2014 Dodge Dart: won't start

Filed Jun 16, 2020 · Transmission · 81,000 miles · VA

Would not start for about 10 minutes, then started and ran fine. On the way to the mechanic, transmission went into neutral on the highway. Luckily I was near an exit, I had to coast off the highway. The transmission shop and an auto electric shop told me the TCM and the valve body inside the transmission were faulty and needed replacing. The transmission shop told me they called chrysler and were told they were aware of the problem and that it was a program issue and replacing the transmission would fix nothing. Then chrysler told them if they figure it out, to let them know.

Filed Apr 25, 2019 · Electrical, Engine · 20,000 miles · AR

I bought this car brand from the dealer. It has stalled on me and on occasions, it does nothing when I turn the key to start. Total electrical defect. Sent lemon law form and only got a new battery from chrysler. The car still doesn't idle or run right. In the stalling scenario, the car was in motion. In the no start it was in park. I now have 117,000 miles on the car and feel defenseless to get a resolution. On occasions, the charging system light will come on as I turn the key off.

Filed Apr 15, 2019 · Electrical, Engine · 98,000 miles · CA

The car started randomly shutting off, at a stop or wouldn't start all together. After about a week of random stalling and shut offs, I took it to a mechanic. He said that it has a manufacturers defect where the car thinks it has low oil, it doesn't even have to be low. Have been adding oil and checking consistently for about a month and recently it refused to turn on. Got a jump and the car started. Had the battery and alternator checked at auto parts store , car started up no problem, and both were fine, battery fully charged. Not more than 10 minutes after testing the car would not turn on. Jumped it and it started, drove home. Again, tried to start it a few hours later and nothing, needed another jump. Used a scanner to check for computer issues and nothing came up. After driving the car about 10 miles, shut it off and again needed a jump. The car seems to just shut off or not start for no real reason. One mechanic could not figure out the issue, the other had it a couple of weeks before blaming the oil issue and now this. No recalls on this car, already checked the VIN number. Not sure what to do about this car at this point without spending more on it than it is worth. 2014 dodge dart, 98,000 miles

Filed Feb 14, 2019 · Electrical · 49,000 miles · PA

Purchased 2014 dodge dart from subaru of cherry hill, nj dealership 5/2019 @ 44,000mi. Used. Excellent carfax. Since ownership, vehicle has stopped twice; once while slowed down to make a left turn, and again while stopped at a red light. Battery light did not come on either time. 3rd time vehicle didn't start after being parked for approximately 10 hrs. Needed to be jumped. After first incident of stopping, vehicle was towed to mechanic; couldn't find problem. Battery checked out as ok. Oil change performed at 47,351mi. Also, since being purchased, a slightly sweet smell comes out of fan. Does not go away. Concerned that the vehicle will stop while on a highway, causing a multi-vehicle crash. This seems very unsafe. Upon investigation, no recall was noted. Dealership called to discuss further without response. This is a very dangerous situation and there needs to be a recall. Many other drivers seem to have the same issues when searched online. Please help! Most recent episode was 2/13/19.

Filed Oct 25, 2018 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 60,000 miles · AL

Went to get in my car and the alarm system activated and it will not start. Also the motor consumes oil at an alarming pace to the point I have to take oil with me when I go anywhere. Because if I don't it will get low and the car will lose all power while I'm driving down the road. This is unsafe and needs to be fixed asap especially since I have kids. Car still will not start

Filed Aug 23, 2018 · Acceleration, Brakes · 61,000 miles · OH

About two to three weeks ago my breaks completely went out. I was driving and all of a sudden my foot was to the ground and my car was barely stopping. Took it to a shop and they told me my break line snapped and the fluid contaminated my breaks. Needed to replace everything on the front end (breaks, pads, break line, etc.) fast forward to about two weeks agoi'm backing out of a driveway onto a main, super busy road, I shift into drive and my car dies. I press the gas and my car won't move. I had to turn my car off and on again in the middle of traffic to get it to start up. This happened again a couple days later as I was backing out of my own driveway. Backed out perfectly fine, put it into drive and it dies. Won't move when you press on the gas. Turn the car off and then back on and it drives again. Finally, today (august 23) I backed out of my driveway and put it in drive. Nothing bad happened then, but as I was coming up to a light and slowing down to turn, my cars battery light comes on and it won't go faster when I hit the gas. I pull into the auto repair shop that was there (thankfully) stopped the car and turned it off. When I tried to start it this time, it wouldn't start. I gave the guys at the shop my keys and info and just got a call that my car had no oil and they think it shut down to a safety feature. But my car was telling me I still had a 23% oil life. There were no warnings prior to the car shutting down. I do not feel safe in this car anymore, especially since I use it to deliver in and I commute to school. I never know when the next time it's going to stall out. And I don't want to get into an accident. Especially when I'm on the clock at work.

Filed Jul 20, 2018 · Acceleration, Electrical · OH

Only had car two years sunday dash boards starts flicking on and off disconnected my uconnect. On monday my throttle light and engine line came on on tuesday it was off. Now car will only start with a jump sitting in carlot 4 dodges being serviced for electric computer problems. Now none of my lights on battery is good but car won't start. A recall needs to be checked asap.

Filed Dec 11, 2017 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 72,000 miles · LA

Check engine light will flash while simultaneously the gear selections lights all glow red. Stability indicator signals loss as well as extremely rough shifting. Loss of reverse camera, moon roof, loss of auto windows both up and down, as well as practically all forward motion as if the transmission has suddenly stopped working. Once stopped safely and vehicle has been disabled I.t will not start without a series of steps prior to ignition. 1. Press accessory button. 2. Place in nuetral. 3. Return to park. 4. Open and close driver door. 5. Apply foot to the brake pedal. 6. Press ignition switch to start the vehicle. These steps allow the vehicle to become operational; however the check engine light will remain on for various lengths of time. The transmission now shifts less rough than during the initial malfunction. I have experienced this malfunction both while starting my car and during operation on the open road. At which point the vehicle becomes clearly unsafe to operate, due to loss of motion. I personally do not feel safe operating this vehicle alone and especially with my family aboard. I have researched this issue hours on end and found masses falling to the same vehicle malfunction. As of yet my specific VIN# has yet to be recalled regardless of the nature of the malfunctions. I charge you the federal safety agency to press upon chrysler for safety of not only my family but all the others out in the world at risk due to faulty engineering and equipment.

Filed Nov 7, 2017 · Driver assistance, Engine · 18,000 miles · CA

Car stalled in the middle of a public street several times and wouldn't start at times before it finally just left me stranded. During these times there was no error on the screen letting me know what the problem was so I just kept trying to drive it. Then after awhile the check engine light turned on a few times but it was at random times and did not stay on. The car only has 18000 miles and I've only had it for 2 years. The dealer replaced the battery but did not check to see what was causing the battery to die so quick. They just told me that I don't drive it enough and that I stop and start it too much because I work too close to home... (this is not my first car and that's never happened before). This was not the first time I had this car serviced. The entire first year I kept getting an error that the tire pressure was too low and I was told that it was just an issue with the computer system but I had to replace the tires right away on a brand new car. So it's also had issues with the tires/wheels on a brand new car. People buy new cars to avoid these problems!

Filed Oct 27, 2017 · Engine · 33,000 miles · CA

Car was warm, not hot or cold - just started driving. At a stop, car engine died (all lights were on, stereo playing). Tried restarting, car turned over, but would not start.

Filed Jul 8, 2017 · Driver assistance · 52,000 miles · TX

2014 dodge dart didn't want to start, put it in n and waited a few mins and it started. Next morning same issue, but wouldn't start in n. Jumped the car , drove it 50 miles but didn't shut it off.. Got home shut it off, wouldn't start immediately after turning it off. Today jumped it to take it to get ob2 reader to get codes since check engine light came on.. Cars ABS light is on, throttle control light, check engine. Amen windsheld wipers were on with wipers in off position. Car has no power when putting in drive now.. Almost seems like it didn't know it was in drive. I looked up issues with this model, everything is pointing to the TCM and bcm

Filed May 2, 2017 · Electrical, Engine · 48,500 miles · CA

The last 2 weeks my 2014 dodge dart would stall in the morning. Doesn't matter when and where. It just loses all power. It wont start for several minutes. At one point at 5:30 am the car stalled on a one way street in a canyon, with backed up traffic. Today I got out of the work around 2:30 pm and while going home in busy traffic, it stalled in and was almost hit by a car behind me. I have read several complaints about the same thing and can't believe that nothing has been recalled.