2015 DODGE DART Complaints

CAR IS STALLING AND CUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING. GOT AN OIL CHANGE. CAR DOESN'T REACT TO PUSHING ON ACCELERATOR. RPM REV AFTER HESITATING WITH FOOT ON THE GAS. CAR IS SHAKING AND RUNNING REALLY HARD. I BELIEVE ITS THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE, WHICH IS COMMON IN DODGE DARTS. ITS BEEN RECALLED, BUT NOT ON MY MODEL. STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. HAD TO RESTART CAR 3 TIMES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 DODGE DART. WHILE DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS HARD AND FAILED TO DEPRESS. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE HAD TO BE ENGAGED TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. THE "EMERGENCY BRAKING SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE SERVICED" MESSAGE WAS DISPLAYED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FUCCILLO CHRYSLER JEEP (4589 STATE HIGHWAY 30, AMSTERDAM, NY 12010, (518) 843-3333) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE BOOSTER AND VACUUM PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IN ADDITION, OIL WAS LEAKING INTO THE BRAKE BOOSTER. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 57923582. NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

ENGINE SUDDENLY SHUT DOWN WHILE IN MOTION. LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. NO WARNING LIGHTS, NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED PROBABLE CAUSE WAS LOW OIL LEVEL DUE TO EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION (~ 1 QUART IN 1600 MILES). THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED EXTENSIVELY ON-LINE WITH THIS ENGINE (2.4 LITER TIGERSHARK).

THE BRAKE BOOSTER WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON A RURAL HIGHWAY MAKING IT VERY HARD TO STOP AND SLOW DOWN FOR CURVES IN THE ROAD. THE LIGHTS FLICKER IN THE CAB WHILE THE CAR IS IDLING. THE CAR DOESN'T SHIFT SMOOTHLY, SHIFTING IS DELAYED AT TIMES GOING FROM FIRST GEAR TO SECOND.

WHEN MY OIL IS LOW, THERE IS NO WARNING ON DASH, MY CAR JUST SHUTS OFF. WE HAVE TAKEN IT TO A FEW DEALERSHIPS IN SOUTH JERSEY AND THEY SAID THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE DODGE DARTS. IF MY HUSBAND WAS NOT A MECHANIC AND CHANGED OIL EARLY, I WOULD HAVE THIS ISSUE EVERY TIME!

BATTERY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED ABOUT EVERY 6 MONTHS DUE TO SOMETHING DRAINING THE BATTERY BUT NOTHING HAS BEEN FOUND. ELECTRICAL IS ALL MESSED UP, THE COMPUTER SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONS. WHEN CAR IS TURNED ON AT RANDOMLY THE AIR AND MUSIC WILL GO FULL BLAST AND IT CANNOT BE TURNED DOWN OR SHUT OFF. MECHANICALLY THE CAR IS RUNNING FINE BUT THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE MOVES UP AND DOWN WHILE DRIVING AND WHILE SITTING STILL DUE TO ELECTRICAL ISSUES. WHEN DRIVING ON NORMAL BACKROADS OR HIGHWAYS THERE IS A LOUD CLUNKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE AREA AND NOTHING HAS BEEN FOUND AS TO WHY IT MAKES THE NOISE.

I'VE REPLACED MY BATTERY TWICE SINCE PURCHASE IN MAY. SOMETHING IS DRAINING THE BATTERY AND I'VE EVEN EXPERIENCED DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND ALL MY DASH LIGHTS START BLINKING UNTIL THE CAR CUTS OFF AND I HAVE TO RESTART IT TO GET TO MY DESTINATION; AND THEN TAKE IT THE AUTO PARTS STORE TO HAVE THEM RECHARGE IT.

FINISHED DRIVING, PULLED INTO PARKING LOT AT MY APARTMENT AND TRIED PLACING CAR INTO PARK AND IT WOULD NOT GO, IT IS IN NEUTRAL OR IS DISPLAYING NEUTRAL AND KEY IS STUCK IN THE IGNITION AND THE GEAR SHIFT WILL NOT GO INTO ANY GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY WHEN THIS HAPPENED. I WAS JUST PARKING THE CAR.

ENGINE STALLS, HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES WHILE DRIVING IN PAST 2 MONTHS, VEHICLE MILEAGE 69,000. DEALERSHIP, POCOMO IN HAMPTON, VA. HAD VEHICLE FOR 5 DAYS AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE.

NO CHECK ENGINE OR WARNING LIGHT DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE IN 6TH GEAR CAR BLEW UP LOUD NOISE AND CAUGHT ON FIRE! ONLY 85,000 MILES WITH REGULAR SERVICES. LOST ALL POWER AND CLUTCH PEDAL DROPPED TO THE FLOOR AND COASTED TO SHOULDER WITH A LOT OF SMOKE COMING FROM ENGINE OPENED THE HOOD AND THERE WERE FLAMES WHERE TRANSMISSION FLUID GOES. I HAD NOTICED THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING A COUPLE DAYS PRIOR BUT IT WAS CHRISTMAS TIME SO THOUGHT I COULD HAVE IT LOOKED AT AFTERWARD.