Dodge Dart Complaints

2,535 consumer complaints on file.

#11021692September 6, 2017
AIR BAGS, SEAT BELTS
AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON AND STAYS ON. SEAT BELT LIGHT IS ON AND STAYS ON AND DINGS EVEN WHEN BOTH BELTS ARE ON IN FRONT SEAT. OVER 6K PEOPLE ON FORUMS HAVE SAME PROBLEM!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11021493September 5, 2017
POWER TRAIN
MY CAR DOESN'T SEEM TO SHIFT PROPERLY. IT RUNS ROUGH LOSES POWER THEN SMELL OF SOMETHING BURNING. WHILE IN MOTION CAR LOSES POWER N SHIFTS LATE. WHEN AT A STOP IN DRIVE THRU PUT IN PARK BEGINS TO IDLE N GET HOT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11021280September 3, 2017
POWER TRAIN
CLUTCH PEDAL WILL STICK ON THE FLOOR NOT ALLOWING ME TO PUT THE CAR IN GEAR, CHANGE GEARS, OR PULL OUT OF GEAR TO STOP WITHOUT PUSHING THROUGH THE BRAKES. IT HAPPENS IN THE MORNING ESPECIALLY AFTER SITTING ALL NIGHT. ALSO, I HAVE EXPERIENCED IT ON THE HIGHWAY DURING A LONG TRIP WHILE STAYING IN GEAR FOR A FEW HOURS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11021205September 2, 2017
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE BATTERY HAS TO BE REPLACED EVERY YEAR. THE BRAKES ARE HARD AND HAS A VACUUM LEAK NOISE . THE RADIO, CD, BLUETOOTH DOES NOT WORK. THE CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT WORK ALL THE TIME AND WHEN IT DOES IT WILL STICK ON. THE BUTTONS ON THE STEERING WHEEL DOES NOT WORK ALL THE TIME. THE FRONT 12V DC DOES NOT WORK. DODGE WILL NOT FIX IT BECAUSE THE WARRANTY IS GONE, BUT THESE PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN GOING ON SINCE I BOUGHT IT IN 2012. IS THERE SOME WAY I CAN GET DODGE TO FIX THESE PROBLEMS WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY. THERE IS A LOT OF DODGE DART OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS AND DODGE WON'T RECALL OR FIX THE PROBLEMS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11021218September 2, 2017
POWER TRAIN
THE CLUTCH PEDAL, WHEN PRESSED, STAYS ON THE FLOOR. THIS MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SHIFT INTO ANY GEAR, IN ANY STAGE OF DRIVING WHETHER IT BE STATIONARY OR IN MOTION. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING MY CAR WITH NO CLUTCH FOR 5 DAYS NOW, HOPING THAT THE PRESSURE WOULD COME BACK(AS THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED <NEVER FOR THIS LONG THOUGH, USUALLY JUST HAPPENS FOR 5 MINUTES>THE PRESSURE HAS ALWAYS COME BACK, UNTIL NOW), WHICH HAS NOT HAPPENED. I AM GOING TO TRY REPLACING THE MASTER/ SLAVE CYLINDERS AND POSSIBLY FLUSH AND/OR REPLACE TRANNY LINES, BUT AFTER A LITTLE RESEARCH ONLINE, THIS SEEMS LIKE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM, AND NO GOOD REMEDY TO FIX THE ISSUE WITH THIS EXACT TRANSMISSION.I WOULD NORMALLY FIX IT AND GO ON ABOUT MY BUSINESS, BUT THIS PROBLEM IS WAY TO COMMON FOR IT TO GO UNNOTICED BY THE PROPER PEOPLE. I FEEL DODGE SHOULD TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS PROBLEM AND AT THE VERY LEAST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM AND OFFER THEIR LOYAL CUSTOMERS SOME SORT OF RESOLUTION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11021026September 1, 2017
POWER TRAIN
I HAVE A 2013 DODGE DART WITH 52,000 MILES ON IT. I WAS DRIVING AND WENT TO PASS A CAR AND MY CAR AUTOMATICALLY SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL WHILE PASSING THEN SLAMMED BACK INTO DRIVE. IT SHIFTED SO HARD I THOUGHT I HIT SOMETHING. IT HAS BEEN CONTINUOUSLY DOING THIS SINCE THEN. THE RPM WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN THEN REVED UP TO 6 WHEN IT FINALLY WENT INTO DRIVE ON ITS OWN. I CAN MANUALLY SHIFT THE CAR AND I HAVEN'T NOTICED ANYTHING BUT QHEN AUTOMATICALLY SHIFTING IT IS NOT DOING WHAT IT IS SUPPOSED TO.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11020938August 31, 2017
VISIBILITY/WIPER
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE DART. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED TO ACTIVATE. THE CONTACT HAD TO REMOVE THE WINDSHIELD WIPER BLADES TO DISENGAGE THE SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN UNKNOWN DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPER SWITCH FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11020967August 31, 2017
SUSPENSION
ON MARCH 31, 2017, I HIT A CURB WITH THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT TIRE OF MY VEHICLE DAMAGING PARTS OF THE SUSPENSION, INCLUDING THE CONTROL ARM, AS WELL AS THE BODY. AT THE TIME, I ASSUMED THAT WHEN I HIT THE CURB, MY WHEEL WAS TURNED, WHICH CAUSED THE DAMAGE TO THE SUSPENSION. CAR WAS REPAIRED. AT TIMES THE VEHICLE WOULD MAKE A CLUNKING NOISE WHILE TURNING LEFT OR WHEN ACCELERATING. ALSO AT TIMES, AT HIGHWAY SPEED, THE VEHICLE WOULD VIBRATE. ON AUGUST 17, 2017, I WAS STOPPED TO YIELD FOR A VEHICLE CROSSING A ONE LANE BRIDGE. THIS BRIDGE WAS FLAT AND SMOOTH, WITH A CURVE AROUND TO THE LEFT IN MY DIRECTION OF TRAVEL. I STARTED MOVING TO GO OVER THE BRIDGE AND WAS TRAVELING BETWEEN 5-10 M.P.H., AS I APPROACHED THE LEFT CURVE, I STARTED TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL SLIGHTLY LEFT IN ANTICIPATION OF THE CURVE. THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME NON RESPONSIVE AND I WAS UNABLE TO STEER MY VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE KEPT GOING LEFT, CAUSING ME TO IMPACT A CURB AND GUARD RAIL, AGAIN ON THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT. THE BODY SHOP SAID I HAD TO HAVE HIT SOMETHING TO SNAP THE BRAND NEW CONTROL ARM. I HIT NOTHING PRIOR TO IMPACT WITH THE CURB AND GUARD RAIL. THERE IS MINIMAL BODY DAMAGE BUT THE CONTROL ARM IS SNAPPED. I AM WONDERING IF THERE IS SOME TYPE OF POSSIBLE DEFECT WITH THE CONTROL ARM THAT WOULD CAUSE IT TO FRACTURE AND SNAP, LEADING TO MY LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL AND COLLISION. I HAVE READ WHERE DEFECTIVE CONTROL ARMS HAVE BEEN NOTED ON OTHER DODGE VEHICLES.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11020221August 28, 2017
POWER TRAIN
I PARALLELED PARK THE NIGHT BEFORE AND HAD NO PROBLEMS. THE NEXT MORNING I CAME OUT TO GO TO WORK GOT IN MY CAR STARTED IT LET IT WARM UP THEN PROCEEDED TO PUT IT IN A REVERSE TO BACK OUT, MY CAR IS MANUAL SO WHEN I LIFTED THE RING TO PUT IN REVERSE GEAR IT WENT IN PERFECTLY I GAVE IT A LITTLE GAS AND KICKED IT OUT OF GEAR I ATTEMPTED TO PUT IT BACK IN REVERSE BUT IT WOULDN'T AND JUST KEPT GOING IN FIRST GEAR . SO APPARENTLY IT'S CALLED A REVERSE LOCKOUT CABLE (BASICALLY A BICYCLE BRAKE WIRE) WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN CUT BY A PLASTIC CONNECTOR THAT GOT A SHARP EDGE OVERTIME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11019924August 27, 2017
AIR BAGS, SEAT BELTS
WHEN IN MOTION, WHEN SOMEONE IS SITTING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT, THE SEATBELT SIGNAL, PASSENGER AIRBAG SIGNAL, AS WELL AS DIGITAL DISPLAY WARNING ABOUT SEATBELT AND AIRBAG SYSTEMS ARE ALL ON AND ALERTING US. IF AN ACCIDENT WERE TO OCCUR, THE CAR WOULD NOT DEPLOY PASSENGER AIRBAG DUE TO THIS MALFUNCTION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11019508August 25, 2017
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHILE BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY THE BECAME STUCK IN NEUTRAL AND WON'T TURN OFF
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11019406August 24, 2017
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE DART. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE CONTACT PLACED THE GEAR SHIFTER INTO DRIVE AND DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCLERATE AND THE GEAR SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND THEN INTO DRIVE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ZIMMER CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (LOCATED AT 1086 BURLINGTON PIKE, FLORENCE, KY 41042, (859) 525-1344) WHERE NO DIAGNOSTIC FAILURE CODE WAS FOUND. THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT NO RECALLS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SCHEDULED FOR A RIDE ALONG. THE CONTACT WAS PROVIDED A CASE NUMBER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11019414August 24, 2017
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN, SUSPENSION
DODGE DART USES 1QUART OF OIL 1,000 MILES #2 DOES NOT SHIFT IN CORECT GEAR #3 RUBBING IN THE FROUNT END WHEN STEARING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11019202August 23, 2017
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
WHILE DRIVING THIS CAR AT MULTIPLE SPEEDS, THE CAR SLOWS DOWN AND COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP, I HEAR A NOISE AND THE GAS PEDAL VIBRATES, THE STEERING AND GAS PEDAL LOCKS UP. THIS EVENT HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES WITHIN FOUR DAYS LEAVING FROM MY GARAGE, ON THE INTERSTATE AND A CITY STREET. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP LAKELAND CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM AND I WAS TOLD THE CAR WAS DRIVEN BY THE TECHNICIAN 11 MILES AND THERE WAS NO INCIDENT AND AT THIS POINT THE CAR CAN NO LONGER BE DRIVEN DUE TO A GASH IN THE TIRE. HOWEVER, A MULTI-POINT INSPECTION, OIL CHANGE AND TIRE ROTATION WAS DONE ON THE VEHICLE 8/22/2017 AND A GASH IN THE TIRE WAS NOT NOTED ON ANY PAPERWORK NOR WAS IT REPORTED AS A PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11018772August 22, 2017
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
WHILE I WAS DRIVING MY DART ON THE STREET, IT SHUT OFF INTO NUETRAL AND THE GEAR BOX LIT UP RED. I TRIED PRESSING ON THE GAS AND IT WAS JUST STALLING NOT MOVING AT ALL. I HAD TO PUT CAR IN PARK (IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION)TURN IT OFF AND TURN IT BACK ON A FEW TIMES BEFORE I COULD GET IT INTO DRIVE AGAIN. THE NEXT DAY, THE SAME THING HAPPENED WHEN I STARTED THE CAR THE WHOLE GEAR BOX LIT UP AND WHEN I PUT IT INTO DRIVE IT WAS ON NEUTRAL AND WAS STALLING THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11016124August 18, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
THIS CAR HAS GONE THROUGH CYLINDERS, SPARK PLUGS, 3 BATTERIES INCLUDING THE FACTORY ONE, THROTTLE CONTROL COMPUTER ALL IN LESS THAN 50K MILES. NEVER GETS MORE THAN 10K MILES BEFORE THERE IS ANOTHER ISSUE, QUITE POSSIBLE THE WORST VEHICLE I HAVE EVER PURCHASED AND THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND AFTER READING FORUM AFTER FORUM OF THE EXACT SAME ISSUES EXPERIENCED BY HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF OTHER OWNERS AND DEALER RESPONSES THAT THERE WAS GOOD REASON TO DISCONTINUE THE PRODUCTION OF THIS MODEL AND THE MODEL YEARS THEREAFTER. UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE ALL STUCK WITH PAYMENTS ON CARS THAT PUT US AT SIGNIFICANT SAFETY RISK BECAUSE OF FREQUENT AND RANDOM STALL OUTS, INCLUDING ONE THAT HAPPENED TO MYSELF AT HIGHWAY SPEED, AND ANOTHER ON A DARK DESOLATE COUNTRY ROAD, AND FCA WON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT OTHER THAN OFFER A 5% DISCOUNT ON A BRAND NEW VEHICLE, FOR WHICH COMPARABLE SIZE AND PRICE NO LONGER EXISTS WITHIN THE BRAND. THIS CAR IS THE DEFINITION OF A LEMON, WE BOUGHT IT CERTIFIED USED FROM DODGE AFTER THE CAR HAD A SINGLE OWNER AND WITH NEITHER THE DEALERSHIP NOR THE BRAND OFFERING ANY SORT OF SIGNIFICANT ASSISTANCE IN REMEDYING THIS PRODUCT DEFECT OTHER THAN REPAIRS WITHIN WARRANTY THAT KEEP US ON THE ROAD FOR ANOTHER MONTH BEFORE THE NEXT BREAKDOWN, WE ARE FORCED TO PAY FOR AND DRIVE A VEHICLE THAT PUTS OUR FAMILY AT RISK EVEN MORE THAN IN GENERAL. UNBELIEVABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11015730August 16, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VISIBILITY/WIPER
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 DODGE DART. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH ON A RAINY DAY, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED TO WORK WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (EASTCHESTER CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM LOCATED AT 4007 BOSTON RD, BRONX, NY 10466; (718) 547-5500) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED AND REPAIRED, BUT THE CONTACT WAS NOT SURE OF THE SPECIFIC REPAIRS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED TWO OTHER TIMES. WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED TO STOP WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS BY DISCONNECTING THE BATTERY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE SAME DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BODY CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AGAIN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11015099August 14, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
HAVE HAD TO REPLACE BATTERY TWICE IN FOUR YEARS AND NOW NONE OF THE ELECTRONICS ARE WORKING IN THE INTERIOR OF MY CAR. IT WAS BOUGHT BRAND WITH NO OTHER OWNER! THIS IS VERY COSTLY AND UNFAIR TO BE A NEW VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11014785August 12, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE CAR IS TURNED OFF A TICKING SOUND CONTINUES GO OFF WITH THE BACK LIGHTS FLASHING NO KEYS IN CAR FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLED TO VERY A SAFE TOW AND MY CAR SITS THERE UNTIL THE NEXT DAY WON'T START WINDOWS DOWN AND IT'S A HAZARD TO TOW
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11014589August 11, 2017
SERVICE BRAKES, ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
TAKATA RECALL WHILE MY VEHICLE IS IN MOTION ON STREET OR HIGHWAY MY VEHICLE BEGINS TO JERK. ALSO WHEN COMING TO A STOP OR HAVING TO USE MY BRAKES BEFORE MAKING OR COMING TO A TURN I HAVE TO USE EXCESSIVE FORCE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP OR TO SLOW DOWN, WHEN DOING THAT MY CAR BEGINS TO SHAKE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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