1995 DODGE NEON Complaints

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A CLUTCH PROBLEM. WHEN SWITCHING OUT OF FIRST GEAR VEHICLE MADE A LOUD POPPING SOUND. CONSUMER DID NOT TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE REPAIR SHOP YET, BUT WILL DO SO SOON. *AK

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING MY 1995 DODGE NEON WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AND CAUSED HER TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. SHE WAS TRAVELING AT APPROX 35 - 40 MPH .THERE WERE NO ABNORMAL WEATHER OR ROAD CONDITIONS. SUDDENLY THE STEERING WHEEL JERKED THE CAR OFF THE ROAD TOWARDS THE RIGHT, AT THAT POINT SHE HAD A LOSS OF STEERING AND NO CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. SHE WAS NOT APPLYING THE BRAKES OR MAKING A TURN, JUST DRIVING ALONG AS SHE NORMALLY WOULD. PREVIOSLY WE HAVE HAD PROBLEMS, SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM FAILING. WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS THE FRONT WHEELS LOCKED UP ONCE CAUSING A MINOR ACCIDENT , THE OTHER JUST CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE TIRES. THE ACCIDENT WHEN THE STEERING FAILED WAS FORTUNATELY A MINOR ONE . BUT COULD JUST AS EASILY BEEN A VERY SERIOS POSSIBLY FATAL. SINCE AT THE TIME OF THE STEERING LOSS, THERE WAS NO WAY TO CONTROL THE DIRECTION OF THE VEHICLE, WHICH RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO A RESIDENTIAL HOMEOWNERS YARD AND PERSONAL PROPERTY THAT WAS LOCATED IN THE YARD. THE VEHICLE CAME TO REST BETWEEN TWO TREES BECAUSE IT WAS STOPPED BY A TENSION WIRE ATTACHED TO A TELEPHONE POLE WHICH WAS STRUCK AND BECAME WRAPPED AROUND THE FRONT LEFT TIRE. IF NOT FOR THAT SHE WOULD HAVE STRUCK A CONCRETE CULVERT ONLY A FEW FEET AWAY.. WE ARE PRESENTLY INVOLVED IN PROCEEDINGS TO HAVE THE CITATION SHE RECEIVED DISMISSED DUE TO FAULTY EQUIPMENT. ALSO I DID INQUIRE WITH DODGE MOTOR CORP RE SAFETY RECALL INFO...WHICH I WAS INFORMED THAT MY VEHICLE HAS NO INCOMPLETE RECALL WORK , BUT I ALSO RECEIVED A CAR FACTS REPORT FROM CONSUMER GUIDE STATING THAT THERE WAS A RECALL AND THERE IS NO INFORMATION STATING THE WORK HAD BEEN COMPLETED BY DODGE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. WHICH IF IT HAD BEEN CORRECTED THE INFO WOULD HAVE BEEN UPDATED TO SHOW THAT. IF YOU COULD PLEASE HELP ME WITH THIS MATTER, AND POSSIBLY SAVE SOMEONE FROM THIS MESS. ALSO I HAVE A FRIEND WHO LOST HER ARM FROM HER 95 NEON CRASH FROM STEERING FAILURE OF WHICH I WAS UNAWARE UNTIL AFTER MINE.*AK

DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT WINDOW HAS PARTS THAT STOP THE WINDOW FROM SLIDING. THOSE PARTS FELL OUT. CONSUMER FEELS THAT THE WINDOW MAY SLIDE AND BREAK, INJURING PASSENGERS.*AK WINDOW HAS 2 DEVICES, ONE IN FRONT AND ONE ON THE BACK, THAT ENABLE WINDOW TO ROLL UP OR DOWN. THE DEVICE IN THE FRONT FELL OFF AFTER SEVERAL TIMES THE WINDOW HAS BEEN ROLLED UP AND DOWN. IT CAUSED THE SCREWS TO CAME LOOSE AND FELL OF IN THE DEVICE ON THE BACK. WINDOW STILL ROLLS UP, BUT ALSO SLIDES BACK AND FORTH. *LA

WE STARTED NOTICING CLEARCOAT MISSING FROM THE HOOD AND ROOF OF CAR WHEN WE WERE WASHING IT. NOW MORE AND MORE KEEPS PEELING AWAY. I HAVE NOTICED MANY OTHER NEONS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THERE SEEMS TO BE A DEFECT IN THE PAINT AND CLEARCOAT ON THESE CARS. NOW WE KEEP THE CAR EITHER IN THE GARAGE OR HAVE A CAR COVER OVER IT TO TRY AND SLOW THE PEELING AWAY DOWN. I KNOW IT WILL GET WORSE AND THEN BEGIN TO RUST. *AK

THE BRAKES ON THE CAR ARE JUST TERRIBLE. I BOUGHT THE CAR IN 2002, IT WAS A 1995 NEON DODGE(BEST I COULD BUY BACK THEN). BUT IN LESS THAN A YEAR SINCE I'VE HAD THE CAR I'VE HAD TO HAVE THE AIR CONDITIONER FIXED ONE TIME, THE PAINT IS BASICALLY PEELING OFF BY ITSELF, BUT THE WORST PART ARE THE BRAKES, I'VE HAD THEM CHANGED THREE TIMES IN LESS THAN EIGHT MONTHS. ONCE I ALMOST GOT IN CAR ACCIDENT BECAUSE THEY FAILED ON ME. SINCE I BOUGHT IT IN A SMALL LOCAL DEALER SHOP MUCH COULD NOT BE DONE, BUT I AM LOOKING FOWARD TO GETTING A BETTER CAR WITH BETTER SAFETY FEATURES.

THE CAR LEAKS WATER FROM SOMEWHERE. WHEN IT RAINS THE BACKSEAT FLOOR FILLS UP WITH WATER. THERE ARE NO WATER TRAILS RUNNING DOWN FROM THE WINDOWS SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE LEAK IS COMING FROM. THE AIR CONDITIONING HAS FINALLY DIED COMPLETELY - IT HAS BEEN SMELLING MUSTY FOR QUITE SOME TIME. THE WINDOWS ROLL DOWN BY THEMSELVES. IF YOU GO OVER A BUMPY ROAD OR JUST DRIVE FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME THE WINDOWS START CREEPING DOWN. AFTER EVERY DRIVE I HAVE TO GO AROUND THE CAR AND MAKE SURE THE WINDOWS ARE ROLLED UP TIGHT.

I OWN A 1995 DODGE NEON AND IT HAS A MAJOR HEADGASKET OIL LEAK THAT A MECHANIC DIAGNOSED. THE HEADGASKET LEAK HAS BEEN GETTING WORSE AND THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM BECAUSE I AM ADDING A QUART OF OIL EVERY THREE DAYS. THE ENTIRE BOTTOM OF THE ENGINE IS COVERED IN OIL. I CHECKED THE NHTSA DEFECT INVESTIGATION REPORTS AND MANY CONSUMERS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM. EVERY TIME I DRIVE THERE IS A STRONG SMELL OF BURNED OIL. ON 12-15-2003 SMOKE STARTED TO COME FROM THE ENGINE. I AM VERY WORRIED THAT THIS MIGHT START AN ENGINE FIRE IF THE CAR GETS VERY HOT. I HAVE CHECKED VARIOUS AUTOMOTIVE WEBSITES AND IN ONE SITE A DODGE OWNER MENTIONS THAT HIS MECHANIC TOLD HIM THAT A CUSTOMERS DODGE NEON HAD AN ENGINE FIRE. I CONTACTED A LOCAL DODGE DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT THEY COULD DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. THIS IS AN OBVIOUS DESIGN DEFECT THAT IS ALSO A SAFETY RISK NOT ONLY OF ENGINE FIRES BUT ALSO ENGINE STALLS DUE TO LOW OIL LEVELS. THERE IS ALSO A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES MAKING STRANGE SOUNDS. *LA

I WON A 1995 DODGE NEON AND THIS CAR HAS A HEAD GASKET LEAK.THERE IS A CONSTANT SMELL OF BURNT OIL AND I AM AFRAID THAT THIS ENGINE MAY CATCH FIRE SOMEDAY. I HAVE TO TALKED TO SEVERAL MECHANICS AND THIS HEADGASKET LEAK IS VERY COMMON IN DODGE NEON'S AND THE LOCAL CAR DEALER SAID HE COULD DO NOTHING ABOUT IT.I DID AN INTERNET SEARCH AND FOUND QUITE A FEW COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE DODGE NEON HEADGASKET LEAK.I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM A PRIVATE OWNER BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE DAIMLER-CHRYLER CORPORATION CREATED A DEFECTIVE HEADGASKET AND I AM VERY WORRIED THAT THIS IS A FIRE RISK.THE ENGINE IS VERY OILY AND THERE IS A CONSTANT SMELL OF BURNT OIL.I HAVE ALSO READ ON THE INTERNET THAT CERTAIN DODGE DEALERS ARE REPAIRING THE HEADGASKET .AT TIMES SOME SMOKE HAS COME FROM THE ENGINE.

VEHICLE LOST CONTROL DUE TO PASSENGER REAR TIRE BLOW OUT. *MR THE CONSUMER STARTED TO SWERVE, SLID INTO THE GRAVEL, SWERVED AGAIN, THEN CRASHED INTO THE MEDIAN. *SCC (NO TIRE INFORMATION WAS GIVEN. *JB

1995 DODGE NEON. THROTTLE BODY. WAS BUILT WITHOUT AN "O" RING SEAL. ENGINE GETS WET, THROTTLE BODY RUINED. WHEN IT GETS MOISTURE INSIDE, THE CAR HAS TROUBLE ACCELERATING. SOMETIMES IT DOES, OTHERS IT DOES NOT. IT FEELS LIKE DRIVING A FOUR CYLINDER CAR WITH THREE BAD SPARK PLUCKS, THE ENGINE MISSES, AND BOGS DOWN. BAD NEWS IF YOUR ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE PEOPLE BEHIND YOU WANT TO DRIVE THROUGH YOU BECAUSE YOUR NOT GOING THE SPEED LIMIT. DODGE SAYS THAT SINCE ITS NOT A "SAFETY ISSUE* WHICH, IT IS IF YOU SEE THE PEOPLE IN MY REARVIEW DRIVING UP TO MY BUMPER WHEN IT HAPPENS, THEY DON'T HAVE TO REPLACE IT, BUT I CAN FEEL FREE TO PAY THE 450 DOLLARS IN PARTS ALONE AND LET THEM FIX THEIR PROBLEM. *JB