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Old November 7th 04, 05:00 AM
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More than likely, the problem is in the wiring harness. check the
recall notices. any manufactured in mexico had problems.

On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 14:09:22 -0400, "JBSham"
> wrote:

>I have had my 95 Dodge Neon for over 5 years now with no problems, other
>than those I knew about when I bought it.
> When I bought it the engine light was on and it had been checked and
>they could not find anything wrong with it. It started coming on when
>they previous owner replaced the engine. Sometimes the light goes off all
>on its own and then a few days later it will come back on.
> The lights behind the A/C controls are usually off but on a good day
>those lights will decide to come on.
> The lights on the gear shift were up until recently usually on. Now
>they are usually off whenever I turn on the lights.
> Since I purchased the car occasionaly the left turn signal light in my
>car would come on as a constant light, but if I jiggled the turn signal up
>a bit it would turn off. After I rotated my tires using my left turn
>signal caused my caution lights to come on. My dashboard said that it was
>a regular left signal only except when I would brake as far as my dashboard
>lights were concerend my left turnsignal was a constant light, not a
>flashing signal, and no matter how much I messed with the signal it
>wouldn't fix itself. After a day this problem suddenly fixed itself.
> This leads me to my current problem. After about 45minutes of driving
>both highway and in town my engine heat needle went all the way up to the
>H (past the mark) and the dashboard started beeping. As soon as I turned
>off my headlights the alarm stopped. I turned the car off and when i
>turned it back on after 10minutes or so the needle was at the 2/3rds
>however when I turned on the lights it immediately shot up past the H
>again. Now the lights don't seem to make a difference and its not doing
>that again. There is no leaking so no hose has broken, the hood doesn't
>feel hot and its definately not smokeing. Coolant is filled, and just had
>an oil chnage. I can get the needle to go back down if I turn on my heat,
>but I am not sure if I were to leave it running for longer if the needle
>would just go to the top again. While sitting still and without any
>inside fans on the car going after around 20minutes the needle went past
>the H again, sat there for a little while and suddenly started dropping.
>I have no idea what is going on. I understand a bit about cars but this
>is way past me. I recently moved as well so I don't know what shop to
>take it to in the area.
>Any suggestions? Sorry such a long post but I am secretly hoping its an
>electrical problem and the engine isn't overheating. Or its just
>something super cheap.
>Thank you!
> ~Andrea


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