2003 Dodge Neon consumer reviews

Everything but reliability is fair to good.My dodge goes thru tranny chips and cam sensors every year or 2.And of course having to replace the gas cap every year.I also have an old 94 sentra with 190,000 miles,I flip a coin on which is more reliable

Over 61,000 Miles and looks new...runs excellent...Thanks God for this car at this price. Very good performance with 6 years of continue use and still saving fuel and maintenance cost.

it was good in the summer and the winter. it has a nice paint job holds up in the winter the salt dosent do much to the paint.

I bought my 2003 Neon with 120 miles. The warrantee expired at 36,000 miles, but once it hit 39,000 miles it started to shake badly and stall all the time. While driving or sitting in traffic. I traded it in once it hit 53,761 miles, because it just died for the 13th time! I did keep up maintenance, but the vehicle just had one problem after another. This vehicle is NOT RELIABLE. I really liked it, but it just didn't work mechanically. It is the worst car ever built!!! No wonder it was discontinued after 2005!!!

I got this car while still in high school. It was bought with just over 30,000 miles in Oct of 2004. Since then, I've driven it from Washington state to FL, from Tampa to Atlanta 4 times, to Daytona and back and to Orlando probably twice a month. I haven't completely kept up with the maintenance but I still haven't had a single problem. All I've had to go was replace the spark plugs and get a new filter. The car takes corners wonderfully (which can be really fun with friends!), and is great on gas. It's not the fastest car out there, but it can really pack a punch if you're not scared to push it. I have crashed it twice actually (backed into parked car and drove into a ditch) and my car is still perfect. It's a very safe car, and it's fun...plus it was only $7,000! I love it!

2003 sxt manual trans with 60K+ on it. Drives like a champ. I have beat on it for over a year now with not so much as a whimper. I have added a few bolt on performance parts for a few additional ponies to up the fun factor. Car handles well, but short front travel (2") makes for some harsh bumps at speed (unseen potholes and railroad tracks taken too fast will rattle your fillings out). Interior is straight economy but does the job. Would like more side bolstering in seats to keep me from sliding during spirited driving. I hope to have this car for a long, long time and slowly build it up to where I want it to be. Great first car for teens, also good 2nd car for a family.

I bought mine w/10000 miles on it, and followed the maint. schedule almost perfectly, including transmission service, and even though it was strictly a highway commute vehicle (doesn't get any gentler) the transmission blew at 75000 miles. Over $3000 to replace it. Car's only worth $5000 with that many miles on it and a functioning tranny! My warrantee expired less than two months before the tranny expired...now that's good tolerance-engineering, but lousy ethical engineering, cynically speaking.

This car is fast dependable and everything above I had made it so far to 31k miles and im VERY impressed with the car. I think theres a tendency to drive like a bat out of he11 with this one!!! I dunno about the previous guy but I am definetly impressed!!

I've owned this car for under three years, and have replaced front and rear brakes (front due to normal wear, the back brakes cracked and fell off while in use), replaced the control arm bushings, fixed the exhaust system, and I have to get it aligned every few months because it won't keep...in addition to all the regular wear and tear fixes. Also, the interior fabric shows a lot of wear (even water seems to stain) and the nifty colored surround to the radio scuffs and scratches. Lastly, though this isn't a major thing, if you want to add a bike rack to a version of this car with a spoiler, your only option is roof mount or hitch mount, which will take lots of additional time and kits, especially for the non-hardcore enthusiast. For the money, find a car that holds up better over the long haul (all my problems happened before the car hit 40,000) and suits your lifestyle well.