2000 DODGE NEON Complaints

CONSUMER IS STATING THAT HER DAUGHTER, LORA BETH, WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION AND KILLED. SHE WAS DRIVING AT 35-40 MPH. SHE WAS WEARING A SAFETY BELT, AND THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED. SHE WAS SITTING AT LEAST 10 INCHES FROM THE STEERING WHEEL, AND WAS 5 FEET 7 INCHES TALL. PARENTS BELIEVE THE DEPLOYING FORCE OF THE AIRBAG MAY HAVE KILLED HER. THE NEON?S DESIGN DIPS IN THE FRONT AND IF A DRIVER SLAMS ON THE BRAKE IT WOULD DIP EVEN MORE, THIS MIGHT DELAY THE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. *YD

VEHICLE WAS TURNED ON AND IN PARK WHEN IT SUDDENLY LURCHED FORWARD, KNOCKING CONSUMER DOWN AND UNCONSCIOUS. BEFORE STOPPING, VEHICLE TURNED IN A COUNTER CLOCKWISE MOTION, DESTROYING ALL OBJECTS IN ITS PATH. . DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED.*AK

HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING COOLANT ONTO ENGINE. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE.*AK*YH

WHILE DRIVING 35 TO 40MPH APPLIED BRAKES AND THEY WOULD NOT OERATE PROPERLY, CAUSING VEHICLE TO REAREND ANOTHER VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. DRIVER WAS INJURED. *AK

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

WHILE TRAVELING AT 35 TO 40 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING AT THE SAME SPEED HIT DRIVER'S VEHICLE HEAD ON. UPON IMPACT, NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

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

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

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

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