1997 Dodge Neon complaints

AFTER PLACING VEHICLE IN PARK, REMOVING KEY FROM THE IGNITION, AND WHEN EXITING VEHICLE, GEAR SHIFT MOVED OUT OF POSITION, CAUSING UNWANTED VEHICLE MOVEMENT, RESULTING IN THE VEHICLE ROLLING FORWARD. THIS CAUSED INJURIES TO THE DRIVER . CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

BRAKES VIBRATE BADLY CAUSING ROTORS TO WEAR OUT AND BREAK. YH

REAR RIGHT SIDE LATCH PLATE BROKE IN HALF TWICE, WHICH WONT SECURELY HOLD A CSS. IN EVENT OF A CRASH, CSS MAY FLY OUT OR WON'T RESTRAINT AN OCCUPANT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT. OIL LEAKING UNDER CAR. USER HAS TO CONSTANTLY PUT OIL IN CAR. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

I REALIZE THIS ISN'T A SAFETY COMPLAINT, BUT I HAVE NOWHERE TO TURN. MY CAR IS 3 YEARS OLD, WITH NO HISTORY OF DAMAGE, NO RUST, NO REASON FOR THE PAINT TO SUDDENLY START COMING OF IN HUGE FLAPS, THAT I PICK UP OFF THE DRIVEWAY ON WINDY DAYS AND PUT IN MY GLOVE COMPARTMENT. I COMPLAINED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID, "WE'VE NEVER HEARD OF THAT." AND THAT WAS THE HELP I GOT. I HAVE SEEN NEONS (AT LEAST SIX TO DATE) RANDOMLY AROUND MY AREA, IN MY COLOR (LAPIS BLUE) ALL WITH THIS EXACT PROBLEM. I FIND IT VERY HARD TO BELIEVE THAT CHRYLSER DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS!!!! THE CHRYSLER WEBSITE PROVIDES NOWHERE TO TURN FOR COMPLAINTS, NOT EVEN A PHONE #. IS THERE ANYTHING AT ALL THAT CAN BE DONE? NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK

THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN TO A NEW VEHICLE AT ONLY 24,000 MILES. THIS HAPPENES TO A LOT OF NEONS. NO SAFETY DEFECT (S) LISTED IN THE SUMMARY. *AK

THE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT IN MY CAR AS I WAS DRIVING IN TOWN. THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON ALL OF A SUDDEN AND I PULLED OVER THINKING THAT I WAS JUST LOW IN OIL. SO I ADDED THREE QUARTS AND PROCEEDED TO DRIVE. THE NEXT DAY IT WAS ALREADY LOW AGAIN. THIS IS WHEN I DECIDED THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG. THIS IS A DEFECT IN THE HEAD GASKET AND IN NO WAY MY FAULT.

THIS AUTO PURCHASED USED, UNKNOWN IF ANY PRIOR HEADGASKET REPLACEMENTS. *AK

THIS CAR NEED TO BE RECALLED. IF THIS MANY NEON OWNERS ARE HAVING HEAD GASKET PROBLEMS, THEN DIAMLERCHRYSLER NEEDS TO GET INVOLVED AND FIX IT'S MISTAKE. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK

WHEN APPYING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP VEHICLE, BRAKES WILL NOT STOP INTO A FEW FEETS AWAY, AND THE PEDAL FEELS HARD AND HIGH. *AK

OIL IS LEAKING FROM THE RIGHT ENGINE HEAD GASKET WHICH COULD CAUSE THE ENGINE TO LOCK UP. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

FAULTY, LEAKING HEAD GASKET, SREVICE DEPT. SAYS ALL NEONS HAVE SAME PROBLEM, LEAK CAUSES LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE WHILE DRIVING

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

WHILE BRAKING IN LINE OF TRAFFIC BRAKES DID NOT WORK, CRUISE CONTROL SEEMED TO ENGAGE,CAR WOULD NOT STOP. HIT CAR IN FRONT, THAT CAR HIT NEXT IN LINE. RECEIVED SUMMONS BUT AT LATER DATE FOUND NOT GUILTY AND FINE RETURNED. INSPECTION SAID CRUISE WAS OK. ON 23/25/99 BRAKES AGAIN FAILED TIL CRUISE CONTROL WAS HIT AT OFF BUTTON. CRUISE WAS NOT IN USE - HAS NOT BEEN USED SINCE 1996 ACCIDENT. CRUISE CONTROL WAS NOT CONNECTED AT TIME OF PURCHASE - NORTHTOWN DODGE CONNECTED 10/4/96 WHEN FOUND CRUISE DID NOT WORK. *AK

VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING 30-35 MPH WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION IN WHICH NEITHER DRIVER'S SIDE NOR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

I HAVE HAD MY CAR CHECKED OUT BY A MECHANIC AND HE HAS STATED THAT THE OIL LEAK IS COMING FROM THE CYLINDER HEAD IN THE BACK OF THE MOTOR. HE ALSO STATED THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT & THAT I SHOULD TAKE IT BACK TO A DODGE DEALER TO GET REPAIRED. THIS IS NOT A SAFETY RELATED ISSUE, BUT IT IS A COSTLY MECHANICAL REPAIR ISSUE THAT I FEEL NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO FOR POSSIBLE RECALL TO REPAIR. *AK

TRUNK LEAKS WHEN IT RAINS MATS AND PANEL SMELL . IT SEEMS TO BE COMING THROUGH THE VENTS OF THE TRUNK . DEALER WAS CONTACTED, BUT NO COAPERATION. MANUFACTURER WAS CALLED, BUT CAN'T GET THROUGH TO THEM. *AK

CONSUMER HAD TAKEN VEHICLE FOR REPAIRS BECAUSE OIL WAS LEAKING. TECHNICIAN TOLD CONSUMER THAT IT WAS DUE TO THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLOWING OUT. *AK

THE FIRST PROBLEM I HAD WITH THIS CAR WAS THE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT. CHRYSLER AGREED TO PAY FOR IT (THE $1000 WAS MY ESTIMATE OF WHAT IT COST TO REPLACE THE GASKET). THE SECOND PROBLEM WAS THE THROTTLE ASSEMBLY AND COIL PACK QUIT WORKING, BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. I PAID $600 OUT OF MY POCKET TO FIX THEM. THE THIRD PROBLEM WAS THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING AND THE CAR WILL NOT GO INTO REVERSE WHEN ITS COLD. THE FOURTH MOST CURRENT PROBLEM IS THE BRAKES ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY THE PEDAL WILL NOT GO DOWN AND THE DEALER SAYS ITS PROBABLY SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE VACUUM SYSTEM. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS FOR THE TRANSMISSION, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE ADMITTED THAT THEY HAVE PROBLEMS WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS PER INFORMATION I OBTAINED FROM A WEB SITE CALLED LEMON- AID. ****** I WILL NEVER BUY A DODGE AGAIN!!! I'M SPREADING THE WORD. I COME INTO CONTACT WITH MANY PEOPLE EVERDAY. SO SORRY DODGE!!!******

THE VEHICLE HAS HAD TWO HEAD GASKETS BLOWN, IN A TWELVE MONTH PERIOD. *MJS

DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKETS MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING HESITATION AND STALLING WHICH MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING WHEEL WENT FLAT. STARTED TO CHANGE THE TIRE & NOTICED THE STUDS HAD BROKEN COMPLETELY. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER & WAS INFORMED BY THE MECHANIC IT WAS OWNER'S FAULT. *AK

KEPT HAVING A LEAKE. TOOK IN VEHICLE TO BE SERVICED, TIRE TO BE ROTATED. CAR INSPECTED, AND THEY NOTICED ENGINE HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING, COMING FROM THE O-RINGS. *AK

OIL LEAK FOR QUITE A WHILE. MECHANIC SAID COMMON TO 97 . *AK

STARTED AS SMALL OIL LEAK, KEPT GETTING WORSE. TOLD 3-4 WEEKS AGO THERE WAS A BAD HEAD GASKET AND A CHRYSLER ZONE REP WOULD BE CONTACTED. HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET BUT I'M WAITING FOR A CALL ON MONDAY. I WAS TOLD THERE WERE 3-4 OTHER NEONS IN THE SHOP WHEN MY CAR WAS BEING CHECKED THE FIRST TIME. ALSO TOLD THAT ALL VEHICLES WITH SAME ENGINE ARE HAVING PROBLEMS BUT GIVEN NO FURTHER DETAILS. TOLD NOT TO PUT MONEY INTO MY CAR IF I WAS GOING TO GET RID OF IT.

NO SUMMARY

WHILE DRIVING OIL LEAKS OUT OF THE ENGINE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT . PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FUTHER INFORMATION. *AK

OIL IS SPLATTERING OUT OF ENGINE. CONSUMER HAS TO CONTINUALLY PUT OIL IN VEHICLE. CHRSLER TOLD CONSUMER TO GO TO AN AUTHORIZED CHRSLER DEALER. *AK

THERE IS A LEAK IN THE TRUNK AREA, FLOODING THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE WITH THREE INCHES OF WATER . CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER HAS DETERMINED THE CAUSE TO BE THE NON SEALING OF THE TRUNK AND TAIL LIGHTS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WANT TO KNOW WHY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY

HEAD GASKET BLEW SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 42,000 AND 43,010 MILES. IT WAS NOTICED BECAUSE OIL WAS DRIPPING UNDERNEATH LEFT FRONT OF CAR AND OIL WAS VERY LOW. NO INDICATOR LIGHTS HAD COME ON. TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY DETERMINED THAT THE HEAD GASKET HAD BLOWN. BECAUSE OF THIS THEY ALSO HAD TO DO AN ENGINE FLUSH, CLEAN THE ENGINE, REPLACE THE PCV VALVE, AND CHANGE THE OIL AND COOLANT. THIS COST ME A TOTAL OF $825.00. MY CAR IS ONLY 2 1/2 YEARS OLD! SINCE THIS OCCURED I HAVE FOUND OUT BY TALKING TO REPAIR SHOPS AND TO OTHER NEON OWNERS THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND OBVIOUSLY A DEFECT IN THE WAY IT WAS BUILT.

WHILE IN THE HOUSE HEARD A BIG BOOM NOISE. WENT OUT SIDE AND THE FRONT WINDOW WAS IN FLAMES. TOOK TO MECHANIC, AND AND MECHANIC SAID THAT A PREVIOUS DEALER HAD PUNCTURED THE AIR BAG AND SOME FLUID WAS LEAKING INTO CAR FOR 8 MONTH., DEALER BELIEVED THIS WAS WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE. *AK

WEEKS AFTER ROUTINE OIL/FILTER CHANGE I NOTICED OIL POOLING UNDER VEHICLE, ESPECIALLY WHILE RUNNING. FOUND HEAD GASKET BLOWN.

HI VOLUME MOTOR OIL LEAK, SEEMS TO BE COMING FROM HI UP ON REAR SIDE OF ENGINE. MECHANIC SAYS IT'S FAULTY HEAD GASKET, $600 REPAIR JOB. CAR HAS 46K MILES, LEAK STARTED AFTER WARRANTY EXPIRED. EXXON VALDEZ POLLUTER, SEEMS LIKE MFG DEFECT, SHOULD BE RECALLED, DODGE SHOULD PAY REPAIR COST

ENGINE HEAD GASKETS HAS A LEAK THAT IS CAUSING OIL TO GET ON THE ENGINE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING NOTICED A TICKING NOISE. CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY MECHANICTHAT MAY NEED A NEW ENGINE. *AK

CONSUMER NOTICED AN OIL LEAAK. TOOK CAR TO DEALER, AND DEALER SAID THAT HEAD GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

UNDER THE DASH ELECTRICAL WIRING SHORT OUT, CAUSING A FIRE, RESULTING IN TOTAL LOSS OF VEHICLE. *AK

THIS CAR WAS OVERLOOKED AS A SEVERE PROBLEM AT SPITZER DODGE. THEY THOUGHT THEY FIXED IT. PROBLEM STARTED AGAIN ABOUT 1 MONTH LATER. ANOTHER DEALERSHIP FIXED IT WAS THE COMPUTER TOOK 3.5 HRS TO WORK ON. THAT WAS ON 03/12/99. ON 09/30/99 THE SAME PROBLEM DEVELOPED.

VALVE PAN GASKET AND VALVE COVER GASKET GAVE OUT (BLEW) 120 MILES AFTER THE MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY RAN OUT. HAVE REPLACED ONCE AND IT HAS BLOWN OUT AGAIN. THIS IS NOT RIGHT. AT THIS SAME TIME, THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION STARTED MAKING A CLUNK SOUND WHEN SHIFTING UP OR DOWN. IF A CAR MANUFACTURER CANNOT MAKE A CAR THAT LASTS WELL BEYOND THEIR PATHETIC WARRANTY, THEN THEY SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE. SEE REF: ODI ID: 536724 ODI ID: 545773 ODI ID: 704492 ODI ID: 707143 ODI ID: 710054 ODI ID: 780464 ODI ID: 826370 ODI ID: 829921 ODI ID: 831010 ODI ID: 831498 ODI ID: 832094 ODI ID: 841115 ODI ID: 847105 ODI ID: 848011 ODI ID: 848347

WHILE DRIVING THERE IS A SPACE BETWEEN THE MOTOR, CAUSING THE OIL TO BLOW OUT OF THE ENGINE.WHEN THE CAR STOPS THE OIL REALLY SPILLS OUT. *AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY CONSUMER NOTICED OIL ON DRIVEWAY.. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, NOTICED OIL LEAK FROM ENGINE HEAD GASKET. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATON. *AK

ALVIN DODGE STATES THAT I HAVE "HARD LIP SEALS" - SHOULD BE SOFT AND PLIABLE. INTERNAL CLUTCH FAILURE. OTHER PARTS SHOT. DODGE IS ONLY PAYING FOR PARTS.

BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON AND WON'T GO OFF. VEHICLE IS HARD TO START DUE TO A SHORT WITHIN IGNITION SWITCH. CONSUMER HAS TO WAIT UNTIL VEHICLE WILL START UP. DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

THE ATTACHMENT WHICH COVERS THE AIRBAG / HORN ASSEMBLY IS LOOSE AND CAN BE PULLED OFF. *YC

WE TOOK THIS VEHICLE IN TO A DEALER IN SIERRA VISTA IN 1998 AND WERE TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED. AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS, THE SAME PROBLEM REOCCURED AND NOW THE OIL LEAK IS MORE SEVERE. THE DEALER DID NOT LET US KNOW IF THE HEAD GASKET WAS ACTUALLY REPLACED OR NOT.

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE VALVE COVER BEGAN TO LEAK OIL, MAKING THE CAR LOSE SPEED AND POWER . *AK

DRIVING 55MPH & NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER HOOD. PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD. SMOKE NOTICEABLE HEAVIER INSIDE VEHICLE. LIFTED HOOD & FLAMES WERE AROUND ENGINE AREA. FIRE DEPT CALLED & PUT FLAMES OUT. WAS HARD TO DETERMINE ORIGIN OF FIRE, BUT INDICATED IT WAS ELECTRICAL WIRING. *AK