What 510 owners told NHTSA about the 2015 Dodge Dart

I RECEIVED RECALL V34 NOTICE 5/25/19. IT SAYS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION LINKAGE. IT WARNS YOU ABOUT GETTING OUT OF THE CAR WHEN IT STILL IS IN DRIVE, BUT DOESN'T TELL YOU HOW TO TURN THE CAR OFF IF THE LINKAGE FAILS IN DRIVE OR REVERSE. THE NOTICE SAYS ENGAGE THE PARKING BRAKE, BUT YOU STILL CAN'T TURN THE ENGINE OFF. I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY TRIED AND COULDN'T FIGURE IT OUT. I CALLED THE CHRYSLER 1-800-853-1403 NUMBER AND THEY WERE NO HELP!!!!! THEY KEEP SAYING JUST TURN THE KEY OFF. I EXPLAINED IT WAS A PUSH BUTTON START AND THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF IT!!!!!! *DT *TR *DT *DT CONSUMER WAS TOLD PARTS WILL BE AVAILABLE NEXT MONTH.*JB

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CAR WILL NOT SHIFT WHEN PUT FOOT ON GAS PEDAL BUT WILL REV. DASH WILL DIM WHEN THIS HAPPENS AND BLUETOOTH WILL SHUT OFF ALSO. USUALLY HAPPENS WHEN AT A COMPLETE STOP WHILE IT IS IDLING AND WHILE GOING 30MPH OR LESS. ONLY HAPPENS WHILE IN THE CITY. NO PROBLEM WHILE ON HIGHWAYS. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND NO MESSAGES ON THE DASH EITHER. THIS PROBLEM HAS NO PATTERN AND WILL HAPPEN RANDOMLY. THIS 2015 DODGE DART HAS AROUND 52,000 MILES ON IT. JUST STARTED HAPPENING ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES SINCE. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS CAR THAT SOUNDS SIMALAR, BUT THAT RECALL MENTIONED NOTHING ABOUT THE DASH DIMMING WHEN THIS HAPPENS OR THE BLUETOOTH CUTTING OUT. THE CAR WILL VIOLENTLY JERK BACK AND FORTH WHEN THIS HAPPENS. ALSO IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN WHEN DRIVING STRAIGHT OR MAKING A TURN. AND THIS CAR HAS ONLY HAD IT HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING ON FLAT ROADS, NO HILLS. WITH NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS COMING ON WHEN THIS HAPPENS THERE ARE NO FAULT CODES EITHER. SO CAN'T DOCUMENT IT. WE LIVE IN MINNESOTA AND THIS HAS ONLY HAPPENED IN THIS STATE. MANUFACTURES RECALL NUMBER IS V34 AND NHTSA RECALL NUMBER IS 19V-293.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 DODGE DART. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY FAILED TO RELEASE FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH. ADDITIONALLY, THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE SHIFTED INTO PARK, THEN REVERSE, AND THEN INTO FIRST GEAR TO RELEASE THE KEY. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT CALLED GENGRAS CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (460 CONNECTICUT BLVD, EAST HARTFORD, CT 06108, (860) 289-0246) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO THE LOCAL DEALER FOR A TEMPORARY REMEDY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,000.

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SHIFTER CABLE CAME APART AGAIN THIS HAS BEEN OUR THIRD TIME DEALING WITH THIS SITUATION. I WAS IN THE PARKING LOT AND TRIED TO REVERSE BUT THE SHIFTER WOULDN'T MOVE TO REVERSE SO IT JUST STAYED ON PARK AND THE NEXT WAS WORSE MY CAR SCATCHED THE SIDE OF THE WALL DUE TO THE SHIFTER GOING BAD. I DON'T THINK I SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEP DEALING A SITUATION THAT THE MAKERS ALREADY KNOWS ABOUT..

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 DODGE DART. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE MADE AN ABNORMAL RUMBLING NOISE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR SHIFTER WAS STUCK IN SECOND GEAR AND HESITATED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V293000 (POWER TRAIN). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT CALLED OURISMAN CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (12430 AUTO DR, CLARKSVILLE, MD 21029) TO SCHEDULE A SERVICE APPOINTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 31,250. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

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NHTSA RECALL NUMBER 19V-293. THE SHIFTER CABLE BUSHING ON THE TRANSMISSION END OF THE SHIFTER CABLE WHICH CAN DETERIORATE AND BECOME DETACHED FROM THE TRANSMISSION. I HAVE CALLED THE DODGE DEALERSHIP AND TOLD THEM THAT MY WIFE WAS STUCK AND COULD NOT MOVE DO TO THIS RECALL. THE DEALERSHIP AND CHRYSLER HAVE SAID, THIS RECALL DOES NOT HAVE A FIX DATE I WAS TOLD BY CHRYSLER THAT OCTOBER WOULD BE THE DATE. MY WIFE IS IN FEAR FOR HERSELF AND OUR KIDS. DODGE HAS NOT OFFERED ANYTHING TO FIX THIS ISSUE. WE ARE TRAVELING IN 2 WEEKS AND NOW HAVE TO SPEND OUR VACATION MONEY TO RENT A RELIABLE CAR? THIS IS BY FAR THE WORST I HAVE EVER SEEN A COMPANY FIX AN ISSUE TO KEEP THEIR CUSTOMERS SAFE. THIS IS A LAWSUIT WAITING TO HAPPEN. IF YOU SEARCH ABOUT THIS ISSUE, THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE AND RECALL SINCE 2013? 6 YEARS CHRYSLER HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS AND YET REFUSE TO COMPENSATE THEIR CUSTOMERS WITH ANYTHING TO MAKE THIS RIGHT. THIS IS SICKENING TO ME. THE CAR WAS IN REVERSE AND CAME TO A STOP, SHE SHIFTED THE GEAR TO GO IN DRIVE AND NOTHING. THE GEAR SHIFTER WILL GO FORWARD AND BACKWARDS WITHOUT ENGAGING THE TRANSMISSION. AFTER FIGURING OUT ABOUT THE RECALL. WE HAD TO POP THE HOOD. PUT MY HAND BY THE ENGINE WHERE IT'S HOT, AND POP THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTER BACK ONTO THE TRANSMISSION PLATE. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. A THIRD DEGREE BURN WILL CAUSE A LAWSUIT.

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REAR E-BRAKE CALIBER FROZEN IN OPEN POSITION CAUSING E-BRAKE CABLE TO "POP" OFF OF DRIVERS REAR CALIPER. MY VEHICLE IS A MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND IS NO LONGER SAFE TO PARK ON HILLS.

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BUSHING RECALL

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2015 DODGE DART. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARD TO SHIFT CABLE RECALL AND RECEIVING REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIRS. *AS THE CONSUMER STATED THE REPAIR SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED UNDER RECALL. *JS

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I STARTED THE CAR MOVED THE SHIFTIER TO REVERSE TOOK FOOT OFF BRAKE STARTED TO REVERSE SLOWLY. THE CAR JUMPED FORWARD ON TO CURB AND GRASSY AREA DESTROYING UNDER BODY SHIELDS MAYBE BECAUSE OF RECALL 19V-293

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UPON DRIVING A FEW MONTHS AFTER GETTING THIS VEHICLE I NOTICED IT WAS BURNING OIL RATHER FLUENTLY. WHEN TURNING CORNERS WHILE DRIVING IT WOULD SHUT OF AND I'D HAVE TO WAIT ABOUT TEN MINUTES AND IT WITHHOLD TURN ON LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED. AFTER ADDING MORE OIL IT WOULD OPERATE A BIT BETTER. THEN THE THROTTLE SYSTEM KICKED OUT. I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND BEGAN TO LOSE SPEED. I PULLED OVER FOR SAFETY AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. AFTER RESTARTING IT I LEARNED THE THROTTLE BODY SYSTEM WAS BAD. I INITIALLY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS UNTIL AFTER RESEARCHING THE VEHICLE AND IT'S FUNCTIONS...I CANNOT GET SPEED GOING UP HILL AND CANNOT REACH DOES IF MORE THAN 40-45MPH.

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EVERT 2 MINUTES THE MEDIA CONSOLE TURNS BRIGHT WHITE, THEN SHUTS OFF, THEN REBOOTS. WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT THE LIGHT FROM THE CONSOLE IS BLINDING. EVEN IF YOU TURN OFF THE SCREEN, IT WILL REBOOT EVERY 2 MINUTES. IT DOES THIS ALL THE TIME, PARKED, OR DRIVING.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 DODGE DART. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE AND SHIFT INTO GEAR. ALSO, AN ABNORMAL GRINDING NOISE WAS HEARD AND THE CHECK ENGINE AND TPMS WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURES. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

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'SHIFT CABLE RECALL' THE SHIFT CABLE WENT OUT

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ISSUE WITH THE WIRING HARNESS THAT CONNECTS THE ENGINE COMPUTER. BURNS THROUGH ALTERNATORS AND BATTERIES

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2015 DODGE DART. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE CONTACT FELL ASLEEP AND STRUCK A CEMENT WALL OF A CULVERT. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AT THE SCENE; HOWEVER, THE CONTACT LATER WENT TO THE HOSPITAL FOR NECK AND HEAD PAIN. SHE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN IMPOUND LOT AND LATER RETRIEVED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000. *DT*JB *BF CONSUMER IS RECOVERING FROM CONCUSSION. 'PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).'*JB

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CAR HAS ISSUE SHIFTING BETWEEN NEUTRAL AND GEARS WHILE DRIVING. WHILE IN DRIVE AND ACCELERATION IS ADDED CAR STALLS AND WILL OCCASIONALLY BURN CLUTCH SHIFTING BETWEEN GEARS AS IF IN NEUTRAL. IF ANY ACCELERATION IS ADDED CAR WILL REV AS IF IN NEUTRAL. THIS HAPPENS AT ALL SPEEDS 20-30% OF THE TIME AND APPEARS TO BE GETTING WORSE. WHEN BRAKING TO A STOP THE CLUTCH BURNS 20-30% OF THE TIME WHEN DOWN SHIFTING AND FILLS CAB WITH SMOKE. AT COMPLETE STOP ENTERED DRIVE AND LET OFF OF BRAKE. ENGINE ACCELERATED TO 3K RPM'S THEN GRINDED GEARS TRYING TO AUTOMATICALLY SHIFT INTO THE APPROPRIATE GEAR. AFTER GRINDING ABRUPTLY GRABBED GEAR AND FUNCTIONED AGAIN. ACCELERATION FROM COMPLETE STOP, CAR STALLS BEFORE FINDING GEAR.

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MY CAR SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING AT ALMOST ANY SPEED; AT TIMES WHEN I HIT A HARD BUMP, OR MAKE HARD TURNS, AND EVEN WHEN IDLING AT TIMES AS WELL. RPMS SHOOT TO ZERO AND THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF LEAVING YOU ONLY ABLE TO STEER...I'VE HAD IT IN THE SHOP AT LEAST TWICE FOR THE ISSUE SINCE THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED AND EACH TIME WHATEVER IT IS SEEMS TO BE FIXED UNTIL A FEW WEEKS/MONTHS LATER WHEN IT ENDS UP HAPPENING AGAIN. THE LATEST TIME WAS 04/08/19 ON MY WAY TO WORK IN THE MORNING WHEN I WAS MERGING ONTO THE EXPRESSWAY; AT ABOUT 40MPH THE CAR STALLED AND THIS HAPPENED 3 MORE TIMES BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO WORK.

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I FIRST STARTED EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH MY CAR IN 2017 MY CAR WOULD OVERHEAT AND SHUT OFF ON ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. I TOOK IT INTO A DODGE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT WAS MY BATTERY AFTER THAT I HAD THEM CHANGE THE BATTERY. AFTER MAYBE A DAY I WENT TO WORK AND THE CAR SHUT OFF ON ME AGAIN. I THEN GOT AN OIL CHANGE AND THE CAR WORKED GOOD FOR A FEW MONTHS UNTIL I CAME UPON THE PROBLEM AGAIN THE CAR SHUT OFF ON ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. I ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WAS THE OIL BECAUSE WHEN IT HAPPENS I CHANGE MY OIL AND THE CAR IS FINE AFTER. I CHANGED MY OIL RECENTLY AND MY CAR IS STILL EXPERIENCING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS THE BATTERY LIGHT TURNS ON AND IT IS A HASSLE TO TURN THE CAR BACK ON. I HAVE READ A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ON PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE SAME CAR AS ME IT IS A BIG SAFETY HAZARD TO BE STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD I AM NOT SATISFIED WITH MY CAR ESPECIALLY SINCE I KEEP UP WITH THE VEHICLE MAINTENANCE AND IT ONLY HAS AROUND 40,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

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CLUTCH RATTLES AND VIBRATES. I ALREADY REPLACED IT AT MY COST SINCE REFUSED TO COVER TRANSMISSION CLUTCH IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. CAR HAS 51K MILES. REPLACED WERE THE CLUTCH, CLUTCH PRESSURE PLATE , SLAVE CYLINDER, THROW OUT BEARING, DETERIORATING MASTER CYLINDER TO THE SLAVE CYLINDER WAS EXCESSIVE FOR THE MILEAGE AND WEAR ON THE CAR.

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WHILE AT IDLE SPEED CAR REVS UP THEN DOWN AND REVS UP .. WHILE ACCELERATING CAR STALLS LIKE IT'S IN NEUTRAL. .I WAS ON STREET

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OVER THE PAST MONTH, BRAKING ACTION IS DECLINING. THEY HAVE BECOME STIFF AND MUST BE DEPRESSED QUITE HARD TO STOP. THE BRAKE PADS, UPON INSPECTION, ARE ALMOST BRAND NEW AND THERE IS NO GRINDING. SEVERAL MECHANICS HAVE SUGGESTED THE BRAKE BOOSTER AS A POSSIBLE ISSUE. UPON MY OWN RESEARCH, THIS APPEARS TO BE A VERY COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE. THOUSANDS OF 2013-2014 DODGE DARTS WERE RECALLED TO REPLACE THE BRAKE BOOSTER, ALTHOUGH THE 2015 HAS NOT. I'M VERY CONCERNED THAT EVENTUALLY, THE BRAKES WILL WORSEN OR FAIL AS HAS HAPPENED WITH MANY OTHERS WHO OWN THIS SAME VEHICLE, AS WRITTEN ON SEVERAL INTERNET FORUMS.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 DODGE DART. LESS THAN SIX MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE FROM VANN DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM (899 S DELSEA DR, VINELAND, NJ 08360, 856-794-9700), IT STALLED NUMEROUS TIMES WITHOUT WARNING. A PASSERBY AND AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE OIL RESERVOIR WAS COMPLETELY EMPTY. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY KEPT REFILLING THE OIL WITH NO SOLUTION OTHER THAN PROVIDING AN OIL CONSUMPTION TEST. IN ADDITION, THERE WAS A DRASTIC LOSS OF POWER AND SPEED DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY. THERE WAS NO MENTION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 15V542000 (POWER TRAIN) OR 16V113000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 DODGE DART. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE GEAR SHIFTER INDEPENDENTLY SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND ALL THE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO NISSANI BROTHERS (LOCATED AT 5750 MESMER AVE A, CULVER CITY, CA 90230, (310) 313-3400) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ALTERNATOR FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. IN ADDITION, WHILE DRIVING, ALL THE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED, FLICKERED, AND TURNED OFF ONE BY ONE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESING OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

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SEAT BELT DINGS AS IF YOUR BELT IS NOT LATCHED AND AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON.

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