Hello. I have a question about my neon. A week ago I took my car to the mechanic to have a new alternator put in and three days after I got it back the electric mirrors, radio and intereior lights stopped working. I checked the fuses and all are fine. I checked to see if the wires were getting juice and they are not. I think there is a short but don't know where to start looking. Any help would be appriciated. Thanks. Oh any one have problems with the timing belt going out every 60,000 miles. Carrie

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Hi thank you for replying to my message. I have a 1995 dodge neon and it is a 2.0 liter fuel injected piece of crap car. If someone would have told me neons were bad I would have listened but I had no one and have paid dearly in cash. Well hope this helps you. Carrie

Check the fuses in the PDC fusebox under the hood as well.

L8R,

I checked the fuses under the hood and the one for interior lights was fine then I hooked the battery back up and it blew. So I knoe there is a short but where to go from there I don't know. I was going to take the casing off and check all those wires one by one. But I really don't know what I am doing. What do you suggest. Thank you carrie

I checked the fuses under the hood and the one for interior lights was fine then I hooked the battery back up and it blew. So I knoe there is a short but where to go from there I don't know. I was going to take the casing off and check all those wires one by one. But I really don't know what I am doing. What do you suggest. Thank you carrie

Yea... it definitely sounds like you have a short somewhere :( . Tracing wires and hunting down shorts is kind of a pain in the @$$! It's not very difficult, but very, very time consuming and you must pay attention to make sure your tracing the same wire the whole way and not disturbing or disconnecting any other wires in the process. If you don't mind tackling this one yourself, I would suggest getting a flashlight and carefully, methodically tracing down the wires for your your interior lights (the fuse that keeps blowing). Keep a sharp eye out for any breaks, cracks, worn away spots or anything in the wire that could be causing it to short out. What is most likely happening is that there is a break in the wire somewhere and it is coming in contact with the body of the car, creating a short. Its not going to be any fun, but it will only cost you some electrical tape or a new section of wire once you find it.

If you feel like taking it to a mechanic and having them deal with hunting down the short, be prepared to pay 1 or 2 hours labor. Most shops don't enjoy "grunt work" like tracing down wires, so they'll charge a decent amount.

Best of luck... L8R,

Thank you for the advice I will do that. Sounds like it will take time but I would rather do it my self. I think I will get my dad to help out. I really appriciate your help thank you. Have a great day. Carrie