9.3

really awful
Typical Repair Cost:
No data
Average Mileage:
104,650 miles
Total Complaints:
3 complaints

Most common solutions:

  1. not sure (3 reports)
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problem #3

Apr 132017

Neon SXT 4 cyl, 2.0L

  • Automatic transmission
  • 139,900 miles

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dashboard cracking

My daughter was driving her 2005 Dodge Neon SXT last night. She was in a parking lot waiting for traffic to clear before she pulled out onto the street. While she was waiting all of a sudden she heard a loud pop noise which startled her and then the dash board cracked down the middle fro the front window all the way to the vent. I am so glad that she wasn't driving at that moment or the sound may have caused her to have an accident when it popped.

I had NEVER heard of anything like this happening before last night. But when I got online today to see if there had been other incidents I could not believe how many there have been with Dodge vehicles!

My daughter is 16 and she has worked hard and saved her money since she was age 7 for her car. She just got it last week and now this has happened. I do hope that Dodge will replace this for her. This is obviously a Dodge manufacturing problem.

Update from Apr 20, 2017: I posted this the other day, but when I came back to look, it wasn't there anywhere. It is not appearing in the complaints! WHY? I see 4 in the cracked dashboards and 2 in the Cracking Dashboard complaints. This one should be in the Cracked Dashboard Complaints. It should have 5 complaints in there now.

- mrsh5ns, Tulsa, US

problem #2

Jan 092012

Neon SXT 4 cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 89,000 miles

These cracks cause my dashboard to virbrate all the time! Drives me crazy! The grill for the defrost area has also cracked in half and fell off. I even keep a sunvisor on my dash everyday, what is going on?

- justme558, Apopka, FL, US

problem #1

Jun 012010

Neon SXT

  • Automatic transmission
  • 85,000 miles

I bought this car in June of 2009 and I heard noises coming from the front. Didnt think anything of it and now there is a crack from the front of the dashboard by the windshield all the way to the top of my stereo. I asked the dealership when i first got the car if they could fix it and they told me to go to the junk yard and get a new one off of a junked car. This is crazy, I want to know what can be done or when they will recall this car.

- forensicbabe1, Newnan, GA, US