Faults:

The head gasket blew at 150000km. Before that, not much else went wrong.

At 200000km, the water pump went, and through off the timing belt. It was hard to diagnose, but not too bad to fix.

In total, I spent $2500 on the car, excluding oil changes, but including tires. That's not bad for putting up with Canadian winters over ten year.

General Comments:

Great little car. Peppy for a 2.0L.

Don't get rear ended by a Cadillac, that's why I am no longer driving it.

Overall that car is GREAT!!

Faults:

Well I guess I've been lucky with my neon up till now... First thing unusual that happened to me was the Fuel neck near the gas cap rotted away. One day I went to take the gas cap off to fill it and the whole unit came out with a rusty jagged end. I had the Fuel Filter replaced after the car just died in the middle of nowhere. The fuel injectors got clogged up 2 x. The car now has error code 21 (O2 Sensor) and the car runs like crap especially after it gets warmed up. There's no power, and sometimes the engine will race while sitting at a light. I also had the accelerator pedal get stuck a couple times and I was pulled off the side off the highway in Neutral with the engine racing till I freed it up. Too many little problems to list, like the crank in the door is broke so the window will not open. The trunk leaks like crazy. I hate this car now... Time for a new one I guess.

General Comments:

Problematic..

Faults:

When I bought the car it need a new radiator.

Nothing else has gone wrong until March 2004. It was chugging out (like it was out of gas), loss of power.

The head gasket went in July 2004. Realized that was gone when it went to the dealer to see why it was chugging out.

Head gasket got fixed, throttle position sensor and oxygen sensor were replaced in January 2005 and it's still having the same problem.

I have no idea what's wrong with it. It's had plenty diagnostic tests and nothings wrong, (so they say).

General Comments:

All in all it's been a good working car with plenty of power.

I don't like the cabin in the front very much. Stuff falls under the seats and there's no way to get it out.

Stock speakers are pretty good though.

Faults:

The trunk leaks, radio never worked, replaced entire fuel tank and fuel system. This was necessitated by a gasket failure which allowed coolant to back flow into the fuel system, destroying the fuel pump, radiator, hoses and everything else between the gasket and the exhaust pipe.

I put over 1700.00 into repairs and thought that the car would be reliable transportation for my son. He has had the car for 2 years and has had to put approximately 3,000.00 more into it to keep it running.

It gets to the point that you think, "I have completely rebuilt this thing", and then something else happens.

This morning he was left stranded with no head lights. First week on the best job he has ever had and this piece of dung failed again.

I will never buy another Dodge vehicle. Too bad the engineers who designed the outside, forgot to put anything of value on the inside.

General Comments:

If I had read this message board before buying, I would have run from this vehicle...

And the Chrysler company's refusal to deal with a mass produced lemon shows their irresponsibility and lack of commitment to their customers.