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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: UNKNOWN OR OTHER</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>No warning or engine light appeared; the gas pedal did not function as intended and accelerated while trying to parallel park when I put the shift knob in reverse the car immediately accelerated on its own to full force and I nearly Crashed into a bus stop filled with people losing control of the car I immediately managed to stop the car by pressing on the brake pedal which the car still had sligh</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>No warning or engine light appeared; the gas pedal did not function as intended and accelerated while trying to parallel park when I put the shift knob in reverse the car immediately accelerated on its own to full force and I nearly Crashed into a bus stop filled with people losing control of the car I immediately managed to stop the car by pressing on the brake pedal which the car still had sligh</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The gas pedal has come disconnected or stuck continuing to accelerate and I miraculously stopped the car with the emergency brake before it nearly Crashed into a crowded bus stop! The car only has 65k miles but regardless a car should never put anyone in this danger! It is giving me a nervous breakdown almost running people over!</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: EXTERIOR LIGHTING</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The gas pedal has come disconnected or stuck continuing to accelerate and I miraculously stopped the car with the emergency brake before it nearly Crashed into a crowded bus stop! The car only has 65k miles but regardless a car should never put anyone in this danger! It is giving me a nervous breakdown almost running people over!</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: ENGINE</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>The gas pedal has come disconnected or stuck continuing to accelerate and I miraculously stopped the car with the emergency brake before it nearly Crashed into a crowded bus stop! The car only has 65k miles but regardless a car should never put anyone in this danger! It is giving me a nervous breakdown almost running people over!</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>THE AC UNIT LEAKS INTO THE ENVIRONMENT NEEDING TO BE FILLED YEARLY. WE PAID A DEALER TO REPAIR THE AC AND IT ALL LEAKED OUT AGAIN. THEY REFILLED ONCE AGAIN AND SAID TO BRING IT BACK EVERY YEAR TO HAVE IT REFILLED AGAIN. SO FAR IT HAS ALL LEAKED OUT 3 TIMES NOW.  *TR</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: UNKNOWN OR OTHER</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>THE AC UNIT LEAKS INTO THE ENVIRONMENT NEEDING TO BE FILLED YEARLY. WE PAID A DEALER TO REPAIR THE AC AND IT ALL LEAKED OUT AGAIN. THEY REFILLED ONCE AGAIN AND SAID TO BRING IT BACK EVERY YEAR TO HAVE IT REFILLED AGAIN. SO FAR IT HAS ALL LEAKED OUT 3 TIMES NOW.  *TR</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>THROTTLE STUCK ON HIGHWAY WHEN ACCELERATION.</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: UNKNOWN OR OTHER</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>THROTTLE STUCK ON HIGHWAY WHEN ACCELERATION.</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: AIR BAGS</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>MY AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON IN MY HORN DON'T WORK</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 20 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>THIS MAKES 3RD TRANSMISSION THAT HAS BEEN PUT IN THIS 2003 DODGE NEON XST . I HAVE PUT $10.000.00 IN TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENTS ! THESE ARE LEMONS!! I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER DODGE!!</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: POWER TRAIN</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 20 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>THIS MAKES 3RD TRANSMISSION THAT HAS BEEN PUT IN THIS 2003 DODGE NEON XST . I HAVE PUT $10.000.00 IN TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENTS ! THESE ARE LEMONS!! I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER DODGE!!</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: EXTERIOR LIGHTING</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 20 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>THIS MAKES 3RD TRANSMISSION THAT HAS BEEN PUT IN THIS 2003 DODGE NEON XST . I HAVE PUT $10.000.00 IN TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENTS ! THESE ARE LEMONS!! I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER DODGE!!</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: STRUCTURE:BODY</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE NEON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR HAD A DEFECTIVE SEAL THAT ALLOWED MOISTURE TO SEEP INTO THE VEHICLE. THE MOISTURE TRAVELED THROUGHOUT THE FLOOR OF THE VEHICLE AND CAUSED THE FLOOR TO DECAY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DECAY CAUSED A HOLE IN THE DRIVER'S SIDE FLOORBOARD. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNO</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: STRUCTURE:BODY</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>PERSON SOLD AN INOPERABLE VEHICLE. USING VERBAL MANIPULATIONS HE CLAIMED IN THE ADD AND LATER FACE TO FACE THAT THE VEHICLE HAS A CLEAN TITLE (CARFAX REPORT SHOWS IT AS SALVAGE WITH MULTIPLE REPORTED ACCIDENTS AND 8 SERVICE HISTORY RECORDS), CERTAIN MILEAGE (148000 CLAIMED, 223.300 IN REALITY), HE WAS THE 2ND OWNER (3 OWNERS IN REALITY) AND NO MAJOR ISSUES - WAS TOLD IN PERSON DURING THE SALE OPER</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: ENGINE</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>PERSON SOLD AN INOPERABLE VEHICLE. USING VERBAL MANIPULATIONS HE CLAIMED IN THE ADD AND LATER FACE TO FACE THAT THE VEHICLE HAS A CLEAN TITLE (CARFAX REPORT SHOWS IT AS SALVAGE WITH MULTIPLE REPORTED ACCIDENTS AND 8 SERVICE HISTORY RECORDS), CERTAIN MILEAGE (148000 CLAIMED, 223.300 IN REALITY), HE WAS THE 2ND OWNER (3 OWNERS IN REALITY) AND NO MAJOR ISSUES - WAS TOLD IN PERSON DURING THE SALE OPER</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: UNKNOWN OR OTHER</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>PERSON SOLD AN INOPERABLE VEHICLE. USING VERBAL MANIPULATIONS HE CLAIMED IN THE ADD AND LATER FACE TO FACE THAT THE VEHICLE HAS A CLEAN TITLE (CARFAX REPORT SHOWS IT AS SALVAGE WITH MULTIPLE REPORTED ACCIDENTS AND 8 SERVICE HISTORY RECORDS), CERTAIN MILEAGE (148000 CLAIMED, 223.300 IN REALITY), HE WAS THE 2ND OWNER (3 OWNERS IN REALITY) AND NO MAJOR ISSUES - WAS TOLD IN PERSON DURING THE SALE OPER</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: POWER TRAIN</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>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 CAR HAS 88000 MILES ON IT AND I WOULD LIKE TO THINK TRANSMISSIONS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO LAST AT LE</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: SUSPENSION</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET, MY REAR PASSENGER END WAS LEANING A LITTLE TO THE SIDE. I WAS A SMOOTH PAVED ROAD AND IT FELT AS THOUGH I WAS HITTING POTHOLES. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THOUGHT MY TIRE WAS FLAT. I T0OK THE CAR TO A SHOP TO GET CHECKED OUT. THEY STATED THAT MY REAR SHOT BLEW. ON 11/20/18 MY DEFROSTERS ARE NO LONGER WORKING. MY HEADLIGHTS ARE DIM. I TRIED REPLACING THE</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: VISIBILITY/WIPER</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET, MY REAR PASSENGER END WAS LEANING A LITTLE TO THE SIDE. I WAS A SMOOTH PAVED ROAD AND IT FELT AS THOUGH I WAS HITTING POTHOLES. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THOUGHT MY TIRE WAS FLAT. I T0OK THE CAR TO A SHOP TO GET CHECKED OUT. THEY STATED THAT MY REAR SHOT BLEW. ON 11/20/18 MY DEFROSTERS ARE NO LONGER WORKING. MY HEADLIGHTS ARE DIM. I TRIED REPLACING THE</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: EXTERIOR LIGHTING</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET, MY REAR PASSENGER END WAS LEANING A LITTLE TO THE SIDE. I WAS A SMOOTH PAVED ROAD AND IT FELT AS THOUGH I WAS HITTING POTHOLES. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THOUGHT MY TIRE WAS FLAT. I T0OK THE CAR TO A SHOP TO GET CHECKED OUT. THEY STATED THAT MY REAR SHOT BLEW. ON 11/20/18 MY DEFROSTERS ARE NO LONGER WORKING. MY HEADLIGHTS ARE DIM. I TRIED REPLACING THE</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 02 Sep 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>RECENTLY BOUGHT A 99 DODGE NEON. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AS WHOLE WORKS INTERMITTENTLY AND OFTENTIMES THE SPEEDOMETER DOESN'T WORK EVEN WHEN EVERYTHING ELSE. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND THE THE COLD SODERS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ARE TO BLAME, AND ARE BAD ON MOST CHRYSLER VEHICLES FROM THIS ERROR. I FEEL THIS SHOULD BE FIXED BY THE MANUFACTURER.</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>ON OCCASION THE CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT ENGAGE AND ON OCCASION IT DOES ENGAGE AND WHEN YOU TRY TO SLOW DOWN  THE BRAKE BECOMES HARD TO DEPRESS AND THE CAR STARTS TO ACCELERATE  BUT REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO DEPRESS BRAKE OR PUMP BRAKES ALLOWS CONTROL AGAIN OVER SPEED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING OVER 45 MPH . AS THIS HAPPENS RANDOMLY CAUSE HAS NOT BEEN FOUND AN</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: AIR BAGS</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND IS STAYING ON AT ALL TIMES.  ALSO THE HORN DOES NOT WORK THROUGH THE COLUMN.</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT TURN OFF AND I WRECKED MY CAR INTO INTO A OTHER CAR. I EVEN TRIED PUTTING MY CAR IN PARK AND IT WOULDN'T STOP THE MOTOR WAS REVED UP AND WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN OR STOP</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>THE PCM ON MY 1995 DODGE NEON WAS REPLACED ON JUNE 16, 1994, 2 MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR. DONE BY JAY CHEVROLET/GEO/DODGE IN ISLAND PARK, NY.  MY CAR HAS BEEN STALLING ON ME AND SHUTTING DOWN OFF AND ON FOR THE PAST 5 YEARS. I SPENT OVER $4000 TO HAVE PARTS REPLACED AND THE CAR STILL HAS THE PROBLEM.  I WANT MY CAR CHECKED COMPLETELY FREE OF CHARGE.  IT HAS ONLY 110K AND IT HAS BEEN CARED FOR </description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: ENGINE</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>BLOWN HEAD GASKET AT 60,000 MILES</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE NEON. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE ENGINE REVVED AND INADVERTENTLY SHIFTED TO A LOWER GEAR. ALSO, THE SERVICE ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE HOME BUT, PRIOR TO  THE FAILURE, WAS HAVING TRANSMISSION ISSUES FOR OVER A YEAR. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT A PLASTIC PIECE THAT SEPARATED THE COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID FRACT</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE NEON. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE ENGINE REVVED AND INADVERTENTLY SHIFTED TO A LOWER GEAR. ALSO, THE SERVICE ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE HOME BUT, PRIOR TO  THE FAILURE, WAS HAVING TRANSMISSION ISSUES FOR OVER A YEAR. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT A PLASTIC PIECE THAT SEPARATED THE COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID FRACT</description>
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      <title>New NHTSA complaint: STRUCTURE:BODY</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 DODGE NEON. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND NOTICED THAT THE FRONT SUBFRAME WAS FRACTURED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE APP</description>
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