2004 DODGE NEON Vehicle Speed Control Problems

ON OCCASION THE CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT ENGAGE AND ON OCCASION IT DOES ENGAGE AND WHEN YOU TRY TO SLOW DOWN THE BRAKE BECOMES HARD TO DEPRESS AND THE CAR STARTS TO ACCELERATE BUT REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO DEPRESS BRAKE OR PUMP BRAKES ALLOWS CONTROL AGAIN OVER SPEED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING OVER 45 MPH . AS THIS HAPPENS RANDOMLY CAUSE HAS NOT BEEN FOUND AND THIS ONLY HAPPENS WHEN CRUISE CONTROL HAS BEEN ENGAGED . PROBLEM NOTICED IN 2014 WHEN I GOT CAR TO PRESENT DATE .. NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT.

CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT TURN OFF AND I WRECKED MY CAR INTO INTO A OTHER CAR. I EVEN TRIED PUTTING MY CAR IN PARK AND IT WOULDN'T STOP THE MOTOR WAS REVED UP AND WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN OR STOP

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE NEON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT HAD TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL, DEPRESS THE BRAKES AND SHUT OFF THE ENGINE IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 182,842 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 183,000.

2004 DODGE NEON. ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL WITHOUT WARNING. TRIED TO APPLY BRAKES, BUT COULD NOT STOP. THE CAR CONTINUED TO GAIN SPEED. TRIED TO TURN ENGINE OFF AND IT WOULD NOT TURN OFF. TRIED TO PUT INTO NEUTRAL BUT IT CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. FINALLY PUT INTO PARK AND THE WHEELS LOCKED UP AND THE VEHICLE STOPPED. I HAD TO KEEP MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE TO KEEP THE CAR FROM MOVING WHILE IN PARK. I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO TURN THE ENGINE OFF. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE NEON. THE CONTACT TOOK HER VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE BRAKE PADS SERVICED. THE TECHNICIAN DISCOVERED THAT THE TRANSMISSION SOLENOID PACT WAS LEAKING AND MADE THE REPLACEMENT. THE REPAIRS TOTALED $1,000, OF WHICH THE CONTACT PAID $865. TWO DAYS AFTER THE REPAIRS, THE VEHICLE REVVED UP WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH. ON ONE OCCASION, THE CONTACT RELEASED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO SLOW DOWN AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN. SHE ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES, BUT THE VEHICLE STILL ACCELERATED. WHEN SHE ARRIVED HOME, SHE NOTICED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR WAS ILLUMINATED. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER, BUT HAS NOT YET RECEIVED ANY FEEDBACK. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 96,978.

WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE STALLED. WAS TAKEN TO GET SERVICED, AND WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE THROTTLE BODY. CURRENTLY, THE VEHICLE JERKS INADVERTENTLY. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER TO GET SERVICED SEVERAL TIMES, BUT THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO EXIT A FREEWAY AND THE VEHICLE LURCHED AND MADE A LOUD NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT AND SMOKE BEGAN TO EMIT FROM THE HOOD. CONSUMER TURNED THE KEY OFF, BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO RUN. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY CABLES. AT THAT TIME THE SMOKING CEASED AND THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN. *AK THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE CONTINUED TO RUN ROUGH AND LURCH FORWARD, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON, , THE VEHICLE WOULD RUN WITH THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION, AND WHEN THE DOOR WAS INADVERTENTLY SHUT, THE DOOR WOULD LOCK. THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE FUEL WAS DELIVERED AT A RICH COMBUSTION LEVEL. THE SERVICE DEALER REPLACED THE AB/MASTER RELAY AND THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE. (FUEL WAS BEING DELIVERED...