While driving at any speed check engine light appeared on the dashboard, and suddenly the vehicle stalled. Driver was able to restart vehicle, and took it to the dealer for inspection.
2003 Dodge Neon engine complaints
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Every 2000 miles the consumer has to put 2 quarts of oil in vehicle. The spark plug went bad in the engine. The brakes squealed every time the vehicle would come to a stop. *bf *sc
Neon had to have the manual transmission replaced twice within the total milage of 20,000 miles. The car was delivered with a defective battery temperature sensor, and 1 month before the car caught fire it was in the shop and the mechanic failed to replace the battery tiedown bar. On august 26, 2004 the car caught fire while the ignition was off and was driven for only 5 miles. The vehicle also had a bad passanger seat belt buckle. Many passangers complained of it being difficult to insert the belt into the locking mechanism.
Problems with starting up vehicle.*mr the vehicle was taken tot he dealer on several occasions about the starting problem. The vehicle also experienced erratic idling. The dealer found a large vacuum leak which caused the high idle.
I was in a small collision at the speed of 10 MPH or less. I rear ended a ford f150 truck because my brakes skided on the road, my 2003 neon fishtailed, and I hit the bumper of the truck. My right headlight was smashed, and my radiator was also broken. After 3 minutes my engine caught on fire, and my entire car was engulfed in fire within 5 minutes after the collision. My airbag on both driver and passenger side did not go off, I didn't hit the truck at a highspeed, yet my car went up in flames. Everything in the car was melted, and I think this car is very unsafe. Had I hit a truck or been hit by another large or small car, I hate to wonder what would of happened then. Would I of made it out in time before it caught on fire, or would it blow up on impact?! Neons are not safe, and I think this car will catch on fire at any speed. I have pictures of the car that shows the damage from the collision, and you wouldn't ever think the small damage could catch this car on fire.
While driving at 70 MPH, the speedometer fluctuated and consumer couldn't get an accurate reading of the vehicle's speed. *ph the mechanic attempted to fix the speedometer numerous times, once by replacing the internal cluster. There was a squealing noise coming from the front of the vehicle, the noise was fixed by blocking the air intake on the front of the vehicle. The vehicle stalled several times on the freeway, however the mechanic was unable to find the problem. There was a noise coming from the heat shield. The consumer stated the vehicle consumed a lot of fuel, there was a rattle from the exhaust and the engine had an oil leak, subsequently the dealer was unable to verify the consumer's concerns.
We purchased a dodge neon srt/4 and 3 weeks after having the car had problem with the manifold was cherry red,and no power what so ever the engine light was on this happen on 5/22/03 then it serviced with a catalytic convertorand on these other dates the car was in for service their after=7/15/03,7/23/03,8/20/03, the dealer we purchased the car accussed us of putting after market parts we had it inspected in another dealer and had a report stating the car had no after market parts installed.
3/22/3 5160 mi radiator loose, brakes pulse, 4/7/3 5500 mi. Front rotors replaced. 4/24/3 6204 mi. Power steering failed (twice), ps pump replaced. 6/6/3 7300 mi. Seat back poke into my back from the head rest support, actually wearing a spot in the seat back fabric. New seat back ordered.
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