2003 Dodge Neon SXT review from North America

I really haven't had any problems with this car. Mechanically, everything has been fairly sound.

This really isn't that bad of a car. It is no Toyota Celica, that's for sure, but it could be worse. I purchased this car when I didn't have an option (long story), but it has served me well.

- The original tires on this car are horrible. I replaced them @ 15000 miles with new ones and haven't had a problem since.

- The seats are very difficult to clean if you get them wet. I had a gallon of milk 'sweat' onto the seat and have had a weird white ring ever since. Note: No milk actually touched the seat.. it was just condensation from the jug.

- The seats are not the most comfortable. I can handle my 50+ mile/day commute, but when I drove the 1000 or so miles to Atlanta my butt was killing me!

- The speakers and radio are fairly impressive. I did replace the stock deck with an after market deck, but only to run my subs, and only after I had the car for over a year.

- The brakes are *horrible* after it rains. They have squealed from day 1. Apparently brake dust is the cause, but my neighbors hated when I worked at 6am because the noise was enough to raise the dead... and was embarrassing, to be frank.

- As with many American cars, it just started sounding rough after about 50,000.

I really don't have any complaints about this car. I never really like Neons, but this car has served me well. As I said before, it's no Toyota, but it wasn't as bad as some people made it sound. I do not doubt for one second that some people have had horrible experiences with them. My former fiance had a '95 neon which was reliable as a go-kart. If you go into this car knowing that it is a 'snap-together' car and not a BMW, and service it as such, it's an okay little car. Was it as fun as my Celica? Heck no... but it got me to and from work.