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| 2001 Dodge Neon Review, Brandy
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| | Model of the car: | Dodge Neon | | | General comments: | I own a 2001 Dodge Neon ES with the Sport package. I loved my neon from day one: the color, the style, the look, the price. I always call it "my little hotrod." My spirit has definitely changed about my neon, though it is still "my little hotrod."
I bought my neon in Missouri with 4 miles on it. I was the first owner and it was my first brand new car. Two months after owning my neon, the Air Conditioner unit went out. When the neon was 6 months old my family and I moved to Mississippi (military). The motor in my power window went out. I then got a brake hose recall letter in the mail. Then, my back right tires started grinding when I applied the brakes. Since, all of these problems occurred simultaneously I had them all looked at during one visit. All of the problems were fixed except the grinding of the brakes. Of course, they would have to be changed and rotated, which was not covered under warranty for some reason.
The brakes did get changed and rotated but the problem was still occurring and even worse than before. I took my neon back to the shop 7 more times for this problem, I have finally given up on this particular problem. Each time I am told, "There is nothing wrong with them," or "It is just the humidity in the Mississippi air." Sadly, we had 2 different brakes jobs which were not covered under warranty.
Hurricane season started. My front driver floor board was totally soaked. Little did I know the trunk of my neon, where the tire is held, had 2 gallons of water in it (I know this because I used my shop vac to clean it up). A few hours later, after more heavy rainfall, I opened my trunk, which was full of water again. My car was in the shop for 2 months straight. While they try to find the source of the leak. All 3 of my brake lights had a leak. The front of the car had to have all the seals replaced and filled with smoke to find the source of that particular leak. My carpet in my trunk was replaced because mold was growing. But the front carpets were not replaced because there was no evidence of mold growing. When I finally went to pick up my neon, the mechanic drove it through the shop and the grinding of the tires happened (as usual). All the mechanics stopped to look and made comments such as :"wow, that can't be good," "I don't think the problem is fixed," and so forth. The mechanic which worked on my car made several comments about how much of a lemon my car was and how he knew are names and our neon by heart.
Starting once again this January '03, my neon is back to all of its problems again. I started hearing a clunking in the front of the neon. At the shop the mechanics turned and rotated my rear brakes, even though the noise was in the front. After all that, my tires need to be aligned for $90 for just my back tires... I don't think that is right either. One, I don't know why that isn't under my factory warranty and two, $90 for only 2 tires. I took my car elsewhere to have the tires aligned. The exact same day I got my car out of the shop, I took it to have the tires aligned. The mechanic and I both noticed and wobbling noise with a little bit of grinding in the rear, same place all the work was just done. So, I took the car back to the dealership. Within an hour I was called and told inside my rear drums had excessive brake-dust in them, but my rear brakes and shoes were fine. The only problem was this too was not covered under my factory warranty, the cost for having this done would be $120. Okay, a pattern is developing here. I am beginning to wonder what exactly is covered under "My factory warranty." So far nothing is.
I truly thought I loved having a dodge product, in fact right now I have 2, but I am not sure for how much longer. All the paper work is in line for my neon and the lemon law. It has been approved but only to an extent. | | | Previous car: | Honda Civic
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