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2004 Dodge Neon electrical system problems

17 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 2004 Dodge Neon, which is 12% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
17 12% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
35,000 miles 12 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 3
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2004 Dodge Neon Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 35,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 2 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 5 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 0 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 35,000 miles
Based on 12 complaints that include mileage. 58% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles2
20k to 40k miles5
40k to 60k miles0
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 12 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 35,000 miles, and 58% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 fires.

What owners wrote

While driving at 70 MPH, the consumer attempted to exit a freeway and the vehicle lurched and made a loud noise. The vehicle was pulled into a parking lot and smoke began to emit from the hood. Consumer turned the key off, but the vehicle continued to run. The fire department arrived and disconnected the battery cables. At that time the smoking ceased and the engine shut down.

Reported at 2,800 miles, March 2004 Fire

Upon purchasing my car, brand new in 2004, I have had several problems with it. After a short year of having my car my power windows went out, shortly after my front door speakers stopped working and my radio/cd player often doesn't work correctly...CD discs will get stuck in player and continually play until car is shut off and sometimes that doesn't even resolve problem. Front brakes started to squeak and groan constantly, I took the vehicle to the dealership 4 times to have them try to fix brakes.

Reported at 35,000 miles, July 2005

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