I like that the neon gets kind of a bad wrap, keeps the price down for the rest of us when we want our 2nd or 3rd one! Every car will have it's problems and every car isn't built perfect.

 

But all of you guys have 5 sp. I have an auto. You don't have to face a lot of problem that I have. Just give you an example. This morning I go out an get a cup of coffee and when I get back home, I cannot get my key out. I have to wait for about a minute so that the car sensor could sense it is in "P" before I could get the key out. And the tranny is build badly. I agree that every car is not make perfect. I just don't understand why they don't keep improve it and instead, they start from the beginning. I do believe that Honda, and Toyota got the good rep because they keep their design and keep improve the existing model. Dodge, instead, start from the beginning when they get something good going on in here. You will make mistake when you design a car, but the 2nd gen Neon is so much better than the first. Even my 98 neon is better than the 95, at least I don't have the famous head gasket problem. It take time to make those adjustment and by the time things going well, they call it quit. Can you imagine a 3rd or 4th gen neon will perform like? They build a 5.3 sec car in the 2nd gen. I mean when Civic first come out back in the early 80's, no one wants it. It took them all those time to build the Civic like it is today. But look at the neon, They stop at 10 year. That is what I don't understand. It is not just for Neon, most of the American car are the same way, they may share the same name, but the complety redesign it all the time. Just an through, if you don't like it, don't be mad at me.

 

The auto tranny is one of the best built trannies in production. If it messes up, it's owner neglect that will cause it to fail!

 

maybe you should of got a manual....not all of use have a 5 speed....there are alot of people on here that have an auto....with the virtually builit proof trans the neons have, it cant be too bad....especially since the trans design has been around for decades...

every time i read stuff like this, i feel like im talkin to a middle eastern

american car companies change their desing because they like to have a new apeal to people....they dont wanna keep the same old boring design like everyone else

and i like my 1st gen neon more then the second gens.....and they just feel more durable to me

 

Th neon that I posted on here with over 600 WHP has a built AUTO tranny, so they aren't that bad

 

i put my first neon through alot and it was an auto......im not very nice to cars....i think i just dont have the ability too drive them normal

 

you know...people like u make me angry...very angry oh well cheaper cars for me and others like me but anyways... we (family) has 2 Neons...both 95's and one of them is from the first month of productions...guess how many miles they have? the one made in the first month of production has 206,000 and is an AUTO...and has never had a problem with the transmission.... and the whole car still goes fine... my other one...u dont want to hear this but it has 239,000 on it...never had a single problem (except the head gasket) and its a 5-speed and isn't even burning oil...oh yea i can still red-line it and it doens't give me any back talk what so ever...and to braking MY FLIPPIN GOSH it comes to a stop very very very very fast (for a car built in 94 and no ABS).... AHHHH had to let that out... oh yea and the original clutch went out at 229,000 miles...i have friends who have Civics... the clutch went out around 100,000 and then again at 160,000.... and thats without abuse...

by the way,...its transmission...not transmition... oh and dont be putting that crap dexon stuff in it...nor drop shifting it.... thats just idiotic

 

This too is another example of someone that has had tons of trouble with their Neon, but for every one with these kinds of troubles with them there are thousands with great experiences. The only problems I had with my '99 R/T were the battery that went south, which was the original, and the power steering belt that came off after hitting the rev limiter. The Neon was built as a utilitarian car for bottom dollar, which is why there very common with rental car places, and they are built to last and then be tossed away when they get too old. The Neons dominated in class in SCCA racing, so much so that they allowed the other cars to modify to keep up and stand a chance, kinda like NASCAR did to the winged warriors in stock car racing where they forced Dodge/Plymouth to either use a far smaller engine and keep the body or scrap the body and keep the Hemi.

Unless you've got a '98 Neon that has the MLS head gasket, then you still run the risk of blowing the head gasket. They didn't start putting the MLS head gasket in from the factory until the mid-'99 model year, so your still at risk.

 

seeing that wheel is a sin :P

 

have u ever heard of the srt