CONSUMER STATES THAT THE RESTRAINT BELT BUCKLE BROKE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
1995 Dodge Neon complaints
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BRAKE LINE BROKE, CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKES/ACCIDENT OCCURRED.
WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
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
FRONT BRAKES HAVE EXCESSIVE BRAKE WEAR AND THAT BRAKES MUST BE REPLACED EVERY 6 MONTHS. CAUSE UNKNOWN. OWNER VERY CONCERNED ABOUT PROBLEM. *AK
CONTINUOUS SQUEALING NOISE FROM BRAKING SYSTEM. DEALER STATES THERE IS NO INHERENT ELEMENT WHICH FORMULATES OR DESPLAYS PITCH. *AK
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
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
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
WHEN DRIVING THROUGH A PUDDLE THE POWER STEERING IS LOST AND IT COMES BACK ON LATER. *AK
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
ENGINE STALL OUT, NEED A IGNITION COIL, FUEL THROTTLE BODY AND UP & DOWN 02 SENSOR SWITCH AND A TUNE UP.
WINDOWS IN THE VEHICLE CONTINUOUSLY FOG.
RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE (#96V228000). CALLED DEALER AND MADE APPOINTMENT. TOOK VEHICLE ON DATE. AFTER ARRIVING, WAS INFORMED THAT NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. *AK
LOOSE COIL WIRE.
VEHICLE LEAKED OIL DUE TO A DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKET. *AK
BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED/REPAIRED SEVERAL TIMES, HOWEVER FAILURES CONTINUE.
VEHICLE'S WHEELS SPIN WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOPPED POSITION WITH LOSS OF STEERING.
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.
WATER LEAK BELOW THE DASHBOARD. POWER TRAIN PROBLEMS.
STEERING WHEEL IS NOISY.
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
BRAKE CALIPERS MAKE LOUD SQUEAKING NOISES WHEN APPLYING BRAKES.
SEVERAL ELECTRICAL WIRING PROBLEMS AND FAILURES ON VEHICLE SINCE OWNERSHIP,
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
VEHICLE EXPERIENCES LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL WHILE DRIVING DURING HEAVY RAIN STORMS. *AK
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
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.
BRAKE FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT.
ENGINE LIGHT GOES ON AND OFF AT TIMES, THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN UNABLE TO LOCATED PROBLEM.
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
BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES. *AK
WHENEVER DRIVINGTHE VEHICLE SIXTY MILES OR MORE THE VEHICLE OVERHEATS. *AK
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
WHILE DRIVING DRIVER LOST POWER OF THE STEERING AND CLICKING NOISE APPEARED IN THE STEERING COLUMN. THIS IS UNDER INVESTIGATION EA-97 009. *AK
BRAKES SQUEAL AFTER RECALL REPAIR.
LEFT TURN SIGNAL DOES NOT RETURN TO THE OFF POSITION CAUSING THE LIGHT TO COME ON WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED.
AIR CONDITIONING "O-RINGS" FAILED. *AK
BRAKING SYSTEM HAS FAILED FOUR TIMES. THERE ARE THREE RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE. OWNER HAS NOT RECIEVED A RECALL NOTICE. *AK
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
BRAKE ROTORS FAILED.
BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT.
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
WHEN DRIVING IN WET/PUDDLE AREA VEHICLE HAS INTERMITTENT LOSS OF STEERING FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS AT A TIME. *AK
EA97009; VEHICLE IS LEAKING POWER STEERING FLUID. THE WHOLE POWER STEERING ASSEMBLY COMPONENT NEEDS REPLACING. *AK
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
POWER STEERING GOES OUT WHEN THERE IS HEAVY RAIN. MANUFACTURER TOLD OWNER THAT THE PROBLEM WAS COMMON. *AK
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
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 LOCKS UP, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN LEFT OR RIGHT. *AK
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