1995 DODGE NEON Complaints

THE CAR STALLS INTERMITTENTLY WHILE BEING DRIVEN. SOMETIMES IT WILL RESTART, OTHER TIMES IT WILL NOT. WE HAVE CONTACTED A DEALER, SEVERAL MECHANICS AND DODGE/CHRYSLER THEMSELVES. NO ONE CAN DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM AND WE WERE TOLD BY CHRYSLER TO KEEP DRIVING TILL IT HAPPENS AGAIN. SINCE THIS HAS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING 55MPH ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY, WE ARE, NEEDLESS TO SAY, CURRENTLY NOT DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR SAFETY REASONS.

OIL LEAKAGE IS OCCURRING DUE TO A BAD ENGINE GASKET, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO STALL. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *ML

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH WITHOUT AND WITH NO PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE STALLS AND ACCELERATES ON ITS OWN. ALSO UPON APPLYING THE BRAKES, PEDAL IS SOFT AND THE VEHICLE OVERHEATS AND SHUTS DOWN. *AK

ENGINE LEAKS OIL. THE BRAKE PADS WEAR OUT EVERY 6 MONTHS & HAVE TO BE CHANGED. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALER & INFORMED THE LEAKING IS FROM CRACKED ENGINE HEAD GASKET. HEAD GASKETS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

LOSS OF STEERING OCCURRED WHEN I DROVE THROUGH A PUDDLE OF WATER DURING A RAINSTORM AND THE STEERING POWER WAS CUT CAUSING ME TO HIT A CONCRETE CURB AT ABOUT 15 MPH IN A PARKING LOT SCRATCHING THE PAINT ON THE FRONT BUMPER. SECOND THE WIRING IN THE DOME SWITCH IN THE PASSENGER DOOR AND THE WIRES IN THE LIGHTS ON REMINDER IN THE DRIVER'S DOOR IS SHORTED CAUSING THEM NOT TO WORK PROPERLY. AFTER THE RECALL FOR THE STEERING COUPLER WAS PERFORMED THE CAR TENDS TO PULL TO THE RIGHT AND THE STEERING WHEEL IS NOT "STRAIGHT" WHEN DRIVING ON A STRAIGHT ROAD 2 ALIGNMENTS HAVE BEEN PERFORMED AND THE PROBLEM IS STILL NOT CORRECTED. THE HOOD IS NOT PROPERLY ATTACHED AND THE HOOD HITS THE RIGHT FENDER NOW CAUSING RUST TO FORM. THE ORIGINAL BATTERY ALSO CORRODED THROUGH BOTH TERMINALS FIRST CAUSING THE CAR NOT TO EVEN START THEN AFTER THE TERMINALS WERE REPLACED CAUSED THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT TO REMAIN LIT UNTIL THE TERMINAL WAS REPLACED AGAIN. ALSO FINALLY THE BRAKES MAKE LOUD SCREECHING NOISE WHEN APPLIED AND WHEN I HAD THEM CHECKED WAS TOLD IT WAS "BREAK DUST AND NOT TO WORRY

ENGINE HEAD GASKET DOES NOT FIT PROPERLY, CAUSING THE GASKETS TO BLOW OUT/ENGINE TO CEASE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TOWED IN, AND DEALER HAD THE HEAD GASKET REPLACED TWICE BY THE DEALER. *AK

THE HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING AND THE MECHANIC AT A LOCAL DEALER HAS SAID THAT THAT IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM FOR THE NEON'S.

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A VERY MINOR COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. PASSENGER'S AIR BAG CAUGHT ON FIRE. PASSENGER SUSTAINEDBURNS ON HIS RIGHT HAND FINGERS. VEHICLE SMELLED LIKE BURNE DNYLON FIBER. *AK

VEHICLE WAS AT A STANDSTILL WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE REARENDED THE DODGE NEON, CAUSING THE DRIVER'S SEAT TO COLLAPSE BACKWARDS, AND OBSCURING DRIVER'S VIEW OF THE ROAD. *AK

ONE WEEK AFTER PURCHASE, ALL OIL WAS GONE FROM CAR. DEALER FIRST REPLACED THE OIL PRESSURE SENDING UNIT, KEPT LEAKING, THEN REPLACED THE VALVE COVER GASKET, KEPT LEAKING, THEN REPLACED THE CAM SEALS. DEALER ASSURED ME THAT IT WAS NOT THE HEAD GASKET. STILL LEAKING OIL. TOOK IT TO PERSONAL MECHANIC AND IT IS THE HEAD GASKET LEAKING. DEALER HAS REFUSED TO REFUND PURCHASE PRICE OR REPLACE VEHICLE. THIS HAS BEEN OVER A 2 MONTH PERIOD. THE VEHICLE ALSO HAS VERY NOISY BRAKES, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT HAS SAT FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME (OVERNIGHT). THE CAR HAS A SHAKING AND RATTLING IN THE STEERING COLUMN WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS, ESPECIALLY AT SLOW SPEEDS. THE DASH BOARD REFLECTS ON THE WINDSHIELD WHEN IT IS SUNNY AND THE GLARE MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE AT TIMES.