general problems of the 2004 Dodge Neon

Running lights stopped working (on a city street), when repaired, was due to a wire in the multifunction switch burning out and melting the casing of the mfs.

My husband was driving home from work and he got to the driveway where we live and his back drivers side wheel locked up. We took it to a shop here in ruthven and they tried to fix it. We later had to take it to a dealer in spencer iowa. Asher motors. It need a break kit because for some reason it had come apart and the spring was missing. And something to do with the e-brake now yesterday the same thing happened to the passengers side. I was reading up on the others that have a problem with recalls on there breaks and think the 2004 should also be looked at. I have talked with other Neon owners and they to have had similar problems. I called Dodge and they said they can look up recalls and my car has not had that problem but we can save our records and if it is a recall then we can file to be re paid back. Idk what all is involved in getting or even having a recall looked into but thought this was a good start.

I bought my 2004 Dodge Neon around March of 2005. A couple of months later, the brakes would squeak while driving down the road. At first it was not too bothersome, but I took it to the Chrysler dealership and they told me the brakes were just dirty, and that nothing else was wrong. Now, the problem has continued to progress, and the brake squeaking is really loud and irritating. I have yet to take it back to the dealer, as it is no longer under warranty. Previously, I owned a 2000 Dodge Neon, and I went through the same problem with it. I noticed while searching through previous recalls, that my older Neon did have a recall on the "brake booster vacuum hose". When I had my older Neon fixed of this problem, I took it to midas, and they did not inform me of any recall regarding this problem; however, they may not have know. I don't know if the manufacturer's defect had anything to do with my squeaking brakes of the 2000 Neon, as I can't remember what midas did to fix the problem. However, if this is related to the recall in the 2000 model, it is a problem again with the 2004 models. The brake squeaking, although really annoying, I don't know if there's a safety problem associated with it (as I'm not mechanically inclined). I'm sure it can't be safe though, having brakes that squeak all the time, regardless of whether you're slowing down or not.