NHTSA Complaint #11258705 — 2016 DODGE DART

POWER TRAIN & SENSORS RELATED ISSUES: I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY@ 45MPH IN TRAFFIC & ALL OF A SUDDEN THE SPEED IDLE DOWN TO 13MPH IN TRAFFIC WITHOUT ME PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL, I PLACED MY EMERGENCY FLASHERS ON TO LET CARS BEHIND ME BE AWARE I WAS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH MY VEHICLE. THE ENGINE SYMBOL ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH PANEL AS WITH A LIGHTENING BOLT SYMBOL, THE VEHICLE DID A SURGE IN SPEED WITHOUT THE GAS PEDAL BEING PRESSED, JERKED & SURGE IN SPEED AGAIN & I HAD TO PRESS THE BRAKES TO SAFELY PULL OUT OF TRAFFIC TO GAIN COMPOSURE OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH THE VEHICLE SUDDEN ERRACTIC BEHAVIOR. NO WARNING BEFORE HAND. I CUT THE VEHICLE OFF FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. IT CRANKED UP & THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED STILL BUT THE LIGHTENING BOLT SYMBOL HADN'T. I CALLED TO SEE OF ANY RECALLS & THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE COMPUTER MODULE SOFTWARE. I WAS GIVEN A CASE NUMBER FOR THE VEHICLE FROM THE RECALL ASSOCIATE TO CALL THE LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIP & WAS TOLD BY ONE OF THE DODGE SERVICE ASSOCIATES, HIS SHEET DIDN'T CONTAIN THAT RECALL & WASN'T ABLE TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM.