2000 DODGE NEON Complaints

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL LETTER 01V154000 IN JUNE. FOX CHRYSLER DEALER ON GRANT AVE IN AUBURN, NY. 13021 PHONE # 800-447-1056 HAD NO IDEA WHEN PARTS WILL BECOME AVAILABLE. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTIFICATION 983, HOWEVER WHEN CONSUMER ARRIVED FOR THE APPOINTMENT SHE WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WERE NO PARTS AVAILABLE.*JB

AFTER THE CAR WAS SERVICED FOR THE POWER BRAKE VACUUM RECALL, THE "NEW" VACUUM HOSE FELL OFF WITHIN 3 MILES. THE ENGINE REVED TO 2000 RPM AND THE BRAKES WERE ALMOST INOPERATIVE. AFTER STOPPING THE CAR I OPENED THE HOOD AND SAW HOSE COMPLETLY OFF ON THE ENGINE SIDE. I REPLACED THE HOSE AND CONTINUED ON. I INFORMED THE DEALER OF THE PROBLEM AND OF MY REPAIR THEY SAID THEY WOULD TALK WITH THE MECHANIC.*AK

RECALL# 01V154000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 983 CONTACTED DEALER ABOUT RECALL REPAIRS, AND DEALER STATED THEY DID NOT HAVE THE PARTS.*AK

I BROUGHT MY CAR IN OCTOBER OF 99 AND I'VE BEEN THROUGH 11 BRAND NEW TIRES FOR SOME UNEXPLAINED REASON I KEEP HAVING BLOWOUTS ALL THE TREADS ARE INTACT BUT THE SIDES OF THE TIRES END UP WITH CHUNKS MISSING FROM THEM. I WAS DRIVING IN THE CITY DOING ABOUT 30 WHEN I FELT MY CAR PULLING AWAY FROM ME AND I COULD BARLEY CONTROL IT SO I PULLED OVER TO CHECK IT OUT N THERE WERE 2 CHUNKS MISSING OUT FOT THE OUTER SIDE OF THE TIRE FROM IT BLOWING OUT AND THE INNER SIDE OF THE TIRE LOOKED LIKE SOMEONE TOOK A CAN OPENER TO IT. NEEDLESS TO SAY THE 4 ORIGINAL TIRES MY CAR CAME WITH DID THE SAME THING THOSE TIRES WERE REPLACE AND MY TIRES CAN ONLY BE REPLACED BY GOOD YEAR MODEL P185/60R15 NO OTHER TIRE FITS I HAD 4 TIRES REPLACED IN MAYOF 2000 THEN I REPLACED ANOTHER 3 BECAUSE OF THE SAME PROBLEM IN FEB2001 ALL AT MY OWN EXPENSE AND IT IS NOW JULY AND A NOTHER TIRE BLEW IM SICK OF IT. AT FIRST I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS JUST WEAR AND TARE BUT NOT IM STARTING TO WONDER 11 TIRES IN LESS THEN 2 YEARS SOMETHING HAS TO BE WRONG.*AK (TIRESIZE: P185\60R15)

THIS VEHICLE HAS EXTREME SURGES IN THE MOTOR, ON START UP IF A/C UNIT IS TURNED ON CAR MAY STALL, ALSO "GRINDING" NOISE FROM ENGINE ON OVER NITE START UPS. SURGE IN ENGINE DURING THE WINTER SEASON IS ALSO A PROBLEM, SNOW OR ICE COVERED ROAD ARE BAD ENOUGH, LET ALONE THE VEHICLE DECIEDS TO SURGE, WHEN THIS HAPPENS I WOULD PUT THE GEAR SELECTOR TO NEUTRAL. DODGE DEALER HAS INFORMED ME THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO KEEP THE CAR OVERNIGHT, BUT THAT IS NOT GOOD FOR ME BECAUSE I NEED MY CAR. THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF NOISES THAT DODGE HAS DEEMED ACCEPTIABLE.*AK

RECALL 01V154000, DOM 983. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR RECALL REPAIRS, AND DEALER DID NOT HAVE PARTS. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK

RECALL NUMBER 0V154000. CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL LETTER CONCERNING BRAKE VACUUM BOOSTER SYSTEM. CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER HAD NO PARTS AVAILABLE TO REMEDY RECALL PROBLEM. *AK CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE PART WOULD TAKE ONE MONTH TO ARRIVE, WHEN HE DID ARRIVE THE DEALER PUT THE PART ON ANOTHER VEHICLE EVEN THOUGHT THAT PART HAD THE CONSUMERS NAME ON IT.*JB

CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER IN REFERENCE TO RECALL NUMBER 00V154000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 983, DEALER STATED PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. PARTS WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 50 TO 55 MPH PRESSED ON ACCELERATOR AND IT STUCK, ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. ALSO, HAS TO PRESS ON ACCELERATOR SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE IT WILL RELEASE. SOMETIMES HAS TO TURN OFF VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK