2012 Dodge Dart

CAR SHUTS DOWN WHILE DRIVING - BATTERY LIGHT FLASHES AND I AM UNABLE TO ACCEL. NO POWER WHAT-SO-EVER. THIS HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES TWICE AT 45 MPH AND TWICE AT 70 MPH. BATTERY HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE. * CAR STEREO/SCREEN POWERS DOWN WHILE DRIVING AND RESETS * ALL LIGHTS IN CAR GO OUT FOR A SHORT TIME AND COME BACK ON * RUSHING WATER SOUND WHILE ACCEL. * CAR GETS UP TO 4,000RPM'S TO GO FROM ZERO TO 30MPH * ISSUE WITH BREAK DELAYS * KNOCKING SOUND FROM FRONT RIGHT SIDE OF CAR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE DART. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE, IT FAILED TO START AND THE TRANSMISSION SERVICE AND ENGINE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. IN ADDITION, WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE MADE AN ENGINE START NOISE AND THEN ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO SLOW DOWN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BATTERY AND THE TRANSMISSION CABLE FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT ONCE THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE, THEY WOULD DETERMINE IF THE VEHICLE WAS COVERED BY THE WARRANTY. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000.

THERE ARE TWO ISSUES THAT I HAVE RETURNED MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS MULTIPLE TIMES AND PAID SIGNIFICANTLY FOR THE NON-REPAIR. THE FIRST IS THE CENTERSTACK DISPLAY. THE DISPLAY WILL INTERMITTENTLY GO BLANK TYPICALLY FOLLOWING A LEFT HAND TURN. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN TWICE FOR THIS CONDITION AND STILL DISPLAYS THE FAILURE. THE SECOND IS THE TRANSMISSION. BASED ON A FCA RECALL, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR A TRANSMISSION REFLASH! AT THAT POINT THERE HAD NEVER BEEN AN ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSION WHILE DRIVING. SINCE THAT EVENT HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE HAS NEVER PERFORMED AS EXPECTED. THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE DEALERSHIP ONLY TO LEARN THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION MODULE SO THAT WAS REPLACED. UNFORTUNATELY, THE PROBLEM IS NOW WORSE. THE VEHICLE SHIFTS SO ROUGH, THAT IT FEELS LIKE THE VEHICLE COULD STOP AT ANYTIME. THIS IS VERY CONCERNING BECAUSE I AM NOT COMFORTABLE THAT I CAN ACCELERATE INTO TRAFFIC WHICH COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE DART. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILED AND BLACKED OUT. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED AND REPLACED THE PANEL. THE FAILURE RECURRED AND WAS NOT REMEDIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 37,000.

MY CAR HAS STALLED WHILE I AM DRIVING ON PUBLIC ROADS. AFTER TAKING IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY SAID THERE IS NOTHING THAT THEY COULD DO. IT HAS NOW HAPPENED 4 TIMES. THE FIRST TIME I WAS PULLING OUT OF MY HIGH SCHOOL PARKING LOT GOING ABOUT 10-15 MPH. THE SECOND TIME WAS PULLING OUT OF THE DEALERSHIP SERVICING DEPARTMENT GOING ABOUT 35 MPH. THE THIRD TIME WAS IN MY DRIVEWAY WHILE GOING ABOUT 5 MPH. THE LAST TIME WAS ON A STRAIGHT AWAY GOING ABOUT 45 MPH THE STEERING AND BRAKES LOCKED UP AND I HAD TO FORCIBLY TURN THE STEERING WHEEL TO GET THE CAR TO THE SHOULDER. THE CAR HAS ALSO BEN IN THE SHOP NUMEROUS TIMES DUE TO ISSUES WITH THE TIRE PRESSURE SENSORS, THE CENTRAL COMPUTER, AND THE DISPLAY SCREEN. OVERALL, THE CAR HAS OVER 30 PAGES OF SERVICE DONE ON IT, RANGING FORM 2,600 MILES TO 37,000 MILES. I JUST WAS INFORMED BY THE CHRYSLER RESOLUTION TEAM THAT MY CAR WILL NOT BE BOUGHT BACK OR NO COMPENSATION WILL BE GIVEN. I CANNOT DRIVE THE CAR, BECAUSE IT IS UNSAFE TO BE N THE ROAD FOR MYSELF AND THOSE ON THE ROAD WITH ME. IF THE CAR WERE TO STALL ON THE FREEWAY, I COULD BE KILLED OR SERIOUSLY INJURED.

JANUARY 15, 2017 I PARKED MY DODGE DART IN THE PARKING LOT. UPON MY DEPARTURE I WAS ABLE TO TURN THE IGNITION AND DRIVE AROUND THE BEND TO PICK UP PASSENGERS. ONCE I CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP MY ENGINE SHUT OFF, ALL SERVICE LIGHTS CAME ON (MIRROR WARNING LIGHTS, CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS, DASHBOARD SHIFT INDICATOR STUCK ON "DRIVE" RATHER THAN "PARKED") AND NO POWER STEERING. THE VEHICLE WAS IN 'PARK' BUT CONTINUED TO ROLL BACKWARDS. I WAS IN A FULL PARKING LOT AT THE BEACH ON A HOLIDAY. MULTIPLE PEOPLE WHERE LINED UP BEHIND MY CAR TO PARK/ PICK UP THEIR PASSENGERS. HAD I NOT HAVE TO PICK UP PASSENGERS I WOULD HAVE ENDED UP ON A HILL (THE FIRST TURN OUT OF THE PARKING LOT IS A FAIRLY STEEP INCLINE) MOST LIKELY CAUSING A HORRIFIC ACCIDENT. I BELIEVE THE ISSUE IS THE POWER TRAIN/ SHIFTER CABLES. I HAVE NOT FELT SAFE IN THIS CAR SINCE IVE BOUGHT. NOR HAS IT BEEN RELIABLE. BROUGHT BRAND NEW AND I HAVE BEEN TO THE CAR DEALERSHIP MULTIPLE TIMES FOR RECALLS/ CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS AND OIL CHANGES.

HAVE A 2013 DART SXT 1.4T MANUAL. I'M GOING ON 2 YEARS WITH THE CAR, BOUGHT IT WITH JUST UNDER 20K. SINCE BUYING IT, I'VE HAD SPOUTS OF CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FOR UNDERBOOST OCCASIONALLY COME ON AND GO BACK OFF SOON AFTER, NEVER MUCH OF A BOTHER SINCE IT NEVER LASTED LONG ENOUGH TO GET THE DEALERSHIP TO CATCH IT WHILE THE LIGHT WAS STILL ON. YESTERDAY, 1/10/17, MY CAR WAS DRIVING NORMALLY UNTIL I TRIED TO GET ON THE HIGHWAY, AT ABOUT 40 MPH THE ENGINE STARTED STUTTERING PRETTY BAD, BUT I DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT BECAUSE NO LIGHTS WERE COMING ON THE DASH. UNTIL I HIT 50. SUDDENLY THE CE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING, THE CAR WOULDN'T GO ABOVE 50 MPH AND THE RPMS WOULDN'T EVEN HIT 4000. PULLED OVER, TURNED THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON, THE CE LIGHT WAS BACK OFF. REVVED THE ENGINE FOR A BIT, NO ISSUES. AS SOON AS I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE AGAIN, THE CE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING AND THEN STAYED SOLID THIS TIME. CALLED A TOW TRUCK TO TOW THE CAR TO THE DEALER SINCE CLEARLY IT WAS DANGEROUS TO BE DRIVING. ONCE I GOT TO THE DEALER, STARTED THE CAR UP TO MOVE IT INTO A PARKING SPOT AND SUDDENLY NEITHER THE TACHOMETER OR SPEEDOMETER WERE WORKING. THEY WERE WORKING NORMALLY ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. ITS LIKE THE ENTIRE POWERTRAIN DECIDED TO HAVE A TOTAL MELTDOWN ALL AT ONCE. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR A 3 YEAR OLD CAR WITH LESS THAN 50K MILES ON IT. I HAVE CHANGED THE INTAKE ON THE CAR AND THE HOT/COLD SIDE PIPING FOR THE INTERCOOLER, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN ON THE CAR FOR OVER A YEAR AND I'VE BEEN SURE TO REGULARLY CHECK CONNECTIONS AND KEEP THEM WELL MAINTAINED TO PREVENT ANY ISSUES, THERE'S NO WAY THEY ARE THE CAUSE OF THE POWERTRAIN SUDDENLY HAVING A MELTDOWN. *TR

THIS CAR IS 3 YEARS OLD AND WE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE BODY CONTROL MODULE (BCM), AND TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE (TCM). THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS STILL ON AND DODGE IS STILL TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT. BEFORE REPLACING THE BODY CONTROL MODULE THE CAR WASN'T STARTING SO THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED, IT TURNS OUT THE BCM WAS STAYING ON AND DRAWING POWER FORM THE BATTERY WHILE THE CAR WAS OFF. WE WERE CONSTANTLY HAVING TO JUMP THE CAR TO GET IT STARTED. AFTER THAT THE TRANSMISSION STARTED ACTING FUNNY IT WOULD SHIFT HARD, SHIFT INTO LOW GEARS WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. ALSO WHEN FIRST STARTED OR STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC INTERSECTIONS THE VEHICLE WOULD SHIFT INTO 4TH GEAR ON ITS OWN UNLESS IN SPORT MODE AND DONE MANUALLY. THIS MAKES IT ACCELERATE VERY SLOWLY WHICH IS DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY WHEN PULLING OUT INTO AN INTERSECTION. AFTER REPLACING THE TCM THE ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSION IS STILL OCCURRING, IT IS CURRENTLY BEING LOOKED AND THE CAUSE IS STILL UNKNOWN.