1997 DODGE NEON Problems & Recalls

I AM HAVING A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH MY 1997 DODGE NEON. THE STEERING WHEEL HAS NOTHING BUT CLICKS. I AM HAVING SO MUCH PROBLEMS TURNING ON MY SIGNAL LIGHTS. THE PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN WORSE. I AM HOPING THAT THIS IS A RECALL SO I WON'T HAVE TO PAY SO MUCH MONEY OUT OF POCKET. *TR

Mileage: 167,800

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 DODGE NEON. WHILE PLACING FUEL INTO THE VEHICLE, THE FILLER TUBE FELL TO THE GROUND AND CAUSED GASOLINE TO LEAK ONTO THE GROUND. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FILLER TUBE HAD RUSTED OU...

Mileage: 120,000

NONE OF MY VEHICLES HAVE LATCH SUPPORTED SYSTEMS ALTHOUGH ALL MY CARSEATS DO. IS IT STILL SAFE TO USE A CARSEAT WITH JUST A SEAT BELT? CAN THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS INSTALL THE LATCH SYSTEMS IN MY VEHICLES FOR FREE AS THIS IS A SAFETY REQUIREMENT FOR CARSEATS? I CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY FOR THIS MYSELF ...

I MADE A SHORT TRIP TO A LOCAL STORE AND LARGE AMOUNTS OF SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM THE FRONT OF MY CAR. THE CAR WAS OVERHEATING AND I HAD TO STOP AND PULL OVER. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE CAR HAD A HEAD GASKET FAILURE.WHICH COST $920 TO REPAIR. ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE IS OLD (1997)...

Mileage: 39,000

SAFETY/EMISSIONS REPRT STATES RECALL ON MY VEHICLE/ DEFECT NUMBER: DR-1158. THE SOLID STATE FAN RELAY MAY FAIL BECAUSE OF HEAT RELLATED ELECTRICAL OVER STRESS CAUSING THE FAN TO STOP AND THE VEHICLE TO OVER HEAT. *TR

PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG RANDOMLY DEPLOYED, WHILE GOING 4 MILES PER HOUR, THERE WAS NO IMPACT TO INITIATE THE DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG. THE DEPLOYMENT BUSTED OUT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG WITH SUCH FORCE THAT IT BLEW GLASS TO THE COMPLETE OTHER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 140,000

WHENEVER I SIT IN THE DRIVEWAY, OR LOOK FOR A PARKING SPACES, OR SIT IN TRAFFIC...THE CAR'S TEMPERATURE GAGE GOES ALL THE WAY TO HOT. I HAD IT DIAGNOSED AND THEY SAID THAT ITS THE FAN CONTROL MODULE OR RELAY...BASICALLY THE FANS STOP WORKING. *TR I HAD A NEW WATER PUMP PUT IN, A NEW THERMOSTAT, ...

Mileage: 144,000

1997 DODGE NEON CAUGHT FIRE. CONSUMER WOULD LIKE ANY INFO AVAILABLE ABOUT THE PROBLEMS THAT CAUSE FIRES IN THE MID NINETIES MODEL YEAR DODGE NEONS. *KB THE CONSUMER WAS INJURED. (LAWYER WROTE IN ON BEHALF OF CLIENT)*JB

THROUGH THE LIFE OF OWNING THIS CAR. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE HEAD GASKET SEVERAL TIMES 3 TIMES IN LAST 2 YEARS ALONE AND REPLACE THE ENGINE. THE HEAD GASKET STILL LEAKS AND NO ONE CAN SEEM TO FIX IT EVEN THE DEALER. I HAVE TALKED TO OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE NEONS AND THEY ARE EXPERIENCING THE SA...

Mileage: 89,500

THROUGH THE LIFE OF OWNING THIS CAR. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE HEAD GASKET SEVERAL TIMES 3 TIMES IN LAST 2 YEARS ALONE AND REPLACE THE ENGINE. THE HEAD GASKET STILL LEAKS AND NO ONE CAN SEEM TO FIX IT EVEN THE DEALER. I HAVE TALKED TO OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE NEONS AND THEY ARE EXPERIENCING THE SA...

Mileage: 89,500

THROUGH THE LIFE OF OWNING THIS CAR. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE HEAD GASKET SEVERAL TIMES 3 TIMES IN LAST 2 YEARS ALONE AND REPLACE THE ENGINE. THE HEAD GASKET STILL LEAKS AND NO ONE CAN SEEM TO FIX IT EVEN THE DEALER. I HAVE TALKED TO OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE NEONS AND THEY ARE EXPERIENCING THE SA...

Mileage: 89,500

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 DODGE NEON. THE HEADLIGHTS AND HIGH BEAMS ARE VERY DIM. THE BULBS WERE REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE LIGHTS REMAINED DIM. OIL WAS PLACED IN THE VEHICLE, BUT THEN LEAKED ONTO THE GROUND, CAUSING THE OIL WARNING INDICATOR LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT NOTICED ...

Mileage: 97,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 DODGE NEON. THE HEADLIGHTS AND HIGH BEAMS ARE VERY DIM. THE BULBS WERE REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE LIGHTS REMAINED DIM. OIL WAS PLACED IN THE VEHICLE, BUT THEN LEAKED ONTO THE GROUND, CAUSING THE OIL WARNING INDICATOR LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT NOTICED ...

Mileage: 97,000

TL*- THE CONTACT WAS EXITING THE PARKING COMPLEX WHILE DRIVING THE 1997 DODGE NEON AT 5 MPH, WHEN THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING. THIS CAUSED THE WINDOWS ON BOTH DOORS TO SHATTER, AND THE DASHBOARD AND AIR CONDITIONER VENTS TO COME OFF. THE VEHICLE DID NOT STRIKE OR HIT ANYTHING TO...

Mileage: 108,000

MY FIRST COMPLAINT WOULD BE ABOUT THE PAINT. MY CAR HAS BEEN PEELING FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS NOW, IT BUBBLES THEN PEELS AND GETS BIGGER AND BIGGER EVERY DAY. IT IS NOW PEELING IN 6 SPOTS, THE LARGEST IS THE SIZE OF A WATERMELON. VERY UNHAPPY!!!! SECOND, THE BRAKES ARE HORRIBLE, THE SQUEALING OF METAL ...

MY FIRST COMPLAINT WOULD BE ABOUT THE PAINT. MY CAR HAS BEEN PEELING FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS NOW, IT BUBBLES THEN PEELS AND GETS BIGGER AND BIGGER EVERY DAY. IT IS NOW PEELING IN 6 SPOTS, THE LARGEST IS THE SIZE OF A WATERMELON. VERY UNHAPPY!!!! SECOND, THE BRAKES ARE HORRIBLE, THE SQUEALING OF METAL ...

MY FIRST COMPLAINT WOULD BE ABOUT THE PAINT. MY CAR HAS BEEN PEELING FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS NOW, IT BUBBLES THEN PEELS AND GETS BIGGER AND BIGGER EVERY DAY. IT IS NOW PEELING IN 6 SPOTS, THE LARGEST IS THE SIZE OF A WATERMELON. VERY UNHAPPY!!!! SECOND, THE BRAKES ARE HORRIBLE, THE SQUEALING OF METAL ...

MY FIRST COMPLAINT WOULD BE ABOUT THE PAINT. MY CAR HAS BEEN PEELING FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS NOW, IT BUBBLES THEN PEELS AND GETS BIGGER AND BIGGER EVERY DAY. IT IS NOW PEELING IN 6 SPOTS, THE LARGEST IS THE SIZE OF A WATERMELON. VERY UNHAPPY!!!! SECOND, THE BRAKES ARE HORRIBLE, THE SQUEALING OF METAL ...

1997 DODGE NEON DEVELOPED A PROBLEM WITH THE FAN RELAY.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR THERE WAS AN APPARENT PROBLEM WITH THE RADIATOR FAN CIRCUIT. THE VEHICLE HAD DISPLAYED DIAGNOSTIC CODE P1491. THE CONSUMER REPLACED THE ENGINE TEMPERATURE SENSOR AND THE SOLID STATE FAN RELAY. THERE WAS NO CONT...

Mileage: 114,666

CONTACT STATES: WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH THE CONSUMER SWERVED TO AVOID HITTING ANOTHER CAR, HOWEVER HIS DOOR WAS SCRATCHED, THEN THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE CONSUMER SUFFERED A MINOR INJURY TO HIS WRIST DUE TO THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAG. *AK *JB

Mileage: 138,000

HEAD GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACE AFTER 45,000 MILES.. BOUGHT THE CAR IN 2002.. BBRAKES ARE HORRIBLE.. BRAKES MAKE NOISE, SYSTEM OPERATING NORMAL FAN RELAY SWITCH .. NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.. AND WAS ALSO RECALLED.. IN ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO.. AND NEVER NOTIFIED.. FRONT END ALWAYS CLANKING.. WHEN U TURN..

Mileage: 48,000

HEAD GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACE AFTER 45,000 MILES.. BOUGHT THE CAR IN 2002.. BBRAKES ARE HORRIBLE.. BRAKES MAKE NOISE, SYSTEM OPERATING NORMAL FAN RELAY SWITCH .. NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.. AND WAS ALSO RECALLED.. IN ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO.. AND NEVER NOTIFIED.. FRONT END ALWAYS CLANKING.. WHEN U TURN..

Mileage: 48,000

HEAD GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACE AFTER 45,000 MILES.. BOUGHT THE CAR IN 2002.. BBRAKES ARE HORRIBLE.. BRAKES MAKE NOISE, SYSTEM OPERATING NORMAL FAN RELAY SWITCH .. NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.. AND WAS ALSO RECALLED.. IN ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO.. AND NEVER NOTIFIED.. FRONT END ALWAYS CLANKING.. WHEN U TURN..

Mileage: 48,000

HEAD GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACE AFTER 45,000 MILES.. BOUGHT THE CAR IN 2002.. BBRAKES ARE HORRIBLE.. BRAKES MAKE NOISE, SYSTEM OPERATING NORMAL FAN RELAY SWITCH .. NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.. AND WAS ALSO RECALLED.. IN ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO.. AND NEVER NOTIFIED.. FRONT END ALWAYS CLANKING.. WHEN U TURN..

Mileage: 48,000

HEAD GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACE AFTER 45,000 MILES.. BOUGHT THE CAR IN 2002.. BBRAKES ARE HORRIBLE.. BRAKES MAKE NOISE, SYSTEM OPERATING NORMAL FAN RELAY SWITCH .. NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.. AND WAS ALSO RECALLED.. IN ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO.. AND NEVER NOTIFIED.. FRONT END ALWAYS CLANKING.. WHEN U TURN..

Mileage: 48,000

WHILE DRIVING, THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE T-BONED ANOTHER VEHICLE AT 23-25 MPH. UPON IMPACT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK *SC *JB

MARCH 1, 2005, STOPPED ON A HILLED HIGHWAY INTERSECTION OF FRANKFORD AVENUE AND SOLLY AVE, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19136. LIGHT WAS RED TURNING TO GREEN. DRIVING 1997 DODGE NEON. REARENDING BY 99 FORD TAUARUS IMPACTED DODGE NEON THROWING FORWARD TWO DOOR NEON. SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD DRIVER. *AK

Mileage: 102,000

OIL LEAKAGE, HEAD GASKET REPLACED 2X IN 1997, AGAIN HEAD GASKET IS BLOWN, CAM AND TRANSMISSION LEAKAGE ALSO. CAR HAS ALWAYS LEAKED A BIT OF OIL DAILY; HOWEVER, OIL CHANGES EVERY 2000 MILES COUPLED WITH WEEKLY LEVEL CHECKS MAINTAINED ABILITY TO DRIVE VEHICLE. AS OF 2/05, OIL LEAKING PROFUSELY VIA ...

Mileage: 88,000

OIL LEAKAGE, HEAD GASKET REPLACED 2X IN 1997, AGAIN HEAD GASKET IS BLOWN, CAM AND TRANSMISSION LEAKAGE ALSO. CAR HAS ALWAYS LEAKED A BIT OF OIL DAILY; HOWEVER, OIL CHANGES EVERY 2000 MILES COUPLED WITH WEEKLY LEVEL CHECKS MAINTAINED ABILITY TO DRIVE VEHICLE. AS OF 2/05, OIL LEAKING PROFUSELY VIA ...

Mileage: 88,000

ENGINE STARTED LEAKING OIL AND HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED IN 1999. NOW THE ENGINE IS LEAKING OIL AGAIN AND MECHANICS HAVE SAID THE HEAD GASKET IS BLOWN AGAIN.*AK

Mileage: 32,000

MY FIANCEE BOUGHT A 97 DODGE NEON FROM A FRIEND AT 35,000 MILES. NOW AT 70,XXX THE VEHICLE STARTED TO LEAK OIL, I WAS PUTTING IN 3 QUARTS A WEEK, THE CAR RUNS VERY ROUGH AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON ANDI CANT AFFORD TO TOW IT TO A SHOP TO FIND THE PROBLEM (MAYBE CAUSE IVE SPENT ALL MY MONEY ON O...

Mileage: 70,000

TOOK VEHICLE IN TO REPAIR SHOP AFTER NOTICING AN OIL LEAK. THEY TOLD ME AT FIRST IT WAS NORMAL LEAKING FROM ROUTINE OIL CHANGE. THEN THANKSGIVING DAY 2001, AT FREEWAY SPEEDS (75 MPH) THE HEAD GASKET BLEW. OIL WENT EVERY WHERE. I HAD OIL EVEN IN THE COOLANT SYSTEM. TOOK TO MY PERSONAL MECHANIC, ...

Mileage: 32,468

THE VEHICLE'S HEAD GASKET FAILED ALTHOUGH IT ONLY HAD 44000 MILES ON IT. *NM *SC *JB

BRAKES SQUEL AND MAKE NOISE, CAR WON'T STOP ABOVE 50 MPH IN SAFE DISTANCE. *JB

Mileage: 10,000

THE CAR STARTED LEAKING OIL X 2 MONTHS. KEPT OVERHEATING AFTER 20 MINUTES OF RUNNING. ALLE THE RADIATOR FLUID LEAKED OUT. HAD RADIATOR FIXED. CONTINUED TO OVERHEAT, TOLD IT WAS FAN RELAY. HAD THAT REPLACED. NOW TOLD THAT IT WAS THE GASKET. THAT IT HAD A LEAK AND NOW NEEDS TO BE REPLACED DUE TO SOME ...

PROBLEM WITH 1997 DODGE NEON.*MR *NM

VEHICLE'S BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED.*MR THE VEHICLE HAD OTHER PROBLEMS SUCH AS A BAD BATTERY, ALTERNATOR, THREE TURN SIGNAL SWITCHES, A BLOWN HEAD GASKET, STICKING THROTTLE BODY, AN OIL PAN LEAK, ALL FOUR WINDOWS HAD AN AIR LEAK WHICH WHISTLE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN AT HIGH SPEEDS. *JB

VEHICLE'S BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED.*MR THE VEHICLE HAD OTHER PROBLEMS SUCH AS A BAD BATTERY, ALTERNATOR, THREE TURN SIGNAL SWITCHES, A BLOWN HEAD GASKET, STICKING THROTTLE BODY, AN OIL PAN LEAK, ALL FOUR WINDOWS HAD AN AIR LEAK WHICH WHISTLE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN AT HIGH SPEEDS. *JB

VEHICLE'S BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED.*MR THE VEHICLE HAD OTHER PROBLEMS SUCH AS A BAD BATTERY, ALTERNATOR, THREE TURN SIGNAL SWITCHES, A BLOWN HEAD GASKET, STICKING THROTTLE BODY, AN OIL PAN LEAK, ALL FOUR WINDOWS HAD AN AIR LEAK WHICH WHISTLE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN AT HIGH SPEEDS. *JB

VEHICLE'S BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED.*MR THE VEHICLE HAD OTHER PROBLEMS SUCH AS A BAD BATTERY, ALTERNATOR, THREE TURN SIGNAL SWITCHES, A BLOWN HEAD GASKET, STICKING THROTTLE BODY, AN OIL PAN LEAK, ALL FOUR WINDOWS HAD AN AIR LEAK WHICH WHISTLE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN AT HIGH SPEEDS. *JB

VEHICLE'S BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED.*MR THE VEHICLE HAD OTHER PROBLEMS SUCH AS A BAD BATTERY, ALTERNATOR, THREE TURN SIGNAL SWITCHES, A BLOWN HEAD GASKET, STICKING THROTTLE BODY, AN OIL PAN LEAK, ALL FOUR WINDOWS HAD AN AIR LEAK WHICH WHISTLE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN AT HIGH SPEEDS. *JB

VEHICLE'S BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED.*MR THE VEHICLE HAD OTHER PROBLEMS SUCH AS A BAD BATTERY, ALTERNATOR, THREE TURN SIGNAL SWITCHES, A BLOWN HEAD GASKET, STICKING THROTTLE BODY, AN OIL PAN LEAK, ALL FOUR WINDOWS HAD AN AIR LEAK WHICH WHISTLE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN AT HIGH SPEEDS. *JB

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH HEAD GASKET AND FUEL PUMP FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. AS A RESULT VEHICLE OVER EATED. DEALER REPLACED THE PARTS, AND 2 1/2 YEARS LATER ,THE SAME PARTS FAILED AGAIN. *AK

Mileage: 72,000

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH HEAD GASKET AND FUEL PUMP FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. AS A RESULT VEHICLE OVER EATED. DEALER REPLACED THE PARTS, AND 2 1/2 YEARS LATER ,THE SAME PARTS FAILED AGAIN. *AK

Mileage: 72,000

THE CONSUMER SAW OIL LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM PERTAINED TO A HEAD GASKET FAILURE. THE MECHANIC DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK ON JUNE 3RD 2002, THE CONSUMER HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION RE-BUILT. THE MAIN GEAR HAD A CRACK IN THE CASTING...

Mileage: 44,438

THE CONSUMER SAW OIL LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM PERTAINED TO A HEAD GASKET FAILURE. THE MECHANIC DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK ON JUNE 3RD 2002, THE CONSUMER HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION RE-BUILT. THE MAIN GEAR HAD A CRACK IN THE CASTING...

Mileage: 44,438

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVE WAY, BOTH FRONT TIRES, DEFLATED DUE TO LOST AIR PRESSURE. THE DRIVER NOTICED A BUBBLE LOCATED ON THE INNER SIDE OF THE TIRE. THE DRIVER CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND THEY REPLACED BOTH FRONT TIRES. THE DRIVER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECT...

1997 DODGE NEON, COLOR LAPUIS BLUE, I AM THE ORIGINAL AND ONLY OWNER. NOT ONLY HAVE I HAD A SERIES OF ENGINE REPAIRS BETWEEN 40,000 TO 80,000 MILES, THE SAME AS I'VE READ ON DOZEN'S OF OTHER CONSUMER COMPLAINTS, I NOW HAVE THE PEELING LAPUIS BLUE PAINT WHICH STARTED SLOWLY PEELING A YEAR AGO. THE P...

TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT, MAIN GEAR CRACKED, AND HEAD GASKET PROBLEMS. IN ADDITION, THE CONSUMER REQUESTED INFORMATION ON RECALLS AND WHAT JUSTIFIES THEM. *PH THE MAIN GEAR EXPERIENCED A CRACK IN THE CASTING AND STARTED TO LOST RELATING COMPONENTS. THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE CASING OF THE T...

Mileage: 38,000

ENGINE HEAD GASKET OIL LEAK.*AK

Mileage: 34,000

FOR THE SECOND TIME THE DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKET CAUSED OIL TO LEAK. I HAD IT REPLACED ONCE AND I FEEL IT'S TOO MUCH TO REPLACE IT AGAIN. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY DODGE DOESN'T ASSIST WITH FIXING IT RIGHT.*AK

THE VEHICLE CONSUMER EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF OIL DUE TO A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. THE HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED 2 YEARS LATER. THE HEAD GASKET NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. *NM

Mileage: 80,000

I HAVE A 1997 DODGE NEON. WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS THE PAINT HAS SUDDENLY STARTED TO PEEL AND BUCKLE AS IF THE PRIMER NO LONGER HOLDS IT. I HAVE NOTICED THE PAINT ON OTHER NEONS AS I AM DRIVING ARE ALSO PEELING THE SAME WAY. *LA

I OWN A 1997 DODGE NEON - A MODEL (AND APPARENTLY, THE DODGE BRAND ITSELF) THAT HAS A REPUTATION FOR BLOWING HEAD GASKETS AT ABOUT 60,000 MILES BECAUSE OF A POOR COMPOSITE MATERIAL THE GASKETS WERE MADE OUT OF. *AK JUST TODAY, I FOUND THE TELL-TALE SIGN OF FLUID MIXTURE (OIL IN MY COOLANT LINES) ...

Mileage: 54,800

FIRST OF ALL, MY CAR HAS BEEN LEAKING OIL FOR QUITE A FEW MONTHS NOW ...I JUST KEPT PUTTING A QUART IN EVERY NOW AND THEN. WELL, WHEN I WENT TO GET THE CAR INSPECTED AT PEP BOYS, THEY SAID THAT MY HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING. THEY RECOMMENDED ME GETTING AN ESTIMATE AND THE WORK DONE AT AN AUTHORIZED D...

Mileage: 79,950

PROBLEM: WATER LEAKING INTO THE TRUNK THROUGH THE TAILLIGHT FILLED THE SPARE TIRE WELL AND SOAKED INTO THE BACK SEAT. WE NOW HAVE A MUSTY SMELL INDICATING A MOLD PROBLEM, PROBABLY FROM THE SEAT. WE HAVE USED PROFESSIONAL CLEANING SUPPLIES TO TRY ELIMINATE THE SMELL. THE CLEANING DID HELP BUT THE...

I OWN A 1997 DODGE NEON. PURCHASED JUNE 1997. THIS CAR TOO DATE HAS APPROXIMATELY 27,500 ORIGINAL MILES ON IT. STARTING IN AUGUST 1999 I HAD TO HAVE THE HEAD GASKET REPLACED ON 3 OCCASIONS.I HAD TO HAVE THE SAME REPAIR JOB DONE AGAIN IN JULY 2001 WHEN I HAD ONLY PUT ANOTHER 7,108 ON THE CAR. MAY 200...

Mileage: 11,878

THE BIGGEST PROBLEM I HAVE IS THE ENGINE OIL LEAKING. IT IS SO COSTLY TO REPAIR EVERYTIME. I NEVER CONTACTED THE DODGE COMPANY SINCE I THOUGH THAT I GTO A BAD CAR.

Mileage: 43,000

HEAD GASKET FAILURE

REPLACED 3 HEAD GASKETS IN 1997 DODGE NEON. FEWER THAN 33,000 MILES AT REPLACEMENT OF THIRD HEAD GASKET. *LA

I HAD BOUGHT 2 NEW DODGE NEONS, 1997 & 1998. FIRST 1998 NEON HAD ENGINE GASKET PROBLEM, DAIMLERCHRYSLER FIXED IT &I PAID $100.00 AS I HAD EXTENDED WARRANTY. NOW 1997 NEON WITH LOWER MILEAGE HAS SAME ENGINE GASKET PROBLEM. TWO CARS SAME PROBLEM. REQUESTED DAIMLER-CHRYSLER TO FIX THE PROBLEM AS THI...

1997 DODGE NEON - HEAD GASKET LEAKED - WAS REPLACED FOR A SMALL FEE ONCE DEALER WAS CONTACTED. NOW WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE PAINT ON THE TRUCK AND SIDE PEELING AND BUBBLING OFF. WHAT CAN WE DO? CAN WE CONTACT THE DEALER TO HAVE THE CAR REPAINTED? I'VE NOTICED SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ONLINE REGARDIN...

I JUST BOUGHT THIS 97 DODGE NEON WITH ONLY 23,000 MILES ON IT. THE A/C HAS A LEAK IN THE COIL , THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING . THE CAR IS IN GREAT SHAPE BUT THOSE FEW THINGS SO FAR . THE PERSON WHO OWNED THE CAR BEFORE ME WAS AN OLDER GENTLEMAN WHO DOES NOT WRECK HIS THINGS. I WAS WONDERING ARE THE...

Mileage: 23,000

I JUST BOUGHT THIS 97 DODGE NEON WITH ONLY 23,000 MILES ON IT. THE A/C HAS A LEAK IN THE COIL , THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING . THE CAR IS IN GREAT SHAPE BUT THOSE FEW THINGS SO FAR . THE PERSON WHO OWNED THE CAR BEFORE ME WAS AN OLDER GENTLEMAN WHO DOES NOT WRECK HIS THINGS. I WAS WONDERING ARE THE...

Mileage: 23,000

STEERING KNUCKLE SHEERED OFF OF RIGHT FRONT WHEEL WITH NO COLLISION OR ACCIDENT. RIGHT FRONT HUB CAB FELL OFF AS WELL. *LA

Mileage: 105,000

CONSUMER NOTICED OIL ON THE DRIVEWAY. TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE. HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING OIL AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

Mileage: 34,000

CONSUMER STATED HER BRAKES FAILED. THERE WAS A MULTI-CAR ACCIDENT ON THE BELTWAY. AS SHE APPROACHED SHE SAW THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF HER APPLY HIS BRAKES, SHE THEN APPLIED HER BRAKES. HER VEHICLE DID NOT STOP AND THE VEHICLE REAR ENDED THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF HER. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND SHE RE...

Mileage: 62,000

CONSUMER STATED HER BRAKES FAILED. THERE WAS A MULTI-CAR ACCIDENT ON THE BELTWAY. AS SHE APPROACHED SHE SAW THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF HER APPLY HIS BRAKES, SHE THEN APPLIED HER BRAKES. HER VEHICLE DID NOT STOP AND THE VEHICLE REAR ENDED THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF HER. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND SHE RE...

Mileage: 62,000

INDEPENDENT SHOP REPLACED TWICE THE FRONT BRAKE PADS/ROTORS, AND THE CALIPER PIN. ALSO, ENGINE HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING OIL. *AK

INDEPENDENT SHOP REPLACED TWICE THE FRONT BRAKE PADS/ROTORS, AND THE CALIPER PIN. ALSO, ENGINE HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING OIL. *AK

INDEPENDENT SHOP REPLACED TWICE THE FRONT BRAKE PADS/ROTORS, AND THE CALIPER PIN. ALSO, ENGINE HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING OIL. *AK

INDEPENDENT SHOP REPLACED TWICE THE FRONT BRAKE PADS/ROTORS, AND THE CALIPER PIN. ALSO, ENGINE HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING OIL. *AK

WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE IN REVERSE, IT WOULD ONLY ACCELERATE FORWARD. DEALER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

THIS IS THE 4TH TIME THE PAINT IS PEELING FROM MY LAPUIS BLUE NEON. WHY WON'T THEY REPAINT THE ENTIRE CAR?*AK

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE 5-15-03 AND NOTICED AN OIL LEAK THE SIZE OF A 50 CENT PIECE EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN. WHEN PURCHASING I ASKED IF THE HEAD GASKET PROBLEMS HAD BEEN TAKEN CARE OF ON NEON'S, AND WAS TOLD IT IS NOT AN ISSUE ANYMORE. I HAD AN OIL CHANGE TODAY 7-18-03 AND WAS TOLD THAT I...

Mileage: 79,000

SPEED CONTROL SPEEDOMETER DOESN'T WORK MOST OF THE TIME. REPLACE THE SENCSOR BUT STILL DOESN'T WORK. I WILL NEVER BUY A DODGE AGAIN. I'VE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE BRAKES AND ROTOR,CATALYTIC CONVERTER. NOW I'M HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE PAINT. IT'S BUBLING AND PEELING OFF IN LAYERS ALL OVER CAR.*AK

SPEED CONTROL SPEEDOMETER DOESN'T WORK MOST OF THE TIME. REPLACE THE SENCSOR BUT STILL DOESN'T WORK. I WILL NEVER BUY A DODGE AGAIN. I'VE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE BRAKES AND ROTOR,CATALYTIC CONVERTER. NOW I'M HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE PAINT. IT'S BUBLING AND PEELING OFF IN LAYERS ALL OVER CAR.*AK

SPEED CONTROL SPEEDOMETER DOESN'T WORK MOST OF THE TIME. REPLACE THE SENCSOR BUT STILL DOESN'T WORK. I WILL NEVER BUY A DODGE AGAIN. I'VE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE BRAKES AND ROTOR,CATALYTIC CONVERTER. NOW I'M HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE PAINT. IT'S BUBLING AND PEELING OFF IN LAYERS ALL OVER CAR.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT WORK CORRECTLY. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. HEAD GASKET WAS WARPED. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS.*AK

PLASTIC HEADLIGHT LENS BECAME FOGGY AFTER 3 YEARS OF SERVICE. INCLUDED CRACKING AND GLAZING. RESULT WAS REDUCED LIGHT INTENSITY AVAILABLE FOR NIGHT DRIVING. HEADLAMP ASSEMBLIES REQUIRED REPLACEMENT TO REGAIN ABILITY TO OPERATE SAFELY AT NIGHT. *NLM

Mileage: 50,000

DASHBOARD LIGHTS AND GAUGES STARTED TO ACT FUNNY AND THEN IT STARTED TO SMOKE. I GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND IT CAUGHT ON FIRE AND IS A TOTAL LOST. *JB

THE CONSUMER HAS REPLACED 3 HEAD GASKETS SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE LAST BLOWN GASKET CAUSED IRREPARABLE DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE. *NLM

PURCHASED CAR IN OCTOBER OR 1996. REPLACED HEAD GASKET IN 1998 DUE TO OIL LEAKING IN SPARK PLUGS. THEN AGAIN IN 2001. NOW 2003 AND OIL IN SPARK PLUGS AGAIN.*JB

THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED WITHOUT WARNING.*JB

THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND THE MECHANIC STATED THE HEAD GASKET HAD BLOWN, AND THE RADIATOR FAN RELAY SWITCH NEEDED REPLACING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. PH

Mileage: 62,000

DODGE NEON 1997, I FOUND OUT TODAY THE HEAD GASKET WAS CRACKED, I WAS TOLD BY 4 DIFFERENT MECHANICS, 2 WERE DODGE MECHANICS, THAT THEY ARE ALWAYS FIXING THE HEAD GASKETS AND IT WAS A DESIGN FLAW, THE GASKET WAS TOO THIN, I HAVE CHANGED THE OIL EVERY 2500-3000 MILES THE CAR WAS NEVER RUN HARD AND IS ...

Mileage: 50,000

DODGE NEON 1997, I FOUND OUT TODAY THE HEAD GASKET WAS CRACKED, I WAS TOLD BY 4 DIFFERENT MECHANICS, 2 WERE DODGE MECHANICS, THAT THEY ARE ALWAYS FIXING THE HEAD GASKETS AND IT WAS A DESIGN FLAW, THE GASKET WAS TOO THIN, I HAVE CHANGED THE OIL EVERY 2500-3000 MILES THE CAR WAS NEVER RUN HARD AND IS ...

Mileage: 50,000

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING A OIL LEAK THAT MAY RESULT IN A FIRE. DEALER NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. PH

MY DAUGHTER JUST TURNED 16 AND BOUGHT A USED 1997 DODGE NEON WITH 60,000 MILES. THE DEALER TOLD HER OF WHAT HAD BEEN DONE AND REPLACED. ONE OF HIS SELLING POINTS WAS A NEW HEAD GASKET HAD BEEN INSTALLED. WELL IT'S BEEN JUST OVER THE 3 MONTH, 3000 MILES AND THE HEAD GASKET BLEW, SPILLING OIL ALL OVER...

THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND MADE A LOUD NOISE WHEN IN REVERSE, ALSO THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED, HOWEVER IT CONTINUED TO OVERHEAT AND THE ENGINE LIGHT REAPPEARED, THE DEALER THEN INFORMED CONSUMER A RADIATOR AND THERMOSTAT WAS NEEDED, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM WAS STILL NOT RESOLV...

Mileage: 55,565

THE SPARK PLUGS THAT ARE IN THE CAR WAS DONE ILLEGALLY. AND I HAVE TRIED TO CONTACT THE DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS TIMES AND NOT HAVE HAD A RESPOND. I HAVE BEEN LEAVING MESSAGES FOR 1 WK. DT

WHILE DRIVING AVERAGE SPEED 40 MPH, THE HEAD GASKET RUPTURED, WITH A MAJOR LEAK. THE OWNER WAS INFORMED THIS BY A MECHANIC. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. TS

CONSUMER STATES HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING OIL INTO THE COOLING SYSTEM, DAMAGING THE ENGINE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN BRAKES WHERE APPLYED THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, AND THE BRAKES DID NOT HOLD. DRIVER HAD TO PULL ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKES TO STOP VEHICLE. *MR

MINE IS THE SAME COMPLAINT AS THE OTHER 200 THAT I HAVE READ. ITS A RECURRING PROBLEM IN ALL 97 NEONS. MR

PAINT DEFECT. MR

WHILE DRIVING THE BRAKES SQUEAL AND MOAN WHEN APPLIED. THE DEALER HAS ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM SEVERAL TIMES YET IT REOCCURS. MANUFACTURERS HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. NLM *YH

HEAD GASKET BLEW AND REPAIRED THROUGH LOCAL DEALER. WE WERE TOLD THIS WAS AN ON GOING PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL. WE CONTACTED THE MAIN OFFICE AND GOT NOWHERE. WE WERE TOLD IT'S NOT A RECALL SO WE CAN'T HELP YOU. THE CUSTOMER SERVICE REP. WAS VERY RUDE AND HUNG UP ON US. IT COST US OVER $600.00 FOR THE...

VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR SERVICE, AND INFORMED THAT VEHICLE HAD A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

ENGINE IS LEAKING OIL, AND VEHICLE IS RUNNING HOT. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT TO HOT/ SMOKE AND LIQUID STARTED POURING FROM VEHICLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY STATED THAT IT WAS COOLING FAN RELAY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT TO HOT/ SMOKE AND LIQUID STARTED POURING FROM VEHICLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY STATED THAT IT WAS COOLING FAN RELAY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING AND WITH NO WARNING THE BRAKES LOCKED UP CAUSING A COLLISION. CAUSE UNKNOWN DEALER NOTIFIED.*JB

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED BECAUSE OF SHAKING,/VIBRATING, AND PERFORMING ERRATICALLY AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. MILEAGE AT THAT TIME WAS 74,000 MILES. REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION FAILED COMPLETELY WITH NO INTERACTION FROM VEHICLE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

HEAD GASKET FAILED, LED TO RUINED CYLINDER HEADS. *AK

VEHICLE WAS LEAKING OIL.CONTACTED DEALER, PROBLEM DUE TO HEAD GASKET GOING OUT.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NO DESCRIPTION.*JB

CONSUMER OFTEN FINDS WATER ON FLOORBOARD WHETHER IT RAINS OR NOT, AND DOES NOT KNOW WHERE IT IS COMING FROM. DEALER HAS A BRAND NEW AUTOMOBILE ON THE LOT AND IT DOES THE SAMETHING. CANNOT FIND THE CAUSE.*AK

ENGINE HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE WITHIN PAST THREE WEEKS. THERE IS OIL LEAKING, AND WHEN GETTING OIL CHANGED, DEALER RECOMMEND THAT ENGINE BE REPLACED.*AK

AFTER FRONTAL IMPACT, AIR BAG TOOK 2 MINUTES AFTER THE IMPACT TO DEPLOY. LIQUID IN AIR BAG CAUSED DRIVERS SHIRT TO CATCH ON FIRE, AND BURNED HER ARMS.*AK. CONSUMER STATED HE HIT A UTILITY POLE.*JB

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

ROOF IS LIFTING WATER LICKING INTO CAR. *AK

CHRYSLER SOLD NEONS WITH KNOWN FACTORY DEFECTS AS EVIDENCED BY ISSUANCE OF 70 TSBS AND FAILED TO RECALL CARS WHICH ARE HIGHWAY HAZARDS.TO DATE, I HAVE SPENT $10,088.79 ON REPAIRS DUE TO THESE KNOWN DEFECTS. TWO HEAD GASKETS, CYLINDER HEADS, CAM SEALS AND SENSORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY THE DEALER UND...

CHRYSLER SOLD NEONS WITH KNOWN FACTORY DEFECTS AS EVIDENCED BY ISSUANCE OF 70 TSBS AND FAILED TO RECALL CARS WHICH ARE HIGHWAY HAZARDS.TO DATE, I HAVE SPENT $10,088.79 ON REPAIRS DUE TO THESE KNOWN DEFECTS. TWO HEAD GASKETS, CYLINDER HEADS, CAM SEALS AND SENSORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY THE DEALER UND...

CHRYSLER SOLD NEONS WITH KNOWN FACTORY DEFECTS AS EVIDENCED BY ISSUANCE OF 70 TSBS AND FAILED TO RECALL CARS WHICH ARE HIGHWAY HAZARDS.TO DATE, I HAVE SPENT $10,088.79 ON REPAIRS DUE TO THESE KNOWN DEFECTS. TWO HEAD GASKETS, CYLINDER HEADS, CAM SEALS AND SENSORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY THE DEALER UND...

CHRYSLER SOLD NEONS WITH KNOWN FACTORY DEFECTS AS EVIDENCED BY ISSUANCE OF 70 TSBS AND FAILED TO RECALL CARS WHICH ARE HIGHWAY HAZARDS.TO DATE, I HAVE SPENT $10,088.79 ON REPAIRS DUE TO THESE KNOWN DEFECTS. TWO HEAD GASKETS, CYLINDER HEADS, CAM SEALS AND SENSORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY THE DEALER UND...

CHRYSLER SOLD NEONS WITH KNOWN FACTORY DEFECTS AS EVIDENCED BY ISSUANCE OF 70 TSBS AND FAILED TO RECALL CARS WHICH ARE HIGHWAY HAZARDS.TO DATE, I HAVE SPENT $10,088.79 ON REPAIRS DUE TO THESE KNOWN DEFECTS. TWO HEAD GASKETS, CYLINDER HEADS, CAM SEALS AND SENSORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY THE DEALER UND...

CHRYSLER SOLD NEONS WITH KNOWN FACTORY DEFECTS AS EVIDENCED BY ISSUANCE OF 70 TSBS AND FAILED TO RECALL CARS WHICH ARE HIGHWAY HAZARDS.TO DATE, I HAVE SPENT $10,088.79 ON REPAIRS DUE TO THESE KNOWN DEFECTS. TWO HEAD GASKETS, CYLINDER HEADS, CAM SEALS AND SENSORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY THE DEALER UND...

CHRYSLER SOLD NEONS WITH KNOWN FACTORY DEFECTS AS EVIDENCED BY ISSUANCE OF 70 TSBS AND FAILED TO RECALL CARS WHICH ARE HIGHWAY HAZARDS.TO DATE, I HAVE SPENT $10,088.79 ON REPAIRS DUE TO THESE KNOWN DEFECTS. TWO HEAD GASKETS, CYLINDER HEADS, CAM SEALS AND SENSORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY THE DEALER UND...

CHRYSLER SOLD NEONS WITH KNOWN FACTORY DEFECTS AS EVIDENCED BY ISSUANCE OF 70 TSBS AND FAILED TO RECALL CARS WHICH ARE HIGHWAY HAZARDS.TO DATE, I HAVE SPENT $10,088.79 ON REPAIRS DUE TO THESE KNOWN DEFECTS. TWO HEAD GASKETS, CYLINDER HEADS, CAM SEALS AND SENSORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY THE DEALER UND...

VEHICLE IS SITTING IDLE FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES AND TEMPERATURE GAUGE GOES TO HOT. VEHICLE OVERHEATS. ONCE VEHICLE IS MOVING GAUGE GOES BACK DOWN. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK *TT

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE HAS DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKETS CAUSING OIL LEAKS. VEHILCE NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. *TT

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WAS OVERHEATING AND LEAKING OIL, CONSUMER REPLACED THERMOSTAT WHICH SUFFICED FOR 2 MONTHS, BUT VEHICLE STALLED OUT COMPLETELY, VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER. DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER OF A BLOWN HEAD GASKET, THIS WAS THE SECOND GASKET THAT WAS REPLACED WHICH WAS INSTALLED BY RECALL. ...

WHILE PARKED, TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKED OUT OF VEHICLE. DEALER FOUND TRANSMISSION LINES LOOSE. VEHICLE SHIFTING BY ITSELF DUE TO A STICKY CABLE. OIL LEAK IN ENGINE. DEALER FOUND HEADGASKET FAILURE. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS ENGINE RUNS ROUGH. CAMSHAFT REPLACED. VEHICLE SHAKES AND TREMBLES WHILE BRAKIN...

WHILE PARKED, TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKED OUT OF VEHICLE. DEALER FOUND TRANSMISSION LINES LOOSE. VEHICLE SHIFTING BY ITSELF DUE TO A STICKY CABLE. OIL LEAK IN ENGINE. DEALER FOUND HEADGASKET FAILURE. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS ENGINE RUNS ROUGH. CAMSHAFT REPLACED. VEHICLE SHAKES AND TREMBLES WHILE BRAKIN...

WHILE PARKED, TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKED OUT OF VEHICLE. DEALER FOUND TRANSMISSION LINES LOOSE. VEHICLE SHIFTING BY ITSELF DUE TO A STICKY CABLE. OIL LEAK IN ENGINE. DEALER FOUND HEADGASKET FAILURE. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS ENGINE RUNS ROUGH. CAMSHAFT REPLACED. VEHICLE SHAKES AND TREMBLES WHILE BRAKIN...

WHILE PARKED, TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKED OUT OF VEHICLE. DEALER FOUND TRANSMISSION LINES LOOSE. VEHICLE SHIFTING BY ITSELF DUE TO A STICKY CABLE. OIL LEAK IN ENGINE. DEALER FOUND HEADGASKET FAILURE. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS ENGINE RUNS ROUGH. CAMSHAFT REPLACED. VEHICLE SHAKES AND TREMBLES WHILE BRAKIN...

WHILE PARKED, TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKED OUT OF VEHICLE. DEALER FOUND TRANSMISSION LINES LOOSE. VEHICLE SHIFTING BY ITSELF DUE TO A STICKY CABLE. OIL LEAK IN ENGINE. DEALER FOUND HEADGASKET FAILURE. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS ENGINE RUNS ROUGH. CAMSHAFT REPLACED. VEHICLE SHAKES AND TREMBLES WHILE BRAKIN...

WHILE PARKED, TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKED OUT OF VEHICLE. DEALER FOUND TRANSMISSION LINES LOOSE. VEHICLE SHIFTING BY ITSELF DUE TO A STICKY CABLE. OIL LEAK IN ENGINE. DEALER FOUND HEADGASKET FAILURE. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS ENGINE RUNS ROUGH. CAMSHAFT REPLACED. VEHICLE SHAKES AND TREMBLES WHILE BRAKIN...

WHILE PARKED, TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKED OUT OF VEHICLE. DEALER FOUND TRANSMISSION LINES LOOSE. VEHICLE SHIFTING BY ITSELF DUE TO A STICKY CABLE. OIL LEAK IN ENGINE. DEALER FOUND HEADGASKET FAILURE. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS ENGINE RUNS ROUGH. CAMSHAFT REPLACED. VEHICLE SHAKES AND TREMBLES WHILE BRAKIN...

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE WAS LEAKING OIL. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER INDICATED VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW ENGINE BLOCK.*AK

RECALL 97V080000/AIR BAG: WHILE DRIVING, THE BELL ALARM WENT OFF AND THEN THE AIR BAG LIGHT SENOR CAME ON AND WENT OFF, DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN.*AK. CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER REPLACED THE MODULE.*JB

NEON HEAD GASKET BLOWN, HAD TO PAY 680$ TO HAVE REPLACED. THEY SHOULD HAVE TAKEN CARE OF THIS. PLEASE CONTACT ME ABOUT THIS, AND WHAT SHOULD I DO. THANK YOU, [XXX]. *AK PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATI...

I PURCHASED THIS CAR WITH APPROXIMATELY 26,000 MILES ON IT AND HAVE TAKEN METICULOUS CARE OF IT, INCLUDING ALL ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. THE COST I'VE BEEN QUOTED TO REPLACE THIS HEAD GASKET IS APPROXIMATELY $977. A PART LIKE THAT SHOULD LAST THE LIFETIME OF THE ENGINE... NOT 61,000 MILES. JUDGING FROM A...

ENGINE HEAD GASKET STARTED LEAKING AT 60200 MILES, VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED YET.*AK

I HAVE TALKED TO OTHER PEOPLE WITH NEONS MADE IN 97 AND THEY SEEM TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS. ALSO THE PAINT IS COMING OFF. I HAVE SEEN MANY NEON'S SINCE I BOUGHT MINE, WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. . NO SAFETYD EFEC TMENTIONED. *AK

I HAVE TALKED TO OTHER PEOPLE WITH NEONS MADE IN 97 AND THEY SEEM TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS. ALSO THE PAINT IS COMING OFF. I HAVE SEEN MANY NEON'S SINCE I BOUGHT MINE, WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. . NO SAFETYD EFEC TMENTIONED. *AK

I HAVE TALKED TO OTHER PEOPLE WITH NEONS MADE IN 97 AND THEY SEEM TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS. ALSO THE PAINT IS COMING OFF. I HAVE SEEN MANY NEON'S SINCE I BOUGHT MINE, WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. . NO SAFETYD EFEC TMENTIONED. *AK

I HAVE TALKED TO OTHER PEOPLE WITH NEONS MADE IN 97 AND THEY SEEM TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS. ALSO THE PAINT IS COMING OFF. I HAVE SEEN MANY NEON'S SINCE I BOUGHT MINE, WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. . NO SAFETYD EFEC TMENTIONED. *AK

A SPLIT ON LEFT SIDE OF ALL 1997, DODGE, NEON BUMPERS. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER.*AK

HEAD GASKET BEGAN LEAKING, CONSUMER MADE ATTEMPTS TWO MONTHS LATER TO SCHEDULE REPAIRS UNDER AN 8 YEAR 80000 MILE WARRANTY, HOWEVER DEALER WOULD NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE WARRANTY, 2 MONTHS LATER THE ENGINE BLEW OUT BECAUSE OF THE LEAKING HEAD GASKET, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIR COSTS....

HEAD GASKET BEGAN LEAKING, CONSUMER MADE ATTEMPTS TWO MONTHS LATER TO SCHEDULE REPAIRS UNDER AN 8 YEAR 80000 MILE WARRANTY, HOWEVER DEALER WOULD NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE WARRANTY, 2 MONTHS LATER THE ENGINE BLEW OUT BECAUSE OF THE LEAKING HEAD GASKET, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIR COSTS....

WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING THERE WAS A NOISE, AND THEN CAME SMOKE FROM ENGINE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER ,AND DEALER NOTED THAT THERE WAS WATER LEAKING INTO OIL DUE TO A BLOWEN HEAD GASKET. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

DASH LIGHTS WOULD GO OUT INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. VEHICLE BEEN TO DEALER SHOP ON FOUR OCCASIONS BEFORE CORRECTION WAS MADE. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER.*AK

NOISE COMING FROM BRAKES WHEN APPLIED. CARBON DUST BUILD UP IN BRAKES. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER.*AK

POWER STEERING UNIT MAKES NOISE WHEN STARTING OR WHEN MAKING TURNS. VEHICLE AT DEALER SHOP. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER.*AK

SIX MONTHS AGO SEVERE OVERHEATING PROBLEMS, TOLD RELAY NOT FUNCTIONING. MECHANIC REPLACES SWITCH, FIRST TIME FAN KICKS IN TO COOL ENGINE, RELAY BLOWS/SHORTS OUT, MECHANIC SENDS ME TO DEALER BECAUSE OF WARRANTY .DEALER REPLACES RELAY, CAR CONTINUED TO OVER HEAT. DEALER TOLD ME "MICE" MUST HAVE EATEN...

SIX MONTHS AGO SEVERE OVERHEATING PROBLEMS, TOLD RELAY NOT FUNCTIONING. MECHANIC REPLACES SWITCH, FIRST TIME FAN KICKS IN TO COOL ENGINE, RELAY BLOWS/SHORTS OUT, MECHANIC SENDS ME TO DEALER BECAUSE OF WARRANTY .DEALER REPLACES RELAY, CAR CONTINUED TO OVER HEAT. DEALER TOLD ME "MICE" MUST HAVE EATEN...

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON, AND ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH. DEALER DETERMINED EGR VALVE HAD FAILED, AND HAD TO BE REPLACED.*AK

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON, AND ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH. DEALER DETERMINED EGR VALVE HAD FAILED, AND HAD TO BE REPLACED.*AK

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON, AND ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH. DEALER DETERMINED EGR VALVE HAD FAILED, AND HAD TO BE REPLACED.*AK

I BOUGHT THIS PILE OF C... 2 YEARS AGO AND HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION WITH 38000 MILES ON IT . NOW THE HEAD GASKET HAS FAILED. I WAS ABOUT TO GIVE THE DEALER $800 TO REPAIR IT WHEN THE TOLD ME THE ENGINE HAS A CRACK IN IT. NOW IT WILL BE $3500.00 FOR A NEW ENGINE. IT ONLY HAS 71000 MILES ON IT ...

I BOUGHT THIS PILE OF C... 2 YEARS AGO AND HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION WITH 38000 MILES ON IT . NOW THE HEAD GASKET HAS FAILED. I WAS ABOUT TO GIVE THE DEALER $800 TO REPAIR IT WHEN THE TOLD ME THE ENGINE HAS A CRACK IN IT. NOW IT WILL BE $3500.00 FOR A NEW ENGINE. IT ONLY HAS 71000 MILES ON IT ...

EVER SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR USED I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS. HERE IS JUST A BRIEF LIST: INCORRECT GAS MILEAGE BOTH CITY AND HIGHWAY, TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, BRAKES SQUEAKING, AIR COMING THROUGH BAD WINDOW SEALS, DEFROST NOT WORKING PROPERLY, AIR CONDITIONING NOT WORKING CORRECTLY, 3 OXYGEN SENSO...

EVER SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR USED I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS. HERE IS JUST A BRIEF LIST: INCORRECT GAS MILEAGE BOTH CITY AND HIGHWAY, TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, BRAKES SQUEAKING, AIR COMING THROUGH BAD WINDOW SEALS, DEFROST NOT WORKING PROPERLY, AIR CONDITIONING NOT WORKING CORRECTLY, 3 OXYGEN SENSO...

EVER SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR USED I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS. HERE IS JUST A BRIEF LIST: INCORRECT GAS MILEAGE BOTH CITY AND HIGHWAY, TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, BRAKES SQUEAKING, AIR COMING THROUGH BAD WINDOW SEALS, DEFROST NOT WORKING PROPERLY, AIR CONDITIONING NOT WORKING CORRECTLY, 3 OXYGEN SENSO...

EVER SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR USED I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS. HERE IS JUST A BRIEF LIST: INCORRECT GAS MILEAGE BOTH CITY AND HIGHWAY, TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, BRAKES SQUEAKING, AIR COMING THROUGH BAD WINDOW SEALS, DEFROST NOT WORKING PROPERLY, AIR CONDITIONING NOT WORKING CORRECTLY, 3 OXYGEN SENSO...

EVER SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR USED I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS. HERE IS JUST A BRIEF LIST: INCORRECT GAS MILEAGE BOTH CITY AND HIGHWAY, TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, BRAKES SQUEAKING, AIR COMING THROUGH BAD WINDOW SEALS, DEFROST NOT WORKING PROPERLY, AIR CONDITIONING NOT WORKING CORRECTLY, 3 OXYGEN SENSO...

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

DIRECT FRONTAL COLLISION AT RATE OF SPEED OF 45 MP. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES TO DRIVER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

OIL WAS LEAKING FROM VEHICLE, CONSUMER HAD TO CONSTANTLY PUT OIL INTO VEHICLE.*AK VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER, AND CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT HEAD GASKET WAS DEFECTIVE.*SLC

DRIVING AT 35 MPH, A PICKUP TRUCK PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF AND I CRASHED INTO THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR. UPON IMPACT, THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, THE SEAT BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN ME FROM SLAMMING FORWARD, AND THE SEAT LOCK DID NOT ENGAGE. THE CHRYSLER INVESTIGATOR CLAIMS THAT ALL THREE RESTRAINT SYSTEMS WOR...

DRIVING AT 35 MPH, A PICKUP TRUCK PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF AND I CRASHED INTO THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR. UPON IMPACT, THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, THE SEAT BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN ME FROM SLAMMING FORWARD, AND THE SEAT LOCK DID NOT ENGAGE. THE CHRYSLER INVESTIGATOR CLAIMS THAT ALL THREE RESTRAINT SYSTEMS WOR...

I CONTACTED CHRYSLER DAIMLER 800-992-1997, I WAS TOLD THAT THERE IS NO REPAIR ASSISTANCE OR RECALL. ALTHOUGH THE SERVICE BULLETIN SHOWS AN UPGRADE AND A CHANGE IN THE HEAD GASKET AND ADDITIONAL INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS TO BE MADE. THIS BECAME KNOWN IN 1998, 1 YEAR AFTER MY VEHICLE WAS BUILT. THIS ...

CONSUMER TOOK VHEICLE TO A MECHANIC FOR A BAD OIL LEAK. MECHANIC SHOWED CONSUMER 36 DIFFERENT CRACKS IN HEAD OF MOTOR.ALSO, TRANSMISSION WAS SHATTERED, VEHICLE WAS NOT SHIFTING RIGHT. CONSUMER TOOK TO DEALER AND IT WAS FULL OF PIECES OF METAL. CONSUMER STATES THAT DEALER REPLACED HEAD....

CONSUMER TOOK VHEICLE TO A MECHANIC FOR A BAD OIL LEAK. MECHANIC SHOWED CONSUMER 36 DIFFERENT CRACKS IN HEAD OF MOTOR.ALSO, TRANSMISSION WAS SHATTERED, VEHICLE WAS NOT SHIFTING RIGHT. CONSUMER TOOK TO DEALER AND IT WAS FULL OF PIECES OF METAL. CONSUMER STATES THAT DEALER REPLACED HEAD....

THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE WITH THE 1995-1998 NEONS AND THE HEADGASKET FAILING ANY WHERE FROM 40000 MILES TO OVER 50000;IF YOU GO TO THE WEBSITE LEAK NEONHEADGASKETS.COM OR NEON HEADGASKETS YOU WILL SEE HOW MANY PROBLEMS PEOPLE HAVE HAD. DAIMLERCHRYSLER WILL NOT REPAIR THE PROBLEM FOR FREE. THEY OFFER ...

VEHICLE JUST SHUT OFF WHILE STOPPING AT A STOP SIGN, AND WOULD NOT RESTART. ALSO, BATTERY LIGHT AND SEAT BELT LIGHT CAME ON.CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER.*AK

VEHICLE JUST SHUT OFF WHILE STOPPING AT A STOP SIGN, AND WOULD NOT RESTART. ALSO, BATTERY LIGHT AND SEAT BELT LIGHT CAME ON.CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER.*AK

VEHICLE JUST SHUT OFF WHILE STOPPING AT A STOP SIGN, AND WOULD NOT RESTART. ALSO, BATTERY LIGHT AND SEAT BELT LIGHT CAME ON.CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER.*AK

DEALERSHIP REFUSING TO PAY DAMAGES FOR DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKET. *AK

AUTO TRANSMISSION 3 SPEED I HAVING A PROBLEM THEY IS ALWAYS A BIG GERK WHEN TAKING THE CAR O UT OF GEAR OR PLACING THE CAR IN PARK I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER THEY STS THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION BUT I HAVE HAD IT THERE 4 TIMES FOR THE SAME THING. *AK

TRUNK LEAKS, CAUSING BACK SEAT FLOOR TO FLOOD. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

CLIP THAT GOES INTO THE BUCKLE OF SEAT BELT HAS A PLASTIC CATCH THAT LOCKS. PLASTIC CLIP THAT LOCKS SEAT BELT AROUND PERSON WHEN DISCONNECTED PLASTIC CLIP POPS OFF.*AK

I CAN NOT BELIEVE THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY RECALLS ON THIS CAR FOR THE ENGINE, WITH THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS YOU HAVE LISTED. WHEN I GOT THIS CAR IT STARTED WITH CYLINDER # 1 MISFIRING, THEN THE R & R COMPRESSOR WAS FAULTY, POWER STEERING PUMP WAS LOOSE, THE FAN RELAY SWITCH BLEW AND NOW AFTER MY LAST...

I HAVE GOTTEN THE HEAD GASKET REPLACED TWICE IN A SPAN OF A YEAR AND A HALF.*AK

I CAN NOT BELIEVE THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY RECALLS ON THIS CAR FOR THE ENGINE, WITH THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS YOU HAVE LISTED. WHEN I GOT THIS CAR IT STARTED WITH CYLINDER # 1 MISFIRING, THEN THE R & R COMPRESSOR WAS FAULTY, POWER STEERING PUMP WAS LOOSE, THE FAN RELAY SWITCH BLEW AND NOW AFTER MY LAST...

I HAVE GOTTEN THE HEAD GASKET REPLACED TWICE IN A SPAN OF A YEAR AND A HALF.*AK

THE FIRST ISSUE WITH THE BLOWN HEAD GASKET, OCCURED AROUND 32,000 MILES. IT WAS FIXED WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. I AM NOW HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AGAIN; OIL LEAKING, EXTREMELY ROUGH IDLING, AND HAVE SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT TO GET MY CAR IN. HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE COVERED UNDER MY ADDED WARRANTY. THE ...

WHILE IN REVERSE, BARELY COASTING WITH NO BUMP IN ROAD, BOTH AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. NO INJURIES.*AK

NEED REPAIR OF HEAD GASKET, OCCORDING TO EL CAMPO OF TUCSON AZ. *AK

DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SEATS FAILED TO LOCK IN PLACE. THEY BOTH FLOP FORWARD - I WAS REAR-ENDED BY A REFRIGERED BIG-RIG AND THIS CONTRIBUTED TO MY INJURIES.*AK

BOTH REAR RETRACTORS WILL NOT LOCK PROPERLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND UNWILLING TO ASSIST BECAUSE VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL. *AK CONSUMER NEEDS SEAT BELTS THAT LOCK DUE TO NEEDING CHILD SAFETY SEAT BELTED IN SECURELY. *...

TRUNK IS SOAKED WITH WATER EVERY TIME IT RAINS, CAUSING ALL CARPETING TO BE MILDEWED AND MOLDY, JACK AND SPARE TIRE RIM TO RUST.*AK

HEAD GASKET NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT RADIATOR FAN RELAY SWITCH CIRCUIT SHORTED OUT WHICH COULD HAVE ALLOWED ENGINE TO OVERHEAT, AND CRACK HEAD GASKET. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK

HEAD GASKET NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT RADIATOR FAN RELAY SWITCH CIRCUIT SHORTED OUT WHICH COULD HAVE ALLOWED ENGINE TO OVERHEAT, AND CRACK HEAD GASKET. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK

HEAD GASKETS ARE LEAKING COOLANT ONTO ENGINE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK CHRYSLER OFFERED TO PAY HALF OF THE REPAIRS. *SLC

VEHICLE HAD BEEN USING A LOT OF OIL, HAD VEHICLE INSPECTED, AND WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC THAT HEAD GASKET WAS BLOWN. VEHICLE NOT REPAIRED YET.*AK

OIL LEAK FROM HEAD GASKETS AND FROM REAR MAIN SEAL. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF HEAD GASKET FAILURE ON THIS MODEL CAR. PLEASE CONSIDER A RECALL. *AK

THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEATS DO NOT LOCK SO IF SOMEONE IS SITTING IN THE BACK OF THE CAR AND PUSHES ON THE DRIVER OR PASSENGER SEAT THEN THEY CAN BE PUSHED FOWARD. SO IF I WERE TO GET INTO A CAR ACCIEDENT WITH PEOPLE IN THE BACKSEAT AND THEY PUSH ON THE SEAT THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER WILL BE PUSHE...

THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEATS DO NOT LOCK SO IF SOMEONE IS SITTING IN THE BACK OF THE CAR AND PUSHES ON THE DRIVER OR PASSENGER SEAT THEN THEY CAN BE PUSHED FOWARD. SO IF I WERE TO GET INTO A CAR ACCIEDENT WITH PEOPLE IN THE BACKSEAT AND THEY PUSH ON THE SEAT THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER WILL BE PUSHE...

GLARE FROM DASHBOARD REFLECTING ON THE WINDSHEILD IS DANGEROUS. AT TIMES THE GLARE MAKES IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE WHEN HEADING INTO THE SUN. THIS IS A PROBLEM EVEN WHEN WEARING SUNGLASSES. *AK

THAT IS ONLY SOME OF THE PROBLEMS I HAVE HAD WITH MY NEON, THE SPEEDOMETER SENSOR WENT OUT AT 14,000 MILES, THE PAINT HAS BEEN PEELING EVEN AFTER CAR COMPLETELY REPAINTED AT MY COST PAINT PEELED AGAIN VA BEACH DODGE TOLD ME IT IS A DEFECT IN THE METAL AND PAINT THAT THE CAR WOULD HAVE TO BE TREATED...

HEAD GASKET BLEW. OXYGEN SENSOR BLEW. LEFT REAR BRAKE PAD FELL OFF AND JAMMED IN THE DRUM RENDERING THE VEHICLE UNMOVABLE. UPON INSPECTION, HAD TO REPLACE BOTH DRUMS, BOTH DISCS, AND NEW PADS ON FRONT AND BACK BOTH SIDES. WINDOW SEALS HAVE FAILED ON THE PASSENGERS SIDE FRONT WINDOW. WATER LEAKS IN A...

HEAD GASKET BLEW. OXYGEN SENSOR BLEW. LEFT REAR BRAKE PAD FELL OFF AND JAMMED IN THE DRUM RENDERING THE VEHICLE UNMOVABLE. UPON INSPECTION, HAD TO REPLACE BOTH DRUMS, BOTH DISCS, AND NEW PADS ON FRONT AND BACK BOTH SIDES. WINDOW SEALS HAVE FAILED ON THE PASSENGERS SIDE FRONT WINDOW. WATER LEAKS IN A...

HEAD GASKET BLEW. OXYGEN SENSOR BLEW. LEFT REAR BRAKE PAD FELL OFF AND JAMMED IN THE DRUM RENDERING THE VEHICLE UNMOVABLE. UPON INSPECTION, HAD TO REPLACE BOTH DRUMS, BOTH DISCS, AND NEW PADS ON FRONT AND BACK BOTH SIDES. WINDOW SEALS HAVE FAILED ON THE PASSENGERS SIDE FRONT WINDOW. WATER LEAKS IN A...

HEAD GASKET BLEW. OXYGEN SENSOR BLEW. LEFT REAR BRAKE PAD FELL OFF AND JAMMED IN THE DRUM RENDERING THE VEHICLE UNMOVABLE. UPON INSPECTION, HAD TO REPLACE BOTH DRUMS, BOTH DISCS, AND NEW PADS ON FRONT AND BACK BOTH SIDES. WINDOW SEALS HAVE FAILED ON THE PASSENGERS SIDE FRONT WINDOW. WATER LEAKS IN A...

WENT TO TURN ON HEADLIGHTS AND SWITCH BROKE OFF IN CONSUMER'S HAND. WAS NOT ABLE TO HAVE HEADLIGHTS ON.*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ENGINE HEAD GASKETS BLEWOUT. HAD HAPPENED TWICE, AND EACH TIME WAS REPLACED ALONG WITH SPARK PLUGS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ENGINE HEAD GASKETS BLEWOUT. HAD HAPPENED TWICE, AND EACH TIME WAS REPLACED ALONG WITH SPARK PLUGS.*AK

WINDSHIELD WAS FOGGING UP. TURNED SWITCH TO PUT ON DEFOGGER AND SWITCH BLEWOUT. *AK

WINDSHIELD WAS FOGGING UP. TURNED SWITCH TO PUT ON DEFOGGER AND SWITCH BLEWOUT. *AK

ENTIRE BRAKES SYSTEM AND ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED BY MECHANIC DUE TO SYSTEM BEING RUSTY AND MAKING SQUEALING NOISE.

VEHICLE WOULD OVERHEAT IF IT WAS SITTING AT STOP LIGHT. DEALER REPLACED JUMPER WIRING AND RADIATOR FAN RELAY.ALSO, MANUFACTURER HAD A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN. CONSUMER WILL ADD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELATING TO TSB. *AK

VEHICLE WOULD OVERHEAT IF IT WAS SITTING AT STOP LIGHT. DEALER REPLACED JUMPER WIRING AND RADIATOR FAN RELAY.ALSO, MANUFACTURER HAD A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN. CONSUMER WILL ADD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELATING TO TSB. *AK

TRANSMISSION MOUNT BROKE WHILE DRIVING.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND REMAIN ON. ALSO, VEHICLE STALLED OUT WHILE IN TRAFFIC.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND REMAIN ON. ALSO, VEHICLE STALLED OUT WHILE IN TRAFFIC.*AK

I BOUGHT THIS NEON IN AUGUST OF 1998, IT HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS SINCE PURCHASE. I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WORKED ON TWICE. WHEN YOU GO OVER 60MPH THE STEERING WHEEL RATTLES. THE SPEAKERS FOR THE RADIO WORK SOMETIMES. THE OVERHEAD LIGHT COMES ON WHILE DRIVING. WHEN IT RAI...

I BOUGHT THIS NEON IN AUGUST OF 1998, IT HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS SINCE PURCHASE. I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WORKED ON TWICE. WHEN YOU GO OVER 60MPH THE STEERING WHEEL RATTLES. THE SPEAKERS FOR THE RADIO WORK SOMETIMES. THE OVERHEAD LIGHT COMES ON WHILE DRIVING. WHEN IT RAI...

I BOUGHT THIS NEON IN AUGUST OF 1998, IT HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS SINCE PURCHASE. I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WORKED ON TWICE. WHEN YOU GO OVER 60MPH THE STEERING WHEEL RATTLES. THE SPEAKERS FOR THE RADIO WORK SOMETIMES. THE OVERHEAD LIGHT COMES ON WHILE DRIVING. WHEN IT RAI...

I BOUGHT THIS NEON IN AUGUST OF 1998, IT HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS SINCE PURCHASE. I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WORKED ON TWICE. WHEN YOU GO OVER 60MPH THE STEERING WHEEL RATTLES. THE SPEAKERS FOR THE RADIO WORK SOMETIMES. THE OVERHEAD LIGHT COMES ON WHILE DRIVING. WHEN IT RAI...

I BOUGHT THIS NEON IN AUGUST OF 1998, IT HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS SINCE PURCHASE. I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WORKED ON TWICE. WHEN YOU GO OVER 60MPH THE STEERING WHEEL RATTLES. THE SPEAKERS FOR THE RADIO WORK SOMETIMES. THE OVERHEAD LIGHT COMES ON WHILE DRIVING. WHEN IT RAI...

WHILE MAKING A DEAD STOP WAS REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND AT SAME TIME CONSUMER REAR ENDED VEHICLE IN FRONT. UPON IMPACT, NONE OF AIR BAGS DEPLOYED.*AK

ENGINE IS LEAKING OIL/DASHBOARD LIGHTS GO OUT AND COME BACK ON AT RANDOM INTERVALS/ ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON/ DOOR AJAR ALARM WILL COME WHILE VEHICLE IS IN OPERATION, AND TRANSMISSION WILL GET STUCK BETWEEN GEARS AND ENGAGE FORCEFULLY. . PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATIO...

ENGINE IS LEAKING OIL/DASHBOARD LIGHTS GO OUT AND COME BACK ON AT RANDOM INTERVALS/ ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON/ DOOR AJAR ALARM WILL COME WHILE VEHICLE IS IN OPERATION, AND TRANSMISSION WILL GET STUCK BETWEEN GEARS AND ENGAGE FORCEFULLY. . PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATIO...

ENGINE IS LEAKING OIL/DASHBOARD LIGHTS GO OUT AND COME BACK ON AT RANDOM INTERVALS/ ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON/ DOOR AJAR ALARM WILL COME WHILE VEHICLE IS IN OPERATION, AND TRANSMISSION WILL GET STUCK BETWEEN GEARS AND ENGAGE FORCEFULLY. . PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATIO...

ENGINE IS LEAKING OIL/DASHBOARD LIGHTS GO OUT AND COME BACK ON AT RANDOM INTERVALS/ ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON/ DOOR AJAR ALARM WILL COME WHILE VEHICLE IS IN OPERATION, AND TRANSMISSION WILL GET STUCK BETWEEN GEARS AND ENGAGE FORCEFULLY. . PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATIO...

ENGINE IS LEAKING OIL/DASHBOARD LIGHTS GO OUT AND COME BACK ON AT RANDOM INTERVALS/ ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON/ DOOR AJAR ALARM WILL COME WHILE VEHICLE IS IN OPERATION, AND TRANSMISSION WILL GET STUCK BETWEEN GEARS AND ENGAGE FORCEFULLY. . PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATIO...

CONSUMER CAN SEE OIL DRIPPLETS ON ENGINE AND ON FRAME , AND SMALL PUDDLES OF OIL ON GROUND UNDER VEHICLE. *AK

I HAVE DRIVEN THIS CAR FOR THREE YEARS AND IT BLOWS A HEAD GASKET AT 60K COSTING A $1000 TO REPAIR. THERE ARE MANY OTHERS WHO HAVE POSTED COMPLAINTS ON THE WEB BUT NOT HERE. *AK

UPON IMPACT THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED, UPON INSPECTION OF THE AIR BAG THERE WERE NOTICEABLE HOLES IN THE AIR BAG. NLM

CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THERE WAS SOME OIL LEAKING. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE IN TO A MECHANIC, AND MECHANIC TOLD HIM THAT HEAD GASKET WAS DEFECTIVE.*AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET HAS BLOWNOUT, LEAKING OIL AND COOLANT INTO ENGINE. VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED.*AK

ENGINE LEAKING OIL/WATER MIXTURE OUT THROUGH COOLANT BOTTLE, AVERAGE ABOUT 1 QUART PER ENGINE RUN OR 100 MILES WHICHEVER IS FIRST.*AK

NOTICED OIL LEAKING. TOOK TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT HEAD GASKET BLEWOUT. *AK *SLC

I HAVE HAD 2 HEAD GASKETS LEAK IN THIS VEHICLE WITH OIL LEAKING ON THE ENGINE BLOCK. ONE WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. IT HAS NOW HAPPENED AGAIN. I KNOW OF MANY OTHER NEONS WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS. APPEARS DODGE KNOWS OF THE PROBLEM BASED ON THEIR SERVICE BULLETINS. A FIRE HAZARD EXISTS WITH OIL ...

UPON INSPECTION OF VEHICLE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT OIL WAS LEAKING FROM HEAD GASKET WHICH COULD CAUSE A PROBLEM IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

CONSUMER HAS TO CONSTANTLY FILL UP OIL. WHEN PARKING AND MOVING ONE CAN SEE OIL ON GROUND. *AK

CONSUMER HAD FOUND OIL ON DRIVEWAY. TOOK VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP FOR OIL LEAKAGE, AND THEY SAID CAUSE OF OIL LEAKAGE WAS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY, IT IS NOT LATCHING. CONSUMER IS CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY FOR BEING UNPROTECTED.*AK

REPLACED HEADGASKET IN 12/99 NEEDS HEADGASKET AGAIN\OIL LEAKS AGAIN. *AK

HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT. DEALER REPLACED HEAD GASKET, BUT AN INDEPENDENT DEALER TOLD CONSUMER HEAD GASKET WAS NOT REPLACED. ALSO, DEALER WANTED TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION/TRANSMISSION PAN AND FLYWHEEL. VEHICLE NOT IN CONDITION TO BE DRIVEN. *AK

HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT. DEALER REPLACED HEAD GASKET, BUT AN INDEPENDENT DEALER TOLD CONSUMER HEAD GASKET WAS NOT REPLACED. ALSO, DEALER WANTED TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION/TRANSMISSION PAN AND FLYWHEEL. VEHICLE NOT IN CONDITION TO BE DRIVEN. *AK

HEAD GASKET FAILED. DEALER REFUSES TO HELP W/COSTS. PLEASE HELP! *AK

ALTERNATOR FAILED 6 MILES AFTER WARR. EXP. DEALER REFUSE TO HELP W/ ANY OF COSTS. NOW THE HEAD GASKET SAME FROM DEALER. *AK

SIX MILES OVER MY WARRANTY MY ALTERNATOR WENT OUT. THE DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO FIX IT. MY HEADGASKET WITH LESS THAN 60,000.*AK

SIX MILES OVER MY WARRANTY MY ALTERNATOR WENT OUT. THE DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO FIX IT. MY HEADGASKET WITH LESS THAN 60,000.*AK

THE HEAD GASKET WENT OUT OF MY '97 NEON ONLY 45 DAYS AFTER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY EXPIRED. I CALLED THE 800 # ON THE WARRANTY CARD AND THEY PRETTY MUCH HUNG UP THE PHONE ON ME SAYING THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT. I HAVE DONE SOME INVESTIGATING AND IT SEEMS THIS IS A VERY COMMON ERROR WITH...

SHORTLY AFTER BUYING THIS CAR IT STARTED TO SHOW OIL ON THE FLOOR, MOST CARS LEAK A LITTLE THOUGHT LITTLE OF IT. JANUARY 15 I SEEN A LARGE WET SPOT ON FLOOR AND INVESTIGATED IT TO FIND IT WAS THE LEFT REAR CORNER OF THE HEAD. TALKED TO CHRYSLER ABOUT THIS AND WAS INFORMED THAT IT WAS VERY COMMON. I ...

OIL LIGHT COMES ON ALL TIME,AND THERE WERE PUDDLES OF OIL ON GROUND. TOOK VEHICLE TO A DEALER, AND THEY SAID THAT ENGINE GASKET HAD AN OIL LEAK.*AK ACCORDING TO THE INVESTIGATION DONE BY CONSUMER, THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM LIES ON DETECTIVE HEAD GASKET USED BY THE MANUFACTURER OF THE VEHICLE. *YH

OIL LIGHT COMES ON ALL TIME,AND THERE WERE PUDDLES OF OIL ON GROUND. TOOK VEHICLE TO A DEALER, AND THEY SAID THAT ENGINE GASKET HAD AN OIL LEAK.*AK ACCORDING TO THE INVESTIGATION DONE BY CONSUMER, THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM LIES ON DETECTIVE HEAD GASKET USED BY THE MANUFACTURER OF THE VEHICLE. *YH

ENGINE GASKET HAS CRACK IN REAR,CAUSING AN OIL LEAK IN COMPARTMENT. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK ORIGINAL GASKET WAS A FIBER GASKET AND WAS A FAILURE. THE NEW NEON'S GASKET CONTAIN A METAL AND FIBER GASKET. *YH

CONSUMER NOTICED A PUDDLE OF OIL FORMING IN DRIVEWAY. DEALER HAS REPAIRED ONCE, BUT ENGINE IS LEAKING AGAIN. *AK *SLC

OIL IS LEAKING BECAUSE OF A DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKET. *AK

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH AND WITHOUT ANY CONTACT TO VEHICLE BOTH DRIVER'S SIDE AND FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. DEPLOYMENT CAUSED BOTH DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE WINDOWS TO SHATTER. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

HEAD GASKET FAILURE. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND THEY SAID NO!

WHEN CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO GET OIL CHANGED WAS NOTIFIED THAT HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING .*AK

DEALER NOTIFIED AND WORKING TO RESOLVE $ EXPENSE WITH ME AND WARRANTY DEPT. HEAD GASKET FAILED AND NOTICED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS IN THIS AREA. WHY HASN'T A RECALL BEEN MADE? WAS THIS JUST A POORLY DESIGNED ENGINE?*AK

CYLINDER HEAD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. LEAKING OIL. REPLACEMENT PART WAS TWICE AS THICK AS ORIGINAL PART. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE HEAD GASKET BROKE. IT WAS LEAKING OIL ALL OVER. DEALER WOULD NOT ASSIST IN HELPING WITH PAYMENT BECAUSE CHRSYLER WOULD NOT REIMBURSE THEM. DEALER SAID IT WAS A FAULTY DESIGN OF HEAD GASKET. *AK HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED AT THE CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. *YH

HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING OIL FROM RIGHT HAND REAR CORNER OF CYLINDER HEAD. VIEWING ENGINE FROM FLYWHEEL END. *AK

FIRST- THE CAR BLEW A HEAD GASKET AT LESS THAN 24000 MILE. NOW WE CONTINUE TO HAVE PROBLEM WITH THE CAR STALLING. THE FUSE UNDER THE HOOD FOR THE FUEL SYSTEM CONTINUES TO BLOW. NO ONE CAN SEEM TO FIND THE PROBLEM, I HAVE COMPLETELY REPLACED THE FUEL SYSTEM. IT IS NOW IN THE GARAGE FOR THE EIGHTH T...

FIRST- THE CAR BLEW A HEAD GASKET AT LESS THAN 24000 MILE. NOW WE CONTINUE TO HAVE PROBLEM WITH THE CAR STALLING. THE FUSE UNDER THE HOOD FOR THE FUEL SYSTEM CONTINUES TO BLOW. NO ONE CAN SEEM TO FIND THE PROBLEM, I HAVE COMPLETELY REPLACED THE FUEL SYSTEM. IT IS NOW IN THE GARAGE FOR THE EIGHTH T...

AFTER ONLY 32,000 MILES, HEAD GASKET BLEW CAUSING OIL LEAKAGE. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE 97 DODGE NEON. IT MUST BE RECALLED.*AK

OIL LEAKGES AFTER TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR AN OIL CHANGE, VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO DEALER FOR LEAKAGES, AND DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT PROBLEM WAS DUE TO A HEAD GASKET FAILURE. *AK

TRANSMISSION IS SLUGGISH AND HEADGASKET LEAKING, TOOK TO DEALER. *AK TRANSMISSION IS NOW COMPLETELY FAILED. *YH

TRANSMISSION IS SLUGGISH AND HEADGASKET LEAKING, TOOK TO DEALER. *AK TRANSMISSION IS NOW COMPLETELY FAILED. *YH

NOTICED OIL LEAK, TOOK TO MECHANIC, WAS TOLD HEAD GASKET WAS GONE. I HAVE ONLY 37,000 MILES ON THIS CAR AND IT HAS BEEN ROUTINELY MAINTAINED. I AM WAITING FOR THE DEALERSHIP TO LOOK AT IT AND DECIDE WHEN THEY WILL PAY FOR IT TO BE FIXED. THEY ARE LOOKING AT THESE CASES ON A ONE ON ONE BASIS, WHIC...

WELL LETS SEE THE FIRST DEFECT WAS A FAN RELAY WHICH WAS REPLACED 5 TIMES BEFORE A WIRING DEFECT WAS FOUND NEXT WE HAVE "HARD BRAKES" WHICH CONTRIBUITED TO AN ACCIDENT WHICH CAUSED 7000 DOLLARS IN DAMAGE AND 1 MINOR INJURY DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, WE FOLLOW THAT UP WITH A LE...

WELL LETS SEE THE FIRST DEFECT WAS A FAN RELAY WHICH WAS REPLACED 5 TIMES BEFORE A WIRING DEFECT WAS FOUND NEXT WE HAVE "HARD BRAKES" WHICH CONTRIBUITED TO AN ACCIDENT WHICH CAUSED 7000 DOLLARS IN DAMAGE AND 1 MINOR INJURY DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, WE FOLLOW THAT UP WITH A LE...

WELL LETS SEE THE FIRST DEFECT WAS A FAN RELAY WHICH WAS REPLACED 5 TIMES BEFORE A WIRING DEFECT WAS FOUND NEXT WE HAVE "HARD BRAKES" WHICH CONTRIBUITED TO AN ACCIDENT WHICH CAUSED 7000 DOLLARS IN DAMAGE AND 1 MINOR INJURY DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, WE FOLLOW THAT UP WITH A LE...

WELL LETS SEE THE FIRST DEFECT WAS A FAN RELAY WHICH WAS REPLACED 5 TIMES BEFORE A WIRING DEFECT WAS FOUND NEXT WE HAVE "HARD BRAKES" WHICH CONTRIBUITED TO AN ACCIDENT WHICH CAUSED 7000 DOLLARS IN DAMAGE AND 1 MINOR INJURY DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, WE FOLLOW THAT UP WITH A LE...

NO SUMMARY

THE CAR HAS BEEN OVER HEATING AND CUTTING OFF FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. THE COMPANY HAS ONLY PUT A PATCH ON THE PROBLEM. THE CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP ABOUT 13 TIMES FOR THE PROBLEM. I FEEL THAT THIS CAR IS A SAFTY FACTOR AND IS VERY DANGEROUS.

I FOUND OUT ABOUT A POSSIBLE HEAD GASKET PROBLEM WHEN I TOOK MY CAR TO AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP FOR ANOTHER SERVICE. THE REPAIR MAN WAS GOING TO CHANGE MY TRANSMISSION FLUID/PAN BUT THEN DISCOVERED THAT THE SEAL TO THE PAN ON THE HEAD GASKET MAY BE LEAKING, BUT THE PAN WAS SEALED WITH SOME TYPE OF SEAL...

THE BRAKES ARE HORRIBLE.. GRIND AS IF METAL ON METAL.. HAVE HAD THEM CHECKED BY DEALER AND TWO OTHER BRAKE SPECIALITS. ALL SAY BRAKES WORK FINE.. HOWEVER GRIND HORRIBLY.. AND CHIRP CONTINUOUSLY.. NOBODY CAN FIGURE IT OUT. THE PAINT IS ANOTHER ISSUE. IT PEELS ALL OVER INCLUDING TRUNK, DOORS, ROOF,...

THE BRAKES ARE HORRIBLE.. GRIND AS IF METAL ON METAL.. HAVE HAD THEM CHECKED BY DEALER AND TWO OTHER BRAKE SPECIALITS. ALL SAY BRAKES WORK FINE.. HOWEVER GRIND HORRIBLY.. AND CHIRP CONTINUOUSLY.. NOBODY CAN FIGURE IT OUT. THE PAINT IS ANOTHER ISSUE. IT PEELS ALL OVER INCLUDING TRUNK, DOORS, ROOF,...

CONSUMER WILL COMPLETER FORM CONCERNING ENGINE OVERHEATING. *AK

THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM THAT DAIMLER CHRYSLER IS WELL AWARE OF. THEY SHOULD RECALL THIS AND MANY OTHER NEONS INSTEAD OF MAKING ME PAY FOR THE REPAIR MYSELF. IF ONE LOGS ONTO THE INTERNET IT BECOMES PAINFULLY APPARENT WITH A QUICK SEARCH THAT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME EXPERIENCE AS ME.

I HEARD ALOT OF HEAD GASGETS ON 95-99 NEON HAVE FAILED AND CHYSLER HAS PAID TO REPAIR THEM EVEN WHEN THEY ARE OUT OF WARENTY. WHEN I CALLED THEM THEY ACTED LIKE THEY NEVER HEARD OF THE PROBLEM BEFORE I TALKED TO THE DEALER AND THEY JUST BLEW ME OF TO . MY BILL WAS $900.00. I CAN'T BELIVE THERE WAS N...

WHEN DRIVING OVER A PUDDLE OR WHEN DRIVING IN THE RAIN POWER STEERING BELT GETS WET, CAUSING STEERING TO BECOME DIFFICULT WHICH CAUSED DRIVER TO ALMOST HIT A PEDESTRIAN. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER HAS REPLACED BELTS AND HAS TIGHTENED THEM. HOWEVER, PROBLEM RETURNS WHENEVER IT RAINS. ...

HEAD GASKETS LEAKING HAD TO BE REPALCED AT47272 PROBLEM STARTED AT 28000 MILES STOCKTON DODGE KEPT TELLING NOTHING WAS WRONG UNTILL I WAS LOSING A QT OF OIL A WEEK AND POWER FAILURE WS GETTING WORSE AND HAS CONTINUED EVERY SENCE. ENGINE POWER FLATENS OUT I HAVE NO EXCELORATION ABILITY DURING THAT ...

HEAD GASKETS LEAKING HAD TO BE REPALCED AT47272 PROBLEM STARTED AT 28000 MILES STOCKTON DODGE KEPT TELLING NOTHING WAS WRONG UNTILL I WAS LOSING A QT OF OIL A WEEK AND POWER FAILURE WS GETTING WORSE AND HAS CONTINUED EVERY SENCE. ENGINE POWER FLATENS OUT I HAVE NO EXCELORATION ABILITY DURING THAT ...

I BOUGHT MY NEON USED (BUT ONLY A YEAR OLD) I HAVE HAD MANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR MY BLINKERS COME ON BY THEMSELVES, MY TRUNK AND BACK FLOORS ARE GETTING DRENCHED (PUDDLES OF WATER 3 INCHES) MY BRAKES ARE SQUALING, MY DOOR LIGHT IS SHORTING MY REVERSE LIGHTS ARE BLOWN MY HEAD GASKET HAS BLOWN TWICE...

I BOUGHT MY NEON USED (BUT ONLY A YEAR OLD) I HAVE HAD MANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR MY BLINKERS COME ON BY THEMSELVES, MY TRUNK AND BACK FLOORS ARE GETTING DRENCHED (PUDDLES OF WATER 3 INCHES) MY BRAKES ARE SQUALING, MY DOOR LIGHT IS SHORTING MY REVERSE LIGHTS ARE BLOWN MY HEAD GASKET HAS BLOWN TWICE...

I BOUGHT MY NEON USED (BUT ONLY A YEAR OLD) I HAVE HAD MANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR MY BLINKERS COME ON BY THEMSELVES, MY TRUNK AND BACK FLOORS ARE GETTING DRENCHED (PUDDLES OF WATER 3 INCHES) MY BRAKES ARE SQUALING, MY DOOR LIGHT IS SHORTING MY REVERSE LIGHTS ARE BLOWN MY HEAD GASKET HAS BLOWN TWICE...

I BOUGHT MY NEON USED (BUT ONLY A YEAR OLD) I HAVE HAD MANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR MY BLINKERS COME ON BY THEMSELVES, MY TRUNK AND BACK FLOORS ARE GETTING DRENCHED (PUDDLES OF WATER 3 INCHES) MY BRAKES ARE SQUALING, MY DOOR LIGHT IS SHORTING MY REVERSE LIGHTS ARE BLOWN MY HEAD GASKET HAS BLOWN TWICE...

FIRESTONE TIRE PEELED OFF WHEN DRIVING

SPARE TIRE CAVITY WAS FULL OF WATER. THIS CAUSED THE SPARE TO BE RUSTED AS WELL AS THE FLOOR UNDER THE TIRE AND THE JACK. I HAVE NEVER HAD TO USE THE SPARE SO I DONT KNOW HOW LONG THE WATER HAS BEEN THERE. FROM THE AMOUNT THAT WAS IN THERE, I WOULD SAY IT HAS COLLECTED EVERY RAIN DROP SINCE I HAVE H...

TRANSMISSION FAILED AT ONLY 75,000 MILES. CAUSE WAS UNKNOWN. NO PRIOR WARNING.*AK

NO SUMMARY

NO SUMMARY

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP. VEHICLE WAS LEAKING OIL FROM UNDERNEATH/ ALSO, THERE WAS OIL INSIDE SPARK PLUGS. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED OVERHEATING DUE TO HEAD GASKET FAILURE. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

MY SISTER IN TN HAS A NEON THE DEALER FIXED HER HEAD GASKET THESE CARS I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY ONE AUTO REPAIR THAT HE FIXES THESE HEAD GASKETS AT LEAST ONE EVERY OTHER WEEK DODGE SHOULD HAVE DONE A RECALL OR AT LEAST FIX THE PROBLEM I CAN NOT GET ANY ONE ON THE PHONE AT CHRYSLER AND I LIVE HERE. THEY S...

MY SISTER IN TN HAS A NEON THE DEALER FIXED HER HEAD GASKET THESE CARS I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY ONE AUTO REPAIR THAT HE FIXES THESE HEAD GASKETS AT LEAST ONE EVERY OTHER WEEK DODGE SHOULD HAVE DONE A RECALL OR AT LEAST FIX THE PROBLEM I CAN NOT GET ANY ONE ON THE PHONE AT CHRYSLER AND I LIVE HERE. THEY S...

NO SUMMARY

OIL LEAK DETECTED BY MYSELF AT ABOUT 40-45,000 MILES; HAD A NON-CHRYSLER MECHANIC LOOK AT IT AND TOLD ME IT LOOKED LIKE THE HEAD GASKET (50,000+ MILES BY THIS TIME) - COULDN'T AFFORD THE $400.00+ TO REPAIR AT THAT TIME. WHEN I FINALLY HAD THE MONEY (8/10/00 AND 88,000 MILES) MY MECHANIC REFERRED ME...

MECHANIC ADVSD OF PROBLEM W/HEAD GASKET ON NEON & TO CALL CHRYSLER. CHRYS PAID 50% OF CHARGE, BUT NOW PAY 100%. DEALER ADVSD OF PROBLEM W/ORIG VENDOR PRODUCING FAULTY HEAD GASKET. CONTACT CHRYSLER FOR ASSISTANCE.

ON SUNDAY JULY 23, 2000, I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM A RESTAURANT WITH MY FAMILY, I CAME UP TO AN INTERSECTION AND STOPPED. AFTER APROXIMATELY 10 SECONDS AT THE STOP LIGHT, I NOTICED THE AIR CONDITIONER BEGAN BLOWING HOT AIR. I IMMEDIATELY GLANCED AT THE TEMPERATURE GUAGE IN THE CAR. IT HAD RISEN TO A...

MY CAR HAD EXACTLY 12000 MILES ON IT WHEN PURCHASED. AT AROUND MILE 43000, THE CAR BEGAN TO LEAK OIL. I THEN TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC WHO TOLD ME THAT IT WAS THE VALVE COVER GASKET. THE REPAIR WAS TO COST ME $800 UNTIL HE ALSO INFORMED ME THAT THE PROBLEM WAS REOCCURING IN DODGE NEONS AND SHOULD HAV...

MY CAR HAD EXACTLY 12000 MILES ON IT WHEN PURCHASED. AT AROUND MILE 43000, THE CAR BEGAN TO LEAK OIL. I THEN TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC WHO TOLD ME THAT IT WAS THE VALVE COVER GASKET. THE REPAIR WAS TO COST ME $800 UNTIL HE ALSO INFORMED ME THAT THE PROBLEM WAS REOCCURING IN DODGE NEONS AND SHOULD HAV...

MY CAR HAD EXACTLY 12000 MILES ON IT WHEN PURCHASED. AT AROUND MILE 43000, THE CAR BEGAN TO LEAK OIL. I THEN TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC WHO TOLD ME THAT IT WAS THE VALVE COVER GASKET. THE REPAIR WAS TO COST ME $800 UNTIL HE ALSO INFORMED ME THAT THE PROBLEM WAS REOCCURING IN DODGE NEONS AND SHOULD HAV...

THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED ON TWO OCCASIONS CAUSING OIL LEAKAGE. *MJS

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

I AM CONCERNED ABOUT OIL LEAKS FROM MY 2.0L 16V ENGINE, AT 29,000 MILES THE DEALER CORRECTED THE OILLEAK BY REPLACING THE HEAD GASKET. AT THAT TIME I ALSO COMPLAINED OF A NOISE (LIFTER KNOCK), THEY SAID IT WAS NOT UNUSUAL AND I LET IT GO. NOW I HAVE 46,000 MILES ON THE VEHICAL AND THE OIL CONTINUES ...

OIL FROM LEAKING HEAD GASKET AND VALVE COVER GASKET LEAK DIRECTLY ONTO EXHAUST SYSTEM, SPECIFICALLY THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER CAUSING FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. I HAVE KNOWN AND READ OF MANY,MANY OTHERS WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. OIL LEAKAGE IN EXCESS OF 3 QTS. PER WEEK. THE SMELL OF BURNING OIL INSIDE OF...

I AM CONCERNED ABOUT OIL LEAKS FROM MY 2.0L 16V ENGINE, AT 29,000 MILES THE DEALER CORRECTED THE OILLEAK BY REPLACING THE HEAD GASKET. AT THAT TIME I ALSO COMPLAINED OF A NOISE (LIFTER KNOCK), THEY SAID IT WAS NOT UNUSUAL AND I LET IT GO. NOW I HAVE 46,000 MILES ON THE VEHICAL AND THE OIL CONTINUES ...

OIL FROM LEAKING HEAD GASKET AND VALVE COVER GASKET LEAK DIRECTLY ONTO EXHAUST SYSTEM, SPECIFICALLY THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER CAUSING FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. I HAVE KNOWN AND READ OF MANY,MANY OTHERS WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. OIL LEAKAGE IN EXCESS OF 3 QTS. PER WEEK. THE SMELL OF BURNING OIL INSIDE OF...

WENT TO START VEHICLE IN THE MORNINGS AND IT SOUND LIKE SOMETHING WAS CLOGGING THE ENGINE. LOOKED UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED PUDDLE OF OIL. CONTACTED THE DEALER, WHO WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK

EVAPORATOR COIL, EXPANSION VALVE & HOSES REPLACED; FREON ADDED X4; AC STILL FAILS; HAS FAILED 4 TIMES SINCE AUGUST, 1999. DOES NOT BLOW COLD AIR.*AK

I SEE WHERE THE AIR BAG IMPACT SENSOR IS ON THE RECALL LIST YOU HAVE PROVIDED, BUT I REPORTED IT ALSO. MY NUMBER ONE COMPLAINT IS THE WAY MY VEHICLE AND SEVERAL OTHER VEHICLES THE SAME COLOR AS MINE IS PEELING. MY VEHICLE COLOR IS LAPIS BLUE AND THE PAINT IS PEELING ALL OVER. I'VE TOOK IT TO THREE...

HEATER BLOWER MOTOR FAILED. NLM

OXYGEN SENSOR FAILED. NLM

HEAD GASKET FAILED. NLM

THE OXYGEN SENSOR AND HEAD GASKET FAILED. *SLC

THE OXYGEN SENSOR AND HEAD GASKET FAILED. *SLC

CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS AND IS WORRIED THAT THE VEHICLE WILL CATCH FIRE. *SLC

THE BLOWER MOTOR FAILED. *SLC

CONSUMER NOTICED A SEVERE OIL LEAK COMING FROM THE REAR OR THE HEAD GASKET, THE OIL IS RUNNING DOWN ONTO THE AXLES AND EXHAUST PIPE RESULTING IN A STRONG SMELL OD BURNING OIL. NLM

DASH WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, AND THEN CAR OVERHEATED, CONSUMER PULLED OVER, AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AGAIN. HAD TO BE TOWED.*AK

DASH WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, AND THEN CAR OVERHEATED, CONSUMER PULLED OVER, AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AGAIN. HAD TO BE TOWED.*AK

TEMPERATURE GAUGE ALARM WENT OFF, WARNING CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS RUNNING HOT. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC TOLD CONSUMER THAT HEAD GASKET HAD BLOWN . *AK

TEMPERATURE GAUGE ALARM WENT OFF, WARNING CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS RUNNING HOT. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC TOLD CONSUMER THAT HEAD GASKET HAD BLOWN . *AK

SIMILAR COMPLAINTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN FILED WIT REGARDS TO OIL LEAKS AT THE HEAD GASKET. ATTEMPTED REPAIR WERE MADE APPROX. 1 1/2 MONTHS AFTER LEAK WAS DISCOVERED. TWO ATTEMPTS TO REPLACE THE LEAKING GASKET WERE MADE BY A LISENCED MECHANIC. AFTER THESE ATTEMPTS WERE MADE, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT I...

EVERY TIME IT RAINS OUR TRUNK GETS SOAKED AND THE WATER MOVES THROUGH THE FLOOR BOARD CARPET AND SOAKES THE FLOOR FROM FRONT TO BACK. *AK

WHILE DRIVING IN CITY VEHICLE STARTED OVERHEATING. STOPPED FOR A LITTLE WHILE TO LET THE VEHICLE COOLDOWN. STARTED UP AGAIN AND IT WORKED FINE. THEN, IT HAPPENED AGAIN TWO DAYS LATER. CONTACTED DEALER , VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. TOOK IT TO A LOCAL MECHANIC. HE LOOKED AT IT, AND SAID THAT...

POINT OF IMPACT WAS DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT. NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED, FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK. NEON WAS DECLARED A TOTAL LOSS DUE TO SUSPENSION AND ENGINE DAMAGE. *AK

POINT OF IMPACT WAS DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT. NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED, FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK. NEON WAS DECLARED A TOTAL LOSS DUE TO SUSPENSION AND ENGINE DAMAGE. *AK

HEAD GASKET AND CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR FAILED RESULTED IN OIL LEAKAGE. *MJS

PAINT HAS BUBBLED, CRACKED AND PEELED OFF LEAVING THE METAL BARE. RUSTING HAS ALREADY STARTED IN SEVERAL SPOTS AND IT GETTING WORSE. HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT PAINT PEELING IS A FACTORY DEFECT BUT CHRYSLER IS DENYING FAULT.NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN THE SUMMARY.

SEVERAL MACHANICS HAVE MENTIONED SIMILAR PROBLEMS IN/ON DODGE NEONS. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN THE SUMMARY. *AK

ENGINE LEAKED OIL FROM THE BOTTOM WHERE THERE ALWAYS WAS SMELL AS IF VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE.*AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 20-25 MPH AND COMING DOWN HILL ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS COMING OUT OF DRIVEWAY & DIDN'T STOP, CONSUMER REARENDED VEHICLE IN FRONT, AND AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. NO INJURIES. DEALER WILL BE CONTACTED. *AK

DODGE NEON HAS SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH ENGINE HEAD GASKETS- ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR THEM ( 4 X'S IN JUST 7000 MILES ) WERE FUTILE- CHRYSLER SHOULD RECALL THESE VEHICLES. *AK

ENGINE CYLINDER HEAD GASKET FAILED, CAUSING MAJOR OIL LEAK/HEAD ALSO BADLY PITTED. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING AT ONLY 56,000.PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

MY CAR HAS HAD TO HAVE A CIRCUT BOARD, FUEL PUMP, FUEL FILTER, AND NEW GASKETS AT ONLY TWO YEARS OLD AND 39280 MILES. I FEEL THAT THE CIRCUT BOARD COULD CAUSE CRASH OR INJURY BECAUSE I CANNOT TELL HOW FAST I AM DRIVING OR IF I HAVE GAS IN MY CAR. I WAS TOLD AT THE DEALER THAT THERE WAS A NEON WITH...

MY CAR HAS HAD TO HAVE A CIRCUT BOARD, FUEL PUMP, FUEL FILTER, AND NEW GASKETS AT ONLY TWO YEARS OLD AND 39280 MILES. I FEEL THAT THE CIRCUT BOARD COULD CAUSE CRASH OR INJURY BECAUSE I CANNOT TELL HOW FAST I AM DRIVING OR IF I HAVE GAS IN MY CAR. I WAS TOLD AT THE DEALER THAT THERE WAS A NEON WITH...

MY CAR HAS HAD TO HAVE A CIRCUT BOARD, FUEL PUMP, FUEL FILTER, AND NEW GASKETS AT ONLY TWO YEARS OLD AND 39280 MILES. I FEEL THAT THE CIRCUT BOARD COULD CAUSE CRASH OR INJURY BECAUSE I CANNOT TELL HOW FAST I AM DRIVING OR IF I HAVE GAS IN MY CAR. I WAS TOLD AT THE DEALER THAT THERE WAS A NEON WITH...

MY CAR HAS HAD TO HAVE A CIRCUT BOARD, FUEL PUMP, FUEL FILTER, AND NEW GASKETS AT ONLY TWO YEARS OLD AND 39280 MILES. I FEEL THAT THE CIRCUT BOARD COULD CAUSE CRASH OR INJURY BECAUSE I CANNOT TELL HOW FAST I AM DRIVING OR IF I HAVE GAS IN MY CAR. I WAS TOLD AT THE DEALER THAT THERE WAS A NEON WITH...

ENGINE HEAD GASKETS WERE LEAKING FLUID. TIRES WOULD MAKE NOISES WHEN TURNING. TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIRS ON TIRES & HAD THE HEAD GASKETS REPLACED. REPAIRS ON TIRES HAVE BEEN DONE AT LEAST 3 TIMES. PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED. *AK *ML

ENGINE HEAD GASKETS WERE LEAKING FLUID. TIRES WOULD MAKE NOISES WHEN TURNING. TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIRS ON TIRES & HAD THE HEAD GASKETS REPLACED. REPAIRS ON TIRES HAVE BEEN DONE AT LEAST 3 TIMES. PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED. *AK *ML

CONSUMER NOTICED OIL LEAKING INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, AND STATED THAT ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. DEALER HAS NOT YET CORRECTED THIS PROBLEM. *AK

CURRENTLY HAVING PROBLEMS WITH LEAKAGE AROUND HEAD GASKET, REPAIRED FOLLOWING OIL LEAK AROUND CAM SENSOR HAVING NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH CAR WHICH CHRYSLER SAYS IS NOT RECALLED AND WILL NOT HELP ME WITH THESE REPAIRS ALTHOUGH YOU SHOW THEM AS BEING RECALLED PARTS. *AK

NOTICED OIL LEAKING FROM ENGINE 1 MO. AGO. PREMATURE HEAD GASKET FAILURE IN THREE YEAR OLD VEHICLE. AIR BAGS ALSO FAILED TO DEPLOY WHEN VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR-END COLLISION. DEALER WILL BE CONTACTED, HOWEVER CHRYSLER SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIRS SINCE THESE PROBLEMS APPEAR TO BE OVERW...

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH OIL LEAKING ONTO EXHAUST MANIFOLD. DEALER NOTIFIED,AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO A BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKET. *AK

ONLY HAD CAR FOR 2 1/2 YEARS, SHOULDN,T BE HAVING THSE PROBLEMS. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED OIL LEAKAGE. VEHICLE TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED OF A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. VEHCILE HAS ALSO HAD ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED OIL LEAKAGE. VEHICLE TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED OF A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. VEHCILE HAS ALSO HAD ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. *AK

THE VEHICLE HAS HAD THREE HEAD GASKETS AND A TRANSMISSION REPLACED ONCE, AS WELL AS THREE NEUTRAL SAFETY SWITCHES BECAUSE THE BACK UP LIGHTS WOULD NOT SHUT OFF, THERE IS ALSO A CLNKING SOUND IN THE FRONT END AND SAFETY TSB'S ON IT AND THE DEALER STILL REFUSED TO CORRECT IT WHEN UNDER BUMPER TO BUMPE...

THE VEHICLE HAS HAD THREE HEAD GASKETS AND A TRANSMISSION REPLACED ONCE, AS WELL AS THREE NEUTRAL SAFETY SWITCHES BECAUSE THE BACK UP LIGHTS WOULD NOT SHUT OFF, THERE IS ALSO A CLNKING SOUND IN THE FRONT END AND SAFETY TSB'S ON IT AND THE DEALER STILL REFUSED TO CORRECT IT WHEN UNDER BUMPER TO BUMPE...

THE VEHICLE HAS HAD THREE HEAD GASKETS AND A TRANSMISSION REPLACED ONCE, AS WELL AS THREE NEUTRAL SAFETY SWITCHES BECAUSE THE BACK UP LIGHTS WOULD NOT SHUT OFF, THERE IS ALSO A CLNKING SOUND IN THE FRONT END AND SAFETY TSB'S ON IT AND THE DEALER STILL REFUSED TO CORRECT IT WHEN UNDER BUMPER TO BUMPE...

THE VEHICLE HAS HAD THREE HEAD GASKETS AND A TRANSMISSION REPLACED ONCE, AS WELL AS THREE NEUTRAL SAFETY SWITCHES BECAUSE THE BACK UP LIGHTS WOULD NOT SHUT OFF, THERE IS ALSO A CLNKING SOUND IN THE FRONT END AND SAFETY TSB'S ON IT AND THE DEALER STILL REFUSED TO CORRECT IT WHEN UNDER BUMPER TO BUMPE...

IN THE FIST MONTH I HAD THE VEHICLE IT BLEW 4 OXYGEN SENSORS.WHEN YOU GO TO BRAKE THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL COMES ON, ALSO THE CAR WILL SHOCK YOU WHEN YOU GET OUT EVEN WHEN IT IS TRUNED OFF. THE LOCKS ON THE SEAT BELTS IN THE BACK SEAT HAS BROKEN OFF FOR NE REASON. THE BACK SE

IN THE FIST MONTH I HAD THE VEHICLE IT BLEW 4 OXYGEN SENSORS.WHEN YOU GO TO BRAKE THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL COMES ON, ALSO THE CAR WILL SHOCK YOU WHEN YOU GET OUT EVEN WHEN IT IS TRUNED OFF. THE LOCKS ON THE SEAT BELTS IN THE BACK SEAT HAS BROKEN OFF FOR NE REASON. THE BACK SE

IN THE FIST MONTH I HAD THE VEHICLE IT BLEW 4 OXYGEN SENSORS.WHEN YOU GO TO BRAKE THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL COMES ON, ALSO THE CAR WILL SHOCK YOU WHEN YOU GET OUT EVEN WHEN IT IS TRUNED OFF. THE LOCKS ON THE SEAT BELTS IN THE BACK SEAT HAS BROKEN OFF FOR NE REASON. THE BACK SE

IN THE FIST MONTH I HAD THE VEHICLE IT BLEW 4 OXYGEN SENSORS.WHEN YOU GO TO BRAKE THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL COMES ON, ALSO THE CAR WILL SHOCK YOU WHEN YOU GET OUT EVEN WHEN IT IS TRUNED OFF. THE LOCKS ON THE SEAT BELTS IN THE BACK SEAT HAS BROKEN OFF FOR NE REASON. THE BACK SE

LIKE SO MANY OTHERS, THE HEAD GASKET ON MY YOUNG NEON HAS BLOWN.I HAVE ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH BRAKES SQUEALING, POWER STEERING LOCKING UP IN WET WEATHER AND THE TURN SIGNAL NOW ONLY WORKS WHEN IT FEELS LIKE IT. THE RADIO HAD TO BE REPLACED THE FIRST YEAR I OWNED THE CAR - AND IT TOOK THE DEALER NEA...

LIKE SO MANY OTHERS, THE HEAD GASKET ON MY YOUNG NEON HAS BLOWN.I HAVE ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH BRAKES SQUEALING, POWER STEERING LOCKING UP IN WET WEATHER AND THE TURN SIGNAL NOW ONLY WORKS WHEN IT FEELS LIKE IT. THE RADIO HAD TO BE REPLACED THE FIRST YEAR I OWNED THE CAR - AND IT TOOK THE DEALER NEA...

LIKE SO MANY OTHERS, THE HEAD GASKET ON MY YOUNG NEON HAS BLOWN.I HAVE ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH BRAKES SQUEALING, POWER STEERING LOCKING UP IN WET WEATHER AND THE TURN SIGNAL NOW ONLY WORKS WHEN IT FEELS LIKE IT. THE RADIO HAD TO BE REPLACED THE FIRST YEAR I OWNED THE CAR - AND IT TOOK THE DEALER NEA...

THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN LEAKING OIL DUE TO A BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKET. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKET WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AT 60 MPH WHICH CAUSED AN OIL LEAK. DEALER NOTIFIED AND REPAIRS ARE BEING MADE AT CONSUMER'S COST.

VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG RESULTED IN WINDOWS EXPLODING AND CUTTING DRIVERS FACE. DRIVER ALSO SUSTAINED BURNS TO ARM FROM THE AIRBAG. CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE AIR BAGS SHOULD NOT HAVE DEPLOYED DURING A SIDE IMPACT CRASH. NLM

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

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

VEHICLE STALLS WHILE DRIVING. 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 DEAL...

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 ...

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 CON...

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...

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 THE...

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 THE...

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 THE...

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 THE...

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. ...

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

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 A...

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...

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...

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

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

INSTRUMENT PANEL HAS A SHORT, CAUSING MALFUNCATION OF GAUGES/INDICATORS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

THE REAR BRAKES SQUEAK. THE CAR HAS BEEN TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP THREE TIMES WITH NO SUCCESS.

REVERSE LIGHTS DOES NOT WORK. THE LIGHTS AND FUSES HAVE BEEN TESTED AND SHOW NO SIGNS OF A DEFECT. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

CONSUMER HAD TIRE BALANCE PROBLEMS, UNTIL GETTING NEW TIRES. *ET

A/C MAKES NOISE AS SOON AS IT IS TURNED ON. *ET

VEHICLE EXPERIENCES ERRATIC GAS MILEAGE AND CONSUMER BELIEVES THE MPG ARE DIFFERENT FOR 2 DOOR AND 4 DOOR MODELS (4 DOOR 24 CITY, 28 HWY - 2 DOOR 32 CITY, 40 HWY). ET

BRAKES MAKE GRINDING NOISES, CLEANED REAR BRAKES SHOES, NOISE WENT AWAY. *ET

CONSUMER HAD TIRE BALANCE PROBLEMS, UNTIL GETTING NEW TIRES. *ET

VEHICLE EXPERIENCES ERRATIC GAS MILEAGE AND CONSUMER BELIEVES THE MPG ARE DIFFERENT FOR 2 DOOR AND 4 DOOR MODELS (4 DOOR 24 CITY, 28 HWY - 2 DOOR 32 CITY, 40 HWY). ET

BRAKES MAKE GRINDING NOISES, CLEANED REAR BRAKES SHOES, NOISE WENT AWAY. *ET

A/C MAKES NOISE AS SOON AS IT IS TURNED ON. *ET

HEAD GASKET BLOWN TWICE AND PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. BRAKES LET UP WHEN FLOORED AT COMPLETE STOP.

HEAD GASKET BLOWN TWICE AND PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. BRAKES LET UP WHEN FLOORED AT COMPLETE STOP.

HAD RECEIVED RECALLON RADIATOR. WHILE IT WAS BEING REPAIRED AT DEALER'S, MECHANIC NOTICED HEAD GASKETS HAD BLOWN ON ENGINE. MANUFACTURER INFORMED OWNER HEAD GASKETS HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH RADIATOR. *AK

HAD RECEIVED RECALLON RADIATOR. WHILE IT WAS BEING REPAIRED AT DEALER'S, MECHANIC NOTICED HEAD GASKETS HAD BLOWN ON ENGINE. MANUFACTURER INFORMED OWNER HEAD GASKETS HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH RADIATOR. *AK

EXHAUST MANIFOLD HAS FAILED TWICE WITHIN SIX MONTHS. RADIATOR FAN RELAY FAILED AND DEALER STATED THERE WAS NO RECALL OR T.A. ON FAN RELAY I HAD TO PAY FOR PART AT 39101 MI.???

EXHAUST MANIFOLD HAS FAILED TWICE WITHIN SIX MONTHS. RADIATOR FAN RELAY FAILED AND DEALER STATED THERE WAS NO RECALL OR T.A. ON FAN RELAY I HAD TO PAY FOR PART AT 39101 MI.???

THE PANELS OF THE DOOR ARE FAULTY, AND CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO BE FLOODED WITH WATER IN THE PASSENGER'S SIDE COMPARTMENT. *AK

VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD ON AT 40MPH AND NEITHER OF THE DUAL AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. ALSO VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BLEW UP. VEHICLE IS BEING INSPECTED NOW. *AK

MECHANIC SAID IT WAS A COMMOM PROBLEM. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONE DIN SUMMARY. *AK

DURING A COLLISION FRONT END WAS PRETTY SMASHED UP: NOT DRIVABLE: NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS. *AK

DRIVER'S AND THE REAR SEAT CLIP WHICH LOCKS BUTTOM OF THE SEAT BELT BROKE, CAUSING THE SEAT BELT TO BE VERY LOOSE. WITHOUT THIS DEVICE THE SEAT BELT WILL NOT GET TIGHT, CONSUMER HAS REPLACED THE CLIP ON THREE OCCASIONS. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER HAS REPLACED PARTS. PLEASE PROVIDE ...

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

THE EXTERIOR PAINT OF THE 1997 DODGE NEON COUPE IN LAPUIS BLUE IS PEELING OFF THE HOOD AND TOP OF VEHICLE. VERY POOR PAINT JOB AS CAR IS HOUSED IN A GARAGE. NO SAFETY DEFECT. *AK

THE EXTERIOR PAINT OF THE 1997 DODGE NEON COUPE IN LAPUIS BLUE IS PEELING OFF THE HOOD AND TOP OF VEHICLE. VERY POOR PAINT JOB AS CAR IS HOUSED IN A GARAGE. NO SAFETY DEFECT. *AK

BIGGEST CONCERN AT THIS POINT IS THE AIR AND WATER LEAK. THIS HAS GONE ALL THE WAY UP TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. AIR LEAK IS SO LOUD I FEEL IT IS A SAFETY CONCERN. WE CANNOT HEAR SIRENS OR ANYTHING ELSE BUT AIR FOR THAT MATTER. ALAMO CAR COMPANY AND CHRYSLER SAY IT IS NOT REPAIRABLE AND AIR AND WATER ...

AFTER DRIVING THE NEWLY PURCHASED NEON (PURCHASE USED, AS IS) WE NOTICED A LEAK UNDER THE CAR AFTER BEING PARKED. WE HAD THE PROBLEM LOOKED AT AND IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE A MAJOR OIL LEAK FROM THE HEAD GASKET OF THE CAR. BEING A FAIRLY NEW MODEL, I FEEL THAT THIS MAY BE A DEFECT IN THE PARTS AND I ...

HEAD GASKET BLOWN, CONSUMER BELIEVES VEHICLE SHOULD BE RECALLED. NLM

HELP ! IT WAS JUST SEVEN MONTHS AGO I PURCHASE A 1997 NEON. I WAS SO HAPPY, I WAS GOING TO BE DRIVING A FAIRLY DECENT CAR. IT WAS 1998 AND I WAS GOING TO BE DRIVING A 1997. WITH A/C EVEN. HA. HA. HA. NEEDLESS TO SAY I DIDN'T KNOW THREE WEEKS LATER I WOULD BE PUTTING IN A NEW TRANSMISSION. CAR IN TH...

HELP ! IT WAS JUST SEVEN MONTHS AGO I PURCHASE A 1997 NEON. I WAS SO HAPPY, I WAS GOING TO BE DRIVING A FAIRLY DECENT CAR. IT WAS 1998 AND I WAS GOING TO BE DRIVING A 1997. WITH A/C EVEN. HA. HA. HA. NEEDLESS TO SAY I DIDN'T KNOW THREE WEEKS LATER I WOULD BE PUTTING IN A NEW TRANSMISSION. CAR IN TH...

HELP ! IT WAS JUST SEVEN MONTHS AGO I PURCHASE A 1997 NEON. I WAS SO HAPPY, I WAS GOING TO BE DRIVING A FAIRLY DECENT CAR. IT WAS 1998 AND I WAS GOING TO BE DRIVING A 1997. WITH A/C EVEN. HA. HA. HA. NEEDLESS TO SAY I DIDN'T KNOW THREE WEEKS LATER I WOULD BE PUTTING IN A NEW TRANSMISSION. CAR IN TH...

HELP ! IT WAS JUST SEVEN MONTHS AGO I PURCHASE A 1997 NEON. I WAS SO HAPPY, I WAS GOING TO BE DRIVING A FAIRLY DECENT CAR. IT WAS 1998 AND I WAS GOING TO BE DRIVING A 1997. WITH A/C EVEN. HA. HA. HA. NEEDLESS TO SAY I DIDN'T KNOW THREE WEEKS LATER I WOULD BE PUTTING IN A NEW TRANSMISSION. CAR IN TH...

HELP ! IT WAS JUST SEVEN MONTHS AGO I PURCHASE A 1997 NEON. I WAS SO HAPPY, I WAS GOING TO BE DRIVING A FAIRLY DECENT CAR. IT WAS 1998 AND I WAS GOING TO BE DRIVING A 1997. WITH A/C EVEN. HA. HA. HA. NEEDLESS TO SAY I DIDN'T KNOW THREE WEEKS LATER I WOULD BE PUTTING IN A NEW TRANSMISSION. CAR IN TH...

HEAD GASKET FAILED RESULTING IN LEAKAGE. MJS

TURNED ON THE CAR WITH FOOT ON BRAKE, PUT CAR IN DRIVE, REMOVED FOOT FROM BRAKE AND CAR ACCELERATED AND HIT HEAD ON A 1999 DODGE DAKOTA. PRESSED ON THE BRAKE AS CAR SPED ACROSS THE LOT AND NOTHING HAPPENED. ENGINE MADE HIGH PITCHED WHIRRING NOISE. AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. MY INCIDENT RESEMBLES TH...

TURNED ON THE CAR WITH FOOT ON BRAKE, PUT CAR IN DRIVE, REMOVED FOOT FROM BRAKE AND CAR ACCELERATED AND HIT HEAD ON A 1999 DODGE DAKOTA. PRESSED ON THE BRAKE AS CAR SPED ACROSS THE LOT AND NOTHING HAPPENED. ENGINE MADE HIGH PITCHED WHIRRING NOISE. AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. MY INCIDENT RESEMBLES TH...

THERE IS A BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKET WHICH IS CAUSING OIL LEAKAGE WITHIN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT TOWARD THE FIRE WALL. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER HAS YET TO REPLACE PARTS. *AK

HAVE ALSO HAD TRANSMISSION, ELECTRICAL FAILURE, AND BRAKE FAILURE AT LOW MILEAGE, VERY UNHAPPY. *AK

HAVE ALSO HAD TRANSMISSION, ELECTRICAL FAILURE, AND BRAKE FAILURE AT LOW MILEAGE, VERY UNHAPPY. *AK

HAVE ALSO HAD TRANSMISSION, ELECTRICAL FAILURE, AND BRAKE FAILURE AT LOW MILEAGE, VERY UNHAPPY. *AK

THE HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING AND HAD TO BE REPLACE IT TOOK TWO WEEKS TO GET THE PART BECAUSE THEY SAID THAT MOST OF THE 97 NEONS HEAD GASKET WAS BLOWN

WHILE MAKING A TURN, A VEHICLE HIT THE SIDE OF THE BUMPER, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO TURN AND HIT A POLE ON THE FRONT END, IN WHICH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DID NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN THIS ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. NO ONE HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AS OF YET. PLEASE PRO...

CRUISE CONTROL NOT OPERATING PROPERLY. STAYS ON, AND WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED, DOES NOT CUT OFF. DEALER CONTACTED, AND CANNOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK *ML

BRAKE PEDAL FEELS LIKE IT BOTTEMS OUT, ESPECIALLY WHEN FIRST DRIVEN.MOVING UNDER 10MPH,CAR CONTINUES TO MOVE AND BRAKES ARE APPIED FULLY,PEDAL HAS NO MORE TRAVEL,IF BRAKE IS PUMPED, IT'S OK. ,AS IF AIR IN LINES,OR BAD BRAKE BOOSTER. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE. ALSO, REPLACED PADS AND ROTORS-DOES NOT HA...

BRAKE PEDAL FEELS LIKE IT BOTTEMS OUT, ESPECIALLY WHEN FIRST DRIVEN.MOVING UNDER 10MPH,CAR CONTINUES TO MOVE AND BRAKES ARE APPIED FULLY,PEDAL HAS NO MORE TRAVEL,IF BRAKE IS PUMPED, IT'S OK. ,AS IF AIR IN LINES,OR BAD BRAKE BOOSTER. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE. ALSO, REPLACED PADS AND ROTORS-DOES NOT HA...

BRAKES SQUEAK WHEN ITS BACKING UP. YH

TIRES FAILED AT 20,000 MILES, CAUSING DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. *YC

IN THE WORDS OF THE CHRYSLER FIRE INVESTIGATOR. "... FIRE APPEARS TO HAVE STARTED AFTER THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED A HARD IMPACT TO THE FRONT AREA OF THE VEHICLE..." THE REPORT GOES ON TO SAY THAT THE FIRE WAS NOT CAUSED BY A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT IF THIS VEHICLE HAD NOT CAUGH...

"O" RING IN THE FUEL RAIL CRACKED, CAUSING A FUEL LEAK WHICH MAY CAUSE A FIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOVLED IN AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH VEHICLE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE AT APPROX. 35-40 MPH IMPACT/ BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *AK

CONSUMER SAYS THAT ONLY WHEN DRIVING UNDER WET CONDITIONS THAT THE POWER STEERING BELT GETS LOOSE, CAUSING PROBLEMS WITH THE POWER STEERING. ALSO, BRAKE PEDAL GETS HARD AND THE STEERING WILL NOT RETRACT WHEN TURNING A CORNER. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

HEAD GASKET HAS BLOWN 3 TIMES AND REPLACED, DEFECT STILL OCCURS. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE DEFECT. *AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED, CHILD'S FOOT HIT THE GEAR SHIFT WHEN ATTEMPTING TO GET A BAG OUT, THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACK. ACCIDENT OCCURRED, HITTING VARIOUS THINGS. DEALER CONTACTED AND INSPECTED VEHICLE. STATED OWNER'S MANUAL PARKING BRAKE SHOULD BE ON, AND KEYS SHOULD HAVE BEEN REMOVED. CONSUMER SAID EVERY...

THERE IS A BUSTED HEAD GASKET THAT IS LEAKING OIL FROM THE VEHICLE, CAUSING THE CAR TO SMOKE. DEALER HAS SEEN. *AK

CIRCUIT BOARD BEHIND INSTRUMENT PANEL CAUGHT FIRE AS I DROVE,SENDING SMOKE THROUGH DASH BOTH TO LEFT AND RIGHT OF SPEEDOMETER-GAUGE AREA. NO FLAME EVER VISIBLE. SMOKE STOPPED OF ITS OWN ACCORD. GAS GAUGE DROPPED TO INDICATE "EMPTY" - THEN RETURNED TO PROPER INDICATION. I CONTINUED TO DRIVE HOME, THE...

ENGINE HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING OIL, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

POWER STEERING BECOMES INOPERATIVE PERIODICALLY WITHOUT WARNING,CAUSING STEERING TO GO HARD,DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL. DEALER HAS TIGHTENED STEERING BELT, AND REPLACED SOME STEERING COMPONENTS. DEFECT IS STILL OCCURRING. *AK

POWER STEERING BECOMES INOPERATIVE PERIODICALLY WITHOUT WARNING,CAUSING STEERING TO GO HARD,DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL. DEALER HAS TIGHTENED STEERING BELT, AND REPLACED SOME STEERING COMPONENTS. DEFECT IS STILL OCCURRING. *AK

WHEN DRIVING 0-10MPH, FRONTAL IMPACT WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELLING 45MPH, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED, THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. DEALER NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, PROBLEM CANNOT BE DUPLICATED. *AK

WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED WITH HEAD GASKETS LEAKING OIL, OIL HAS BEEN CHANGED, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS, MANUFACTURER NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, DEALER CONTACTED AND NO WARRANTY, CONSUMER'S EXPENSE FOR REPAIRS. *AK

VEHICLE ACCELERATED AFTER LETTING OFF GAS; DRIVER APPLIED BRAKES LEFT FRONT SIDE LOCKED UP, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO TURN OVER.

VEHICLE ACCELERATED AFTER LETTING OFF GAS; DRIVER APPLIED BRAKES LEFT FRONT SIDE LOCKED UP, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO TURN OVER.

DRIVING AT 40 MPH ,BRAKES LOCKED UP WHEN MAKING A NORMAL STOP, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SLIDE INTO A TRUCK, DUAL ARIBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. FRONT END WAS PUSHED COMPLETELY IN. THIS DEFECT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN INJURIES. *AK

VEHICLE HESITATES, PRIMARILY WHEN PULLING AWAY FROM A STOP. MORE FREQUENT IN COLD WEATHER.

ENGINE GASKETS HAD TO BE REPLACE THREE TIMES IN TOWN YEARS. THE BRAKES MAKE A SQUEALING AND GRINDING NOISE.

ENGINE GASKETS HAD TO BE REPLACE THREE TIMES IN TOWN YEARS. THE BRAKES MAKE A SQUEALING AND GRINDING NOISE.

VEHICLE STALLS WITHOUT ANY WARNING.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WOULD STALL OUT DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE CAUSED BY SPARK PLUGS BURNED OUT FOR UNKNOWN REASON. VEHICLE HAVE BEEN IN/OUT OF DEALER SHOP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM CANNOT BE RESOLVED. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH AND TURNING RIGHT STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, RESULTING IN VEHICLE HITTING A WALL. ALSO, THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAGS IN VEHICLE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH AND TURNING RIGHT STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, RESULTING IN VEHICLE HITTING A WALL. ALSO, THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAGS IN VEHICLE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

SEAT BELTS; FRONT DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S AND REAR BELTS ARE TWISTED AND CURVED WHERE THEY CANNOT BE USED. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

DOOR LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER HAS REPAIRED THE PROBLEM AND IT STILL EXISTS. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

DOOR RUBS AGAINST THE HINGES AND IS BENT INWARD. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. DOOR MAKES NOISES WHEN OPENING AND CLOSING. *AK

HEAD GASKETS HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND THE PROBLEM REMAINS. THE DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE PARKED THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE WAS HIT BY ANOTHER CAR THAT RAN IT INTO A TREE. DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH THE VEHICLE HAD A DIRECT FRONTAL IMPACT WITH A TRUCK, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO FLIP OVER IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, NOT PROTE *AK

HOOD FELL ON CONSUMER'S ARM CAUSING INJURY.

THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONING WAS ON A ENGINE AT IDLE. HEATER WAS TURNED ON TO COOL VEHICLE.

CATALYTIC CONVERTER FAILURE.

DRIVER PULLED INTO A PARKING SPACE AND THE VEHICLE SAT LOW TO THE GROUND WHICH CAUSED THE FRONT TO HIT THE FRONT WHEEL, RESULTING IN DEPLOYMENT BOTH OF THE AIR BAGS. ONCE THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE WINDOWS BLEW OUT. THE DRIVER DOES NOT UNDERSTAND WAY THE AIR BAGS DEPLO...

DRIVER PULLED INTO A PARKING SPACE AND THE VEHICLE SAT LOW TO THE GROUND WHICH CAUSED THE FRONT TO HIT THE FRONT WHEEL, RESULTING IN DEPLOYMENT BOTH OF THE AIR BAGS. ONCE THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE WINDOWS BLEW OUT. THE DRIVER DOES NOT UNDERSTAND WAY THE AIR BAGS DEPLO...

CONSUMER HAS HAD THREE INCIDENTS CONCERNING VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL. ON THE LAST INCIDENT CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON A TWO LANE CANYON ROAD, APPROX 45 MPH, BEFORE COMING TO AN APPROACHING TURN,CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKE TO SLOW DOWN TO 35 MPH; STEERING WHEEL BECAME STUCK AND HARD TO TURN; CONSUMER BARELY ...

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT ANY SPEED AND WHEN STEPPING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP VEHICLE, THE BRAKES MAKE NOISE LIKE GRINDING METAL TO METAL. ALSO WHEN ACCELERATING TRANSMISSION BECOMES NOISY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT ANY SPEED AND WHEN STEPPING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP VEHICLE, THE BRAKES MAKE NOISE LIKE GRINDING METAL TO METAL. ALSO WHEN ACCELERATING TRANSMISSION BECOMES NOISY. *AK

TRANSMISSION CLUNKS.

DURING VEHICLE COLLISION NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG.

SUDDEN ACCELERATION EXPERIENCED CAUSING AN ACCIDENT, NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING COLLISION. BRAKE FAILURE ON OCCASION CONTRIBUTING TO COLLISION.

SUDDEN ACCELERATION EXPERIENCED CAUSING AN ACCIDENT, NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING COLLISION. BRAKE FAILURE ON OCCASION CONTRIBUTING TO COLLISION.

SUDDEN ACCELERATION EXPERIENCED CAUSING AN ACCIDENT, NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING COLLISION. BRAKE FAILURE ON OCCASION CONTRIBUTING TO COLLISION.

INTERMITTENTLY, WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND MAKING HARD LEFT OR RIGHT TURNS THE STEERING WHEEL BECOMES HARD TO TURN, AND BUMPING NOISE WOULD COME FROM THE STEERING COLUMN AREA. THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE. *AK

WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED , THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR/ LOCKED UP, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE AND CAUSING A COLLISION. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

SEAT BELTS FAILED DURING COLLISION.

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, APPLYING THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE BRAKES TO LOCK UP AND VEHICLE TO SPIN AROUND. HAD A ROLLOVER IN WHICH THE DEFECTIVE SEATBELT UNLATCHED DURING THE ACCIDENT, AND AFTER ROLLOVER WAS COMPLETED THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIRBAGS DEFLATED IMP...

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, APPLYING THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE BRAKES TO LOCK UP AND VEHICLE TO SPIN AROUND. HAD A ROLLOVER IN WHICH THE DEFECTIVE SEATBELT UNLATCHED DURING THE ACCIDENT, AND AFTER ROLLOVER WAS COMPLETED THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIRBAGS DEFLATED IMP...

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, APPLYING THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE BRAKES TO LOCK UP AND VEHICLE TO SPIN AROUND. HAD A ROLLOVER IN WHICH THE DEFECTIVE SEATBELT UNLATCHED DURING THE ACCIDENT, AND AFTER ROLLOVER WAS COMPLETED THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIRBAGS DEFLATED IMP...

BRAKES FAILED TWICE TO STOP VEHICLE, LOST CONTROL. RESULTING IN COLLISION.

WHEN TRAVELING ON WET PAVEMENT/UPON DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL THE VEHICLE WENT INTO A SKID, CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR END COLLISION IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, CAUSING THE WINDSHIELD TO BLOW OUT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.

WHEN TRAVELING ON WET PAVEMENT/UPON DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL THE VEHICLE WENT INTO A SKID, CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR END COLLISION IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, CAUSING THE WINDSHIELD TO BLOW OUT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.

BRAKES MAKE NOISE, SYSTEM OPERATING NORMAL.

DEFECTIVE FRONT SUSPENSION.

ROAD NOISE INSIDE VEHICLE IS UNBEARABLE.

CONSUMER WAS EXITING PARKING LOT WHEN SHE APPLIED BRAKES AND THE BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THEN A LOUD CLICK WAS SOUNDED. THE VEHICLE KEPT MOVING. CONSUMER STILL HAD FOOT ON BRAKE AND PRESSING TO THE FLOOR AS IT BEGAN TO MAKE GRINDING NOISES. AS CONSUMER PROCEEDED, THE GRINDING NOISE WAS STILL ...

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE STALLED, CAUSING DRIVER TO LOOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE BECAUSE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SAFELY. THE MAP SENSOR WAS REPLACED BY DEALER ON 10/27/97. ON 10/28/97 WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN THE VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN, ALMO...

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE STALLED, CAUSING DRIVER TO LOOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE BECAUSE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SAFELY. THE MAP SENSOR WAS REPLACED BY DEALER ON 10/27/97. ON 10/28/97 WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN THE VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN, ALMO...

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE STALLED, CAUSING DRIVER TO LOOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE BECAUSE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SAFELY. THE MAP SENSOR WAS REPLACED BY DEALER ON 10/27/97. ON 10/28/97 WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN THE VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN, ALMO...

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE STALLED, CAUSING DRIVER TO LOOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE BECAUSE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SAFELY. THE MAP SENSOR WAS REPLACED BY DEALER ON 10/27/97. ON 10/28/97 WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN THE VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN, ALMO...

RIGHT FRONT BRAKE DID NOT LOCK UP WHEN APPLIED FOR A SUDDEN STOP AT 30 MPH. VEHICLE CRASHED AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.

RIGHT FRONT BRAKE DID NOT LOCK UP WHEN APPLIED FOR A SUDDEN STOP AT 30 MPH. VEHICLE CRASHED AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.

ELECTRICAL BUZZER PROBLEMS.

BRAKES FAIL WITHOUT WARNING.

DRIVING AT APRROX 45 MPH REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE, DUAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. FRONT END RECEIVED $4500 WORTH OF DAMAGE ALONE. CONSUMER HAD CONCUSSION, HIT STEERING WHEEL. SEAT BELTS WAS WORN AT THE TIME, CHEST INJURIES. DEALER CLAIMS TO HIGH OF A HIT DID NOT DISTURB SENSOR. *AK

DRIVING AT APRROX 45 MPH REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE, DUAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. FRONT END RECEIVED $4500 WORTH OF DAMAGE ALONE. CONSUMER HAD CONCUSSION, HIT STEERING WHEEL. SEAT BELTS WAS WORN AT THE TIME, CHEST INJURIES. DEALER CLAIMS TO HIGH OF A HIT DID NOT DISTURB SENSOR. *AK

BRAKES FAILED RESULTING IN VEHICLE COLLISION.

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE ON 08-NOV-97, CALLED ON THE TENTH OF NOV, DEALER SAID IT WILL TAKE MORE THAN TEN DAYS FOR PARTS. CUNSUMER CLAIMS THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. *AK

FUEL PUMP FAILED.

STEERING: DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15MPH AND WENT OVER SPEED BUMP, STEERING LOCKED UP AND COULD NOT STEER CAR LEFT OR RIGHT, STRUGGLED TO TURN LEFT TO GET BACK ON HIGHWAY, HIT THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK. HIT 3 TON BOULDER , AND CAR WAS TOTALED. *AK

STEERING: DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15MPH AND WENT OVER SPEED BUMP, STEERING LOCKED UP AND COULD NOT STEER CAR LEFT OR RIGHT, STRUGGLED TO TURN LEFT TO GET BACK ON HIGHWAY, HIT THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK. HIT 3 TON BOULDER , AND CAR WAS TOTALED. *AK

WINDOW SEALS FAILED DUE TO AIR LEAK.

STEERING BELT FAILED.

BRAKE ROTORS FAILED, CAUSING VIBRATION.

BRAKES SQUEAK.

HAD RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE (#97V080000) OVER A MONTH AGO. CALLED DEALER FOR APPOINTMENT. TOOK THE VEHICLE IN, AND AFTER ARRIVING WAS INFORMED THEY HAD NO PARTS FOR THE VEHICLE. *AK

GAS TANK IS LEAKING. CONSUMER WA SINFORMED BY DEALER THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS TYPE OF GAS TANK. *AK

TIRE/WHEEL BALANCING PROBLEMS, CAUSING FRONT END VIBRATIONS.

FUEL ECONOMY STICKER STATES 38 MPG, HOWEVER ONLY ACHIEVED 30 MPG.

DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY DURING TOTAL FRONT END COLLISION, DRIVER LOST CONTROL, VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A GUARD RAIL, CHRYSLER HAS DETERMINED NOT MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. *AK

WAS DRIVING ALONG APPROXIMATELY 40MPH,WHEN VEHICLE AHEAD OF ME MADE A SUDDEN STOP AND I RAN INTO THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE. NEITHER DRIVER'S OR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. VEHICLE IS IN FOR REPAIRS. *AK

WHILE ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS AT AN STAND STILL WAITING TO TURN THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HIT THE VEHICLE THAT WAS AT AN STAND STILL, AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER HAD A FRONTAL COLLISION. *AK

VEHICLE TRANSMISSION BUCKS VIOLENTLY WHEN IN SECOND GEAR, UNABLE TO RECTIFY FAILURE AFTER THREE ATTEMPTS.