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1995 Dodge Neon complaints

Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1995 record →

Seat Belts › Front › Buckle Assembly
Filed Nov 19, 1997SC

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE RESTRAINT BELT BUCKLE BROKE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings1 injured1 killed
Filed Nov 19, 1997PA

BRAKE LINE BROKE, CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKES/ACCIDENT OCCURRED.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Nov 18, 1997IN

WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle Bar
Filed Nov 18, 1997FL

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE (397V169000). CALLED DEALER TO SET UP AN APPOINTMENT. WAS INFORMED THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE THE PARTS OR TOOLS FOR REPAIRING THE COUPLING ON THE STEERING WHEEL. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc
Filed Nov 18, 1997VA

FRONT BRAKES HAVE EXCESSIVE BRAKE WEAR AND THAT BRAKES MUST BE REPLACED EVERY 6 MONTHS. CAUSE UNKNOWN. OWNER VERY CONCERNED ABOUT PROBLEM. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Nov 17, 1997PA

CONTINUOUS SQUEALING NOISE FROM BRAKING SYSTEM. DEALER STATES THERE IS NO INHERENT ELEMENT WHICH FORMULATES OR DESPLAYS PITCH. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
Filed Nov 17, 1997DC

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED OWNER HAS TO PUMP AND STAND ON THE BRAKES TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE BRAKING SYSTEM AND THE ROTORS HAS BEEN REPLACED PRIOR . THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

Air Bags › FrontalCrash
Filed Nov 13, 1997VA

DRIVING AT APPROX 25 MPH, COMING TO A STOP SIGN, HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE AT INTERSECTION ON THE REAR LEFT SIDE, AIR BAGS EXPLODED WHICH CAUSED INJURIES TO DRIVER. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
Filed Nov 10, 1997PA

WHEN 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

Steering › Hydraulic Power Assist System
Filed Nov 10, 1997MA

WHEN DRIVING THROUGH A PUDDLE THE POWER STEERING IS LOST AND IT COMES BACK ON LATER. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipCrash
Filed Nov 7, 1997NM

WHILE TRAVELING AND UPON DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. *AK

Electrical System › Ignition
Filed Nov 6, 1997MI

ENGINE STALL OUT, NEED A IGNITION COIL, FUEL THROTTLE BODY AND UP & DOWN 02 SENSOR SWITCH AND A TUNE UP.

Visibility › Glass, Side/Rear
Filed Nov 5, 1997NY

WINDOWS IN THE VEHICLE CONTINUOUSLY FOG.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings
Filed Oct 28, 1997IL

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE (#96V228000). CALLED DEALER AND MADE APPOINTMENT. TOOK VEHICLE ON DATE. AFTER ARRIVING, WAS INFORMED THAT NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. *AK

Electrical System › Ignition
Filed Oct 27, 1997MS

LOOSE COIL WIRE.

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Oct 22, 1997NJ

VEHICLE LEAKED OIL DUE TO A DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKET. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed Oct 16, 1997PA

BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED/REPAIRED SEVERAL TIMES, HOWEVER FAILURES CONTINUE.

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Oct 7, 1997MD

VEHICLE'S WHEELS SPIN WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOPPED POSITION WITH LOSS OF STEERING.

Exterior Lighting
Filed Oct 7, 1997FL

DOME LIGHT, TAIL LIGHT, RIGHT TURN SIGNAL, AND WINDSHIELD WASHER NOT WORKING. PAINT FLAKING. BRAKE FAILURE. RADIO, DASHBOARD LIGHTS NOT WORKING. BATTERY AND MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED. ENGINE PROBLEM.

Power Train
Filed Oct 6, 1997PR

WATER LEAK BELOW THE DASHBOARD. POWER TRAIN PROBLEMS.

Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle Bar
Filed Oct 4, 1997NY

STEERING WHEEL IS NOISY.

Fuel System, Gasoline › Delivery › Fuel Pump
Filed Sep 26, 1997GA

WHILE DRIIVNG THE VEHICLE ON EXPRESSWAY, GOING (70) MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE ENGINE JUST STOPPED. THE VEHILCE WAS TOWED AND THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED. CONSUMER EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM ON 9/25/97. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP, AND DEALER COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Caliper
Filed Sep 23, 1997ME

BRAKE CALIPERS MAKE LOUD SQUEAKING NOISES WHEN APPLYING BRAKES.

Electrical System
Filed Sep 22, 1997MS

SEVERAL ELECTRICAL WIRING PROBLEMS AND FAILURES ON VEHICLE SINCE OWNERSHIP,

Steering
Filed Sep 18, 1997TX

WHILE WIFE WAS DRIVING SHE HIT A POTHOLE IN A CONVENIENCE STORE PARKING LOT AND PART OF THE STEERING MECHANISM CAME APART. DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLEBUT MANAGED TO COME TO A STOP WITHOUT HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK

Steering › Hydraulic Power Assist System
Filed Sep 16, 1997NY

VEHICLE EXPERIENCES LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL WHILE DRIVING DURING HEAVY RAIN STORMS. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Caliper
Filed Sep 15, 1997CA

THE CALIPER STICKS AND THIS WEARS DOWN THE PASSENGER'S SIDE BRAKE FASTER THAN THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THE CALIPER HAS BEEN REPLACED ABOUT 4 OR MORE TIMES, AND THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN REMEDIED. *AK

Fuel System, Gasoline › Delivery › Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings
Filed Sep 11, 1997NY

DURING RECALL WORK ON THE FUEL AND BRAKE LINES, RUST WAS NOTICED ON 3 OR 4 OF THE LINES. THE DEALER DID NOT REPLACE THE LINES AS DIRECTED BUT INSTEAD ONLY SPRAYED UNDERCOATING MATERIAL ON RUSTED LINES.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed Sep 9, 1997NY

BRAKE FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT.

Unknown or Other
Filed Aug 27, 1997NC

ENGINE LIGHT GOES ON AND OFF AT TIMES, THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN UNABLE TO LOCATED PROBLEM.

Visibility › Windshield
Filed Aug 25, 1997WI

REAR WINDSHIELD SHATTERED WHEN TOUCHED LIGHTLY BY A PLASTIC BABY CAR SEAT. HUNDREDS OF PIECES OF GLASS WERE SCATTERED THROUGHT THE REAR SEAT. IT WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN SERIOUS INJURIES IF A CHILD WAS IN THE REAR SEAT AT THE TIME. *AK

Exterior Lighting › Brake Lights › Switch
Filed Aug 24, 1997WV

BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Aug 21, 1997PA

WHENEVER DRIVINGTHE VEHICLE SIXTY MILES OR MORE THE VEHICLE OVERHEATS. *AK

Steering
Filed Aug 11, 1997FL

WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN, CONSUMER EXPERIENCED LOSS OF POWER/ STEERING CONTROL BUT NOTICED NO SEPARATION IN THE STEERING COLUMN. *AK CONSUMER STATED AS SHE CAUTIONED TO MAKE THE TURN, THE POWER STEERING RE-ENGAGED.*JB

Steering › Hydraulic Power Assist System
Filed Aug 11, 1997NY

WHILE DRIVING DRIVER LOST POWER OF THE STEERING AND CLICKING NOISE APPEARED IN THE STEERING COLUMN. THIS IS UNDER INVESTIGATION EA-97 009. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed Aug 11, 1997WI

BRAKES SQUEAL AFTER RECALL REPAIR.

Exterior Lighting › Turn Signal › Switch
Filed Aug 10, 1997IN

LEFT TURN SIGNAL DOES NOT RETURN TO THE OFF POSITION CAUSING THE LIGHT TO COME ON WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED.

Equipment › Appliance › Air Conditioner
Filed Aug 7, 1997UN

AIR CONDITIONING "O-RINGS" FAILED. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed Jul 31, 1997PA

BRAKING SYSTEM HAS FAILED FOUR TIMES. THERE ARE THREE RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE. OWNER HAS NOT RECIEVED A RECALL NOTICE. *AK

Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle Bar
Filed Jul 30, 1997NJ

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 15 MPH ON A WET ROAD CONDITIONS TRIED TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN AND THE STEERING WHEEL WOULDN'T TURN. CONSUMER HAD TO RELEASE THE STEERING WHEEL AND THEN TURN AGAIN AND HEARD A NOISE. CONSUMER HAS NOT CONTACTED THE DEALER. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
Filed Jul 29, 1997NY

BRAKE ROTORS FAILED.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed Jul 29, 1997TN

BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT.

Steering › Hydraulic Power Assist System
Filed Jul 28, 1997FL

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLES EXPERIENCED LOSS OF STEERING. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. *AK DURING RAIN, ESPECIALLY IN PUDDLES, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS OR FREEZE AND CAN NOT BE TURNED. *YH

Steering
Filed Jul 22, 1997FL

WHEN DRIVING IN WET/PUDDLE AREA VEHICLE HAS INTERMITTENT LOSS OF STEERING FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS AT A TIME. *AK

Steering › Hydraulic Power Assist › Power Steering Fluid
Filed Jul 21, 1997FL

EA97009; VEHICLE IS LEAKING POWER STEERING FLUID. THE WHOLE POWER STEERING ASSEMBLY COMPONENT NEEDS REPLACING. *AK

Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle Bar
Filed Jul 21, 1997CA

EA97-009, WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE'S DEFECTIVE STEERING WHEEL CAME LOOSE AND THE BOLT CAME OFF, CAUSING NO STEERING CONTROL. ALMOST RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. *AK

Steering › Hydraulic Power Assist System
Filed Jul 8, 1997MD

POWER STEERING GOES OUT WHEN THERE IS HEAVY RAIN. MANUFACTURER TOLD OWNER THAT THE PROBLEM WAS COMMON. *AK

Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle Bar
Filed Jul 3, 1997FL

WHEN APPROACHING TO MAKE EITHER A LEFT OR A RIGHT HAND TURN THE STEERING WHEEL MAKES A LOUD KNOCKING SOUND, CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, PROBLEM NOT DETERMINED, EA 97-009. *AK

Steering
Filed Jul 3, 1997FL

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AT SLOW SPEEDS AND IN RAIN OWNER LOSES CONTROL OF STEERING. WHEN STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED VEHICLE WILL NOT STEER. STEERING WHEEL MUST BE CONSTANTLY ROTATED FOR WHEELS TO TURN. *AK

Steering
Filed Jul 3, 1997AR

STEERING LOCKS UP, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN LEFT OR RIGHT. *AK

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