Why is the Dodge Neon SRT4 So Hated?
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The Dodge Neon SRT4 is when Americans decided to take a chance on the JDM tuner market craze of the early 2000's. With a single turbo 2.4L four cylinder engine, it honestly surprised many and almost made it to the big screen for the first Fast and Furious movie. The SRT-4 might be an unreliable oddball - but if you get the chance to drive one...you might have a soft spot for this one.
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The most unreliable thing on the srt4 is the owner. Stock to mildly modified versions are very reliable, can easily get well over 200k miles with normal maintenance. Had one with 220k miles before I sold it.
SRT4 is one of the best sounding 4 bangers of all time.
The SRT4’s reliability has a direct correlation on how the owner treats the car. Driving style, budget, maintenance, etc. The reality is, being such an inexpensive vehicle (new & used) it also attracted owners who were a bit too frugal and inexperienced.
I worked for Chryslers marketing department at the time of the SRT line. They weren’t going after anyone, they were trying to create a performance like lineup similar to AMG or BMW M, remember from 1998 to 2007 the company was actually DaimlerChrysler and Daimler was actually calling the shots.
People pick on the srt4s reliability. Nobody talks about the piles and piles of blown up Subaru engines.
Owning a SRT4 isn’t as bad as people claim, i daily it and it never given me major issues, just simple problems like usual but how it sounds, and torque monster that it is, it can be fun as heck. IMO best sounding 4 cylinder with cams.
Bro has no idea what he’s ever talking about
PLEASE DO THE CALIBER SRT4 TOO!!
Completely disagree these were unreliable. That or mine was just maintained properly. I put it through absolute hell and only ever had 1 failure which was my fault. Blew an axle, but considering I would rip through tires in 3 months on the regular I don't fault it. Should have never sold it. 60,000 mile maintenance he's claiming cannot be true. I doubled that changing nothing but basic tune up brakes and tires. His claim of 8 gallon tank also wrong. It's 12.5. The Honda guys bought them up much later which is very likely why people think they are unreliable. Truly memorable car.
I kinda miss my SRT4. Sold it and bought a genesis coupe not realizing that I could’ve kept the SRT and still bought the Gen🤷🏽♂️🤣😂
I've owned my srt4 since New in March 03. 19+ years.
One thing I like about the SRT4 is you can take a 420a head from the base model 2g Eclipse and bolt it to the SRT4's block. With that setup you now have the turbo in the front instead of the back where it would get heat soaked. It's a nice frankenstein build
Learned to drive manual in one back in 2003 when they were brand new (it was the Solar Yellow color). It was very fast for the time, let alone for being under 20k brand new. Hung with 350'z stock for stock and surprised the hell out of a lot of V8's.
You described why the people that love them (like me) love them. They are like nothing else from that era and are a blast to drive and listen to the noises. I've owned them since '05 and I have a super clean 500 whp one that I have devoted my channel to! Glad you got to drive one that's running! Hah!
I like how underrated they are, like, it's not a piece of junk, not something super fancy,
To me the SRT-4 is one of those hidden gems. I’ve always been fond of them and I thought it was cool because there wasn’t any other US automaker with a performance Econobox. Sure the Cobalt SS came out near the end of the SRT-4’s life cycle, but to me it never captured what made the SRT-4 special. I wish Dodge made an SRT-4 Dart to be a true successor to the Neon SRT-4 unlike the Caliber but it never happened.
Ive been driving mine for just over 12 years now. It was my first car and it taught me all about turbo systems, suspension systems, heel-toe shifting, basic vehicle maintenance, and above all, commitment. It was easy on me however, my 05 srt is just now needing a clutch for the first time at 135k miles as well as a respray on the roof. Dodge was notorious for having sub-par paint and clear coat back then. This car outlasted my subaru outback by two engines. I loved it so much that I bought a caliber srt4 in 2020. It is not nearly as reliable as the neon, but I must have gotten the pick of the litter since I have not had to do any major repairs outside of axles and worn suspension components and wheel bearings. I will never sell my neon as it is to this day the cleanest one I have ever seen.
Have 110k on my red 05 SRT-4. Its a fun car to cruise around town. Has always been very reliable. In all its mileage only needed a cam sensor, oil pressure sensor, power steering sensor and valve cover gasket. Never understood the unreliability reputation. But its 100% stock so maybe that's why. I recently acquired a EVO VIII and in comparison the SRT-4 is certainly just a neon with a 2.4L Turbo but, in my opinion, that's what makes it so special and fun to drive.
One of those cars I lusted after as a broke high school student when these came out, but also glad I never had to live with owning one. I loved the way they sounded when just coasting and downshifting almost more than they did under acceleration. Instantly recognizable and so unique, even today. If you hear one in a parking deck, you know exactly what's coming.
After owning 13 cars for over a span of 11 years my Srt4 has been the most reliable car I've ever owned.