NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Dodge Neon Recalls
The 2002 Dodge Neon has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Dodge Neon. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 173
- Crashes reported
- 26
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2002 Dodge Neon, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2002 Dodge Neon
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2005 Neon, 42 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E049000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2005 Neon, 23 other models
Suspension
- Campaign
- 08E033000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2005 Neon, 4 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 08E050000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2004 Neon, 12 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2005 Neon, 57 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001 Neon, 46 other models
2002 Dodge Neon complaints by year
NHTSA has received 173 owner complaints about the 2002 Dodge Neon, the newest on December 31, 2018. Of these, 26 describe a crash (15%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 16 injuries.
In complaints about the 2002 Dodge Neon, the component group named most often is the power train (21%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (16%) and the electrical system (14%).
None of the 2002 Dodge Neon's 6 recalls concerns the power train.
Where 2002 Dodge Neon owners gave the mileage (113 complaints), the median was 48,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train36
- Engine And Engine Cooling28
- Electrical System25
- Air Bags22
- Structure21
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic17
Complaints received, by year
| 2002 | 20 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 26 | |
| 2004 | 31 | |
| 2005 | 13 | |
| 2006 | 21 | |
| 2007 | 11 | |
| 2008 | 12 | |
| 2009 | 6 | |
| 2010 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 9 | |
| 2012 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 8 | |
| 2015 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2002 Dodge Neon peaked in 2004, when NHTSA received 31. 52% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2002 vehicles, the 2002 Dodge Neon drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Dodge Neon year in the same window: 4th highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2002 one of the three best-measured Dodge Neon years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 3/5
The 173 complaints about the 2002 Dodge Neon are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Neon by model year
Other 2002 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: December 31, 2018. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted