2012 Dodge Dart: harsh or hard shifting

Filed Jun 20, 2019 · Transmission · 100,000 miles · TX

Transmission has stopped working correctly, took it to be looked at and was told there was a hole in the transmission despite never having been damaged or hitting anything with the cat. Also told transmission mount needed replacing. Car makes awful noise when driving in low gears ABS had trouble shifting, when in traffic sms having top go down speed and then up speed tee car stutters and clunks.

Filed May 13, 2018 · Brakes · 33,062 miles · KY

Parking brake (emergency brake) caliper failure rear right. 33,062 miles. Within last week or so handle is much easier to pull up. Now, when engaged you feel left side of car goes up and right does not (lopsided). Yesterday, I was driving on a level street and loud clunking noise came from right rear wheel area. Called chrysler dodge hotline today and told it was not in the brake caliper recall. I made prior complaints to dealer that the emergency brake would pop out and roll and it was dismissed that I was not pulling up brake properly, but I was. Chysler saw there were only a few complaints (46) regarding the brake calipers for my VIN so it is not in a recall.

Filed Sep 29, 2015 · Transmission · 19,426 miles · OK

Ongoing clutch/hydraulic problems have caused me to be in several unsafe situations. First safety concern was due to car stalling when attempting to accelerate from a stop. There were several times that improper clutch engagement caused the car to jerk and die at a stop. Second concern was from difficulty shifting gears in stop and go traffic due to clutch not engaging fully. Third concern was from total system failure (19426 miles): exited interstate highway and depressed clutch to shift to neutral. While depressing the clutch I heard a loud pop/clunk sound and the clutch instantly dropped to the floor. I then started smelling the clutch burning and had no ability to shift or engage gears. I was left in the middle of the roadway and had to push my vehicle to a safe location on the shoulder of the road thanks to the help of some people that stopped. After towing the vehicle to the dealership for repair, I was told the flywheel, pressure plate, and clutch needed to be replaced (19,426 miles). Fourth concern was a failure of the clutch (approx 34,735 miles): after backing out of a driveway the clutch stuck to the floor and would not return to the normal position causing the inability to shift. After restarting vehicle I had to lift clutch by hand and pump clutch to regain hydraulic pressure. I was told clutch had failed and was blamed for failure from riding clutch mileage problems first reported (I continued to mention problems on later visits): 1555 - noise releasing clutch 2072 - resistance and engagement changing in the clutch mileage/repairs made: 5905 - master cylinder/actuator replaced 19426 - clutch, pressure plate, and flywheel replaced 34747 - clutch, pressure plate, flywheel, and slave cylinder replaced (awaiting amended repair order) after latest repair the car is back in shop due to returned hydraulic pressure variance

Filed Aug 12, 2015 · Acceleration, Electrical · 12,000 miles · IL

Vehicle threw an error message on the LED dashboard about servicing the transmission. Unable to place car in reverse or drive. After messing with it for a while (shutting vehicle off and turning back on, pausing for a few minutes) the vehicle would finally work again. This seemed to happen during the middle of the year and towards winter with the recall eventually taking place. (2014). I argued with the dealership to provide something for transportation since I had no other options. After arguing and finally getting a rental they offered to pay 3 days. It took them multiple days to look into the issue and they found low transmission fluid. There was a software update to take care of the recall as well. This year almost 6 months since the last incident the same issues are occurring. About two weeks ago I came across the same issues. It took a week to get an appointment with the local dealer and I had to borrow a vehicle since the car has trouble accelerating with these issues. They performed a software update and it seemed to work for a week. Today the engine wouldn't start but the cars computers turned on. After testing different steps the car finally turned on but the acceleration is clunky and doesn't shift appropriately.

Filed Jul 7, 2015 · Engine · 32,000 miles · IL

When trying to shift into drive or reverse the transmission is rough in doing so makes a jerking motion and seems to slam into gear making a loud noise. ...updated 09/28/15 *bf updated 11/07/2017