2005 Dodge Neon

ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO MY 2005 DODGE NEON WAS NOT IDLING PROPERLY AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER WOULD NOT START. I BROUGHT MY CAR TO A MECHANIC AND HAD A TUNE UP AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE A SPARK PLUG. LAST WEEK MY CAR BEGAN ACTING IN THE SAME MANNER HOWEVER THIS TIME BEGAN VIBRATING. I BROUGHT MY CAR AGAIN TO THE SAME MECHANIC. HE REPLACED THE BRAKE SHOES AND TOLD ME I NEEDED ENGINE MOUNTS. WHEN I WENT ONTO THE INTERNET TO RESEARCH THE COST OF THESE PARTS I CAME ACROSS NUMEROUS SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. ONE SITE LISTED THIS AS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THE 2005 DODGE NEON AND PEOPLE HAVE WRITTEN THEY HAVE HAD COLLISIONS DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. ALSO NOTED WAS THE PROBLEM KEEPS RETURNING AND COSTS THE OWNERS ALOT OF MONEY. I FEEL THIS SHOULD BE LOOKED AT SERIOUSLY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE NEON. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY FOR AN ALIGNMENT WHEN SHE WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRONT CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS WERE DEFECTIVE AND THE BUSH RINGS WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT DID NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 58,000.

AT 112,000 MILES VEHICLE STARTED LOOSING RPMS AT ALL SPEEDS AND CONDITIONS, USUALLY AFTER BEING DRIVEN FOR 30 MILES OR MORE. SUDDEN ONSET, NO PRIOR INDICATION. ENTIRE CAR SHAKES THEN AT TIMES STALLS IN HEAVY OR NO TRAFFIC, PARTICULARLY AT ANY INCLINES. TODAY I MERGED INTO HEAVY INTERSTATE TRAFFIC AND VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED. THE FUEL PUMP HAS BEEN REPLACED AND NO ONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO OFFER ANY HELP AS TO WHAT ELSE IT MAY BE. I HAVE FOUND VARIOUS FORUMS WITH THIS MAKE, MODEL, YEAR WITH THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM WITH NO SOLUTION INDICATED. THIS IS THE MOST COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE ACCORDING TO 3 MAJOR SITES AND AT LEAST 4 MECHANICS, OFTEN OCCURRING ON BRAND NEW VEHICLES. DODGE HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. THERE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT YET BUT IT WILL MOST LIKELY HAPPEN. *TR

NEW BRAKES INSTALLED FROM DEALER PRIOR TO PURCHASE OF THIS USED CAR IN MAY OF 2008. IN SEPT 2008, (ABOUT 5K MILES LATER) UNABLE TO STOP VEHICLE AT 45 MPH - HIT GUARDRAIL CAUSING NECK INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. WAS DETERMINED BY BODYSHOP THAT BRAKES FAILED DUE TO LEAKING REAR COMPRESSOR, WHICH SOAKED BRAKE PADS. COMPLETELY REPLACED REAR COMPONENTS AT TIME OF ACCIDENT REPAIR N OCT 2008. HAVE ONLY DRIVEN ABOUT 20,000 MILES SINCE THEN ...IN JUNE 2010, SAME SITUATION OCCURRED WITH REAR COMPRESSORS LEAKING, RESULTING IN NO BRAKE FLUID WHATSOEVER. ENTIRE FRONT AND REAR BRAKES AND COMPLETE REAR BRAKE COMPONENTS/SYSTEM HAVE JUST BEEN REPLACED JUNE 2010. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE NEON. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THE CONTACT MOVED OFF THE ROADWAY AND CONTACTED THE DEALER WHO INFORMED HIM THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NEED FURTHER DIAGNOSTIC TESTING TO DETERMINE THE FAILURE. THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE VEHICLE AND REPAIRS WOULD BE AT THE CONTACTS EXPENSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WERE 65,000.

2005 DODGE NEON SE SUDDENLY BEGAN TO CONSTANTLY ACCELERATE DESPITE THE GAS PEDAL NOT BEING PRESSED. BRAKING WOULD SLOW THE CAR BUT NOT EFFECTIVELY AND THE CAR WOULD ACCELERATE ONCE THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DISENGAGED. WHILE THIS WAS OCCURRING, NO SENSORS IN THE ON-BOARD DIAGNOSTIC COMPUTER INDICATED ANY PROBLEM. THE CAR WAS DRIVEN 30 MORE MINUTES WITH THE ENGINE BEING REPEATEDLY TURNED OFF - IN ORDER TO STOP THE CAR AT RED LIGHTS/STOP SIGNS - BUT PUTTING THE CAR IN NEUTRAL CAUSED THE ENGINE TO ATTEMPT TO RED LINE AND NECESSITATED IT BE TURNED OFF. IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TRAVELING, THE ENGINE HAD TO BE STARTED AND THE CAR RAPIDLY PUT IN DRIVE OR REVERSE BEFORE THE ENGINE RED LINED. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. NOTHING OF NOTE PRECEDED THE FAILURE AND THE ONLY WORK DONE ON THE CAR IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS WAS ROUTINE OIL CHANGES AND ONE ROTATION OF TIRES. ONCE THE DEALERSHIP EXAMINED THE CAR, THEY FOUND A FAULTY VACUUM LINE BUT WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE FAILURE FOR 30 MINUTES OF THE ON-BOARD DIAGNOSTIC COMPUTER IN DETERMINING THAT CONSTANT ACCELERATION (OR A FAILURE IN THE FUEL SYSTEM) WAS OUTSIDE THE NORMAL OPERATING PARAMETER OF THE ENGINE. DODGE WAS CONTACTED ON THE ISSUE AND CONTENDED THE REPAIR WAS OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THE EXISTING WARRANTY AND ALSO COULD NOT EXPLAIN THE FAILURE OF THE ON-BOARD DIAGNOSTIC COMPUTER IN DETECTING THE FAILURE OF THE FUEL SYSTEM. THEY SEEMED UNINTERESTED IN INVESTIGATING FURTHER. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE NEON. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN THE CONTACT DETECTED THREE RUBBER ENGINE MOUNTS WERE CRACKED AND BROKEN. THE ENGINE WAS POSITIONED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT UNSECURED DUE TO THE DEFECTIVE MOUNTS. THE CONTACT HAD CONCERN OF THE SAFETY ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

PURCHASED MY NEON BRAND NEW IN SEPT. 2005 IN THE SUMMER OF 2009 I STARTED EXPERIENCING THE CAR MISFIRING AND PUTTING ALONG WITH CODES P0335 CRANKSHAFT SENSOR & P0340 CAMSHAFT SENSOR AND BOTH WERE REPLACED AND HERE WE ARE MARCH OF 2010 AND STILL HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE (SANE PARTS REPLACED)LIGHT COMING ON ENGINE MISFIRING AND DRIVING ON THE WAY TO WORK ONE MORNING THE CAR JUST COMPLETELY DIED LUCKILY I WASN'T IN ANY TRAFFICE. I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD PUT THE CAR IN PARK AFTER THREE ATTEMPTS THE CAR FINALLY STARTED BACK UP AGAIN AND A NEW CODE APPEARED P0129 BARAMETRIC PRESSURE. THE ENGINE LIGHT FOR NOW HAS GONE OFF, BUT THE CODES ARE STILL THERE, IT STIL RIDES HORRIBLEL. I LOVE THIS CAR BUT IT IS REALLY BECOMING A PAIN IN THE ASS I DON'T KNOW FROM DAY TO DAY WHAT GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN I GET BEHIND THE WHEEL NO WONDER THEY DONT' MAKE THEM ANYMORE.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE NEON. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN THE VEHICLE WOULD LUNG FORWARD WITHOUT THE ACCELERATION PEDAL BEING PUSHED. THIS HAS HAPPENED EIGHT TIMES. THE CONTACT HAS NEVER TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER TO HAVE THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSE. THE CONTACT FEELS THE VEHICLE HAS THE SAME ISSUE AS THE TOYOTA STICKY PEDAL RECALL. FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000.