Dodge Neon
Owners filed 3,491 complaints across 13 model years of the Dodge Neon. The 1995 drew the most (976); the 1993 the fewest (3).
Model years13
Complaints3,491
Recalls75
Fires114
Deaths28
Every Dodge Neon model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 95 | 4 | 2 | 23 | Vehicle Speed Control | Routine | |
| 2004 | 94 | 5 | 3 | 19 | Engine and Engine Cooling | Routine | |
| 2003 | 202 | 5 | 20 | 23 | Electrical System | Fatalities reported | |
| 2002 | 173 | 6 | 3 | 26 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Routine | |
| 2001 | 146 | 10 | 1 | 35 | Air Bags › Frontal | Fatalities reported | |
| 2000 | 337 | 11 | 6 | 73 | Air Bags › Frontal | Fatalities reported | |
| 1999 | 116 | 4 | 4 | 21 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Fatalities reported | |
| 1998 | 339 | 6 | 3 | 43 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Above average | |
| 1997 | 390 | 6 | 12 | 44 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Above average | |
| 1996 | 611 | 7 | 5 | 46 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Above average | |
| 1995 | 976 | 11 | 55 | 126 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Fatalities reported | |
| 1994 | 9 | 0 | — | 2 | Air Bags › Frontal | Routine | |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 | — | — | Suspension › Front › Control Arm | Routine |
Which Dodge Neon years should you avoid?
On raw complaint volume the 1995 is the weakest year on record, with 976 complaints concentrated in the engine and engine cooling › engine. It carries 11 recalls.
Read these numbers with sales volume in mind. A model year that sold in huge numbers naturally accumulates more reports than a rare one, and older cars have had more years to fail. The stronger signal is the severity columns and whether the same component keeps coming up year after year.
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, September 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.