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What 362 owners told NHTSA about the 2014 Dodge Dart

These are the actual owner complaints behind this car’s reliability verdict, filed with the federal government, unedited. They’re unverified reports, not confirmed defects: read them as leads for your pre-purchase inspection, not a diagnosis.

All (362)Crash / fire / injury (28)Transmission & drivetrain (125)Engine (103)Electrical system (74)Brakes (65)Steering (19)Speed control (18)Wheels (12)Fuel system (11)Suspension (11)Electronic Stability Control (esc) (10)

3 of 362 complaints match · Suspension · crash/fire/injury only · clear filters

Feb 1, 2021SuspensionBody & structureEngineCrash

SO WE WERE DRIVING THE ROADS WERE WET AND IT WAS SNOWING AS WE SWITCHED LANES WE LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR ON THE HIGHWAY SPUN ABOUT 10 TIMES AND HIT A CEMENT BARRIER AT ABOUT 40 MILES HIT THE FRONT OF THE CAR AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AT ALL .

NHTSA ODI 11390999

May 20, 2016SuspensionBody & structureCrash

AT LOW SPEED ~15 MPH , IN MY SUBDIVISION DURING A SNOWY EVENING I HIT AND OBJECT. NO TIRE DAMAGE, HOWEVER THE LOWER CONTROL ARM BROKE. AFTER COLLECTING THE BROKEN PART AND PRESENTING TO A MATERIAL EXPERT, THE ALUMINUM CASTING SHOWED TWO CASTING DEFECT AT THE BREAKAGE POINT. RAISING CONCERN OF SAFETY.

NHTSA ODI 10870047

Mar 3, 2016SteeringSuspensionBody & structureCrash

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A SIDE STREET ABOUT 15 MILES PER HOUR I HEARD A NOISE AND I SUDDENLY COULD NOT STEER, I WAS FORCED TO HIT A CURB AND THE WHEEL CAVED IN AND THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED. MY INSURANCE WILL NOT PAY FOR THE CONTROL ARM THAT BROKE STATING CHRYSLER SHOULD PAY FOR THE DEFECTIVE PART THAT CAUSED THE ACCIDENT, CHRYSLER WILL NOT PAY FOR THE PART EITHER. THIS WAS NOT MY FAULT AND I NEED HELP THE CAR WAS IN MOTION AS I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY SIDE STREET.

NHTSA ODI 10839772

Working with the data? Download all 362 complaints as CSV · fetched from NHTSA July 26, 2026

How to use these: a complaint is one owner’s report, filed voluntarily and published unverified. Patterns matter more than any single story. If several owners describe the same failure at similar mileage, put that system at the top of your pre-purchase inspection list. Back to the full 2014 Dodge Dart verdict →