NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Dodge Neon Recalls
The 2005 Dodge Neon has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 Dodge Neon. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 96
- Crashes reported
- 23
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 Dodge Neon, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2005 Dodge Neon
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2004 Neon, 42 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E049000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2004 Neon, 23 other models
Suspension
- Campaign
- 08E033000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2004 Neon, 4 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2004 Neon, 57 other models
2005 Dodge Neon complaints by year
NHTSA has received 96 owner complaints about the 2005 Dodge Neon, the newest on October 7, 2026. Of these, 23 describe a crash (24%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 20 injuries.
In complaints about the 2005 Dodge Neon, the component group named most often is the vehicle speed control (16%), followed by the air bags (15%) and the power train (15%).
None of the 2005 Dodge Neon's 4 recalls concerns the vehicle speed control.
Where 2005 Dodge Neon owners gave the mileage (83 complaints), the median was 45,200 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Vehicle Speed Control15
- Air Bags14
- Power Train14
- Structure14
- Electrical System13
- Engine And Engine Cooling12
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 16 | |
| 2007 | 7 | |
| 2008 | 9 | |
| 2009 | 8 | |
| 2010 | 15 | |
| 2011 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 6 | |
| 2014 | 9 | |
| 2015 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2005 Dodge Neon peaked in 2006, when NHTSA received 16. 38% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Dodge Neon drew 0.5× the complaints of the median Dodge Neon year in the same window: 6th highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2005 one of the three best-measured Dodge Neon years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 3/5
The 96 complaints about the 2005 Dodge Neon are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Neon by model year
Other 2005 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: October 7, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted