1995 Dodge Neon transmission problems

POWER TRAIN

THE PCM ON MY 1995 DODGE NEON WAS REPLACED ON JUNE 16, 1994, 2 MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR. DONE BY JAY CHEVROLET/GEO/DODGE IN ISLAND PARK, NY. MY CAR HAS BEEN STALLING ON ME AND SHUTTING DOWN OFF AND ON FOR THE PAST 5 YEARS. I SPENT OVER $4000 TO HAVE PARTS REPLACED AND THE CAR STILL HAS THE PROBLEM. I WANT MY CAR CHECKED COMPLETELY FREE OF CHARGE. IT HAS ONLY 110K AND IT HAS BEEN CARED FOR SINCE DAY ONE. MY BROTHER IS A MECHANIC IN OCEANSIDE, NY AND HAS BEEN MY MECHANIC SINCE I BOUGHT IT NEW UP UNTIL I MOVED TO PHOENIX, AZ AND ALL THE MECHANICS I'VE USED HERE CAN'T FIX MY CAR. THIS IS UNFAIR IF THE PROBLEM IS THE PCM AGAIN. THE CAR HAD COMPLETE DIAGNOSTICS DONE BY 3 MECHANICS AND THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. PCM DOES NOT SHOW IN DIAGNOSTICS. P.S. I FILLED OUT MY PERSONAL INFO WITH MY CURRENT ADDRESS BUT WILL BE MOVING ON MAY 12, 2018 TO: 21220 N. 23RD AVE PHOENIX AZ 85027

NHTSA complaint #11090883 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

I HAVE A 1995 DODGE NEON. I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY TRANSMISSION, ETC. AND HAD TO HAVE MY TRANSMISSION REBUILT, ALSO REPLACING MY HEAD GASKET, RESULTING IN A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY OUT OF MY POCKET. MY MECHANIC INFORMED ME THEY HAVE SEEN NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THE NEON. I HAVE TALKED TO SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD OR CURRENTLY OWN A NEON AND THEY HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A RECALL NOTED ON THE NEON FOR THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS.

NHTSA complaint #10246193 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)

VEHICLE DRIVES FROM APPROX 8 MILES BEFORE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. THEN AFTER THAT THE ENGINE SPUTTERS AND STALLS WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES OF WAITING THE VEHICLE CAN BE DRIVEN FOR A FEW MILES THEN STALLS AGAIN. AFTER SITTING ALL NIGHT VEHICLE CAN BE DRIVEN FOR A SHORT DISTANCE. OEDB2 CODE READER SAID CYLINDER 1 MISFIRE.. REPLACES SPARK PLUGS, WIRES, FUEL FILTER, CHECKED COIL. EVERYTHING SEAMS TO BE WORKING FINE. VEHICLE CAN BE RAN AT IDLE FOR VERY LONG TIME WITH NO COMPLICATIONS. PCM IS BAD.... THEIR IS A RECALL IN EFFECT BUT MY VIN DOESN'T MATCH UP. SEE RECALL 94V-033.. BEEN GOING ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW. AND AFTER RULING EVERYTHING OUT IT IS THE PCM... I BELIEVE THE RECALL SHOULD BE RE OPENED TO INCLUDE LAST 8 VIN CODE ST356500.

NHTSA complaint #10143645 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)

DT: THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. VEHICLE STALLED AND SHOOK. TOOK CAR TO RE PAIR SHOP WHERE IT WAS PLACED ON A DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE. MECHANIC SAID THEY COULD NOT PERFORM ANY REPAIRS TO THE CAR UNTIL IT WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR RECALL REPAIRS ON TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE. TOOK TO A DEALER FOR REPAIRS.

NHTSA complaint #10131585 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)

ON AUGUST 12TH WHILE DRIVING ON SCATTERFIELD DR, AN AREA OF HIGH CONSTRUCTION, MY 1995 DODGE NEON SUDDENLY STALLED AND QUIT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. I HAD A FULL TANK OF GAS SO I KNEW THAT WAS NOT THE PROBLEM AND LUCKILY IT WAS A CONSTRUCTION AREA AND TRAFFIC WAS MOVING RATHER SLOWLY. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START SO I CALEDL PEYTON WELL AUTO AT (765) 644-1111, WHO ON AUGUST 11TH HAD JUST REPAIRED MY CAR FOR SIMILAR PROBLEMS THAT INCLUDED MY BATTERY LIGHT COMING ON AND THEN THE CAR MAY OR MAYNOT START.THEY SENT A TOW TRUCK TO GET ME. A MONTH EARLIER THE CAR STALLED AND JUST QUIT AND I HAD IT TOWED TO THIS SAME DEALERSHIP WHO CHARGED ME 300.00 TO FIX THE ELECTRICAL SUSPENSION AND HARNESS. ON AUGUST THE 11TH I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE STARTER AND THAT COST ME ANOTHER 300.00. AFTER RESEARCHING THE RECALL LIST I FOUND RECALL INFORMATION # 94V033000 THAT IDENTIFIES POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE PROBLEMS THAT SHOULD BE REPLACED. THIS WAS OBVIOUSLY NEVER COMPLETED ON THIS VEHICLE. I AM SCARED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. THE PEYTON WELL SERVICE ADVISOR BEN WOODFILL STATED IF ANYTHING LIKE THIS HAPPENED AGAIN THEY WOULD FIX IT FOR FREE BUT THIS WAS AFTER TELLING ME THAT THE MAIN HARNESS TO THE MOTOR NEEDED REPLACING AND THAT THEY HAD FOUND SOME CORROSION ON ANOTHER ELECTICAL PART AND CLEANED IT UP ON AUGUST 12TH. MY FIANCE SPOKE WITH THE SERVICE ADVISOR AND STATED THAT WE WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED THE FIRST TIME WHEN WE HAD IT TOWED IN BUT NOW THEY WERE TELLING US THAT IT WOULD COST AND ADDITIONAL 700.00 TO GET THIS SO CALLED MAIN HARNESS REPLACED. IT WAS THEN THAT MR. WOODFILL CONFERED WITH HIS MANAGER AND THEY STATED THEY WOULD FIX ANYMORE PROBLEMS LIKE THE ONES I HAVE HAD FOR FREE. TO ME THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. IF THEY KNOW THERE IS AREADY A PROBLEM THEN WHY NOT GO AHEAD AND FIX IT. DON'T WAIT UNTIL MY CAR STALLS IN 65 MPH TRAFFIC AND IT IS TOO LATE. PLEASE HELP!!!

NHTSA complaint #10086843 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A CLUTCH PROBLEM. WHEN SWITCHING OUT OF FIRST GEAR VEHICLE MADE A LOUD POPPING SOUND. CONSUMER DID NOT TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE REPAIR SHOP YET, BUT WILL DO SO SOON.

NHTSA complaint #10065046 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

TRANSMISSION DEFECTIVE. WHEN PUT INTO REVERSE IT MADE A LOUD BANGING NOISE. SHIFTED HARSHLY FROM SECOND TO THIRD GEAR. THE HEAD GASKET BLEW AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE BRAKES SQUEALED FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THE CAMSHAFT SEAL LEAKED OIL AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, THE VALVE COVER GASKET HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF AN OIL LEAK.

NHTSA complaint #10020805 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

HAVE HAD THE CAR (1995 NEON) ABOUT 1 YEAR - ONLY HAD 61,000 MILES ON IT AND MAJOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS - TRANSMISSION SLIPS, IN RAIN ACTS AS IF THE CAR IS GOING TO STALL OR COMPLETELY SHUT OFF, GETS NO POWER IN WET CONDITIONS EITHER. *NLM

NHTSA complaint #10018589 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)

THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST CHRYSLER BY OWNERS OF 1995 DODGE NEON'S REGARDING ENGINE FAILURE, WHICH RESULTED IN THE PCM BEING REPLACED.(LAWYER ON BEHALF OF CLIENTS) *TS

NHTSA complaint #10011699 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

POWER TRAIN

NHTSA RECALL CAMPAINGN 94V033000 POWER TRAIN; THE VEHICLE IS STALLING DUE TO MOISTURE GETTING INSIDE POWER TRAIN. MOST OF THE TIME, THE VEHICLE WOULD START AGAIN ONCE STALLED OUT. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. MR

NHTSA complaint #8022574 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

POWER TRAIN

THERE IS A CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST CHRYSLER CORPORATION, THERE ARE SEVERAL CONSUMER ADVOCATES THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED ENGINE STALLING WHILE DRIVING, RESULTING IN THE PCM BEING REPLACED, THE MANUFACTURER ARGUES THAT RECALL 614, 94V033000, CONCERNS ONLY VEHICLES THAT WERE PRODUCED PRIOR TO FEBRUARY 1, 1994 AND NONE OF THE VEHICLES SHIPPED TO ISRAEL WERE PRODUCED PRIOR TO FEB 1, 1994. (MOSHE KAPLANSKY LAW OFFICES & NOTARY ON BEHALF OF CONSUMER ADVOCATES, E-MAIL MAIL@KAPLANSKY-LAW.CO.IL)

NHTSA complaint #566559 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)

POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODEL HAS A DEFECT. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. CONSUMER WILL FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

NHTSA complaint #8014997 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)

POWER CONTROL MODULE FAILURE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL.

NHTSA complaint #563990 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)

POWER CONTROL MODULE FAILURE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL.

NHTSA complaint #563990 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)

MOISTURE GETS INTO POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM,) CAUSING DRIVEABILITY MALFUNCTIONS, INCLUDING STALLING. STALLING OCCURS WHILE DRIVING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.

NHTSA complaint #899915 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION

ATTEMPT TO HAVE CHRYSLER FIX HEAD GASKET FAILED; WOULD NOT AUTHORIZE REPLACEMENT OF HEAD GASKET BECAUSE CAR IS USED, NEAR 100000 MILES, AND SIX YEARS FROM MANUFACTURE; HEAD GASKET MUST BE REPLACED BY ME AT MY OWN COST; A/C LEAK HAS NEVER BEEN COMPLETELY DETERMINED, ALTHOUGH SEVERAL LEAKS WERE FOUND AND FIXED; BLOWER MOTOR RECENTLY DIED. LINKAGE "BLEW APART" AT SOME POINT IN 2001 AND HAD TO BE REPAIRED USING OEM WASHERS AND NUTS.

NHTSA complaint #754897 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)

VEHICLE SURGES AND HESITATES INTERMITTENTLY AT ANY SPEED. A PRIVATE MECHANIC HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND STATED POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE WAS FAULTY. MANUFACTURER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT AFFECTED BY RECALL 94V033000. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.

NHTSA complaint #898919 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE.

NHTSA complaint #752925 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

OIL LEAKS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM/ TRANSMISSION, AND FUEL LINE FAILED.

NHTSA complaint #749223 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

NUMEROUS OTHER PROBS: OXIDIZED PAINT, GAUGES WILL FAIL WHEN DRIVING, DOES NOT SHIFT (AUTOMATIC), HEAD GASKET LEAK, TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK, WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF CLASS ACTION OR GET THEM TO FIX THIS CAR SO I CAN GET RID OF IT!

NHTSA complaint #746248 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION SLIPS OR VEHICLE HESITATES, CAUSE UNKNOWN. TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.

NHTSA complaint #887724 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)

POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM) FAILED CAUSING HESITATION AND STALLING AT CITY AND HIGHWAY SPEEDS.

NHTSA complaint #744780 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY

I JUST HAD THE CLUTCH REPAIRED, AND WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC THAT MY HEAD GASKET IS CAUSING SERIOUS OIL LEAK AND NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED, I WAS TOLD THE DEALERSHIP SHOULD REPAIR THIS SINCE IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH NEONS, MECHANIC STATED HE NOTICE THIS PROBLEM WITH NEONS HE HAS REPAIRED.

NHTSA complaint #742700 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION

VEHICLE WILL STALL FOR NO REASON. *AK CONSUMER STATES STALLING HAD BEEN OCCURRING JUST 6 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING VEHICLE, THERE WAS A RECALL, 94V033, REGARDING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WHICH COULD CAUSE STALLING, HOWEVER WHEN TAKEN TO DEALER, DEALER STATED THAT DUE TO MILEAGE, IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, DEALER REPLACED PCM AND CHARGED CONSUMER FOR IT. *SLC

NHTSA complaint #880533 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

AUTOMATIC TRASMISSION LOST REVERSE; DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS OUT OF ITS WARRANTY, AND REAPIRS WOULD BE DONE AT CONSUMER'S COST. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER.

NHTSA complaint #880405 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)

VEHICLE STALLS, HAD PCM REPLACED , NOW THIS COMPONENT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN.

NHTSA complaint #879871 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

WHILE DRIVING THERE IS HESITATION/BUCKING PULLING BACK AND FORWARD, FEELS AS IF THE CAR WILL STALL.

NHTSA complaint #739400 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH

TRANSMISSION INTERLOCKING SYSTEM DOESN'T WORK. THE GEARS COULD BE SHIFTED WHILE DRIVING OR ACCIDENTLY AT ANYTIME.I KNOW THE 95' DODGE STRATUS HAD A RECALL FOR THE SAME PROBLEM,BUT NO RECALL FOR THE NEON. I NOTICED THIS PROBLEM WITH THE CAR THE FIRST WEEK I BOUGHT IT. AT THE TIME IT DIDN'T SEEM TO MATTER,BUT NOW I HAVE CHILDREN IN THE CAR AND I'M AFRAID SOMEONE MIGHT HIT THE SHIFTER BY ACCIDENT.

NHTSA complaint #737191 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY

GASKET FAILURES (HEAD AND TRANSAXLE) DIAGNOSED BY ULTRAVIOLET DYE TEST. BRAKE DEFICIENY DISCOVERED IN HIGH SPEED COMMUTER TRAFFIC WITH NEAR COLLISION. THE FREQUENCY OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS FROM MANY OWNERS SUGGESTS THAT A LARGE RECALL ACTION IS IN ORDER BEFORE MANY SERIOUS ACCIDENTS RESULT.

NHTSA complaint #736258 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.