2012 Dodge Dart

THIS VEHICLE IS SUBJECT TO SAFETY RECALL R63. WENT TO PAUL BAILEY'S,425 TEN ROD ROAD, NORTH KINGSTOWN RI. INFORMED THAT THE PARTS WERE IN TO PERFORM THE SAFETY RECALL. APPOINTMENT SCHEDULED FOR 6/9/2016. AT WHICH TIME THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT INFORMED US THAT THE BRAKE BOOSTERS HAD ENGINE OIL CONTAMINATION AND THAT THE PARTS NEEDED TO BE ORDERED. TOLD TO COME BACK ONCE CALLED. GENERAL MANAGER STATED THAT UNDER THIS RECALL IF THE INITIAL INSPECTION REVEALED CONTAMINATION THEN THE PARTS WERE TO BE ORDERED AND THAT A SECOND APPOINTMENT WAS NECESSARY. QUITE UPSETTING THAT THE PARTS ARE ONLY ORDERED IF THE FIRST INSPECTION REVEALS THE NEED FOR FURTHER REPAIR. THIS MAKES NO SENSE, NOW DRIVING A VEHICLE WITH A SAFETY RECALL THAT COULD CAUSE A LOSS OF BRAKE BOOSTER ASSIST. THE PARTS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE IF THE APPOINTMENT IS FOR THE RECALL. NOW HAVE TO WAIT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE DART. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE GEAR SHIFTER FAILED TO SHIFT INTO GEAR WITHOUT WARNING. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 64,606.

1.4 L ENGINE 6 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION-HAS HAD MULTIPLE PROBLEM AND REPAIRS WITH WEEKS AT THE DEALERSHIP AT A TIME. TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT MULTIPLE TIMES WITHOUT RESOLUTION. CRUISE CONTROL WORKS INTERMITTENTLY. WIPERS CONE IN SOMETIMES WHEN BLINDER IS TURNED ON. CAR FAILED TO START, WOULD STAY ON AFTER KEY WAS REMOVED FROM THE ENGINE-REPLACED IGNITION CONTROL MODULE. REPLACED BATTERY, CAR BACK FIRES, WARRANTIED OUT 1ST COIL AND SPARK PLUG, ERROR CODE FOR 3RD CYLINDER AFTER, DEALERSHIP STATED IT WAS REALLY DEFECTIVE 1ST COIL AND WARRANTIED OUT AGAIN, CAR STILL BACK FIRES. CAR WOULDN'T GO IN TO REVERSE, DIFFERENTIATION CABLE HAD SNAPPED, DEALERSHIP REPLACED CABLE AND GEAR SHIFTER ASSEMBLY. CAR WOULDN'T SHIFT IN TO 3RD FROM 2ND GEAR, DEALERSHIP REPLACED THROW OUT BEARING, PRESSURE PLATE AND MAYER CYLINDER ON "EXTENDED WARRANTY" /RECALL AFTER ANOTHER 20 DAYS DRIVE 14 MILES FOR WHEEL BEARING FAILURE/ABS SENSOR ON FRONT DRIVERS SIDE. DEALERSHIP REPLACED BOTH FRONT BEARINGS AND ABS SENSORS, TECHNICIAN DIDN'T FINISH TEST DRIVE AND ONE OF NEW BEARINGS FAILED, HAD TO REPLACE AGAIN, WITHIN 24 HOURS CLUTCH WOULDN'T DEPRESS, THEN WENT TO THE FLOOR, LIFTED WITH MY FOOT STILL COULDN'T GET CAR IN TO GEAR. TURNED CAR OFF, REMOVED KEY, STARTED ASIAN AND WAS ABLE TO GET IN TO GEAR. CAR IS MAKING CLICKING SOUND WHEN CLUTCH IS DEPRESSED AND SOME TIMES AFTER RELEASE THERE IS SCRAPING SOUND. YOU TUBE VIDEO OF ANOTHER PERSON'S CAR MAXING SAME SOUND HTTP://YOUTU.BE/JJYRRR8XRSY STATES FLYWHEEL HAD TO BE REPLACED. THERE'S PROBABLY MORE THAT I'M FORGETTING TO NOTE BUT IT IS CLEAR FROM THIS VEHICLES POOR PERFORMANCE MORE WILL ENSUE, HOW CAN I GET OUT OF THIS UNDEPENDENCE SERVICE RIDDEN VEHICLE? AFTER HOW MANY FAILURES WILL SOME ONE MAKE DODGE STEP UP?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE DART. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V8000 (SERVICE BRAKES) WAS RECEIVED IN JANUARY OF 2016. AFTER CONTACTING THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WERE STILL NOT AVAILABLE AND NO ESTIMATED TIME FOR RECEIVING THE PARTS COULD BE GIVEN. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE DART. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE TOOK LONGER TO STOP EVEN WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V046000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 21,451. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE DART. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH APPROACHING A STOP SIGN, THE BRAKES FAILED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT PLACED THE GEAR SHIFTER INTO NEUTRAL TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO PARK THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO A POLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE CONTACT HAD TO PULL THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT OIL WAS LEAKING INTO THE BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 34,000.