2002 Dodge Neon

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND HEARD A WHIRRING NOISE FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND I LOST THE ABILITY TO GO INTO DRIVE AND REVERSE COME TO FIND OUT IT WAS A CLOGGED TRANS FILTER SO I REPLACED IT AND THE CAR RAN GREAT FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS AND NOW I HAVE TORQUE CONVERTER OUT OF RANGE CODES POPPING UP THE CAR HAS 88000 MILES ON IT AND I WOULD LIKE TO THINK TRANSMISSIONS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO LAST AT LEAST 150 TO 180 THOUSAND MILES BEFORE GOING BAD THIS IS NOT A CHEAP NOR EASY FIX PLEASE HELP

I BOUGHT THIS CAR WITH 49000 MILES ON IT. I WAS DRIVING EVERYTHING SEEMED FINE THEN I SLOWED DOWN FOR A STOP SIGN TO BETWEEN 3 AND 7 MPH AND THE WHOLE THING JUST LOCKED UP. I TRIED EVERY GEAR BUT NOTHING WOULD UNLOCK THE TRANNY.. IT'S STILL LOCKED UP NOW I HAD TO GET IT TOWED.. LUCKILY I WAS ON A LITTLE TWO LANE ROAD WITH NOT MUCH TRAFFIC SO THERE WASN'T TO MANY MAD PEOPLE I FEEL DODGE SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THERE PROBLEMS AND PROBLEM CARS.. IM NOT ASKING FOR MUCH JUST FOR MY CAR TO MAKE IT OVER 50000 MILES.

DRIVING ON RT224 AND CAR STARTED SQUEALING, LOST POWER IN GAS PEDAL, GOT OFF BUSY ROAD, TURNED ON SIDE ST. AND HAD NO GAS POWER, HAD TO CALL MY HUSBAND TO PICK ME AND MY UNCLE UP, HE LOST PAID WORK , MECHANIC CAME TO PARKING LOT, HE SAID TRANSMISSION BLEW, HAD IT TOWED TO SHOP. COST ME 2,323. ALSO RIP IN LEFT FRONT AXEL MECHANIC SAYS THESE NEONS ARE KNOWN FOR THIS TROUBLE AND TO FILE WITH YOU. I NEED TO GET REFUNDED IN FULL, THESE CARS SHOULD NOT BE ON THE ROAD. I DO NOT WORK AND IT WAS VERY HARD TO SCRAP UP THE MONEY TO PAY THIS AND OUR LIVES WERE SERIOUSLY IN DANGER ON A BUSY ROAD. I CALLED ON 9-29-14 AND FILED A COMPLAINT WITH YOUR WORKER REF #10639796 AND SHE SAID SHE WOULD SEND ME AN EMAIL AND PAPER IN THE MAIL CONSERVING THIS PHONE CALL . I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED ANYTHING. PLUS I WILL SENDING A COMPLAINT ABOUT MY HUSBAND'S JEEP 2000 GAS TANK SHIELD IS ROTTED AWAY AND PIECES MISSING. THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE NEON. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, AN ABNORMAL NOISE EMITTED FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO ENGAGE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000. ..UPDATED 12/02/14 *BF UPDATED 02/03/15*JB

GOOD MORNING, I HAVE A 2002 DODGE NEON THAT I HAVE PUT MONEY INTO AND I HAVE EXPERIENCED DISHONESTY FROM MECHANICS UNTIL NOW; PAYING LOTS OF MONEY TO FIX A PROBLEM THAT CANNOT BE FIXED. I WAS INFORMED LAST WEEK THAT THIS LEAK ON MY CAR CANNOT BE FIXED BECAUSE ITS A MANUFACTURER PROBLEM. APPARENTLY, THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH ALL NEON'S. ITS A FLUID LEAK OF OIL. A RECOMMENDED MECHANIC DIAGNOSED MY CAR AND INFORMED ME OF THIS NEWS. HE SAID THAT THE SEALANT IS GONE AND CANNOT BE REPAIRED BY ANY MECHANIC. WHAT HAPPENS NOW? BECAUSE THIS PROBLEM CANNOT BE FIXED AND I'M NOT IN A POSITION TO PURCHASE A VEHICLE, IS THERE A RECALL TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM? I ALSO HAD TO DISASSEMBLE MY RADIO BECAUSE AFTER REPLACING MY BATTERY, THE ELECTRICAL FUSE WAS REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES ALONG WITH THE ALTERNATOR BECAUSE THE RADIO PLAYED AFTER THE CAR WAS TURNED OFF AND WOULD KILL MY BATTERY. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN, WITH NO WARNING, I FELT A JOLT (LIKE BEING HIT FROM BEHIND), THEN A STRANGE SOUND FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. I WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE CAR AND PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE I DISCOVERED THAT I HAD LOST ALL GEARS. THE CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT AND WOULD NOT MOVE. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED HOME (ABOUT 80 MILES) WHERE I TOOK IT TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP. THEY DID A COMPLETE DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION AND DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS COMPLETELY BLOWN ALONG WITH THE COOLING SYSTEM RADIATOR. I HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT AND THE RADIATOR REPLACED AT A COST OF ALMOST $1,800. AFTER TALKING WITH SEVERAL TRANSMISSION SHOPS AND READING COMMENTS ON VARIOUS WEBSITES ON THE INTERNET, IT APPEARS THAT THIS TYPE OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE IS VERY COMMON WITH THE DODGE NEONS. IT WOULD SEEM REASONABLE THAT THIS BE ADDRESSED IN A RECALL BY CHRYSLER.

MY ENGINE LIGHT TURNED ON INITIALLY. I TOOK THE CAR TO A MECHANIC TO HAVE THE COMPUTER READ BY A MECHANIC. THE LIGHT TURNED OFF BEFORE I ARRIVED TO THE SHOP, BUT I THOUGHT THAT THERE WOULD BE SOMETHING IN THE COMPUTER HISTORY. THE MECHANIC STILL PUT THIS ON THE COMPUTER WHICH READ NOTHING IN THE HISTORY. I THOUGHT THAT THIS MUST BE SOME TYPE OF DIAGNOSTIC CHECK AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT I COULD OF JUST PUT THE GAS CAP ON WRONG OR SOMETHING. I JUST BOUGHT THE CAR ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO AND NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR WHEN I HAD THIS INSPECTED. THE ENGINE LIGHT BEING ON WILL NOT PASS EMISSIONS. THEN ON 06/22/09 I GOT AN FULL OIL CHANGE AND ALL FLUIDS WERE CHECKED. STILL NOTHING WRONG. I TURNED THE CAR ON 07/04/09 THE BRAKE LIGHT WAS FLASHING AND THE SPEEDOMETER GAUGE AND FUEL GAUGE WAS SHAKING. THE BATTERY DIED. I REPLACED THE BATTERY AND THE BATTERY WAREHOUSE CHECKED THE FLOW OF THE BATTERY AND STATED THAT THIS MAY HAVE BEEN JUST A BAD BATTERY BECAUSE NOTHING ELSE IS WRONG. THEY EVEN STATED THAT THIS WAS NOT THE ALTERNATOR. THEN 2 DAYS LATER I TURN THE CAR ON AND THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND ANTIFREEZE WERE POURING ON THE GROUND. I TURNED THE CAR OFF IMMEDIATELY. THE DODGE DEALERSHIP THINKS THIS IS THE TRANSMISSION FROM EXPERIENCE WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING AT THE CAR. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND WOULD LIKE THIS TO BE LOOKED INTO FURTHER WHEN LOOKING ONLINE IT LOOKS AS IF I AM NOT THE ONLY OWNER OF 2002 NEON THAT IS HAVING THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE WITHOUT ANY NOTICEABLE WARNING. THERE WAS NO POP-THE ENGINE STILL RUNS WITHOUT A NOISE I JUST NOTICED THAT I LOST ALL GEARS AND FLUIDS ARE DUMPING VERY QUICKLY FROM MY CAR. I IMMEDIATELY SHUT THIS DOWN. DODGE IS QUOTING JUST FOR A TRANSMISSION THE BILL WILL BE $3500.00 AND NEEDED MY VIN # JUST TO TELL THAT WITHOUT SEEING MY CAR. LUCKILY MY EMPLOYER IS NOT UPSET ABOUT THE FLUIDS ALL DUMPED IN THE PARKING LOT, BUT THIS COULD BE CONSIDERED PROPERTY DAMAGE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY FELT A JOLT AND LOSS OF POWER. THE SPEEDOMETER THEN DIALED ALL THE WAY UP AND THEN BACK TO ZERO. PULLED OFF TO CHECK IT OUT, AS I SLOWED DOWN ON THE OFFRAMP HEARD A CRUNCHING SOUND AND THE CAR SHUT OFF. STARTED RIGHT BACK UP BUT WOULDN'T GO INTO GEAR, THE TRANSMISSION HAD LOCKED UP! I COULDN'T EVEN PUT IT IN NEUTRAL TO PUSH IT OFF THE OFFRAMP. HAD IT TOWED TO A SHOP WHERE THEY PUT IN A USED, NOT NEW OR REBUILT BUT A USED TRANSMISSIONS WITH 60,000 MILES ON IT FOR $1,800. THE CAR HAD 81,000 MILES AT THE TIME OF FAILURE AND IS BARELY SIX YEARS OLD! I HAVE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY AND CATALYTIC CONVERTER BEFORE 75,000 MILES. BY FAR THE TRANSMISSION IS THE MOST UNACCEPTABLE COMPONENT FAILURE. AT ONLY 81,000 MILES AND SIX YEARS OLD DODGE NEEDS TO RECALL THESE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS! *TR