2015 DODGE DART Complaints

I'VE HAD MY VEHICLE FOR BARELY 4 YEARS AND I'VE HAD TO TAKE IT IN FOR THE BRAKES TO BE FIXED TWICE. THE BRAKES SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING AND BECAME ROCK SOLID WHEN WHEN I TRIED BRAKING ON THE HIGHWAY. LUCKILY I SWERVE AND USED MY EMERGENCY BRAKES. OTHER TIMES, IT WORKED BUT I WOULD HAVE TO PRESS IT ALL THE WAY DOWN AND ONCE IT REACHES A CERTAIN POINT IT HAS A KICK BACK TO IT AND THE CAR DOESN'T STOP SMOOTHLY INSTEAD IT JERKS ABOUT TWICE BEFORE STOPPING. ON THE SECOND INSTANCE, IT HAD A HISSING SOUND COMING FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL AREA. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED, THE BRAKE BOOSTER WAS REPLACED WITH AN OEM. SECOND TIME IT HAPPEND (A YR LATER), THE BRAKE BOOSTER,VACUUM HOSE, AND VACUUM PUMP WERE ALL REPLACED BUT IT KEPT HAPPENING. $1,200 IN ON THIS SECOND REPAIRS AND I AM STILL WAITING TO GET THIS FIXED. A FEW DODGE DEALERS HAVE CONFIRMED THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THE DODGE SEDANS IN FACT THE PREVIOUS YEARS(2013 AND 2014) MODELS WERE ALL RECALLED FOR THIS SAME ISSUE BUT THE 2015 WAS NOT RECALLED DESPITE IT HAVING THE SAME ISSUE.

WHILE DRIVING THE DODGE DART 2015, GOING DOWNHILL AT ABOUT ~40MPH, I WAS BRAKING TO DECREASE SPEED THEN THE BRAKE PEDAL LOST PRESSURE AND WAS UNABLE TO USE THE BRAKES IN ORDER TO SLOW DOWN. DUE TO BEING A MANUAL CAR I WAS ABLE TO DOWNSHIFT TO SLOW DOWN AND PULL OVER AND AVOIDED A DANGEROUS ACCIDENT. AFTER GETTING IT TOWED AND SERVICED AT A REPAIR CENTER THEY ROOT CAUSED THE ISSUE TO A BROKEN VALVE THAT CAUSED A FAILURE IN THE HYDRAULICS SYSTEM. ATTACHED DOCUMENTS SHOW REPORT OF VALVE MALFUNCTIONING CAUSING FAILURE IN VACCUM SYSTEM.VALVE FAILURE CAUSED BRAKE BOOSTER TO BE FILLED WITH OIL CAUSING THAT COMPONENT TO FAIL AS WELL.

I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING PRETTY MUCH EVERY RECALL THAT IS ON THE LIST NUMBER ONE IT STARTED WITH MY CAR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON. AND THE CODES THAT KEPT ON COMING UP OR FOR THE PLUGS AND COILS. I WOULD REPLACE THEM AND THEY WOULD JUST GO BAD AGAIN IN LIKE A WEEK IT IS CAUSING MY CAR TO DO WHAT SEEMS LIKE IT'S MISFIRING. MY TIRE LIGHT IS STUCK ON WHEN THE TIRES ARE FINE. THE SPEED CONTROL STOPS WORKING ON AND OFF. WHEN I STEER THERE'S A LOUD CLICKING NOISE. WHENEVER I TRY TO SHIFT HERE LATELY SOMETIMES IT WON'T GO INTO GEAR. WHEN I TURN ON THE AC IT WILL CAUSE THE CAR TO MISFIRE AND THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE IT STOP IS TO TURN OFF THE AC AND RESTART THE CAR SOMETIMES THREE TO FOUR TIMES BEFORE IT STOPS MESSING UP.TODAY THE SCARIEST THING OF ALL HAPPENED I WAS PULLING OUT OF BRONZE AND WHITE SMOKE BILLOWED OUT OF THE CAR TAILPIPES I'M NOT SURE WHY. THE CAR IS ALSO SPORADICALLY NOT GOING IN GEAR WHEN I AM ON THE HIGHWAY MAKING ME WORRY THAT ME AND MY FIVE KIDS ARE IN DANGER DUE TO SOMEONE RAIKKONEN TO ME BECAUSE MY CAR WILL NOT GO UP TO SPEED AND WILL NOT SHIFT INTO THE RIGHT GEAR AND MISFIRES AND WILL NOT GO OVER LIKE 30 MILES PER HOUR AND PUTZ. I REPLACE PARTS AND IT SEEMS TO WORK WELL FOR A WEEK OR TWO BUT MY CAR IS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST THEY SAY THAT EVERY SINGLE THING THAT IS ON THE RECALL LIST IS HAPPENING TO MY CAR. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT ALL OF THIS I HONESTLY YOU JUST THINK THAT DART NEEDS TO TAKE THE CAR BACK.. LIKE RECALL IT COMPLETELY. THIS CAR HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT TROUBLE AFTER THE FIRST YEAR OF DRIVING IT. *TR

ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS TWO WEEKS APART MY CAR LOST COMPLETE POWER. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF A RESTAURANT I COULD NOT GET THE CAR TO START AND THE SECOND TIME IT WAS AFTER MIDNIGHT I WAS LEAVING WORK AND I TURNED INTO A MAJOR HIGHWAY(THANK GOD THERE WASN'T AND BIG TRUCKS COMING)CAUSE AS SOON AS I TURNED ONTO THIS HIGHWAY MY CAR LOST ALL POWER AND WOULD NOT START.I WORK ON A HIGHWAY WHERE THERE ARE ABOUT EIGHT DIFFERENT TRUCK STOPS WHO ALL SERVICE AND PROVIDE FUEL FOR EIGHTEEN WHEELERS I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. *TR

BOUGHT A USED VEHICLE FOR MY DAUGHTER. DEALERSHIP PUT NEW TIRES ON THE VEHICLE. OWED IT LESS THAN 10 DAYS AND THERE'S A BULGE ON SIDEWALL OF KUHMO SOLUS 225/40R18. NOTICED WHEN FILLING GAS INTO VEHICLE. ATTEMPTING TO CONTACT TIRE COMPANY REGARDING RECALLS. NO POTHOLES HAVE BEEN HIT. ONLY 681 MILES ON TIRES. *TR

SEVERAL DIFFERENT INCIDENTS, IN MOTION, ON HIGHWAY, ENGINE STALLED, NEARLY REAR ENDED BY TRACTOR TRAILER. ON CITY STREET, STOPPED AT RED LIGHT, LIGHT TURNS GREEN, ENTERED INTERSECTION, ENGINE STALLED, VEHICLE BEHIND ME HAD TO SWERVE TO AVOID HITTING ME, 3 PASSENGERS, 2 CHILDREN. SEVERAL TIMES SAME ISSUE, ENGINE ALWAYS STALLS WITHOUT WARNING. *TR

THE RECALL FOR THE GEAR SHIFT HAS BEEN WORKED ON BY A DODGE SERVICE DEALER AND I'M STILL HAVING ISSUES IF THE GEAR STICKING INTERMITTENTLY WHERE I CAN'T SWITCH FROM DRIVE TO PARK AND I GET STRANDED IN THE HIGHWAY. I AM A SINGLE MOM WITH A 5 MONTH OLD AND I AM AFRAID FOR US. I HAVE TAKEN BACK TO SERVICE FOR A RECHECK AND THEY SAY EVERYTHING IS FINE. IT'S NOT FINE! THIS HAPPENS. *TR

MASTER CLUTCH CYLINDER / CLUTCH / CVC DELETE VALVE COMPLETE FAILURE, CAUSING VEHICLE WHILE IN OPERATION TO GET STUCK INTO GEAR AND CLUTCH TO DROP TO FLOOR. PREMATURE CLUTCH FAIL DUE TO THE CVC DELETE VALVE AND PLASTIC MATERIAL USED IN MASTER CYLINDER, THE CVC DELETE VALVE IMPACTS HYDRAULIC PRESSURE OF CLUTCH CAUSING A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE WHILE OPERATING VEHICLE AND DRIVER BECOMES STRANDED. THE CLUTCH, DUE TO THE MANUFACTURING OF THE PLASTIC FITTING DISENGAGES MAKING SHIFTING NOT POSSIBLE FOR DRIVER.

2015 DODGE DART (CLUTCH MASTER CYLINDER) / (CLUTCH CABLE) PREMATURELY FAILED IN WHEREFORE THE HYDRAULIC CLUTCH SYSTEM IS DEFECTIVE THE 'CLUTCH PEDAL LOSES PRESSURE, STICKS TO THE FLOOR, AND FAILS TO ENGAGE/DISENGAGE GEARS." WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON MAY 22ND, 2020 THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ENGAGE IN CLUTCH SHIFTING AND WAS A RESULT OF POTENTIAL COLLISION IN OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE. THEREFORE, RESULT THE DODGE DART WILL STALL, FAIL TO ACCELERATE AND SUFFER FROM PREMATURE FAILURE OF THE CLUTCH COMPONENTS, INCLUDING THE "CLUTCH MASTER CYLINDER AND RESERVOIR HOSE, CLUTCH SLAVE CYLINDER, RELEASE BEARING, CLUTCH DISC, PRESSURE PLATE AND FLYWHEEL.' *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 DODGE DART. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER RELEASE THE CLUTCH PEDAL FAILED TO RETURN TO THE NORMAL POSITION. THE CLUTCH PEDAL CEASED IN THE DEPRESSED POSITION. THE CONTACT PLACED HIS FOOT UNDERNEATH THE PEDAL AND RAISED THE CLUTCH BACK TO ITS NORMAL POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LAFONTAINE CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM OF SALINE PARTS STORE (900 W MICHIGAN AVE, SALINE, MI 48176, 734-460-8348) TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE CLUTCH BEARING PLANT AND SLAY CYLINDER WERE DEFECTIVE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE MANUFACTURER X62 EXTENDED WARRANTY CAMPAIGN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT THE CLUTCH BEARING WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE X62 WARRANTY EXTENSION. ADDITIONALLY, SINCE THE SLAY CYLINDER WAS NOT FRACTURED, THE REPAIR WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,000.*DT*JB