2012 Dodge Dart

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE DART. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING OVER 8 MPH, AN AIR HISSING NOISE COULD BE HEARD WHILE DEPRESSING THE SERVICE BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000. MA 10/16/15 *CN

I HAD TO TAKE MY VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE IN AUGUST OF 2014 BECAUSE MY VEHICLE COMPLETELY TURNED OFF ON ME WHILE AT A RED LIGHT. WHEN I TURNED THE VEHICLE BACK ON, MY TRANSMISSION ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. SO I IMMEDIATELY TOOK MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME I HAD A TRANSMISSION ISSUE AND THEY HAD TO ORDER A PART FOR THE TRANSMISSION. I HAD TO TAKE MY VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE AGAIN IN FEBRUARY OF 2015 BECAUSE MY VEHICLE TURNED OFF ON ME ONCE AGAIN WHILE STUCK IN TRAFFIC ON THE EXPRESSWAY. WHEN I TURNED ON MY VEHICLE THE TRANSMISSION ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON. AGAIN, I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, I WAS TOLD THAT MY VEHICLE WAS AGAIN HAVING THE SAME ISSUE FROM THE PREVIOUS MONTHS BEFORE. ONCE AGAIN I HAD TO TAKE MY VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE ON MAY OF 2015 BECAUSE MY VEHICLE TURNED OFF ON ME FOR THE THIRD TIME WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT BUT THIS TIME MY VEHICLE STARTED TO SMELL LIKE IT WAS BURNING OIL. WHEN I TURNED ON MY VEHICLE, MY OIL PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN MY CAR WAS BEING LOOKED AT, THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY DID NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH MY VEHICLE AND THEY ALSO STATED THAT " SOMETHING WORSE HAD TO HAPPEN TO MY VEHICLE FOR THEM FIX THE PROBLEM." THEY TEST DROVE MY VEHICLE AND THEY DID NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE SO IT WAS RETURNED TO ME. SOMETHING IS DEFINITELY WRONG WITH THIS VEHICLE IF IT KEEPS ON SHUTTING OFF ON ME WHILE WAITING AT A RED LIGHT AND ALSO SMELLING LIKE BURNING OIL AND FOR THEM TO TELL ME THAT NOTHING IS WRONG WITH MY CAR THIS LAST VISIT IS REALLY UPSETTING. ALL OF THESE SCENARIOS HAVE HAPPENED IN LESS THAN A YEAR OF PURCHASING MY VEHICLE.THIS IS VERY SCARY AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE THIS CAUSES A CRASH OR POSSIBLY DEATH! I SENT A LETTER TO CHRYSLER ABOUT THIS SITUATION, AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO BECAUSE THERE IS NO RECALL ON MY VEHICLE. THIS IS SO SAD.

DRIVING VEHICLE AND WHEN ATTEMPTED TO STOP HAD TO USING ER BRAKE DUE TO BRAKE PEDEL NOT DEPRESSING (ISSUED A HISSING NOISE WHEN TOUCHED). DROVE AROUND THE BLOCK AND AT EACH CORNER SAME THING HAPPENED. WHEN PARKED CAR AND OPENED DRIVER'S DOOR, COULD SEE SIGNS OF SOMETHING LEAKING FROM FRONT/DRIVER SIDE OF CAR (APPEARED TO BE FROM A LOCATION IN LINE WITH THE BACK OF THE FRONT TIRES). UPDATE 9/15/15*CW....UPDATED 06/15/16 *BF *CN

I WAS HEADED TO THE MALL ON DAY WITH MY FIANCEE AND CHILD AND WHILE PULLING UP APPLYING THE BRAKE AT A RED LIGHT. I HEARD WHAT SOUND LIKE A POP AND MY BREAK PEDAL INSTANTLY BECAME HARD TO PRESS. I HAD TO USE ALMOST ALL MY LEG STRENGTH TO STOP THE CAR (TO BRAKE) BEFORE THE RED LIGHT. VERY WORRIED WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I DRIVE THROUGH AND USED EMERGENCY BRAKE TO PARK IN YHE PARKING LOT. I REPAIRED IT MYSELF AFTER WAITING ON THE PART THAT WAS ON BACK ORDER FOR 3 WEEKS. I FIXED IT PROPERLY AND 2 WEEKS LATER THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. 7/30/15 I BELIEVE IT COULD NOW BE THE MASTER CYLINDER LEAKING INTO MY BOOSTER. I AM GOING TO PULL THE MASTER CYLINDER AND PUT SOME PRESSURE THROUGH IT AND SEE IF IT LEAKS AS I PRESS THE PUSH ROD. I WILL SURELY LET EVERYONE KNOW.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY I FELT A WEIRD POPPING. I EXITED THE FREEWAY AND CAME TO A STOP. WHEN I PUSHED ON THE GAS TO GO AGAIN, THE CAR WOULDN'T RESPOND. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND CHECK TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON. IT WAS IN DRIVE AND WOULDN'T GO, SO I PUT IN PARK AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. I THEN TURNED IT BACK ON IT WOULD GO INTO GEAR AND I COULD DRIVE, BUT THE TRANSMISSION KEPT SLIPPING. I TOOK IT TO A DEALER AND THEY SAID IT JUST NEEDED A SOFTWARE UPDATE, WHICH THEY DID. LESS THEN 24 HOURS LATER IT STARTED HAPPENING AGAIN. I'VE ONLY HAD THIS CAR FOR A MONTH AND NOW I'M STARTING TO THINK THIS IS WHY THE PREVIOUS OWNER TRADED IT IN.

WE'VE HAD ISSUES WITH THE CAR SINCE DAY ONE OF DRIVING IT OFF THE LOT BUT THE DEALERSHIP DIDN'T WANT TO DO THEIR JOB HERE ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO WE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING AND MY FIANCEE HAD THE CAR FLOORED I THOUGHT FOR SURE MY FAMILY WAS GOING TO LOSE THEIR LIVES BECAUSE THE CAR DIDN'T HAVE THE POWER TO SPEED UP ITS NOT THE FIRST TIME AND MY FAMILY LIVES COMES FIRST WE'VE TRIED GETTING IT RESOLVED AND EVEN TRIED TO USE IT AS A TRADE IT AT ANOTHER DEALERSHIP AND THEY REFUSE TO EVEN TOUCH IT THE CAR HAD ALREADY 43000 MILES ON IT WHEN WE DROVE IT OFF THE LOT AND 5 DAYS AFTER HAVING IT THE SHIFTER CABLE POPPED OFF AND SINCE THEN ITS BEEN PROBLEMS AFTER PROBLEMS AND THERE'S SO MUCH MORE WRONG WITH IT AND SINCE JUNE ITS BEEN SITTING I REFUSE TO HAVE MY FAMILY HURT DO TO A MALFUNCTIONING CAR MY FIANCEE [XXX] NAME IS ALSO ON THE PAPERWORK FROM DEALERSHIP AMONGST WE'VE CONTACTED ATTORNEY GENERAL DODGE CHRYSLER MOPAR AND DEAL WITH REINKES AND FINDLAY DODGE FOR THINGS ONE THIS CAR. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

AT 70MPH ON THE INTERSTATE I HAD TO BRAKE, MY BREAKS MADE A POPPING NOISE AND AN AIR SOUND, AND DID NOT SLOW THE CAR DOWN AT ALL. I WAS UNABLE TO EVEN MOVE THE BREAK PEDAL, IT WAS RIGID. AT THAT TIME I HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE CAR. IT HAD TO BE TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP AND I AM IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING THE BRAKE BOOSTER WHICH IS COSTING ME $800 OUT OF POCKET AND IT MAY NEED MORE AFTER THAT THEY WONT KNOW UNTIL THEY REPLACE THAT FIRST. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BRAKES IS COVERED UNDER POWERTRAIN EVEN THOUGH THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A MANUFACTURE DEFECT THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION. THIS WAS A VERY SCARY AND DANGEROUS SITUATION THAT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED TO FAR TO MANY PEOPLE AND A RECALL SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE.

DRIVING NORMALLY WHEN APPROACHING STOP SIGN, DEPRESSED BRAKE PEDAL WHEN HEARD SOUND OF WHOOSHING AIR AND PEDAL PUSHED BACK UP. HAD TO REALLY PUSH VERY HARD WITH FOOT ON PEDAL TO GET CAR TO STOP. AND THAT WAS A SLOW STOP. IF I HAD HAD TO STOP SHORT WHEN THIS OCCURED IT WOULD HAVE FAILED AND PROBABLE RESULT WOULD HAVE BEEN A CRASH. LUCKY I WAS IN A RURAL AREA AT THE TIME WITH NO CARS IN FRONT OF ME. SO I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT HOME THAT NIGHT. WILL NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE IT TO DEALER AND WILL HAVE IT TOWED IN. BEEN READING ON-LINE ABOUT IT AND HAVE READ MANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS AND THEY SAY IT IS A BRAKE BOOSTER. WHY IS THIS NOT BEING RECALLED IMMEDIATELY. DOES THERE HAVE TO BE A DEATH OR DEATHS FIRST?