2012 DODGE DART Unknown Or Other Problems
103 NHTSA complaints on file
Unknown Or Other Issues in the 2012 DODGE DART
103 unknown or other complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 2012 DODGE DART. Of these, 6 involved a crash, 4 involved a fire, and 5 resulted in injury.
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All Unknown Or Other Complaints
WELL MY CAR HEADLIGHT AND THE PANELING CAUGHT ON FIRE IN MY CAR WENT TO CAR HOP TO ADVISE THEM TOOK THE CAR TO ONE OF THERE DEALERS ADVISED THAT THEY DON'T DO ELECTRICAL AT THE SAME TIME THE RECALL CAME IN ADVISED ME THAT A RECALL WAS NEEDED TOO K IT TO DEALERSHIP AND AS OF NOW 30 DAYS BEHIND ON THE PART ADVISED CARHOP THAT THE REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE BEFORE I BROUGHT THE CAR THAT WASN'T DONE CORRECTLY WHICH MADE ME HAVE TO PAY FOR THE RECALL WORK THEY SWEAR THEY DIDN'T BIT THE STATE AND CARFAX SAY OTHERWISE IT WASN'T DONE BY DODGE IN NO STATE BUT BY THERE MECHANICS AT THIS TIME THE CAR IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE IT'S STILL AT DODGE AND CARHOP SAID THEY WILL RESELL IT TO ANOTHER FAMILY EVEN THOUGH I ADVISED THEM THE PANEL CAUGHT ON FIRE AND THERE IS...
I WAS DRIVING ON A BUSY HIGHWAY. HAVE A MANUAL TRANSMISSION. RPMS STARTED GOING UP AND DOWN,LIKE I WAS REVVING THE ENGINE,BUT WAS NOT PUSHING IN GAS PEDAL. PUT CLUTCH IN TO GET OFF AN EXIT, AND THE CLUTCH STUCK TO THE FLOOR AND THE CAR WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR. LEFT ON VERY BUSY HIGHWAY WITH A CHILD!
THE CAR WILL NOT START. ALL THE LIGHTS AND ELECTRICAL COME ON WHEN KEY IS IN, BUT THE CAR DOESN'T EVEN TRY TO TURN OVER. I ALREADY HAD A SENSOR REPLACED THAT WAS SUPPOSE TO BE THE PROBLEM, BUT IT KEEPS OCCURRING. GIVES A WARNING THAT STATES AUTOSTICK IS UNAVAILABLE, SERVICE TRANSMISSION. IT ALSO KEEPS TELLING ME I HAVE A PARKING LIGHT OUT, WHICH I DON'T. THE CAR ALSO HAS A BRAND NEW BATTERY. THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED. I AM TIRED OF WONDERING IF MY CAR WILL START WHEN I NEED TO GET MY CHILDREN FROM SCHOOL.
THE CLUTCH PEDDLE GOES TO FLOOR AND WON'T RETURN IT IS STATED BY MANY OTHERS THAT THE CLUTCH PEDDLE SLAVE CYLINDERS ARE DEFECTIVE IN THESE CARS WHEN THIS HAPPENS IT MADE THE CAR UNSAFE TO DRIVE TRY TO GET IN TO A DODGE DEALERSHIP THEY SAIS IT WILL BE A WEEK BEFORE THEY WILL BE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT THEY KNOW THEIR IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS PART I DO HAVE DOCUMENTATION ABOUT OTHERS HAVING TIS SAME ISSUE.
MY CLUTCH STARTED TO STUCK TO THE FLOOR AND THEN IT GAVE OUT. IT WAS IN MOTION WHEN IT DECIDED TO GET STUCK TO THE FLOOR WHEN TRYING TO SHIFT GEARS.
ON 9/23/19 I WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT AND WAS HIT IN THE REAR AND WAS PUSH INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. THE FORCE OF IMPACT WAS SO EXTREME MY CAR WAS TOTALED AND I HAD TO BE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE. NOT EVEN ONE AIR BAG DEPLOYED!!! THEY SAY THIS CAR HAS 10 AIR BAGS AND NOT ONE OF THEM DEPLOYED. I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED BUT BY THE GRACE OF GOD I WASN'T. I WANT ANSWERS AS TO WHY NOT EVEN ONE OF MY 10 AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE ENTIRE REAR OF MY CAR WAS PUSHED INTO THE BACK SEAT, THE FRONT OF THE CAR THE HOOD WAS PUSHED TO THE WINDSHIELD, LIKE I SAID THE CAR IS TOTALED. IF YOU COULD SEE MY CAR YOU WOULD BE ASKING, WHY DID NOT ONE AIR BAG DEPLOY, THIS IS DEFINITELY A DEFECT...
CAR NEEDS SHIFTER CABLE BUSHINGS ON THE TRANSMISSION, WITHOUT THE PROPER BUSHINGS, THE TRANSMISSION MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO BE SHIFTED, EVEN THOUGH THE SHIFTER MAY SHOW THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN SHIFTED. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP, AND THE FCA RECALL ASSISTANCE CENTER AND WAS TOLD THE NEW PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE NOR DID ANYONE KNOW WHEN THEY WOULD BE. SINCE THEN, I HAVE HEARD NOTHING THOUGH I WAS PROMISED AN UPDATE. MEANWHILE I DRIVE THE CAR WITH GREAT FEAR, I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO DRIVE IT.
AIRBAG ' I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT A FEW DAYS AGO. WHEN I WAS HIT HEAD ON, MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO PUT OUT THERE THAT MY CAR WAS ALSO TOTALED AND WHEN I WAS HIT I WAS GOING 45, AND THE OTHER DRIVER WAS GOING 60. WHICH IS QUITE A HEFTY IMPACT FOR A SMALL CAR BEING HIT BY A LIFTED 2016 TOYOTA TUNDRA, AND FOR THE AIRBAGS NOT TO DEPLOY. I AM GOING TO BE SUING DODGE.
CAR PARKED IN DRIVEWAY. START CAR AND GO TO BACK UP. SHIFT TO REVERSE, GEAR DOESN'T CHANGE. CAR DOESN'T MOVE. STILL SAYS IT'S IN PARK. CAR WON'T SHIFT GEARS.
THIS IS FOR RECALL V34. WHICH WAS ISSUED EARLY IN THE YEAR. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, 1 NEAR ROBINSON ILLINOIS TO BE EXACT AND THE CAR JUST STOPPED DRIVING FORCING HER TO STEER ONTO THE SIDE OF A VERY BUSY HIGHWAY! THIS COULD HAVE BEEN VERY BAD!!!! I FIND IT INSANE THAT CHRYSLER IS DRAGGING THEIR FEET ON THIS PART! MY WIFE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED!!!!! NOT TOO MENTION IF MY DAUGHTER AND I WERE IN THE CAR WHEN THIS HAPPENED. CHRYSLER KNOWS THIS PART AND THESE CARS ARE UNSAFE BUT ARE NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT! ON TOP OF EVERYTHING YOU WANT ME TO DISH OUT THE MONEY TO PUT ANOTHER RECALLED PART ON MY CAR, NO THANKS!! DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.
I WAS PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND WENT TO SHIFT FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE. MY SHIFT WOULD MOVE, BUT MY CAR WAS STUCK IN NEUTRAL. I HAD TO PUSH MY CAR OUT OF THE ROAD AND SINCE IT WAS NOT IN PARK, COULD NOT COMPLETELY TURN IT OFF AND REMOVE MY KEY. I SET THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND HAD TO DISCONNECT BATTERY SINCE ACCESSORIES WOULD NOT TURN OFF. CAR WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP ON 08/09/2019. PER RECALL, THE RECALL COVERS DODGE DART COMPACT CARS FROM 2013 THROUGH 2016 WITH SIX-SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS. THE COMPANY SAYS A BUSHING CAN FAIL, CAUSING THE SHIFTER CABLE TO COME LOOSE FROM THE TRANSMISSION. THAT MEANS WHEN A DRIVER SHIFTS TO PARK OR ANOTHER GEAR, THE GEAR MAY NOT CHANGE AND THE CAR COULD ROLL AWAY. PARTS FOR RECALL WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL SEPTEMBER. DEALERSHIP CANNOT FIX AT THIS TIME AND MANUFACTURER OFFERED...
I ATTEMPTED TO TURN ON MY ENGINE. CAR WOULD NOT START. INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LIGHTS WORKED. BATTERY IN GOOD SHAPE AND CHARGING. CLICKING SOUND WHEN ATTEMPTS TO TURN ENGINE ON.
I WAS DRIVING AND THE CAR STARTED JERKING AND SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL. WHEN TURNING ON MY CAR TO LEAVE WORK THE CAR WOULD NOT CATCH A GEAR IT WOULD JUST GO FROM PARK TO NEUTRAL, IT HAS DONE THIS SEVERAL TIMES AND HAS LEFT ME STRANDED. THIS HAS OCCURRED 03/28/19, 08/08/19,08/10/19,08/11/19
WHILE DRIVING THE SCREEN WILL RANDOMLY GO COMPLETELY BLACK AND THEN START FLICKERING WHITE - MY DASH IS NOW DOING THE SAME, SIMULTANEOUSLY. HOWEVER, THE SCREEN LIGHTS (SPEED, MILES, MPG, ETC) STAY DIM TO WHERE I CAN'T EVEN READ WHAT IS SAYS. MY SPEEDOMETER AND GAUGES WILL GIVE OUT AND THEN PROCEED TO QUICKLY FLICKER UP AND DOWN. AFTER ABOUT 30 SECONDS OF THIS HAPPENING, THE WHOLE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM RESETS ITSELF. THIS HAS HAPPENED 5 TIMES WITHIN THE LAST TWO DAYS, WITHIN A MAXIMUM OF 4 TOTAL HOURS DRIVING TIME. WHEN STARTING MY CAR, IT HESITATES TO START - IT MAKES CLICKING NOISES PRIOR TO ACTUALLY STARTING. THE BATTERY IS FAIRLY NEW AS WELL. MY CENTER CONSOLE RANDOMLY STOPS WORKING, I HAVE ZERO CONTROL OVER THE RADIO / CLIMATE FUNCTION. EVEN AFTER DISCONNECTING THE BATTERY, THE PROBLEM RESUMES. THE UCONNECT DOESN'T WORK - NO PHONE SYSTEM, OR BLUETOOTH MUSIC. THE...
THERE'S AN ACTIVE RECALL ON MY 2013 DODGE DART AERO FOR THE SHIFTING CABLE BUSHING. I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AND MY TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON, I LOST THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE, MY CAR WASN'T REGISTERING IT WAS IN PARK SO I COULDN'T TURN IT OFF. I HAD IT TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP ON MAIN STREET IN NORRISTOWN, PA. MOPAR SAID THE PART WON'T BE SHIPPED TO DEALERS FOR THE RECALL UNTIL THE END OF AUGUST SO THEY WANT TO PUT ANOTHER FAULTY PART IN. THEY ARE TELLING ME I HAVE TO PAY FOR IT AND MOPAR SAYS THEY ARE NOT DOING AT REPAYMENTS. THEY HAVE ALSO REFUSED TO GIVE ME A LOANER CAR IN THE MEAN TIME. I DON'T FEEL AS A CONSUMER THAT I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS OR A RENTAL BECAUSE THIS IS A RECALL ISSUE. IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE THIS...
MY HUSBAND WAS PARKING MY CAR HE WENT TO PUT THE GEARSHIFT IN REVERSE AND IT WOULD NOT MOVE FROM DRIVE. THE CAR THEN WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO ANY OTHER GEARS WE HAD THE CAR TOWED. IT STARTS AND EVERYTHING BUT IT CANNOT BE SHIFTED INTO GEAR I SAW A RECALL SAYING THAT YOU GUYS RECALLED THE GEAR THING FOR THE TRANSMISSION IN MY CAR THE ONLY PROBLEM IS THE DEALERSHIPS ARE SAYING THEY DON'T HAVE THE PART I NEED MY CAR FIXED ASAP
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE DART. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE AT AN INTERSECTION YIELDING THE RIGHT OF WAY TO A PEDESTRIAN. THE VEHICLE BEHIND CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF THE CONTACTS VEHICLE. THE SEAT BELTS FOR THE DRIVER, FRONT PASSENGER AND REAR PASSENGER FAILED TO REMAIN LATCHED DURING THE CRASH. IN ADDITION, NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED AND THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE ENTIRE REAR SEAT ROW DETACHED CAUSING HER CHILD SEATED IN THE REAR TO COME IN CONTACT WITH THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE SEAT DURING THE CRASH. THE CONTACT AND HER 2 CHILDREN SUSTAINED WHIPLASH INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A COLLISION CENTER WHERE THE BUMPER WAS REPLACED BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT TO FOLLOW UP WITH...
WAS DRIVING MY 2013 DODGE DART, WHEN I WENT TO PARK THE SHIFTER WOULD MOVE BUT IT WAS NOT ACTUALLY CHANGING GEARS. I HAD TO TURN ON EMERGENCY BRAKE AND TURN ENGINE OFF I AM NOW UNABLE TO TAKE KEY OUT AND I HAD TO LET THE BATTERY DIE, THE VEHICLE IS NOW DISABLED IN FRONT OF A FRIENDS HOUSE AND I AM UNABLE TO MOVE IT.
I HAVE BEEN FINANCING THIS CAR SINCE 2013,AND SO FAR IT'S BEEN ON THE RECALL LIST TWICE, HOWEVER THIS TIME IT'S BEEN LABELED DAMAGED GOODS BY THE INSURANCE COMPANIES AND GEICO RECENTLY TERMINATED MY POLICY AS A RESULT OF THIS, AND NO OTHER INSURANCE COMPANY IS WILLING TO TAKE A RISK AND INSURE THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE, SO I'M STUCK PAYING FOR A CAR I CAN'T EVEN DRIVE,THE FCA SENT ME ANOTHER LETTER TELLING ME THAT THERE'S ANOTHER DEFECTIVE ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE AND AS SOON AS THE PART COMES INTO STOCK THEY'LL LET ME KNOW SO I CAN TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND HAVE THE ISSUE ADDRESSED,BUT BECAUSE MY INSURANCE COMPANY HAS TERMINATED MY POLICY I CAN'T EVEN DRIVER THE CAR THERE,AND I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE IN THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE ANYMORE BECAUSE IT HAS TOO MANY DEFECTS AND KEEP WINDING UP ON THE RECALL LIST, IT POSSIBLY...
MY SHIFT GEAR IS NOT MOVING AT ALL AND IT CAUSES ME NOT TO TURN MY CAR OFF OR ON. MY KEY IS STUCK IN THE IGNITION ALSO.
BRAKE BOOSTER FALIURE AT 117K MILES. WHEN I PRESS ON BREAK PEDAL, JUST A LOT OF AIR COMING FROM BRAKE PEDAL.
WHEN VEHICLE IS IN PARK, THE DASH SAYS IT'S NOT AND WON'T TURN OFF
DODGE DART 2013 -APRIL 2019 RECALL DODGE DART WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO PARK AND PAST NEUTRAL, AND THEN IT WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF NEUTRAL AND KEY COULD NOT BE REMOVED WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PARK AT A BUSINESS ON 06/30/2019 CAR WAS TOWED AND LEFT AT A FIRESTONE FOR REPAIRS WITH KEY STILL IN IGNITION AND DASHBOARD LIGHTS REMAINING ON IN THE VEHICLE OVERNIGHT DUE TO THE NEUTRAL GEAR.
RECALL MAY BE THE PROBLEM. CAR RAN JUST FINE UNTIL WE SHUT IT OFF WAITED 30 MINUTES TRYING TO TURN IT BACK ON AND MESSAGE DISPLAYED SERVICE TRANSMISSION NO CURE FOUND AUTOSTICK NOT RECOGNIZED. VEHICLE RAN FOR 400 MILES DROVE PERFECTLY FINE WE STOPPED FOR A BITE TO EAT FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES AND CAR WOULD NOT START AGAIN.
THIS CAR SHOULD BE A TOTAL RECALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
V34/NHTSA 19V-293 THIS RECALL HAS BEEN UP FOR A WHILE AND I'VE CALLED SEVERAL DODGE DEALERSHIPS TO GET THIS REPAIRED, THE ONLY ANSWER THEY GIVE ME IS TO GO ON MOPAR RECALLS AND TYPE IN MY EMAIL TO GET NOTIFICATION WHEN THE PART IS AVAILABLE. I RECEIVED A LETTER ON MAY 24, 2019 STATING THAT THERE IS A RECALL BUT THAT THERE WAS NO REMEDY AND BY MAY 31 THEY WILL CONTACT/MAIL US WITH A FOLLOW UP RECALL. IT IS JUNE 11,2019 AND THERE IS NO SIGN OF A REMEDY OR A SOLUTION. I DRIVE FROM RIVERSIDE TO LOS ANGELES EVERYDAY AND WITH THIS RECALL I'M PUTTING MY LIFE IN DANGER AND ALSO OTHERS LIVES IN DANGER.
'TEKATA RECALL' I WENT TO THE DODGE DEALER SHOP AND THEY STATED I HAVE A RECALL, AND THERE IS NO RESOLUTION AS OF RIGHT NOW AND THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO FIX RIGHT NOW. I HAVE EMAILS TO PROVE. I READ INTO THIS AND IT STATES COULD CAUSE ACCIDENTS. I HAVE A BABY ON THE WAY AND FEEL SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ASAP! MAY 24 IS WHEN I FOUND I HAD A RECALL
V34/NHTSA 19V-293 TRANSMISSION SHIFT CABLE BUSHING RECALL
I REVERSED VEHICLE OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY INTO THE STREET AND AS I WAS SHIFTING INTO 'DRIVE' THE VEHICLE WENT INTO NEUTRAL. SHIFTER MOVES AS NORMAL, VEHICLE REMAINS IN NEUTRAL. WITH THIS I AM UNABLE TO TURN VEHICLE OFF SINCE IT WILL NOT GO INTO 'PARK.' DEALERSHIPS VERY UNHELPFUL SAYING THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO AND THERE WILL BE A CHARGE FOR THEM TO EVEN LOOK AT THE VEHICLE. NEVER DOING BUSINESS WITH CHRYSLER EVER AGAIN. MY 2 YEAR OLD WAS ALSO IN THE VEHICLE, HAD TO PUT THE HAND BRAKES UP TO STOP CAR FROM MOVING.
MANUAL CAR STICK SHIFT CABLE CAME APART WAS NOT ABLE TO REVERSE
THE SHIFTER CABLE BUSHING ON THE TRANSMISSION END OF THE SHIFTER CABLE WHICH CAN DETERIORATE AND BECOME DETACHED FROM THE TRANSMISSION. THIS CONDITION CAN RESULT IN THE INABILITY OF THE DRIVER TO ACTUALLY SHIFT THE TRANSMISSION, EVEN THOUGH THE DRIVER MAY MOVE THE SHIFTER HANDLE.
THERE IS HEAT THAT CONSISTENTLY EMANATES INTO THE CAR FROM THE AREA WHERE THE WIRING HARNESS OR FUSE BOX WOULD BE. I'VE HAD IT LOOKED AT AND MECHANICS CONTINUE TO SAY THAT THE FUSE BOX IS FINE BUT THERE SEEMS TO BE AN ISSUE WITH THE HARNESS. THE PROBLEMS IS SO BAD THAT THE HEAT OVER TIME HAS LED TO BAD PAINT DAMAGE TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CAR. THE PAINT IS COMPLETELY DULL. THE DISCOLORATION IS BEYOND OBVIOUS AND NOTICEABLE. THE HEAT BEGINS TO BE A PROBLEM ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER TURNING IT ON.
MY CLUTCH HAS FALLEN TO THE FLOOR. CANNOT SHIFT. CANNOT CHECK FLUID LEVELS BECAUSE THERE IS NO ACCESS. APPARENTLY THERE IS A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE AND THIS ISSUE BUT MY VIN IS NOT INCLUDED, THEREFORE I AM UNABLE TO GET ANY HELP FIXING THIS. FIRST START UP IN THE MORNING. CLUTCH WAS FINE THE NIGHT BEFORE. CLUTCH IS LAYING AGAINST THE FLOOR, BASICALLY USELESS.
VEHICLE WILL ACT LIKE IT SHIFTS INTO NEUTRAL WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. THE CAR IS ALSO REVVING UP TO 3RPM ON ITS OWN WITH NO GAS PETAL BEING TOOTHED. THE STEERING COLUMN IS CLICKING AND MAKING A SCRUBBING SOUND. MECHANICS CAN NOT IDENTIFY A PROBLEM
TAMARA RECALL. I WAS DRIVING MY DART HOME FROM WORK THIS EVENING WHEN I NOTICED A POWER LOSS AND A BURNING SMELL. ONCE I PULLED CAR OVER I REALIZED IT WAS ON FIRE. FIRE STARTED JUST BY THE BATTERY. THE CAR IS A TOTAL LOSS.
DECK COMES OPEN WHEN AUTO IS IN MOTION OR SITTING IDLE. AS I WAS DRIVING THE DECK OPENED WIDE BLOCKING VIEW THROUGH REAR WINDOW. I CLOSED THE DECK AND DROVE HOME.THE . THE NEXT MORNING THE DECK HAD OPENED AGAIN.
TURBO/SUPER CHARGER UNDERBOOST
MY DAUGHTER JUST PURCHASED A 2013 DODGE DART 4 MONTHS AGO AND THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE HAS ALREADY BEEN FAILING. I KNOW SEVERAL OTHER 2013 DODGE DARTS HAVE HAD A RECALL FOR THIS AND UNFORTUNATELY MY DAUGHTERS CAR HAS NOT BUT IS HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. THEY WONT PAY FOR IT WITHOUT THE RECALL ON THAT VIN # . I THINK IF THERE IS A DEFECT ON THESE 2013 DARTS THEY ALL SHOULD BE RECALLED
VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE APPROVED FOR RECALL CONCERNING (MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH) WHICH IS THE WINDSHIELD WIPER CONTROLLER AS ITS COMMUNICATING CABLES ARE TOO FRAGILE TO WORK UNDER REGULAR TURNING SIGNAL USAGE AS CABLE WITHIN COMPONENT GETS PULLED BY IT'S OWN REGULAR MOTION AT USAGE. THIS CAUSES THE CABLES WITHIN THE SWITCH TO GET CUT AND BROKEN MAKING IT TO BREAK COMPLETELY. BECAUSE THE PART IS NOT BEING PRODUCED BY MOPAR THE PART IS NOT FOUND AS DODGE DEALERS MAKE YOU WAIT IN LINE NEXT TO 400 OTHER DODGE DRIVER OWNERS IN ORDER TO GET THE PART (WHEN THEY START PRODUCING THE PART) WHICH THERE HAS BEEN NO CONFIRMATION OF BEING PRODUCED BY MOPAR.
IT APPEARS THERE IS AN ALARMING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE WHEN I START THE CAR AT DEGREES LOWER THAN 40. THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT ISSUE BUT WHEN IT OCCURS I LOOSE POWER WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD RESULTING IN MY RPM'S TO JUMP HIGHER THAN NORMAL ACCOMPANIED BY VIBRATION AND RATALING COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD OR TIRE (ITS HARD TO TELL) . FROM MY RESEARCH, THE COLD START ISSUE WAS A RECALL FOR 2013 DODGE DART BUT IT IS NOT SHOWING FOR MY VIN. COULD SOMEONE PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME REGUARDING THIS COMPLAINT??
VEHICLE "BUCKING" BETWEEN 1500 AND 2000 RPM. PROBLEM MULTIPLE PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING. SEEMS TO BE EITHER CLOGGED FUEL FILTERS, FUEL PUMP, SPARK PLUGS, OR IGNITION COILS WITH THE LAST TWO BEING THE PRIMARY. CONTINUOUS ISSUE FOR OVER A YEAR. TOOK TO DODGE. SAID IT WAS FIXED, BUT PROBLEM CONTINUED. THEY WOULD NO LONGER LOOK INTO ISSUE BECAUSE VEHICLE HIT 100,000 MILES.
CAR WENT INTO NEUTRAL AUTOMATICALLY WHILE DRIVING , WARNINGS SIGNS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL SAID BLIND SPOT UNAVAILABLE , AUTO STICK UNAVAILABLE , GEAR NOT AVAILABLE THEN FOLLOW BY A SERVICE TRANSMISSION. COULDN'T GET THE CAR STARTED BACK WHEN I HAD TO WAIT 10 MINS , FINALLY GOT IT START BACK UP AS A RESULT HARD SIFTING OCCURRED.
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.
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...
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...
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
CAR ACCELERATES TO 7000 RPMS WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PULL OUT OF A STOP CAR DOESN'T MOVE. IT HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES AT DIFFERENT INTERSECTIONS ALMOST GOT HIT FROM BEHIND. DEALER CANT DUPLICATE ERROR MY FEAR IS AN ACCIDENT.
WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL NOT CUT OFF RAINING OR NO RAIN. WHEN YOU START THE VEHICLE THEY JUST RUN.
SHIFTING STICK IS STUCK, THE CAR APPEARS TO BE STUCK IN REVERSE BUT ACTUALLY IS STUCK IN NEUTRAL, THE KEY IS STUCK IN THE IGNITION AND CAR WON'T TURN ON. DAY PRIOR TO THIS CAR WAS PARK ALL DAY, LATER IN THE EVENING IT WAS DRIVEN FOR ABOUT 3-5 MILES AND PARKED WITHOUT AN ISSUE. NOTHING WAS OUT OF THE ORDINARY UNTIL THE NEXT DAY WHEN I TRIED TO DRIVE IT AGAIN.
THE CLUTCH CABLE BECAME DISCONNECTED JUST AS I WAS PULLING INTO A GAS STATION
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