1997 DODGE NEON Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

WHILE DRIVING IN CITY VEHICLE STARTED OVERHEATING. STOPPED FOR A LITTLE WHILE TO LET THE VEHICLE COOLDOWN. STARTED UP AGAIN AND IT WORKED FINE. THEN, IT HAPPENED AGAIN TWO DAYS LATER. CONTACTED DEALER , VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. TOOK IT TO A LOCAL MECHANIC. HE LOOKED AT IT, AND SAID THAT THERE WAS AN ENGINE HEAD GASKET PROBLEM. *AK

HEAD GASKET AND CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR FAILED RESULTED IN OIL LEAKAGE. *MJS

DODGE NEON HAS SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH ENGINE HEAD GASKETS- ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR THEM ( 4 X'S IN JUST 7000 MILES ) WERE FUTILE- CHRYSLER SHOULD RECALL THESE VEHICLES. *AK

ENGINE CYLINDER HEAD GASKET FAILED, CAUSING MAJOR OIL LEAK/HEAD ALSO BADLY PITTED. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING AT ONLY 56,000.PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

MY CAR HAS HAD TO HAVE A CIRCUT BOARD, FUEL PUMP, FUEL FILTER, AND NEW GASKETS AT ONLY TWO YEARS OLD AND 39280 MILES. I FEEL THAT THE CIRCUT BOARD COULD CAUSE CRASH OR INJURY BECAUSE I CANNOT TELL HOW FAST I AM DRIVING OR IF I HAVE GAS IN MY CAR. I WAS TOLD AT THE DEALER THAT THERE WAS A NEON WITH THE SAME PROBLEM (CIRCUT BOARD) THAT THEY HAD FIXED JUST THE WEEK BEFORE.

ENGINE HEAD GASKETS WERE LEAKING FLUID. TIRES WOULD MAKE NOISES WHEN TURNING. TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIRS ON TIRES & HAD THE HEAD GASKETS REPLACED. REPAIRS ON TIRES HAVE BEEN DONE AT LEAST 3 TIMES. PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED. *AK *ML

CONSUMER NOTICED OIL LEAKING INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, AND STATED THAT ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. DEALER HAS NOT YET CORRECTED THIS PROBLEM. *AK

CURRENTLY HAVING PROBLEMS WITH LEAKAGE AROUND HEAD GASKET, REPAIRED FOLLOWING OIL LEAK AROUND CAM SENSOR HAVING NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH CAR WHICH CHRYSLER SAYS IS NOT RECALLED AND WILL NOT HELP ME WITH THESE REPAIRS ALTHOUGH YOU SHOW THEM AS BEING RECALLED PARTS. *AK

NOTICED OIL LEAKING FROM ENGINE 1 MO. AGO. PREMATURE HEAD GASKET FAILURE IN THREE YEAR OLD VEHICLE. AIR BAGS ALSO FAILED TO DEPLOY WHEN VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR-END COLLISION. DEALER WILL BE CONTACTED, HOWEVER CHRYSLER SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIRS SINCE THESE PROBLEMS APPEAR TO BE OVERWHELMINGLY COMMON.*AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH OIL LEAKING ONTO EXHAUST MANIFOLD. DEALER NOTIFIED,AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO A BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKET. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED OIL LEAKAGE. VEHICLE TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED OF A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. VEHCILE HAS ALSO HAD ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. *AK

THE VEHICLE HAS HAD THREE HEAD GASKETS AND A TRANSMISSION REPLACED ONCE, AS WELL AS THREE NEUTRAL SAFETY SWITCHES BECAUSE THE BACK UP LIGHTS WOULD NOT SHUT OFF, THERE IS ALSO A CLNKING SOUND IN THE FRONT END AND SAFETY TSB'S ON IT AND THE DEALER STILL REFUSED TO CORRECT IT WHEN UNDER BUMPER TO BUMPER, DODGE'S PHILOSOPHY IS WAIT TILL THE BUMPER TO BUMPER IS DONE TO HAVE THE PERSON PAY EITHER WITH THE DEDUCTABLE ON THE SERVICE CONTRACT OR OUT OF POCKET. LEGISLATION SHOULD BE PASSED TO HAVE A 3-36 WAR. ON ALL REPLACEMENT PARTS INSTALLED DURING A WAR. PERIOD INCASE OF FAILURE.

LIKE SO MANY OTHERS, THE HEAD GASKET ON MY YOUNG NEON HAS BLOWN.I HAVE ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH BRAKES SQUEALING, POWER STEERING LOCKING UP IN WET WEATHER AND THE TURN SIGNAL NOW ONLY WORKS WHEN IT FEELS LIKE IT. THE RADIO HAD TO BE REPLACED THE FIRST YEAR I OWNED THE CAR - AND IT TOOK THE DEALER NEARLY A MONTH TO GET THAT DONE.

THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN LEAKING OIL DUE TO A BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKET. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKET WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AT 60 MPH WHICH CAUSED AN OIL LEAK. DEALER NOTIFIED AND REPAIRS ARE BEING MADE AT CONSUMER'S COST.

HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT. OIL LEAKING UNDER CAR. USER HAS TO CONSTANTLY PUT OIL IN CAR. *AK

THE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT IN MY CAR AS I WAS DRIVING IN TOWN. THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON ALL OF A SUDDEN AND I PULLED OVER THINKING THAT I WAS JUST LOW IN OIL. SO I ADDED THREE QUARTS AND PROCEEDED TO DRIVE. THE NEXT DAY IT WAS ALREADY LOW AGAIN. THIS IS WHEN I DECIDED THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG. THIS IS A DEFECT IN THE HEAD GASKET AND IN NO WAY MY FAULT.

THIS AUTO PURCHASED USED, UNKNOWN IF ANY PRIOR HEADGASKET REPLACEMENTS. *AK

OIL IS LEAKING FROM THE RIGHT ENGINE HEAD GASKET WHICH COULD CAUSE THE ENGINE TO LOCK UP. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

FAULTY, LEAKING HEAD GASKET, SREVICE DEPT. SAYS ALL NEONS HAVE SAME PROBLEM, LEAK CAUSES LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE WHILE DRIVING

I HAVE HAD MY CAR CHECKED OUT BY A MECHANIC AND HE HAS STATED THAT THE OIL LEAK IS COMING FROM THE CYLINDER HEAD IN THE BACK OF THE MOTOR. HE ALSO STATED THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT & THAT I SHOULD TAKE IT BACK TO A DODGE DEALER TO GET REPAIRED. THIS IS NOT A SAFETY RELATED ISSUE, BUT IT IS A COSTLY MECHANICAL REPAIR ISSUE THAT I FEEL NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO FOR POSSIBLE RECALL TO REPAIR. *AK

CONSUMER HAD TAKEN VEHICLE FOR REPAIRS BECAUSE OIL WAS LEAKING. TECHNICIAN TOLD CONSUMER THAT IT WAS DUE TO THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLOWING OUT. *AK

THE FIRST PROBLEM I HAD WITH THIS CAR WAS THE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT. CHRYSLER AGREED TO PAY FOR IT (THE $1000 WAS MY ESTIMATE OF WHAT IT COST TO REPLACE THE GASKET). THE SECOND PROBLEM WAS THE THROTTLE ASSEMBLY AND COIL PACK QUIT WORKING, BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. I PAID $600 OUT OF MY POCKET TO FIX THEM. THE THIRD PROBLEM WAS THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING AND THE CAR WILL NOT GO INTO REVERSE WHEN ITS COLD. THE FOURTH MOST CURRENT PROBLEM IS THE BRAKES ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY THE PEDAL WILL NOT GO DOWN AND THE DEALER SAYS ITS PROBABLY SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE VACUUM SYSTEM. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS FOR THE TRANSMISSION, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE ADMITTED THAT THEY HAVE PROBLEMS WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS PER INFORMATION I OBTAINED FROM A WEB SITE CALLED LEMON- AID....

DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKETS MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING HESITATION AND STALLING WHICH MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

KEPT HAVING A LEAKE. TOOK IN VEHICLE TO BE SERVICED, TIRE TO BE ROTATED. CAR INSPECTED, AND THEY NOTICED ENGINE HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING, COMING FROM THE O-RINGS. *AK

STARTED AS SMALL OIL LEAK, KEPT GETTING WORSE. TOLD 3-4 WEEKS AGO THERE WAS A BAD HEAD GASKET AND A CHRYSLER ZONE REP WOULD BE CONTACTED. HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET BUT I'M WAITING FOR A CALL ON MONDAY. I WAS TOLD THERE WERE 3-4 OTHER NEONS IN THE SHOP WHEN MY CAR WAS BEING CHECKED THE FIRST TIME. ALSO TOLD THAT ALL VEHICLES WITH SAME ENGINE ARE HAVING PROBLEMS BUT GIVEN NO FURTHER DETAILS. TOLD NOT TO PUT MONEY INTO MY CAR IF I WAS GOING TO GET RID OF IT.

WHILE DRIVING OIL LEAKS OUT OF THE ENGINE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT . PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FUTHER INFORMATION. *AK

OIL IS SPLATTERING OUT OF ENGINE. CONSUMER HAS TO CONTINUALLY PUT OIL IN VEHICLE. CHRSLER TOLD CONSUMER TO GO TO AN AUTHORIZED CHRSLER DEALER. *AK

HEAD GASKET BLEW SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 42,000 AND 43,010 MILES. IT WAS NOTICED BECAUSE OIL WAS DRIPPING UNDERNEATH LEFT FRONT OF CAR AND OIL WAS VERY LOW. NO INDICATOR LIGHTS HAD COME ON. TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY DETERMINED THAT THE HEAD GASKET HAD BLOWN. BECAUSE OF THIS THEY ALSO HAD TO DO AN ENGINE FLUSH, CLEAN THE ENGINE, REPLACE THE PCV VALVE, AND CHANGE THE OIL AND COOLANT. THIS COST ME A TOTAL OF $825.00. MY CAR IS ONLY 2 1/2 YEARS OLD! SINCE THIS OCCURED I HAVE FOUND OUT BY TALKING TO REPAIR SHOPS AND TO OTHER NEON OWNERS THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND OBVIOUSLY A DEFECT IN THE WAY IT WAS BUILT.

WEEKS AFTER ROUTINE OIL/FILTER CHANGE I NOTICED OIL POOLING UNDER VEHICLE, ESPECIALLY WHILE RUNNING. FOUND HEAD GASKET BLOWN.

ENGINE HEAD GASKETS HAS A LEAK THAT IS CAUSING OIL TO GET ON THE ENGINE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

CONSUMER NOTICED AN OIL LEAAK. TOOK CAR TO DEALER, AND DEALER SAID THAT HEAD GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THERE IS A SPACE BETWEEN THE MOTOR, CAUSING THE OIL TO BLOW OUT OF THE ENGINE.WHEN THE CAR STOPS THE OIL REALLY SPILLS OUT. *AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY CONSUMER NOTICED OIL ON DRIVEWAY.. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, NOTICED OIL LEAK FROM ENGINE HEAD GASKET. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATON. *AK

WE TOOK THIS VEHICLE IN TO A DEALER IN SIERRA VISTA IN 1998 AND WERE TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED. AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS, THE SAME PROBLEM REOCCURED AND NOW THE OIL LEAK IS MORE SEVERE. THE DEALER DID NOT LET US KNOW IF THE HEAD GASKET WAS ACTUALLY REPLACED OR NOT.

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE VALVE COVER BEGAN TO LEAK OIL, MAKING THE CAR LOSE SPEED AND POWER . *AK

HEAD GASKET BLOWN TWICE AND PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. BRAKES LET UP WHEN FLOORED AT COMPLETE STOP.

HAD RECEIVED RECALLON RADIATOR. WHILE IT WAS BEING REPAIRED AT DEALER'S, MECHANIC NOTICED HEAD GASKETS HAD BLOWN ON ENGINE. MANUFACTURER INFORMED OWNER HEAD GASKETS HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH RADIATOR. *AK

HEAD GASKET BLOWN, CONSUMER BELIEVES VEHICLE SHOULD BE RECALLED. NLM

AFTER DRIVING THE NEWLY PURCHASED NEON (PURCHASE USED, AS IS) WE NOTICED A LEAK UNDER THE CAR AFTER BEING PARKED. WE HAD THE PROBLEM LOOKED AT AND IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE A MAJOR OIL LEAK FROM THE HEAD GASKET OF THE CAR. BEING A FAIRLY NEW MODEL, I FEEL THAT THIS MAY BE A DEFECT IN THE PARTS AND I WANT TO KNOW IF THIS COMPLAINT HAS BEEN LOGGED BEFORE FOR THIS MODEL. I AM ALREADY FURIOUS THAT A DEALERSHIP CAN GET AWAY WITH SELLING A VEHICLE IN THIS CONDITION, AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT RECOURSE, IF ANY I HAVE. *AK

HEAD GASKET FAILED RESULTING IN LEAKAGE. MJS

THERE IS A BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKET WHICH IS CAUSING OIL LEAKAGE WITHIN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT TOWARD THE FIRE WALL. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER HAS YET TO REPLACE PARTS. *AK

THE HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING AND HAD TO BE REPLACE IT TOOK TWO WEEKS TO GET THE PART BECAUSE THEY SAID THAT MOST OF THE 97 NEONS HEAD GASKET WAS BLOWN

HEAD GASKET HAS BLOWN 3 TIMES AND REPLACED, DEFECT STILL OCCURS. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE DEFECT. *AK

THERE IS A BUSTED HEAD GASKET THAT IS LEAKING OIL FROM THE VEHICLE, CAUSING THE CAR TO SMOKE. DEALER HAS SEEN. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING OIL, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED WITH HEAD GASKETS LEAKING OIL, OIL HAS BEEN CHANGED, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS, MANUFACTURER NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, DEALER CONTACTED AND NO WARRANTY, CONSUMER'S EXPENSE FOR REPAIRS. *AK

ENGINE GASKETS HAD TO BE REPLACE THREE TIMES IN TOWN YEARS. THE BRAKES MAKE A SQUEALING AND GRINDING NOISE.

HEAD GASKETS HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND THE PROBLEM REMAINS. THE DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK