DODGE Complaints

MY DODGE DART HAS BEEN HAVING ISSUES FOR A COUPLE WEEKS. IT WILL START JERKING LIKE YOU'RE DRIVING A STANDARD AND DON'T KNOW HOW TO DRIVE IT. THE ABS LIGHT, TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND A COUPLE OTHER LIGHTS WILL ALL COME ON. WHEN IT DOES THIS THERE ARE TIMES THAT YOU CAN PRESS THE HAD PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND IT DOES NOTHING. THEN THE CAR STARTED SAYING TO CHECK THE TRANSMISSION AND WHEN YOU SHIFTED INTO CERTAIN GEARS IT WOULD SAY THE GEAR WAS UNAVAILABLE AND YOU NEED TO SHIFT TO DRIVE OR REVERSE. AFTER TROUBLESHOOTING I FOUND THAT MY FUSE BOX, NEXT TO MY BATTERY, LOOKS LIKE SEVERAL OF THE FUSES HAVE CAUGHT ON FIRE. I DON'T KNOW HOW THE CAR HASN'T GONE UP IN FLAMES. AREN'T FUSES SUPPOSED TO BREAK WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS HASTENS

WATER LEAKED INTO THE REAR "RACE TRACK" LIGHT ASSEMBLY THAT IS ON THE REAR LIFT DOOR. A SECTION OF THE LIGHTING NO LONGER WORKS. NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. BELIEVE IT HAS BEEN LEAKING IN SLOWLY OVER TIME.

2012 RAM1500 - 74,250 MILES. STARTED ON 3/5 - GOT OFF THE HIGHWAY TO GAS UP. FILLED IT AND THEN CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. BELIEVED IT TO BE "GAS CAP" ISSUE, SINCE I JUST GASSED UP. BROUGHT IT TO A AUTO PARTS STORE FOR A QUICK CHECK. P303. ENGINE MISFIRE CYLINDER 3. INITIALLY REPLACED IGNITION COIL, THEN SPARK PLUGS, NO CHANGE IN ISSUE. EACH TIME THE LIGHT CAME ON, I WAS DRIVING ABOVE 50 MPH. TAKEN IT AGAIN TO TWO AUTO PARTS STORES, AND EACH GAVE THE SAME ERROR CODE OF P303. TAKEN IT CAR REPAIR CENTER, THEY DIAGNOSED, ENGINE MISFIRE TOO, BUT ALSO SEEN IN OTHER CYLINDERS. REPLACED ALL IGNITION COILS AND ALL SPARK PLUGS, SAME ISSUE. CLEANED FUEL SYSTEM 2X BELIEVING IT WAS CARBON BUILD UP, STILL CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, SAME ERROR CODE. ADVISED BY SHOP TO CONTACT RAM TRUCKS, NOT THE DEALER TO ASK FOR ASSISTANCE, THEY, THE SHOP, INDICATED THAT THE ISSUE THEY SEE, IS THE CAMS AND LIFTER NOT WORKING, AND IT IS A "KNOWN" ISSUE. CONTACTED RAM TRUCKS, THEY OPENED A CASE AND DIRECTED ME TO TAKE TO A DEALERSHIP TO GET IT DIAGNOSED AS THE FIRST STEP. IN TALKING WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER, HE SAID, THE ENGINE IS MISFIRING AT "IDLE" NOT AT HIGHER SPEEDS. THEY ARE GOING TO WORK ON AN ESTIMATE FOR TWO POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS, ONE BEING THE CAMS/LIFTERS AND THE OTHER WAS SOMETHING ELSE, MY FAULT FOR NOT GETTING THAT OTHER, BUT BELIEVING IT IS THE CAM/LIFTER ISSUE. AT THIS TIME WAITING ON DETERMINATION. BUT UNSURE WHAT HELP, IF ANY, WILL BE OFFERED FOR THIS ISSUE. RESEARCH ON THIS SITE AND OTHERS INDICATE QUITE A LOT OF PROBLEM WITH "TICKING" OR CAMS/LIFTERS.

WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY INTERSTATE HIGHWAY RECENTALLY AND PULLING A CAR TRAILER, I WAS RETURNING HOME FROM A VACATION WHEN THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR (TPS) FAILED. THIS RESULTS IN A "DEAD PEDAL" SITUATION, WHERE THE ENGINE FALLS TO IDLE, AND THERE IS NO 'DRIVE' TO THE WHEELS. THIS SITUATION IS VERY SERIOUS AS SOMETIMES THERE IS NO WHERE TO PULL OFF THE INTERSTATE, DUE TO TRAFFIC LANE NARROWING. MY PERSONAL SITUATION WAS THAT I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. TO RE-SET THE TPS, YOU MUST STOP, PUT IN PARK, TURN THE IGNITION OFF, WAIT APPROX. 10-15 SECONDS, AND THEN RE-START. IT SHOULD RE-SET AND YOU CAN DRIVE AWAY, ALTHOUGH A 'CHECK ENGINE' LIGHT APPEARS. IN MY CASE, THE TPS FAILED A SECOND TIME, A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY, AND I HAD TO REPEAT THE STEPS. THE SECOND TIME IT "WORKED" AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME. THIS FAILURE OF THE TPS HAD A PROFOUND EFFECT ON ME PERSONALLY. THERE IS NO WARNING THAT THIS IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN. WHEN IT DOES HAPPEN, YOU HAVE NO THROTTLE INPUT AND YOU MUST GET OFF THE ROAD. ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT DURING THOSE MOMENTS OF PANIC, WAS BEING SMASHED INTO FROM THE REAR! I AM AWARE THIS IS AN ISSUE WITH MY TYPE OF VEHICLE AS I HAVE DONE SOME FOLLOW UP RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET FOLLOWING MY INCIDENT. I WANT TO INFORM YOU, THAT I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE NEW IN 2004. THIS VEHICLE IS IMMACULATE, AND ALL MAINTENANCE IS PERFORMED AT THE LOCAL DEALER. IN CAR GUYS TERMS, THIS VEHICLE WOULD BE CONSIDERED A "GARAGE QUEEN" AND THERE WOULD BE NO CONTRIBUTING FACTORS SUCH AS LACK OF MAINTAINCE, DIRT, ROAD GRIME, OR ABUSE. I AM CONVINCED THIS SITUATION WILL LEAD TO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT, IF NOT TO ME, THEN TO SOMEONE ELSE, AND I WANT TO INFORM YOU OF THIS POTENTIAL SERIOUS ISSUE. I HAVE SPOKEN TO THE DEALER/MECHANIC AND THE SOLUTION IS A TPS REPLACEMENT, BUT IN MY OPINION, THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN IN THE FIRST PLACE.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE A MESSAGE CAME UP ON THE CLUSTER "START/STOP SYSTEM DISABLED. SERVICE START/STOP SYSTEM". SHORTLY AFTER THERE WAS ANOTHER MESSAGE "LOW BATTERY MODE. SOME SYSTEMS FUNCTION REDUCED". I LOOKED AT THE SYSTEM HEALTH STATUS AND THE BATTERY VOLTAGE WAS AT 11.2 VOLTS. WHILE DRIVING THE VOLTAGE CONTINUED TO DROP. I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY ASKED ME TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN TO CHECK DIAGNOSTICS. WHILE DRIVING TO THE DEALER THE VOLTAGE CONTINUED TO DROP AND THE RADIO TURNED OFF AND WOULD NOT TURN BACK ON. WHEN I ARRIVED AT THE DEALERSHIP THE VOLTAGE WAS AT ~10.1 VOLTS. WHEN I PULLED THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE BAY THE SERVICE WRITER CAME OVER AND WE AGREED TO NOT SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE AS WE WEREN'T SURE WHETHER IT WOULD RESTART GIVEN THE BATTERY VOLTAGE. AS THE VEHICLE IDLED IN THE SERVICE BAY THE VOLTAGE CONTINUED TO DROP AND THE VOLTAGE WAS JUST OVER 9 VOLTS WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING AND WAS IN PARK. PARKING BRAKE WAS NOT ENGAGED. A DEALERSHIP EMPLOYEE GOT INTO THE VEHICLE AND WAS GOING TO MOVE IT BUT THE SERVICE WRITER ASKED HIM TO LEAVE IT WHERE IT WAS UNTIL THEY DETERMINED WHICH TECHNICIAN IT WOULD BE ASSIGNED TO. THE DEALERSHIP EMPLOYEE TOLD ME THAT HE DID NOT MOVE THE VEHICLE AND DID NOT TAKE IT OUT OF PARK. I WENT INTO THE WAITING ROOM INSIDE THE DEALERSHIP AND A FEW MINUTES LATER THE SERVICE MANAGER CAME OUT TO TELL ME THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH MY VEHICLE AND THAT IT DROVE INTO A WALL IN THE SERVICE BAY WITH NO ONE IN THE VEHICLE. WHEN I WENT OUT INTO THE BAY THE RH FRONT WHEEL HAD CLIMBED A CURB AND THE VEHICLE HAD HIT A WALL. FCA SPECIAL INVESTIGATION TEAM REVIEWED VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS NO MECHANICAL ISSUE WHICH WOULD CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO MOVE ON ITS OWN. NO EXPLANATION WAS FOUND FOR LOW VOLTAGE CONDITION. DEALERSHIP HAS VIDEO OF INCIDENT.

APPROX., DECEMBER 2017 (DONT REMEMBER EXACT DATE) MY TIRE SENSOR GAUGE KEPT COMING ON BUT THE TIRE IT INDICATED THAT HAD LOW AIR WAS NOT THE CORRECT TIRE. NOW FOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS IT IS ON EVERYTIME I START AND DRIVE MY CAR AND SHOWS THAT THE TWO PASSENGER TIRES ARE LOW (FRONT 24 PSI AND BACK 0 PSI) BUT NEITHER TIRE IS FLAT OR LOW ON AIR, IN FACT NONE OF MY TIRES ARE LOW BUT I CANNOT TRUST WHAT TIRE THE GAUGE TELLS ME BECAUSE IT HAS NEVER BEEN ACCURATE SINCE IT BEGAN COMING ON AT THE END OF 2017. IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THEM OR IS THERE A WAY TO FIX IT SO IT CALCULATES THE CORRECT TIRES?

MY PASSENGER AIRBAG DASH LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND I HAVE SEEN RECALLS ONLINE BUT WHEN I PUT IN MY VIN IT SAYS THERE IS NO RECALL. I PURCHASED THE CAR IN FEBRUARY 2015 BUT THE LIGHT CAME ON IN 2017 AND MY MECHANIC SAID THERE WAS A RECALL BUT WHEN I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP THEY SAID THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL. I HAVE BEEN CHECKING FOR A RECALL SPECIFICALLY FOR MY CAR BUT I STILL HAVE NOT SEEN IT, EVEN THOUGH THE YEAR AND MODEL OF MY CAR HAS HAD A RECALL AND I AM CURIOUS AS TO WHY.

FAILURE OF VALVE LIFTERS AND CAMSHAFT. QUESTIONABLE DESIGN REDUCES OIL FLOWDURING MDS ACTIVATION. MANY CASES OF THIS FAILURE.

THE LAST RECALL THAT WAS PERFORMED WAS THE P54 FUEL RELAY. I BELIEVE THE PROBLEM IS SOMEWHERE IN THE ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THE REASON I SUSPECT THIS IS BECAUSE THE VEHICLE HAS LOTS OF INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE ALARM GOES OFF RANDOMLY FOR NO REASON SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, POWER LOCKS OPEN ON THEIR OWN, VEHICLE HAS DIFFICULTY STARTING AT TIMES AND THEN STARTS RIGHT UP MOST OF THE TIME, AND ALL WITHOUT A WARNING OR ERROR CODE ON THE DASHBOARD. THE MOST RECENT PROBLEM ALMOST KILLED ME AND MY FAMILY THIS MORNING AS THE VEHICLE TURNED OFF WHILE DRIVING AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT, AGAIN NO ERROR CODES OR WARNINGS. AN INVESTIGATION SHOULD BE OPENED BECAUSE THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS THE VEHICLE CAN TURN OFF AT ANY MOMENT AND WITHOUT WARNING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE JOURNEY. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE, BUT IT FAILED TO START. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO CLASSIC CADILLAC (8470 TYLER BLVD, MENTOR, OH 44060) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BATTERY WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO AN UNKNOWN DODGE DEALER, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.