Faults:

Had to replace front brakes and rotors three times.

Head Gasket Blew at 90,000 miles, heavily leaking oil.

Air Conditioning Unit failed (100,000 miles)

Radiator Fan failed 120,000 miles.

Paint very faded.

General Comments:

With the exception of the front brakes this car has been cheap to operate BEFORE 90,000 miles.

Do not buy an older or high mileage neon.

Do not buy a Neon if you want to use it for many miles or more than a few years.

The handling is poor and will make you nervous in poor weather or at interstate highway speeds. No Sport in this Neon Sport.

Performance is average for a 4 cylinder engine with a 3 speed automatic.

The car is cheap, but NOT A GOOD VALUE. You get what you pay for.

Faults:

The dash panel came loose at 13000 miles. This was fixed by the dealer at no cost.

The transmission went out at 70000 miles. This cost $1000 dollars to fix.

The head gasket had to be replaced at 75,000, 82,000, and 89,000 miles. These repairs cost over $1000 total and never completely solved the problem. Eventually I had to pour a can of stop leak in the car to slow the loss of oil.

This resulted in having to replace the radiator and heater core at a cost of $900.

To this very day the car still runs hot and I cannot get rid of it because no one will give any amount of money for it. The car has been under repair more than it has been in the road and I could have purchased a new B.M.W for what I have put into the car so far. I would never recommend purchasing this years model of neon. It has been a headache and a hazard to drive from the first month I have owned it.

Faults:

Where should I start? The Neon (Peon) is a piece of rotting blank. From day one, it has given me problem after problem.

The head gasket of course has blown 3 times and I constantly have to argue with the dealership to get them to pay for it.

On top of the head gasket problem, my speedometer and odometer have decided to stop working unless I punch the console. Punching the console seems to wake the electronics up.

What else? Reverse lights decided they were tired of working. They just shut off one day and never came back on.

Most recently, the car decides to overheat if I drive it for more than ten minutes.

General Comments:

In conclusion, do not ever buy a Neon. Although it may look cute and drive like a dream for the first 30000 miles, its goodnight after that.

Faults:

Brakes replaced every 12,000 miles.

Head gasket replaced three times - argued with Dodge until they paid for it every time.

At 40, 000 miles, speedometer and odometer began to work erratically - sometimes they do not work at all.

At 50,000 miles gas gauge began to work erratically.

Check engine light has been on continuously since 25,000 miles with no problem found.

Brakes have always squeaked.

Air conditioner stopped working at 50,000.

Numerous oil leaks.

Recently found transmission leak.

When putting car in drive or reverse - makes awful noise.

No acceleration on highways.

Had cooling problem around 60,000 miles. Car would run for 20 minutes and then die.

General Comments:

I would never buy another Dodge, this car has been nothing but trouble since I bought it.