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2002 Dodge Neon power train problems

36 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the power train on the 2002 Dodge Neon21% of all complaints for this model year.

36
Power Train complaints
21%
share of all complaints
53,500 mi
median reported incident mileage
2 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • I was driving down the road and heard a whirring noise from under the hood and I lost the ability to go into drive and reverse come to find out it was a clogged trans filter so I replaced it and the car ran great for about 2 weeks and now I have torque converter out of range codes popping up the…

    filed Dec 31, 2018

  • I bought this car with 49000 miles on it. I was driving everything seemed fine then I slowed down for a stop sign to between 3 and 7 mph and the whole thing just locked up. I tried every gear but nothing would unlock the tranny.. It's still locked up now I had to get it towed.. Luckily I was on a…

    filed Jul 22, 2017

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Power Train problems in other Neon years

YearReportsShare
2005 Neon1415%
2004 Neon2324%
2003 Neon2814%
2001 Neon85%
2000 Neon288%
1999 Neon98%
1998 Neon206%
1997 Neon267%
1996 Neon478%
1995 Neon9310%
Neon power train problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.