2002 DODGE NEON Problems & Recalls
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I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND HEARD A WHIRRING NOISE FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND I LOST THE ABILITY TO GO INTO DRIVE AND REVERSE COME TO FIND OUT IT WAS A CLOGGED TRANS FILTER SO I REPLACED IT AND THE CAR RAN GREAT FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS AND NOW I HAVE TORQUE CONVERTER OUT OF RANGE CODES POPPING UP THE CAR...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE NEON. WHEN THE CONTACT OPENED THE VEHICLE DOOR, A MOUSE WAS SEEN RUNNING FROM THE FLOOR OF THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND UNDER THE SEAT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RODENT ENTERED THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE AIR VENTS IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE TO CHEW ON THE WI...
Mileage: 29,000
I BOUGHT THIS CAR WITH 49000 MILES ON IT. I WAS DRIVING EVERYTHING SEEMED FINE THEN I SLOWED DOWN FOR A STOP SIGN TO BETWEEN 3 AND 7 MPH AND THE WHOLE THING JUST LOCKED UP. I TRIED EVERY GEAR BUT NOTHING WOULD UNLOCK THE TRANNY.. IT'S STILL LOCKED UP NOW I HAD TO GET IT TOWED.. LUCKILY I WAS ON A LI...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE NEON. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, A KNOCKING SOUND WAS COMING FROM THE ENGINE AND THE ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE PISTON DETACHED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NO...
Mileage: 200,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE NEON. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF THE PRECEDING VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY WITHOUT WARNING. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, BUT THE CALL WAS FO...
Mileage: 106,696
2002 DODGE, WAS IN A FRONT END COLLISION AND THE FRONT AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. THE HOOD WAS BENT. ACCIDENT HAPPEN ON THE HIGHWAY
I DRIVING OFF THE INTERSTATE WEN CAR SHUT OFF IDLED TRIED TO CRANK IT UP BUT IT ONLY MADE WHINING NOISE AND WON'T START I ALSO NOTICE MY CAR WAS SMOKING SO I LET THE CAR COOL OFF BEFORE I PUT WATER... THE NEXT DAY I WENT AND A NEW TIMING BELT PUT ON AND A CRANK SHAFT SENSOR AND IT STILL WON'T CRANK
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE NEON. WHILE SERVICING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE SUBFRAME WAS RUSTED AND PARTIALLY FRACTURED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 116,000.
Mileage: 116,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE NEON. WHILE EXITING A HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE STEERING ABILITY SEIZED. THE CONTACT HAD TO MANEUVER TO A COMPLETE STOP AND NO WARNING INDICATORS WERE ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING FAI...
Mileage: 76,000
DRIVING ON RT224 AND CAR STARTED SQUEALING, LOST POWER IN GAS PEDAL, GOT OFF BUSY ROAD, TURNED ON SIDE ST. AND HAD NO GAS POWER, HAD TO CALL MY HUSBAND TO PICK ME AND MY UNCLE UP, HE LOST PAID WORK , MECHANIC CAME TO PARKING LOT, HE SAID TRANSMISSION BLEW, HAD IT TOWED TO SHOP. COST ME 2,323. ALSO ...
Mileage: 70,503
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE NEON. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, AN ABNORMAL NOISE EMITTED FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO ENGAGE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FO...
Mileage: 70,000
WHEN I BOUGHT MY CAR, I HAD/HAVE LOUD SQUEAKING NOISE FROM MY BREAKS WHEN I BACK OUT OF MY DRIVE WAY. I WAS TOLD, FROM THE DEALER, NOTHING CAN BE DONE TO FIX THIS. I THOUGHT THAT MAY BE THIS WOULD STOP, BUT IT IS STILL ALWAYS HAPPENING. *TR
Mileage: 100
DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 25 MPH COULD NOT STEER CAR, PULLING HARD TO THE RIGHT, COULDN'T CONTROL WENT OFF ROAD, HITTING TWO TREES AND THEN CAR FLIPPED, ENDING UP ON ROOF. RESULTING IN TWO INJURIES, DRIVER AND PASSENGER GOING TO HOSPITAL. *TR
GOOD MORNING, I HAVE A 2002 DODGE NEON THAT I HAVE PUT MONEY INTO AND I HAVE EXPERIENCED DISHONESTY FROM MECHANICS UNTIL NOW; PAYING LOTS OF MONEY TO FIX A PROBLEM THAT CANNOT BE FIXED. I WAS INFORMED LAST WEEK THAT THIS LEAK ON MY CAR CANNOT BE FIXED BECAUSE ITS A MANUFACTURER PROBLEM. APPAREN...
GOOD MORNING, I HAVE A 2002 DODGE NEON THAT I HAVE PUT MONEY INTO AND I HAVE EXPERIENCED DISHONESTY FROM MECHANICS UNTIL NOW; PAYING LOTS OF MONEY TO FIX A PROBLEM THAT CANNOT BE FIXED. I WAS INFORMED LAST WEEK THAT THIS LEAK ON MY CAR CANNOT BE FIXED BECAUSE ITS A MANUFACTURER PROBLEM. APPAREN...
GOOD MORNING, I HAVE A 2002 DODGE NEON THAT I HAVE PUT MONEY INTO AND I HAVE EXPERIENCED DISHONESTY FROM MECHANICS UNTIL NOW; PAYING LOTS OF MONEY TO FIX A PROBLEM THAT CANNOT BE FIXED. I WAS INFORMED LAST WEEK THAT THIS LEAK ON MY CAR CANNOT BE FIXED BECAUSE ITS A MANUFACTURER PROBLEM. APPAREN...
I BOUGHT 4 PIRELLI P4 P185/60R-15 TIRES. LESS THAN 6K MILES A TIRE BLEW OUT THE SIDEWALL. NOW AT 17K MILES ANOTHER TIRE HAS A BIG BUBBLE ON THE SIDEWALL. I AM TAKING THAT BACK TO DISCOUNT TIRE FOR A REPLACEMENT. I DID NOT HIT ANY POTHOLES AND I DRIVE SLOW. THIS IS SCARY. *TR
Mileage: 106,200
WATER COLLECTS IN THE TRUNK CAUSING MOLD, THIS AFFECTS MY ATHSMA. SEEMS THIS AFFECTS MANY OWNERS AND SEEMS IT SHOULD BE RECALLED BECAUSE IT AFFECTS THE AIR QUALITY YOU BREATH. *TR
Mileage: 15,000
WHERE TO START! STEERING WHEEL SHAKES BAD WHEN IDLING AND HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE COMPUTER! THERE SEEMS TO BE THE SAME COMPLAINTS WITH THESE CARS WITHOUT ANY ACTION FROM CHRYSLER. WE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS TWICE IN 6 MONTHS IN MY DAUGHTERS CAR, THERE IS WATER LEAKING IN...
WHERE TO START! STEERING WHEEL SHAKES BAD WHEN IDLING AND HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE COMPUTER! THERE SEEMS TO BE THE SAME COMPLAINTS WITH THESE CARS WITHOUT ANY ACTION FROM CHRYSLER. WE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS TWICE IN 6 MONTHS IN MY DAUGHTERS CAR, THERE IS WATER LEAKING IN...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE NEON. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, SHE NOTICED THAT THE BOTH LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS WOULD POINT DOWNWARD AND ILLUMINATED AN INADEQUATE BRIGHTNESS TOWARDS THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED BOTH HEAD LAMPS NEEDED TO...
Mileage: 135,000
THE CAR HAS LESS THEN 63K MILES ON IT AND I WAS TOLD IT WAS UNSAFE DO TO A RUSTED K FRAME. EVERYWHERE I LOOK ONLINE PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME ISSUE WITH LOW MILEAGES HOW CAN THIS NOT BE RECALLED!?!? IT WAS ONLY FOUND WHEN I WENT TO 2 DIFFERENT PLACES IN NASHUA, NH AND IT FAILED INSPECTION AT BOTH. *T...
Mileage: 63,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE NEON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC FOR AN UNRELATED REPAIR WHEN SHE WAS ADVISED THAT THE CROSS MEMBER WAS RUSTED. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO CALL THE MANUFACTURER. THE VEHI...
Mileage: 64,000
AT APPROXIMATELY 3:00 A.M. ON A SATURDAY THE 4TH OF AUGUST I WAS INVOLVED IN A ROLLOVER CAR ACCIDENT IN WHICH I SWERVED TO AVOID A MEDIUM DOG/COYOTE AND MY VEHICLE HIT THE DITCH AND ROLLED. MY FRONT AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY AND I HAD TO BE TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO THE NEAREST HOSPITAL. I SUFFERED A ...
Mileage: 13,100
AT APPROXIMATELY 3:00 A.M. ON A SATURDAY THE 4TH OF AUGUST I WAS INVOLVED IN A ROLLOVER CAR ACCIDENT IN WHICH I SWERVED TO AVOID A MEDIUM DOG/COYOTE AND MY VEHICLE HIT THE DITCH AND ROLLED. MY FRONT AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY AND I HAD TO BE TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO THE NEAREST HOSPITAL. I SUFFERED A ...
Mileage: 13,100
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE NEON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WATER WOULD LEAK THROUGH BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE TAIL LIGHTS AND INTO THE SPARE TIRE WHEEL WELL, CAUSING MOLD TO FORM ON THE REAR INTERIOR SEATS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE F...
Mileage: 128,801
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE NEON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WATER WOULD ENTER THE VEHICLE AND ACCUMULATE ON THE REAR FLOOR BOARDS. THE FAILURE WOULD ALSO OCCUR WHEN IT DID NOT RAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THE DEALER STATED THAT THE SEALS ON THE VEHICLE CAUSED THE FAILU...
Mileage: 150,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE NEON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND SHE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A PUDDLE OF WATER ON THE REAR FLOOR BOARDS. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED AFTER IT RAINED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO...
Mileage: 160,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE NEON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDODOMETER MALFUNCTIONED AND HE WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE HOW FAST OR SLOW HE WAS TRAVELING. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE HOWEVER, ...
Mileage: 167,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE NEON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS MALFUNCTIONING. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT ALL OF THE GAUGES WERE PROVIDING ERRONEOUS READINGS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT...
Mileage: 154,500
MY DAUGHTER WAS HIT FROM BEHIND IN A 2002 DODGE NEON HER AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED WHY?WAS THERE EVER A RECALL? *TR
Mileage: 110,000
I GOT MY OIL CHANGED, TIRES ROTATED, AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS REPLACED ON APRIL 13 2011 AROUND 6:30PM. MY OIL CHANGE TOOK APPROXIMATELY 15 MIN. AFTER THE OIL CHANGE AND TIRE ROTATION, I PAID AND WENT STRAIGHT HOME. I WAS NOT INFORMED BY ANYONE AT VALVOLINE THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG WITH MY CAR. I GOT IN ...
Mileage: 111,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE NEON. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING IN REVERSE APPROXIMATELY 4 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED AN ABNORMAL CRACKING NOISE AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY STIFF AND DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT ...
Mileage: 68,600
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE NEON. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING IN REVERSE APPROXIMATELY 4 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED AN ABNORMAL CRACKING NOISE AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY STIFF AND DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT ...
Mileage: 68,600
I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN, WITH NO WARNING, I FELT A JOLT (LIKE BEING HIT FROM BEHIND), THEN A STRANGE SOUND FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. I WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE CAR AND PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE I DISCOVERED THAT I HAD LOST ALL GEARS. THE CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT AND WOULD NO...
Mileage: 125,349
I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN, WITH NO WARNING, I FELT A JOLT (LIKE BEING HIT FROM BEHIND), THEN A STRANGE SOUND FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. I WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE CAR AND PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE I DISCOVERED THAT I HAD LOST ALL GEARS. THE CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT AND WOULD NO...
Mileage: 125,349
MY 2002 DODGE NEON LEAKS THROUGH THE TRUNK AND RUNS INTO THE BACKSEAT FLOORBOARDS. AFTER A RAIN OR SNOW MELT (LET ALONE A CARWASH) WATER IS POOLED UP IN THE SPARE TIRE AREA OF MY CARS TRUNK AND THEN RUNS THROUGH TO THE BACKSEAT FLOORBOARDS. THE CAR NOW HAS A TERRIBLE MUSTY, MOLDY SMELL. *TR
Mileage: 50,000
HAD A VEHICLE INSPECTED AND WAS REJECTED, SENT BACK TO DEALER, THEY TOOK TO ANOTHER INSPECTION STATION AND PUT A PASSING STICKER ON THE VEHICLE. IT FAILED FOR FOG LIGHTS, E BRAKE AND FRONT SUSPENSION. THEY FIXED THE FIRST TWO AND THAT WAS IT. I'VE HAD THE CAR A LITTLE OVER TWO DAYS OR SO AND THE ...
HAVE A 2002 DODGE NEON WITH A LITTLE MORE THAN 101,000 MILES ON IT. BROUGHT CAR IN FOR SERVICE AND WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE MANAGER THAT THE CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS ARE PUSHED RIGHT THROUGH THE FRONT SUB FRAME AND IF THEY LET GO THIS CAN CAUSE A SERIOUS CRASH THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND THAT T...
Mileage: 101,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE NEON. SHE HAS HAD SEVERAL FAILURES WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION , ENGINE AND SEAT BELTS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CALLED, BUT THE REPRESENTATIVES REFUSED TO DISCUSS THE FAILURES .THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,000.
Mileage: 87,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE NEON. SHE HAS HAD SEVERAL FAILURES WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION , ENGINE AND SEAT BELTS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CALLED, BUT THE REPRESENTATIVES REFUSED TO DISCUSS THE FAILURES .THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,000.
Mileage: 87,000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE NEON. SHE HAS HAD SEVERAL FAILURES WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION , ENGINE AND SEAT BELTS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CALLED, BUT THE REPRESENTATIVES REFUSED TO DISCUSS THE FAILURES .THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,000.
Mileage: 87,000
MY ENGINE LIGHT TURNED ON INITIALLY. I TOOK THE CAR TO A MECHANIC TO HAVE THE COMPUTER READ BY A MECHANIC. THE LIGHT TURNED OFF BEFORE I ARRIVED TO THE SHOP, BUT I THOUGHT THAT THERE WOULD BE SOMETHING IN THE COMPUTER HISTORY. THE MECHANIC STILL PUT THIS ON THE COMPUTER WHICH READ NOTHING IN THE HIS...
Mileage: 83,000
MY ENGINE LIGHT TURNED ON INITIALLY. I TOOK THE CAR TO A MECHANIC TO HAVE THE COMPUTER READ BY A MECHANIC. THE LIGHT TURNED OFF BEFORE I ARRIVED TO THE SHOP, BUT I THOUGHT THAT THERE WOULD BE SOMETHING IN THE COMPUTER HISTORY. THE MECHANIC STILL PUT THIS ON THE COMPUTER WHICH READ NOTHING IN THE HIS...
Mileage: 83,000
I NOTICED MY SPARE TIRE AND 4-WAY TIRE IRON RUSTING ABOUT A YEAR AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. I DIDN'T CORRELATE THIS TO A PROBLEM WITH MOISTURE UNTIL A COUPLE OF YEARS LATER WHEN I BEGAN SMELLING A MOLDY SMELL . AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION I NOTICED WATER ACCUMULATION AFTER RAIN OR FREEZE THAW CYC...
Mileage: 18,000
MY 2002 NEON DODGE NEON'S TRANSMISSION WENT OUT BEFORE 60,000 MILES. *TR
Mileage: 55,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE NEON. THE VEHICLE HAS GOOD RIDE TIRES, SIZE P185/60/R15 (NA). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRE BRAND AND TIRE LINE ARE UNKNOWN. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE TWO REAR TIRES WERE OUT OF ROUND. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL TIRE TECHNICIAN, WHO STATED THAT THE TIRES...
Mileage: 120,000
MY DAUGHTER WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT WITH HER 15MO OLD BABY. A VEHICLE RAN A RED LIGHT AND HIT HER VEHICLE MAKING IT SPIN AROUND. THE FRONT OF HER VEHICLE WAS ALL SMASHED IN. IT WAS A HEAD ON COLLISION. NO AIRBAGS WAS INFLATED. *TR
Mileage: 98,000
MY HEADLIGHTS & FOG LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING LAST WEEK. THE ONLY WAY I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IN THE DARK WAS HOLDING MY HIGH-BEAMS ON. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE SHOP ON FRIDAY, IT WAS $500 TO REPLACE A BURNT WIRING HARNESS & MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH. THERE WAS NO WARNING THAT THIS SYSTEM WOULD STOP WORKING. I H...
Mileage: 125,000
MY HEADLIGHTS & FOG LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING LAST WEEK. THE ONLY WAY I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IN THE DARK WAS HOLDING MY HIGH-BEAMS ON. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE SHOP ON FRIDAY, IT WAS $500 TO REPLACE A BURNT WIRING HARNESS & MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH. THERE WAS NO WARNING THAT THIS SYSTEM WOULD STOP WORKING. I H...
Mileage: 125,000
RAPPING SOUND WAS HEARD FROM 2002 DODGE NEON ENGINE UPON COLD START WHICH WOULD STOP AFTER ABOUT 30 SECONDS. FIRST DEALER WE TOOK CAR TO SAID IT WAS CARBON BUILDUP; I KNEW IT WAS MORE THAN THAT AND BROUGHT IT ANOTHER DEALER WHO AT FIRST DENIED THEY HEARD THE SOUND AT STARTUP. I TOLD THEM TO KEEP T...
Mileage: 41,951
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE NEON. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH IN THE RAIN, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH IN THE PARKING LOT. THE CONTACT THEN REAR ENDED THE PRECEDING VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO WARNING...
Mileage: 84,000
WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY FELT A JOLT AND LOSS OF POWER. THE SPEEDOMETER THEN DIALED ALL THE WAY UP AND THEN BACK TO ZERO. PULLED OFF TO CHECK IT OUT, AS I SLOWED DOWN ON THE OFFRAMP HEARD A CRUNCHING SOUND AND THE CAR SHUT OFF. STARTED RIGHT BACK UP BUT WOULDN'T GO INTO GEAR, THE TRANSMISSION HA...
Mileage: 81,000
2002 NEON DEVELOPED A TAPPING NOISE AT COLD START; THE NOISE CONTINUES UNTIL THE CAR IS WARMED UP. NO WARNING LIGHTS TO INDICATE A PROBLEM. CAR WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS; OWNER TOLD IT IS A ROD OR WRIST PIN, BEST TO REPLACE THE ENGINE FOR 4,600. THIS CAR ONLY HAS 44,000 MILES ON IT AND HA...
I HAVE A 2002 DODGE NEON SXT. FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW MY FOG LIGHTS HAVE NOT WORKED PROPERLY. WHEN MY HEADLIGHTS ARE ON MY FOG LIGHTS FLICKER ON AND OF ON THEIR OWN. IF I GO OVER A BUMP THE TURN ON ANOTHER BUMP TURNS THEM OFF. THEY EVEN FLICKER ON AND OFF ON SMOOTH ROAD. I THOUGHT NOTHING ABOUT IT...
Mileage: 90,000
I HAVE A 2002 DODGE NEON SXT. FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW MY FOG LIGHTS HAVE NOT WORKED PROPERLY. WHEN MY HEADLIGHTS ARE ON MY FOG LIGHTS FLICKER ON AND OF ON THEIR OWN. IF I GO OVER A BUMP THE TURN ON ANOTHER BUMP TURNS THEM OFF. THEY EVEN FLICKER ON AND OFF ON SMOOTH ROAD. I THOUGHT NOTHING ABOUT IT...
Mileage: 90,000
THE RADIATOR BROKE IN MY 2002 DODGE NEON. THE COOLANT WENT INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THIS WAS LAST 7/2007. NEXT THE TRANSMISSION SOLENOID WENT 4/2008. NOW THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REBUILT. 7/2008 IN TALKING TO NUMEROUS REPAIR SHOPS I AM FINDING OUT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND HAPPENS ALL THE TIME ...
Mileage: 82,835
MY 2002 DODGE NEON TRUNK ALSO FILLS UP WITH WATER WHEN IT RAINS AND FLOWS INTO THE BACKSEAT AND ON THE FLOOR OF THE BACK. IT'S BEEN ON GOING FOR A YEAR OR TWO. WHEN I FIRST NOTICED IT, I TOOK IT TO A DODGE DEALERSHIP AND THE GUY SAID THAT HE HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM BEFORE AND TOOK APART MY...
EVERYTIME IT RAINS, I GET A TRUNK FULL OF WATER AND MY REAR FLOORBOARDS GET SOAKED. BY LOOKING AT THIS COMPLAINT SITE, I SEE THIS IS A MANUFACTURING PROBLEM. WRITING DODGE MAY NOT HELP, BUT I HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE. *TR
DODGE NEON FILLS WITH WATER IN THE TRUNK EACH TIME IT RAINS, AND FILLS THE REAR FLOORBOARDS. I DISASSEMBLED THE CAR TO GET THE MOLD OUT. THIS IS DUE TO FAULTY REAR TAIL-LIGHT SEALS. I HAVE REPLACED THEM 3 TIMES. THEY LAST ABOUT 4 OR 5 MONTHS AND START LEAKING AGAIN. DODGE SHOULD BE ASHAMED. TH...
Mileage: 24,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE NEON. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE HEADLIGHTS WERE FOGGY AND PROVIDED POOR ILLUMINATION. THE LIGHTS ALSO FACE DOWNWARD INSTEAD OF STRAIGHT AHEAD. THE CONTACT WAS ALSO EXPERIENCING TRANSMISSION FAILURE. WHEN SHE WOULD SHIFT INTO DRIVE, THE GEAR WOULD SHIFT INTO REVER...
Mileage: 63,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE NEON. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE HEADLIGHTS WERE FOGGY AND PROVIDED POOR ILLUMINATION. THE LIGHTS ALSO FACE DOWNWARD INSTEAD OF STRAIGHT AHEAD. THE CONTACT WAS ALSO EXPERIENCING TRANSMISSION FAILURE. WHEN SHE WOULD SHIFT INTO DRIVE, THE GEAR WOULD SHIFT INTO REVER...
Mileage: 63,000
EA06-019 HEADLIGHTS & FOGLIGHTS DO NOT WORK, TRIED REPLACING BULBS, THIS DID NOT WORK. BELIEVE THE SWITCH IS BAD. VERY UNSAFE WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT, THIS IS WHEN THE OCCURANCE HAPPENED. *CN
Mileage: 149,000
ANY TIME IT RAINS, THE REAR FLOOR PAN AND REAR SEATS AS WELL AS THE TRUNK FILL WITH WATER AND BECOME UNUSABLE. *TR
Mileage: 1
THE LOWER CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS ARE A BIG PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR. YOU WILL LOSE CONTROL OF STEERING IF THE BUSHING AND BOLT LET GO. ON AVERAGE MY LOCAL REPAIR SHOP REPLACES 3 A WEEK. SHOULD BE A RECALL. *TR
Mileage: 42,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE NEON. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE FUEL GAUGE, SPEEDOMETER, AND OTHER INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES WERE INOPERABLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER CAUSED THE FAILURE. AS OF NOVEMBER 14, 2007, THE DEALER HAD NOT REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE...
Mileage: 46,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE NEON. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE FUEL GAUGE, SPEEDOMETER, AND OTHER INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES WERE INOPERABLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER CAUSED THE FAILURE. AS OF NOVEMBER 14, 2007, THE DEALER HAD NOT REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE...
Mileage: 46,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE NEON. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE FUEL GAUGE, SPEEDOMETER, AND OTHER INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES WERE INOPERABLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER CAUSED THE FAILURE. AS OF NOVEMBER 14, 2007, THE DEALER HAD NOT REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE...
Mileage: 46,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE NEON. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE FUEL GAUGE, SPEEDOMETER, AND OTHER INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES WERE INOPERABLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER CAUSED THE FAILURE. AS OF NOVEMBER 14, 2007, THE DEALER HAD NOT REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE...
Mileage: 46,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE NEON. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A TIRE SHOP TO HAVE THE STRUTS REPLACED. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FRONT SUSPENSION K-MEMBER CORRODED THE VEHICLE AND SHOULD BE TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSIS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 60,888. UPDATED 12/12/07 *...
Mileage: 60,888
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE NEON. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A TIRE SHOP TO HAVE THE STRUTS REPLACED. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FRONT SUSPENSION K-MEMBER CORRODED THE VEHICLE AND SHOULD BE TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSIS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 60,888. UPDATED 12/12/07 *...
Mileage: 60,888
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE NEON. THE AIR BAG COVER CAME OFF AND MADE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO HOLD THE STEERING WHEEL. THE COVER WAS PLACED OVER THE HORN AND CAUSED THE HORN TO SOUND. THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE STEERING ONCE AND STRUCK A CURB. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE EXCESSIVE HEAT LOO...
Mileage: 34,900
I HAVE A 2002 DODGE NEON. IN THE FIRST YEAR I HAD THE CAR I HAD THE TYPICAL CAR PROBLEMS BUT NOTHING TOO MAJOR. I HAVE REPLACED THE BATTERY 6 TIMES IN THE CAR, SINCE PURCHASE. IN MAY OF 2006, IS WHEN THE PROBLEMS BEGAN ROLLING IN. MY MAIN COMPUTER HAD DIED IN THE CAR, A $900 REPAIR. AFTER CONTACTING...
Mileage: 75,000
I HAVE A 2002 DODGE NEON. IN THE FIRST YEAR I HAD THE CAR I HAD THE TYPICAL CAR PROBLEMS BUT NOTHING TOO MAJOR. I HAVE REPLACED THE BATTERY 6 TIMES IN THE CAR, SINCE PURCHASE. IN MAY OF 2006, IS WHEN THE PROBLEMS BEGAN ROLLING IN. MY MAIN COMPUTER HAD DIED IN THE CAR, A $900 REPAIR. AFTER CONTACTING...
Mileage: 75,000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE NEON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE EXTERIOR LIGHTS DID NOT ILLUMINATE DUE TO A PLUG THAT BURNED OUT ALL OF THE WIRES IN THE VEHICLE. HE NOTICED SMOKE ASCENDING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN, AND THE GAUGES ON THE DASHBOARD AND ODOMETER FAILED. CHRYSLER STATED THAT THE ...
Mileage: 56,000
TL* - THE CONTACT CALLED REGARDING THE 2002 DODGE NEON. THE CONTACT HAS NOT EXPERIENCED ANY FAILURES. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR THE REPAIR OF A SCRAPE ON HER BUMPER. THE THE MECHANIC ADVISED HER THAT THE STABILIZER ARM AND BUSHINGS WERE A KNOWN DEFECT. HOWEVER, THERE ...
Mileage: 32,000
VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO DRIVE, UPON HAVING THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE GARAGE WE WERE INFORMED, IT HAD A SIZABLE HOLE IN THE TRANSMISSION AND THEY ALSO FOUND AN OIL LEAK. TOTAL REPAIR COST EXCEEDED $600. THIS VEHICLE IS A 2002 DODGE NEON AND WE ARE THE ORIGINAL OWNERS. THE VEHICLE HAS ALWAYS RECEI...
Mileage: 59,000
VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO DRIVE, UPON HAVING THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE GARAGE WE WERE INFORMED, IT HAD A SIZABLE HOLE IN THE TRANSMISSION AND THEY ALSO FOUND AN OIL LEAK. TOTAL REPAIR COST EXCEEDED $600. THIS VEHICLE IS A 2002 DODGE NEON AND WE ARE THE ORIGINAL OWNERS. THE VEHICLE HAS ALWAYS RECEI...
Mileage: 59,000
VEHICLE HAD IDLED HARD SINCE PURCHASE. TAKEN TO LOCAL DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS TIMES FOR KNOCKING SOUND ON START UP OF VEHICLE EVERY MORNING. OWNER WAS TOLD THAT SOUND COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. ON DATE OF INCIDENT, VEHICLE STARTED JERKING IN AND OUT OF GEAR ON HIGHWAY. LOUD WHINE STARTED AND INCREASED...
Mileage: 34,000
VEHICLE HAS CONTINUED TO IDLE HARD AFTER TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT IN NOV OF 2004. VEHICLE HAS STARTED TO STALL WHEN STOPPED. ON DATE OF INCIDENT, OWNER WAS DRIVING VEHICLE HOME IN A 55 MPH ZONE. VEHICLE MADE A SCREECHING NOISE, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND VEHICLE STARTED TO SPUTTER. TRANSAXL...
Mileage: 76,328
DRIVING AT 49.9K MILES ON THE ODOMETER. THIS BEING 19.9K MILES AFTER WARRANTY EXPIRES (30K MILE WARRANTY). JUST MADE A LONG TRIP FROM HAMPTON, VA TO APPLETON, WI. ABOUT A WEEK AFTER ARRIVING IN WI, I AM HEADING TO WORK AND START TO HEAR A HIGH-PITCHED WHINE. WITHIN ABOUT 10 MINUTES OF HEARING TH...
Mileage: 49,824
TRUNK LEAKS WITH WATER COLLECTING IN THE SPARE TIRE WELL. *JB
Mileage: 50,000
TRUNK LEAKS WITH WATER COLLECTING IN THE SPARE TIRE WELL. *JB
Mileage: 50,000
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE PLASTIC ADJUSTING VENT FOR THE HEAT APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN GNAWED ON, AND THE AIR COMING OUT SMELLED LIKE FECES. THE CONTACT ASCERTAINED THAT A MOUSE HAD GOTTEN IN TO THE VENTILATION SYSTEM OF THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE SPACE WHERE THE WIPER POST PROTRUDED THROUGH THE TOP OF...
Mileage: 9,800
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH ON NORMAL RURAL ROADS, THE VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY VEERED TO THE LEFT HITTING A SCHOOL BUS AND BANKING OFF THE ROAD. THE DRIVER SIDE WHEEL SNAPPED OFF THE AXEL CAUSING A LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED PRIOR THE INCIDENT....
Mileage: 66,640
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH ON NORMAL RURAL ROADS, THE VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY VEERED TO THE LEFT HITTING A SCHOOL BUS AND BANKING OFF THE ROAD. THE DRIVER SIDE WHEEL SNAPPED OFF THE AXEL CAUSING A LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED PRIOR THE INCIDENT....
Mileage: 66,640
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 60 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS AND MAKING A RIGHT TURN A LOUD POPPING SOUND WAS HEARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THAT THE AXLE WAS BROKEN. THIS MANUFACTURES DEFECT CAUSED PROBLEMS WITH THE CB UNIT AND THE ENGINE CO...
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 60 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS AND MAKING A RIGHT TURN A LOUD POPPING SOUND WAS HEARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THAT THE AXLE WAS BROKEN. THIS MANUFACTURES DEFECT CAUSED PROBLEMS WITH THE CB UNIT AND THE ENGINE CO...
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 60 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS AND MAKING A RIGHT TURN A LOUD POPPING SOUND WAS HEARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THAT THE AXLE WAS BROKEN. THIS MANUFACTURES DEFECT CAUSED PROBLEMS WITH THE CB UNIT AND THE ENGINE CO...
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE FRONT PASSENGER AXLE FRACTURED. THERE WAS A NOISE PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE NATURE OF THE FAILURE WAS GRADUALLY WORSENING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE SERVICE DEALER, WHO CHANGED THE AXLE, BUT AFTER A YEAR THE AXLE FRACT...
Mileage: 48,000
VEHICLE 2002 DODGE NEON 22,351 MILES ON VEHICLE. WHILE MY WIFE WAS BACKING OUT OF GARAGE THE BRAKES FAILED. THREE PIECES OF FRONT DISK BRAKE PADS WERE FOUND LYING ON THE GARAGE FLOOR (STILL IN MY POSSESSION). BOTH FRONT INSIDE DISK PADS APPEARED TO HAVE BROKEN IN HALF. UPON CHECKING THE FRONT BR...
Mileage: 22,351
2002 DODGE NEON CALIPERS ARE TILTED ON TOP OF THE ROTOR CAUSING WEAR. MECHANIC REPLACED ROTORS. *KB THE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO THE VEHICLE NOT BEING DRIVEN ENOUGH.*JB
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR A STATE SAFETY INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THE FRONT ROTORS WERE COMPLETELY WORN. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS.
Mileage: 27,432
I BOUGHT THE CAR BRAND NEW. NO PREVIOUS OWNERS. THE CAR IS A 2002 DODGE NEON 4 DOOR. THE PAINT BEGAN TO PEEL OFF APPROX TWO YEARS AFTER I BOUGHT IT. I TOOK IT TO A DODGE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT DODGE WOULD NOT HELP ME SINCE IT LOOKED LIKE THE PAINT WAS COMING OFF BECAUSE OF STONES HITTING I...
BRAKE ROTORS,CALIPERS. *NM
Mileage: 26,000
BRAKE ROTORS,CALIPERS. *NM
Mileage: 26,000
MY 2002 DODGE NEON ES HAS HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS LEADING UP TO THE EXPIRATION OF MY WARRANTY. EVERYTHING FROM ELECTRICAL ISSUES TO RADIATOR PROBLEMS TO THE TRANSMISSION. I TOOK IT FOR SERVICE AT 65,000 MILES BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING. MY DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS THE RADIATOR AND THE TRAN...
Mileage: 65,000
MY 2002 DODGE NEON ES HAS HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS LEADING UP TO THE EXPIRATION OF MY WARRANTY. EVERYTHING FROM ELECTRICAL ISSUES TO RADIATOR PROBLEMS TO THE TRANSMISSION. I TOOK IT FOR SERVICE AT 65,000 MILES BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING. MY DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS THE RADIATOR AND THE TRAN...
Mileage: 65,000
MY 2002 DODGE NEON ES HAS HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS LEADING UP TO THE EXPIRATION OF MY WARRANTY. EVERYTHING FROM ELECTRICAL ISSUES TO RADIATOR PROBLEMS TO THE TRANSMISSION. I TOOK IT FOR SERVICE AT 65,000 MILES BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING. MY DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS THE RADIATOR AND THE TRAN...
Mileage: 65,000
THE FOG LIGHT MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH IN MY 2002 DODGE NEON WAS MALFUNCTIONING AND THE FOG LIGHTS WERE TURNING ON WITHOUT BEING TURNED ON. THIS CONTINUED FOR ABOUT A MONTH UNTIL SMOKE CAME OUT OF THE STEERING WHEEL COLUMN FOR ~30 SECONDS, UNTIL THE CAR WAS PULLED OVER AND THE IGNITION TURNED OFF. THE ...
Mileage: 37,000
I HAD A CAR WRECK ON MAY 3 @ 5PM THE POINT OF IMPACT WAS AROUND 25-30 MPH. MY AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY AND DO TO THAT I WAS THROWN INTO MY WINDSHIELD WHICH I CRACKED IT. I HAD TO GO TO THE DOCTOR FOR MY INJURIES. I AM ONLY 4 FOOT TALL AND I SIT TOO CLOSE TO MY STEERING WHEEL TO BEGIN WITH AND IN AWA...
Mileage: 57,900
TOOK MY 2002 NEON SXT IN FOR TRANSMISSION WARRANTY WORK IN 2004...FIRST CHRYSLER DENIED THE CLAIM STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT COVERED (HAD AN EXTENDED WARRANTY!). HAD MY SPEED SENSORS REPLACED IN DECEMBER 2005 & AM TAKING THE CAR IN AGAIN TOMORROW TO HAVE THEM REPLACED AGAIN. *JB
Mileage: 71,000
TOOK MY 2002 NEON SXT IN FOR TRANSMISSION WARRANTY WORK IN 2004...FIRST CHRYSLER DENIED THE CLAIM STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT COVERED (HAD AN EXTENDED WARRANTY!). HAD MY SPEED SENSORS REPLACED IN DECEMBER 2005 & AM TAKING THE CAR IN AGAIN TOMORROW TO HAVE THEM REPLACED AGAIN. *JB
Mileage: 71,000
MY CAR WAS WORKING FINE. ALL OF A SUDDEN WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR AND MADE LOUD NOISE. TOOK IT TO AAMCO AND THEY TELL MY THROTTLE REGULATOR BOX BLEW UP. MY CAR HAS 50,000 MILES ON IT. I DRIVE IT 10 MILES TO AND FROM WORK. NEEDED A WHOLE NEW TRANSMISSION AS WHEN THE BOX BLEW UP IT SEND SHARDS OF METAL...
Mileage: 52,000
THE PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE STARTED SINCE THE CAR HAD A COUPLE OF THOUSAND MILES. STARTED OFF WITH A TICKING NOISE IN THE STEERING WHEEL, TO A POPPING NOISE AND THEN TO CLUNKING. THE CAR ITSELF HAD A LOT OF THE SUSPENSION REVIEWED OVER 20 TIMES BY THE DEALERSHIP WITH "NO PROBLEM FOUND" THEY DID REP...
Mileage: 5,000
ON FEB 14, 2006 WHILE DRIVING TO WORK THE CAR STARTED MAKING DINGING NOISE AND THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING. THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT TO HOT AND I HEARD A BUBBLING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE AREA. AS I PULLED THE CAR INTO A PARKING LOT, THE CAR STOPPED. HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP I...
Mileage: 68,348
ON FEB 14, 2006 WHILE DRIVING TO WORK THE CAR STARTED MAKING DINGING NOISE AND THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING. THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT TO HOT AND I HEARD A BUBBLING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE AREA. AS I PULLED THE CAR INTO A PARKING LOT, THE CAR STOPPED. HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP I...
Mileage: 68,348
2002 DODGE NEON AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHILE PULLING OFF EXIT AT VERY SLOW SPEED WAS HIT FROM BEHIND BY ANOTHER CAR -WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO REAR BUMPER. TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED CAR HAD 40,000 MILES. *NM
Mileage: 40,218
BACK SEAT FLOOR FLOODS IN HEAVY RAINS (POOLS OF STANDING WATER). TRUNK ALSO SOAKED. SMELLS HORRIBLE AND IS DIFFICULT TO DRAIN/REMOVE WATER. NO DAMPNESS OF SEATS OR AROUND WINDOW/DOOR AREA. (PROPERTY DAMAGE AT THIS POINT IS ODOR-RELATED.)*JB
HEADLIGHT SWITCH FAILED WHEN CHANGING FROM HIGH BEAMS TO LOW BEAMS. I HAD NO LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS FOR SEVERAL SECONDS ON A VERY DARK ROAD,WHERE THERE ARE MANY DEER. THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH ( HEADLIGHT/TURN SIGNAL) WAS REPLACED. THE PREVIOUS OWNER OF THE CAR HAD REPLACED THE SAME PART AT 36,000 MIL...
Mileage: 65,900
HAVE 2002 DODGE NEON WITH JUST OVER 58,000 MILES ON IT. WHILE BEING INSPECTED FOUND THAT BOTH CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS WERE SHOT. APPEARS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH NEONS WHICH CHRYSLER DOESN'T WANT TO ADMIT. IF THESE HAD FULLY LET GO TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. *NM
Mileage: 58,000
DT: THE CONTACT RECENTLY PURCHASED A VEHICLE, AND WHEN CHECKING OUT THE VEHICLE IT HAD SERIOUS PROBLEMS. THE FRAME WAS BENT, THE RADIATOR WAS BENT INTO THE FAN, THE AIR CLEANER WAS NOT BOLTED ON THE SIDE, THE RADIATOR WAS PAINTED RED AND BENT, THE CORE SUPPLIER WAS DAMAGED, AND UNDERNEATH THE HO...
Mileage: 36,000
DT: THE CONTACT RECENTLY PURCHASED A VEHICLE, AND WHEN CHECKING OUT THE VEHICLE IT HAD SERIOUS PROBLEMS. THE FRAME WAS BENT, THE RADIATOR WAS BENT INTO THE FAN, THE AIR CLEANER WAS NOT BOLTED ON THE SIDE, THE RADIATOR WAS PAINTED RED AND BENT, THE CORE SUPPLIER WAS DAMAGED, AND UNDERNEATH THE HO...
Mileage: 36,000
DT: THE CONTACT RECENTLY PURCHASED A VEHICLE, AND WHEN CHECKING OUT THE VEHICLE IT HAD SERIOUS PROBLEMS. THE FRAME WAS BENT, THE RADIATOR WAS BENT INTO THE FAN, THE AIR CLEANER WAS NOT BOLTED ON THE SIDE, THE RADIATOR WAS PAINTED RED AND BENT, THE CORE SUPPLIER WAS DAMAGED, AND UNDERNEATH THE HO...
Mileage: 36,000
DT: THE CONTACT RECENTLY PURCHASED A VEHICLE, AND WHEN CHECKING OUT THE VEHICLE IT HAD SERIOUS PROBLEMS. THE FRAME WAS BENT, THE RADIATOR WAS BENT INTO THE FAN, THE AIR CLEANER WAS NOT BOLTED ON THE SIDE, THE RADIATOR WAS PAINTED RED AND BENT, THE CORE SUPPLIER WAS DAMAGED, AND UNDERNEATH THE HO...
Mileage: 36,000
DT: THE CONTACT RECENTLY PURCHASED A VEHICLE, AND WHEN CHECKING OUT THE VEHICLE IT HAD SERIOUS PROBLEMS. THE FRAME WAS BENT, THE RADIATOR WAS BENT INTO THE FAN, THE AIR CLEANER WAS NOT BOLTED ON THE SIDE, THE RADIATOR WAS PAINTED RED AND BENT, THE CORE SUPPLIER WAS DAMAGED, AND UNDERNEATH THE HO...
Mileage: 36,000
OVER THE PAST 3 YEARS, I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE BATTERY REPLACED THREE TIMES IN THIS CAR. EACH TIME I HAVE ASKED FOR AN EXPLANATION AS TO WHY A YEAR OLD BATTERY WOULD GO BAD. THE EXPLANATION LAST WEEK WAS "A SHORT IN THE BATTERY, NOT CAUSED BY THE CAR." SINCE THE FIRST 2 TIMES IT WAS REPLACED BY THE W...
OVER THE PAST 3 YEARS, I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE BATTERY REPLACED THREE TIMES IN THIS CAR. EACH TIME I HAVE ASKED FOR AN EXPLANATION AS TO WHY A YEAR OLD BATTERY WOULD GO BAD. THE EXPLANATION LAST WEEK WAS "A SHORT IN THE BATTERY, NOT CAUSED BY THE CAR." SINCE THE FIRST 2 TIMES IT WAS REPLACED BY THE W...
AFTER DRIVING IN 2 HOURS OF TRAFFIC I PARKED MY 2002 NEON. AS I PARKED IT STARTED TO ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN. IT STILL DOES SO BUT ONLY WHEN REVERSING. WHEN I BRAKE AS I AM REVERSING ITS AS IF THE BRAKE TIGHTENS UP AND DOESN'T WANT TO BRAKE. THIS TO ME IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE WHAT IF THERE IS A CHILD B...
Mileage: 55,021
DT: WHILE DRIVING IN BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION. THE OWNER GLANCED AWAY FOR A MOMENT, LOOKED BACK AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED AND THE ACCELERATOR KICKED IN. THERE WAS A FEELING OF THE VEHICLE BRAKING AGAINST ACCELERATION. THEN THE VEHICLE HIT...
Mileage: 80,000
THE GAUGES, (GAS, RPM'S, OIL, TEMPERATURE) ON MY 2002 DOGE NEON WILL GO HAYWIRE WHILE DRIVING THE CAR. THE BELL FOR THE DOOR WILL ALSO GO OFF WHILE I'M DRIVING. I DON'T KNOW HOW FAST I'M DRIVING OR HOW MUCH GAS I HAS LEFT. AND THE BELL FOR THE DOOR WILL CONSTANTLY RING. I TOOK IT TO A DODGE DEAL...
Mileage: 31,500
BACK IN 2003 I TURNED MY VEHICLE OFF AND IT WOULDNT START AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS ONLY A FEW MONTHS OLD SO I CALLED ROAD SIDE ASSISTANCE THEY TOOK IT TO CARMAX IN LOS ANGELES, CA FOR AT THE TIME I WAS LIVING IN THE AREA. CARMAX TOLD ME THE BATTERY WAS DISLODGED I FOUND THIS FUNNY BECUASE I HAVE NEV...
BACK IN 2003 I TURNED MY VEHICLE OFF AND IT WOULDNT START AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS ONLY A FEW MONTHS OLD SO I CALLED ROAD SIDE ASSISTANCE THEY TOOK IT TO CARMAX IN LOS ANGELES, CA FOR AT THE TIME I WAS LIVING IN THE AREA. CARMAX TOLD ME THE BATTERY WAS DISLODGED I FOUND THIS FUNNY BECUASE I HAVE NEV...
THE TRUNK IN THE CONSUMER'S 2002 DODGE NEON HAD A LEAK THAT THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND. *NM WATER ACCUMULATED IN THE SPARE TIRE SPOT. *JB
COMPLAINT RECEIVED VIA E-MAIL." MY DAUGHTER WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR END COLLISION WHICH WAS BAD ENOUGH TO CAUSE THE CAR INSURANCE COMPANY TO DECLARE THE VEHICLE REPAIRS WOULD EXCEED THE VALUE OF THE CAR, SO IT WAS TOTALED. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY DURING THIS ACCIDENT. SINCE THIS VEHICLE WAS TOTA...
Mileage: 38,364
WHILE T-BONING A VEHICLE CONSUMER'S FRONT AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Mileage: 60,000
I WORK IN THE MIAMI AREA AND WAS GOING HOME AFTER EATING ; IT HAD BEEN RAINING THAT DAY AND THERE WAS SOME SMALL PUDDLES ON THE ROADWAYS. I WENT THROUGH A SMALL PUDDLE; THEN THROUGH A RED LIGHT ;WHEN MY CAR QUIT IN THE INTERSECTION WITH NO WARNING AND WOULD NOT START. SO I HAD TO PUSH THE CAR OFF TH...
Mileage: 65,000
I TOOK MY 2002 DODGE NEON TO THE DEALER I PURCHASED MY CAR FROM. IT WAS MISSING REALLY BAD, AND THE BACK FLOORBOARDS HELD WATER WHEN IT RAINED. IT WAS STANDING ABOUT AN INCH IN MY BACK FLOORBOARDS, AND MY SPARE TIRE CARRIER IN MY TRUNK WAS FULL OF WATER. MY WIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND I HAD 2 S...
I TOOK MY 2002 DODGE NEON TO THE DEALER I PURCHASED MY CAR FROM. IT WAS MISSING REALLY BAD, AND THE BACK FLOORBOARDS HELD WATER WHEN IT RAINED. IT WAS STANDING ABOUT AN INCH IN MY BACK FLOORBOARDS, AND MY SPARE TIRE CARRIER IN MY TRUNK WAS FULL OF WATER. MY WIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND I HAD 2 S...
VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING A PROBLEM WITH THE REAR COIL SPRINGS. CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH AND FELT SOMETHING RUBBING AGAINST THE REAR RIGHT TIRE. HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER, AND SAW THAT THE COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN, AND WAS RIGHT ON TOP OF THE TIRE. *AK
Mileage: 45,600
FOR THE PAST YEAR MY VEHICLE 2002 DODGE NEON HAS BEEN RELEASING WATER, I ASSUMED IT WAS FROM THE RAIN BUT I WAS NOT SURE WERE IT WAS COMING FROM. IT HAD WET SPOTS AT ALL TIMES ON THE FLOOR, BACK SEATS, AND TRUNK. I HAD TO LEAVE THE WINDOWS OPEN VERY OFTEN FOR IT TO KEEP DRY. UNFORTUNATELY, I STARTED...
WATER GETS IN THE BACK SEAT THROUGH THE TRUNK. THERE USUALLY IS BETWEEN 1 TO 2 INCHES. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED.*AK
CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. THEN, VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK
ELECTRICAL PROBLEM PANEL LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. *BF THE DAY BEFORE THE VEHICLE BROKE DOWN, THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE REPAIR SHOP FOR WHAT THE CONSUMER THOUGHT WAS A FAULTY WIRING PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER RECEIVED AN ESTIMATE FOR $825.00 TO REPAIR THE INSIDE CLUSTER. AN INSPECTION REVEALED THE VEHICLE HAD...
ELECTRICAL PROBLEM PANEL LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. *BF THE DAY BEFORE THE VEHICLE BROKE DOWN, THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE REPAIR SHOP FOR WHAT THE CONSUMER THOUGHT WAS A FAULTY WIRING PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER RECEIVED AN ESTIMATE FOR $825.00 TO REPAIR THE INSIDE CLUSTER. AN INSPECTION REVEALED THE VEHICLE HAD...
ELECTRICAL PROBLEM PANEL LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. *BF THE DAY BEFORE THE VEHICLE BROKE DOWN, THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE REPAIR SHOP FOR WHAT THE CONSUMER THOUGHT WAS A FAULTY WIRING PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER RECEIVED AN ESTIMATE FOR $825.00 TO REPAIR THE INSIDE CLUSTER. AN INSPECTION REVEALED THE VEHICLE HAD...
ON SEPTEMBER 24,2004 MY TRANSMISSION BECAME STUCK IN FIRST GEAR, CAUSING MY CAR TO DRIVE INEFFICIENTLY. IT IS PUTTING A STRAIN ON MY TRANSMISSION. I HAVE KNOWN OTHER PEOPLE'S TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH THEIR NEONS. DODGE IS GIVING ME A HARD TIME FOR FIXING IT. THIS IS STILL UNDER A POWER TRAIN WARRA...
Mileage: 44,900
WHILE AT A STOP VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Mileage: 5,000
WHEN INSTALLING A CHILD SAFETY SEAT REAR MIDDLE SEAT BELTS RETRACTOR BROKE. *AK
Mileage: 15,723
JUNE 1, 2004. ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK THE CAR STARTED IDLING REAL ROUGH AND I DIDN'T REALLY THINK ANYTHING OF IT. I WOULD STOP AT A STOP LIGHT AND IT WOULD IDLE REAL ROUGH. FINALLY THE OIL LIGHT FLASHED ON AND THE CAR DIED. CALLED FOR A TOW TRUCK AND THEY TOOK IT TO A DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY COULD NO...
Mileage: 27,272
WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED ENGINE LIGHT AND THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON. CONSUMER PULLED INTO A REST STOP. UPON DRIVING UP THE RAMP TO THE REST STOP VEHICLE STALLED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT SLUDGE BUILD UP, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL. *AK
Mileage: 30,000
DRIVING DOWN I95, OIL AND ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON. IMMEDIATELY PULLED INTO REST STOP <1 MILE AWAY. CAR DIED ON RAMP. LAST OIL CHANGE 23,000 MILES, CAR HAS 30,000 MILES. REALIZE LATE FOR CHANGE, BUT DEAL SAYS ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED WILL NOT COVER UNDER WARRANTY. STATES THAT FAILURE TO HAVE ...
Mileage: 30,000
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 65 MPH AND THE VEHICLE JUMPED INTO PASSING GEAR. CONSUMER STATED THAT LAST WEEK WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY A TRUCK WAS BEHIND HIM AND HE NEEDED TO GET MORE SPEED, SO HE STEPPED ON THE GAS PEDAL TO ACCELERATE, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND, THEN IT STALLED. HE...
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 65 MPH AND THE VEHICLE JUMPED INTO PASSING GEAR. CONSUMER STATED THAT LAST WEEK WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY A TRUCK WAS BEHIND HIM AND HE NEEDED TO GET MORE SPEED, SO HE STEPPED ON THE GAS PEDAL TO ACCELERATE, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND, THEN IT STALLED. HE...
WHILE DRIVING 45 TO 50 MPH AND APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD DOWN SHIFT WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THIS ALSO CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SHUT DOWN INTERMITTENTLY. *AK *NM
Mileage: 20,700
I OWN A 2002 DODGE NEON. I HAVE HAD THE BRAKES INSPECTED SEVERAL TIMES, THE REAR WHEEL BEARINGS WENT BAD WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, AND THERE IS STILL A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES. EVEN THOUGH THERE IS AMPLE FLUID AND WEAR LEFT ON THE PADS, MY BRAKES MAKE A HORRENDOUS METALLIC SQUEAL...
THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKES ON THE 2002 DODGE NEON SEEM TO HAVE MANY PROBLEMS AND I FEEL THIS SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO. THE FRONT BRAKES (PADS AND ROTORS) HAD TO BE REPLACED AT AROUND 7000 MILES DUE TO WARPED ROTORS CAUSING SEVERE SHAKING OF THE VEHICLE DURING BRAKING. NOW AGAIN AT 17000 MILES THE VEHI...
THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKES ON THE 2002 DODGE NEON SEEM TO HAVE MANY PROBLEMS AND I FEEL THIS SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO. THE FRONT BRAKES (PADS AND ROTORS) HAD TO BE REPLACED AT AROUND 7000 MILES DUE TO WARPED ROTORS CAUSING SEVERE SHAKING OF THE VEHICLE DURING BRAKING. NOW AGAIN AT 17000 MILES THE VEHI...
FIRST ENGINE LIGHTS STARTS TO COME ON - SECOND NOTICE THAT ONE MORNING CAR STARTS TO MAKE LOUD SQEAKING NOISE - THIRD TAKE IT TO THE MECHANIC (49000MI) AND HE CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT'S WRONG - HE REPLACES ENTIRE FRONT...AXLE, BOOTS, ETC. CAR STILL MAKES SAME NOISE AND SOUNDS LIKE IT'S ABOUT TO FALL AP...
Mileage: 48,000
CONTINUAL BRAKE PROBLEMS. HAVE HAD CAR IN SHOP 3 TIMES SINCE SEPT. OF 2003 FOR BRAKE PROBLEMS. EVEN AFTER MY DAUGHTER TOOK THE VECHICLE TO THE SHOP, THE BRAKES STILL MADE HIGH PITCHED NOISE WHEN STOPPING. JUST HAD CAR INSPECTED IN MARCH...PASSED NYS INSPECTION WITH FLYING COLORS...LESS THAN 2 MONTH...
Mileage: 49,800
WHILE DRIVING THERE WAS VIBRATION. ALSO, VEHICLE ROCKED BACK AND FORTH. UPON ENGAGING THE BRAKE THE SHIMMING BECAME IRRATIC. VEHICLE WAS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. VEHICLE HAD 35000 MILES ON IT, AND HAS BEEN TAKEN IN FIVE TIMES TO DEALER FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. HOWEVER, PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK
WHILE A TECHNICIAN WAS INSTALLING THE CAR SEAT INSIDE THE VEHICLE HE DETERMINED THAT THE SEAT BELTS WERE NOT LOCKING PROPERLY. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE SEAT BELTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
MY CAR IS IN THE SHOP FOR THE 5TH TIME SINCE NOVEMBER OF 2003. SOMETIMES WHEN DRIVING, THE CAR WILL LURCH OR WILL DIE UNEXPECTEDLY. WHEN IT LURCHES, THE RPM'S REV UP FOR A FEW SECONDS AND THE RADIO CRACKLES OFF. WHEN IT DIES, IT SOMETIMES DIES WHEN I AM AT A STOP OR WHEN I AM DRIVING DOWN THE ROA...
Mileage: 23,831
MY CAR IS ONLY TWO YEARS OLD. WHEN WE BOUGHT THE CAR WE BOUGHT AN AFTERMARKET WARRANTY FOR THE CAR. MY INSTRUMENT PANEL AND INTERIOR LIGHTS COMPLETELY WENT OUT ONE DAY AND I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER I BOUGHT IT FROM. THEY AMAZING COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING. A SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED AND THE BATT...
Mileage: 30,000
WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A PARKING LOT, SOME ONE INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. BY THE TIME THE CONSUMER REACHED THE VEHICLE ALL OF THE WINDOWS WERE COVERED WITH SOOT. FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES, AND CONCLUDED THAT THE FIRE STARTED BEHIND THE DASHB...
Mileage: 22,000
WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A A HEAD ON CRASH. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK *MR
Mileage: 17,500
WHILE TURNING ON LIGHTS THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD NOT COME ON. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO PLACE HIS HAND ON THE LEVER AND HOLD IT IN UPWARD POSITION TO KEEP THE HEADLIGHTS ON WHILE DRIVING. THEN, DROVE THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC REPLACED THE WIRE HARNESS. *AK
Mileage: 40,000
HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO DEALERSHIP THREE TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. WHEN DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS WOULD DROP FROM FIFTH GEAR INTO THIRD. AS YOU KEPT DRIVING IT WOULD GET WORSE. AND AT TIMES WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR AT ALL. THIS LAST TIME WE WENT INTO THE DEALERSHIP THEY TOLD US THAT THE MANUFACTURER ...
Mileage: 46,800
MY INTERIOR LIGHT AND MY GAUGES IN MY CAR ARE NOT WORKING. I CAN'T SEE HOW FAST I AM GOING OR HOW MUCH GAS I HAVE IN MY CAR BECAUSE THEY AREN'T MOVING. THE FIRST TIME IT STOPPED WORKING A FUSE WASN'T ALL THE WAY IN I PUSHED IT IN UNDERNEATH THE HOOD AND IT WORKED. THEN THE NEXT TIME THAT IT WENT ...
WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Mileage: 17,000
A PROBLEM WITH A WIRING HARNESS ON MY 2002 DODGE NEON HAS CAUSED THE HEAD LIGHTS TO SUDDENLY FAIL ON MY VEHICLE WHILE I WAS DRIVING AT NIGHT. ACCORDING TO MY AUTO REPAIR MAN, THE WIRING HARNESS CONNECTED TO THE SWITCH ON THE STEERING COLUMN THAT OPERATES THE LIGHTS SUDDENLY BURNED OUT. THIS CAUSED ...
Mileage: 52,000
VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY STALLED. DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT REPAIRED THE WIRING HARNESS. *AK
Mileage: 23,000
WHEN I COME TO A COMPLETE STOP THE CAR JERKS. IT KIND OF FEELS LIKE ITS CHANGING GEARS. I HAVE BROUGHT THE PROBLEM TO SOUTHSIDE DODGE ON SOUTH ORANGE BLOSSOM TRAIL IN KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA ABOUT FOUR TIMES. THE FIRST TIME THEY PERFORMED RECALL B27 AND SAID THAT THAT WASN'T THE PROBLEM. SO THEY WENT...
Mileage: 9,320
WHEN I COME TO A COMPLETE STOP THE CAR JERKS. IT KIND OF FEELS LIKE ITS CHANGING GEARS. I HAVE BROUGHT THE PROBLEM TO SOUTHSIDE DODGE ON SOUTH ORANGE BLOSSOM TRAIL IN KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA ABOUT FOUR TIMES. THE FIRST TIME THEY PERFORMED RECALL B27 AND SAID THAT THAT WASN'T THE PROBLEM. SO THEY WENT...
Mileage: 9,320
I HAD PURCHASED A 2002 DODGE NEON SXT IN SEPTEMBER OF 2002. AFTER A FEW MONTHS OF DRIVING MY CAR UNTIL TODAY OCTOBER 10TH, 2003 I HAVE HAD MY CAR AT THE DEALER 6 DIFFERENT TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE AN ELECTRICAL SHORT SOMEWHERE WHERE IT MAKES ALL MY GAUGES DIE AND FLICKER. THE BRAKE AND ...
Mileage: 20,090
VEHICLE WAS MOVING ABOUT 60 MPH WHEN IT LOST POWER AND DROPPED TO 20 MPH. VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PAST 20 MPH. THE NEXT DAY, VEHICLE DID NOT MOVE OUT OF GEAR. *AK
Mileage: 36,900
WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE VEHICLE WAS HIT FROM BEHIND CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SPIN AROUND AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER RECEIVED INJURIES TO THE CHEST AND HEAD AREA. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *PH
THE CAR SHAKES WHEN YOU COME TO A STOP, AND CONTINUES TO UNTIL YOU BEGIN TO ACCELERATE ONCE AGAIN. I HAVE HAVE THE BATTERY GO DEAD TWICE SINCE I HAVE HAD IT. IT HAS ONLY BEEN SERVICED AT A DEALERSHIP. THE LAST TIME I TOOK IT THEY SAID THAT IT HAD THE WRONG SPARK PLUGS IN IT. WHY DIDN'T THEY FIND THI...
BOTH FRONT END CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. *LA
VEHICLE IS EXHIBITING HESITATION PROBLEMS WHEN ENGINE IS AT OPERATING TEMPERATURE WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP AND WHILE UNDER LOAD SUCH AS CLIMBING A MEDIUM GRADE ROAD. ENGINE FEELS LIKE ITS STARVING FOR FUEL. HAD ONE CASE WHERE ENGINE STALLED WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT FOR NO REASON. AN...
Mileage: 1,000
VEHICLE STALLS WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK
THE SCREW ON THE REAR OF THE RADIATOR BLEW OUT AND DAMAGED THE RADIATOR'S HOSES. ALSO, DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR LOCK MADE A LOUD NOISE, AND THE BRAKES SQUEAKED WHEN ENGAGED. *AK
THE SCREW ON THE REAR OF THE RADIATOR BLEW OUT AND DAMAGED THE RADIATOR'S HOSES. ALSO, DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR LOCK MADE A LOUD NOISE, AND THE BRAKES SQUEAKED WHEN ENGAGED. *AK
THE SCREW ON THE REAR OF THE RADIATOR BLEW OUT AND DAMAGED THE RADIATOR'S HOSES. ALSO, DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR LOCK MADE A LOUD NOISE, AND THE BRAKES SQUEAKED WHEN ENGAGED. *AK
WHILE DRIVING A 2002 NEON, EITHER THE TRANSMISSION/BRAKES LOCKED UP ON THE CAR, STOPPING ABRUBTLY WITHOUT ANY WARNING ON INTERSTATE 400 IN ATLANTA, GA. DUE TO THE MECHANICAL FAILURE OF THE AUTO, MY DAUGHTER'S AUTO WAS THEN REAR-ENDED BY ANOTHER CAR. BOTH AUTOS WERE TOTALLLED, NEITHER DRIVER WAS CH...
Mileage: 38,000
WHILE DRIVING A 2002 NEON, EITHER THE TRANSMISSION/BRAKES LOCKED UP ON THE CAR, STOPPING ABRUBTLY WITHOUT ANY WARNING ON INTERSTATE 400 IN ATLANTA, GA. DUE TO THE MECHANICAL FAILURE OF THE AUTO, MY DAUGHTER'S AUTO WAS THEN REAR-ENDED BY ANOTHER CAR. BOTH AUTOS WERE TOTALLLED, NEITHER DRIVER WAS CH...
Mileage: 38,000
2002 DODGE NEON. *MR *CB *JB
CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING FUEL SYSTEM PROBLEMS. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, AND INDICATED THAT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS CONSIDERED A LEMON ,AND THEY WERE SUPPOSE TO BE BUYING THE VEHICLE BACK.*AK
THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH AND DID NOT GO OUT UNTIL THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO THE DEALER FOUR TIMES REGARDING THIS PROBLEM. THE DEALER PURCHASED THE VEHICLE BACK. *NLM *CB *JB
Mileage: 15,000
WHILE DRIVING DOWN HILL DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. DRIVER HAD TO PUMP THE BRAKE AND DOWN SHIFT TO A LOWER GEAR TO STOP. *AK
Mileage: 38,000
I HAVE A DODGE NEON 2002 WITH 10,000. MILES ON IT. RECENTLY MY CAR IDLES NOW BETWEEN 4-500 RPM. DRIVING MY CAR; CAME TO A STOP LIGHT MY CAR STALLED. NOW SITTING AT RED LIGHTS/ STOP SIGNS THE RPM'S DROPALL THE WAY TO 300 RPM CAR STARTS TO ACT LIKE IT IS GOING TO STALL. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHI...
Mileage: 9,000
I HAVE A DODGE NEON 2002 WITH 10,000. MILES ON IT. RECENTLY MY CAR IDLES NOW BETWEEN 4-500 RPM. DRIVING MY CAR; CAME TO A STOP LIGHT MY CAR STALLED. NOW SITTING AT RED LIGHTS/ STOP SIGNS THE RPM'S DROPALL THE WAY TO 300 RPM CAR STARTS TO ACT LIKE IT IS GOING TO STALL. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHI...
Mileage: 9,000
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN TRYING TO APPLY THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES. THE BRAKES WILL LOCK UP CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO HAVE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *JB *TT
Mileage: 5,900
VEHICLE'S TIRE HAD FLAT SPOTS MEANING THE BELT MUST BE BROKEN INSIDE. *TT
Mileage: 13,284
NOTICED CAR WAS LEAKING OIL; CHECKED OIL LEVEL AND OIL WASN'T EVEN REGISTERING ON THE OIL DIPSTICK. REQUIRED TWO (2) QUARTS OF OIL TO FILL TO PROPER LEVEL. IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THE OIL IS FINDING ITS WAY INTO THE COOLANT SYSTEM AND BEING EXPELLED FROM THE COOLANT OVERFLOW (EXPANSION) TANK. ALMO...
Mileage: 1,200
VIBRATION IN FRONT SUSPENSION AND DEALER IS UNABLE TO LOCATE SOURCE AND CONTINUES TO STALL IN REPLACING THIS VEHICLE THAT HAS BEEN IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT MORE THAN IT HAS BEEN DRIVEN. *JB
Mileage: 7,100
IT BECAME DIFFICULT FOR THE DRIVER TO SEE OUT THE FRONT WINDSHIELD AND PASSENGER FRONT WINDOW. *NLM
THE TRANSMISSION FAILED, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL. *JB
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WOULD PULL TO THE RIGHT. THE DEALERSHIP REALIGNED THE VEHICLE BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST. *NLM
Mileage: 8
THE VEHICLES FRONT FENDER CRACKED. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THIS WAS DUE TO THE FENDER NOT HAVING ENOUGH BRACKET TO SUSTAIN PRESSURE. *NLM
Mileage: 100,000
THE BRAKES AND ROTORS FAILED AT 9000 MILES, THE DEALER REPLACED THEM, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *JB
Mileage: 9,000
THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION, AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *JB THE ACCIDENT RESULTED IN A TOTAL LOSS. SCC
Mileage: 6,700
I HAVE TAKEN MY VEHICLE IN TWICE FOR A VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE VEHICLE WOULD PULLED TO THE LEFT. THE FIRST TIME I BROUGHT IT IN THEY SAID IT WAS DUE TO TIRE WEAR AND THEY REPLACED THE TIRE FREE OF COST. I TOOK THE CAR IN ABOUT FIVE MONTHS LATER BECAUSE IT WAS STILL DOING THE SAME THI...
Mileage: 33,326
THIS CAR HAS USED MORE THAN 10 QUARTS OF OIL SINCE NEW (NOT COUNTING CHANGES). IT HAS JUST OVER 20K MILES NOW AND STILL USES OIL. IT DOES NOT SMOKE OR LEAK. THE FUEL MILEAGE IS NOWHERE NEAR THE ADVERTISED MILEAGE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED REGARDING NO BRAKE LIGHTS JUST AFTER PURCHASE. AFTER TWO TRIP...
Mileage: 1,500
THIS CAR HAS USED MORE THAN 10 QUARTS OF OIL SINCE NEW (NOT COUNTING CHANGES). IT HAS JUST OVER 20K MILES NOW AND STILL USES OIL. IT DOES NOT SMOKE OR LEAK. THE FUEL MILEAGE IS NOWHERE NEAR THE ADVERTISED MILEAGE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED REGARDING NO BRAKE LIGHTS JUST AFTER PURCHASE. AFTER TWO TRIP...
Mileage: 1,500
I TURNED THE KEY THAT MORNING TO GO TO WORK, THE CAR WAS TOTALLY DEAD. I CALLED CHRYLER ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE, SENT A TOW TRUCK, GAVE ME A JUMP, I LET THE CAR RUN FOR 45 MINUTES BEFORE GOING TO WORK, I STARTED DRIVING, DASHBOARD LIGHTS WERE BLINKING LIKE CRAZY, THE GAS GUAGE KEPT MOVING UP & DOWN, AND...
I TURNED THE KEY THAT MORNING TO GO TO WORK, THE CAR WAS TOTALLY DEAD. I CALLED CHRYLER ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE, SENT A TOW TRUCK, GAVE ME A JUMP, I LET THE CAR RUN FOR 45 MINUTES BEFORE GOING TO WORK, I STARTED DRIVING, DASHBOARD LIGHTS WERE BLINKING LIKE CRAZY, THE GAS GUAGE KEPT MOVING UP & DOWN, AND...
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT PANEL COLLISION ON THE DRIVER SIDE AND NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS
CONSUMER HAS PROBLEMS WITH THE SAFETY BELTS. THE PLASTIC PIECE ON THE BELT WHICH CREATED TENSION TO MAKE THE BELT TIGHTEN TO KEEP IT FROM BECOMING LOOSE BROKE THREE TIMES. *JB
CONSUMER STATE WHILE TRAVELING NOTICE SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER HOOD. CONSUMER PULL VEHICLE OVER AND LOOK UNDER HOOD AND NOTICE FLAMES ON ENGINE. CONSUMER CLOSE HOOD FIRE WAS PUT OUT. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER TECHNICIAN NOTICE POWER STEERING HOSE WAS TO CLOSE TO THE EXHAUST. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER ...
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES VEHICLE JERKS AND PEDAL ALMOST GOES TO THE FLOOR. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. TS
CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH SEVERE REFRACTION ON UNCOMING HEADLIGTHS AS WELL AS STATIONARY LIGHTS. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT IS NORMAL ON THE VEHICLE AND ALSO IF WAS THEM NOT TO DRIVE THE CAR AT NIGHT. MR
FUEL MILEAGE NOT UP TO RATING 20 MPG NOW RATING 33 MPG. VEHICLE ONLY 5 MONTHS OLD. DT
CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE AIR BAG LIGHT ON THE VEHICLE PANEL. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER ABOUT 5 TO 7 TIMES AND PROBLEM STILL THERE. MR
CAR GETS GAS MILEAGE OF 16.5 - 17.8 MPG CITY. ADVERTISES 22 - 28, HWY 26.6 ADVERTISES 26-38. ATTITUDE IS SYSTEMS CHECK SO TOUGH LUCK. MR
CONSUMER STATES THAT SHE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COLLISION AT APPROX 40-45MPH. BOTH PASSENGER AND DRIVER AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *SCC
CONSUMER STATES THAT SHE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COLLISION AT APPROX 40-45MPH. BOTH PASSENGER AND DRIVER AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *SCC
CONSUMER STATES THAT SHE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COLLISION AT APPROX 40-45MPH. BOTH PASSENGER AND DRIVER AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *SCC
THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED "NEW" WITH ALL SEASONAL TIRES, P18560R15. THIS VEHICLE CAN ONLY USE SNOW OR STUDDED TIRES IF OWNER PURCHASES 4 MORE NEW TIRES WITH DIFFERENT SIZE, P18565R15. THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY WAY THAT OWNER CAN HAVE SNOW TIRES. IT IS NOT AVAILABLE BY TIRE SIZE THAT WAS PURCHA...
WHILE TRVELING AT 40 MILES DOWN HILL CONSUMER WAS BLINDED BY THE SUN, AND HIT ANOTHER DRIVER ON FRONT SIDE. NONE OF AIRBAGS DEPLOYED.*AK
WHILE TRVELING AT 40 MILES DOWN HILL CONSUMER WAS BLINDED BY THE SUN, AND HIT ANOTHER DRIVER ON FRONT SIDE. NONE OF AIRBAGS DEPLOYED.*AK
CONSUMER STATES THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENGINE HAD LOCKED UP, DURING INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE, IT WAS POINTED OUT TO THE CONSUMER THAT THE AIR INTAKE PORT LAYS UNDER THE VEHICLE PARALLEL TO THE WHEEL AND IS EASILY...
CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START, THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE STARTER HAD RUSTED OUT.*JB
CAR TOOK ON WATER FROM THE "AIR INTAKE" PORT CAUSING ME TO STOP--HAD NO CONTROL OF CAR WHEN IT STOPPED--ACCORDING TO THE DODGE DEALER THE ENGINE SEIZED FROM THE RAIN WATER INTAKE--SAME DAY IT COULD NOT BE STARTED AGAIN--WAS FROM A RUSTED STARTER AS PER DODGE DEALER--CAR WAS SOLD BACK TO DODGE DEALER...
CAR TOOK ON WATER FROM THE "AIR INTAKE" PORT CAUSING ME TO STOP--HAD NO CONTROL OF CAR WHEN IT STOPPED--ACCORDING TO THE DODGE DEALER THE ENGINE SEIZED FROM THE RAIN WATER INTAKE--SAME DAY IT COULD NOT BE STARTED AGAIN--WAS FROM A RUSTED STARTER AS PER DODGE DEALER--CAR WAS SOLD BACK TO DODGE DEALER...
TRANSMISSION SLIPS FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR, AIR CONDITION DOES NOT GET VERY COLD, 15 MILES PER GALLON, STEERING WHEEL STARTS TO VIBRATE AFTER 45MPH, FRONT AND BACK BRAKES SQUEAK, MINOR LEAK UNDER DRIVER SIDE DASH BOARD, CAR STARTS TO VIBRATE HARSHLY IN A DRIVE IDLE AT A RED LIGHT, CAR STALLS WHILE SI...
TRANSMISSION SLIPS FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR, AIR CONDITION DOES NOT GET VERY COLD, 15 MILES PER GALLON, STEERING WHEEL STARTS TO VIBRATE AFTER 45MPH, FRONT AND BACK BRAKES SQUEAK, MINOR LEAK UNDER DRIVER SIDE DASH BOARD, CAR STARTS TO VIBRATE HARSHLY IN A DRIVE IDLE AT A RED LIGHT, CAR STALLS WHILE SI...
TRANSMISSION SLIPS FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR, AIR CONDITION DOES NOT GET VERY COLD, 15 MILES PER GALLON, STEERING WHEEL STARTS TO VIBRATE AFTER 45MPH, FRONT AND BACK BRAKES SQUEAK, MINOR LEAK UNDER DRIVER SIDE DASH BOARD, CAR STARTS TO VIBRATE HARSHLY IN A DRIVE IDLE AT A RED LIGHT, CAR STALLS WHILE SI...
TRANSMISSION SLIPS FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR, AIR CONDITION DOES NOT GET VERY COLD, 15 MILES PER GALLON, STEERING WHEEL STARTS TO VIBRATE AFTER 45MPH, FRONT AND BACK BRAKES SQUEAK, MINOR LEAK UNDER DRIVER SIDE DASH BOARD, CAR STARTS TO VIBRATE HARSHLY IN A DRIVE IDLE AT A RED LIGHT, CAR STALLS WHILE SI...
TRANSMISSION SLIPS FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR, AIR CONDITION DOES NOT GET VERY COLD, 15 MILES PER GALLON, STEERING WHEEL STARTS TO VIBRATE AFTER 45MPH, FRONT AND BACK BRAKES SQUEAK, MINOR LEAK UNDER DRIVER SIDE DASH BOARD, CAR STARTS TO VIBRATE HARSHLY IN A DRIVE IDLE AT A RED LIGHT, CAR STALLS WHILE SI...
TRANSMISSION SLIPS FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR, AIR CONDITION DOES NOT GET VERY COLD, 15 MILES PER GALLON, STEERING WHEEL STARTS TO VIBRATE AFTER 45MPH, FRONT AND BACK BRAKES SQUEAK, MINOR LEAK UNDER DRIVER SIDE DASH BOARD, CAR STARTS TO VIBRATE HARSHLY IN A DRIVE IDLE AT A RED LIGHT, CAR STALLS WHILE SI...
WHILE DRIVING IN RAINY WEATHER DROVE OVER A SMALL PUDDLE OF WATER AND WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE SHUT OFF. THEN, BECAME INOPERABLE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. HOWEVER , DEALER STATED IT WAS CONSUMER'S NEGLECT ON DRIVING AROUND PUDDLE.MECHANIC STATED WATER WAS ABLE TO GET INTO ENGINE.*AK
WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE I DROVE INTO THE BACK OF A CAR GOING 35 MPH AND NEITHER OF THE FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. I AM CONCERNED IN THAT THIS CAR WAS BOUGHT FOR MY DAUGHTERS, AND HAD THEY BEEN DRIVING IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A DIFFERENT STORY.*AK
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES TO SLOWDOWN THEY WOULD FAIL TO CATCH PROPERLY. THIS CAUSES EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. FOR THE BRAKES TO CATCH, SOMETIMES, WOULD NEED TO PUMP BRAKE PEDAL. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. *AK
(1) THE VEHICLE DRIFTS TO THE RIGHT AT SPEED (2) THE VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT ON ACCELERATION FROM A STOP-THE STEERING WHEEL ACTUALLY MOVES TO THE RIGHT AS DOES THE VEHICLE IF YOU DON'T PREVENT IT FROM VEERING OFF THE ROAD (3) THE WHOLE CAR WOBBLES FROM SIDE TO SIDE AT LOW SPEED-THE SENSATION IS L...
DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY DURING A FOURTY-FIVE MILE PER HOUR FRONT END COLLISION. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK DURING THE ACCIDENT THE CONSUMER TRIED TO STOP WITH BRAKES BUT HIS TIRES LOCKED UP.
DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY DURING A FOURTY-FIVE MILE PER HOUR FRONT END COLLISION. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK DURING THE ACCIDENT THE CONSUMER TRIED TO STOP WITH BRAKES BUT HIS TIRES LOCKED UP.
DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY DURING A FOURTY-FIVE MILE PER HOUR FRONT END COLLISION. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK DURING THE ACCIDENT THE CONSUMER TRIED TO STOP WITH BRAKES BUT HIS TIRES LOCKED UP.
WHILE DRIVING STEERING WHEEL WOULD CONSTANTLY VIBRATE. HARD TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF VEHICLE WHEN VIBRATION HAPPENS. *AK