2000 Dodge Neon from North America - Comments

The steering column has squealed since the day I purchased the car. No one has been able to figure it out.

The car itself sounds like a wind-up car. The engine is racy and loud.

The air conditioning stopped working after one year (only one summer of use). The dealership and Dodge refused to service it because I had just gone over my warranty. Numerous repair shops have been unable to figure out the problem.

I have had to have the brakes fixed and rotors filed numerous times. The brakes still squeal every day, rain or shine.

I had a tire blow only three months after buying the car.

At 55,000 miles I am beginning to experience oil leakage. I keep running out of oil, but I cannot find any puddles. The oil light has never come on to alert me that I am out of oil. I am going to have it checked. Surprise, it is probably my head gasket!

Overall, it is a cute car, but that is all the credit that I will give them. The dealership and the company have been horrible. I believe that they are fully aware of the problems and that they are not standing behind their product. They are robbing us blindly. I used to believe in buying American, but so far, I haven't had anything good to go on.

Dodge is a horrible company made up of liars and thieves. Their dealers are just as lousy. They are causing the American car industry to look really bad. I think they owe all of us Neon owners some free maintenence work and an apology. They should at least confess that there is a manufacturer's defect and it should be corrected. Until then, they should stop selling these cars and we should all stop buying them.

I will NEVER buy another Dodge!

If you manage to get Dodge to listen to you I could use their number also... I have been pouring money into this car for 2 years now with no help from Dodge or the dealership.

I'll tell you what worked for me. I had the dealership replace my steering rack after the car was out of warranty. If chrysler financial holds the note on your car call the factory rep, and if you can't' get them to help you tell them to come pick up there car. They own the car not you, and they don't want there junk back.

As for your brakes squeaking, you can't do nothing about it. Its the brake calipers which cause the squeeking. As for getting in gone, you might as well go and buy an aftermarket brake kit and install it yourself.

I bought a 2000 neon also and it is a weak piece of junk

it doesn't have any power, it squeaks, the computer has went out twice.

I also experienced squeaky brakes with my Neon. From day 1 to the lease turn in date (5 years), this vehicle squeaked so bad you could hear it from two blocks away! The dealership said it was "normal" sometimes and "brake dust" other times.

It was also quite a bit underpowered.

Do you guys truly call squeaking brakes a problem? come on guys I bet you even RR's have them. as for the dealerships, we have 2 Neons and about to buy 2 more and at the 5-star dealership by us they replaced the head gaskets free of charge and have always been great to us. and our Neons have over 200,000 miles on them without really any problems.

"Do you guys truely call squeaking brakes a problem?"

No, it's awesome listening to brakes that are always squeaking. Yes, it's a problem.

Buy a can of "Brake Quiet" and spray it on the rotors. The "squeaking" is not a mechanical problem, only an annoyance because of the sound. Brake dust from the pads builds up and causes the squeaking. The "Brake Quiet" keeps the dust down. This noise is distinct from the brake "squealing" that occurs when your brake pads are worn down to the rivets, and the metal wear tab is rubbing off on the rotors. It is designed to do that to alert you that you need to change your brake pads. So in summary: squealing = bad (i.e. change your pads) ; squeaking = minor annoyance, but no actual mechanical problem. Thus, if you change your brake pads every 6,000 miles because you hear "squeaking" (not squealing), you are wasting your money and unfairly blaming the car for nothing.

My sister has a Neon that is riddled with problems (plastic in cabin falling apart, odd smells etc.) and one problem she says she cannot live with is that her brakes squeal, squeak or whatever. We thought maybe she drives her car too hard.. so she got new brakes, which didn't help the noise. After having the car for almost 2 years she trading it in for a Honda Civic, tomorrow actually. It's just funny that I found that this is common with Neons the day before she gets rid of hers.

I drive a Dodge Neon, it's eight years old and I've had it for two years. I have never once had a problem with it aside from routine maintenance, I love my Neon and wouldn't trade it for anything.

My Neon is HORRIBLE!!! I get the oil changed every 3,000 miles, I've had it tuned up numerous times and STILL, everything has gone wrong with it! My air conditioner worked for only a summer and since then, I've had to get it recharged every summer and only lasts two months! There were no signs of anything wrong with the major components, then one day I was driving on the interstate and my radiator blew! Since then, the neon will not shift properly and it stalls constantly! The dealership says that everything is fine and there is nothing they can do! I say, they should call the assembly line and get it fixed! I had a Dodge Stratus for 9 years and never had anything wrong with it! VERY disappointed with Dodge!