1996 Dodge Neon

THIS WAS CONSUMERS FOURTH TIME OF HAVING HEAD GASKETS FIXED. ON 02-25-1998 HEAD GASKETS AND CAMSHAFT WERE REPLACED AT 24,194 MILES; ON 04-30-1998, CYLINDER HEAD & SPARK PLUGS WERE REPLACED AT 25,509 MILES; ON 10-5-1998, ENGINE OIL LEAKED, CAMSHAFT SENSOR SEAL WAS REPLACED AT 28,847MILES; AND ON 0 3-27-2001, GASKETS/ VALVE COVER, AND SPARK PLUGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT 48,800 MILES. CONSUMER WAS TRYING TO GET TO BOTTOM OF PROBLEM, AND FIND OUT WHY THIS KEPT HAPPENING. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WENT OUT. HAD NO INTERIOR OR OUTSIDE LIGHTS. HAD SOME LEAKAGE FROM TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC REPAIRED LEAKAGES/STARTER/HEAD GASKETS/ OIL PRESSURE SWITCH, AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS.*AK WATER LEAK FROM THE TRUNK TO REAR FLOOR BOARDS CAUSED CORROSION. ALSO, SIGNAL LIGHT FAILED TO GO OFF. CONSUMER STATES THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN SEVERAL ACCIDENTS BEFOR E PURCHASE. *YH

CAR WAS SERVICED FOR OIL/FILTER CHANGE, 4 CYLINDER TUNE UP, TRANSMISSION SERVICE ON FEBRUARY 29, 2000. DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC VEHICLE STALLED. CALLED DEALER TO INFORM THEM OF SITUATION. TOWING SERVICE WAS CALLED. WAITED ONE HOUR FOR TOW TRUCK. VEHICLE RESTARTED AND WAS DRIVING TO OWNER'S RESIDENCE. CALLED TOWING SERVICE AGAIN ON THE MORNING OF MARCH 1, 2000. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO HENDRICK DODGE. VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A MALFUNCTIONING IGNITION COIL. COIL WAS REPLACED ON MARCH 1, 2000. OWNER PICKED UP VEHICLE ON THE AFTERNOON ON MARCH 1, 2000. VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN WITHIN 5 MILES OF THE HENDRICK DODGE. TOWING SERVICE WAS CALLED AGAIN. VEHICLE WAS TOWED BACK TO HENDRICK DODGE. DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS BEING A FAULTY WIRING HARNESS AND CAM/CRANK SENSOR. ON MARCH 8, THE DEALERSHIP HAD REPLACED THE FAULTY MECHANISMS AND CREDITED THE OWNER THE COST OF THE UNNECESSARILY INSTALLED DISTRIBUTOR COIL.

AT ANY SPEED CAR WILL DIE. CONSUMER WILL NOT HAVE POWER STEERING. CONSUMER FEARS THAT MAY HAVE A WRECK BECAUSE OF NO STEERING OR LOSS OF SPEED ON HIGHWAY. *AK THERE WAS NO WARNING OF ANY KIND BEFORE THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT RECALLED ONLY BECAUSE IT WAS NOT BUILT AT A GIVEN PLANT WHILE THE PROBLEM IS SIMILAR TO THOSE THAT RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE. *YH

I HAVE TAKEN ME NEON IN THREE TIMES THIS MONTH FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THE FIRST TIME THEY COULD NOT FIND AS TO WHY THE FUSE FOR THE FULE PUMP BLEW BECAUSE THE COMPUTER DID NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITHTHE CAR. THE DEALER DID TELL ME THAT IT IS HARD TO LOCATE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT IT HAPPEN AGAIN TWO TIMES IN ONE DAY. I AGAIN TOOK MY CAR INTO THE DEALER AND THIS TIME THEY SAID THAT THE ONLY THING ON THIS FUSE IS THE FUEL PUMP AND SUGGESTED THAT IT WAS GOING BAD. SO, WE REPLACED IT AND THEN IT HAPPEN AGAIN. AT THIS POINT I AM VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE I JOB COACH AND DRIVE MY CAR ALL DAY TO AND FROM DIFFERENT CLIENTS JOB SITES AS WELL AS TRANSPORT THEM TO AND FROM WORK. THIS CONCERNS ME GREATLY DU TO THE FACT THAT WITH SOME OF THEM I MUST DRIVE ON A HIGHWAY AND WITH THE CARS FUEL PUMP FUSE BLOWING AT ANY TIME FOR WHAT EVER REASON THIS FRIGHTENS ME WIHT THE WAY PEOPLE DRIVE ON THE HIGHWAY THE LAST THING I OR THEY NEED IS A CAR THAT JUST STOPS IN IT'S TRACKS. I HAVE HAD MY CAR IN THE SHOP FOR THREE DAYS AND THEY STILL CAN NOT FIGURE OUT WHY THE FUSE KEEPS BLOWING. IT IS AT THE POINT WHERE THEY ARE DRIVING MY CAR AROUND TO SEE AS TO WHY OR AS TO WHAT IS WRONG. PLEASE IF YOU HAVE HAD ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM WRITE TO ME OR E-MAIL ME SO THAT I CAN LET THEM KNOW. IN REGARDS TO WHERE I PURCHASED MY CAR. IT WAS AT A DEALER SHIP IN SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA FOUR YEARS AGO AND I NOW LIVE IN WISCONSIN. IT MAY BE POSSABLE TO LOCATE THE DEALER WITH MY VIN NUMBER. THANK YOU DEBORA BREY. *AK