2005 Dodge Neon problems
NHTSA has received 134 complaints about the 2005 Dodge Neon, and 11% of them involve cruise control. After that come engine (11%) and body & structure (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 134 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Cruise control 11% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 34 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 25 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 55,000 miles 115 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 29 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 18 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 15 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 22 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 12 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 4 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 3 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 6 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 2 |
| 200k+ miles | 4 |
What the data shows
Among the 115 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 55,000 miles. For cruise control specifically, the median reported mileage is about 65,000 miles (13 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 34 complaints mention a crash; 2 complaints mention a fire; 25 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 94% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2005 ranks 11th most-complained-about out of 11 model years of the Dodge Neon with enough data (81 complaints in that window).
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
On 10/6/15 my son was involved in a car accident. He was merging onto the parkway when the SUV he was following came to a complete stop due to the car in front of it doing the same, but when my son tried to break the breaks were completely out causing him to hit the back of SUV he was following, with his quick thinking he pulled the emergency breaks to prevent hit SUV again as it was pulling over.
Tl* the contact owned a 2005 dodge neon. While proceeding to make a left turn, another vehicle crashed into the front driver side door of the contact's vehicle. The air bags did not deploy. A police report was filed. The driver and passenger sustained whiplash injuries that required medical attention. The driver in the other vehicle sustained chest and face injuries due to the air bags. Medical attention was required. The vehicle was destroyed and towed to the contact's residence.
2005 dodge neon involved in a crash and air bag did not deploy. The neon was northbound traveling at 30 miles per hour. A vehicle pulled out and the neon struck the drivers side of the other vehicle with the complete front end of the neon. Point of impact and speeds should have deployed the air bag.
My 2005 dodge neon entered into a collision with a 2001 ford taurus on 7/4/2014. My vehicle hit the ford taurus head-on into the passenger's side of the ford taurus at about the middle of the taurus. My seat belt had kept me in my seat, but the air bag had failed to deploy, resulting in permanent injuries which will require pain management and surgery at some point. The posted speed limit was 45 MPH, and I was estimated to be traveling at around 40 MPH at the time of impact.
It was raining and my husband was driving at 45 MPH on our local highway when someone pulled across both lanes and stopped. My husband had to swerve to miss hitting the other driver directly in the door and unavoidably hit him in the passenger side front end with our passenger side front end at 45 miles per hour. The impact was serious and our car was totaled. Neither air bag deployed.