I have a 98 dodge neon that sat up for two years wen I bought it, the gauges go out when I turn my lights on, radio and speakers go in and out even after I replaced both speakers and stereo, a few has told me the wire harness is bad, how much does it usually cost to replace harness and labor at a dodge dealership?
One dodge neons needs to be in the junk yard and a wire harness dont cost that much like 20.00
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Well a faulty switch or internally shorted switch could of caused the wire to melt and eventually short out or internally brake, also a frayed or bare wire at the fuse box or in the harness could of caused this sort of problem too. What I do is trace the damaged wire then replace all the wires I find that have been burnt etc one by one with the exact same gauge of wire. You can buy the same gauge of wire at a parts store or just go to a do it yourself auto wreckers and try to either get another wiring harness like that or cut some wire the same gauge, colour and lenghth if possible. There are heathink sealant wiring tubes that you can buy that you can use once you cut the old wire off that you simply slide over the wire and add a new wire then soldier the wires , allow to cool down then slide the tube over and you can melt the tube by sliding a lighter along its total surface. I believe that the wire you're talking about probably is the cause of you problems so try tracing it and replacing it then see from there but rem to check all the wiring going to the switch, plus be sure to check the interior fuse box for melting issues and also check the under the hood fuse box too. Hope that helps and best of luck.By the way one of my specialities is auto electrical systems and wiring and it help you to have a basic wiring diagram if at all possible and some dealerships will print out such info for free or you can get a service manual that offers such info.
Dodge Neon Wiring Harness
You can address the specific problems and actually repair the harness. Most of the time its just a bad ground connection or corrosion in the connector plugs or fuse box. You can get someone to unplug and re-plug the connectors under the dash, that would help. The speakers can be rewired by a stereo shop or a kid that does autosound for 20 bucks. The dash gauges have one harness that you can see when you pull the gauge cluster and thats pretty easy to do. Bottom line is that the problems you have are isolated to the radio and dash board. Those can be fixed without replacing any harness. A car handy man can do all that and fix it all for under 50 bucks!
