Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 10/12/2011 | 156800 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2001 dodge neon. the contact was driving 25 mph when the vehicle accelerated unexpectedly. the vehicle was not taken to the dealer, but the manufacturer was contacted. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure mileage was 156,800 and the current mileage was 156,845. kmj | |||
| 10/12/2011 | 156800 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2001 dodge neon. the contact was driving 25 mph when the vehicle accelerated un expectantly despite the accelerator not being depressed. the vehicle was not taken to the dealer, but the manufacturer was contacted. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure mileage was 156,800 and the current mileage was 156,845. rds | |||
| 5 | 05/16/2001 | ||
| Consumer stated while stopped at a light, as she attempted to step on the gas, the pedal began to act erratic, which caused the vehicle to hit the person in front and would not stop. the vehicle was repaired, but now it hesitates when driving or stopping. other problems are as followed: the electrical lights and alarms, engine/cooling system, equipment(not spec), fuel system, heater/defrost/vent, park brake, power train, serv. brakes, steering, structure, suspension, visual systems, the air bag module, (brain of the vehicle) computer, and a cracked motor head. cause of incident: wear/corrosion/rust, locks, and stability. *scc *jb | |||
| 09/20/2002 | 4 | 09/01/2001 | |
| Engine idle rough. idle speed drops below 500 rpm. throttle sticks open causing to surge at high rate of speed (2 occurances) engine lose of power, especially up small inclines. a/c or accessories have no effect on idle rpm. dealer recommend super grade gas (against manf recommendations) 2 dealers unable to duplicate problem. at 70mph engine hesitates and stalls, again dealer unable to dup. engine check light illuminated. however no codes are displayed for dealer. overall, engine idle bad, throttle sticks, vehicle stalls. driving skills have prevented accident. what can be done? nlm | |||
| 05/05/2002 | 1 | 12/01/2000 | |
| Engine began reving uncontrollably. no speed control- car accelerated on own with no driver control.*ak | |||
| 06/25/2001 | |||
| Engine check light illuminated, indicating a malfunction. also, vehicle accelerated to extremely high rpms. cause unknown. vehicle had been to dealer five times. dealer could not not identify problem. please give any further details. *ak | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - ACCELERATOR PEDAL | |||
| 10/16/2003 | 35000 | 1 | |
| While leaving a parking lot the bracket attachment of the gas pedal fell off and caused the gas pedal to fall behind the brake pedal.*ak *nlm | |||
| 07/29/2002 | |||
| While in heavy traffic accelerator pedal was applied and vehicle suddenly accelerated, causing a rear end collision. dealer and manufacturer have been notified. feel free to provide any further information.*ak | |||
| 11/01/2000 | |||
| Gas pedal folded over at approx a 90 degree angle, towards driver when driver was attempting to back out of a driveway. since there was no support available for the foot to rest on, the foot slid off the gas pedal, sideways toward the brake. durning the foot sliding, tip of shoe caught small part of gas pedal still attached causing car to surge resulting in collision of parked car with right rear bumper of neon. gas pedal at this time was noted to have split/broke at exact same spot on outside of gas pedal, by brake, and inside of gas pedal near consol. both splits are right above where small screws connect a very thin, plastic gas pedal to metal rod at bottom 1/4 of pedal. dodge dealer insist this break was done intentionally by a human . yet they also insist that this part was near impossible to break. wow i have a very strong 16 yr old daughter ! i thank god that she was only backing out of a driveway when this happened and not driving down the freeway. car had been driven 3 times only when this occured.. *ak | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - CRUISE CONTROL | |||
| 10/19/2003 | 41000 | 1 | |
| Cruise control engages without warning. *ak | |||