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1998 Dodge Neon exhaust system problems

Owners reported exhaust system problems in 16 complaints for the 1998 Dodge Neon, 4% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
16 4% of this year's complaints
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

What the data shows

None of the exhaust system complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

Air compressor,piston head was dameged due to heat,catalytic converter replaced,and the first head gasket replaced all at 18500 miles.recently replaced a third one at 44500 miles.that makes four in a year and a half! Ecently replaced miles

August 1998

My wife bought her 1998 dodge neon in august of 2000. We recently passed 60,000 miles on the car and it began to leak oil. The leak was gradual at first and I assumed that the oil pan bolt had been put in incorrectly by the servicemen at the lube shop. However, on further review, the car was found to have a head gasket leak (approx. An $800 repair). Further research has LED me to find that this problem is common to all dodge vehicles using this engine.

Reported at 64,218 miles, November 2002

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