1995 DODGE NEON Complaints

OVER A PERIOD OF TIME VEHICLE WAS LEAKING OIL. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF PROBLEM. CONSUMER HAD HEAD GASKET REPLACED AT 83 THOUSAND MILES. WHEN DRIVING AT 40 MPH VEHICLE CUT OFF WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER NOTICED PARTS WITHIN ENGINE COMPARTMENT HAD FAILED. ALSO, HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING OIL WHICH CAUSED THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

HAD NOTICED A LARGE PUDDLE OF OIL ON GARAGE FLOOR. TOOK TO MECHANIC AND HAD IT CHECKED. WAS INFORMED THAT SEALS WERE NOT INVOLVED, BUT HEAD GASKETS WERE CAUSING LEAKAGE.*AK

MY DODGE NEON SPORT FAILED TO STOP WHEN I PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL. I PRESSED THE PEDAL HARDER; THE CAR DID NOT STOP. (THERE WAS PLENTY OF PEDAL; THE PEDAL DID NOT GO TO THE FLOOR. I CRASHED INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME.*AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED OVERHEATING AND LOSS OF COOLANT WHILE DRIVING. TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, AND INFORMED CONSUMER OF A HEAD GASKET FAILURE. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED THAT IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A RECALL. *AK *JB

I BOUGHT VEH IN DEC OF 1998 HAVE MADE $2000.00 WORTH OF ENGINE REPAIRS SINCE 02/01/00 WHICH CONSISTED OF REPLACING ENTIRE ENGINE NOW A YEAR LATER MY VEH IS LEAKING OIL AGAIN FROM THE REAR MAIN SEAL WHICH WILL BE ANOTHER $400.00 DOLLARS TO REPAIR AND I STILL OWE 4000.00 ON THE VEHICLE WITH THE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS ON THE ENGINES ON THESE CARS YOU WOULD THINK SOMETHING WOULD BE DONE I CANT KEEP REPLACING ENGINES EVERY YEAR. DODGE HAS REALLY SCREWED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ON THIS VEHICLE. *AK

THE FUEL PUMP HAS FAILED SIX TIMES WHILE DRIVING CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL. NLM

HEAD GASKET FAILURE, POSSIBLE ENGINE PROBLEMS, MANUFACTURER HAS DENIED ASSISTANCE FOR THE REPAIRS. *JB

ENGINE GAUGE WENT INTO THE RED, CONSUMER TURNED OFF CAR TO COOL. TWO DAYS LATER, MECHANIC SAID IT WAS A BUTSTED HEAD GASKET.*AK CONSUMER STATED ENGINE DAMAGE FROM OVERHEATING INCLUDED PISTON RINGS AND CRANKSHAFT BEARINGS. *SLC

BRAKES ARE CONTINUALLY EXPERIENCING EXCESSIVE WEAR, CONSUMER HAS REPLACED THE BRAKES ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS SINCE OWNERSHIP, LAST REPAIR ON 3/17/01. *MJS

BRAKES STARTED SQUEAKING, AND SOUNDED LIKE METAL AGAINST METAL. CONSUMER HAS HAD BRAKES AND ROTORS CHANGED EVERY TWO TO THREE MILES. *AK