1995 DODGE NEON Complaints

WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 45MPH ON NARROW ROAD, VEHICLE VEERED TO SIDE & HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. DRIVER (SISTER) OVERCORRECTED INTO OTHER LANE & HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD-ON, BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DRIVER (SISTER) DIED. POSSIBILITY ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK. INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE BROTHER (ERIC NELSON). *AK

WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE OVERHEATS. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE, AND DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK

CONSUMER EXPERIENCING INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE STALLING WHILE DRIVING; DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED THAT VEHICLE NOT UNDER RECALL. NHTSA RECALL #94V033. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED. NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, MAY BE POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD, SHOULD BE REPLACED BY MANUFACTURER. *AK

HAVE HEARD FROM OTHER NEON OWNERS THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM, WAS EVEN TOLD THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON IT, BUT CAN'T FIND IT. NO DEFECT (S) LISTED. *AK

ENGINE HEADGASKET FAILED.CAR WAS SMOKING UNDER HOOD. HEATER FAILED AS WELL, APPARENTLY THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MANY NEONS, BUT NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED AS OF YET/CALLED DEALER AND PARTS ARE BACK ORDERED FOR AT LEAST 2 WEEKS/SOMEONE SHOULD BE INVESTIGATING IT. *AK

WITH CAR IN MOTION AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING SYMPTOMS, CLUTCH CABLE FAILED WHEN CLUTCH PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. DRIVER WAS APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION AND INTENDED TO STOP THE CAR. AS A RESULT, THE CAR WAS "STUCK" IN GEAR WITH THE CLUTCH ENGAGED, THE ENGINE RUNNING, AND THE CAR MOVING FORWARD. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS USED TO "STALL" THE ENGINE AND STOP THE CAR IN THE INTERSECTION THE CLUTCH CABLE WAS FOUND TO BE FAILED AT THE POINT OF ENTRY INTO THE TRANSMISSION, WHICH ALLOWED THE CONNECTING BOLT TO FALL INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION, REQUIRING DISASSEMBLY OF THE TRANSMISSION IN ORDER TO REMOVE THE PARTS. THE CAR HAD PREVIOUSLY (ABOUT 2 YRS / 40 K MILES) EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT SQUEAKING NIOSE AS CLUTCH PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED & RELEASED. THIS WAS REPORTED TO THE DEALER AT THE TIM (2/97) WHO COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE NOISE. *AK

NEOPRENE COVER OVER FUEL DRAIN NIPPLE CRACKED, CAUSING FUEL LEAK. PART LIKELY COSTS $2. HILL KELLY DODGE (DEALER) INSISTED THE ONLY MEANS TO CORRECT WAS TO REPLACE ENTIRE FUEL PUMP FOR $365. THEY ALLOWED ME TO LEAVE WITH THE LEAK AFTER I REFUSED TO PAY $365, AND DEALER FAILED TO REPLACE SAFETY SHIELD OVER THE AREA WHERE FUEL PUMP/ FILTER/WIRES, AND TUBES WERE LOCATED, THUS ALLOWING FOR POSSIBILITY OF OBJECT IMPACT WITH FUEL ASSEMBLY. *AK

OIL LEAKING FROM ENGINE HEAD GASKET. TECHNICIAN SAID THIS PART IS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER. LOCAL DEALER SAID THEY HAVE REPLACED 25 TO 30ENGINE HEAD GASKETS IN THE LAST YEAR.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH AN D WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE OVERHEATED, AND THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT. THE ALARM WENT OFF. THE CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND WENT TO A GAS STATION, AND THEY DETERMINED THAT ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT. *AK