Driving home, 2003 Dodge neon starts to slow down, oil light has come on intermittedenly before, engine started to lose power, brakes locked up, and steering wheel locked up. Car had to be towed. Thanks.

Check for if your belt is loose,that can cause to lose power performance ,Check also your transmission oil,If too low it can also lose power performance..Also check if you have an engine default code indicators appears on your instrument panel..in other words Check engine light....

hi
check the engine oil.
if there was no oil left in the engine then good chance of engine seizing.
do not carry on starting the engine as you will bend the valves.

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A few random times when I have started up my car, it seems like it had trouble staying running! It would start up fine, then bog down to barely ...

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I have a 97 Dodge neon that is acting up. When starting, it takes a while to crank over (Longer than it used to). When I try to take off at first, the car bogs down and ..

Take the serpentine belt off then try to start it and if it starts check all of the pulleys to see if one of them are seized up.

Look under the hood for a big vacuum leak. Usually a large hose on the intake manifold near the front pops off. A big vacuum leak can cause a high idle. Hope this helps.

When you turn your key, can you hear the fuel pump kicking on?

WHEN ENGINE LIGHT IS FLASHING,IT IS INDICATING AN ENGINE MISFIRE CONDITION..CHECK SPARK PLUGS/WIRES FOR CARBON TRACKING..BURNT LINES ON SIDES OF PLUGS AND IN WIRE BOOT..IF ANY PRESENT,REPLACE PLUGS AND WIRES

you might try and change the pcv valve, my car hand a similar problem in the summer and i never changed it. the pressure blew my cam seal and i was leaking oil like crazy. i dont know if it will fix it but they are cheap. i would give it a try.

when you press the brake pedal the brake master cylinder vacuum booster takes vacuum away from the engine and that slows the idle speed just enough to trigger the low pressure oil light. Pull the oil pressure sending unit out and hook up an oil pressure test gage, if the pressure is above 15 PSI hot engine idle in drive replace the oil pressure sending unit.

its the oil presure sending unit......... rate as fixya thanks common on neons.......justuscc