Dodge Dart Complaints

2,535 consumer complaints on file.

#10715775May 11, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
AS I WAS DRIVING, I SLOWED AND BRAKED FOR OTHER VEHICLES AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. AS I STARTED TO RE-ACCELORATE, I REALIZED THE CAR HAD STALLED. WHEN I GOT THE CAR RE-STARTED, IT WAS RUNNING VERY ROUGH AND THE CHECK ENGINE, THE TRACTION CONTROL AND THE CRUISE CONTROL LIGHTS WERE ALL LIT AND/OR FLASHING. AFTER I GOT HOME, I DECIDED TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALER. THIS TIME, THE CAR DROVE FAIRLY NORMALLY WITH ONLY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED IN ONLY 3600 MILES. (THE FIRST TIME WAS AT APPROX. 280 MILES AND THE SECOND TIME WAS AT ABOUT 500 MILES.) THE DEALER'S SERVICE WRITER IMPLIED SINCE THIS CAR HAS AN ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL, IT WAS MY DRIVING STYLE AT FAULT. I HAVE DRIVEN SEVERAL OTHER CARS WITH ELECTRONIC THROTTLES FOR SEVERAL YEARS (MY PREVIOUS CAR HAD 120,000 MILES ON IT) AND THIS IS THE ONLY TIME ANYTHING LIKE THIS HAS HAPPENED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10715549May 10, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WAS GOING THROUGH CAR WASH AND ATTENDANT NOTICED A BULGE IN THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE. TOOK IT TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND THAT I MUST HAVE HIT A POTHOLE ( WHICH I DID NOT) THAT'S THE ONLY WAY IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED. I AM VERY CAREFUL BECAUSE OF THE WARNING GIVEN BY A SALESPERSON WHEN WE LEASED THE VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10715255May 7, 2015
VISIBILITY/WIPER
PLACING SUN GUARD UP ON THE DASH. WHEN FLIPPING DOWN THE SUN VISORS TO HOLD THE SUN GUARD IN PLACE, THE PASSENGER SIDE VISOR BROKE AND DROPPED RIGHT OUT OF THE ROOF AND DANGLING BY WIRING HARNESS. DUE TO THE RANDOM BROKEN COMPONENT, THE VISOR CANNOT BE SAFELY UP AND IS VISIBLE DISTRACTION TO THE DRIVER WHEN CHECKING THE PASSENGER SIDE BLIND SPOT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10714130May 1, 2015
AIR BAGS, STEERING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
VEHICLE HAD A DEFECTIVE, BROKEN CLASP SPRING WHICH COULD HAVE ALLOWED THE AIR BAG TO DEPLOY AT ANY TIME WHILE DRIVING....CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH TO THE DRIVER, PASSENGERS AND ALL OTHERS IN THE PATH OF THE VEHICLE DRIVING CALIFORNIA HIGHWAYS. THE VEHICLE WAS DEFECTIVE FROM THE MOMENT IT WAS DRIVEN OFF OF THE CAR LOT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10713690April 29, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
THE BRAKE SYSTEM SHUT DOWN AT 50 MPH, I FEARED FOR MY LIFE IT IS ONE OF THE SCARIEST THINGS I HAVE EVER DEALT WITH, I AM LUCKY I AM ABLE TO WRITE THIS LETTER TO YOU. THE PROBLEM ACCORDING TO DAYTON ANDREWS IS THAT THE MASTER CYLINDER FLUID LEAKED INTO THE BRAKE BOOSTER, WHICH EVENTUALLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I WAS TOLD MY DODGE WARRANTY EXPIRED AT 36,000 YET THERE WAS 36,920 ON THE CAR. THIS WAS MOST DEFINITELY A RECALL OR AN ISSUE THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED UNDER THE DODGE WARRANTY. NO NORMAL CAR AT 36,920 HAS THAT HAPPEN UNTIL THERE WAS INITIAL PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR. ....UPDATED 06/15/16 *BF *TR UPDATED 10/11/2017*CN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10713546April 29, 2015
ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
AS I WAS APPROACHING A TRAFFIC SIGNAL, MY CAR LOST POWER AND DID A HALF SHUT OFF (LOST POWER ITEMS, BUT DID NOT ACTUALLY LOCK THE STEERING OUT AS IF THE CAR WAS IN PARK). I WAS STILL MOVING AND WAS DOING APPROX. 20-25 MPH WHEN THIS HAPPENED. MY POWER STEERING, BRAKES, ETC WERE ALL LOST AND THERE WAS AN OVERWHELMING SOUND COMING FROM THE STEREO SYSTEM (SOUNDED LIKE A BOMB GOING OFF IN THE CAR.). I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR STOPPED AND PULLED OVER TO A TURN LANE THAT WAS NOT IN USE WITHOUT GETTING HIT. ONCE I GOT THE CAR STOPPED, IT STARTED BACK UP AND I WAS ABLE TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THIS IS NOT MY FIRST ISSUE WITH THE CAR. IT ALSO HAS HAD 'SERVICE TRANSMISSION' ERRORS AND GAVE US NUMEROUS ISSUES ON CHRISTMAS DAY AS IT WOULD NOT START WHEN WE WERE HEADED HOME. EACH TIME, THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY HAD THE CAR FOR 92 DAYS WHILE THEY REWIRED THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THESE CARS ARE NOT SAFE, EVEN AFTER HAVING THE ELECTRICAL REWIRED, THE CAR IS STILL SENDING ERROR MESSAGES AND NOW SHUTTING DOWN WHILE DRIVING IT. THESE NEED TO BE RECALLED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10712621April 24, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES, ENGINE
WHEN WE ARE DRIVING THE CAR, IT WILL START TO SHUDDER WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND WITHIN A MINUTE THE ABS SYSTEM WILL TURN ON. WHEN THE ABS SYSTEM TURNS ON, YOU CAN ACTUALLY FEEL THE BRAKING TRYING TO STOP THE CAR. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT ALL DIFFERENT SPEEDS, FROM 20 TO 30 MPH UP TO HIGHWAY SPEEDS AT 70 MPH. YOU CANNOT SHUT OF THE ABS SYSTEM WITH THE SAFETY SWITCH WHEN IT TURNS ITSELF ON. WE HAVE PULLED OVER, TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND RESTARTED THE CAR. THIS DOES NOT ALWAYS SEEM TO WORK. WE HAVE TURNED OFF THE ABS SYSTEM WHEN WE HAVE STARTED THE CAR, BUT THE COMPUTER IN THE ENGINE WILL OVERRIDE THIS AND HAS TURNED IT BACK ON. WHEN THAT HAPPENS, IT STARTS TO TRY BRAKING AGAIN WHILE WE ARE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. WE HAVE HAD THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES TRYING TO GET THIS RESOLVED, BUT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN SOLVING THIS PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP HAS CALLED CHRYSLER TO FIND OUT WHAT TO DO ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. THEY WERE TOLD TO CHANGE THE IGNITION COIL POWER PACK, WHICH THEY DID. WHEN THE CAR WAS RETURNED TO US, IT STARTED THIS SAME PROBLEM AGAIN. THE LAST TIME WE TOOK IT IN (APRIL 2015) THE DEALERSHIP KEPT IT FOR TWO WEEKS AND WAS UNABLE TO RECREATE THE PROBLEM. SINCE THAT TIME IT HAS DONE THIS TO US TWICE, BUT BEFORE WE COULD GET IT TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR, IT CORRECTED ITSELF. HAS ANYONE ELSE HAD THIS PROBLEM? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10712415April 23, 2015
TIRES
I WENT OUT TO MY CAR AND NOTICED A LARGE BULGE ON TOP OF DRIVER TIRE. TOOK TO DEALER SHIP [XXX] AND THEY SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. MY ONLY HAS AROUND 18,000 MILES ON IT, THE TIRE DID NOT TAKE ANY IMPACT OF ANY SORT. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10711928April 21, 2015
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2014 DODGE DART. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HYDROPLANED AND CRASHED INTO A METAL UTILITY POLE. NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED FOUR FRACTURED RIBS, A FRACTURED LEFT SHOULDER, AND BRUISED KNEES AND STERNUM, WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE AIR BAGS WERE FLAWED AND THAT THE CONTACT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THE FAILURE PRIOR TO THE CRASH. NEITHER THE MANUFACTURER NOR THE INSURANCE COMPANY INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,700.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10706716April 20, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY, AIR BAGS
I WAS REAR-ENDED PURPOSEFULLY WHILE TRAVELING 55MPH ON A HIGHWAY. THE OTHER DRIVER REAR-ENDED ME, BACKED OFF, AND THEN PUSHED ME DOWN THE ROAD. THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY AND I SUFFERED A NECK AND BACK INJURY. NOW I SEE THERE IS A RECALL (13V555000) WHICH IS A CAUSE FOR FAULTY AIR BAGS, WHICH MY CAR WAS NOT PUT ON THE LIST AS. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10706717April 20, 2015
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
I ALWAYS LET MY CAR WARM UP, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S COLD. THE WEATHER STARTED TO GET BETTER AND TWICE I STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT AND THE CAR ALMOST STALLED. I HAD TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND PUMP THE GAS TO STOP IT FROM STALLING COMPLETELY. I KNOW IT'S NOT THE GAS BECAUSE IT HAPPENED WITHIN TWO DIFFERENT TIME PERIODS. AT THE TIME THE TEMP WAS IN THE LOW 30'S. I ALSO NOTICE WHEN IT'S VERY COLD THE CAR MAKES A SCREECH WHEN IT'S STARTED. ALTHOUGH THERE IS A POWER TRAIN RECALL (N32) MY VIN HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED. I DO NOT WANT TO DRIVE DOWN THE STREET AND STALL WITH MY TWO-YEAR-OLD IN IT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10705969April 15, 2015
POWER TRAIN
CLUTCH WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR AND HAD TO VEER CAR INTO A TERRAIN IN ORDER TO AVOID BEING RUN OVER BY DUMP TRUCK DIRECTLY BEHIND. THERE WAS NO WARNING AND CAR IS FAIRLY NEW. (WAS PURCHASED NEW). QUICK INVESTIGATION, AND THERE IS A LAW SUIT WITH CHRYSLER INDICATING THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS DEFECT BUT THEIR DEALERSHIPS ARE NOT AND REFUSED TO REPAIR WITHOUT CHARGING. INSISTED I TAKE CAR TO ANOTHER PLACE THAT REALLY WORKS ON DODGES (???). THIS LOST OF GEAR SHIFTING IS GOING TO GET SOMEONE KILLED! UNFORTUNATELY IT IS HARD TO REACH ME BY TELEPHONE BUT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HAVE SOME DETAILS AS TO HOW TO HANDLE THIS ISSUE. I HAD AN INDEPENDENT DEALER "WHO REALLY WORKS ON DODGES" TO REPAIR AND THEY CONFIRMED THE CLUTCH WAS DEFECTIVE AND CAUSED IT TO CRASH AND BURN. I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS EXPERIENCED THIS. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10705459April 13, 2015
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I BOUGHT AND RECEIVED A DODGE DART SXT RALLYE IN MAY 2014. THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED JUST LESS THAN A YEAR. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT AROUND 70 MPH. ALL OF A SUDDEN, I WAS NOT ABLE TO GAS THE PEDAL IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING. EVEN SHIFTING GEARS, I WAS NOT ABLE TO GAS. AFTER AVOIDING A COUPLE OF CARS, I WAS ABLE TO PARK MY CAR ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CLUTCH, AS I STEP ON IT, HAD NO PRESSURE. AFTER GETTING IT TOWED AND IT MADE ITS WAY TO THE DEALERSHIP, I WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED THE CLUTCH REPLACED AND IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY.. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10704744April 9, 2015
POWER TRAIN
PURCHASED A 2014 DODGE DART USED WITH A 6 SPEED. THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED JUST THREE WEEKS AFTER I PURCHASED IT. I NOTICED IT STARTED TO SLIP AND WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY I HEARD A NOISE, CAR LOST POWER AND SMOKE STARTED POURING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I WAS INFORMED THAT SOMETHING FAILED IN THE CLUTCH, BLOWING A HOLE THROUGH THE TRANSMISSION. THIS ALL HAPPENED WITHIN A MINUTE OR SO WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10703503April 3, 2015
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE IN JUNE 2014 WITH ONLY 4 MILES ON IT. THE ONLY MINOR PROBLEM I NOTICED AFTER A FEW DAYS' USE IS THAT SOMETIMES IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO SWITCH BETWEEN GEARS - IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU HAVE TO JERK IT IN ORDER TO MOVE FROM ONE GEAR TO THE NEXT. I DIDN'T THINK THIS WAS A MAJOR ISSUE SO I DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT THOUGH THE PROBLEM PERSISTS FROM TIME TO TIME. THE MAJOR ISSUE IS THE FOLLOWING: AROUND MID-SEPTEMBER 2014, I WAS DRIVING TO WORK IN THE MORNING, AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH. AT ONE POINT, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ITSELF. THERE WERE NO VEHICLES IN FRONT OF ME SO NOTHING HAPPENED. I IMMEDIATELY PRESSED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL UNTIL I CAME TO A FULL STOP PULLING OVER ON THE RIGHT. I TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND RESTARTED IT. I DROVE TO WORK AND THE VEHICLE WORKED FINE THIS TIME. IT WAS A VERY SCARY SITUATION BECAUSE I WAS AFRAID IT WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN. I HAVE NEVER HAD ANY ISSUES WITH VEHICLES AND THINKING THAT IT WAS PROBABLY A ONE-TIME INCIDENT, I NEVER CONTACTED THE RETAILER NOR THE MANUFACTURER OF THE VEHICLE. THE PROBLEM HAS SINCE THEN OCCURRED THREE OR FOUR TIMES AFTER THAT. THE LAST TIME IT OCCURRED WAS EARLY MARCH 2015. I WAS ON THE SAME ROAD I WAS WHEN IT FIRST HAPPENED, DRIVING APPROXIMATELY AT THE SAME SPEED, WHEN THE CAR ABRUPTLY ACCELERATED. I ALWAYS LEAVE ENOUGH SPACE BETWEEN ME AND THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME SO THANKFULLY I WAS ABLE TO BRAKE AND COME TO A FULL STOP. MY PASSENGER SAW WHAT HAD TRANSPIRED AND ADVISED ME TO IMMEDIATELY TAKE MY VEHICLE TO THE RETAILER SO THEY CAN HAVE IT LOOKED AT. MY VEHICLE HAS ROUGHLY 8,300 MILES ON IT BECAUSE I JUST DRIVE TO WORK AND BACK, SCHOOL AND BACK AND GROCERIES, AND ALL PLACES ARE WITHIN 5 AND 25 MINUTES FROM ME. I ALWAYS OBEY SPEED LIMITS AND EVADE HIGHWAYS BECAUSE I NEVER KNOW IF AND WHEN THE PROBLEM WILL HAPPEN AGAIN, SO I FEEL UNSAFE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10695344March 19, 2015
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE DART. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH AND SWITCHING GEARS, THE VEHICLE VIOLENTLY JERKED BACKWARDS AND THE TRANSMISSION SERVICE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING AS DESIGNED. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10695212March 18, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS AT A DRIVE-THRU AND WHEN I WENT TO PULL UP IN LINE MY BRAKES FAILED AND I HAD TO PULL THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS VERY HARD AND WOULD NOT GO DOWN. I PARKED THE CAR AND HAD IT TOWED TO A DEALER. IT WAS THE BRAKE BOOSTER. I HAD AN EXTENDED WARRANTY AND HAD IT FIXED. I HAD BEEN ON THE INTERSTATE EARLIER. IF IT HAD FAILED THEN, I DO NOT KNOW WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED. THIS WAS A VERY SCARY INCIDENT AND I AM CONCERNED THAT THE NEW PART COULD FAIL OR THAT OTHERS COULD HAVE THIS PROBLEM AND NOT BE AS FORTUNATE AS I WAS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10694662March 16, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WENT TO START DART IN THE MORNING AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD NOT LIGHT UP, COULD NOT SEE ANY DASHBOARD DETAILS SUCH AS SPEED, MILEAGE ETC. TRIED TO RESTART CAR TO SEE IF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD APPEAR, HOWEVER IT WOULD NOT. CAR WAS TOWED INTO DEALERSHIP AND DIAGNOSED AS BEING A FAULTY INSTRUMENT CLUSTER MODULE. THE DEALERSHIP PROVIDED A RENTAL CAR FOR 21 DAYS BECAUSE THE PART WAS ON BACK ORDER, CHRYSLER ALSO BECAME ENGAGED DUE TO THE CAR BEING LESS THAN A YEAR OLD AND HAVING ROUGHLY 7800 MILES ON IT. THEY PROVIDED CHARGE NUMBER FOR RENTAL CAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10694690March 16, 2015
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE DART. WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL WITHOUT WARNING AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO DECELERATE. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10694349March 15, 2015
TIRES
BUBBLE ON SIDE WALL TIRE. KUMHO 225/45R17 91H DOT K2X5 YAL8 1113. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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