1995 DODGE NEON Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP BEGINING OF MAY, THEY SAID IT WAS THE HEAD GASKET, SPENT $545 TO REPAIR. SOMETIME NEAR THE END OF THE MONTH I NOTICED OIL LEAKING AGAIN - HAD SENT NOTE SAYING CK REAR SEAL -- THEY HAD TO REPAIR MAIN REAR SEAL - $350 --- IF I HADN'T NOTICED THE OIL IN THE DIRT, AND NOT TRUSTED THAT IT WAS "FIXED" OR BRUSHED IT OFF -- I COULD HAVE FACED A CRACKED HEAD --- THERE WAS PRACTICALLY NO OIL IN THE VEHICLE. I PUT IN 2 QTS TO GET TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY PUT IN $10 WORTH OF OIL -- PROBLEM SEEMS FIXED, BUT $1,000 IS A LOT FOR A CAR NOT EVEN 5 YEARS OLD YET. CONTACTED CHRYSLER, SUPPOSEDLY THEY WILL PAY FOR THE HEAD GASKET, HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET. I HAVE SPOKEN TO MANY 1995 NEON OWNERS, ALL HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM.... PLEASE LOOK...

HEAD GASKET CRACKED, LEAKING OIL. *AK

HEAD GASKET FAILURE CAUSING CAR TO OVERHEAT. DON'T KNOW YET IF DAMAGE TO HEAD. CAR HAS SEVERAL ELECTRICAL "GLITCHES" THAT DON'T AFFECT SAFETY. HAS ALSO FAILED TWICE BEFORE - FUEL TANK SENSOR CAUSED CAR TO NEVER REGISTER LESS THAN 1/4 TANK SO RAN OUT OF GAS. ALSO ANOTHER TYPE OF FUEL SENSOR CAUSED CAR TO LOSE POWER - GAVE IMPRESSION THAT CAR WAS LOSING INJECTORS.*AK

JUST BOUGHT THIS USED. HEAD GASKET IS BAD - $1,300 REPAIR! *AK

OIL IS LEAKING FROM THE HEAD GASKET. NLM

HEAD GASKET BLEW, NEED TO RESURFACE THE HEAD, NEEDED A NEW TIMING BELT, A NEW REAR OIL SEAL, COOLENT FLUSH AND MORE TOTALING 818.00 AND I AM STILL HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR. *AK

HEAD GASKET WILL COST $600 TO REPAIR. HAD ENOUGH PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR IN THE 16 MONTHS I HAVE OWNED IT. IT IS APPARENT BY ALL THE COMPLAINTS THAT SOMTHING SHOULD BE DONE. SO WHY HASN'T IT? *AK

THE HEAD GASKET FAILED AS NOTED AND I WAS NEVER INFORMED THAT CHRYSLER WILL REIMBURSE THE OWNER FOR REPAIRS SINCE THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM. THE TOTAL COST WAS $641.70 AND THE WORK WAS DONE THROUGH AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. SUPPOSEDLY, CHRYSLER HAS EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO UP TO 5 YEARS/100,000 MILES OWNERS WILL BE REIMBURSED FOR PREVIOUS ENGINE REPAIRS. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS NO WRITTEN RECORD OF THIS SECRET WARRANTY. *AK

THIS PROBLEM OF DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKETS IS WIDESPREAD, AND SHOULD CLEARLY BE A MANUFACTURER RECALL. THE CONSUMER IS GETTING SCREWED ON THIS VEHICLE. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO MAKE THE POWERS THAT BE SEE THIS AND TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT PROTECTING US FROM DEFECTS THAT SHOULD BE CORRECTED BY GMC? *AK

CONSUMER NOTICED VEHICLE WAS LEAKING FLUID, TEMERATURE WAS RUNNING HIGH, AND VEHICLE OVERHEATED. DEALER STATED VEHICLE NEEDED NEW HEAD GASKET. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

VECHICLE OVERHEATED , WAS TOWED TO NEAREST CHRYSLER SERVICE CENTER, REPLACED THERMOSTAT. 6 WKS LATER OVERHEATED AGAIN TOWED TO DEALERSHIP AGAIN, WAS TOLD IT HAD A CRACKED HEAD GASKET THEY REPALCED IT. SIX WKS LATER CAR STALLED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH ON INTERSTATE AGAIN TOWED DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIND A REASON FOR THIS. 3 WKS LATER SAME PROBLEM AGAIN TOWED THIS TIME THEY SAID A COIL WIRE WAS LOOSE.NO OTHER PROBLEM WAS FOUND SAME DAY I PICKED UP THE CAR IT AGAIN STALLED AND HAD TO BE TOWED THIS TIME THEY SAID SOME IDLE STEPS WERE OUT OF SYNC THEY SHOULD HAVE ALREADY KNOWN THIS SINCE I JUST GOT THE CAR BACK THAT DAY. EVERY TIME THE CAR WAS IN THE SHOP THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG SO THEY SAY, I LEFT THE CAR FOR SEVERAL DAYS SO THAT A COMPUTER CO-PILOT COULD BE INSTALLED AND THE MECHANICS COULD MONITOR...

VECHICLE OVERHEATED , WAS TOWED TO NEAREST CHRYSLER SERVICE CENTER, REPLACED THERMOSTAT. 6 WKS LATER OVERHEATED AGAIN TOWED TO DEALERSHIP AGAIN, WAS TOLD IT HAD A CRACKED HEAD GASKET THEY REPALCED IT. SIX WKS LATER CAR STALLED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH ON INTERSTATE AGAIN TOWED DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIND A REASON FOR THIS. 3 WKS LATER SAME PROBLEM AGAIN TOWED THIS TIME THEY SAID A COIL WIRE WAS LOOSE.NO OTHER PROBLEM WAS FOUND SAME DAY I PICKED UP THE CAR IT AGAIN STALLED AND HAD TO BE TOWED THIS TIME THEY SAID SOME IDLE STEPS WERE OUT OF SYNC THEY SHOULD HAVE ALREADY KNOWN THIS SINCE I JUST GOT THE CAR BACK THAT DAY. EVERY TIME THE CAR WAS IN THE SHOP THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG SO THEY SAY, I LEFT THE CAR FOR SEVERAL DAYS SO THAT A COMPUTER CO-PILOT COULD BE INSTALLED AND THE MECHANICS COULD MONITOR...

ON AUGUST 27, 1997, VEHICLE WAS IN FOR YEARLY INSPECTION WHEN DEALERSHIP NOTICED OIL LEAK. SUPPOSEDLY HEAD GASKET NEEDED REPAIR AND THIS JOB WAS DONE. VEHICLE NEEDED RELAY REPAIR IN ON MARCH 23, 1999 AND $150 OF UNAUTHORIZED DIAGNOSTICS WAS PERFORMED. NO PROBLEM WAS FOUND. IN AUGUST 1999, VEHICLE BEGAN WITH OIL LEAK AGAIN. CAR WAS PARKED UNTIL FEBRUARY 2000 WHEN PRIVATE REPAIR MAN DIAGNOSED HEAD GASKET LEAK AND VALVE COVER GASKET LEAK. CHRYSLER WAS ONCE AGAIN NOTIFIED. INFORMATION PROVIDED TO US STATES THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH 1995 NEONS AND WE'VE ALL READY SUNK TOO MUCH MONEY INTO THIS CAR FOR MULTIPLE REPAIRS. CAR IS PRESENTLY PARKED AGAIN!! *AK

CONTACTED CHRYSLER REGARDING HEAD GASKET REPAIRS. THEY ONLY OFFERED LESS THAN 25% REIMBURSEMENT FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM IS WELL KNOWN AND SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECALLED TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. *AK

ENGINE OVERHEATED WHILE GOING 30MPH.BLOWN HEAD GASKETT,ANTIFREEZE TURNED BROWN BECAUSE OF OIL LEAKING INTO RADIATOR, THIS CAUSED THE THERMASTAT TO CLOG AND FAIL. MAJOR OIL LEAKING FROM ENGINE. A/C WILL NOT HOLD FREON, THIS WILL COST $700 TO REPAIR.

HEAD GASKET BLEW ON THE #4 CYLINDER BLOWING COOLANT AND OIL THROUGH THE ENGINE AND EXHAUST SYSTEM. AS A RESULT OF THIS PROBLEM THE ENGINE BLOCK CRACKET BETWEEN THE WATER JACKETS. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET LEAKS - I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTUER DEFECT, AS ALL NEON'S HAVE THIS PROBLEM GET A CLUE. *AK

THE HEAD GASKET CAUSED MY WATER PUMP,TRANSMISSION,RADIATOR, TO BE REPLACED. IT MADE MY ENGINE OVERHEAT ALL THE TIME..I HAD TO REPLACE EVERYTHING..IT ALSO LEAKED OIL ALL THE TIME. I SPENT MONEY ALL THE TIME TO REPLACE THE OIL THAT LEAKED OUT. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED. *AK

HEAD GASKET FAILED.

I HAVE HAD THIS CAR SINCE 1995. I DO NOT USE THE CAR OTHER THAN FOR VERY LIMITED DRIVING AS SEEN IN MY LOW MILEAGE. IT IS MARCH 23 OF 2000, MY CAR HAS APPROX 29,000 MILES, VERY LOW AND ALL THESE PROBLEMS. THE CAR IS CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP BEING TOLD THAT THE HEAD GASKET THAT THEY REPLACED IN 1/99 DID NOT HOLD, WHICH IN 99, THEY THOUGHT WAS ODD THAT IT WENT SO SOON. I AM ALSO HAVING THE CAR FIXED BECAUSE THE POWER STEERING SWITCH SENSOR HAS FAILED. I BELIEVE THAT ON A CAR WITH LITTLE MILEAGE THAT I SHOULD BE INCURRING THIS MUCH PROBLEMS. IF THIS CAR HAS THIS MANY PROBLEMS, THEY SHOULD REDESIGN THE CAR AND NOT SELL THEM UNTIL SO. ALSO, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT FITGERALD AND THEY CAN TELL YOU OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR!!!L *AK

INSTRUMENT CLUSTER LOSES POWER UNEXPLICABLY DURING NORMAL CAR USAGE. POWER IS IMMEDIATLY RESTORED AFTER THE LOSS, HOWEVER IT MAKES VEHICLE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE AT TIMES WHEN ODEMTER IS BEING RESET. EXCESSIVE LEAKAGE IN VEHICLE'S TRUNK AND DRIVER'S SIDE BACK SEAT HAS OCCURED. BOSAK TO FIX AFTER CAR WAS RECENTLY BOUGHT, HOWEVER, LEAK NOT COMPLETELY FIXED AND RE-DISCOVERED 1 YEAR LATER. A HOLE WAS DISCOVERED IN THE DRIVERE'S SIDE REAR WHEEL WELL AS A RESULT OF UNEXPLICABLE EXCESSIVE CORROSION. IT WAS ALSO DISCOVERED THAT SEALS WERE BROKED ON DRIVERE'S SIDE DOOR AND WINDOW TRACK WAS GLUED IMPROPERLY CAUSING THE WINDOW AND TRACK TO COME LOOSE. OUT OF POCKET EXPENCES NOT REVOVERED BY DEALERSHIP. ALSO DISCOVERED WAS A SEVERE LEAKE FROM HEAD GASKET. CALLED SEVERAL REPAIR PLACES AND FOUND THE NEON'S HAVE HAD MUCH TROUBLE IN THE PAST.. EXCESSIVE OIL LOSS, AND REPAIRS ARE COSTLY. FRONT ENGINE MOUNT OFF; CAUSING PRESSURE IN...

HEAD GASKET LEAKING OIL EVERYWHERE/DEALERSHIP CHARGED ME $600 FOR REPLACING THE DEFECTIVE GASKET. WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO PAY FOR THEIR DEFECTS. *AK

THE ENGINE PART HAS NOT FAILED YET - I'VE BEEN TOLD THE HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING AND CAN GO AT ANY TIME. THAT WAS TOLD TO ME ON THE DATE I WROTE AS 'FAILURE' CHRYLSE SHOULD REPLACE THIS PART WITH THEIR UPDATED PARTS FOR FREE FOR THE CONSUMER. I WANT TO SEE SOMETHING DONE ABOUT THIS AS I HAVE HEARD TOO MANY ACCOUNTS OF THE GASKET GOING AND CHRYLSER NOT DOING ANYTHING FOR THE CONSUMER. *AK

HEAD GASKET FAILED. NLM

NOTICED LOW ON OIL. OIL WAS LEAKING OUT ON THE ENGINE. TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC WHO SAID THAT IT WAS AN ENGINE HEAD GASKET PROBLEM. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET OF THE FIRST FEW YEARS OF NEONS ARE KNOWN TO FAIL OFTEN. THIS FAILURE CAN CAUSE ENGINE HEAD TO LEAK OIL AND ANTI-FREEZE. THIS COULD LEAD TO ENGINE FAILURE IF NOT REPAIRED. THE HEAD GASKET FOR NEON'S WAS REDESIGNED AT LEAST ONCE TO FIX THIS DESIGN PROBLEM. IN MY OPINION, THE EARLY NEON HEAD GASKETS SHOULD BE RECALLED TO FIX THIS DEFECT. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET LEAKS AND NEEDS REPAIRS ON MOST IF NOT ALL NEONS FROM WHAT I HEAR. *AK

THE HEAD GASKET IS A KNOWN PROBLEM THAT DEVELOPS A LEAK AT CYL#4. IT WAS DETECTED WHEN THE ENGINE BEGAN OVERHEATING. A NEW HEAD GASKET WAS DEVELOPED MID 1998 DUE TO THE NUMBER OF PROBLEMS AND WAS USED SUBSEQUENTLY FOR ALL NEW ENGINES AND REPAIRS. *AK

VEHICLE WAS OVERHEATING. LOOKED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND IT WAS BUBBLING. CONSUMER THOUGHT IT WAS SOME COOLANT. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO JIFFY LUBE AND COOLANT/OIL CHANGE WAS DONE. TWO DAYS LATER, VEHICLE STARTED RUNNING HOT AND WAS TAKEN TO FIRESTONE. THEY CHECKED THE THERMOSTAT AND NOTICED THAT COOLANT HAD LEAKED ONTO THE SPARK PLUGS. IT WAS TAKEN TO FAST TO JIFF LUBE, PROBLEM IS STILL HAPPPENING. *AK

I FEEL THAT BECAUSE OF THE NEGLECT OF CHRYSLER, I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THEIR MANUFACTURING DEFECTS. I INCURRED EXPENSES OF $55.80 FOR PARTS, AND $495.15 FOR LABOR. AT 61,535 A CAR SHOULD NOT NEED A HEAD GASKET TO BE REPLACED. APPROXIMATELY 6 MONTHS AGO I ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE COMPRESSOR AND THE CONDENSER. THE CONDENSER WAS LEAKING OIL AND THE EXPENSES INCURRED AGAIN WERE APPROXIMATELY $630. I FEEL THAT CHRYSLER SHOULD BE LIABLE FOR SOME OF MY REPAIR COSTS. *AK

BLOWN HEAD GASKET ANLONG WITH THE FRONT BRAKES NEEDED REPLACED AND THE REAR BRAKES LEAKING. THE SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT WORK. I KNOW THERE MAY BE EXTRA MILES ON MY CAR HOWEVER MOST WERE HIGHWAY DUE TO ALLOT OF TRAVELING SO THESE PARTS TO GO OUT SO SOON ARE VERY DISSAPOINTING WHEN I TAKE EXCELLENT CARE OF MY CAR

OVERHEATED THE LAST WEEK OF DECEMBER 99 AND HAVE BEEN LOSING RADIATOR FLUID SINCE THEN; NO SIGN OF WATER IN OILPAN UNTIL TODAY. TOWED TO AN OREGON DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT MANUFACTURER WILL ONLY PAY FOR THE PARTS AND NOT LABOR. THE SERVICE ADVISOR AS WELL AS ONE OF THEIR MECHANICS ADMITTED THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE ORIGINAL CORK-BASED HEAD GASKET DESIGN AND THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAS A NEW METALLIC-BASED GASKET. IF THE MANUFACTURER HAS THESE NEW PARTS AVAILABLE WHY ISN'T THERE A RECALL FOR THIS ITEM? CONSUMERS OF THIS PARTICULAR MAKE AND MODEL SHOULD BE REASSURED THAT THE VEHICLE THEY HAVE PURCHASED WILL NOT FAIL DUE TO ONE FAULTY ITEM! *AK

VEHICLE WAS LEAKING OIL. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, AND WAS INFORMED THAT ENGINE HEAD GASKET NEEDS REPLACEMENT. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

I HAVE TAKEN MY VEHICLE IN FOR INSPECTION TO A FEW DIFFERENT SERVICE CENTERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DIAGNOSIS WAS THE SAME. THE DIAGNOSIS REVEALS THAT MY HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING OIL. UPON INSPECTION AT EACH DIFFERENT SERVICE CENTER, I WAS TOLD THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL NEONS BETWEEN 95-98 THAT HAVE HAD THE SAME TYPE OF PROBLEM. I HAVE EVEN BEEN TOLD THIS FROM A SERVICE REP AT THE CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP. I PURSUED THIS ISSUE BY CONTACTING CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE AND AFTER ROUGHLY TWO WEEKS, I WAS TOLD THAT CHRYSLER DENYS ANY CLAIM OF NEGLIGENCE IN THE MANUFACTURING OF MY HEAD GASKET. EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE AWARE THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER NEONS OR OTHER CHRYSLER VEHICLES WITH THE SAME SIZE ENGINE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM, THEY WILL NOT ASSIST IN ANY REPAIR OF THIS KIND. *AK

OIL LIGHT CAME ON, CAR WAS LEAKING OIL, HAD CAR TOWED, INFORMED OF HEAD GASKET PROBLEM.

AS I WAS DRIVING MY 1995 NEON HOME FROM WORK, I NOTICED THAT THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON. I BECAME CONCERNED AND PULLED INTO THE NEAREST SERVICE STATION WHICH WAS LESS THAT 1/2 MILE AWAY. I ASKED THE SERVICE TECH TO LOOK AT THE CAR AND HE SAID THAT THERE WAS AN OIL LEAK. HE SUGGESTED THAT I HAVE THE OIL CHANGED AND SEE IF THERE WERE ANY LOOSE FITTINGS FROM MY PREVIOUS OIL CHANGE A FEW WEEKS EARLIER. THE OIL WAS CHANGED AND THE CAR STARTED ONLY TO CONTINUE TO LEAK OIL AGAIN. I WAS TOLD NOT TO DRIVE IT AND HAD IT TOWED TO MY DEALERSHIP THE FOLLOWING DAY. THE DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED THAT THE CAM SEAL/PLUG HAD CRACKED OFF AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE. AS A RESULT, I WOULD NEED A NEW SHORT BLOCK INSTALLED IN MY 5YR OLD CAR AT A PRICE OF $3500.00. I FEEL...

I HAVE ALREADY REPLACED THE ENTIRE HEAD GASKET SYSTEM LESS THAN A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. ALREADY IT IS LEAKING OIL. THAT IS RIDICULOUS. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. *AK

HEATER NO LONGER WORKED. FLUCTUATION IN OPERATING TEMPERATURE. EMISSION GASSES IN COOLING SYSTEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS A FAULTY HEAD GASKET

ENGINE HEAD GASKET WAS BLOWN AND ENGINE HAS LEAKED OIL FOR ALMOST A YEAR. THE REPAIR COSTS ALMOST $600 AND THE DEALER TOLD ME HE HAS SEEN MORE OF THESE THAN HE CAN COUNT, YET NO RECALL. *AK

VEHICLE WAS LOSING OIL DUE TO A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

HEAD GASKET FAILED. YH

VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR REPAIRS ENGINE HEAD GASKETS WHICH WERE LEAKING DUE TO BEING TORN. VEHICLE REPAIRED, BUT GASKET PROBLEMS REAPPEARED AT 20,000 MILES. MECHANIC NOTICED OIL LEAKING ON GARAGE FLOOR & IT WAS REPAIRED,AGAIN. *AK

ENGINE IS LEAKING OIL DUE TO A DEFECTIVE HEAD REPLACEMENT HEAD GASKET. FIRST REPLACED AT 44,763 MILES, LEAKING AGAIN AT 71,300 MILES. *AK

HEAD GASKET DEFECTIVE, CUASING MAJOR OIL LEAK. LOCAL DEALER SAID IT'S COMMON PROBLEM FOR NEONS. CONTACTED DEALER THAT SOLD IT AND CHRYSLER.

WHENEVER TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT, IT WOULD MAKE A CLUNKING, POPPING NOISE. THE SWAY BAR WENT OUT. ALSO, WAS INFORMED THE BY THE MECHANIC THAT POWER STEERING RACK/ COIL, AND ENGINE HEAD GASKET NEED REPLACING. *AK

BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKET. DEALER / MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. SEEKING NHTSA HELP IN THIS MATTER. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKETS HAVE CRACKED PREMATURALLY, RESULTING IN OIL LEAKAGE ONTO THE ENGINE. DEALER HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, AND THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKETS HAS BLOWN OUT TWICE, RESULTING IN AN OIL LEAKAGE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK TIMING BELT WAS CHANGED AT 61,524 MILES. SWITCH FOR OIL INDICATOR BURNED OUT CAUSING OIL LEAKAGE (5-11-98). *MJS

OIL LEAKAGE IS OCCURRING DUE TO A BAD ENGINE GASKET, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO STALL. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *ML