Dodge Dart Complaints (2012)

1,081 consumer complaints on file.

#11162880December 21, 2018
POWER TRAIN
I GOT IN MY CAR, STARTED IN, PLACED IT IN DRIVE AND PULLED OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. I GOT NO MORE THAN 4 FEET AND THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL ON ITS OWN FROM DRIVE AND THEN STOP MOVING. I PUT THE BRAKE ON, MOVED THE GEAR STICK INTO PARK AND ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE CAR. IT WOULD NOT TURN OVER. I LOOKED DOWN AT THE GEAR SHIFT AND REALIZED IT WAS STILL IN DRIVE AND SAID THE SAME ON THE DASH. REPEATED TRIES PROVED TO BE FRUITLESS. THE CAR IS NOW ENGAGED IN DRIVE AND PREVENTS ME FROM REMOVING MY KEY FROM THE IGNITION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11161326December 14, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VISIBILITY/WIPER
MY 2013 DODGE DART SXT WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL NOT TURN OFF! THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE SWITCH NOT WORKING OR IT'S AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE. TURN SIGNALS STILL WORK BUT THIS IS A HAZARD THAT CAN GET DRIVER HURT. IT ADDS AN DISTRACTION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11156967December 8, 2018
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND ON CITY STREETS, THE DASH BOARD LIGHTS WENT OUT AND THE NEEDLES FOR THE SPEED AND RPM WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM LIKE THE CAR WAS CUT OFF. THE CAR WAS STILL IN MOTION. THE DASHBOARD SAID SERVICE ELECTRICAL BREAKING SYSTEM AND THE ENGINE LIGHT ELUMINATED. IT DID THIS MORE THAN ONE TIME. IT WILL FLICKER THE WARNING ON THE DASHBOARD AND THEN AT ONE POINT THE CAR CUT OFF WHILE ON CITY STREETS. AT ANOTHER TIME WHEN THE MESSAGE FLICKERED ON THE DASHBOARD THE BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES AND I AM CONCERNED ABOUT MY SAFETY IN THIS CAR AS WELL AS MY CHILDREN. THE RADIO CUT OFF AND THE EVENTUALLY CUT BACK ON.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11156922December 7, 2018
SERVICE BRAKES
THE EMERGENCY BRAKE FUNCTION ON THE REAR BRAKE CALIPERS ON THE MANUAL VERSION OF THE 2013 DODGE DART 1.4L MULTIAIR TURBO SEIZE OVER TIME. IT HAPPENED FIRST WITH MY BACK RIGHT REAR CALIPER. I WAS DRIVING AFTER HAVING PARKED USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE CAR WAS PULLING HARD TO THE RIGHT AND WAS RESISTING ACCELERATION. I PULLED OVER TO FIND MY BACK RIGHT WHEEL SMOKING AND THE ROTOR RED HOT. THE EVENT WAS DANGEROUS. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO MY LOCAL AUTOSHOP AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS GALVANIC CORROSION ON A SPRING THAT WAS INTENDED TO RELEASE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WHEN DISENGAGED. THEY INFORMED ME THAT THIS WASNT THE FIRST TIME THAT THEY HAD SEEN THIS ON THIS MODEL OF CAR, AND THAT I SHOULD EXPECT FOR IT TO HAPPEN ON THE OPPOSITE ASSEMBLY AS WELL. I DID NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO REPLACE BOTH AT THE TIME, SO I ONLY REPLACED THE DAMAGED CALIPER, ROTOR, AND PADS. SLIGHTLY OVER ONE YEAR LATER, THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED TO THE OTHER ASSEMBLY. I ATTEMPTED TO FIX IT MYSELF. TO MY SURPRISE, UPON GETTING UNDERNEATH THE CAR AND COMPARING THE TWO BRAKE ASSEMBLIES, THE ASSEMBLY THAT HAD BEEN REPLACED WAS VISIBLY DIFFERENT. THERE APPEARS TO BE A COATING ON THE RELEASE SPRING. TO ME, THIS SIGNIFIES THAT DODGE IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND HAS MADE A REVISION, HOWEVER THERE IS NOT A RECALL IN PLACE. CONSIDERING THE IMPORTANCE OF BRAKES AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE EMERGENCY BRAKES TO MANUAL VEHICLES, I CONSIDER THIS UNACCEPTABLE. I HAVE SEARCHED FOR RECALLS AND NOT FOUND ANY, AND I HAVE REACHED OUT TO MY LOCAL DODGE DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT WITHOUT A RECALL, THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11156497December 6, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGHLY AND THEN STALLED IN TRAFFIC WHILE AT A LIGHT. MANAGED TO RESTART AFTER SEVERAL TIRES WITH GAUGES CLICKING AND DASH LIGHTS FLICKERING AND DROVE HOME. CAR WILL NOT START NOW ALTHOUGH LIGHTS AND RADIO FUNCTION NORMALLY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11154546November 28, 2018
VISIBILITY/WIPER
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE DART. WHEN THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE, THE WIPER BLADES ACTIVATED AND WOULD NOT SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPER SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11154172November 27, 2018
SERVICE BRAKES
BRAKE-BOOSTER VACUUM-TUBE IS LETTING OIL HIT MY BRAKES AND WHEN I STOP THE CAR IT SMOKES AND A REALLY BAD SMELL IS SUCKED IN BY THE A/C INTO THE CABIN AREA. THIS PROBLEM IS ALSO NOT LETTING MY CAR STOP IN A SHORT DISTANCE ESPECIALLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THIS IS WORD FOR WORD ON THE FCA WEDSITE ABOUT THE PROBLEM "BRAKE-BOOSTER VACUUM-TUBE ROUTING MAY INADVERTENTLY ALLOW OIL TO REACH THE BRAKE-BOOSTER DIAPHRAGM IN THE EVENT THAT THE VACUUM-PUMP CHECK VALVE FAILS; OIL MAY DEGRADE THE DIAPHRAGM AND LEAD TO A LOSS OF BRAKE ASSIST, LENGTHENING STOPPING DISTANCES AND INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH." I HAVE GONE TO EVERY DEALERSHIP IN MY AREA AND BECAUSE MY CAR IS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST I CAN'T HAVE THE PROBLEM FIXED. MY FEAR IS ONE DAY I MAY BRAKE AND THE CAR GOES UP IN FLAMES..
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11154302November 27, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
THE CAR KEEPS CUTTING OFF. I CRANK IT BACK UP AND IT RUNS FOR A LITTLE BIT AND CUTS RIGHT BACK OFF. I HAVE HAD THE BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR CHECK AND THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11154385November 27, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
CAR RECENTLY DIED. SHOWED SIGNS OF A BAD ALTERNATOR- LIGHTS, SENSORS, RADIO SHUT DOWN, POWER STEERING WENT OUT. REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR AND THE BATTERY. DROVE FINE FOR A FEW WEEKS AND ONCE AGAIN THE SAME THING HAPPENED. I AM NOW ON ALTERNATOR FOUR AND BATTERY NUMBER THREE. HAD THE NEW ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY PUT ON, STARTED THE CAR AND THE BATTERY LIGHT COME ON. HAD THE BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR TESTED, BOTH PASSED AS LONG AS RADIO AND HEAT WAS NOT ON. DROVE THE CAR FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES AND THE CAR DIED AGAIN LIKE THE ALTERNATOR WAS BAD EXCEPT IT'S NOT BECAUSE IT WAS TESTED. DEALERSHIP WAS OF ZERO HELP AND STILL CAN NOT FIGURE OUT THE ISSUE. THIS CAR IS A COMPLETE HAZARD WHILE DRIVING DUE TO IT DYING IN TRAFFIC.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11153573November 25, 2018
VISIBILITY/WIPER
I WAS DRIVING AND HAD MY WIPERS ON OF COURSE BECAUSE IT WAS RAINING AND IT STOPPED RAINING SO I WENT TO TURN THEM OFF BUT IT NEVER TURNED OFF. SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE RIBBON INSIDE WAS BROKEN AND THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE OVER 500$ TO FIX IT. SO I LOOKED UP THE FUSE TO TAKE IT OUT SO IT WOULD TURN OFF BUT TURNS OUT THERE ISN'T ANY FUSE FOR IT. I'M LOOKING THROUGH THE INTERNET TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE HAD THIS PROBLEM AND THERE ARE ACTUALLY A LOT OF PEOPLE THIS HAS HAPPENED TO. I BELIEVE DODGE SHOULD FIX THIS AT NO COST. IT'S HAPPENING TO A GOOD CHUNK OF PEOPLE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11153065November 21, 2018
POWER TRAIN
MY CAR IS TICKING ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. IN RESEARCHING EVERYONE WITH THE SAME YEAR AND MODEL IS HAVING THE SAME ISSUE HAVING TO REPLACE THE CV JOINT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. SUPER FRUSTRATING THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL ON THIS AS IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE. WHEN TRYING TO PURCHASE THE PASSENGER CV JOINT EVERYONE IS SELLING USED CV JOINTS FOR DRIVERS SIDE AND THERE IS NOT OPTIONS FOR PASSENGER SIDE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11152806November 20, 2018
POWER TRAIN, STEERING, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I PURCHASED THE CAR JULY 2017 AND HAS BEEN AT THE DEALER 5 TIMES DUE TO PROBLEMS. I HAD A REOCCURRING ISSUE WITH THE BATTERY LIGHT COMING UP, THE DEALER FOUND NO ISSUES WITH THE BATTERY. MARCH 2018 THE BATTERY SIGN LIT UP FOLLOWED BY A SLEW OF OTHER SIGNALS, INCLUDING A POWER STEERING LOCK SIGNAL AND THE CAR STARTED SHAKING. I WAS DRIVING WHEN THIS HAPPENED, THEN THE POWER STEERING LOCKED. I WAS ABLE TO PULL THE STEERING WHEEL HARD ENOUGH AND LUCKILY FOUND A PARKING LOT WHERE I COULD PARK THE PARK SINCE I WAS IN A HEAVILY TRANSITED AREA. ATTACHED IS A PICTURE I TOOK AFTER I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY PARK THE CAR. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY FOUND NO ISSUES WITH THE CAR, I HAD TO PAY $250+ FOR THIS. NOVEMBER 2018, THE BLUETOOTH DOES NOT CONNECT, THE ODOMETER IS BLINKING CONTINUOUSLY AND THE CAR SHAKES WHEN AT A STOP. TURNS OUT TO BE THAT THE BLUETOOTH CONSOLE NEEDED TO BE CHANGED ($900+ COST), A TUNE UP WAS NEEDED 'BADLY' ($400+) AND THERE WAS BELIEVED TO BE A PROBLEM WITH A PIECE OF THE TRANSMISSION THAT WAS CAUSING THE CAR TO SHAKE. THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY WOULD COVER THE COST OF THIS LAST ISSUE IF IT WAS FOUND TO BE THAT THIS WAS THE PROBLEM. IF IT WAS FOUND THAT THE TRANSMISSION PART WAS NOT CAUSING THE SHAKING, WE WOULD NEED TO COVER THE $600+ COST FOR THE LABOR. WE ARE IN PROCESS OF DEALING THIS MATTER WITH A MANAGER AT THE DEALERSHIP, SINCE WE DO NOT WANT TO KEEP THIS CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11152805November 20, 2018
POWER TRAIN, STEERING, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I PURCHASED THE CAR JULY 2017 AND HAS BEEN AT THE DEALER 5 TIMES DUE TO PROBLEMS. I HAD A REOCCURRING ISSUE WITH THE BATTERY LIGHT COMING UP, THE DEALER FOUND NO ISSUES WITH THE BATTERY. MARCH 2018 THE BATTERY SIGN LIT UP FOLLOWED BY A SLEW OF OTHER SIGNALS, INCLUDING A POWER STEERING LOCK SIGNAL, THE CAR STARTED SHAKING AND THE POWER STEERING LOCKED. I WAS AT THE LIGHT MAKING A LEFT WHEN THIS HAPPENED. I WAS ABLE TO PULL THE STEERING WHEEL HARD ENOUGH TO MAKE THE LEFT AND LUCKILY FOUND A PARKING LOT WHERE I COULD PARK SINCE I WAS IN A HEAVILY TRANSITED AREA. ATTACHED IS A PICTURE I TOOK AFTER I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY PARK THE CAR. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY FOUND NO ISSUES WITH THE CAR, I HAD TO PAY $250+ FOR THIS. NOVEMBER 2018, THE BLUETOOTH DOES NOT CONNECT, THE ODOMETER IS BLINKING CONTINUOUSLY AND THE CAR SHAKES WHEN AT A STOP. THE DEALERSHIP HAS HAD THE CAR FOR THREE WEEKS AND TURNS OUT TO BE THAT THE BLUETOOTH CONSOLE NEEDED TO BE CHANGED ($900+ COST), A TUNE UP WAS NEEDED 'BADLY' ($400+) AND THERE WAS BELIEVED TO BE A PROBLEM WITH A PIECE OF THE TRANSMISSION THAT WAS CAUSING THE CAR TO SHAKE. THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY WOULD COVER THE COST OF THIS LAST ISSUE IF IT WAS FOUND TO BE THAT THIS WAS THE PROBLEM. IF IT WAS FOUND THAT THE TRANSMISSION PART WAS NOT CAUSING THE SHAKING, WE WOULD NEED TO COVER THE $600+ COST FOR THE LABOR. WE ARE IN PROCESS OF DEALING THIS MATTER WITH A MANAGER AT THE DEALERSHIP, SINCE WE DO NOT WANT TO KEEP THIS CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11152224November 17, 2018
SERVICE BRAKES
BRAKE BOOSTER VACCUM PUMP IS LEAKING OIL, CAUSING CAR TO SMOKE AND HAVE A BURNING SMELL. IT WAS RECALLED ON OTHER MODELS OF THE DODGE DART BUT NOT THIS ONE, AND IT'S HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. WHEN TURNING, PARKING, OR BRAKING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11149648November 6, 2018
POWER TRAIN
WHEN TURNING INTO MY DRIVEWAY TO PARK MY CAR. THE GEAR SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL WHEN I THOUGHT I PARKED MY CAR I TRIED TO PUT IT IN DRIVE, REVERSE, AND PARK BUT IT WOULD NOT SHIFT TO ANOTHER GEAR. ALSO MY KEY IS STUCK IN THE IGNITION BECAUSE IT'S STUCK IN NEUTRAL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11144705November 1, 2018
AIR BAGS
MY SON WAS DRIVING HIGH WAY 280 EAST BOUND MP15.1 WHEN A VEHICLE IT US FROM BEHI D THEN HIT US A SECOND TIME ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR BETWEEN THE PASSAGERS FRONT AND BACK DOOR BUSTING THE BACK PASSENGER WINDOW OUT AND DENTED THE WHOLE PASSAGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE TOTALLING THE VEHICLE OUT WE ENDED UP HITTING AND DAMAGING THE DIVIDER WALL BEFORE COMING TO A STOP ALONG THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD FACING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION....IT WAS RAINING CATS AND DOGS... REALLY HARD
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11144066October 30, 2018
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
THE CLUTCH STAYS STUCK TO THE FLOOR, THEN PRESSURES UP AT TIMES .I SEE MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ONLINE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11143498October 28, 2018
POWER TRAIN, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
CAR WOULDN'T START THEN WHEN IT DID THE GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS TURNED RED AND SHIFTS REALLY HARD THEN YOU CAN SHUT CAR OFF AND WIGGLE THE SHIFTER AND IT WILL START BACK UP AND RUN FINE FOR A WHILE THEN WHEN SITTING AT A LIGHT IT MIGHT GO BACK TO THE RED LIGHTS AND START SHIFTING HARD AGAIN WAS TOLD ITS THE TCM (TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE) YOU REALLY NEVER KNOW WHEN ITS GOING TO DO THIS HAS DONE IT IN THE MIDDLE OF TURNS WHEN IT STARTS OR JUST SITTING IN PLACE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11141440October 19, 2018
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE DART. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS IN REVERSE, THE POWER TRAIN FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE BECAME STUCK IN NEUTRAL AND THE GEAR SHIFT ASSEMBLY WOULD NOT ENGAGE INTO DRIVE OR ANY OTHER GEAR SHIFT POSITION. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO COAST THE VEHICLE TO A PARKING SPACE WHILE BEING STUCK IN THE NEUTRAL POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO ARRIGO DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM FORT PIERCE (5851 SOUTH US HIGHWAY 1, FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA 34982, (855) 709-0687), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V542000 (POWER TRAIN) AS A POTENTIAL CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 53,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11141216October 18, 2018
AIR BAGS, SEAT BELTS
SEVICE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED AT APPROXIMATELY 60,000 MILES. WHEN A PASSENGER SITS IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT AND BUCKLES THEIR SEAT BELT, A WARNING APPEARS ON THE DASH STATING THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT IS NOT BUCKLED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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