1997 DODGE NEON Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

HEAD GASKETS ARE LEAKING COOLANT ONTO ENGINE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK CHRYSLER OFFERED TO PAY HALF OF THE REPAIRS. *SLC

VEHICLE HAD BEEN USING A LOT OF OIL, HAD VEHICLE INSPECTED, AND WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC THAT HEAD GASKET WAS BLOWN. VEHICLE NOT REPAIRED YET.*AK

NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF HEAD GASKET FAILURE ON THIS MODEL CAR. PLEASE CONSIDER A RECALL. *AK

HEAD GASKET BLEW. OXYGEN SENSOR BLEW. LEFT REAR BRAKE PAD FELL OFF AND JAMMED IN THE DRUM RENDERING THE VEHICLE UNMOVABLE. UPON INSPECTION, HAD TO REPLACE BOTH DRUMS, BOTH DISCS, AND NEW PADS ON FRONT AND BACK BOTH SIDES. WINDOW SEALS HAVE FAILED ON THE PASSENGERS SIDE FRONT WINDOW. WATER LEAKS IN AND AIR LEAKS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, SLOWS CAR DOWN IMMENSLEY AND CAUSES MORE FUEL CONSUMPTION. DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW HARSHLY SCRATCHED. GETS WORSE AS TIME GOES BY, HAVE SEEN OTHER NEON'S WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. FUEL FILTER WENT, CAUSING THE ENTIRE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM TO HAVE TO BE REPLACED.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ENGINE HEAD GASKETS BLEWOUT. HAD HAPPENED TWICE, AND EACH TIME WAS REPLACED ALONG WITH SPARK PLUGS.*AK

I BOUGHT THIS NEON IN AUGUST OF 1998, IT HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS SINCE PURCHASE. I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WORKED ON TWICE. WHEN YOU GO OVER 60MPH THE STEERING WHEEL RATTLES. THE SPEAKERS FOR THE RADIO WORK SOMETIMES. THE OVERHEAD LIGHT COMES ON WHILE DRIVING. WHEN IT RAINS THE FRONT FLOOR BOARDS GET SOAKED WITH WATER. LAST MONTH THE I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE HEADGASKET, AND AFTER SEVERAL CALLS THE THE MANUFACTURER THEY PAID HALF, BUT THE NEXT DAY THE ENGINE STARTED TO KNOCK SEVERLY.

I HAVE DRIVEN THIS CAR FOR THREE YEARS AND IT BLOWS A HEAD GASKET AT 60K COSTING A $1000 TO REPAIR. THERE ARE MANY OTHERS WHO HAVE POSTED COMPLAINTS ON THE WEB BUT NOT HERE. *AK

CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THERE WAS SOME OIL LEAKING. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE IN TO A MECHANIC, AND MECHANIC TOLD HIM THAT HEAD GASKET WAS DEFECTIVE.*AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET HAS BLOWNOUT, LEAKING OIL AND COOLANT INTO ENGINE. VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED.*AK

I HAVE HAD 2 HEAD GASKETS LEAK IN THIS VEHICLE WITH OIL LEAKING ON THE ENGINE BLOCK. ONE WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. IT HAS NOW HAPPENED AGAIN. I KNOW OF MANY OTHER NEONS WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS. APPEARS DODGE KNOWS OF THE PROBLEM BASED ON THEIR SERVICE BULLETINS. A FIRE HAZARD EXISTS WITH OIL LEAKING ON THE ENGINE BLOCK.

NOTICED OIL LEAKING. TOOK TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT HEAD GASKET BLEWOUT. *AK *SLC

REPLACED HEADGASKET IN 12/99 NEEDS HEADGASKET AGAIN\OIL LEAKS AGAIN. *AK

HEAD GASKET FAILED. DEALER REFUSES TO HELP W/COSTS. PLEASE HELP! *AK

UPON INSPECTION OF VEHICLE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT OIL WAS LEAKING FROM HEAD GASKET WHICH COULD CAUSE A PROBLEM IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

SIX MILES OVER MY WARRANTY MY ALTERNATOR WENT OUT. THE DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO FIX IT. MY HEADGASKET WITH LESS THAN 60,000.*AK

CONSUMER HAD FOUND OIL ON DRIVEWAY. TOOK VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP FOR OIL LEAKAGE, AND THEY SAID CAUSE OF OIL LEAKAGE WAS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. *AK

HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT. DEALER REPLACED HEAD GASKET, BUT AN INDEPENDENT DEALER TOLD CONSUMER HEAD GASKET WAS NOT REPLACED. ALSO, DEALER WANTED TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION/TRANSMISSION PAN AND FLYWHEEL. VEHICLE NOT IN CONDITION TO BE DRIVEN. *AK

THE HEAD GASKET WENT OUT OF MY '97 NEON ONLY 45 DAYS AFTER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY EXPIRED. I CALLED THE 800 # ON THE WARRANTY CARD AND THEY PRETTY MUCH HUNG UP THE PHONE ON ME SAYING THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT. I HAVE DONE SOME INVESTIGATING AND IT SEEMS THIS IS A VERY COMMON ERROR WITH THIS CAR, EVEN THE DEALER TOLD ME IT WAS A PROBLEM. IT COST ME $678.00 TO REPAIR A DEALER DESIGN FAULT.*AK

SHORTLY AFTER BUYING THIS CAR IT STARTED TO SHOW OIL ON THE FLOOR, MOST CARS LEAK A LITTLE THOUGHT LITTLE OF IT. JANUARY 15 I SEEN A LARGE WET SPOT ON FLOOR AND INVESTIGATED IT TO FIND IT WAS THE LEFT REAR CORNER OF THE HEAD. TALKED TO CHRYSLER ABOUT THIS AND WAS INFORMED THAT IT WAS VERY COMMON. I REMINDED THEM THAT THERE WAS ONLY 32000 MILES ON THE CAR. WAS INFORMED I WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THEY WOULD GO TO 50% ON THE TOTAL BILL. I'VE SEEN WHERE THERE ARE A LOT LONGER WARRANTIES THAT ARE KEPT SECRET FROM US, IF THIS IS SO CAN YOU GET ME TO THE PLACE THAT I HAVE TO BE TO FIND THIS INFO SO THAT I MIGHT GET THIS RECTIFIED? IF NO RECALL IS GOING TO EVER HAPPEN ON AN ITEM THAT HAS BEEN KNOWN TO BE DEFECTIVE FOR A...

OIL LIGHT COMES ON ALL TIME,AND THERE WERE PUDDLES OF OIL ON GROUND. TOOK VEHICLE TO A DEALER, AND THEY SAID THAT ENGINE GASKET HAD AN OIL LEAK.*AK ACCORDING TO THE INVESTIGATION DONE BY CONSUMER, THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM LIES ON DETECTIVE HEAD GASKET USED BY THE MANUFACTURER OF THE VEHICLE. *YH

OIL IS LEAKING BECAUSE OF A DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKET. *AK

ENGINE GASKET HAS CRACK IN REAR,CAUSING AN OIL LEAK IN COMPARTMENT. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK ORIGINAL GASKET WAS A FIBER GASKET AND WAS A FAILURE. THE NEW NEON'S GASKET CONTAIN A METAL AND FIBER GASKET. *YH

THE OXYGEN SENSOR AND HEAD GASKET FAILED. *SLC

THE VEHICLE HAS HAD TWO HEAD GASKETS BLOWN, IN A TWELVE MONTH PERIOD. *MJS

WHEN CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO GET OIL CHANGED WAS NOTIFIED THAT HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING .*AK

CYLINDER HEAD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. LEAKING OIL. REPLACEMENT PART WAS TWICE AS THICK AS ORIGINAL PART. *AK

DEALER NOTIFIED AND WORKING TO RESOLVE $ EXPENSE WITH ME AND WARRANTY DEPT. HEAD GASKET FAILED AND NOTICED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS IN THIS AREA. WHY HASN'T A RECALL BEEN MADE? WAS THIS JUST A POORLY DESIGNED ENGINE?*AK

DRIVER'S SIDE HEAD GASKET BROKE. IT WAS LEAKING OIL ALL OVER. DEALER WOULD NOT ASSIST IN HELPING WITH PAYMENT BECAUSE CHRSYLER WOULD NOT REIMBURSE THEM. DEALER SAID IT WAS A FAULTY DESIGN OF HEAD GASKET. *AK HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED AT THE CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. *YH

AFTER ONLY 32,000 MILES, HEAD GASKET BLEW CAUSING OIL LEAKAGE. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE 97 DODGE NEON. IT MUST BE RECALLED.*AK

FIRST- THE CAR BLEW A HEAD GASKET AT LESS THAN 24000 MILE. NOW WE CONTINUE TO HAVE PROBLEM WITH THE CAR STALLING. THE FUSE UNDER THE HOOD FOR THE FUEL SYSTEM CONTINUES TO BLOW. NO ONE CAN SEEM TO FIND THE PROBLEM, I HAVE COMPLETELY REPLACED THE FUEL SYSTEM. IT IS NOW IN THE GARAGE FOR THE EIGHTH TIME. DODGE WILL NOT BACK THEIR PRODUCT AND THE DEALER JUST SENDS THE CAR OUT TO BE REPAIRED, SINCE "THEY CAN NOT FIX IT". THE VIN NUMBER THAT WAS SUBMITTED IS THE NUMBER FROM THE CAR. IT IS COMING UP THE WRONG NUMBER, THIS IS THE ONLY NUMBER I HAVE. *AK

HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING OIL FROM RIGHT HAND REAR CORNER OF CYLINDER HEAD. VIEWING ENGINE FROM FLYWHEEL END. *AK

OIL LEAKGES AFTER TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR AN OIL CHANGE, VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO DEALER FOR LEAKAGES, AND DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT PROBLEM WAS DUE TO A HEAD GASKET FAILURE. *AK

TRANSMISSION IS SLUGGISH AND HEADGASKET LEAKING, TOOK TO DEALER. *AK TRANSMISSION IS NOW COMPLETELY FAILED. *YH

I FOUND OUT ABOUT A POSSIBLE HEAD GASKET PROBLEM WHEN I TOOK MY CAR TO AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP FOR ANOTHER SERVICE. THE REPAIR MAN WAS GOING TO CHANGE MY TRANSMISSION FLUID/PAN BUT THEN DISCOVERED THAT THE SEAL TO THE PAN ON THE HEAD GASKET MAY BE LEAKING, BUT THE PAN WAS SEALED WITH SOME TYPE OF SEALANT THAT HE COULD NOT REMOVE IT. ALSO, WE WERE TOLD THAT THERE ARE DEFECTS IN THE AIRBAGS AND THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN RECALLED, BUT I HAVE NEVER GOTTEN ANY INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THIS "VERY IMPORTANT" ISSUE. ALSO, THE PAINT ON MY CAR IS LITERALLY FALLING OFF IN PATCHES. IT APPEARS TO ONLY BE THE ONLY COLOR (PURPLEISH/BLUE) OF THE NEON'S THAT THE PAINT IS COMING OFF. MY CAR (KEEP IN MIND ONLY 2YRS OLD) ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE A SPOTTED COW. I CAN TAKE MY FINGER AND PEEL THE PAINT OFF...

I HEARD ALOT OF HEAD GASGETS ON 95-99 NEON HAVE FAILED AND CHYSLER HAS PAID TO REPAIR THEM EVEN WHEN THEY ARE OUT OF WARENTY. WHEN I CALLED THEM THEY ACTED LIKE THEY NEVER HEARD OF THE PROBLEM BEFORE I TALKED TO THE DEALER AND THEY JUST BLEW ME OF TO . MY BILL WAS $900.00. I CAN'T BELIVE THERE WAS NOT A RECALL WHEN SO MANY HEAD GASGETS HAVE FAILED.

HEAD GASKETS LEAKING HAD TO BE REPALCED AT47272 PROBLEM STARTED AT 28000 MILES STOCKTON DODGE KEPT TELLING NOTHING WAS WRONG UNTILL I WAS LOSING A QT OF OIL A WEEK AND POWER FAILURE WS GETTING WORSE AND HAS CONTINUED EVERY SENCE. ENGINE POWER FLATENS OUT I HAVE NO EXCELORATION ABILITY DURING THAT TIME ENGINE SURGES WHICH CAUSES THE CAR TO LOSE SLOW DOWN WHILE AT HIGH SPEEDS. GAS MILEAGE HAS DROPED TO 1/2 THE NORMAL RATE OF 300 MILES PER TANK OF GAS. HOWELING NOISE FROM NEWLY INSTALLED TRANSMISSION AT 20-30 MPH AND AGAIN AT 55-65 MPH. *AK

I BOUGHT MY NEON USED (BUT ONLY A YEAR OLD) I HAVE HAD MANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR MY BLINKERS COME ON BY THEMSELVES, MY TRUNK AND BACK FLOORS ARE GETTING DRENCHED (PUDDLES OF WATER 3 INCHES) MY BRAKES ARE SQUALING, MY DOOR LIGHT IS SHORTING MY REVERSE LIGHTS ARE BLOWN MY HEAD GASKET HAS BLOWN TWICE. I HAVE ALSO HAD PROBLEM WITH MY FIRES UNDER THE HOOD. THIS CAR IS MADE POORLY. I AM TRYING TO TRADE IT AND IT NOT AS MUCH AS I OWE. TALK TO DEALER BUT DOES NOT SEEM LIKE THEY WANT TO HELP.

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP. VEHICLE WAS LEAKING OIL FROM UNDERNEATH/ ALSO, THERE WAS OIL INSIDE SPARK PLUGS. *AK

OIL LEAK DETECTED BY MYSELF AT ABOUT 40-45,000 MILES; HAD A NON-CHRYSLER MECHANIC LOOK AT IT AND TOLD ME IT LOOKED LIKE THE HEAD GASKET (50,000+ MILES BY THIS TIME) - COULDN'T AFFORD THE $400.00+ TO REPAIR AT THAT TIME. WHEN I FINALLY HAD THE MONEY (8/10/00 AND 88,000 MILES) MY MECHANIC REFERRED ME TO O-REILY'S BECAUSE HE HAD HEARD OF A RECALL. O'REILLY'S GAVE ME THE RUN AROUND. I AM PURSUING EVERY AVENUE TO GET THIS PROBLEM CORRECTED INCLUDING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED OVERHEATING DUE TO HEAD GASKET FAILURE. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

ON SUNDAY JULY 23, 2000, I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM A RESTAURANT WITH MY FAMILY, I CAME UP TO AN INTERSECTION AND STOPPED. AFTER APROXIMATELY 10 SECONDS AT THE STOP LIGHT, I NOTICED THE AIR CONDITIONER BEGAN BLOWING HOT AIR. I IMMEDIATELY GLANCED AT THE TEMPERATURE GUAGE IN THE CAR. IT HAD RISEN TO APROXIMATELY 3/4 OF THE WAY TOWARD THE RED MARK. I IMMEDIATELY TURNED THE AC OFF AND THEN TURNED THE HEAT ON AS TO NOT RAISE THE HEAT ANYMORE THAN WHAT IT ALREADY WAS. I WAS WITHIN A MILE OF MY MECHANICS , SO I DROVE OVER THERE AND DROPPED OFF THE CAR. ON THE NEXT DAY, MY MECHANIC CALLED ME TO TELL ME THAT MY HEAD GASKET HAD BLOWN. HE THEN TOLD ME THAT THESE CARS WERE KNOWN FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM. I THEN CALLED SMITHFIELD DODGE ( WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR )...

OIL FROM LEAKING HEAD GASKET AND VALVE COVER GASKET LEAK DIRECTLY ONTO EXHAUST SYSTEM, SPECIFICALLY THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER CAUSING FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. I HAVE KNOWN AND READ OF MANY,MANY OTHERS WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. OIL LEAKAGE IN EXCESS OF 3 QTS. PER WEEK. THE SMELL OF BURNING OIL INSIDE OF THE CAR IS NOXIOUS. I HAVE A 3 MONTH OLD BABY, A 5 YEAR OLD, AND MY WIFE AND WE CAN HARDLY TAKE A 30 MINUTE TRIP WITHOUT HAVING TO STOP FOR FRESH AIR. THERE IS A DEFINATE POSSIBILITY OF THE DRIVER OR PASSENGERS LOSING CONCIOUSNESS. SMOKE HAS BEEN VISIBLE INSIDE THE CAR BEFORE FROM THE BURNING OIL. *AK

MY CAR HAD EXACTLY 12000 MILES ON IT WHEN PURCHASED. AT AROUND MILE 43000, THE CAR BEGAN TO LEAK OIL. I THEN TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC WHO TOLD ME THAT IT WAS THE VALVE COVER GASKET. THE REPAIR WAS TO COST ME $800 UNTIL HE ALSO INFORMED ME THAT THE PROBLEM WAS REOCCURING IN DODGE NEONS AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED. THE DODGE DEALERSHIP TOOK CARE OF IT. THEN, AROUND MILE 70000, THE CAR BEGAN TO OVERHEAT TREMENDOUSLY, GOING DEAD EVERY TIME THE GAS PEDAL WAS RELEASED, THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM BEGAN TO GO HAYWIRE, THE BATTERY HAD TO BE REPLACED, AND AS WELL AS THE THERMOSTAT. I AM A COLLEGE STUDENT AND FOR THIS TO BE MY DEPENDABLE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION, IT IS TRULY A JOKE. THE DODGE CORPORATION SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. THANK YOU!*AK

THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED ON TWO OCCASIONS CAUSING OIL LEAKAGE. *MJS

OIL FROM LEAKING HEAD GASKET AND VALVE COVER GASKET LEAK DIRECTLY ONTO EXHAUST SYSTEM, SPECIFICALLY THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER CAUSING FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. I HAVE KNOWN AND READ OF MANY,MANY OTHERS WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. OIL LEAKAGE IN EXCESS OF 3 QTS. PER WEEK. THE SMELL OF BURNING OIL INSIDE OF THE CAR IS NOXIOUS. I HAVE A 3 MONTH OLD BABY, A 5 YEAR OLD, AND MY WIFE AND WE CAN HARDLY TAKE A 30 MINUTE TRIP WITHOUT HAVING TO STOP FOR FRESH AIR. THERE IS A DEFINATE POSSIBILITY OF THE DRIVER OR PASSENGERS LOSING CONCIOUSNESS. SMOKE HAS BEEN VISIBLE INSIDE THE CAR BEFORE FROM THE BURNING OIL. *AK

HEAD GASKET FAILED. NLM

CONSUMER NOTICED A SEVERE OIL LEAK COMING FROM THE REAR OR THE HEAD GASKET, THE OIL IS RUNNING DOWN ONTO THE AXLES AND EXHAUST PIPE RESULTING IN A STRONG SMELL OD BURNING OIL. NLM

WENT TO START VEHICLE IN THE MORNINGS AND IT SOUND LIKE SOMETHING WAS CLOGGING THE ENGINE. LOOKED UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED PUDDLE OF OIL. CONTACTED THE DEALER, WHO WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK

SIMILAR COMPLAINTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN FILED WIT REGARDS TO OIL LEAKS AT THE HEAD GASKET. ATTEMPTED REPAIR WERE MADE APPROX. 1 1/2 MONTHS AFTER LEAK WAS DISCOVERED. TWO ATTEMPTS TO REPLACE THE LEAKING GASKET WERE MADE BY A LISENCED MECHANIC. AFTER THESE ATTEMPTS WERE MADE, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT I TAKE IT TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. *AK

TEMPERATURE GAUGE ALARM WENT OFF, WARNING CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS RUNNING HOT. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC TOLD CONSUMER THAT HEAD GASKET HAD BLOWN . *AK