NHTSA Safety Recalls
2000 Dodge Neon Recalls
The 2000 Dodge Neon has 11 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 8, 2001.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2000 Dodge Neon. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 11
- Owner complaints
- 337
- Crashes reported
- 73
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
6 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2000 Dodge Neon, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
11 recalls on the 2000 Dodge Neon
Service brakes, hydraulic: power assist: vacuum
- Campaign
- 01V154000
- Reported
- May 8, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 353,000
- Same campaign
- also 2001 Neon
Child seat
- Campaign
- 00V366000
- Reported
- November 9, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,211,756
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 225, child restraint anchorages
- Same campaign
- also 2001 Neon, 15 other models
Vehicle speed control
- Campaign
- 00V194000
- Reported
- July 17, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 263,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2000 Dodge Neon
Suspension: front: control arm: lower arm
- Campaign
- 99V114000
- Reported
- May 6, 1999
- Vehicles affected
- up to 744
- Same campaign
- only the 2000 Dodge Neon
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 99V043000
- Reported
- March 11, 1999
- Vehicles affected
- up to 488
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2000 Dodge Neon
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2005 Neon, 42 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E049000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2005 Neon, 23 other models
Suspension
- Campaign
- 08E033000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2005 Neon, 4 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 08E050000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2004 Neon, 12 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2005 Neon, 57 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2002 Neon, 46 other models
2000 Dodge Neon complaints by year
NHTSA has received 337 owner complaints about the 2000 Dodge Neon, the newest on November 14, 2016. Of these, 73 describe a crash (22%) and 6 a fire; owners reported 56 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2000 Dodge Neon, the component group named most often is the air bags (21%), followed by the service brakes, hydraulic (20%) and the engine and engine cooling (16%).
1 of the 2000 Dodge Neon's 11 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Where 2000 Dodge Neon owners gave the mileage (98 complaints), the median was 63,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags71
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic66
- Engine And Engine Cooling54
- Electrical System43
- Structure33
- Power Train28
Complaints received, by year
| 1999 | 10 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 39 | |
| 2001 | 78 | |
| 2002 | 60 | |
| 2003 | 49 | |
| 2004 | 38 | |
| 2005 | 19 | |
| 2006 | 5 | |
| 2007 | 8 | |
| 2008 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2000 Dodge Neon peaked in 2001, when NHTSA received 78. 70% arrived between 1999 and 2003, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2000 vehicles, the 2000 Dodge Neon drew 2.1× the complaints of the median Dodge Neon year in the same window: 1st highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2000 one of the Dodge Neon years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 3/5
The 337 complaints about the 2000 Dodge Neon are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Neon by model year
Other 2000 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: November 14, 2016. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted