Consumer Complaint Detail

DODGE / NEON / 2002

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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004092036 Incident Date: Nov, 22 2004
Consumer's City: OROVILLE Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Model Name: NEON Model Year: 2002
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1B3ES56C12D Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jan, 16 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jul, 30 2003
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Vehicle had idled hard since purchase. taken to local dealership numerous times for knocking sound on start up of vehicle every morning. owner was told that sound could not be duplicated. on date of incident, vehicle started jerking in and out of gear on highway. loud whine started and increased with acceleration. owner pulled vehicle to the shoulder and got out to try to locate source of sound. when owner tried to put car back into gear, gear shift moved but did not engage. transmission had to be replaced. *nm