2005 DODGE NEON

EXTERIOR LIGHTING

CERTAIN CK MOTORSPORTS COMBINATION HEADLIGHTS, CLEAR CORNER, BUMPER, AND SIDE MARKER LIGHTS SOLD AS REPLACEMENT LAMPS FOR USE ON THE PASSENGER VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE. SOME COMBINATION LAMPS THAT ARE NOT EQUIPPED WITH AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS FAIL TO CONFORM TO FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO.

EXTERIOR LIGHTING

CERTAIN PRO-A MOTORS CORNER LAMPS, TURN SIGNALS, AND HEADLIGHTS SOLD AS REPLACEMENT LAMPS FOR USE ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE. SOME COMBINATION LAMPS THAT ARE NOT EQUIPPED WITH AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS FAIL TO CONFORM TO FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, LAMPS, REFLECTIVE D

SUSPENSION

FEDERAL MOGUL IS RECALLING 6,903 AFTERMARKET BALL JOINT ASSEMBLIES SHIPPED BETWEEN NOVEMBER 9, 2007 AND MARCH 26, 2008, WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN PACKAGED WITH INCORRECT NUTS. THE PART NUMBERS PACKAGED WITH INCORRECT NUTS ARE: K7147, K7329, K8683, AND 104353. THESE PARTS WERE MADE FOR USE ON THE VARIOUS

EXTERIOR LIGHTING

SABERSPORT IS RECALLING 16,270 COMBINATION CORNER AND BUMPER LAMP ASSEMBLIES OF VARIOUS PART NUMBERS SOLD FOR USE AS AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT FOR VARIOUS PASSENGER VEHICLES. THESE HEADLAMPS FAIL TO CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, "LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES

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. THE MANUFACTUR

Mileage: 183,373

I SHIFTED MY CAR INTO REVERSE AND IT ACCELERATED BY ITSELF. SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND COULD NOT STOP CRASHED THRU MY NEIGHBORS GARAGE DOOR. THERE S NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND COULD NOT STOP WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES EVEN IN NEUTRAL. I CHECKED AND THERE WAS NOTHING UNDER OR BLOCKING THE GAS PEDAL. NO MATS IN CAR.

Mileage: 132,000

I SHIFTED MY CAR INTO REVERSE AND IT ACCELERATED BY ITSELF. SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND COULD NOT STOP CRASHED THRU MY NEIGHBORS GARAGE DOOR. THERE S NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND COULD NOT STOP WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES EVEN IN NEUTRAL. I CHECKED AND THERE WAS NOTHING UNDER OR BLOCKING THE GAS PEDAL. NO MATS IN CAR.

Mileage: 132,000

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.

Mileage: 10,200

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. *TR

Mileage: 77,218

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. *TR

Mileage: 77,218

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. *TR

Mileage: 77,218

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE NEON. THE CONTACT STATED THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY WHEN THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE GUARD RAIL. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED SEVERE HEAD INJURIES, BRUISES ON THE BODY, AND BACK. THE CONTACT RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION AT THE SCENE AND WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 81,600.

Mileage: 81,600

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 DODGE NEON. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED BRUISING ON THE CHEST FROM THE SEAT BELT WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 272,000.

Mileage: 272,000

MY SONS HAD A CRASH IN A 2005 DODGE NEON. THEY WERE GOING APPROXIMATELY 40-45 MPH. THEY HIT A MAILBOX WITH METAL PIPES, A PARKED DURANGO, A PARKED MALIBU, DECORATIVE ROCKS IN THE CORNER, WENT AIRBORNE AND TOTALED THE WHOLE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT END OF THE CAR. NEITHER OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, AND THE SEAT BELTS DIDN'T LOCK. WE BOUGHT THIS CARD BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY FEATURES FOR OUR TEENAGE SON AND THEY DID NOT WORK. *TR

Mileage: 72,000

MY SONS HAD A CRASH IN A 2005 DODGE NEON. THEY WERE GOING APPROXIMATELY 40-45 MPH. THEY HIT A MAILBOX WITH METAL PIPES, A PARKED DURANGO, A PARKED MALIBU, DECORATIVE ROCKS IN THE CORNER, WENT AIRBORNE AND TOTALED THE WHOLE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT END OF THE CAR. NEITHER OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, AND THE SEAT BELTS DIDN'T LOCK. WE BOUGHT THIS CARD BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY FEATURES FOR OUR TEENAGE SON AND THEY DID NOT WORK. *TR

Mileage: 72,000

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. *TR

Mileage: 151,000

MY 2005 DODGE NEON, BEGAN ACCELERATING ALL BY IT SELF. I WAS NOT GIVING IT GAS AND APPLYING THE BRAKES. I PULLED INTO MY DRIVEWAY, IT KEPT GOING, I WENT THROUGH MY GARAGE DOOR. I TRIED TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK, BUT THE GARAGE DOOR SLOWED ME DOWN, AND I THEN PUT THE CAR IN PARK. I READ ON LINE THIS HAS HAPPENED TO HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE. I TRIED TO CHANGE THE THROTTLE SENSOR, THAT DID NOT WORK. MY NEXT STEP IS TO CHANGE THE OXYGEN SENSOR. I HOPE THAT WORKS. I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT A CAR FOR 1 WEEK NO

Mileage: 93,021

MY 2005 DODGE NEON, BEGAN ACCELERATING ALL BY IT SELF. I WAS NOT GIVING IT GAS AND APPLYING THE BRAKES. I PULLED INTO MY DRIVEWAY, IT KEPT GOING, I WENT THROUGH MY GARAGE DOOR. I TRIED TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK, BUT THE GARAGE DOOR SLOWED ME DOWN, AND I THEN PUT THE CAR IN PARK. I READ ON LINE THIS HAS HAPPENED TO HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE. I TRIED TO CHANGE THE THROTTLE SENSOR, THAT DID NOT WORK. MY NEXT STEP IS TO CHANGE THE OXYGEN SENSOR. I HOPE THAT WORKS. I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT A CAR FOR 1 WEEK NO

Mileage: 93,021

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE NEON. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS THE VEHICLE WOULD SUDDENLY ACCELERATE TO HIGHER SPEEDS. THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. NO ONE WAS INJURED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND WHEN IT WAS ON THE TOW TRUCK, IT STARTED TO ACCELERATE AGAIN. THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE VEHICLE BECAUSE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED ON IT WOULD ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN. THE FAI

Mileage: 60,000

NEW BRAKES INSTALLED FROM DEALER PRIOR TO PURCHASE OF THIS USED CAR IN MAY OF 2008. IN SEPT 2008, (ABOUT 5K MILES LATER) UNABLE TO STOP VEHICLE AT 45 MPH - HIT GUARDRAIL CAUSING NECK INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. WAS DETERMINED BY BODYSHOP THAT BRAKES FAILED DUE TO LEAKING REAR COMPRESSOR, WHICH SOAKED BRAKE PADS. COMPLETELY REPLACED REAR COMPONENTS AT TIME OF ACCIDENT REPAIR N OCT 2008. HAVE ONLY DRIVEN ABOUT 20,000 MILES SINCE THEN ...IN JUNE 2010, SAME SITUATION OCCURRED WITH REAR COMPRESSORS L

Mileage: 82,000

2005 DODGE NEON SXT DROVE THROUGH A RED LIGHT. A CRASH OCCURRED AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *TR

Mileage: 35,000

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. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE NEON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CORNERS ON BOTH FRONT DOORS WERE ABNORMALLY SHARP. ON TWO OCCASIONS, AN OCCUPANT ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WAS CUT ON HER FACE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ENTER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50,000. UPDATED 12/9/09 *CN UPDATED 12/10/09

Mileage: 11,000

PURCHASED 05 NEON IN '06 W/16,000 MILES. TIRES WERE ALREADY IN BAD SHAPE. CURRENT INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE ACCELERATED ON ENTRY RAMP TO FREEWAY. ONCE ON FREEWAY NOTICE VEHICLE WAS ACCELERATING ON ITS OWN. ATTEMPTED TO APPLY BRAKES AND THEY WOULD NOT ENGAGE. I ASSUMED BRAKES HAD FAILED. FINALLY AFTER A TERRIFIED EXIT FROM THE FREEWAY, I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO COME TO A STOP MY EVENTUALLY ENTERING A VACANT GRAVELED, UNEVEN LOT AND DRIVING ATOP CONCRETE BLOCKS. MY TERRIFIED PASSENGER AND I PUT IN PA

Mileage: 45,000