cumulative reports during the first three or five calendar years, starting with the model year (age 0). Only fully elapsed windows are compared.
2004: 39 complaints · 2005: 29 complaints
| Model year | Through age 0 | Through age 1 | Through age 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 16 | 30 | 39 |
| 2005 | 4 | 21 | 29 |
| Year | Incident dates used | Filing date fallbacks | Excluded dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 91 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 93 | 0 | 2 |
Incident date is preferred when valid and no later than filing; otherwise filing date is used. Model year approximates age. Equal observation time does not adjust for sales, distance driven or reporting delays. One complaint linked to multiple model years can appear in each cohort.
Each cell counts unique complaints naming both components. Open a nonzero cell for examples.
| Component | Engine And Engine Cooling:Engine | Air Bags:Frontal | Engine And Engine Cooling:Engine:Gasoline | Power Train:Automatic Transmission | Unknown Or Other | Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Electrical System | Vehicle Speed Control |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine And Engine Cooling:Engine | — | 1ODI 834316VEHICLE STALLED OUT WHEN STOPPED ON ONE OCCASION, THEN STALLED OUT AGAIN WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING DRIVER TO BE UNABLE TO STOP. BRAKES WENT OUT AND FRONTAL IMPACT OCCURRED. AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER NOT AWARE OF PROBLEM. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK | 18ODI 564803CONSUMER EXPERIENCED OIL SPILLING OVER ENGINE AND INTO THE ANTI-FREEZE.*JG | 30ODI 10020805TRANSMISSION DEFECTIVE. WHEN PUT INTO REVERSE IT MADE A LOUD BANGING NOISE. SHIFTED HARSHLY FROM SECOND TO THIRD GEAR. THE HEAD GASKET BLEW AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE BRAKES SQUEALED FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THE CAMSHAFT SEAL LEAKED OIL AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, THE VALVE COVER GASKET HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF AN OIL LEAK. *TT ODI 5352912 ENGINE SENSORS FAILED, HEAD GASKET FAILED, MOTOR MOUNTS FAILED CAUSING MOTOR TO DROP OUT OF THE BRACKETS. | 28ODI 717869AS I WAS DRIVING MY 1995 NEON HOME FROM WORK, I NOTICED THAT THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON. I BECAME CONCERNED AND PULLED INTO THE NEAREST SERVICE STATION WHICH WAS LESS THAT 1/2 MILE AWAY. I ASKED THE SERVICE TECH TO LOOK AT THE CAR AND HE SAID THAT THERE WAS AN OIL LEAK. HE SUGGESTED THAT I HAVE THE OIL CHANGED AND SEE IF THERE WERE ANY LOOSE FITTINGS FROM MY PREVIOUS OIL CHANGE A FEW WEEKS EARLIER. THE OIL WAS CHANGED AND THE CAR STARTED ONLY TO CONTINUE TO LEAK OIL AGAIN. I WAS TOLD NOT TO DRIVE IT AND HAD IT TOWED TO MY DEALERSHIP THE FOLLOWING … ODI 718132OIL LIGHT CAME ON, CAR WAS LEAKING OIL, HAD CAR TOWED, INFORMED OF HEAD GASKET PROBLEM. | 15ODI 705640WITHIN THE LAST 8 MONTHS A/C COMPRESSOR WENT OUT; THE SPEED CONTROL SURGED, WORKED INTERMITTENTLY THEN STOPPED FUNCTIONING; THE LEFT REAR ABS WHEEL SPEED SENSOR FAILED CAUSING THE SYSTEM TO WORK INTERMITTENTLY; THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW AND MY REAR WINDOW BLEW OUT AND SHATTERED WHEN I CLOSED THE DOOR DURING 00F WEATHER. PRESENTLY I HAVE HAD NO RESPONSE FROM THE MANUFACTURER STATING THE TECHNICALITY OF "OUT OF WARRANTY" "NOTHING WE CAN DO" DEAF EARS. I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE ANY ASSISTANCE OR SUGGESTIONS ON HOW I CAN PROCEED TO RECOVER S… ODI 718904BLOWN HEAD GASKET ANLONG WITH THE FRONT BRAKES NEEDED REPLACED AND THE REAR BRAKES LEAKING. THE SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT WORK. I KNOW THERE MAY BE EXTRA MILES ON MY CAR HOWEVER MOST WERE HIGHWAY DUE TO ALLOT OF TRAVELING SO THESE PARTS TO GO OUT SO SOON ARE VERY DISSAPOINTING WHEN I TAKE EXCELLENT CARE OF MY CAR ODI 736258GASKET FAILURES (HEAD AND TRANSAXLE) DIAGNOSED BY ULTRAVIOLET DYE TEST. BRAKE DEFICIENY DISCOVERED IN HIGH SPEED COMMUTER TRAFFIC WITH NEAR COLLISION. THE FREQUENCY OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS FROM MANY OWNERS SUGGESTS THAT A LARGE RECALL ACTION IS IN ORDER BEFORE MANY SERIOUS ACCIDENTS RESULT. | 14ODI 749223OIL LEAKS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM/ TRANSMISSION, AND FUEL LINE FAILED. *AK ODI 566123THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WHICH EFFECT THE ENGINES FUNCTION, THE THERMOSTAT, THE RADIO CAN'T LOCK STATIONS AND THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE DOES NOT FUNCTION AT ALL. *YH | 11ODI 10021389 · 82,741 miCHRONIC ENGINE OIL LEAKS. CYLINDER HEAD OIL LEAK REPAIRED (INCLUDING FRONT CAM SEAL, VALVE COVER, SPARK PLUG TUBE, EGR, COVER TUBE FLANGE, INTAKE MANIFOLD, AND THROTTLE BODY) ON 11/26/99 AT 82K MILES. FRONT CAM SEAL REPLACED ON 12/31/01 AT 105K000MILES. FRONT CAM SEAL FAILURE ON 6/9/02 AT 125K MILES. FAILURE CAUSED DAMAGE TO CAM SHAFT. ALL LEAKS WERE POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARDS.*AK ODI 705640WITHIN THE LAST 8 MONTHS A/C COMPRESSOR WENT OUT; THE SPEED CONTROL SURGED, WORKED INTERMITTENTLY THEN STOPPED FUNCTIONING; THE LEFT REAR ABS WHEEL SPEED SENSOR FAILED CAUSING THE SYSTEM TO WORK INTERMITTENTLY; THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW AND MY REAR WINDOW BLEW OUT AND SHATTERED WHEN I CLOSED THE DOOR DURING 00F WEATHER. PRESENTLY I HAVE HAD NO RESPONSE FROM THE MANUFACTURER STATING THE TECHNICALITY OF "OUT OF WARRANTY" "NOTHING WE CAN DO" DEAF EARS. I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE ANY ASSISTANCE OR SUGGESTIONS ON HOW I CAN PROCEED TO RECOVER S… ODI 722211HEAD GASKET WILL COST $600 TO REPAIR. HAD ENOUGH PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR IN THE 16 MONTHS I HAVE OWNED IT. IT IS APPARENT BY ALL THE COMPLAINTS THAT SOMTHING SHOULD BE DONE. SO WHY HASN'T IT? *AK |
| Air Bags:Frontal | 1ODI 834316VEHICLE STALLED OUT WHEN STOPPED ON ONE OCCASION, THEN STALLED OUT AGAIN WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING DRIVER TO BE UNABLE TO STOP. BRAKES WENT OUT AND FRONTAL IMPACT OCCURRED. AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER NOT AWARE OF PROBLEM. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK | — | 1ODI 819200CRUISE CONTROL WAS SET AT 63 MPH. COMING TO BRAKE, DID NOT DISENGAGE. PEDAL GOT STUCK, DID NOT RELEASE. REARENDED VEHICLE IN FRONT. AIR BAG DEPLOYED. HAD SEAT BELT ON. VEHCILE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THIS DEFECT RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK | 2ODI 8017260WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE WILL START TO PULSATE AT ANY SPEED. ALSO, EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK THE CONSUMER STATES THE FOLLOWING AS PROBLEMS OCCURED: THE PASSENGER AIR BAG, THROTTLE BLADE ICING, DEFECTIVE ROTORS, CHARGING SYSTEM OVER CHARGING-NO TROUBLE CODES; 3 BATTERY REPLACEMENTS(DEFECTIVE PER MECHANIC), MANY GAS TANK REPAIRS/REPLACEMENTS(WOULD NOT TAKE GAS WITHOUT CLICKING AND TICKING/FILLER TANK/GAS TANK), WARNING BRAKE LIGHT AND BUZZER CHIMES WHEN BRAKE IS APPLIED ALSO WITH THE GAS PEDAL WHEN APPLI… ODI 10232559 · 35,000 miMY 2005 NEON HAS BEEN SLIPPING WHEN SHIFTING FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR. IT IS WORSE IN WARM WEATHER. TRANSMISSION FLUID FINE AND NOT BURNT. DIDN'T PICK UP ON THE COMPUTER WHEN IT WAS CHECKED OUT AT A GARAGE BUT NO ONE DISPUTES THE PROBLEM. FEELS LIKE SLIPPING ON ICE. HAS 35,000M NOW AND HAS BEEN SHAKING AS WELL. IT BEGAN DOING THIS AT 30,000. OUT OF WARRANTY BY 6 MONTHS. FURTHER, HIT A DEER LAST NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO FRONT END. HIT THE DEER HARD ENOUGH FOR IT TO FLY UP ONTO THE ROOF AND BOUNCE OFF. BODY SHOP WAS SURPRISED AIRBAGS DID NOT… | 1ODI 819833WATER COMING IN FROM DASH WHICH CAUSES THE WATER TO LEAK FROM THE FLOORBOARD. THIS DEFECT HAPPENS ONLY WHEN IT IS RAINING. DEALER HAS TORN OUT DASH, CANNOT FIGURE OUT WHERE THE WATER IS COMING FROM. ALSO, AIRBAGS' SCREWS ARE LOOSENING WHICH CAUSES THEM TO MAKE NOISES. *AK | 10ODI 809656WHILE GOING (25) MPH ON SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS, WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE WENT OFF THE ROAD, WENT INTO A DITCH, HITTING A TREE HEAD-ON AND THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAGS. INSURANCE ADJUSTOR IS LOOKING AT VEHICLE. *AK | 4ODI 859224CONSUMER NOTICED THAT PASSENGER'S AIRBAG WAS TRYING TO COME OUT OF COVER DUE TO WARPING, THE AIRBAG CAME OUT OF POSITION. GEAR SHIFT CAN BE MOVE OUT OF PARK WITHOUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION DUE TO FAILURE OF THE INTERLOCK SYSTEM. HEAD GASKET FAILURE RESULTED IN OIL LEAKAGE. PROBLEMS WITH THE INTERIOR LIGHTING SYSTEM DUE TO MISSING DOOR AJAR SWITCH BUMPER. ALL SPEAKERS NEED REPLACING DUE TO NOISE DISTORTION. POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL SHORTAGE IS CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL/COLUMN TO MAKE NOISE AS WELL AS FLASHING OF THE INSTRUMENT DASH LIGHTS. *AK.… ODI 10083709PROBLEMS WITH AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ON DODGE NEON 2000. *MR THE LIGHT WAS INTERMITTENT AND WOULD BEEP EVERYTIME THE CONSUMER WOULD MAKE A TURN. RECALL# 99V043000. *SC THE TIE RODS HAD TO BE REPLACED. WHEN THE CONSUMER TURNED THE AIR CONDITION ON, THE VEHICLE FELT AS THOUGH IT WAS GOING TO CUT OFF. *JB ODI 8017260WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE WILL START TO PULSATE AT ANY SPEED. ALSO, EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK THE CONSUMER STATES THE FOLLOWING AS PROBLEMS OCCURED: THE PASSENGER AIR BAG, THROTTLE BLADE ICING, DEFECTIVE ROTORS, CHARGING SYSTEM OVER CHARGING-NO TROUBLE CODES; 3 BATTERY REPLACEMENTS(DEFECTIVE PER MECHANIC), MANY GAS TANK REPAIRS/REPLACEMENTS(WOULD NOT TAKE GAS WITHOUT CLICKING AND TICKING/FILLER TANK/GAS TANK), WARNING BRAKE LIGHT AND BUZZER CHIMES WHEN BRAKE IS APPLIED ALSO WITH THE GAS PEDAL WHEN APPLI… | 3ODI 819200CRUISE CONTROL WAS SET AT 63 MPH. COMING TO BRAKE, DID NOT DISENGAGE. PEDAL GOT STUCK, DID NOT RELEASE. REARENDED VEHICLE IN FRONT. AIR BAG DEPLOYED. HAD SEAT BELT ON. VEHCILE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THIS DEFECT RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK ODI 705452TURNED ON THE CAR WITH FOOT ON BRAKE, PUT CAR IN DRIVE, REMOVED FOOT FROM BRAKE AND CAR ACCELERATED AND HIT HEAD ON A 1999 DODGE DAKOTA. PRESSED ON THE BRAKE AS CAR SPED ACROSS THE LOT AND NOTHING HAPPENED. ENGINE MADE HIGH PITCHED WHIRRING NOISE. AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. MY INCIDENT RESEMBLES THE ONE POSTED ON THE NHTSA WEB SITE ODI ID# 535732. *AK ODI 8017260WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE WILL START TO PULSATE AT ANY SPEED. ALSO, EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK THE CONSUMER STATES THE FOLLOWING AS PROBLEMS OCCURED: THE PASSENGER AIR BAG, THROTTLE BLADE ICING, DEFECTIVE ROTORS, CHARGING SYSTEM OVER CHARGING-NO TROUBLE CODES; 3 BATTERY REPLACEMENTS(DEFECTIVE PER MECHANIC), MANY GAS TANK REPAIRS/REPLACEMENTS(WOULD NOT TAKE GAS WITHOUT CLICKING AND TICKING/FILLER TANK/GAS TANK), WARNING BRAKE LIGHT AND BUZZER CHIMES WHEN BRAKE IS APPLIED ALSO WITH THE GAS PEDAL WHEN APPLI… |
| Engine And Engine Cooling:Engine:Gasoline | 18ODI 564803CONSUMER EXPERIENCED OIL SPILLING OVER ENGINE AND INTO THE ANTI-FREEZE.*JG | 1ODI 819200CRUISE CONTROL WAS SET AT 63 MPH. COMING TO BRAKE, DID NOT DISENGAGE. PEDAL GOT STUCK, DID NOT RELEASE. REARENDED VEHICLE IN FRONT. AIR BAG DEPLOYED. HAD SEAT BELT ON. VEHCILE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THIS DEFECT RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK | — | 9ODI 716111TRANSMISSION/ ENGINE CONTINUE TO STAY AT HIGH IDLE AFTER FOOT IS TAKEN OFF GAS; WINDOWS SOMETIMES LEAK DUE TO MOULDING ASSEMBLY, AND TRUNK LEAKS ON DRIVER'S SIDE EVERYTIME IT RAINS! *AK ODI 722105THIS CAR HAS HAD 3 TRANSMISSIONS AND NOW NEEDS ANOTHER WITH ONLY 56,200 MILES. IT HAS ALSO HAD A STARTER, RADIATOR,BATTERY, 7 FRONT RIGHT TIRES(NONE FROM NAILS ETC.),2 HEAD GASKETS,EGR VALVE,MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH, 2 SETS OF BRAKES(WHICH STILL MAKE NOISE). OUR MECHANIC HAS TOLD US THAT THE 96 NEON IS A LEMON. THE BRAKES ARE MADE FROM A METAL THAT RUSTS VERY QUICKLY AND THE HEAD GASKETS ARE FAULTY AND WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE PROBLEMS. WHAT CAN I SAY ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION?? IS 4 TOO MANY FOR A CAR WITH ONLY 50+THOUSAND MILES?? HELP!!!!( DOT NUMBE… ODI 883192WHILE DRIVING ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WENT OUT. HAD NO INTERIOR OR OUTSIDE LIGHTS. HAD SOME LEAKAGE FROM TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC REPAIRED LEAKAGES/STARTER/HEAD GASKETS/ OIL PRESSURE SWITCH, AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS.*AK WATER LEAK FROM THE TRUNK TO REAR FLOOR BOARDS CAUSED CORROSION. ALSO, SIGNAL LIGHT FAILED TO GO OFF. CONSUMER STATES THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN SEVERAL ACCIDENTS BEFOR E PURCHASE. *YH | 15ODI 700499THIS CAR HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE SINCE I'LL PURCHASED IT, I HAD TO HAVE MY TRANSMISSION REPLACED, MY ENGINE LIGHT KEEP GOING ON, MY RADIO KEEPS GOING OUT. IF IT'S NOT ONE THING IT'S ANOTHER. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER CHRYSLER PRODUCT. MY MOTHER HAS ALWAYS OWNED CHRYSLERS BUT SHE'S CHANGE HER MIND. MY DEALER ONLY CARES ABOUT THE SALE OF THE CAR, NOT THE SERVICE AFTER YOU SIGN ON THE DOTTED LINE. THANKS, NICOLE ODI 708528THIS CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP ABOUT EVERY OTHER MONTH SINCE WE BOUGHT IT. VERY DISAPOINTED IN WE HAVE LOST ALOT OF MONEY TRYING TO KEEP THIS VEHICLE. ODI 819551WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT IS CONSTANTLY ON , AND THE VEHICLE CUTS OFF. THE OWNER HAS REPLACED THE BATTERY AND HAS HAD THE STARTER CHECKED. OWNER IS TRYING TO CONTACT THE M ANUFACTURER. *AK | 2 | 3ODI 786005CONSUMER STATES THE VEHICLE STALLS WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. *TT ODI 560488THE LIGHTS FLICKER INTERMITTENTLY, THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. NLM ODI 8006952VEHICLE STALLED AT 55 MPH, LOST ALL POWER AND FUNCTIONS. CONSUMER WAS NOT ABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE. TOWED TO DEALER, PCM WAS REPLACED. VEHICLE STALLED 2 MORE TIMES SINCE THEN AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. DEALER COULD NOT REMEDY PROBLEM, AND INSTALLED CO PILOT. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT ON 14-APR-2002 VEHICLE STALLED FOR THE FOURTH TIME, DEALER COULDN?T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND CONSUMER IS CONCERNED ABOUT HER SAFETY. *YD | 10ODI 818638WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE MADE A SQUEAKY NOISE. ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED AT LEAST TWICE ON EACH SIDE. THE BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPLACED 4 TIMES. *AK BRAKES HAVE HAD A LOT OF WORK, BRAKES HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED AND CLEANED, BRAKE PADS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES, ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 2 TIMES, CALIPERS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, BRAKES HAVE EXCESSIVE WEAR. THROTTLE BODY CLOGGED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO HESITATE. BATTERY WAS REPLACED DUE TO BEING WEAK. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS ILLUMINATED. *SLC ODI 819200CRUISE CONTROL WAS SET AT 63 MPH. COMING TO BRAKE, DID NOT DISENGAGE. PEDAL GOT STUCK, DID NOT RELEASE. REARENDED VEHICLE IN FRONT. AIR BAG DEPLOYED. HAD SEAT BELT ON. VEHCILE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THIS DEFECT RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK |
| Power Train:Automatic Transmission | 30ODI 10020805TRANSMISSION DEFECTIVE. WHEN PUT INTO REVERSE IT MADE A LOUD BANGING NOISE. SHIFTED HARSHLY FROM SECOND TO THIRD GEAR. THE HEAD GASKET BLEW AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE BRAKES SQUEALED FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THE CAMSHAFT SEAL LEAKED OIL AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, THE VALVE COVER GASKET HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF AN OIL LEAK. *TT ODI 5352912 ENGINE SENSORS FAILED, HEAD GASKET FAILED, MOTOR MOUNTS FAILED CAUSING MOTOR TO DROP OUT OF THE BRACKETS. | 2ODI 8017260WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE WILL START TO PULSATE AT ANY SPEED. ALSO, EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK THE CONSUMER STATES THE FOLLOWING AS PROBLEMS OCCURED: THE PASSENGER AIR BAG, THROTTLE BLADE ICING, DEFECTIVE ROTORS, CHARGING SYSTEM OVER CHARGING-NO TROUBLE CODES; 3 BATTERY REPLACEMENTS(DEFECTIVE PER MECHANIC), MANY GAS TANK REPAIRS/REPLACEMENTS(WOULD NOT TAKE GAS WITHOUT CLICKING AND TICKING/FILLER TANK/GAS TANK), WARNING BRAKE LIGHT AND BUZZER CHIMES WHEN BRAKE IS APPLIED ALSO WITH THE GAS PEDAL WHEN APPLI… ODI 10232559 · 35,000 miMY 2005 NEON HAS BEEN SLIPPING WHEN SHIFTING FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR. IT IS WORSE IN WARM WEATHER. TRANSMISSION FLUID FINE AND NOT BURNT. DIDN'T PICK UP ON THE COMPUTER WHEN IT WAS CHECKED OUT AT A GARAGE BUT NO ONE DISPUTES THE PROBLEM. FEELS LIKE SLIPPING ON ICE. HAS 35,000M NOW AND HAS BEEN SHAKING AS WELL. IT BEGAN DOING THIS AT 30,000. OUT OF WARRANTY BY 6 MONTHS. FURTHER, HIT A DEER LAST NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO FRONT END. HIT THE DEER HARD ENOUGH FOR IT TO FLY UP ONTO THE ROOF AND BOUNCE OFF. BODY SHOP WAS SURPRISED AIRBAGS DID NOT… | 9ODI 716111TRANSMISSION/ ENGINE CONTINUE TO STAY AT HIGH IDLE AFTER FOOT IS TAKEN OFF GAS; WINDOWS SOMETIMES LEAK DUE TO MOULDING ASSEMBLY, AND TRUNK LEAKS ON DRIVER'S SIDE EVERYTIME IT RAINS! *AK ODI 722105THIS CAR HAS HAD 3 TRANSMISSIONS AND NOW NEEDS ANOTHER WITH ONLY 56,200 MILES. IT HAS ALSO HAD A STARTER, RADIATOR,BATTERY, 7 FRONT RIGHT TIRES(NONE FROM NAILS ETC.),2 HEAD GASKETS,EGR VALVE,MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH, 2 SETS OF BRAKES(WHICH STILL MAKE NOISE). OUR MECHANIC HAS TOLD US THAT THE 96 NEON IS A LEMON. THE BRAKES ARE MADE FROM A METAL THAT RUSTS VERY QUICKLY AND THE HEAD GASKETS ARE FAULTY AND WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE PROBLEMS. WHAT CAN I SAY ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION?? IS 4 TOO MANY FOR A CAR WITH ONLY 50+THOUSAND MILES?? HELP!!!!( DOT NUMBE… ODI 883192WHILE DRIVING ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WENT OUT. HAD NO INTERIOR OR OUTSIDE LIGHTS. HAD SOME LEAKAGE FROM TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC REPAIRED LEAKAGES/STARTER/HEAD GASKETS/ OIL PRESSURE SWITCH, AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS.*AK WATER LEAK FROM THE TRUNK TO REAR FLOOR BOARDS CAUSED CORROSION. ALSO, SIGNAL LIGHT FAILED TO GO OFF. CONSUMER STATES THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN SEVERAL ACCIDENTS BEFOR E PURCHASE. *YH | — | 6ODI 717053THIS WAS THE 2ND TIME THE SAME PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPAIRED, THE FIRST TIME WAS ON 2/21/95. AT THIS TIME THE TRANSMISSION WAS ALSO REBUILT, ANOTHER PROBLEM IS THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT STAYING ON. THIS WAS ALSO REPAIRED ON 12/27/94, AND I AM HAVEING THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN. *AK ODI 722105THIS CAR HAS HAD 3 TRANSMISSIONS AND NOW NEEDS ANOTHER WITH ONLY 56,200 MILES. IT HAS ALSO HAD A STARTER, RADIATOR,BATTERY, 7 FRONT RIGHT TIRES(NONE FROM NAILS ETC.),2 HEAD GASKETS,EGR VALVE,MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH, 2 SETS OF BRAKES(WHICH STILL MAKE NOISE). OUR MECHANIC HAS TOLD US THAT THE 96 NEON IS A LEMON. THE BRAKES ARE MADE FROM A METAL THAT RUSTS VERY QUICKLY AND THE HEAD GASKETS ARE FAULTY AND WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE PROBLEMS. WHAT CAN I SAY ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION?? IS 4 TOO MANY FOR A CAR WITH ONLY 50+THOUSAND MILES?? HELP!!!!( DOT NUMBE… | 2ODI 548034ABS LIGHT CONTINUALLY ILLUMINATES, AND BRAKES EXPERIENCED FADING. MJS ODI 860816WHILE DRIVING BRAKES WOULD SQUEAK, AND VEHICLE WOULD SLIDE. ALSO, TRANSMISSION IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY, AND VEHICLE STALLS. *AK | 10ODI 548034ABS LIGHT CONTINUALLY ILLUMINATES, AND BRAKES EXPERIENCED FADING. MJS ODI 749223OIL LEAKS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM/ TRANSMISSION, AND FUEL LINE FAILED. *AK ODI 10143833 · 50,000 miI HAVE HAD ONGOING PROBLEMS WITH MY 1996 DODGE NEON SPORT, IT HAS BEEN INOPERABLE FOR THE LAST YEAR OR SO, DUE TO ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS AND STALLING WHICH I BELIEVE STEM FROM THE WIRING HARNESS. I HAVE HAD THE BRAKES REPLACED A FEW TIMES, THE A/C REPLACED, FUEL INJECTION ACTS UP AND THE FUEL GAUGE FLUCTUATES, MY TRANSMISSION HAS STARTED SLIPPING, POWER STEERING AND EXHAUST ARE LEAKING, NUMEROUS OIL LEAKS, REAR LIGHTS/ BRAKE LIGHTS HAVE NOT WORKED IN OVER A YEAR, DRIVERSIDE WINDOW BROKE ALONG THE EXTENDING ARM INSIDE OF THE DOOR FRAME, TRUNK REL… | 7ODI 713513AS SOON AS THIS CAR HIT 36000MLS THE PROBLEMS JUST ADDED UP. EVERYTIME I TURNED AROUND SOMETHING WAS GOING WRONG THIS CAR. CHRYSLER WERE THE WORST MANUFATURER I HAD EVER DEALT WITH AND WILL NEVER BUY ANYTHING FROM THEN AGAIN. WE HAD TO LET THE CAR GO BACK BECAUSE WE COULD NO LONG AFFORD THE REPAIRS ON IT. THE CRUISE CONTROL HAD TO HAVE SOME THING TO DO WITH THE COMPUTER, AND WAS REPLACEDBY MYSELF. THE ALTERNATOR WENT BAD WAS REPLACED BY MYSELF. THE RADIO WENT BAD WAS REPLACED BY MYSELF. THE TRANSMISSION HAD A PIN THAT WAS NOT FITTED AND … |
| Unknown Or Other | 28ODI 717869AS I WAS DRIVING MY 1995 NEON HOME FROM WORK, I NOTICED THAT THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON. I BECAME CONCERNED AND PULLED INTO THE NEAREST SERVICE STATION WHICH WAS LESS THAT 1/2 MILE AWAY. I ASKED THE SERVICE TECH TO LOOK AT THE CAR AND HE SAID THAT THERE WAS AN OIL LEAK. HE SUGGESTED THAT I HAVE THE OIL CHANGED AND SEE IF THERE WERE ANY LOOSE FITTINGS FROM MY PREVIOUS OIL CHANGE A FEW WEEKS EARLIER. THE OIL WAS CHANGED AND THE CAR STARTED ONLY TO CONTINUE TO LEAK OIL AGAIN. I WAS TOLD NOT TO DRIVE IT AND HAD IT TOWED TO MY DEALERSHIP THE FOLLOWING … ODI 718132OIL LIGHT CAME ON, CAR WAS LEAKING OIL, HAD CAR TOWED, INFORMED OF HEAD GASKET PROBLEM. | 1ODI 819833WATER COMING IN FROM DASH WHICH CAUSES THE WATER TO LEAK FROM THE FLOORBOARD. THIS DEFECT HAPPENS ONLY WHEN IT IS RAINING. DEALER HAS TORN OUT DASH, CANNOT FIGURE OUT WHERE THE WATER IS COMING FROM. ALSO, AIRBAGS' SCREWS ARE LOOSENING WHICH CAUSES THEM TO MAKE NOISES. *AK | 15ODI 700499THIS CAR HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE SINCE I'LL PURCHASED IT, I HAD TO HAVE MY TRANSMISSION REPLACED, MY ENGINE LIGHT KEEP GOING ON, MY RADIO KEEPS GOING OUT. IF IT'S NOT ONE THING IT'S ANOTHER. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER CHRYSLER PRODUCT. MY MOTHER HAS ALWAYS OWNED CHRYSLERS BUT SHE'S CHANGE HER MIND. MY DEALER ONLY CARES ABOUT THE SALE OF THE CAR, NOT THE SERVICE AFTER YOU SIGN ON THE DOTTED LINE. THANKS, NICOLE ODI 708528THIS CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP ABOUT EVERY OTHER MONTH SINCE WE BOUGHT IT. VERY DISAPOINTED IN WE HAVE LOST ALOT OF MONEY TRYING TO KEEP THIS VEHICLE. ODI 819551WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT IS CONSTANTLY ON , AND THE VEHICLE CUTS OFF. THE OWNER HAS REPLACED THE BATTERY AND HAS HAD THE STARTER CHECKED. OWNER IS TRYING TO CONTACT THE M ANUFACTURER. *AK | 6ODI 717053THIS WAS THE 2ND TIME THE SAME PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPAIRED, THE FIRST TIME WAS ON 2/21/95. AT THIS TIME THE TRANSMISSION WAS ALSO REBUILT, ANOTHER PROBLEM IS THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT STAYING ON. THIS WAS ALSO REPAIRED ON 12/27/94, AND I AM HAVEING THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN. *AK ODI 722105THIS CAR HAS HAD 3 TRANSMISSIONS AND NOW NEEDS ANOTHER WITH ONLY 56,200 MILES. IT HAS ALSO HAD A STARTER, RADIATOR,BATTERY, 7 FRONT RIGHT TIRES(NONE FROM NAILS ETC.),2 HEAD GASKETS,EGR VALVE,MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH, 2 SETS OF BRAKES(WHICH STILL MAKE NOISE). OUR MECHANIC HAS TOLD US THAT THE 96 NEON IS A LEMON. THE BRAKES ARE MADE FROM A METAL THAT RUSTS VERY QUICKLY AND THE HEAD GASKETS ARE FAULTY AND WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE PROBLEMS. WHAT CAN I SAY ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION?? IS 4 TOO MANY FOR A CAR WITH ONLY 50+THOUSAND MILES?? HELP!!!!( DOT NUMBE… | — | 1ODI 759610CHRYSLER SOLD NEONS WITH KNOWN FACTORY DEFECTS AS EVIDENCED BY ISSUANCE OF 70 TSBS AND FAILED TO RECALL CARS WHICH ARE HIGHWAY HAZARDS.TO DATE, I HAVE SPENT $10,088.79 ON REPAIRS DUE TO THESE KNOWN DEFECTS. TWO HEAD GASKETS, CYLINDER HEADS, CAM SEALS AND SENSORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY THE DEALER UNDER CHRYSLER'S "SECRET WARRANTY"--AT 20,871 AND 54,049 MILES. NOW SUPPOSEDLY ONLY DEFECTIVE CAMSENSORS ARE THE PROBLEM. OTHER DEFECTS BEGINNING 20,000 MILES: RADIO/TAPE PLAYER, VIBRATION, CLINKLING/CLUNKING SOUND, STEERING WHEEL SHAKE, "TOE" PROBLEM… | 1ODI 11022536I PURCHASE A 2005 DODGE NEON IN JUNE. APPROXIATELY 3 WERKS LATER I NOTICE HOW WHEN I WOULD HAVE TO STOP WHEN TIME TO MOVE FORWARD CAR WOULD STALL AND BARELY WANT TO GO THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WOULD PICK UP. IT DID THAT FOR 2 DAYS. THE 3RD DAY I DROVE AWAY IN IT WITH NO PROMBLEMS. WHEN TIME FOR ME TO LEAVE IT WOULD NOT START. I REPLACE STARTER,BATTERY, ALTERNATOR AND ALSO MADE SURE ALL THESE PARTS WHERE GOOD. MY CAR STILL WILL NOT START. PLEASE HELP ME OUT JUST SPENT $2,000.00 AND MY CAR STILL WILL NOT START. CAR WAS PARKED WHEN IT OCCURED. | 5ODI 722211HEAD GASKET WILL COST $600 TO REPAIR. HAD ENOUGH PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR IN THE 16 MONTHS I HAVE OWNED IT. IT IS APPARENT BY ALL THE COMPLAINTS THAT SOMTHING SHOULD BE DONE. SO WHY HASN'T IT? *AK ODI 740460AFTER 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 ODI 11318193 · 200,890 miTHROTTLE STUCK ON HIGHWAY WHEN ACCELERATION. |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | 15ODI 705640WITHIN THE LAST 8 MONTHS A/C COMPRESSOR WENT OUT; THE SPEED CONTROL SURGED, WORKED INTERMITTENTLY THEN STOPPED FUNCTIONING; THE LEFT REAR ABS WHEEL SPEED SENSOR FAILED CAUSING THE SYSTEM TO WORK INTERMITTENTLY; THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW AND MY REAR WINDOW BLEW OUT AND SHATTERED WHEN I CLOSED THE DOOR DURING 00F WEATHER. PRESENTLY I HAVE HAD NO RESPONSE FROM THE MANUFACTURER STATING THE TECHNICALITY OF "OUT OF WARRANTY" "NOTHING WE CAN DO" DEAF EARS. I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE ANY ASSISTANCE OR SUGGESTIONS ON HOW I CAN PROCEED TO RECOVER S… ODI 718904BLOWN HEAD GASKET ANLONG WITH THE FRONT BRAKES NEEDED REPLACED AND THE REAR BRAKES LEAKING. THE SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT WORK. I KNOW THERE MAY BE EXTRA MILES ON MY CAR HOWEVER MOST WERE HIGHWAY DUE TO ALLOT OF TRAVELING SO THESE PARTS TO GO OUT SO SOON ARE VERY DISSAPOINTING WHEN I TAKE EXCELLENT CARE OF MY CAR ODI 736258GASKET FAILURES (HEAD AND TRANSAXLE) DIAGNOSED BY ULTRAVIOLET DYE TEST. BRAKE DEFICIENY DISCOVERED IN HIGH SPEED COMMUTER TRAFFIC WITH NEAR COLLISION. THE FREQUENCY OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS FROM MANY OWNERS SUGGESTS THAT A LARGE RECALL ACTION IS IN ORDER BEFORE MANY SERIOUS ACCIDENTS RESULT. | 10ODI 809656WHILE GOING (25) MPH ON SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS, WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE WENT OFF THE ROAD, WENT INTO A DITCH, HITTING A TREE HEAD-ON AND THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAGS. INSURANCE ADJUSTOR IS LOOKING AT VEHICLE. *AK | 2 | 2ODI 548034ABS LIGHT CONTINUALLY ILLUMINATES, AND BRAKES EXPERIENCED FADING. MJS ODI 860816WHILE DRIVING BRAKES WOULD SQUEAK, AND VEHICLE WOULD SLIDE. ALSO, TRANSMISSION IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY, AND VEHICLE STALLS. *AK | 1ODI 759610CHRYSLER SOLD NEONS WITH KNOWN FACTORY DEFECTS AS EVIDENCED BY ISSUANCE OF 70 TSBS AND FAILED TO RECALL CARS WHICH ARE HIGHWAY HAZARDS.TO DATE, I HAVE SPENT $10,088.79 ON REPAIRS DUE TO THESE KNOWN DEFECTS. TWO HEAD GASKETS, CYLINDER HEADS, CAM SEALS AND SENSORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY THE DEALER UNDER CHRYSLER'S "SECRET WARRANTY"--AT 20,871 AND 54,049 MILES. NOW SUPPOSEDLY ONLY DEFECTIVE CAMSENSORS ARE THE PROBLEM. OTHER DEFECTS BEGINNING 20,000 MILES: RADIO/TAPE PLAYER, VIBRATION, CLINKLING/CLUNKING SOUND, STEERING WHEEL SHAKE, "TOE" PROBLEM… | — | 1ODI 548034ABS LIGHT CONTINUALLY ILLUMINATES, AND BRAKES EXPERIENCED FADING. MJS | 6ODI 705640WITHIN THE LAST 8 MONTHS A/C COMPRESSOR WENT OUT; THE SPEED CONTROL SURGED, WORKED INTERMITTENTLY THEN STOPPED FUNCTIONING; THE LEFT REAR ABS WHEEL SPEED SENSOR FAILED CAUSING THE SYSTEM TO WORK INTERMITTENTLY; THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW AND MY REAR WINDOW BLEW OUT AND SHATTERED WHEN I CLOSED THE DOOR DURING 00F WEATHER. PRESENTLY I HAVE HAD NO RESPONSE FROM THE MANUFACTURER STATING THE TECHNICALITY OF "OUT OF WARRANTY" "NOTHING WE CAN DO" DEAF EARS. I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE ANY ASSISTANCE OR SUGGESTIONS ON HOW I CAN PROCEED TO RECOVER S… ODI 720779WAS PICKING UP SPEED RAN OFF SHOULDER INTO GRAVEL, TURNED TO PULL BACK AND I COULD NOT STEER, PUT ON BRAKES AND SPUN AROUND AND AROUND ACROSS TO THE OTHER SIDE OF ROAD AND TURNED COMPLETELY AROUND AND WAS HIT FROM BEHIND.*AK ODI 820030UPON TRAVELING AT 15 MPH ON WET PAVEMENT AND UPON DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL THE VEHICLE ACCLERATED, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. CONSUMER STATES DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL DETAILS. *AK |
| Electrical System | 14ODI 749223OIL LEAKS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM/ TRANSMISSION, AND FUEL LINE FAILED. *AK ODI 566123THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WHICH EFFECT THE ENGINES FUNCTION, THE THERMOSTAT, THE RADIO CAN'T LOCK STATIONS AND THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE DOES NOT FUNCTION AT ALL. *YH | 4ODI 859224CONSUMER NOTICED THAT PASSENGER'S AIRBAG WAS TRYING TO COME OUT OF COVER DUE TO WARPING, THE AIRBAG CAME OUT OF POSITION. GEAR SHIFT CAN BE MOVE OUT OF PARK WITHOUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION DUE TO FAILURE OF THE INTERLOCK SYSTEM. HEAD GASKET FAILURE RESULTED IN OIL LEAKAGE. PROBLEMS WITH THE INTERIOR LIGHTING SYSTEM DUE TO MISSING DOOR AJAR SWITCH BUMPER. ALL SPEAKERS NEED REPLACING DUE TO NOISE DISTORTION. POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL SHORTAGE IS CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL/COLUMN TO MAKE NOISE AS WELL AS FLASHING OF THE INSTRUMENT DASH LIGHTS. *AK.… ODI 10083709PROBLEMS WITH AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ON DODGE NEON 2000. *MR THE LIGHT WAS INTERMITTENT AND WOULD BEEP EVERYTIME THE CONSUMER WOULD MAKE A TURN. RECALL# 99V043000. *SC THE TIE RODS HAD TO BE REPLACED. WHEN THE CONSUMER TURNED THE AIR CONDITION ON, THE VEHICLE FELT AS THOUGH IT WAS GOING TO CUT OFF. *JB ODI 8017260WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE WILL START TO PULSATE AT ANY SPEED. ALSO, EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK THE CONSUMER STATES THE FOLLOWING AS PROBLEMS OCCURED: THE PASSENGER AIR BAG, THROTTLE BLADE ICING, DEFECTIVE ROTORS, CHARGING SYSTEM OVER CHARGING-NO TROUBLE CODES; 3 BATTERY REPLACEMENTS(DEFECTIVE PER MECHANIC), MANY GAS TANK REPAIRS/REPLACEMENTS(WOULD NOT TAKE GAS WITHOUT CLICKING AND TICKING/FILLER TANK/GAS TANK), WARNING BRAKE LIGHT AND BUZZER CHIMES WHEN BRAKE IS APPLIED ALSO WITH THE GAS PEDAL WHEN APPLI… | 3ODI 786005CONSUMER STATES THE VEHICLE STALLS WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. *TT ODI 560488THE LIGHTS FLICKER INTERMITTENTLY, THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. NLM ODI 8006952VEHICLE STALLED AT 55 MPH, LOST ALL POWER AND FUNCTIONS. CONSUMER WAS NOT ABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE. TOWED TO DEALER, PCM WAS REPLACED. VEHICLE STALLED 2 MORE TIMES SINCE THEN AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. DEALER COULD NOT REMEDY PROBLEM, AND INSTALLED CO PILOT. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT ON 14-APR-2002 VEHICLE STALLED FOR THE FOURTH TIME, DEALER COULDN?T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND CONSUMER IS CONCERNED ABOUT HER SAFETY. *YD | 10ODI 548034ABS LIGHT CONTINUALLY ILLUMINATES, AND BRAKES EXPERIENCED FADING. MJS ODI 749223OIL LEAKS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM/ TRANSMISSION, AND FUEL LINE FAILED. *AK ODI 10143833 · 50,000 miI HAVE HAD ONGOING PROBLEMS WITH MY 1996 DODGE NEON SPORT, IT HAS BEEN INOPERABLE FOR THE LAST YEAR OR SO, DUE TO ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS AND STALLING WHICH I BELIEVE STEM FROM THE WIRING HARNESS. I HAVE HAD THE BRAKES REPLACED A FEW TIMES, THE A/C REPLACED, FUEL INJECTION ACTS UP AND THE FUEL GAUGE FLUCTUATES, MY TRANSMISSION HAS STARTED SLIPPING, POWER STEERING AND EXHAUST ARE LEAKING, NUMEROUS OIL LEAKS, REAR LIGHTS/ BRAKE LIGHTS HAVE NOT WORKED IN OVER A YEAR, DRIVERSIDE WINDOW BROKE ALONG THE EXTENDING ARM INSIDE OF THE DOOR FRAME, TRUNK REL… | 1ODI 11022536I PURCHASE A 2005 DODGE NEON IN JUNE. APPROXIATELY 3 WERKS LATER I NOTICE HOW WHEN I WOULD HAVE TO STOP WHEN TIME TO MOVE FORWARD CAR WOULD STALL AND BARELY WANT TO GO THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WOULD PICK UP. IT DID THAT FOR 2 DAYS. THE 3RD DAY I DROVE AWAY IN IT WITH NO PROMBLEMS. WHEN TIME FOR ME TO LEAVE IT WOULD NOT START. I REPLACE STARTER,BATTERY, ALTERNATOR AND ALSO MADE SURE ALL THESE PARTS WHERE GOOD. MY CAR STILL WILL NOT START. PLEASE HELP ME OUT JUST SPENT $2,000.00 AND MY CAR STILL WILL NOT START. CAR WAS PARKED WHEN IT OCCURED. | 1ODI 548034ABS LIGHT CONTINUALLY ILLUMINATES, AND BRAKES EXPERIENCED FADING. MJS | — | 4ODI 560488THE LIGHTS FLICKER INTERMITTENTLY, THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. NLM ODI 8017260WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE WILL START TO PULSATE AT ANY SPEED. ALSO, EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK THE CONSUMER STATES THE FOLLOWING AS PROBLEMS OCCURED: THE PASSENGER AIR BAG, THROTTLE BLADE ICING, DEFECTIVE ROTORS, CHARGING SYSTEM OVER CHARGING-NO TROUBLE CODES; 3 BATTERY REPLACEMENTS(DEFECTIVE PER MECHANIC), MANY GAS TANK REPAIRS/REPLACEMENTS(WOULD NOT TAKE GAS WITHOUT CLICKING AND TICKING/FILLER TANK/GAS TANK), WARNING BRAKE LIGHT AND BUZZER CHIMES WHEN BRAKE IS APPLIED ALSO WITH THE GAS PEDAL WHEN APPLI… ODI 10002120CONSUMER STATED WHILE STOPPED AT A LIGHT, AS SHE ATTEMPTED TO STEP ON THE GAS, THE PEDAL BEGAN TO ACT ERRATIC, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO HIT THE PERSON IN FRONT AND WOULD NOT STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT NOW IT HESITATES WHEN DRIVING OR STOPPING. OTHER PROBLEMS ARE AS FOLLOWED: THE ELECTRICAL LIGHTS AND ALARMS, ENGINE/COOLING SYSTEM, EQUIPMENT(NOT SPEC), FUEL SYSTEM, HEATER/DEFROST/VENT, PARK BRAKE, POWER TRAIN, SERV. BRAKES, STEERING, STRUCTURE, SUSPENSION, VISUAL SYSTEMS, THE AIR BAG MODULE, (BRAIN OF THE VEHICLE) COMPUTER, AND A… |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 11ODI 10021389 · 82,741 miCHRONIC ENGINE OIL LEAKS. CYLINDER HEAD OIL LEAK REPAIRED (INCLUDING FRONT CAM SEAL, VALVE COVER, SPARK PLUG TUBE, EGR, COVER TUBE FLANGE, INTAKE MANIFOLD, AND THROTTLE BODY) ON 11/26/99 AT 82K MILES. FRONT CAM SEAL REPLACED ON 12/31/01 AT 105K000MILES. FRONT CAM SEAL FAILURE ON 6/9/02 AT 125K MILES. FAILURE CAUSED DAMAGE TO CAM SHAFT. ALL LEAKS WERE POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARDS.*AK ODI 705640WITHIN THE LAST 8 MONTHS A/C COMPRESSOR WENT OUT; THE SPEED CONTROL SURGED, WORKED INTERMITTENTLY THEN STOPPED FUNCTIONING; THE LEFT REAR ABS WHEEL SPEED SENSOR FAILED CAUSING THE SYSTEM TO WORK INTERMITTENTLY; THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW AND MY REAR WINDOW BLEW OUT AND SHATTERED WHEN I CLOSED THE DOOR DURING 00F WEATHER. PRESENTLY I HAVE HAD NO RESPONSE FROM THE MANUFACTURER STATING THE TECHNICALITY OF "OUT OF WARRANTY" "NOTHING WE CAN DO" DEAF EARS. I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE ANY ASSISTANCE OR SUGGESTIONS ON HOW I CAN PROCEED TO RECOVER S… ODI 722211HEAD GASKET WILL COST $600 TO REPAIR. HAD ENOUGH PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR IN THE 16 MONTHS I HAVE OWNED IT. IT IS APPARENT BY ALL THE COMPLAINTS THAT SOMTHING SHOULD BE DONE. SO WHY HASN'T IT? *AK | 3ODI 819200CRUISE CONTROL WAS SET AT 63 MPH. COMING TO BRAKE, DID NOT DISENGAGE. PEDAL GOT STUCK, DID NOT RELEASE. REARENDED VEHICLE IN FRONT. AIR BAG DEPLOYED. HAD SEAT BELT ON. VEHCILE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THIS DEFECT RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK ODI 705452TURNED ON THE CAR WITH FOOT ON BRAKE, PUT CAR IN DRIVE, REMOVED FOOT FROM BRAKE AND CAR ACCELERATED AND HIT HEAD ON A 1999 DODGE DAKOTA. PRESSED ON THE BRAKE AS CAR SPED ACROSS THE LOT AND NOTHING HAPPENED. ENGINE MADE HIGH PITCHED WHIRRING NOISE. AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. MY INCIDENT RESEMBLES THE ONE POSTED ON THE NHTSA WEB SITE ODI ID# 535732. *AK ODI 8017260WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE WILL START TO PULSATE AT ANY SPEED. ALSO, EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK THE CONSUMER STATES THE FOLLOWING AS PROBLEMS OCCURED: THE PASSENGER AIR BAG, THROTTLE BLADE ICING, DEFECTIVE ROTORS, CHARGING SYSTEM OVER CHARGING-NO TROUBLE CODES; 3 BATTERY REPLACEMENTS(DEFECTIVE PER MECHANIC), MANY GAS TANK REPAIRS/REPLACEMENTS(WOULD NOT TAKE GAS WITHOUT CLICKING AND TICKING/FILLER TANK/GAS TANK), WARNING BRAKE LIGHT AND BUZZER CHIMES WHEN BRAKE IS APPLIED ALSO WITH THE GAS PEDAL WHEN APPLI… | 10ODI 818638WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE MADE A SQUEAKY NOISE. ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED AT LEAST TWICE ON EACH SIDE. THE BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPLACED 4 TIMES. *AK BRAKES HAVE HAD A LOT OF WORK, BRAKES HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED AND CLEANED, BRAKE PADS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES, ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 2 TIMES, CALIPERS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, BRAKES HAVE EXCESSIVE WEAR. THROTTLE BODY CLOGGED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO HESITATE. BATTERY WAS REPLACED DUE TO BEING WEAK. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS ILLUMINATED. *SLC ODI 819200CRUISE CONTROL WAS SET AT 63 MPH. COMING TO BRAKE, DID NOT DISENGAGE. PEDAL GOT STUCK, DID NOT RELEASE. REARENDED VEHICLE IN FRONT. AIR BAG DEPLOYED. HAD SEAT BELT ON. VEHCILE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THIS DEFECT RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK | 7ODI 713513AS SOON AS THIS CAR HIT 36000MLS THE PROBLEMS JUST ADDED UP. EVERYTIME I TURNED AROUND SOMETHING WAS GOING WRONG THIS CAR. CHRYSLER WERE THE WORST MANUFATURER I HAD EVER DEALT WITH AND WILL NEVER BUY ANYTHING FROM THEN AGAIN. WE HAD TO LET THE CAR GO BACK BECAUSE WE COULD NO LONG AFFORD THE REPAIRS ON IT. THE CRUISE CONTROL HAD TO HAVE SOME THING TO DO WITH THE COMPUTER, AND WAS REPLACEDBY MYSELF. THE ALTERNATOR WENT BAD WAS REPLACED BY MYSELF. THE RADIO WENT BAD WAS REPLACED BY MYSELF. THE TRANSMISSION HAD A PIN THAT WAS NOT FITTED AND … | 5ODI 722211HEAD GASKET WILL COST $600 TO REPAIR. HAD ENOUGH PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR IN THE 16 MONTHS I HAVE OWNED IT. IT IS APPARENT BY ALL THE COMPLAINTS THAT SOMTHING SHOULD BE DONE. SO WHY HASN'T IT? *AK ODI 740460AFTER 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 ODI 11318193 · 200,890 miTHROTTLE STUCK ON HIGHWAY WHEN ACCELERATION. | 6ODI 705640WITHIN THE LAST 8 MONTHS A/C COMPRESSOR WENT OUT; THE SPEED CONTROL SURGED, WORKED INTERMITTENTLY THEN STOPPED FUNCTIONING; THE LEFT REAR ABS WHEEL SPEED SENSOR FAILED CAUSING THE SYSTEM TO WORK INTERMITTENTLY; THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW AND MY REAR WINDOW BLEW OUT AND SHATTERED WHEN I CLOSED THE DOOR DURING 00F WEATHER. PRESENTLY I HAVE HAD NO RESPONSE FROM THE MANUFACTURER STATING THE TECHNICALITY OF "OUT OF WARRANTY" "NOTHING WE CAN DO" DEAF EARS. I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE ANY ASSISTANCE OR SUGGESTIONS ON HOW I CAN PROCEED TO RECOVER S… ODI 720779WAS PICKING UP SPEED RAN OFF SHOULDER INTO GRAVEL, TURNED TO PULL BACK AND I COULD NOT STEER, PUT ON BRAKES AND SPUN AROUND AND AROUND ACROSS TO THE OTHER SIDE OF ROAD AND TURNED COMPLETELY AROUND AND WAS HIT FROM BEHIND.*AK ODI 820030UPON TRAVELING AT 15 MPH ON WET PAVEMENT AND UPON DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL THE VEHICLE ACCLERATED, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. CONSUMER STATES DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL DETAILS. *AK | 4ODI 560488THE LIGHTS FLICKER INTERMITTENTLY, THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. NLM ODI 8017260WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE WILL START TO PULSATE AT ANY SPEED. ALSO, EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK THE CONSUMER STATES THE FOLLOWING AS PROBLEMS OCCURED: THE PASSENGER AIR BAG, THROTTLE BLADE ICING, DEFECTIVE ROTORS, CHARGING SYSTEM OVER CHARGING-NO TROUBLE CODES; 3 BATTERY REPLACEMENTS(DEFECTIVE PER MECHANIC), MANY GAS TANK REPAIRS/REPLACEMENTS(WOULD NOT TAKE GAS WITHOUT CLICKING AND TICKING/FILLER TANK/GAS TANK), WARNING BRAKE LIGHT AND BUZZER CHIMES WHEN BRAKE IS APPLIED ALSO WITH THE GAS PEDAL WHEN APPLI… ODI 10002120CONSUMER STATED WHILE STOPPED AT A LIGHT, AS SHE ATTEMPTED TO STEP ON THE GAS, THE PEDAL BEGAN TO ACT ERRATIC, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO HIT THE PERSON IN FRONT AND WOULD NOT STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT NOW IT HESITATES WHEN DRIVING OR STOPPING. OTHER PROBLEMS ARE AS FOLLOWED: THE ELECTRICAL LIGHTS AND ALARMS, ENGINE/COOLING SYSTEM, EQUIPMENT(NOT SPEC), FUEL SYSTEM, HEATER/DEFROST/VENT, PARK BRAKE, POWER TRAIN, SERV. BRAKES, STEERING, STRUCTURE, SUSPENSION, VISUAL SYSTEMS, THE AIR BAG MODULE, (BRAIN OF THE VEHICLE) COMPUTER, AND A… | — |
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8 patterns with matching reports.
212 mentions · 6.1% of complaints
Median mileage: 65,964 mi (66 usable records).
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED/STOPPED DUE TO FUEL PUMP FAILING. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
LOSS OF POWER STEERING, WHEN VEHICLE IS OPERATED DURING WET CONDITIONS. *AK
THE HEAD GASKET FAILED, WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE TO STALL.*JB
\b(stall\w*|loss of power|lost power|engine shut\w* off)\b119 mentions · 3.4% of complaints
Median mileage: 48,967 mi (27 usable records).
WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED CONSUMER SAW BRAKE FLUID LEAKING FROM THE BRAKE LINE. THIS PROBLEM CAUSED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO GO TO THE FLOOR WHEN DEPRESSED, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK
STEEL BRAKE LINES TO REAR WHEELS BADLY CORRODED. ONE CORRODED THROUGH, CAUSING BRAKE FAILURE.*AK
CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 96V228000 CONCERNING BRAKE LINE FAILURE. WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE EXPERIENCED BRAKE FAILURE. THERE WAS CORROSION. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK
\b(brake fail\w*|brakes fail\w*|brake pedal|braking distance|unintended braking|phantom braking)\b84 mentions · 2.4% of complaints
Median mileage: 55,695 mi (8 usable records).
LOSS OF POWER STEERING, WHEN VEHICLE IS OPERATED DURING WET CONDITIONS. *AK
MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING MY 1995 DODGE NEON WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AND CAUSED HER TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. SHE WAS TRAVELING AT APPROX 35 - 40 MPH .THERE WERE NO ABNORMAL WEATHER OR ROAD CONDITIONS. SUDDENLY THE STEERING WHEEL JERKED THE CAR OFF THE ROAD TOWARDS THE RIGHT, AT THAT POINT SHE HAD A LOSS OF STEERING AND NO CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. SHE WAS NOT APPLYING THE BRAKES OR MAKING A TURN, JUST DRIVING ALONG AS SHE NORMALLY WOULD. PREVIOSLY WE HAVE HAD PROBLEMS, SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM FAILING. WHEN APPLYING THE B…
WHENEVER POWER STEERING BELT GETS WET, THE BELT SLIPS AND YOU LOSE STEERING CONTROL. *DSH
\b(power steer\w*|steering assist\w*|steering lock\w*|steering wheel lock\w*)\b72 mentions · 2.1% of complaints
Median mileage: 74,623 mi (36 usable records).
WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD, AND THE VEHICLE LEAKED GASOLINE UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. *AK *TS *JB
VEHICLE DRIVES FROM APPROX 8 MILES BEFORE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. THEN AFTER THAT THE ENGINE SPUTTERS AND STALLS WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES OF WAITING THE VEHICLE CAN BE DRIVEN FOR A FEW MILES THEN STALLS AGAIN. AFTER SITTING ALL NIGHT VEHICLE CAN BE DRIVEN FOR A SHORT DISTANCE. OEDB2 CODE READER SAID CYLINDER 1 MISFIRE.. REPLACES SPARK PLUGS, WIRES, FUEL FILTER, CHECKED COIL. EVERYTHING SEAMS TO BE WORKING FINE. VEHICLE CAN BE RAN AT IDLE FOR VERY LONG TIME WITH NO COMPLICATIONS. PCM IS BAD.... THEIR IS A RECALL IN…
COMPUTER FAILURE, CAUSING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON. *SKD
\b(warning light\w*|check engine|dashboard warning\w*|malfunction indicator)\b38 mentions · 1.1% of complaints
Median mileage: 44,000 mi (17 usable records).
VEHICLE VEHICLE WAS IN AN IDLE POSITION, WAS PUT IN DRIVE, AT STOP PULLED FORWARD AND VEHICLE WENT INTO OPEN THROTTLE POSITION AND LURCHED FORWARD, IMPACT 12:00 POSITION, SPEED UNKNOWN, ALSO EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM AGAIN WHILE DRIVING, THROTTLE GOT STUCK. *AK *JB
MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING MY 1995 DODGE NEON WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AND CAUSED HER TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. SHE WAS TRAVELING AT APPROX 35 - 40 MPH .THERE WERE NO ABNORMAL WEATHER OR ROAD CONDITIONS. SUDDENLY THE STEERING WHEEL JERKED THE CAR OFF THE ROAD TOWARDS THE RIGHT, AT THAT POINT SHE HAD A LOSS OF STEERING AND NO CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. SHE WAS NOT APPLYING THE BRAKES OR MAKING A TURN, JUST DRIVING ALONG AS SHE NORMALLY WOULD. PREVIOSLY WE HAVE HAD PROBLEMS, SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM FAILING. WHEN APPLYING THE B…
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
\b(hard shift\w*|rough shift\w*|delay\w* shift\w*|shift\w* hard|jerk\w*|lurch\w*)\b18 mentions · 0.5% of complaints
Median mileage: 67,500 mi (10 usable records).
ON AUGUST 12TH WHILE DRIVING ON SCATTERFIELD DR, AN AREA OF HIGH CONSTRUCTION, MY 1995 DODGE NEON SUDDENLY STALLED AND QUIT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. I HAD A FULL TANK OF GAS SO I KNEW THAT WAS NOT THE PROBLEM AND LUCKILY IT WAS A CONSTRUCTION AREA AND TRAFFIC WAS MOVING RATHER SLOWLY. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START SO I CALEDL PEYTON WELL AUTO AT [phone removed], WHO ON AUGUST 11TH HAD JUST REPAIRED MY CAR FOR SIMILAR PROBLEMS THAT INCLUDED MY BATTERY LIGHT COMING ON AND THEN THE CAR MAY OR MAYNOT START.THEY …
DASH WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, AND THEN CAR OVERHEATED, CONSUMER PULLED OVER, AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AGAIN. HAD TO BE TOWED.*AK
THE 1998 DODGE NEON IS NOTORIOUS FOR FAULTY HEAD GASKETS. THE PROBLEM IS FIRST NOTICED BY AN OIL LEAK AND THE VEHICLE OVERHEATING. THE HEAD GASKETS ARE EXPENSIVE TO REPLACE. AFTER THE CAR GETS HOT, IT STALLS AT EVERY INTERSECTION AND EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE STARTS TO SLOW DOWN OR IS PLACED IN NEUTRAL (MANUAL TRANSMISSION). MY CAR STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION WHERE TRAFFIC WAS GETTING ON AND OFF OF THE FREEWAY AND WOULD NOT START AGAIN. I HAD TO GET OUT OF MY CAR AND PUSH IT TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY ENTRANCE BECAUSE IT WAS THE O…
\b(parasitic drain|battery drain\w*|dead battery|won.t start|would not start|no.start)\b10 mentions · 0.3% of complaints
Median mileage: 80,000 mi (4 usable records).
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A SCHOOL ZONE WHEN THE CONTACT WAS ASKED TO MOVE THE VEHICLE OFF SCHOOL PROPERTY DUE TO EXCESSIVE GAS LEAKING AND THE POTENTIAL FOR STARTING A FIRE ON SCHOOL PROPERTY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DETERMINED THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING GAS AND BRAKE FLUID AND THAT THE REPAIRS SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER NHTSA RECALL#96V228000, REGARDING SERVICE BRAKES,HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES,LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS. THE VEHICLE WAS THAN TOWED TO THE LOCAL DEALER WHO DETERMINED…
PEELING PAINT ON MY 1995 DODGE NEON. I AM ON MY THIRD TRANSMISSION, REPLACED AIR CONDITIONER BECAUSE OF SMOKE UNDER HOOD, BRAKES, ROTORS, FUEL LEAKING, VALVE COVER GASKET, HEAD GASKET, NO OIL IN ENGINE HAD IT TOWED. I ALSO IN THE TIME I OWN MY NEON I HAVE HAD ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS. AFTER REPLACING ALL THIS I ONLY HAD ONE RECALL SENT TO ME ON THE STEERING COUPLER. I HAD THAT FIXED AT THE DEALER. BUT, I HAVEN'T HAD ANY OTHER RECALLS SENT TO ME. 2 TRANSMISSIONS AND ALOT OF MONEY SPENT ON A LEMON. *TR
NEOPRENE COVER OVER FUEL DRAIN NIPPLE CRACKED, CAUSING FUEL LEAK. PART LIKELY COSTS $2. HILL KELLY DODGE (DEALER) INSISTED THE ONLY MEANS TO CORRECT WAS TO REPLACE ENTIRE FUEL PUMP FOR $365. THEY ALLOWED ME TO LEAVE WITH THE LEAK AFTER I REFUSED TO PAY $365, AND DEALER FAILED TO REPLACE SAFETY SHIELD OVER THE AREA WHERE FUEL PUMP/ FILTER/WIRES, AND TUBES WERE LOCATED, THUS ALLOWING FOR POSSIBILITY OF OBJECT IMPACT WITH FUEL ASSEMBLY. *AK
\b(fuel leak\w*|gas leak\w*|gas(?:oline)? smell|smell\w* (?:of )?(?:fuel|gas))\b5 mentions · 0.1% of complaints
Median mileage: 1,500 mi (1 usable records).
I WON A 1995 DODGE NEON AND THIS CAR HAS A HEAD GASKET LEAK.THERE IS A CONSTANT SMELL OF BURNT OIL AND I AM AFRAID THAT THIS ENGINE MAY CATCH FIRE SOMEDAY. I HAVE TO TALKED TO SEVERAL MECHANICS AND THIS HEADGASKET LEAK IS VERY COMMON IN DODGE NEON'S AND THE LOCAL CAR DEALER SAID HE COULD DO NOTHING ABOUT IT.I DID AN INTERNET SEARCH AND FOUND QUITE A FEW COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE DODGE NEON HEADGASKET LEAK.I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM A PRIVATE OWNER BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE DAIMLER-CHRYLER CORPORATION CREATED A DEFECTIVE HEADGASKET AND I AM VERY WORRIED…
I OWN A 1995 DODGE NEON AND IT HAS A MAJOR HEADGASKET OIL LEAK THAT A MECHANIC DIAGNOSED. THE HEADGASKET LEAK HAS BEEN GETTING WORSE AND THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM BECAUSE I AM ADDING A QUART OF OIL EVERY THREE DAYS. THE ENTIRE BOTTOM OF THE ENGINE IS COVERED IN OIL. I CHECKED THE NHTSA DEFECT INVESTIGATION REPORTS AND MANY CONSUMERS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM. EVERY TIME I DRIVE THERE IS A STRONG SMELL OF BURNED OIL. ON 12-15-2003 SMOKE STARTED TO COME FROM THE ENGINE. I AM VERY WORRIED THAT THIS MIGHT START AN ENGINE FIRE …
OIL FROM LEAKING HEAD GASKET AND VALVE COVER GASKET LEAK DIRECTLY ONTO EXHAUST SYSTEM, SPECIFICALLY THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER CAUSING FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. I HAVE KNOWN AND READ OF MANY,MANY OTHERS WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. OIL LEAKAGE IN EXCESS OF 3 QTS. PER WEEK. THE SMELL OF BURNING OIL INSIDE OF THE CAR IS NOXIOUS. I HAVE A 3 MONTH OLD BABY, A 5 YEAR OLD, AND MY WIFE AND WE CAN HARDLY TAKE A 30 MINUTE TRIP WITHOUT HAVING TO STOP FOR FRESH AIR. THERE IS A DEFINATE POSSIBILITY OF THE DRIVER OR PASSENGERS LOSING CONCIOUSNESS. SMOKE HAS BEE…
\b(oil consumption|burn\w* oil|consum\w* oil|oil dilution|gas(?:oline)? in (?:the )?oil)\b