What 510 owners told NHTSA about the 2015 Dodge Dart

The contact owns a 2015 Dodge Dart. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked, the brake pedal was depressed and the vehicle started rolling forward. The contact depressed the brake pedal more forcefully and shifted the gear shifter into park; however, the vehicle continued rolling forward. The contact then activated the parking brake, and the vehicle stopped. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic or the dealer. The contact stated that the failure was a persistent failure. During the most recent failure, the vehicle crashed into the gate at the residence before coming to a complete stop. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 25V674000 (Power Train); however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure, and a case was filed. The failure mileage was unknown.

NHTSA ODI 11732719

Vehicle was traveling northbound when green light turned red. Steady press of the brakes revealed the brake pedal had no travel. Pumped and held brake pedal to try to stop. Pedal gave way after vehicle entered the intersection causing collision with another motor vehicle. No warning lights or issues indicating the brakes may fail. The previous years of vehicle appear to have a recall specifically for hard brake pedal, but not the 2015.

NHTSA ODI 11678670

The contact owned a 2015 Dodge Dart. The contact stated while driving 65 MPH another vehicle merged into the lane the contact was traveling in, causing the contact to drive off the road. The vehicle was airborne and rolled several times. No air bags deploy. The vehicle had several damages and was towed. No other vehicle was involved. The contact had minor cuts and busies, but did not seek medical attention. A police report was filed. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 129,000. VIN was not available.

NHTSA ODI 11526059

The contact owned a 2015 Dodge Dart. The contact stated that while at a complete stop, she was rear-ended by a vehicle at approximately 45 MPH. White smoke emitted from the front driver-side air bag upon impact; however, the air bag failed to deploy. The contact, who was 16 weeks pregnant at the time of the accident, was transported to the hospital via an ambulance where she was treated for whiplash and a blackened right eye. She was later sent to a chiropractor for further examination due to ongoing neck and back pain suffered from the accident. The contact stated that all tests related to her pregnancy came back clear. The other driver was drunk at the time of the accident and was arrested, they did not suffer any injuries. A police report was filed. The vehicle was taken to a Ford dealer where they assessed for damages and deemed the vehicle a total loss. The contact also notified Brad Deery Motors(112 N 2nd St, Maquoketa, IA 52060) about the accident but they offered no assistance; she was referred by the dealer to the NHTSA. The manufacturer had yet to be notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 120,000.

NHTSA ODI 11486086

Car was stolen and crash:/ my insurance ain’t able to help me fix it and all air bags popped out since person that stole car crashed it !

NHTSA ODI 11483941

Unknown , I was driving down the road at 50 mph and my battery light came on then I lost my a/c my lights started flickering and I then lost power steering and brakes I had to use my emergency brake to slow down then all of my check engine and brake failure lights were flickering and my fuse box on top of my battery caught fire and was smoking and my car then shut off I could have crashed and or been hit and killed

NHTSA ODI 11474209

The contact owns a 2015 Dodge Dart. The contact stated that while his son was reversing the vehicle, the power steering warning light illuminated and the vehicle experienced a loss of power steering assist. The contact and his son then noticed that there were flames coming from underneath the vehicle. The contact and his son were able to extinguish the fire. No police report was filed. No medical attention was received. Upon inspection, the contact noticed that the fire started from the power steering pump. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, and the dealer informed the contact that the manufacturer would have an inspector come to inspect the vehicle. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired and remained at the dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and a case was opened. The failure mileage was approximately 140,000. The VIN was unavailable.

NHTSA ODI 11459706

Airbags did not deploy during a crash. At Fault driver came into my husbands lane and hit him causing severe front end damage. Insurance company has now totaled my vehicle, no warning lights on at all prior to crash. My husband now has whiplash from the accident.

NHTSA ODI 11457849

Car wrecked totaling car rollover crash no deployed airbags with wreck

NHTSA ODI 11433178

CAR CUT OFF WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGH WAY RESULTING IN A ACCIDENT

NHTSA ODI 11391119

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2015 DODGE DART. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND UNOCCUPIED, FIRE EMITTED FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN UNKNOWN LOCATION. THE CONTACT'S INSURANCE COMPANY INVESTIGATED AND STATED THAT THE FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED A CASE WAS OPENED AND A FIELD INSPECTOR WAS TO INSPECT THE TO DETERMINE THE FAILURE CAUSE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,420. *LN *JS

NHTSA ODI 11322208

HI ON NEW YEARS EVE MY BRAKES FAILED AND I HIT A DOG GOING 45 MPH THEN ON JAN 5 A 18 WHEELER CAME OVER ON ME AND I HIT MY BRAKES GOING 70 MPH ON INTERSTATE BUT NEVER SLOWED DOWN IT DID MAKE A MARK IN THE ROAD BUT NO.SOUNDS OR ANYTHING. I GOT OVER AS MUCH AS I COULD I HIT THE GUARDRAIL THEN SPUN IN TWO LANES AND HIT THE OTHER GUARDRAIL. NOT ONE AIRBAG CAME OUT. A FEW MONTHS BEFORE THAT MY BRAKE BOOSTER WENT OUT. ALSO I HAVE A RECALL ON MY TRANSMISSION BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE PART TO FIX IT SO IT COULD BE THROWED I TO NEUTRAL WITHOUT A NOTICE.. I HAVE PICTURES OF THE CAR THE ACCIDENT THE BRAKE BOOSTER AND A POLICE REPORT . THE CAR ONLY HAS ABOUT 80,000 MILES ON IT AND THE 2013 AND 2014 ALL HAVE BRAKE PROBLEMS AND ONLINE ALOT OF PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT 2015 BRAKES AND AIRBAGS. I FEEL THESE CARS SHOULD BE PULLED OFF THE MARKET I STILL OWE ALOT OF MONEY ON THIS CAR AND.FORKING OUT OVER ANOTHER $500 OR MORE TO FIX IT SO I CAN DRIVE IT.

NHTSA ODI 11309407

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 DODGE DART. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 35 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL DID NOT STOP THE VEHICLE AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO HIT A DOG. THE FAILURE RECURRED WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 70 MPH. THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED TO THE SIDE AND CRASHED INTO A GUARD RAIL. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WAS NO INJURY REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED AND WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE DEALER WAS NOT CALLED. HOWEVER, THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE CALLED AN UNKNOWN DEALER A WHILE BACK WHEN SHE EXPERIENCED A BRAKE ISSUE AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 70,000.

NHTSA ODI 11297936

I TURNED MY CAR OFF AND WALKED INTO WORK AND WHILE I WAS GONE AND MY CAR WAS OFF IT CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE BATTERY COMPARTMENT AND IS NOW TOTALED.

NHTSA ODI 11291142

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

NHTSA ODI 11204945

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

NHTSA ODI 11194888

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.

NHTSA ODI 11163385

DAUGHTER WAS REAR ENDED IN THE DODGE DART AT 50 MILES AN HR AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY

NHTSA ODI 11153444

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 DODGE DART EQUIPPED WITH DEXTERO TOURING DTR1 TIRES, SIZE: 225/45R17 91H (NA). WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT AND SHREDDED INTO PIECES. ALSO, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE LOST AIR PRESSURE. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A GUARD RAIL. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE DEALER WAS NOT CALLED. THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE TIRE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE TIRE FAILURES AND STATED THAT SOMEONE WOULD CALL THE CONTACT BACK. THE CONTACT WAS NOT CALLED BACK. THE FAILED TIRES WERE NOT THE ORIGINAL TIRES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE OF THE VEHICLE WAS 41,803 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE OF THE TIRES WAS APPROXIMATELY 1,000.

NHTSA ODI 11104277

I PARKED THE CAR WENT INTO A STORE. CAME OUT AND OPENED THE DOOR AND THE CAR WENT UP IN FLAMES. *DT PHOTOS ATTACHED UPDATED 11/02/18*JB

NHTSA ODI 11098142

WHEN I DRIVE AND BRAKE THE CAR CUTS OFF AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS AND ITS HARD TO START BACK UP IM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET

NHTSA ODI 11083910

I GOT INTO A CAR ACCIDENT IN THE CITY OF SIMI VALLEY, CA. BETWEEN FIRST ST. AND ARCANE ST. GOING HOME ON SUNDAY 2/25/2018 AND THE AIR BAG NEVER CAME OUT AND I ENDED IT P WITH A SWOLLEN LIPS AND NECK/BACK PAIN DUE TO THE IMPACT RECEIVED AT THE TIME OF ME HITTING THE STEERING WHEEL AS I DID NOT HAD ANY PROTECTION. AT THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED THE STOP LIGHT WAS RED AND THERE WAS AN SUV IN FROM OF ME AND MYSELF WAITING FOR THE STOP LIGHT TO TURN GREEN WHEN THE ONLY THING I FELT WAS THE IMPACT FULL SPEED FROM BEHIND THAT ME BEEN THE MIDDLE CAR END IT UP HITTING THE CAR IN FROM OF ME. I CANT EVEN IMAGINE THAT MY KIDS WHERE IN THERE. AS YOU NOTICE THE ENTIRE TRUNK WAS PUSHED INTO THE BACK SEATS. I HAVE ATTACHED THE PICTURES OF MY PERSON, THE CAR AND THE STEERING WHEEL.

NHTSA ODI 11075221

HEN THE CAR WAS 10 DAYS OLD I GOT HIT ON THE DRIVER SIDE AND IT WAS BAD BUSTED MY FACE UP . THE AIRBAG NEVER DEPLOIED A TREE FAILON THE FRONT OF THE CAR AND THE AIRBAGS NERER DEPLOIRD. THEN I RAN IN A TREE TO KEEP FROM HITTING A TREE ANDAIRBAGS STILL DIDNT DEPLOY. CAN YOU TELL ME WHY THEY HAVENT DEPLOY . THE FIRST ACCEDENT WAS BAD TOOK THEM 3 OR FOR MONTHS TO FIX IT. WHY ISTHIS CAR STILL ON THE ROAD?

NHTSA ODI 11072030

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE EXPRESSWAY WITH MY WIFE, I SEEN SPARKS IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR. UPON PULLING OVER AND CHECKING THE TIRES(FIGURED A TIRE BLEW OUT AND WE WERE RIDING ON A RIM) I NOTICED A GLOWING COMING FROM UNDER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. BY THE TIME I GOT MY WIFE AND OUR DOG OUT OF THE CAR SMOKE WAS COMING INTO THE CAR. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED EMERGENCY BY THE TIME I GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH THE DISPATCHER THE CAR WAS FULLY ENGULFED. CHRYSLER DID AN "INVESTIGATION AND TOOK NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FIRE. I'VE SEEN NUMEROUS OTHERS WITH THE SAME RESULT AS OUR CAR.

NHTSA ODI 11046353

TAKATA RECALL WHILE DIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH I WAS TAKING A LEFT TURN INTO MY NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN CAUSING ME TO STRIKE MY DRIVERS SIDE FRONT WHEEL ON THE CURB DISABLING MY VEHICLE. THE MOTOR STILL CONTINUED TO REV AT A HIGH RPM FOR 10-15 SECONDS AFTER IMPACT WITHOUT THE ACCELERATOR BEING TOUCHED.

NHTSA ODI 11032174