1999 DODGE NEON Complaints

TRANSMISSION EXPLODED FROM INTERNAL RIPPING HOLE THREW TRANNY AND DROPPING PARTS OUT HOLE WHILE TOWING. *AK

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW SOME MORE TECHNICAL INFORMATION ON AIRBAGS ON HOW THEY ARE SUPOSE TO WORK

DRIVING WHILE RAINING, VEHICLE MAKES LOUD NOISE, SOMETIMES STALLS COMPLETELY OR LOSES STEERING POWER. LOCAL DODGE DEALER INFORMED, CANNOT REPLICATE, STATES OTHER NEONS WITH SAME PROBLEM

I WAS STOPED AT A STOP SIGN. PULLED OUT ON TO ANOTHER STREET. HAD TO SWERVE TO MISS ANOTHER CAR. WENT TO SWERVE BACK MY CAR DIDN,T COME BACK. CLIPED CURB AND HAD TO PULL IN TO PARKING LOT. CHECKED CAR ON PASSAGER SIDE. FOUND A FLAT TIRE AND BROKEN SPINDLE. PART OF THE SPINDLE LOOKED FUNNY. LIKE IT HAD BEEN ALREADY BROKE. HAD TOWED TO DEALERSHIP, WHERE THIER TECHNIONS LOOKED AT IT. THEY CALLED ME BACK SAID THAT IT BROKE WHEN I CLIP CURVE. AND I DON,T THINK SO. I THINK THE METEL WAS DEFICTIVE. CAN'T SEE A SPINDLE BREAKING AT 10MI. AN HOUR. WHEN THERE IS NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE CAR.

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH REAR ENDED A VEHICLE THAT WAS IN FRONT, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

WATER HOSE POPPED OFF FOR NO REASON. VEHICLE OVERHEATED 2 BLOCKS AWAY FROM THE HOME. DEALER HAS REPLACED IT TWICE . BUT IT KEPT COMING OFF. DEALER STATED THAT THEY COULDN'T DO ANYMORE. *AK

WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THEY WERE VERY SPORADIC & PULLED HARD TO THE RIGHT. WOULD ALSO LOSE POWER, BUT VEHICLE WAS NOT STOPPING. BEEN TO SEVERAL DEALERSHIP & INFORMED CONSUMER BRAKES WERE FINE. TOOK TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP & MECHANIC PUT IN BRAKE FLUID & THEN NOTICED THERE WAS A CRACK IN BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER.*AK

TAKEN CAR IN MANY TIMES FOR "ENGINE CHECKLIGHT"--CAUSE #4 CYLINDER MIS-FIRING OR NOT-FIRING--LIGHT RESET-PROBLEM KEEPS RETURNING--CD PLAYES/SPEAKERS REPLACED-CD PLAYER SKIPPED FREQUENTLY-SPEAKERS CRACKED--WINDSHIELD REPLACED 10MOS AFTER CAR PURCHASE--UNIDENTIFIED LEAK--PASSENGER SIDE FROM UNDER DASHBOARD--WINDOW SEALS REPLACED-LEAK CONTINUES--LEAK CHECKED AGAIN-DEALER CLAIMS TO FIND NO LEAK--PROBLEM CONTINUES. *AK

I HAD THESE PROBLEMS BEFORE THE CAR WAS RECKED. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED WITHIN THE SUMMARY. *AK

WHEN THE CAR IS DRIVEN IN WET WEATHER, THE EXHAUST WILL GET EXTREMELY LOUD. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE THAT WATER IS GETTING UP INTO THE CAR SOMEWHERE. THE NOISE IS LOUD ENOUGH THAT IT SEEMS THE MUFFLER HAS FALLEN OFF. ONCE YOU SLOW DOWN IN THE CAR OR STOP THE NOISE WILL CEASE AS WELL. WHILE THE CAR IS ACTING UP IT WILL ALSO BACKGFIRE AND SPUTTER MAKING A NOISE THAT IS SIMILAR TO SUCKING LIQUID THROUGH A STRAW. THE CAR RUNS FINE IN DRY WEATHER. THE CAR HAS BEEN IN FOR SERVICE 4 TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. IT HAS ALSO BEEN LOOKED AT BY THE FACTORY REP. BOTH THE SERVICE PERSONEL AND THE FACTORY REP HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE PROBLEM MAY BE. THEY HAVE ALREADY ATTEMPTED SEVERAL REPAIRS INCLUDING ALIGNING THE INTERMEDIATE PIPE. AT THE LAST REPAIR ATTEMPT THEY PLACED A SHIELD OVER THE EXHASUT SYSTEM. THE ONLY THING THIS ACCOMPLISHED WAS MUFFLING THE SOUND THE CAR MAKES WHEN IT GETS WET. AS OF NOW THE CAR STILL HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK