1998 DODGE NEON Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE STALLED, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO MALFUNCTION. *AK

SUN ROOF GLASS CAME OF THE TRACK AND WILL NOT OPEN OR CLOSE. THE TRACK WAS REPLACED THREE TIMES. *AK THE SUNROOF WOULD DRAG AND MAKE KNOCKING NOISES. THE VEHICLE ALSO EXPERIENCED A BATTERY PROBLEM AND OIL LEAKS WHICH HAD COME FROM THE CYLINDER HEAD. *SC *JB

BROUGHT CAR IN FOR REPAIR OF SEVERE OIL LEAK AT ENGINE REAR. DODGE DEALER ADVISES THAT IT WAS A LEAKING HEAD GASKET (BLOWN HEAD GASKET) ON 1998 NEON WITH APPROXIMATELY 46,463 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. COULD NOT REACH CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE AT 1-800-922-1997 (STAYS BUSY); DEALER REFUSED TO WARRANT WORK EVEN THOUGH CAUSE OF PROBLEM WAS APPARENTLY A DESIGN/LATENT DEFECT IN THE ALUMINUM HEAD. VEHICLE PURCHASED NEW 5/21/98. INTERNET REVEALS NUMEROUS OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS. FORTUNATELY, THE CAR DIDN'T BREAK DOWN AND CAUSE INJURIES, FATALIITES OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. A MANUFACTURER AND DEALERS SHOULD STAND BY THEIR PRODUCTS. IT COST ME $636.94 TO "REPAIR" SOMETHING THAT THE DEALER WOULD NOT WARRANT BECAUSE OF APPARENT DESIGN/LATENT DEFECT (DAMAGE ALLEGEDLY REQUIRED PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF NEW CYLINDER HEAD TO PROPERLY REPAIR (AT MY EXPENSE) AND I TOLD THEM "NO WAY"; ITS THEIR PROBLEM, NOT MINE).*AK

THE HEAD GASKET IS BLOWN. THIS IS THE SECOND 1998 NEON I HAVE OWNED THAT HAS HAD TO HAVE THE HEAD GASKET REPLACED. *LA

HEAD GASKET IS BLOWN ON CAR THAT HAS ONLY 38000 MILES. *LA

HEAD GASKET FAILURE AS WELL AS OTHER OIL LEAKS ON 98 DODGE NEON. *LA

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY AND OIL WAS LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD AREA. CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR ANALYSIS. *AK

THE DRIVER NOTICED OIL ALL OVER THE DRIVEWAY. THE DEALER STATED THAT VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY, AND THEY WOULD NOT LOOK AT IT. *AK *SCC *JB

BAD HEAD GASKETS DUE TO FLAWED DESIGN. *JB

CONSUMER STATES THAT THERE IS A RATTLE NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE WHEN ACCELERATING. TOOK TO DEALER AND DEALER SAYS THE OIL PAN GASKET IS DEFFECTIVE. *AK

1998, NEON SPORT HEAD GASKET OIL LEAK ON DRIVER'S SIDE (NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT DODGE IS VERY AWARE OF BUT REFUSE STO FIX AT THEIR EXPENSE.*AK

TOOK CAR TO MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD HEAD GASKET WAS BAD AND THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR AND HEAD GASKETS. *NLM

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE WAS LEAKING OIL FROM UNDERNEATH. ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEWOUT. *AK

OIL LEAKING FROM HEAD GASKET. PER CARMAX SERVICE MECHANIC "GASKET DEFECTIVE". OIL DYE TEST PERFORMED TO VERIFY REPAIR. *JB ***DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS****743020

THE HEAD GASKET ON MY 1998 NEON IS NO GOOD AND HAS LEAKED OIL INTO MY COOLING SYSTEM. IT WILL COST ME OVER A $1000 TO FIX IT. I HAVE LEARNED THIS IS A COMMON DEFECT ON MY CAR WHICH I BOUGHT NEW IN 1998. THE COMPANY SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THIS DESIGN DEFECT. THANK YOU. MARY ANNE CORDALIS. *JB

WHILE DRIVING THE HEAD GASKET BLEW AND CAUSED OIL TO LEAK. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *NLM

AFTER DRIVING MY NEON FOR ABOUT A YEAR, I AM FINDING THE SAME PROBLEMS AS OTHER OWNERS ARE HAVING. ITEM NUMBER ONE, THE SUN ROOF HAS JUST BEEN REPAIRED. THE LAST ITEM IS THE MOST IMPORTANT. THE HEAD GASKET PROBLEM HAS ARRIVED. FROM WHAT I AM LEARNING, CHRYSLER IS AND HAS BEEN RECEIVING A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS PROBLEM FOR SOME TIME. THE COST IN THE REPAIR IS SOMETHING THAT CHRYSLER DOES NOT WANT TO BEAR. INSTEAD WILL CONTINUE TO PASS IT ON TO IT'S CUSTOMERS. I OWN TWO OTHER CHRYSLER PRODUCTS THAT ARE MUCH NEWER AND THEY TOO ARE TROUBLESOME. *JB

BLOWN HEAD GASKET WITH ONLY 60,000+ MILES ON CAR GOT IT USED AND HAVE ONLY HAD FOR 1 YEAR 6 MONTHS. ACTUALLY PROBLEM OCCURRED IN JANUARY 2003. OIL DRAINING FROM AROUND OIL FILTER. HAD REPLACED FILTER AND OIL STILL DRAINING AROUND FILTER AREA. TOOK SHOP A WHILE TO FIND PROBLEM BUT, THEN SAID THE HEAD GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND REPAIRED. APRIL WAS WHEN IT GOT INTO A SHOP, BUT CAR HAD SAT FROM JANUARY UNTIL APRIL. *JB

THE HEAD GASKET SEAL AND THE RIGHT REAR OIL SEAL LEAKED. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM IN MANY DODGE NEONS. *MR *SCC *NLM

THE HEAD GASKET CYLINDER WAS DEFECTIVE. * MR ENGINE OIL LEAKED AT THE REAR CORNER OF THE CYLINDER HEAD BECAUSE THE PASSAGE SEAL FAILED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE FACTORY GASKET WITH A CHRYSLER NEWLY DEVELOPED MULTI-LAYER STEAL CYLINDER HEAD GASKET. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT. SCC *JB

OUR 1998 DODGE NEON HAS BLOWN THE HEAD GASKET 3 TIMES IN THE PAST 3 YEARS. THE LAST 2 TIMES HAVE BEEN WITH IN THE LAST 2 MONTHS. *JB

THE HEAD GASKET LEAKED OIL, THE DEALER REPLACED IT, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM RECURRED.*JB

HEAD GASKET FAILED, WATER LEAKED INTO RADIATOR. HAD TO REPLACE HEAD GASKET, WATER PUMP, HOSES, AND FLUSH RADIATOR. TOTAL REPAIR $1600 CAR HAD 65000 MILES. I NEVER HAD A CAR DO THIS. DEALER CLAIMS THAT IT WAS MY FAULT. TS

THE HEAD GASKET FAILED WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL, THE DEALER REPLACED THE HEAD GASKET, HOWEVER AFTER 2103 MILES THE HEAD GASKET FAILED AGAIN. PH. THE TRANSMISSION PAN WAS LEAKING FLUID AND THE WIPER BLADES WAS REPLACED.*JB

CONSUMER STATES THE ENGINE IS LEAKING OIL FROM THE HEAD ENGINE GASKET. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. CONSUMER MENTIONED IS ONLY 19000 MILES FOR THIS KIND OF PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

CONSUMER STATES THAT VEHICLE WAS LOSING OIL. TOOK TO DEALER AND DEALER STATES' GASKETS ARE LEAKING OIL. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.

I HAVE CONTACTED CHRYSLER ON 8/22/2002 AND REPORTED THE PROBLEM THEY WILL NOT PAY FOR THE REPAIRS. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM. IT MAY NOT BE A VEHICLE SAFETY ISSUE BUT IT COULD LEAVE A MOTORIST STRANDED. THEY HAVE REDESIGNED THE HEADGASKET BUT WILL NOT RECALL THIS PRODUCT DEFECT DESPITE THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS BY CONSUMERS. PLEASE INVESTIGATE.*AK

MY CAR OVERHEATED SO I TOOK IT TO A REPAIR SHOP. THEY SAID I HAD A BLOWN HEAD GASKET AND SHOULD NOT DRIVE IT ANY FURTHER BECAUSE IF IT GETS EMPTY IT COULD BLOW MY ENGINE ALSO COULD GET SO HOT AND CAUSE A FIRE.*AK

A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN WAS ISSUED ON 9/08/1998 ON THE HEAD GASKET. I WAS NOT NOTIFIED BY THE DEALER OR THE DODGE. I HAVE PURCHASED NEW CHRYSLER VEHICLES BEFORE (1993 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER). THE OUTCOME OF THIS PROBLEM WILL DETERMINE, IF I PURCHASE ANOTHER CHRYSLER PRODUCT AGAIN.*AK

OIL LEAK. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC, AND THEY STATED THAT HEAD GASKET NEEDED REPLACING. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

GASKET RIPPED AND CAUSED OIL TO LEAK OUT. GASKET WAS REPACED. ON JULY 27TH, RIPPED AGAIN AND CAUSED MOTOR TO SEIZE UP. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

FOUND OIL LEAKING FROM ENGINE, WHEN INSPECTED IT WAS FOUND TO HAVE BLOWN HEAD GASKET. DEALER PERFORMED REPAIR FOR WARRANTIE COST PLUS OIL CHANGE CHARGE. WANTED TO REPORT AS HOPEFULLY IF THERE IS ENOUGH COMPLAINTS THERE WILL BE A RECALL ORDERED*AK

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER NOTICED LACK OF POWER, MECHANIC DETERMINED HEADGASKET WAS LEAKING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

MAJOR OIL LEAK AT HEADGASKET. DEALER ACKNOWLEDGES FAULTY ORIGINAL PART ON ALL DODGE NEONS, BUT REFUSES TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBLITY. RECALL OR COMPENSATION BY CHRYSLER SHOULD BE REQUIRED IMMEDIATELY.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING OIL, MECHANIC STATES THE HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING OIL. NLM *YD

THE CONSUMER STATES THE OIL IS LEAKING ONTO THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATES ALTHOUGH IT IS A SLOW PROCESS MORE PROBLEM ARE DEVELOPING. THE CONSUMER HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO A INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THE HEAD GASKET HAS BLOWN. NLM

HEAD GASTKET IS BLOWN, NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. MECHANIC SAID "THERE'S OIL AND COOLANT EVERYWHERE". THIS CAR HAS ONLY 39,000 MILES! I'VE CONTACTED 7 REPAIR SHOPS, AVERAGE COST TO FIX IS $700. THREE MECHANICS TOLD ME THAT THIS PROBLEM IS SO COMMON, THEY CAN'T BELIEVE THERE HASN'T BEEN A RECALL YET. ONE MECHANIC SAID THAT HE DOES THESE AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK. AFTER MUCH RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET, I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM--I ALONE HAVE FOUND NEARLY 100 REPORTS OF THE SAME THING HAPPENING. AS FOR THE SUNROOF...IT BROKE AND WAS REPAIRED IN AUGUST 2000. NOW, JUST OVER A YEAR LATER (NO MORE WARRANTY) THE SAME PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED AGAIN. THERE HAVE BEEN TSB'S ISSUED ON BOTH OF THESE PROBLEMS. A RECALL IS NEEDED IMMEDIATELY.*AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET HAS BEEN LEAKING OIL. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

ON 6/14/1999 I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALER FOR WARRANTY WORK.(35,784 MILES) BUSTED FRONT MOTOR MOUNT,, RATTLING WHEN CHANGING GEARS, WATER IN TAIL PIPE WHEN IT RAINED AND HIGH RPM, EVEN WHEN IDLING. THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE MOTOR MOUNT, THE HIGH RPM WAS NORMAL, THEY COULD FIND NO RATTLE AND NO PROBLEM WITH EXHAUST PIPE. I DEMANDED A REFUSAL IN WRITING ON THE MOTOR MOUNT. THEY ASKED TO KEEP THE CAR ANOTHER DAY AND RECHECK THE MOTOR MOUNT AND IT WAS NOW RAINING, THEY'D RECHECK THE EXHAUST PIPE NOISE. THEY SAID THEY REPLACED THE MOTOR MOUNT, BUT I COULD FIND NO EVIDENCE THAT THEY HAD ACTUALLY REPLACED IT. BEING FEMALE, WE ARE REGARDED AS MECHANICALLY IGNORANT AND MECHANICS WILL NOT LISTEN TO US IN MS. HAVING OUR OWN REPAIR SHOP FOR MANY YEARS, I PROBABLY FIXED MORE ENGINES IN MY TEENAGE YEARS THAN THEY...

HEAD GASKET FAILED DUE TO WARPING. *AK

WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE STALLED OUT AND DIED. DEALER REPLACED HEAD GASKETS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED AT 35,000 MILES; ENGINE IS LEAKING FLUIDS AGAIN. FRONT STRUTS WERE REPACED UNDER WARRANTY; ARE BROKEN AGAIN. I NEVER GOT THE FIRST RECALL ON ANYTHING. ARE YOU FOLKS EVEN NOTICING THE NUMBER OF BAD HEAD GASKETS. *AK

OIL WAS LEAKING FROM UNDER VEHICLE. AFTER DEALER INSPECTED VEHICLE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT HEAD GASKETS NEDDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE HEAD GASKET LEAKS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THE OWNER SHOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR A WELL KNOWN "HEAD GASKET" DEFECT, THE MANUFACTURER NEEDS TO TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY. *AK

LOSS OF OIL. VEHICLE TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, AND WAS INFORMED OF A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

REPAIR WAS MADE PROMPTLY AT COST $105.60.. ASUMMED NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR PROBLEM.. HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH HEADGASKETS ACCORDING TO NHTS A THE DEALER AND CHRYSLER SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL ISSUED IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT 3 SERVICE ORDERS WERE ISSUED POSSIBLY BY CHRYSLER. *AK

OIL LIGHT REMAINS ILLUMINATED DUE TO OIL LEAKAGE FROM HEAD GASKETS. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

AT FIRST, THE OIL LEAK WAS VERY LITTLE AND AS TIME WENT ON, I BEGAN TO NOTICE A LOT OF OIL ON THE GROUND. I TOOK IT TO TWO DIFFERENT REPAIR SHOPS AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE PROBLEM IS THE LEAK ON THE HEAD GASKET DUE TO MANUFACTURERS BAD DESIGN. WHY ISN'T THERE A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM?*AK

BAD HEAD GASKET /AND CAR LOSING OIL , I WAS EVENTUALLY PUTTING 2 QUARTS IN A WEEK. REPAIR MAN SAID THIS WAS HIS 25TH DODGE , NEON WITH THIS PROBLEM. HE CALLED DEALER TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL.*AK