Tl* the contact owns a 2013 dodge dart. When the vehicle was started and engaged in drive, the vehicle shifted back to neutral on its own. The contact attempted to shift back to drive unsuccessfully. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. The dealer and independent mechanic were not contacted for diagnostic testing or repairs. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 101,000.
2012 Dodge Dart transmission complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2013 dodge dart. After reversing and attempting to shift the gear shifter to drive, it failed to shift and the gear shifter was stuck in neutral. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The contact had to manually turn the gears to make the vehicle operable. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer (don davis dodge chrysler jeep, 1901 n collins st, arlington, tx 76011, (888) 746-5421) where it was diagnosed that there was a gear shift malfunction and the gear shift needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 66,000.
'takata recall' have had my car almost 2 months now and never had a problem. Drove smooth. This morning on the way to work still no problems what so ever. Not even the slightest to make me think there was one. Then when I left to get lunch and stuck in reverse it jumped. I brushed it off thinking it wasn't major since it was one time deal. Then as driving I could feel the transmission starting to slip. So I had to turn back and park it as is.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 dodge dart. While attempting to shift from drive to park, the transmission switched to neutral. The contact was able to the move the shifter, but the transmission remained in neutral. The vehicle was towed to century dodge (13500 veterans memorial pkwy, wentzville, mo), but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 120,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 dodge dart. While the vehicle was idling at a drive thru, the contact noticed that the lights on the gear lever failed and she heard metal rubbing together from the transmission. The service transmission warning indicator illuminated before and during the failure. The dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 111,000.
For years my cars traction light will randomly come on and sometimes my gear would stick, every time the dealership would say they could not find anything and the light would turn off. Now my car keeps slipping into neutral well I'm on the freeway going abouy 75/80 mpg. Now it's doing it constantly. This has been going on since I bought the vehicle brand new in 2014.
While driving 25 MPH on the expressway, the service transmission message appeared and the he car started to decrease speed ad would not accelerate. When pulled over, the car would not move when gears were changed.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 dodge dart. While driving 30 MPH, the "gear not available switch to neutral drive in reverse" message illuminated. When the contact placed the gear into reverse, the vehicle failed to move and "service transmission" illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle was towed to bud clary auburn chrysler dodge jeep ram (2925 auburn way n, auburn, wa 98002) where the transmission module and gear shift module were replaced; however, the same failure occurred the next day. The vehicle was currently at the dealer. The manufacturer was not contacted. The approximate failure mileage was 40,000. The VIN was unavailable.
61,500miles, sputtering between 2nd and 4th gear around 2200-2700 rpms when shifting up trying to speed up. Dealership advised out of warranty for this. Changed all sparks and coils, no luck. Now getting this oil burning smell to go along w it...no help given. Pls help somebody!! I am 2nd owner, hence why out of warranty, just bought less than a year ago! Reach out to me w advise!! [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
When trying to accelerate it is very hesitant to go, then it will over rev and the rpms will go up but it will not go any faster. It will only happen it second and third gear
Start car and the engine light came on and a message says no gear available shift to neutral then reverse or drive. Car won't go into drive or reverse.
2013 dodge dart with 2 liter motor auto transmission. The car won't start. On the shifter all letters on gear indicator shows red (p,r,n,d) engine light on. Car will. It start in any gear. This is the third shifter assembly I had to purchase to fix the problem . Vehical was stationary when it wouldn't start , when it was running the gear indicator light went red car shifted hard. Also wouldn't indicat what gear it was in on the dash. Now car won't start at all.
This is a breif summary. There's more details concerning this car that room here doesn't provide. The dual dry clutch shifting failures and hill start assist are addressed here: the car does not immediately move forward when you apply the throttle it can take from 2-4 seconds to go forward when you step on the gas. Not 'turbo lag'. That adds to the time to go forward. Pulling out into traffic or changing lanes can get you killed because it delays throttle response until the computer decides to go. Sometimes turbo, sometimes not at the same throttle position. When coming off the brakes then pressing the throttle, delay and sometimes inappropriate gear selection causes erratic driving behavior. In turns the car comes out of gear on its own with no indication. Step on the gas and the engine revs high in neutral. Now it's coasting through the turn before it will engage in [a] gear. You can seldom 'drive through a turn'. This happens around a normal street corners, and in sweeping turns when you're traveling at 40 MPH out of gear. Engaging gears at this point is unpredictable as to which gear the car will select. The 'hill start assist' (hsa) braking program; when stopped pointing uphill, this 'feature' is intended to hold the brakes on for 3 seconds preventing the car from rolling backwards when you move your foot from the brake peddle to the gas peddle. If the hsa fails you have no control over when, or if, the clutch engages into gear. The hsa program in this car randomly fails to hold on a hill. When this happens the ddc also fails to engage in gear. The car totally fails to move forward and rolls backwards revving in neutral toward the cars coming up behind you. You have pressed the gas to go forward and now you're going backward revving in neutral. I now refuse to drive this car. It will sit unused until resolution of this issue. This car needs to be crushed.
Driving a manual.. My reverse cable lockout broke, I went to a dodge dealership an it shows up on their computer of what I need. But you can not buy it. They say its a after market product. Then when I went to about every auto parts store. They dont even know what im talking about. An it is a safety issue. It basically looks like a bicycle brake cable regardless I have to drive my car. So I have a zip tie down where my shifter is holding the lock out wide open. I have to be careful not to be in reverse when I need to be in 1st. I need to know where to go to fix this issue or if dodge is going to finally admit that its a manufacturer defect as im not the only person that this has happened to. If and when I want to sale my car. How is this gonna be possible. It lowers the value right now! When this happened it was june 17 2017 at a gas station in pa needless to say, when I live in al. . I went to back out an when I lifted up on the knob. I had nothing.. Something needs done.
It was september 23rd around 11pm, I was driving on a highway, upon turning into the exit lane my car hit some form of pothole which made my touch screen and dashboard turn off and back on. I've had issues with my touch screen shutting off and back on in the past, once I've replaced the battery it worked fine until that day, then it started acting up again so before all of this I did set up a car appointment for it to get checked out 2 days earlier. So anyway, as I'm driving, I arrive to my destination. I sat in the car for a while on my phone and decided to turn on my air. When the air came out it smelled very smokey. So I turned it off and about 5 minutes later, a very light mist began to come out of the drivers side hood. So I decided to just head home instead because I didn't want to be stuck somewhere and I not have a ride home, my house wasn't that far from my location. So the further I'm driving I noticed the smoke began to pick up a bit so I cut my hazard lights on. I'm about 5 minutes away from my house at the point. So I'm driving down the ramp to merge into the highway and the smoke got so thick to where I could no longer see so I'm pushing down the breaks to slow the car down and find my way to the side of the road but then my car locks up and shuts down. I couldn't turn the wheel, gas or break or anything. When I could glimpse through the smoke I noticed a fire was coming from my hood, so into moving traffic on the highway going about 40 miles an hour I hopped out of my car and it rolled a little over 100 feet to almost the yellow line (it was still blocking one lane). Witnesses called the cops and the fire department put the flames out.I reached out to my car company and they said since my car wasn't insured, that basically I'm out of luck. I have scratches and scars still from the day of the incident and I'm not sure what else to do ## VIN passed ## dodge dart 2013 ##
Engine would not start display said service transmission. Dealership has been unable to determine the issue after 4 days.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 dodge dart. While attempting to park the vehicle, it failed to shift into reverse. In addition, the vehicle was turned off and failed to restart. The contact was unable to remove the key from the ignition. The contact called an unknown dealer and was informed that there was no recall on the vehicle. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 69,000.
While sitting in traffic with my family the car suddenly went into neutral and will not come out of neutral I read on the internet there was a recall on the transmission control module and it explains with the explanation given for the problem the same thing that happened to my car but when I called dodge/chrysler my VIN was not on the recall but I had the same problem this is a safety matter I was only 20 yards from the railroad tracks luckily one was already going by or the car would have been on the tracks any help with this situation would be helpful thanks
2013 dodge dart. Consumer writes in regards to defective clutch system. *ld the consumer stated after approaching a red light, the clutch stuck to the floor. Also, the turbo charger failed and needed to be replaced. An o-ring melted which caused oil to leak onto all of the spark plug tubes and destroyed the oil separator. The vehicle was repaired. The consumer requested to be reimbursed. Updated 09/25/2017
Before moving from new mexico to minnesota we had our 2013 dodge dart's oil change and car checked over by a dodge authorized dealership. While driving on sd hwy 212 up a hill shifting down to 5th the clutch pedal stuck to the floor. So I forced it into 5th before it rolled down a sharp hill. (please note dodge says there is nothing wrong but there are so many complaints). Dodge claim that clutches just go out like this with out any warning and it would not be covered. I have owned many manual cars and have never had any clutches wear out. My car only had $40,000 miles. I left the car behind in north dakota because we were moving to minnesota. They informed us it would be over a week to fix. I will have to drive back over 6hours (12 hours total trip) and pay for a new clutch that is probably just as bad. I think that the clutch going out with out warning is a big safety hazard.
Car jump in gear while driving
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 dodge dart. The contact stated that the gear failed to shift from the drive to the park without warning. In addition, the key from the ignition failed to be removed. The vehicle was taken to the flowery branch auto care dealer located at 3507 atlanta hwy, flowery branch, ga 30542; where it was diagnosed that the shifter cable needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The contact stated on another occasion, while driving at 55 MPH, the gear automatically shifted to neutral without warning. The contact could not change the gear, the contact tried to pull over to the side of the road but the vehicle failed to move. The contact waited 25 minutes and the vehicle was able to shift out of neutral. The vehicle was driven to the contact's residence. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The approximate failure mileage was 57,940.
The clutch pedal, when pressed, stays on the floor. This makes it impossible to shift into any gear, in any stage of driving whether it be stationary or in motion. I have been driving my car with no clutch for 5 days now, hoping that the pressure would come back(as this is not the first time this has happened the pressure has always come back, until now), which has not happened. I am going to try replacing the master/ slave cylinders and possibly flush and/or replace tranny lines, but after a little research online, this seems like a very common problem, and no good remedy to fix the issue with this exact transmission.I would normally fix it and go on about my business, but this problem is way to common for it to go unnoticed by the proper people. I feel dodge should take some responsibility for this problem and at the very least acknowledge that there is a problem and offer their loyal customers some sort of resolution.
I have a 2013 dodge dart with 52,000 miles on it. I was driving and went to pass a car and my car automatically shifted into neutral while passing then slammed back into drive. It shifted so hard I thought I hit something. It has been continuously doing this since then. The RPM went all the way down then reved up to 6 when it finally went into drive on its own. I can manually shift the car and I haven't noticed anything but qhen automatically shifting it is not doing what it is supposed to.
I paralleled park the night before and had no problems. The next morning I came out to go to work got in my car started it let it warm up then proceeded to put it in a reverse to back out, my car is manual so when I lifted the ring to put in reverse gear it went in perfectly I gave it a little gas and kicked it out of gear I attempted to put it back in reverse but it wouldn't and just kept going in first gear . So apparently it's called a reverse lockout cable (basically a bicycle brake wire) which may have been cut by a plastic connector that got a sharp edge overtime.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 dodge dart. While driving approximately 30 MPH, the contact placed the gear shifter into drive and depressed the accelerator pedal. The vehicle failed to acclerate and the gear shifted into neutral and then into drive without warning. The vehicle was taken to zimmer chrysler dodge jeep ram (located at 1086 burlington pike, florence, ky 41042, (859) 525-1344) where no diagnostic failure code was found. The failure could not be duplicated. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and the contact was informed that no recalls were associated with the vehicle. The contact stated that the vehicle was scheduled for a ride along. The contact was provided a case number. The failure mileage was 84,000.
While at an intersection, the engine disconnected from the wheels and I was almost broadsided by an oncoming car. The engine seemed to be shifting at higher rpms and shifted into neutral several times, then it stalled in a dangerous intersection. I took it to the dealer the next day (11 aug 2017) and the dealer cleared the codes, road tested it and told me I was not driving properly or maybe the fluid got too hot. I think something is wrong with the transmission, the car is under warranty, and I think it may be dangerous to drive and I have a six year old daughter that I think should not ride in the vehicle. If the car that slammed on the breaks would not have been so reactive and my daughter had been with me, it may have resulted in a terrible tragedy. The dealer that sold me the car (lustine chrysler-jeep-dodge-ram in woodbridge, va) is not helpful.
Takata recall while my vehicle is in motion on street or highway my vehicle begins to jerk. Also when coming to a stop or having to use my brakes before making or coming to a turn I have to use excessive force to come to a complete stop or to slow down, when doing that my car begins to shake.
At 28450 miles, transmission which is a dcct type failed. Car initially refused to start after making a stop having been drive just a 1/2 mile. Took 4-5 attempts to start, but vehicle shook on starting, and check-engine light came on and stayed. After driving 14 mile, there was a strong burning smell from car similar to clutch or brake burning. The vehicle started for return trip to residence, but was sluggish on roadway at highway speeds and had pronounced burning smell again after return home. The following day, the vehicle was taken to nearby dodge dealer for repairs and owner has obtained loaner at dodge expense until repairs are complete.
Takata recall: there has been multiple issues with this car including loss of power, rapid shifting, transmission failure, stalling, and overheating. The check engine light and transmission light have come on multiple times, the tcs and passenger airbag lights have come on and off at the same time. This car has had 2 PCM's replaced, 4 TCM's replaced, 2 transmissions (the last one replaced less than one week ago), 2 sets of spark plugs and coils replaced, timing belt, serpentine, and water pump replaced. The transmission, serpentine, timing belt, and water pump were all replaced on 7/21/17 and now the car is presenting with the same issues. These problems started with the first owner (and were not reported to me) on 8/6/13 and started with me on 4/16/15. As of 8/2/17 I have the same whining noise in the car (which has been diagnosed as the transmission multiple times now), the transmission is unable to shift or lags or shifts too quickly, I can floor the gas peddle and the car will not accelerate, when I let off the brake the car surges forward, the check engine light is back on, and the cruise control is not functional. This car has been in the shop more than I have driven it and dodge keeps repairing it and those repairs last less that one month and the same problem happens again and again. This car is unsafe to drive and dodge has yet to remedy the situation. The car is set to be back in the shop this week and it is currently not drivable and a hazard to myself and others on the road. I would not be able to accelerate to move out of the way of anyone or anything due to the transmission and issues with this vehicle.
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