1996 Dodge Neon complaints

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN WHILE DRIVING VERY SLOWY, CAR CONTINUED TO GO STRIAGHT, CAUSING RIGHT FRONT TIRE TO HIT CURB. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE STEERING SPINDLE AND KNUCKLE ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED AT THE DEALERS. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET CRACKED, CAUSING OIL TO LEAK ONTO THE ENGINE BLOCK. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVNING ON THE HIGHWAY, TURNED OFF ON SIDE ROAD AND HEARD A LOUD NOISE, VEHICLE STARTED TO VIBRATE. GOT OUT OF VEHICLE TO CHECK TIRES, AND TIRES WERE FINE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY TURNED OFF A SIDE ROAD HEARD A LOUD NOISE. GOT OUT OF VEHICLE AND CHECKED THE TIRES AND THE TIRES WERE FINE. GOT THE VEHICLE HOME. CONTACTED THE DEALER. DEALER STATED VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. TOOK IT TO A NEIGHBOR WHO IS A MECHANIC, AND TOLD CONSUMER THAT THE PART THAT BROKE WAS AN ENGINE MOUNT BOLT. *AK

TOOK VEHICLE TO A NEIGHBOR WHO IS MECHANIC, AND TOLD HER THAT THE PART THAT BROKE WAS A BOLT THAT WAS PART OF THE ENGINE MOUNT. *AK

HEAD GASKET CONTINUALLY FAILS CAUSING LEAKAGE. MJS

ENGINE STALLS AT STOPS ON OCCASSION, THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE 1996 DODGE NEON BUT FOR VEHICLES MADE BETWEEN JANUARY 1995 AND NOVEMBER 1995, MY VEHICLE WAS MADE IN NOVEMBER 1995. MY PROBLEM IS THE SAME PROBLEM DESCRIBED IN THE RECALL BUT I'M TOLD IT'S NOT ON THE RECALL LIST BECAUSE IT WAS MADE DURING NOVEMBER 1995. WOULD LIKE RECALL DATES RE-EXAMINED SINCE IT APPEARS TO ME MY PROBLEM IS THE SAME AS THE RECALL.

WHENEVER DRIVINGS VEHICLE UNDER WET CONDITIONS THE POWER STEERING WILL STOP WORKING, WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL, IT DOESN'T RETURN AS IT SHOULD. AFTER DRYING IT WILL BEGIN WORKING CORRECTLY. THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

ENGINE LEAKING LOTS OF OIL FROM TOP (HEAD??)

BROUGHT CAR TO DEALER; COST TOTALED APPROX. $1,500; CONTACTED CORPORATE OFFICE AND THEY COVERED PARTS; ENDED UP PAYING APPROX. $400. SHOULD BE RECALLED -- OUTRAGEOUS VIEWING THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THIS SAME THING.

LEAKING HEAD GASKET IS A SAFETY CONCERN TO THE DRIVER. YH

HEAD GASKET AND VALVE COVER LEAK AT 40K MILES; SEVERAL MECHANICS CLAIM THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR NEONS DUE TO DEFECTIVE PARTS. WHY HASN'T THERE BEEN A RECALL? WHY MUST THE CONSUMER PAY FOR MANUFACTUER DEFECTS?

HAD CAR LESS THAN YEAR , FOUND OUT WEEK AFTER GAS GAUGE DOESNT WORK,HEAD GASKET LEAK WHICH MEANS THERE IS A MASSIVE OIL LEAK BREAKS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE WITHIN A YEARS TIME ITS TERRIBLE ON GAS MILAGE

ORIGINAL HEAD GASKET FAILED AT 27843 MILES AND WAS REPLACED ON WARRANTY. GASKET NUMBER 2 FAILED AT 38,000 MILES, NOW ON GASKET NUMBER 3. I HAVE NEVER OWNED A VEHICLE THAT REQUIRED YEARLY HEAD GASKET MAINTENANCE! PAID $600 DOLLARS FOR REPAIR, DEALER SAYS THAT IT IS NOW WARRANTED FOR 12 MONTHS OR 12,000 MILES, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. IS THIS PROBLEM UNDER INVESTIGATION? KEEP ME POSTED!

NOTICED THIS PROBLEM SEEMS COMMON FOR '96 NEON - SHOULD BE RECALLED!!

HEAD GASKET FAILED AFTER I OWNED THE CAR 1 YEAR, WHY HASN'T CHRYSLER ISSUED A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM - I HAVE BEEN TOLD REPEATEDLY THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AND I AM DISCOVERING THIS ON THE NHTSA SITE AS WELL!

I HAVE HAD THE TRUNK REPAINTED ONCE BEFOR FOR THE SAME REASON WHILE UNDER WARENTY , NOW IT IS PEALING OFF THE TOP , THE WARENTY IS OUT , AND NO ONE CAN HELP ME , I CANT EVEN GET HOLD OF THE PAINT TO DO IT MY SELF BECAUSE DODGE NO LONGER CARRIES THE THE PRODECT ........JUST LOOKING FOR A LIITLE ADVISE OR HELP , IF ANY INFORMATION IS NEEDED PLEASE EMAIL OR CALL , [email protected] .......... THANK YOU

ON SEP 97 ENGINE HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACE. UNDER WARRANTY; OCT 99, ENGINE HEAD GASKET NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. ASKING NHTSA TO LOOK INTO THIS MATTER. *AK

INSTRUMENT PANEL (DASH GAUGES) HAS A SHORT AND DOES NOT WORK, THIS INCLUDES THE SPEEDOMETER, ODOMETER, AND FUEL &TEMP GAUGES. ENGINE HEAD GASKET IS BLOWN AND IS LEAKING OIL BADLY, AND EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR ON THE FRONT OF THE CAR... CAR IS EXPERIENCING EXCESSIVE GAS CONSUMPTION... GOES ABOUT 180 MILES TO A FULL 12 GALLON TANK OF GAS...IT PASSES EVERYTHING BUT A GAS STATION... A TECH AT THE DEALERSHIP (RAGLAND DODGE, ANGLETON TEXAS) TOLD ME THAT THESE ARE VERY COMMON PROBLEMS WITH THE DODGE NEON...( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 165/80R/13 )

EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR IN THE FRONT....HEAD GASKET BLOWN AND LEAKING OIL BADLY...EXCESSIVE GAS CONSUMPTION, (180 MILES TO A 12 GALLON TANK) DASHBOARD CLUSTER (ALL GUAGES INCLUDING, SPEEDODMETER, ODOMETER, AND FUEL AND TEMP GUAGES) DOES NOT WORK AT ALL NOW...WAS SHORTING OUT AND COMING ON FROM TIME TO TIME BUT DOES NOT WORK AT ALL NOW....( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P165/80R13 )

VEHICLE PARKED IN GARAGE. HAD NOTICED ENGINE OIL LEAK. TOOK TO MECHANIC. WAS INFORMED HEAD GASKETS HAD BLOWN OUT. NEEDED TO CONTACT DEALER FOR REPAIRS. HAD NO WARNING REGARDING HEAD GASKETS. *AK

EVERY 18000 MILES THE HEAD GASKET HAS FAILED ON THE VEHICLE...BRAKES FAILED ONE TIME HAD MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED...ACCIDENT, BRAKES BEING INVESTIGATED TO SEE IF ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED...AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN FRONTAL COLLISION AT SPEED OF 15 MPH...SEAT BELT FAILED IN FRONTAL COLLISION AT 15 MPH

I HAVE TALKED TO SEVERAL AUTO MECHANICS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR DEFECT, AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THIS IS NOT AN UNCOMMON PROBLEM WITH THE NEONS. I'M HOPING THAT ENOUGH PEOPLE WILL REPORT THIS DEFECT, SO THE MANUFACURER WILL ISSUE A RECALL.

THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH MY HEAD GASKET.

HEAD GASKETS HAVE PREMATURALLY BLOWN. OUT. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

PLEASE RECALL. I'M TIRED OF PUTTING OIL IN THIS THING.

I HAD THE HEAD GASKET OIL LEAK REPAIRED AT AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC'S SHOP (A CERTIFIED MECHANIC) AFTER THE SEVERAL DEALERS WERE BOOKED SOLID. I COULDN'T WAIT TO HAVE THE REPAIR DONE TWO WEEKS LATER. NOW, ONLY A YEAR AFTER THE REPAIR WAS DONE, THE SAME REPAIR NEEDS DONE AGAIN. FROM WHAT SEVERAL DEALERS HAVE TOLD ME, MANY NEONS DEVELOP THIS HEAD GASKET LEAK AND NEED REPAIR. MY CAR WAS ONLY TWO AND 1/2 YEARS OLD WHEN THE HEAD GASKET WENT. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY CHRYSLER HAS NOT RECALLED THE CARS TO HAVE IT FIXED. IT HAS BEEN VERY COSTLY TO ME. I AGAIN HAVE TO HAVE THE REPAIR DONE NEXT WEDNESDAY.

WITHIN A ONE WEEK PERIOD ENGINE HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED TWICE BECAUSE OF LEAKAGE. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE DEALER. ENGINE HEAD GASKET HAS BEEN REPLACED AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

THE WHOLE DASH UNIT ( CIRCUIT BOARD) WHICH CONTROLS THE SPEEDOMETER DID NOT WORK. MY MECHANIC STATED HE HAS REPLACED A NUMBER OF THEM OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHSNIC

WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY THIS HEAD GASKET PROBLEM HAS NOT PROMPTED A RECALL. I PUT 3-4 QTS OF OIL IN A WEEK. CAN NOT AFFORD TO GET OT FIXED NOW. SHOULDN'T HAVE TO AFTER 27,000 MLS. I'LL NEVER BUY DODGE AGAIN. *AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN 40 MPH COLLISION, REAR ENDING ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND THE SEAT BELTS DID NOT LOCK UP. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

I NORMALLY TAKE MY CAR TO VALVOLINE FOR OIL CHANGES. THE LAST COUPLE OF TIME I HAD MY OIL CHANGED, I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE IT BACK TO VALVOLINE BECAUSE THE "OIL LIGHT" ONTHE DASHBOARD WOULD START FLASHING. THE SERVICE MEN AT VALVOLINE WOULD CHECK AND USUALLY TOP OF THE OIL AND I WOULD HAVE NO MOR PROBLEMS. HOWEVER, I TOOK MY CAR FOR AN OIL CHANGE ABOUT JUNE OR JULY OF THIS YEAR. ABOUT A WEEK, MAYBE 2 WEEKS AFTER I HAD THE OIL CHANGE, THE OIL LIGHT STARTED FLASHING AGAIN. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE NEAREST GAS STATION AND HAD 2 QUARTS PUT IN. I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS WAS HAPPENING. AGAIN, ABOUT A WEEK LATER , MY OIL LIGHT STARTED FLASHING AGAIN. I TOOK MY CAR TO ANOTHER GAS STATION AND HAD MORE OIL PUT IN. I DID THIS ABOUT 3 OR 4 TIMES BEFORE I FINALLY TOOK MY CAR BACK TO VALVOLINE TO CHECK. AFTER THEY CHECKED MY CAR, THEY TOLD ME I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER BECAUSE THERE IS A OIL LEAK BEHIND THE MOTOR. THE CAR DEALER WOULD HAVE TO FIX IT. THEY SAID IT NEEDED SOME KIND OF "BRACKET" AND THAT A LOT OF CHRYSLER/DODGE CARS THAT COME INTO THEIR STATION HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM. I CALLED MY DEALER, ROSS PARK DODGE, EXPLAINED THE SITUATION TO THEM. THEY SUGGESTED I BRING THE CAR IN SO THAT THEY CAN CHECK IT OVER. I ASKED FOR MY OWN INFORMATION, WHAT THE COST FOR REPAIR/REPLACE WOULD BE. THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE TOLD ME THAT IT COULD COST $700 MORE/OR LESS DEPENDING ON THE DAMAGE. HE ALSO TOLD ME THAT THE OIL LEAKAGE WAS NOT DUE TO NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR OF THE CAR. I ASKED HIM W

THE HORN ASSEMBLY MALFUNCTIONED IN COLD WEATHER, BUT THE DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK *YC

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE OVERHEATED. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHERE THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET WAS FOUND BLOWN. VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

IF THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH NEONS WHAT IS THE MANUFACTURES DOING ABOUT IT AND WHAT CAN THE PEOPLE WHO ARE STUCK WITH THEM DO ABOUT IT?

REPLACED HEAD GASKET EVERY 6 MOS., AS COMMON PROBLEM ON NEON'S AND AT $600 A SERVICE COULD THIS BE INTENTIONAL NEGLIGENCE?

NO SUMMARY

WIRING SHORTED OUT IN STEERING COLUMN, CAUSING A MELT DOWN OF OTHER WIRES, THIS CONDITION CAUSED SMOKE TO COME FROM STEERING COLUMN ON FIVE OCCASIONS WITHIN TWO WEEKS. BROUGHT VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR REPAIR, TOLD WIRING HARNESS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE SHORT OCCURRED IN THE STEERING COLUMN DUE TO RUBBING OR VIBRATION CAUSING THE WIRE TO BECOME EXPOSED AND OVERHEATED, MELTING THE OTHER WIRES NEAR IT. *AK *ML

THERE IS A SHORT WITHIN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, CAUSING ALL THE INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES NOT TO WORK. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING OIL. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

ABS BRAKES WOULD MAKE SQUEALING NOISES FIRST THING IN MORING, BUT LATER SQUEALING NOISES WOULD DISAPPEAR. BRAKE PADS ARE WORN DOWN. PASSENGER'S WINDOW WOULD BE WHISTLING; HAS NO WEATHER STRIPPING. THE SPARK PLUGS KEEPS BLOWING OUT. ALSO, ENGINE HEAD GASKETS ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. WHENEVER THE SPARK PLUGS ARE BLOWN, THE VEHICLE WOULD JUST STOP RUNNING. *AK

OIL LEAKS FROM THE ENGINE HEAD GASKETS EVERY EIGHT MONTHS. DEALER CONTACTED AND DID REPAIRS. PROBLEM STILL EXISITS. ALSO, CAR STALLS WHILE DRIVING, DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH THE COMPUTER. *AK *ML

MY 1996 DODGE NEON HAS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. THIS COULD CAUSE A FIRE BY ALLOWING THE OIL TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH TO FIND THAT THERE ARE MANY CASES OF THIS HAPPENING TO OTHER NEONS. IT IS A DESIGN DEFECT AND SHOULD BE RECALLED BY CHRYSLER. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET OIL LEAK. MULTIPLE GARAGEMEN INDICATE MAJORITY OF NEONS HAVE SAME PROBLEM. *AK

VEHICLE HAS HAD TO HAVE A NEW TRANSMISSION, HEAD GASKET, SPARK PLUGS AND WIRES, AND THE FUEL GAUGE STOPPED FUNCTIONING. ALL BEFORE 60,000 MILES. *AK

HEAD GASKET FAILED AND DAMAGED ENGINE BLOCK. NEEDS NEW ENGINE. ACCORDING TO YOUR RECORDS, THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE NEON. PLEASE .RECALL. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

IN JANUARY 1998 WHILE MY CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER BECAUSE I HAD AN OIL LEAK. MY RECEIPT STATES THEY FIXED THE FRONT ENGINE SEAL. NOW IN JUNE 1999 I NEED A NEW FRONT ENGINE SEAL AND MY CAR IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. *AK

BOTH THE MASTER CYLINDER AND THE POWER BRAKE BOOSTER HAVE BEEN REPLACED. *AK