2012 Dodge Dart: doors won't lock, open or latch

Filed Jun 22, 2018 · Electrical · 87,401 miles · VA

My radio has blacked out for no reason. My mileage on my digital instrument panel is flashing. When I take it to the dodge dealer with this being a known issue, they want to charge me $128 dollar diagnostic fee in which I do not have. I have asked both my mechanic and a radio installer and they both have said that the mileage flashing is a concern along with the radio blackened out. That one problem could lead to another. Possible cause is the control module for the entire car, which could lead to door locks going haywire, the wipers going on and off, etc. My car was stationary when yhe radio went out and the mileage flashing. Radio usually goes out for about 10 mins and comes back on. But not this time.

Filed Apr 4, 2018 · Body, Driver assistance · 100,500 miles · AR

I have been having ongoing problems with my 2013 dart sxt since about 5 months after purchase. One of the first things that happened was the passenger door handle coming off - more than once - and having to be fixed. I believe this occurred three times. Each time it was "fixed" and then the handle would come off again. The last time the handle came off, I was no longer under warranty so now I just have a passenger door with no handle until I can afford to get that fixed. As far as the electrical problems I have had: the dash display goes completely dark and resets itself when I am driving - especially if the weather changes; my traction control and check engine lights come on randomly; my heat/AC turns on or up without anyone touching it (at random) and I've frequently had problems with trying to get the vehicle to start when it is cold outside. My remote start stopped working over a year ago, but because I first had my electric worked on at frank fletcher dodge, and had to take it back a second time because the problems weren't fixed, I stopped trying. Any other place I've taken my car always suggests I go back to the place where the electrical work started but I do not want to do that because it seems like problems get worse every time I have taken it to get fixed. My dash/clock resets at complete random. I have been driving and hit pot holes on the street and bumps on the highway that made the whole system reset while I was still driving. Even this monday, I started my car at the end of my workday only to find that my clock and audio settings were reset again. I was trying to keep track of the service records from frank fletcher dodge and others but may have lost some from all of the times I have had to call them in the past few years. I have been expecting some sort of recall or buy back due to the all of the complaints that have been filed, but no luck.

Filed Sep 30, 2015 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · 30,000 miles · MI

Eight months after purchasing the vehicle the bcm (body control module) failed causing door locks and trunk release not the function this happened while the vehicle wasstationary or in motion on city streets or the highway. After the bcm was replaced the interior lights stop functioning along with the dashboard lights flickering. This also happened while the vehicle wasstationary or in motion on city streets or the highway. The vehicle traction control and cruise control both malfunction while the vehicle wasstationary or in motion on city streets or the highway. Https://youtu.be/b7loromdbhs https://youtu.be/qclhywt17ik https://youtu.be/jyhg7dpqndq https://youtu.be/jdtthgryv6w

Filed Mar 1, 2015 · Electrical · 61,000 miles · WA

Battery is faulty when it is slightly charged the car will turn on and send the gauges flipping over to the right and back to the left again while the engine reeves. When the battery is totally dead the car wont turn on at all. When the battery is almost dead the doors will not unlock without using the key and then that sets off the alarm.

Filed Jul 1, 2014 · Electrical, Lights · 27,000 miles · TX

I have had several issues with this car. For starters when driving it will all of a sudden stop going for no reason. The car didn't die it simply doesn't go. The RPM's stopped working on one occasion and the head light blew out all in the same night. Dealer said there was no connection, so I had to replace the head light for $100. They advised the ground wire was lose so they tightened it. I had my tire blow out for no reason just driving down the road and it blew. Now on occasions my automatic door locks aren't working. And still wont go when giving it gas. It sounds like there is some kind of electrical problem with this model vehicle. I love my car would want a new one. I do not feel safe driving this vehicle at the time until it is fixed. There are no recalls on the vehicle and my warranty is almost up with problems repeating. I don't know what else to do. I just wish dodge would fix whatever problems there are.