2000 DODGE NEON Complaints

SEE COMPLAINT 10053281 FOR INITIAL BACK ROUND INFO. RADIATOR REPLACED DUE TO COOLANT TRANSMISSION BLOW-OUT. THAT COST ME $500. THEN WHEN THE 5 STAR DEALER TESTED THE CAR, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. DEALER WANTED 600 JUST TO INVESTIGATE AND SAID THAT IT COULD COST AS MUCH AS $2,500 ADDL TO REPLACE. I JUST READ ABOUT COMPLAINT 10039597 WITH SAME PROBLEM. IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE IS A MFG DEFECT THAT CHRYSLER IS NOT OWNING UP TO. I CALLED CHRYSLER ABOUT THIS AND THEY WERE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I DID NOT BUY EXTENDED COVERAGE. PLEASE GET BACK TO ME. THANK YOU. *CB

THE CAR WAS BOUGHT IN MARCH OF 2003 AND 2 WEEKS LATER WE HAD A WINDSHIELD REPLACED . SINCE THAT TIME WHEN EVER WE HAVE HEAVY RAINFALL WATER LEAKS IN ON THE PASSENGER SIDE COMING IN THROUGH THE HEATING VENT . ALL BASIS HAVE BEEN COVERED CONCERNING THE WINDSHIELD REPLACEMENT. WE THOUGHT IT WAS AN IMPROPER WINDSHIELD INSTALLMENT BUT IT IS NOT.WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE WE BOUGHT IT AND THEY CLEANED OUT THE WATER DRAIN FOR THE HEATER BUT SINCE THEN WE HAD A HEAVY RAINFALL AND IT STILL CONTINUES TO LEAK . OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND AT THE SAME TIME IM GETTING MORE AND MORE FRUSTRATED ABOUT THIS.

BOUGHT CAR FROM FATHER IN LAW, HE BOUGHT THE CAR NEW. HE HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH IT.SOON AFTER I BOUGHT FROM HIM IN 2000(IT WAS STILL NEW!),POWER WINDOWS QUIT WORKING THEN STARTED WORKING AGAIN.CRUISE CONTROL WENT OUT, STILL DONT WORK. FRONT END CRASH 2003 MAY, 4783.45 IN DAMAGE, AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY AT 40MPH !!! I HAD CAR REPAIRED BY NON CHRYSLER GARAGE AS PER ADVICE OF ERIE INSURANCE CO. ERIE WONT COVER BECAUSE THEY SAY ITS CHRYSLER'S PROBLEM, CHRYSLER SAYS ITS MY PROBLEM BECAUSE WORK WAS DONE AT NON DAIMLER CHRYSLER GARAGE AND THEY WERE RUDE AND HUNG UP ON ME! ERIE TOLD ME TO HAVE DIAGNOSTIC CHECK DONE ON IT BECUZ IN AUG 03 THE AIR BAG LITE STARTED TO COME ON AND HORN WONT WORK. I HAD THE CHECK DONE AND THEY SAID CLOCKSPRING NEEDS REPLACED. NOT ERIE OR CHRYSLER WILL FIX.

TRANS DIED IN MIDDLE OF ROAD. DEALER CLAIMS I NEED A NEW RADIATOR TO REPAIR. NOW I READ HERE THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE RE OCCURRING. ALSO, MECHANIC FROM ANOTHER DEALER I CALLED INDICATED THAT THIS WAS THE THIRD HE HAS SEEN IN THE PAST 2 WEEKS. THIS WILL COST ME $ 500 FOR RADIATOR REPLACEMENT. PLEASE HELP ! *CB

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH. UPON IMPACT, BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER SUSTAINED SERIOUS NECK/BACK AND HIP INJURIES. *AK

WATER WAS ENTERING THE TRUNK AND REAR FLOOR THROUGH THE BRAKE LIGHTS. WHEN THIS OCCURRED IT CAUSED A SHORT IN THE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCK. THIS WAS CAUSED BY POOR SEALANT OF THE BRAKE LIGHTS AT THE FACTORY. IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM BUT NOT REMEDY HAD BEEN FOUND. *AK

4 (OUT OF 5) BROKEN LUG STUDS ON ONE WHEEL. ONE LUG NUT/STUD WAS ALREADY BROKEN WHEN GOING TO CHANGE PADS/ROTOR. REMOVING REMAINING 4 LUGS, 3 OF THEM BROKE OFF (ALMOST AS IF THEY WERE CROSS THREADED). *LA

MY 2000 DODGE NEON HAS HAD TWO BRAKE FAILURES. AT APPROX 30000 MILES, MY DRIVER REAR BRAKE ASSEMBLY FAILED. AT APPROX 33000 MILES, MY PASSENGER SIDE REAR BRAKE ASSEY HAS ALSO FAILED. IN THE FIRST INCIDENT THE DEALER REPAIRED WITHOUT EXPLAINING THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM. I'LL FIND OUT ABOUT THIS ONE. IT GOES INTO THE SHOP ON THURSDAY, 12/04/03.*AK

THE VEHICLE HAS HAD THE HEAD GASKET REPLACED ON THIS VEHICLE ONCE. THE REPAIR WAS DONE WHEN THE VEHICLE ONLY HAD 24000 MILES ON IT. THE VEHICLE IS NOW IN NEED OF PISTONS, THAT ARE BROKEN IN THE ENGINE. THE MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *PH

THE THREAD ON THE WHEEL STUDS GETS SHREDDED, DUE TO CORROSION. THIS IS CAUSED BY A DESIGN FLAW IN THE CROWN COVERS, WHICH ALLOWS MOISTURE AND ROAD SALT TO GET INTO THE THREAD, AND SEIZE UP THE LUG NUTS. CONSEQUENTLY WHEN THE TIRES ARE REMOVED OR ROTATED THE THREAD STRIPS, PER AN ENGINEER.*AK