Check for blown maxifuses in your fuse block under the hood. Replace any that are bad.
ADDED: So what if he has a Porsche? Its a car too, subject to the same problems and any other car. Just because it's prestigious doesn't mean you need to give the guy a hard time about it. Sheesh! This is...
Looks a lot like rubberized undercoat sprayed from a can to seal off rusty or bare metal exposed to the air. Someone obviously is trying to hide something or attempted to stop rust in its tracks.
Sounds like you have a disconnected ground wire. Open the trunk, pull back the upholstery and find the wiring harness that leads to the lights. In the wiring harness, there should be a black wire with the bunch. That is the ground wire. Trace that wire in both directions to see if you find a...
Dodge Neons are garbage. Reliable is not in their vocabulary, anything from the front headlights to the back bumper can potentially be catastrophic, and you should keep your eye out for a better car than that.
I'm not being a sarcastic, trolling douche. I'm serious. Go to any junkyard. You'll...
It's the same reason why 2004 - 06 Holden Monaro in Austrailia is known as the 2004 - 06 Pontiac GTO here in the states. Another example is in Canada, The Grand Marquis is Ford badged, not Mercury, even though they are one in the same. Its simply just a name designation to help distinguish what...