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#1591 of 1709 1997 Dodge Neon - Crazy problems. One needs fixing. Please help! by mat420 Sep 03, 2006 (11:22 am)
Hi, I'd appreciate any help at all. I have a 1997 Dodge Neon and first off my battery would   drain when I go to sleep overnight, but sometimes itd last for days. We fixed that by pulling the   fuse to my A/C that was under the hood (big square fuse that was accompanied by about 5-7   others probably) (it was keeping in the on position, you could actually hear it click on and off if   you wiggled the fuse). That was over with though after we pulled the A/C fuse. Then,   sometimes when you turned the key it would just click, banging on the starter working, or   bypassing the selenoid (by touchin them 2 nuts together on the starter/selenoid) but now, the   starter has been replaced and it does the same thing sometimes (it wasnt replaced long ago   but I think its the same case, I just dont get why the last one was dead complately and this one   is working one and off if its not completely the starter thats the problem, do i buy a brand new   starter? is something slowly breaking the starter?), and bypassing the selenoid doesnt even   work sometimes, you dont even see a spark when you touch them to nuts together which I was   told you should, no doubt about it. Since I've installed the new starter It only DIDNT start at all   ONCE, thats when nothing would work, from banging to bypassing the starter/selenoid, but a   few times, when I turned the key itd click, then I turn the key again and it would start. Is this a   power issue or what? I have a subwoofer and amp connected to my battery (one wire) that   both shut off when the car is off. The battery is brand new its definitely not the battery ive also   checked the volts and all of that. The starter, its my second one...I just dont think its the   starter again and neither does my friend who has been dealing with cars for a long time. I think   it may be another problem in that fuse box thats under my hood, but then, again, why was that   starter dead completely? Damn what I should have did was checked if that last one would   power up when connected to a power source. Anyway, Thank you so much for reading all of   that, I'd appreciate any help or suggestions at all. Replies to this message: farout (Sep 06, 2006 8:05 pm) babyface785 (Apr 10, 2007 8:33 pm)
#1592 of 1709 Re: 1997 Dodge Neon - Crazy problems. One needs fixing. Please help! [mat420] by farout Sep 06, 2006 (8:05 pm)
Replying to: mat420 (Sep 03, 2006 11:22 am) Matt420: Hey, welcome to the forum! I have a1996 Dodge Neon Highline. We bought it new. These are fun cars and have a good amount of pep for a 2, L engine. I can only tell you what I do and have done with ours. I take ours to the Dodge dealer, which I thank the Lord is top notch. For me replacing parts one by one to find a problem is pretty expensive. For the most part I have regretted everytime I have taken it to a auto repair shop. They are not equipped with all the tools or computers required to do some of the more specialized work. Not only that but often the dealer would have been less in cost. So 10 years ago I just go to a 5 star dealer, it saves time and money and the work has a 12,000 mile 12 month warranty. Hope this helps, and good luck.   Farout
#1593 of 1709 1999 plymouth neon transmission shift points by tomuchtodo Sep 08, 2006 (8:41 am)
I just bought a 1999 Plymouth Neon 4 door sohc w/92k miles. It had camshaft position sensor leak that I fixed. The right and back side of engine were covered with oil. Tranny does not shift right from 1st to 2nd - 3000 rpms/25 mph. The other shifts seem fine. Tranny seems strong. I'm hoping maybe bad sensor or adjustment is the cause... oh please please please. I changed tranny fluid + filter putting in mopar atf+4. My guess is this was first fluid change for tranny but I did not see any unusual problems in fluid. The fluid did not smell burnt and magnet had normal amount of filings, I've seen alot worse anyway. I tried to adjust throttle position cable but found Haynes manual a bit confusing. I tried adjusting it a few different ways but tranny never changed shift point from 1st to 2nd. I have noticed that when taking off w/ 2nd on shift lever the shift is always better about 2500 rpms. Still seems a bit on the high side. Any suggestions on what I can check out? I can explain how I set throttle pos. cable if that helps. Thanks in advance.

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