While driving approximately 70 miles per hour down the highway my dart suddenly lost all power. the steering wheel acted as if there was no key in it and locked up. the breaks slowly applied themselves, and the vehicle would not shift into neutral so that i could move over to the side of the road. i have worked with the company and the dealership and it will not duplicate for any reason. however, i have been having issues with power of the vehicle every month since january. wither it be not starting or failing to key less start. this is the first time for complete power failure. chrysler refuses to do anything about it and wants me to drive it around with a black box in it. *tr
Parking brake would not engage 3 different times, dealer suggested it was a part failure. another time clutch would not come up and stayed to the floor,clutch fluid leaked. *tr
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 dodge dart. the contact stated that while driving at 35 mph, the vehicle lost power. in addition, the accelerator pedal was depressed but the vehicle failed to accelerate. the vehicle was towed to a dealer. the contact was unsure about what part needed to be replaced. the vehicle was repaired. the contact stated that three years later, while driving at 35 mph, the vehicle began to independently slide to the right. as a result, the contact crashed into a pole and the air bags failed to deploy. the abs and anti slide warning light illuminated. the contact did not sustain any injuries. a police report was not filed. the vehicle was taken to an auto body repair center for repairs. the manufacturer was not notified of the failure. the failure mileage was 25,000.
A few short weeks after purchasing the 2013 dodge dart rallye 1.4l turbo; the bluetooth failed to stay connected. took it to get serviced at least three times due to this issue. in addition, just recently (2014) the emergency brake has failed to work when parked on an incline; not all of the time but sometimes. also recently noticed, the cruise control button on the steering wheel fails to work all of the time. not until you stop and restart the vehicle does the cruise control "decide" to work once again. even so, in the first few months of obtaining the vehicle i noticed chip marks on the front bumper. as 2014 has approached, there are about a couple hundred chip marks on the front bumper but the car has not been driven in areas to cause this much damage. the dodge dart rallye's were supposed to contain chip guard which does not make sense as to why the front bumper paint has chipped off so badly!!! *tr
This is a serious issue & could have caused a fatality. who ever owns this vehicle be careful. on 10/31/12 about 11:30am my grandmother & i were heading out to lunch. my grandma wanted to ride in the dart that i had bought on 10/26/12. i only put about 10 miles on the dart & it is a manual 6 speed. i let my grandma into the passenger front seat, i started the car, put it into neutral, the emergency brake was already engaged, but i double checked it & re-pulled up on the emergency brake, i then pulled up one more time to make sure it was fully engaged because my driveway is slanted. i then turned on the a/c since it was about 80 degrees out. i left the driver's side door open. i told my grandma that i was going to move her car since it was blocking the driveway & parked in the street & then we can go to lunch. i walked down my driveway & made it to her driver side door when i heard my 76 year old grandmother screaming i looked up & saw my dodge dart rolling down my driveway as if no e-brake was on at all. the drivers side door on the dart smashed into my grandma's car the door on the dart then smashed into the front fender of the dart the inside of the door rubbed & damaged the rear fender of my grandmothers car. the dart then came to a stop about a 1/3 way into the street about 50ft from where i had the dart parked. i jumped into the dart & checked on my grandmother she had no serious injuries. i look down at the emergency brake & the emergency brake is fully engaged & in the same position that i left it in. this car didn't immediately roll down the driveway it took about 30-45 seconds before it started rolling. it acted like the emergency brake was engaged then just disengaged & rolled at a high speed. i have reported this to my insurance company & to dodge. dodge is saying there is nothing wrong with the car, but they are unwilling to give me a copy of the report. *tr