1997 Dodge Neon Highline Sedan from North America - Comments

My right tail light leaked a week after I bought the car.

I had to get the switches to the cooling fan replaced after I had already brought it in for a recall for the same thing six months earlier.

My radiator blew.

There are shorts in the car's electrical system that are causing my car not to start because of the battery being dead.

My head gasket blew at approximately 46,000 miles. When I brought my car in for repair under the 'Goodwill Policy', the dealer tried to lie to me.

My air conditioning is leaking. Not something small either, it's the evaporator.

My car is very unreliable. I have to worry about whether or not my car will even start in the mornings.

In the middle of summer, I have to worry about whether my air conditioning will cost me a fortune again.

The car repairs are costing almost as much as the original purchase price. For that amount I could have bought something a little more reliable. I feel like I have been taken for a bad ride!

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I have a 1996 Dodge Neon High line. I always wanted one, now that I have the car I wish I could give it back. On of the problems was the tail light started leaking 2 weeks after I drove it off the lot. The entire inside and the trunk was completely soaked for a while. Also the sensor switchwent bad the actual day I drove the car off the lot. Next thing was the valve gasket cover gave in which caused oil to leak into my spark plugs and caused a mis-fire in my spark plugs (I do replace those every 2 months). Air condition isn't very cold and the heating, well let's just say on a 10 minute drive the car heats up 2 minutes before I hit the drive way. In the winter I have to drive with the defrost on because the windows fog back up 4 seconds later. For some reason the gas mileage is extremely bad. I can use a whole tank of gas in less than 24 hours (how is that even possible I don't know). Luckily I haven't ran into the head gasket problem yet, but I'm sure I will the day I pay the car off (either that or the transmission will go one of the two). I wish they would have made the 94-97 Neons a little better because it would be a great economy car with out all those problems.I'm glad the took that into consideration when they made the 2000 neons. Aren't they the lucky buyers. Thanks for reading.