1996 Dodge Neon — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 868 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Engine339 (39.1%)
• Electrical system105 (12.1%)Official recall records for this system: 4, covering model years 1995–1998.
• Brakes100 (11.5%)Official recall records for this system: 8, covering model years 1995–2001.
• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)49 (5.6%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 1995.
• Air bags (restraint system)44 (5.1%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 1997–2000.
• Steering24 (2.8%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 1995.

Other / uncategorized: 37 classifications (4.3%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (6,956 records, model years 1995–2005) are most frequently classified under: engine, brakes and electrical system.
• Manufacturer communications (779 records, model years 1995–2005) are most frequently classified under: engine, powertrain (transmission & drivetrain) and electrical system.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

• 39reports included a mileage
• 79,310average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 1995 1,060 records for 1995 1,060
2. 1996 671 records for 1996 671
3. 1997 461 records for 1997 461
4. 1998 403 records for 1998 403
5. 1999 156 records for 1999 156
6. 2000 424 records for 2000 424
7. 2001 204 records for 2001 204
8. 2002 233 records for 2002 233
9. 2003 258 records for 2003 258
10. 2004 135 records for 2004 135
11. 2005 136 records for 2005 136

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 46mention a crash
• 5mention a fire
• 32mention an injury

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 7
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 49
• Investigations NHTSA 2
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 2
• Owner complaints NHTSA 611

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