1995 DODGE NEON Complaints

ON AUGUST 27, 1997, VEHICLE WAS IN FOR YEARLY INSPECTION WHEN DEALERSHIP NOTICED OIL LEAK. SUPPOSEDLY HEAD GASKET NEEDED REPAIR AND THIS JOB WAS DONE. VEHICLE NEEDED RELAY REPAIR IN ON MARCH 23, 1999 AND $150 OF UNAUTHORIZED DIAGNOSTICS WAS PERFORMED. NO PROBLEM WAS FOUND. IN AUGUST 1999, VEHICLE BEGAN WITH OIL LEAK AGAIN. CAR WAS PARKED UNTIL FEBRUARY 2000 WHEN PRIVATE REPAIR MAN DIAGNOSED HEAD GASKET LEAK AND VALVE COVER GASKET LEAK. CHRYSLER WAS ONCE AGAIN NOTIFIED. INFORMATION PROVIDED TO US STATES THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH 1995 NEONS AND WE'VE ALL READY SUNK TOO MUCH MONEY INTO THIS CAR FOR MULTIPLE REPAIRS. CAR IS PRESENTLY PARKED AGAIN!! *AK

RADIO SPEAKER ON RIGHT PASSENGER'S FRONT DOOR SHORTED OUT, CAUSING AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. *AK

NO REIMBURSEMENT FROM CHRYSLER FOR 2ND REPAIR OF $1,275. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED WITHIN SUMMARY. *AK

HEAD GASKET BLEW ON THE #4 CYLINDER BLOWING COOLANT AND OIL THROUGH THE ENGINE AND EXHAUST SYSTEM. AS A RESULT OF THIS PROBLEM THE ENGINE BLOCK CRACKET BETWEEN THE WATER JACKETS. *AK

ENGINE OVERHEATED WHILE GOING 30MPH.BLOWN HEAD GASKETT,ANTIFREEZE TURNED BROWN BECAUSE OF OIL LEAKING INTO RADIATOR, THIS CAUSED THE THERMASTAT TO CLOG AND FAIL. MAJOR OIL LEAKING FROM ENGINE. A/C WILL NOT HOLD FREON, THIS WILL COST $700 TO REPAIR.

CONTACTED CHRYSLER REGARDING HEAD GASKET REPAIRS. THEY ONLY OFFERED LESS THAN 25% REIMBURSEMENT FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM IS WELL KNOWN AND SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECALLED TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. *AK

WAS PICKING UP SPEED RAN OFF SHOULDER INTO GRAVEL, TURNED TO PULL BACK AND I COULD NOT STEER, PUT ON BRAKES AND SPUN AROUND AND AROUND ACROSS TO THE OTHER SIDE OF ROAD AND TURNED COMPLETELY AROUND AND WAS HIT FROM BEHIND.*AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET LEAKS - I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTUER DEFECT, AS ALL NEON'S HAVE THIS PROBLEM GET A CLUE. *AK

THE HEAD GASKET CAUSED MY WATER PUMP,TRANSMISSION,RADIATOR, TO BE REPLACED. IT MADE MY ENGINE OVERHEAT ALL THE TIME..I HAD TO REPLACE EVERYTHING..IT ALSO LEAKED OIL ALL THE TIME. I SPENT MONEY ALL THE TIME TO REPLACE THE OIL THAT LEAKED OUT. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING NOTICED VEHICLE WAS NOT CHANGING GEARS. THERE WAS NO INDICATOR LIGHT. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK