NHTSA Safety Recalls
2004 Dodge Neon Recalls
The 2004 Dodge Neon has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2004 Dodge Neon. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 94
- Crashes reported
- 19
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2004 Dodge Neon, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2004 Dodge Neon
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2003, 2005 Neon, 42 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E049000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2003, 2005 Neon, 23 other models
Suspension
- Campaign
- 08E033000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2003, 2005 Neon, 4 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 08E050000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2003 Neon, 12 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2003, 2005 Neon, 57 other models
2004 Dodge Neon complaints by year
NHTSA has received 94 owner complaints about the 2004 Dodge Neon, the newest on December 10, 2018. Of these, 19 describe a crash (20%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 18 injuries.
In complaints about the 2004 Dodge Neon, the component group named most often is the power train (24%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (21%) and the electrical system (16%).
None of the 2004 Dodge Neon's 5 recalls concerns the power train.
Where 2004 Dodge Neon owners gave the mileage (73 complaints), the median was 60,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train23
- Engine And Engine Cooling20
- Electrical System15
- Air Bags14
- Exterior Lighting8
- Suspension8
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 9 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 15 | |
| 2006 | 12 | |
| 2007 | 7 | |
| 2008 | 7 | |
| 2009 | 7 | |
| 2010 | 9 | |
| 2011 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 12 | |
| 2013 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2004 Dodge Neon peaked in 2005, when NHTSA received 15. 46% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2004 vehicles, the 2004 Dodge Neon drew 0.5× the complaints of the median Dodge Neon year in the same window: 5th highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2004 one of the three best-measured Dodge Neon years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 3/5
The 94 complaints about the 2004 Dodge Neon are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Neon by model year
Other 2004 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: December 10, 2018. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted