The recall is transmission cable. So my car is a ticking time bomb to fail to go into park, or fail while the car is parked. I need to use e-brake when parking, park on flat surfaces, wheels facing curb. Why do I have to live like that? Guess what i have a 30 degree angle of a driveway, (ill give you my address, photos to verify if you'd like) so I get to worry about it slipping out of park every night, or anywhere I go for that matter. You might think hey just park on the street. Ok I work hard to pay for a nice house and I should park on the street because there's no recall remedy? I should not have to operate my vehicle like this, it is unnecessary stress I carry around. Ive had this car since 2021 i absolutely love it, but this isnt right. If there is no transmission remedy I should get a complete new transmission. Or a dealership loaner until the remedy is available. Or one hell of a good deal on another Dart, i also like the Charger. Or something. Is anything I've said in this complaint unreasonable?
Dodge Dart knocking problems
14 of the 2,539 owner complaints about the Dodge Dart describe engine knocking or ticking, most of them for the 2015 model year.
- owner complaints
- 14
- worst model year
- 2015
- typical mileage
- 44,000
By model year
Often reported together
Stalling 3Won't start 2Warning lights 2Hesitation 2Check engine light 2Transmission failure 1Pulling 1Steering lock-up 1
What owners say
Driving along all of a sudden engine started revving up to 6000rpm car started slowing down pulled over and tried to put in neutral gear shift was stuck tried to force a few times would not move turned engine off tried to move shifter no luck could not start engine but won't start in gear called paid $400+ dollars on oct 20 for new shift cable clip fell off of shift lever on transmission thought same problem. Called dodge dealership in key west told me they had no transmission guy to do repairs said to call planet dodge in miami where shifter was fixed. Tried to force shifter one last time after a few knocks freed up there was a recall in september for shift repair wonder why I had to pay $400+ for repair in october when recall was issued in september thank god I had enough speed to pull off us 1 in marathon fla
About a year ago while driving all of the dashboard lights would come on such as check engine light and tire pressure lights. Then these lights would randomly turn off. This would happen on and off for a few months. I had the car diagnosed twice and they found no issues. Now I have not had and issues with the dash lights coming on for about the last 6 month except for now the radio completely blacks out for about 15 seconds and it knocks out my dash board speedometers they all completely drop down to zero and this happens while driving even on the highway. This happens once or twice a day or sometimes everyother day. I cannot see what speed I am going and the pins just stutter.
This month my check engine light came on, when I went to get it diagnosed/repaired, I was told it was a knock sensor. I got it replaced and less than a day later the check engine light was back on. I went back to the repair shop, they replaced the sensor again, because it was the same code, but this time with an oem part from dodge. The check engine light came back on again a day later and now I am being told the PCM needs to be replaced. I did some research and the 2013 model of my car had this problem and it was a recall. My vehicle only has 77,000 miles on it, I am still paying for it. These types of major repairs on a car is ridiculous. I used to work in the repair sector, so I know it's not unheard of, but this car should definitely not be needing a new computer already. It doesn't matter what the car is doing. When the light is cleared, it comes back on within a day (I drive about 14 miles a day round trip back and forth to work).
My car is ticking on the passenger side. In researching everyone with the same year and model is having the same issue having to replace the cv joint on the passenger side. Super frustrating there has not been a recall on this as it is a known issue. When trying to purchase the passenger cv joint everyone is selling used cv joints for drivers side and there is not options for passenger side.
Dart recall I brought the dart in to do a reflash for my car to stop the harsh idle, choke and knock .also that the car shuts off from a rolling stop to acceleration after the reflash 2 days later the car continues to have the same problems several weeks later today 11/17/18 the car shut off as usual but in a intersection had to turn on the car and hope when putting it in drive the engine doesn't shutoff again in cold weather the vehicle has a knocking grind sound and occasionally will turn off if the idle drops low to 500 and then immediately applying little gas and the warm weather comes by or after first driven the grinding noise is gone but same issue when the idle drops to low the engine just does and battery light turns on the battery is good but this issue hasn't been fixed and when I went the said it's normal but they did a reflash
I started my vehicle this morning and it started rough and was surging. At takeoff the vehicle was driving strangly. Slowed to make a uturn, turned to the left slightly and my steering wheel locked, car shut down and was barely able to brake to slow down. I almost ran a man over trying to stop as I could not steer. The battery symbol popped up on the dash. I popped car in park. Removed key. Restarted vehicle and it took a good 5-10 seconds before turning over. There was hesitation upon start. After beginning to drive it seemed to be driving normally..this seems to be a bit of a ticking time bomb and a very large safety issue and seems to be a known issue across all models
Dart recall.....bought the car at 22500 miles and now at 46000 the car stutters and chokes in the cold rough idle and knocking sound coming from engine and the idle goes up and drops at high stops and will shut off the car when slowing down knock sound is heard once driven more the once the knocking goes but the stall at fast stops still happens when purchased wasn't informed recall was put on the car or various other darts
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 dodge dart. While driving various speeds, the engine made a knocking sound and the vehicle operated roughly, jerked, hesitated, and did not immediately respond when the accelerator pedal was depressed. The vehicle was taken to a local unknown dealer where it was diagnosed that the vehicle was low on oil, although the contact stated that the vehicle was routinely taken to in for oil changes. The cause of the failure was not determined. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 500.
The car is turned off a ticking sound continues go off with the back lights flashing no keys in car fire department called to very a safe tow and my car sits there until the next day won't start windows down and it's a hazard to tow
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The model years with the most reports are 2015 (6 complaints), 2012 (5 complaints) and 2013 (2 complaints).
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