2004 Dodge Neon

IT WAS A SUDDEN PART FAILURE WHICH CAUSED IMMEDIATE DANGER. I WAS DRIVING 35 MPH DOWN A ROAD NEAR MY HOME AND MY CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED MY CAR OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND CALLED MY FATHER FOR HELP. HE NOTICED THE ENGINE COOLANT POURING OUT OF IT'S CONTAINER AND MY TRANSMISSION FLUID DANGEROUSLY LOW. WE REFILLED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID, BUT IT WOULDN'T STAY, IT WAS LEAKING SOMEWHERE. WE CALLED A TOW TRUCK TO TAKE US TO THE NEAREST REPAIR SHOP. THE TOW TRUCK GUY IMMEDIATELY TOLD US THAT HE'S SEEN THIS PROBLEM ALL THE TIME WITH DODGE NEONS. THE RADIATOR BRAKES AND THE TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKS INTO THE COOLANT. THE REPAIR SHOP MECHANIC ALSO CONCLUDED THE SAME THING. HE TOLD ME HE'D HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE TRANSMISSION AND FLUSH OUT THE SYSTEM TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE TRANSMISSION, BUT THAT I WOULD DEFINITELY NEED TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR. HE TOLD ME HE USED TO WORK FOR DODGE SERVICE REPAIR AND WOULD SEE THIS PROBLEM ALL THE TIME AND NORMALLY IT WOULD CAUSE THE TRANSMISSION TO BLOW TOO. IN PICKING UP THE CAR HE TOLD ME HE MANUALLY FLUSHED OUT THE RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS AS BEST HE COULD, BUT THAT I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE IT TO SOMEONE WHOM COULD POWER FLUSH OUT EVERYTHING TO MAKE SURE THE TRANSMISSION WOULD BE OK. I DID ASK HIM WHAT'S MY GUARANTEE THAT THIS WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN. HE STATED THE NEW RADIATOR THAT DODGE NOW PROVIDES FOR THEIR NEONS WHEN THE ONE FROM THE FACTORY FAILS IS CONSTRUCTED ENTIRELY DIFFERENT. I ASKED HIM IF THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS RADIATOR SINCE DODGE IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE? HE TOLD ME NO. I DID SOME RESEARCH ONLINE AND DISCOVERED MANY STORIES LIKE MY OWN. I'VE FOUND THAT ANY NEON FROM 1999 TO 2005 HAS HAD A FAULTY RADIATOR. SOME OF THE STORIES ARE WORSE THAN MINE. TRANSMISSIONS BLOWN AND COSTING PEOPLE THOUSANDS. IT HAS CAUSED ACCIDENTS AND MAY HAVE COST LIVES, I'M NOT SURE. I CAN ONLY THINK WHEN A CAR STOPS ACCELERATING ON A FASTER ROAD, WHAT KIND OF ACCIDENT'S CAN OCCUR. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION COOLER THAT IS INTERNAL TO THE RADIATOR IN MY 2004 DODGE NEON STARTED TO LEAK CAUSING TRANSMISSION FLUID TO ENTER MY COOLING SYSTEM AND GET INTO MY ENGINE. THIS IS THE 8TH TIME I HEARD OF THIS OCCURRING IN THIS MODEL, THIS IS WINDING UP BEING AN EXTENSIVE REPAIR DUE TO THIS FAILURE OF THIS COMPONENT. CHRYSLER DOES NOT THINK THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS. *TR

IDLING OF THE MOTOR WAS NOT REGULAR. THIS 2004 DODGE NEON WAS PURCHASED USED ,AND I HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS OUT OF IT. THE CHECK ENGINE REMAINED ON, AND THE ENGINE IDLED TERRIBLY. VERY DANGEROUS ON DRIVING, WILL CUT OUT AND PROCEEDS TO CUT OUT MOST OF THE TIME. ALSO, WHEN PUSHING ON THE ACCELERATE IT HESITATED TO THE POINT THAT ONE DAY I MAY GET RUN OVER AND KILLED. *AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY. THIS HAPPENS AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND UNDER NORMAL DRIVING AND ROAD CONDITIONS. HOWEVER, IT HAPPENS MOSTLY WHEN THE VEHICLE IS SHIFTED FROM THIRD, FOURTH OR FIFTH GEAR. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS TIMES, THEY ARE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE STARTER HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES, THE ENTIRE WIRING HARNESS WAS REPLACED, THE O2 SENSOR WAS REPLACED AND THE CAMSHAFT SENSOR AND BOLTS WERE REPLACED. ALTHOUGH, THESE REPLACEMENTS WERE REPLACED THE PROBLEM STILL EXITS.

IN EARLY AUGUST OF 2004 I PURCHASED A 2004 DODGE NEON SXT WITH ONLY 8 MILES ON IT. SINCE DECEMBER OF 2004 I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE MISSING. FOR EXAMPLE THE CAR SHAKES WHEN SITTING OR DRIVING AND IS HAVING TROUBLE AT TIMES GETTING SPEED WHEN YOU PRESS DOWN OF THE ACCELERATOR. SO I TOOK THE CAR IN JANUARY 2005 TO CORNELL DODGE IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA AT WHICH TIME IT HAS REACHED A LITTLE OVER 5,000 MILES. THE SERVICE ADVISOR TOLD ME THAT THE CAR WAS FINE AND THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS DETECTED BY THE COMPUTER AND TO RETURN LATER TO GET MY SCHEDULED OIL CHANGE. HAVING CONTINUED TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE CORNELL DODGE FOR MY SCHEDULED OIL CHANGE AND 16-POINT INSPECTION IN JUNE 2005. THEY STILL FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. SINCE I HAVE CONTINUALLY BEEN HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM, WHICH WAS NOT RESOLVED BY CORNELL DODGE??S AUTHORIZED DEALER/SERVICE DEPARTMENT, ON AUGUST 19TH I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER THAT I PURCHASED IT FROM SERRAMONTE CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE IN DALY CITY, CALIFORNIA WITH ONLY ABOUT 12, 431 MILES ON IT. THEY CHANGED THE CABLES AND SPARK PLUGS, WHICH STILL DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR BACK A THIRD TIME ON AUGUST 25TH 2005 FOR THE SAME PROBLEM TO SERRAMONTE CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE IN DALY CITY, CALIFORNIA WITH 12,510 MILES ON IT. IT IS APPARENT THAT A NEW CAR WITH ONLY 8 MILES WHEN PURCHASED AND IS ONLY 1 YEAR OLD SHOULD NOT BE HAVING ANY PROBLEMS AND THAT THIS CAR IS A LEMON. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP OVER FIVE TIMES, FILED A LEMON LAW COMPLAINT AND NOTHING IS BEING RESOLVE. EVERY TIME I CONTACT SOMEONE THEY TELL ME TO DO SOME STEP, WHICH I DO AND THEN THE PERSON DOES NOT FOLLOW THROUGH ON THEIR END. THIS CAR IS A LEMON AND THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. SERRAMONTE HAS PROVIDED ME WITH VERY POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEIR AGENTS ARE NOT WELL KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THEIR CARS!. *JB

I HAVE A 2004 DODGE SRT-4. I HAVE HAD IT SINCE APRIL 3RD 2004 AND EVER SINCE ABOUT 3500 MILES I HAVE HAD A OIL LEAK COMING OUT OF THE COLD SIDE INTERCOOLER PIPE. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO DODGE AND THEY HAVE TOLD ME THAT IT WAS NORMAL ON MY CAR. A BRAND NEW CAR WITH A OIL LEAK, DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. I KNOW ITS BLOW BY COMING OUT OF THE PCV SYSTEM AND A CATCH CAN WOULD STOP THE OIL FROM LEAKING. BUT WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS WHY DIDN'T' DODGE PUT ONE IN THE FIRST PLACE? MY CAR NOW HAS 45000 AND IT STILL HAS THE OIL LEAK AND A BIG GROUP OF OIL SPOTS ON MY WHITE DRIVEWAY. *JB

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH A LOUD TICKING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, HOWEVER THE MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK THE HEADLIGHTS HAD GONE OUT WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE WHEEL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE LINE IN THE FRONT, THE WHEEL BEARING WAS BROKEN IN HALF, THE FOG LIGHTS HAD GONE OUT, THERE WAS A ROARING SOUND WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, THERE WAS A WHIRLING SOUND IN THE ENGINE WHICH WOULD GET WORSE WHEN ACCELERATED, THE ROTOR/PADS RUSTED, THE STEERING PULLED TO THE LEFT, AND WHEN SLOWING DOWN, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD SHAKE. (DODGE NEON SXT 2004) *SC