2000 Dodge Neon complaints

STEERING COLUMN VIBRATES AT HIGHWAY SPEED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO BECOME UNSTABLE WHEN HITTING UNEVEN PAVEMENT. DEALER REPLACED STEERING COLUMN ONCE. *AK. THE PROBLEM REOCCURED AFTER 3,000 MILES.*YH

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY NOTICED THAT SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION CONSUMER HAD THE BRAKE BOOSTER HOSE REPLACED, ALSO THE MASTER CYLINDER, 2 CALIPERS, 2 WHEEL CYLINDERS, FRONT BRAKE PADS AND ALSO THE BRAKE FLUID WAS REPLACED DUE TO CONTAMINATION, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT.*JB

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY DRIVER HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM REAR . CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER STATED WATER LEAKS INTO TRUNK, WHICH IN RETURN MAKES PUDDLES OF WATER ON FLOORBOARD ON THE PASSENGERS SIDE. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING THERE IS A SQUEAKING NOISE COMING FROM REAR WHEEL. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR SAFETY RECALL O1V154000 TO REPLACE BRAKE BOOSTER HOSE, HOWEVER DEALER STATED THAT PARTS WERE OUT OF STOCK, CONSUMER STILL WAITING TO HEAR FROM DEALER REGARDING RECALL REPAIR. *TT

DRIVERS LAP AND SHOULDER BELT BUCKLE WILL REMAIN LOCKED IN LATCHING MECHANISM. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK DRIVER LAP AND SHOULDER BELT ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO PUT IN LATCHING MECHANISM.*SLC

WHEN ENTERING VEHICLE AFTER A RAINY NIGHT THERE WOULD BE CONDENSATION IN AND A MUSTY ODOR PRESENT IN VEHICLE. DRIVER COULDN'T USE A/C IN SUMMER TIME DUE TO ODORS. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE 7 TIMES, AND CLAIMED PROBLEM DIDN'T EXIST.*AK

WHEN STARTING VEHICLE IGNITION HAS CAUSED PROBLEMS WITH NOT STARTING OR GETTING STUCK. SHE HAS REPLACED IGNITION SWITCH TWICE, AND WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC THAT IT WAS UNSAFE TO CONTINUE DRIVING VEHICLE.*AK

BRAKE SYSTEM INTERMITTENTLY FAILS TO STOP WHEN BRAKE PEDAL IS PRESSED. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THAT BRAKE BOOSTER IS CAUSING THIS PROBLEM TO OCCUR. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORAMTION / DOCUMENTATION.*AK

ENGINE KNOCKIS IN MORNING WHEN STARTING UP VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER REPLACED COMPRESSOR FOR AIR CONDITIONER, AND REBUILT TRANSMISSION. BUT, PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN REMEDIED. *AK

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 01V154000. SEVERAL DEALERSHIPS REFUSED TO DO REPAIRS. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER, AND WAS INFORMED TO SET UP APPOINTMENT WITH DEALERSHIP. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND SERVICE MANAGER REFUSED TO DO RECALL REPAIRS ON BRAKES VACUUM BOOSTER HOSE. WAS DRIVING VEHICLE DOWN MOUNTAIN, AND HAD NO BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN. VEHICLE WENT OFF MOUNTAIN. DRIVER JUMPED OUT AND SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES. VEHICLE TOTALED. MANUFACTURER INDICATED NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR NON REPAIRS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING HEADLIGHTS BECOME EXTREMELY DIM, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. ALSO INTERIOR LIGHTS ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM, BECOMING DIM, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRES LOSE PRESSURE, WHICH CAUSES REAR ABS BRAKES TO MAKE A KNOCKING SOUND WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. PLEASE ADD ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

THERE IS A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE IN ENGINE AT 55 MPH ONLY, VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER 4 TIMES, COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. AT 5TH VISIT TO DEALER, CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT KNOCKING SOUND WAS NORMAL. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A 65 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 01V230000 CONCERNING BRAKE POWER ASSIST: BOOSTER. DEALER HAS YET TO RECEIVE PARTS FOR RECALL REPAIRS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

I WILL TRY TO ONLY REFER TO THE VISITS MADE TO THE DEALERSHIP TO REPAIR MY VEHICLE DIRECTLY RELEVANT TO THIS ISSUE, THOUGH KEEP IN MIND I HAVE BEEN IN SERVICE ON 8 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS WITH MY CAR. ON MAY 7, 2001, I GOT IN MY VEHICLE TO GO TO WORK IN THE MORNING, THE CAR WAS DEAD AND WOULD NOT START. I CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE. MY CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND I WAS TOLD THAT THE BATTERY HAD A DEAD CELL, AND WAS REPLACED. *AK

THIS CAR IS A LEMON!!! I'VE BEEN TO THE DEALER TO GET IT FIXED OVER 4 TIMES AND IT AGAIN IS OVERHEATING. HELP ME!*AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED OUTSIDE AND REAR WINDOW BUBBLED, AND THEN GLASS SHATTERED ALL OVER BACK SEAT. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

VEHICLE WAS IN A ACCIDENT, RIGHT PASSENGER'S SIDE AND RIGHT SIDE WERE AFFECTED. IN ORDER FOR VEHICLE TO LINE UP VEHICLE HAD TO REMODELED. BUMPER WAS NOT PUT ON PROPERLY. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

WHENEVER TURNING OR BRAKING VEHICLE SQUEAKS. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY WENT FOR A TEST DRIVE WITH CONSUMER, AND THERE WAS NO SQUEAKING. SOON AS CONSUMER LEFT DEALER, SQUEAKING STARTED AGAIN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND ROLLED DOWN THE WINDOW TO SEE THAT TIRE WAS GOING FLAT.(GOODYEAR EG EAGLE P185/65R14)*JB

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED BRAKES PULSATE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO VIRBRATE. DEALER REPAIRED VEHICLE THREE TIMES. HOWEVER, PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

DURING A FRONT END CRASH AT 30 MPH, THE AIR BAGS AND SEAT BELTS DID NOT FUNCTION, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO SUFFER HEAD TRAUMA AFTER STRIKING THE STEERING WHEEL.*AK

DRIVING IN OUR CAR WE EXPERIENCED A LOUD NOISE FROM THE RIGHT REAR OF THE CAR, TOOK IT TO OUR LOCAL GOODYEAR MECHANIC, HE STATED AND SHOWED ME THAT THE CALIPERS WERE NOT FUNCITIONING CORRECTLY IN THE REAR, BOTH INBOARD BRAKE PADS WERE METAL TO METAL WHILE THE OUTBOARD PADS WERE LIKE NEW. THANKFULLY WE HEARD THE NOISE SO A BRAKE FAILURE DID NOT OCCUR. UPON TAKING IT TO THE DEALER THEY STATED THIS WAS ABNORMAL AND A PROBLEM, BUT NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, NO REPLACEMENT OR SERVICE TO THE CALIPERS WERE MADE. I AM NOW WAITING FOR IT TO PREMATURELY WEAR OUT AGAIN. THE DEALER EXCLAIMED THAT HE HAD NEVER SEEN A CAR WEAR OUT THAT QUICKLY ON ONE SIDE OF THE PADS. I BELIEVE IT IS A CALIPER FAILURE, CONFIRMED BY THE GOODYEAR SERVICE PERSON. *AK

RECALL# 00 V 075 000: REAR BRAKE VALVE. BRAKE FLUID IS LEAKING FROM RIGHT REAR WHEEL PRESS VALVE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH NOISES COMING FROM WHEELS WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. VEHICLE BEEN INTO DEALER SHOP ON THREE OCCASIONS FOR CLEANING, BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING. VEHICLE BEEN BACK IN FOR THE FORTH TIME AND CAUSE COULD NOT BE FOUND.FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS MATTER.*AK

TRANSMISSION LINE HOSE CONNECTOR BLEWOUT, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL OUT AND DIE. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE AND RADIATOR. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMAITON.*AK

I HAVE HAD TROUBLE WITH THE TRANSMMITION SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR IN 2000. IT SHIFS HARD AND AT TIMES SEEMS TO MISS 2ND GEAR. THE CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRENTY SO DODGE WOULD NOT AUTHERIZE MONDAY CHEV. (WHO I BOUGHT IT FROM)TO DO THE REPAIRES. THE FIRST REPAIR WAS AN ADJUSTMENT, SECOND WAS A MODUAL CHANGE OUT AND SO WAS THE 3RD REPAIR. ON THE FOURTH TIME OF TAKING THE CAR TO TO ONE OF THE DODGE DEALERS THEY SAID THEY "DID A COMPLEAT OVERHAUL OF THE TRANSMMITION". AT THIS TIME I AM STILL HAVING TROOUBLE WITH THE SHIFTING. THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK THIS MORNING AND THE THROUTAL STUCK OPEN WHEN I STEPED ON THE GAS.THE CAR IS NO LONGER UNDER WARENTY. THERE WAS A RECALL IN JULY 2001ON THE HOSE TO THE BRAKE EACH TIME I CONTACTED ARCHER DODGE THEY TOLD ME THEY DID NOT HAVE THE PART IN TO MAKE THE REPAIR. I NOW HAVE A CAR THAT NEEDS TO GO INTO THE SHOP AGAIN AND I AM SURE THIS HAS SOMEETHING TO DO WITH THE BRAKE SYSTEM.

CONSUMER IS UNABLE TO HAVE VEHICLE REPAIRED UNDER MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 983. PARTS ARE UNAVAILABLE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. CONSUMER DID NOT KNOW DEALERSHIPS NAME, ADDRESS OR PHONE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHEN DRIVING AT 20 MPH CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL IMPACT IN WHICH NEITHER DRIVER'S SIDE NOR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. ALSO, THERE WAS DAMAGE TO FRONT END. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

TRANSMISSION COOLING LINE CONNECTOR TO RADIATOR HAVE POPPED OUT AND CAUSED FLUID TO LEAK. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS MATTER.*AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTIFICATION 01V154000 ON JULY 17,2001, AND HAS BEEN CONTACTING ALBANY DODGE INC. IN ALBANY ,NY TELE#5184388461 TO HAVE RECALL REPAIRS PERFORMED. BUT DEALER HAS NO PARTS . CONSUMER HAS BEEN CALLING VERY WEEK. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL LETTER 01V154000 IN JUNE. FOX CHRYSLER DEALER ON GRANT AVE IN AUBURN, NY. 13021 PHONE # 800-447-1056 HAD NO IDEA WHEN PARTS WILL BECOME AVAILABLE. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTIFICATION 983, HOWEVER WHEN CONSUMER ARRIVED FOR THE APPOINTMENT SHE WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WERE NO PARTS AVAILABLE.*JB

AFTER THE CAR WAS SERVICED FOR THE POWER BRAKE VACUUM RECALL, THE "NEW" VACUUM HOSE FELL OFF WITHIN 3 MILES. THE ENGINE REVED TO 2000 RPM AND THE BRAKES WERE ALMOST INOPERATIVE. AFTER STOPPING THE CAR I OPENED THE HOOD AND SAW HOSE COMPLETLY OFF ON THE ENGINE SIDE. I REPLACED THE HOSE AND CONTINUED ON. I INFORMED THE DEALER OF THE PROBLEM AND OF MY REPAIR THEY SAID THEY WOULD TALK WITH THE MECHANIC.*AK

RECALL# 01V154000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 983 CONTACTED DEALER ABOUT RECALL REPAIRS, AND DEALER STATED THEY DID NOT HAVE THE PARTS.*AK

TWO OTHER OWNERS OF DODGE NEONS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK

I BROUGHT MY CAR IN OCTOBER OF 99 AND I'VE BEEN THROUGH 11 BRAND NEW TIRES FOR SOME UNEXPLAINED REASON I KEEP HAVING BLOWOUTS ALL THE TREADS ARE INTACT BUT THE SIDES OF THE TIRES END UP WITH CHUNKS MISSING FROM THEM. I WAS DRIVING IN THE CITY DOING ABOUT 30 WHEN I FELT MY CAR PULLING AWAY FROM ME AND I COULD BARLEY CONTROL IT SO I PULLED OVER TO CHECK IT OUT N THERE WERE 2 CHUNKS MISSING OUT FOT THE OUTER SIDE OF THE TIRE FROM IT BLOWING OUT AND THE INNER SIDE OF THE TIRE LOOKED LIKE SOMEONE TOOK A CAN OPENER TO IT. NEEDLESS TO SAY THE 4 ORIGINAL TIRES MY CAR CAME WITH DID THE SAME THING THOSE TIRES WERE REPLACE AND MY TIRES CAN ONLY BE REPLACED BY GOOD YEAR MODEL P185/60R15 NO OTHER TIRE FITS I HAD 4 TIRES REPLACED IN MAYOF 2000 THEN I REPLACED ANOTHER 3 BECAUSE OF THE SAME PROBLEM IN FEB2001 ALL AT MY OWN EXPENSE AND IT IS NOW JULY AND A NOTHER TIRE BLEW IM SICK OF IT. AT FIRST I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS JUST WEAR AND TARE BUT NOT IM STARTING TO WONDER 11 TIRES IN LESS THEN 2 YEARS SOMETHING HAS TO BE WRONG.*AK (TIRESIZE: P185\60R15)

THIS VEHICLE HAS EXTREME SURGES IN THE MOTOR, ON START UP IF A/C UNIT IS TURNED ON CAR MAY STALL, ALSO "GRINDING" NOISE FROM ENGINE ON OVER NITE START UPS. SURGE IN ENGINE DURING THE WINTER SEASON IS ALSO A PROBLEM, SNOW OR ICE COVERED ROAD ARE BAD ENOUGH, LET ALONE THE VEHICLE DECIEDS TO SURGE, WHEN THIS HAPPENS I WOULD PUT THE GEAR SELECTOR TO NEUTRAL. DODGE DEALER HAS INFORMED ME THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO KEEP THE CAR OVERNIGHT, BUT THAT IS NOT GOOD FOR ME BECAUSE I NEED MY CAR. THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF NOISES THAT DODGE HAS DEEMED ACCEPTIABLE.*AK

RECALL 01V154000, DOM 983. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR RECALL REPAIRS, AND DEALER DID NOT HAVE PARTS. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK

RECALL NUMBER 0V154000. CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL LETTER CONCERNING BRAKE VACUUM BOOSTER SYSTEM. CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER HAD NO PARTS AVAILABLE TO REMEDY RECALL PROBLEM. *AK CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE PART WOULD TAKE ONE MONTH TO ARRIVE, WHEN HE DID ARRIVE THE DEALER PUT THE PART ON ANOTHER VEHICLE EVEN THOUGHT THAT PART HAD THE CONSUMERS NAME ON IT.*JB

CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER IN REFERENCE TO RECALL NUMBER 00V154000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 983, DEALER STATED PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. PARTS WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 50 TO 55 MPH PRESSED ON ACCELERATOR AND IT STUCK, ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. ALSO, HAS TO PRESS ON ACCELERATOR SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE IT WILL RELEASE. SOMETIMES HAS TO TURN OFF VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT 20-40 MPH CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES WHEN VEHICLE STARTED TO DECELERATE, BUT VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP IN A TIMELY MANNER, CAUSING CONSUMER TO REAR END ANOTHER VEHICLE.*AK INSURANCE COMPANY INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THERE WAS A RECALL, 01V154, CONSUMER HAD NOT RECEIVED ANY RECALL, INSURANCE COMPANY IS PURSUING THE MATTER WITH CHRYSLER. *SLC

WHEN APPROACHING A INTERSECTION AND APPYLING BRAKES VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN,AND THEN UNEXPECTEDLY ACCELERATED, BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH RESULTED IN A COLLISION. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A 45 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK