1995 Dodge Neon complaints

AS 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 WORE A HOLE THROUGH THE TRANSFER CASE. MALFUNCTION!! WE COULD NOT AFFORD IT AND DID NOT REPAIR.

CAR RUNNING ROUGH-PULLED OVER-OPENED HOOD--SPARK PLUG WIRE FLEW OFF AND PLUG JUMPED OUT OF HOLE AND LANDED ON GROUND NEXT TO ME. REPLACED PLUG AND LIMPED TO MY MECHANIC,,THEN TO DEALER WHO INSTALLED HELICOIL. CANNOT GET REFUND FROM MANUFACTURER BECAUSE MY MECHANIC REPLACED ALL PLUGS. FAULTY PLUGS HAD BEEN IN SINCE 30,000 MILES..OBVIOUSELY A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. *AK

TOOK TO REPAIR SHOP WHERE THEY REPLACED THE THERMOSTAT, FLUSHED OUT COOLING SYSTEM REPLACED THE ANTIFREEZE BUT NOTHING HELPS, STILL OVERHEATS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE DRIFTED INTO A DITCH. WHEN COMING OUT OF THE DITCH, VEHICLE HIT A POLE AND BEGAN TO FLIP. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. *AK

WHENEVER TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT, IT WOULD MAKE A CLUNKING, POPPING NOISE. THE SWAY BAR WENT OUT. ALSO, WAS INFORMED THE BY THE MECHANIC THAT POWER STEERING RACK/ COIL, AND ENGINE HEAD GASKET NEED REPLACING. *AK

BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKET. DEALER / MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. SEEKING NHTSA HELP IN THIS MATTER. *AK

DRIVER HAD NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN AFTER DRIVING VEHICLE FOR AWHILE. THE BRAKE LIGHT DID NOT COME ON. HIGH-BEAM LIGHTS CAME ON BY THEMSELVES & STAYED. TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER TO CHECK THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. *AK

NO SUMMARY

WHILE TURNING THERE IS A GRINDING NOISE. CONSUMER TOOK CAR TO THE DEALER, AND DEALER SAID IT WAS CAUSED BY DEFECTIVE RACK AND PINION STEERING. *AK

WHILE DRIVING CLUTCH PLATE CAME APART, CAUSING VEHICLE TO MALFUNCTION IMMEDIATELY. VEHCILE WAS NOT ABLE TO GO INTO ANY GEAR.DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.

ENGINE HEAD GASKETS HAVE CRACKED PREMATURALLY, RESULTING IN OIL LEAKAGE ONTO THE ENGINE. DEALER HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, AND THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

AC FAILED TOTAL SIX TIMES DEFROST 2

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND ANOTHER CAR PULLED IN FRONT OF HER CAR AND HIT CONSUMER ON DRIVER'S SIDE. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAG PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. NO INJURIES REPORTED. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, TIRES AND THE STEERING KEEP SHAKING AND THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN INTO THE SHOP FOUR TIMES ,AND THE DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKETS HAS BLOWN OUT TWICE, RESULTING IN AN OIL LEAKAGE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK TIMING BELT WAS CHANGED AT 61,524 MILES. SWITCH FOR OIL INDICATOR BURNED OUT CAUSING OIL LEAKAGE (5-11-98). *MJS

8 BRAKE FAILURES (METAL TO METAL) WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED SERIOUS INJURIES. BRAKE FAILURES AT THE FOLLOWING MILEAGES; 4714, 8365, 10773, 16695, 21193. 23695, 43024, 48115. MOST OF THE BRAKE FAILURES WERE DUE TO CRYSTALLIZATION OF THE BRAKE PADS. CHRYSLER REPLACES PADS FREE OF CHARGE 1ST 4 BRAKE FAILURES AND #7 AND #8 FAILURES. CHRYSLER DID NOT OFFER LEMON LAW PROTECTION EVEN WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A POSSIBLE FATAL ACCIDENT WITH THE TERRIBLE BRAKE SYSTEM ON THIS 1995 NEON

WHILE DRIVING FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS AND PARKING THE CAR CONSUMER NOTICED SPARKS COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD, VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. *AK

THE CAR STALLS INTERMITTENTLY WHILE BEING DRIVEN. SOMETIMES IT WILL RESTART, OTHER TIMES IT WILL NOT. WE HAVE CONTACTED A DEALER, SEVERAL MECHANICS AND DODGE/CHRYSLER THEMSELVES. NO ONE CAN DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM AND WE WERE TOLD BY CHRYSLER TO KEEP DRIVING TILL IT HAPPENS AGAIN. SINCE THIS HAS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING 55MPH ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY, WE ARE, NEEDLESS TO SAY, CURRENTLY NOT DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR SAFETY REASONS.

OIL LEAKAGE IS OCCURRING DUE TO A BAD ENGINE GASKET, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO STALL. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *ML

ENGINE LEAKS OIL. THE BRAKE PADS WEAR OUT EVERY 6 MONTHS & HAVE TO BE CHANGED. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALER & INFORMED THE LEAKING IS FROM CRACKED ENGINE HEAD GASKET. HEAD GASKETS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH WITHOUT AND WITH NO PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE STALLS AND ACCELERATES ON ITS OWN. ALSO UPON APPLYING THE BRAKES, PEDAL IS SOFT AND THE VEHICLE OVERHEATS AND SHUTS DOWN. *AK

ACCIDENT DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE.

LOSS OF STEERING OCCURRED WHEN I DROVE THROUGH A PUDDLE OF WATER DURING A RAINSTORM AND THE STEERING POWER WAS CUT CAUSING ME TO HIT A CONCRETE CURB AT ABOUT 15 MPH IN A PARKING LOT SCRATCHING THE PAINT ON THE FRONT BUMPER. SECOND THE WIRING IN THE DOME SWITCH IN THE PASSENGER DOOR AND THE WIRES IN THE LIGHTS ON REMINDER IN THE DRIVER'S DOOR IS SHORTED CAUSING THEM NOT TO WORK PROPERLY. AFTER THE RECALL FOR THE STEERING COUPLER WAS PERFORMED THE CAR TENDS TO PULL TO THE RIGHT AND THE STEERING WHEEL IS NOT "STRAIGHT" WHEN DRIVING ON A STRAIGHT ROAD 2 ALIGNMENTS HAVE BEEN PERFORMED AND THE PROBLEM IS STILL NOT CORRECTED. THE HOOD IS NOT PROPERLY ATTACHED AND THE HOOD HITS THE RIGHT FENDER NOW CAUSING RUST TO FORM. THE ORIGINAL BATTERY ALSO CORRODED THROUGH BOTH TERMINALS FIRST CAUSING THE CAR NOT TO EVEN START THEN AFTER THE TERMINALS WERE REPLACED CAUSED THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT TO REMAIN LIT UNTIL THE TERMINAL WAS REPLACED AGAIN. ALSO FINALLY THE BRAKES MAKE LOUD SCREECHING NOISE WHEN APPLIED AND WHEN I HAD THEM CHECKED WAS TOLD IT WAS "BREAK DUST AND NOT TO WORRY

AIR CONDITION FAILED DUE TO COMPRESSOR FAILURE. MJS

ENGINE HEAD GASKET DOES NOT FIT PROPERLY, CAUSING THE GASKETS TO BLOW OUT/ENGINE TO CEASE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TOWED IN, AND DEALER HAD THE HEAD GASKET REPLACED TWICE BY THE DEALER. *AK

HEAD GASKET FAILED. *ET

THE HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING AND THE MECHANIC AT A LOCAL DEALER HAS SAID THAT THAT IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM FOR THE NEON'S.

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A VERY MINOR COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. PASSENGER'S AIR BAG CAUGHT ON FIRE. PASSENGER SUSTAINEDBURNS ON HIS RIGHT HAND FINGERS. VEHICLE SMELLED LIKE BURNE DNYLON FIBER. *AK

AIR CONDITIONER HAS NEVER WORKED. MJS

VEHICLE WAS AT A STANDSTILL WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE REARENDED THE DODGE NEON, CAUSING THE DRIVER'S SEAT TO COLLAPSE BACKWARDS, AND OBSCURING DRIVER'S VIEW OF THE ROAD. *AK

BLOWN HEAD GASKET AT 62000 MILES. YOU WOULD THINK FOR THE MONEY YOU PAY FOR A CAR TODAY THIS PROBLEM SHOULD NOT HAPPEN AT THIS MANY MILE AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING HOW MANY CARS ITS HAPPENING TO! THE INTERNET CAN TELL YOU MANY THINGS WHEN THE DEALER SAYS NO THATS NOT THE PROBLEM AND CHARGES YOU A 100 DOLLARS AND CAR OVER HEATS AGAIN LEAVING ME STANDED AND NEEDING ATOW I THINK THIER IS A COVER UP GOING ON BECAUSE DODGE DOES NOT WANT TO PAY FOR THIER MISTAKE AND THEY SHOULD! PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS HEAD GASKET IF LEAKED OIL ONTO HEADER COULD CAUSE A FIRE. THNK YOU MIKE CASTERLINE

ONE WEEK AFTER PURCHASE, ALL OIL WAS GONE FROM CAR. DEALER FIRST REPLACED THE OIL PRESSURE SENDING UNIT, KEPT LEAKING, THEN REPLACED THE VALVE COVER GASKET, KEPT LEAKING, THEN REPLACED THE CAM SEALS. DEALER ASSURED ME THAT IT WAS NOT THE HEAD GASKET. STILL LEAKING OIL. TOOK IT TO PERSONAL MECHANIC AND IT IS THE HEAD GASKET LEAKING. DEALER HAS REFUSED TO REFUND PURCHASE PRICE OR REPLACE VEHICLE. THIS HAS BEEN OVER A 2 MONTH PERIOD. THE VEHICLE ALSO HAS VERY NOISY BRAKES, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT HAS SAT FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME (OVERNIGHT). THE CAR HAS A SHAKING AND RATTLING IN THE STEERING COLUMN WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS, ESPECIALLY AT SLOW SPEEDS. THE DASH BOARD REFLECTS ON THE WINDSHIELD WHEN IT IS SUNNY AND THE GLARE MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE AT TIMES.

RIGHT LOWER BALL JOINT BROKE WHILE DRIVING . DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

VEHICLE IS PULLING TO THE RIGHT, TWO TIRES(NO MANUFACTURER)HAVE BLOWN OUT, AND THERE HAVE BEEN MANY TIRE REPLACEMENTS, NONE CAN REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH SMELLED SMOKE, AND THEN SAW THE FIRE WITHIN THE STEERING COLUMN. CONSUMER PULLED OVER, AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME OUT AND PUT OUT THE FIRE. ALSO, BRAKES OPERATE INTERMITTENTLY, AND THERE IS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE BRAKES. BRAKES FAIL TO OPERATE PROPERLY ESPECIALLY ON WET DAYS. BRAKES SUPPOSEDLY REPAIRED UNDER RECALL, NOW THEY ARE WORSE THAN BEFORE. *AK

EVER SINCE I BOUGHT THIS CAR THERE IS NOTHING BUT TROUBLE I WILL TELL EVERYONE NOT TO BUY NOENS

HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT COMPLETELY DUE TO THE PLUG THAT WAS CONNECTED TO THE SIGNAL LIGHTS MELTED. *AK

BELIEVED THE DESIGN AND MATERIALS USED IN THE BRAKE ROTORS ARE OF POOR QUALITY.FRONT ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED ON TWO OCCASIONS WITHIN 34,000 MILES OF WEAR. AT 42,000 MILES, THEY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. NHTSA NEEDS TO INVESTIGATE THIS MATTER ASAP. *AK

ON MULTIPLE OCCATIONS THE BRAKES FAIL TO STOP THE CAR RESULTING IN A GRINDING NOISE AND INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER SERVICE MEN SAY THEY HAVE NOT BEEEN ABLE TO RECREATE THE PROBLEM.

THE CYLINDER HEAD GASKET HAS FAILED AT UNREASONABLY LOW MILAGE DESPITE REGULAR MAINTANANCE CAUSING ENGINE TO OVERHEAT AND POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO THE HEAD

THERE IS A CRACK IN THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE DUE TO VEHICLE OVERHEATING. ALSO, ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WAS ON AND WON'T GO OFF. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, AT IMPACT OF APPROX. 55 MPH, BOTH AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. DEALER/MFR. NOTIFIED. *AK

OIL LEAK, AND ABS BRAKE LIGHT IS COMING ON. *AK

WAS DRIVING ABOUT 30MPH & STARTED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN. AS VEHICLE WAS TURNING, THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED FOR NO REASON. DID NOT HIT ANYTHING & NOTHING HIT VEHICLE. WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALER'S MECHANIC THAT THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. *AK

RECALL 94V033000, THE PCM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH MAY CAUSE A CRASH. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKETS ARE LEAKING OIL, CAUSING SMOKE AND FUMES TO ENTER THE VEHICLE FROM THE VENTS. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

DRIVER MADE RIGHT TURN , STEERING LOCKED UP ,LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, AND CRASHED ONTO A CURB WHEN THE GAS TANK RUPTURED, CAUSING 4 DEATHS AND TWO WERE SEVERELY BURNED AND 1 HAD MINOR BURNS. ALL WERE OCCUPANTS INSIDE THE VEHICLE, THREE IN FRONT AND FOUR IN THE BACK. GAS TANK HAD NO ROTECTIVE SHIELD. *AK

I BROUGHT THE CAR WITH A MILEAGE OF 18872 AND I HAVE BEEN FIXING THE CAR SINCE I DROVE IT OFF THE LOT. I HAVE 48882 MILES ON THE CAR AND IT NO LONGER RUNS. I JUST WANT CHRYSLER TO FIX THE CAR, SO I CAN GET RID OF THIS LEMON. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK