Safety Score
66
Average
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996-02-05 | 96V026000 |
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | 15,000 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-06-01 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | MY HEADLIGHTS ARE TOO LOW. HARD FOR ME TO SEE. ESPECIALLY WHEN GOING AROUND A CORNER, I CAN'T SEE FAR ENOUGH AHEAD. AFR… |
| 2014-03-07 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 DODGE NEON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE ENGINE WARNING… |
| 2011-07-23 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 DODGE NEON. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 25 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE … |
| 2011-05-20 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT WAS SERVICING A 1996 DODGE NEON. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED OUT FRONT OF AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WITH TH… |
| 2010-10-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 DODGE NEON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL BRAKING FUNCTION WAS LOST WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNO… |
| 2008-05-07 | TIRES | No | 0 | MY CAR WAS DRIVING VERY SHAKY AND THE ALIGNMENT WAS OFF SIGNIFICANTLY. THIS LASTED APPROXIMATELY TWO DAYS BEFORE MY FR… |
| 2008-02-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:WHEEL SPEED SENSOR/TONE RING | No | 0 | I OWN A 1996 DODGE NEON. I TOOK MY CAR IN TO HAVE THE SPEED SENSOR FIXED ON IT DUE TO THAT IS THE CODE THAT CAME UP ON … |
| 2007-07-24 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | I HAVE A 1996 DODGE NEON THAT KEEPS BLOWING FUEL PUMP FUSES WHEN SHIFTING TO 3RD GEAR. IT IS AN ELECTRICAL SHORT THAT I… |
| 2007-03-16 | STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID | No | 0 | TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 DODGE NEON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PAINT ON THE VEHICLE WAS CHIPPING ON THE TRUNK … |
| 2006-12-20 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS | No | 0 | TL* - THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE HAS REPLACED HER BRAKES LIGHTS TEN TIMES ON HER 1996 DODGE NEON. SHE HAS TAKEN THE VE… |
| 2006-05-26 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THERE WERE TWO PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH ALL THE ELECT… |
| 2005-10-24 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM) | No | 0 | REPROGRAM (FLASH) PCM. *NM |
| 2005-09-21 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I HAVE HAD ONGOING PROBLEMS WITH MY 1996 DODGE NEON SPORT, IT HAS BEEN INOPERABLE FOR THE LAST YEAR OR SO, DUE TO ELEC… |
| 2005-08-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN CONTINUOUS. THE PROBLEM I AM HAVING WITH MY 1996 DODGE NEON HAS ALSO BEEN IDENTIFIED WITHIN THIS… |
| 2005-08-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | N/A. *JB |
| 2004-09-13 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE APPROACHING A STOP VEHICLE IDLED/SLOWED DOWN, AND DIED. THE CONSUMER HAD TO RESTART IT. THI… |
| 2004-09-07 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 1 | AFTER REAR ENDING THE VEHICLE IN DEAD CENTER THE FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK |
| 2004-06-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | WIRING HARNESS BURNED AND SHORT CIRCUITED SOME FUSES. THE FUEL PUMP BOX SHORTED OUT. MANUFACTURER ISSUED A RECALL, BU… |
| 2004-05-22 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD CAUSED THE FAN RELAY TO MALFUNCTION WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE TO OVERHEAT.*AK |
| 2004-05-13 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATED WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 60 MPH VEHICLE BUCKLED, THEN SHUT OFF. CONSUMER HAD TO PULL TO THE SI… |
| 2004-05-12 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE REACHED HIGH TEMPERATURES DUE TO THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILURE. THIS PROBLEM CAUSES THE ENGI… |
| 2004-05-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT VEHICLE WOULD STALL WHEN BRAKING. NONE OF THE INSTRUMENT GAUGES WERE OPERATING, AND THE INT… |
| 2004-02-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE'S WIRING HARNESS FAILED AND CAUSED THE ENGINE TO STALL INTERMITTENTLY. *NM |
| 2004-01-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | A SHORT IN THE WIRING HARNESS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL AND HEADLIGHT FAILURE. THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL WIRE HARNESS … |
| 2004-01-23 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | VEHICLE REJECTED BY AZ DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. OBD NOT READY , DEALER HAS FLASHED COMPUTER , RETEST DONE AGAIN… |
| 2004-01-18 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | I PURCHASED A 1996 DODGE NEON FROM BOBB CHEVROLET ON 12/28/99. THE SALES FOLKS WERE TIM AND WENDY RYAN. I PAID $6343.85… |
| 2004-01-09 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR ANALYSIS, AND MECHANIC COULD … |
| 2003-11-07 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | PAINT PEELED OF THE ENTIRE ROOF OF THE CAR AND IS STARTING TO PEEL ON THE TRUNK. *AK |
| 2003-10-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | RECENTLY (IN OCTOBER), THE CAR STALLS INTERMITTENTLY. I HAPPENS IN LOW SPEED AND WHEN I DON'T ADD OIL. THERE IS A OIL W… |
| 2003-10-06 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER NOTICED THAT SPEEDOMETER WAS NOT REGISTERING THE CORRECT SPEED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND … |
| 2003-07-14 | FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP | No | 0 | SERIOUS GAS LEAK FROM END OF FUEL MODULE WHERE GAS SEAL HAS WORN AWAY AND LEAKED OUT TOO MUCH GAS. DAIMLERCHRYLSER WIL… |
| 2003-06-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | REPLACED HEAD GASKET IN 2000 AND NOW NEED TO REPLACE HEAD GASKET AGAIN IN 2003. |
| 2003-05-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | HEAD GASKET LEAKING OIL |
| 2003-04-07 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | THE HEAD GASKET LEAKED OIL. *JB |
| 2003-03-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AS STATED IN RECALL #96V026000, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS … |
| 2003-03-05 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A GASOLINE LEAK.*JB |
| 2003-03-01 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE CONSUMER HAD TO USE EXCESSIVE FORCE TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL IN ANY DIRECTION, THE POWER STEERING FLUID WAS INSP… |
| 2003-03-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN, WHEN DRIVING MY 1996 DODGE NEON, THE SPEEDOMETER AND ODOMETER DO NOT WORK. THE SPEEDOMETER USUA… |
| 2003-02-10 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | OIL SENDING UNIT ON 1996 DODGE NEON - FLAWED PART CAUSING SEVERE OIL LEAK, BLOWING HEAD GASKET |
| 2003-02-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | MY 1996 DODGE NEON HAD TWO HEAD GASKET FAILURES TO DATE NOW. THE FIRST WAS REPAIRED 29,000 MILES AGO, AND NOW, AT 89,0… |
| 2003-02-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | PEELING PAINT FROM DODGE 1996 NEON. LARGE FLAKES FALL OFF WHILE DRIVING, OR SIMPLY PARKED. *JB |
| 2003-01-29 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | 96 NEON [XXX] HEAD GASKET REPLACED AT 18,000. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA… |
| 2002-12-27 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | 1996 DODGE NEON WITH A LITTLE OVER 70,000 MILES ON IT. CAR IS LEAKING OIL..ACCORDING TO MECHANIC, THE HEAD GASKET NEED… |
| 2002-12-19 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | SAME ENGINE WIRING HARNESS PROBLEM AS STATED IN RECALL # 96V026000, BUT MY NEON WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, BECAUSE… |
| 2002-11-15 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE HORN SOUNDED ON ITS OWN. CONSUMER STATED THE ONLY WAY TO STOP HORN FROM BLOWING WAS TO DISCONNECT THE FUSE… |
| 2002-11-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | No | 0 | OIL LEAKED FROM FAILED HEAD GASKET OR CRACKED HEAD, EXHAUST LEAK FROM HEAD OR MANIFOLD. SPEEDOMETER DIAL STOP WORKING. … |
| 2002-11-01 | VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES | No | 0 | THE DRIVERS SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE REARVIEW MIRRORS, DEVELOP CRACKS OVER TIME. THESE CRACKS OBSTRUCT DRIVERS VISION. … |
| 2002-10-04 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ENGINE STALLED. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. MR |
| 2002-09-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE WILL INTERMITTENTLY STALL. AFTER A FEW MINUTES ENGINE COULD BE STARTED AS IF NOTH… |
| 2002-09-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | THERE WAS OIL LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE. ALSO THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE IN REAR OF WHEEL. DEALERSHIPIS AWARE OF P… |