2012 Dodge Dart Electrical Problems

WELL MY CAR HEADLIGHT AND THE PANELING CAUGHT ON FIRE IN MY CAR WENT TO CAR HOP TO ADVISE THEM TOOK THE CAR TO ONE OF THERE DEALERS ADVISED THAT THEY DON'T DO ELECTRICAL AT THE SAME TIME THE RECALL CAME IN ADVISED ME THAT A RECALL WAS NEEDED TOO K IT TO DEALERSHIP AND AS OF NOW 30 DAYS BEHIND ON THE PART ADVISED CARHOP THAT THE REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE BEFORE I BROUGHT THE CAR THAT WASN'T DONE CORRECTLY WHICH MADE ME HAVE TO PAY FOR THE RECALL WORK THEY SWEAR THEY DIDN'T BIT THE STATE AND CARFAX SAY OTHERWISE IT WASN'T DONE BY DODGE IN NO STATE BUT BY THERE MECHANICS AT THIS TIME THE CAR IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE IT'S STILL AT DODGE AND CARHOP SAID THEY WILL RESELL IT TO ANOTHER FAMILY EVEN THOUGH I ADVISED THEM THE PANEL CAUGHT ON FIRE AND THERE IS A SHORT

NHTSA ID

11270468

Incident

Sep 4, 2019

Mileage

113 mi

BLUETOOTH FAILED AT 37000 MILES HVAC BLOWER MOTOR FAILED AT 50K EBRAKE ON CALIPER LOCKED UP 65K ALTERNATOR GONE AT 70 K MASTER CYLINDER GONE AT 74K REVERSE LOCK OUT CABLE FOR MANUAL BROKE AT 50 K PASSENGER SIDE VISOR BROKE OFF AT 38K BACK UP CAMERA MALFUNCTIONING AT 74 K SPEEDOMETER DROPS TO ZERO WHILE DRIVING RANDOMLY RADIO SCREEN GOES BLANK RANDOMLY OIL LEAKING FROM VALVE COVER SEALS AND OIL PAN

NHTSA ID

11266777

Incident

May 1, 2015

Mileage

37,000 mi

I PURCHASED MY DODGE DART AT 21,000 MILES. 30,000 MILES CAR SHUTS OFF ON HIGHWAY. TOTAL POWER LOSS. DODGE WAS ABLE TO LIMIT THE PROBLEM HOWEVER RAN ROUGH AND AT ABOUT 45000 MILES CAR SHIFTED HARD NOW AT 70000 DODGE TELLS ME IT'S THE TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY. 3,000 DOLLAR REPAIR. AT THIS POINT CAR IS NOT WORTH 3000. STILL SHUTS OFF COMPLETELY WHILE DRIVING. TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE IS RECALLED FOR THE 2013 DART HOWEVER NOT MY VIN# ????? I SEE TONS OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUES EVEN CASES AGAINST DODGE FOR THIS MODEL. HOWEVER THEY ARE UNWILLING TO HELP ME OUT WITH ANY ISSUES I BRING TO THEIR ATTENTION. UNFORTUNATE. FOR ME.

NHTSA ID

11265401

Incident

Sep 1, 2016

Mileage

30,000 mi

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN IT WAS RAINING THEN IT STOPPED THEN IT STARTED UP AGAIN AND WENT TO TURN ON MY WIPERS AND THEY WOULDNT TURN ON, SO I CALLED A BUDDY OF MINE THATS A MECHANIC AND HE TOLD ME ITS PROBLY THE STEERING COLUMN RIBBON BROKE AND SURE ENOUGH I TOOK IT TO DODGE AND THATS WHAT IT WAS. THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED FOR A DEFECT AND SHOULD BE REPLACED AT NO CHARGE THIS IS A ALMOST $500.00 PART TO REPLACE IT.

NHTSA ID

11265333

Incident

Sep 1, 2019

Mileage

80,000 mi

CV JOINTS MAKING NOISE WHEN TURNING. REPORTED WHEN UNDER WARRANTY, BUT WAS TOLD IT WAS THE COLD. RADIO AND BLUE TOOTH WENT OUT, MILEAGE AT THE TIME 40,000.

NHTSA ID

11255570

Incident

Aug 1, 2019

Mileage

40,000 mi

ANY PHONE CONNECTED TO U-CONNECT WILL DISCONNECT WHILE TALKING ON THE CAR STEREO. I FEEL VERY UNSAFE WHEN I HAVE TO LOOK AT MY PHONE WHILE DRIVING TO TALK ON SPEAKER RATHER THAN THE CAR STEREO. I'VE HAD ENOUGH, AND I WANT I WANT THIS FIXED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

NHTSA ID

11255433

Incident

Sep 13, 2019

Mileage

25,000 mi

MY CAR RANDOMLY WILL NOT START THINKING THAT IT IS NOT IN PARK. THIS ALSO CAUSES THE DIAGNOSTIC ELECTRONICS TO GO HAYWIRE. I'M TOLD THERE IS A BUSHING THAT WILL FIX THIS PROBLEM, BUT DODGE REFUSES TO PROVIDE THIS PART TO MY LOCAL DEALER. THE BUSHING IS DESIGNED TO CAUSE THE CAR TO KNOW IT IS IN PARK SO IT WILL START. I'M ALSO TOLD THIS IS A RECALL ISSUE, BUT I RECEIVED NO RECALL NOTICE FROM DODGE.

NHTSA ID

11252621

Incident

Aug 16, 2019

Mileage

50,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE DART. WHILE PARKING IN THE DRIVEWAY, THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT FROM REVERSE TO PARK. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO TURN OFF THE IGNITION AND USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO PARK THE VEHICLE; HOWEVER, THE KEY COULD NOT BE EJECTED FROM THE IGNITION. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V293000 (POWER TRAIN). THE CONTACT STATED THAT LANDMARK CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM OF ATLANTA (LOCATED AT 5745 PEACHTREE INDUSTRIAL BLVD, CHAMBLEE, GA 30341, (678) 825-6582) EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE REPAIR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

NHTSA ID

11242761

Incident

Aug 2, 2019

WHILE DRIVING THE SCREEN WILL RANDOMLY GO COMPLETELY BLACK AND THEN START FLICKERING WHITE - MY DASH IS NOW DOING THE SAME, SIMULTANEOUSLY. HOWEVER, THE SCREEN LIGHTS (SPEED, MILES, MPG, ETC) STAY DIM TO WHERE I CAN'T EVEN READ WHAT IS SAYS. MY SPEEDOMETER AND GAUGES WILL GIVE OUT AND THEN PROCEED TO QUICKLY FLICKER UP AND DOWN. AFTER ABOUT 30 SECONDS OF THIS HAPPENING, THE WHOLE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM RESETS ITSELF. THIS HAS HAPPENED 5 TIMES WITHIN THE LAST TWO DAYS, WITHIN A MAXIMUM OF 4 TOTAL HOURS DRIVING TIME. WHEN STARTING MY CAR, IT HESITATES TO START - IT MAKES CLICKING NOISES PRIOR TO ACTUALLY STARTING. THE BATTERY IS FAIRLY NEW AS WELL. MY CENTER CONSOLE RANDOMLY STOPS WORKING, I HAVE ZERO CONTROL OVER THE RADIO / CLIMATE FUNCTION. EVEN AFTER DISCONNECTING THE BATTERY, THE PROBLEM RESUMES. THE UCONNECT DOESN'T WORK - NO PHONE SYSTEM, OR BLUETOOTH MUSIC. THE BACK-UP CAMERA HAS COMPLETELY GONE OUT. THERE SEEMS TO BE SEVERAL ISSUES WITH THE DODGE DART THAT GO UNSOLVED AND ARE A HUGE SAFETY RISK.

NHTSA ID

11242522

Incident

Aug 7, 2019

Mileage

125,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE DART. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER, CLIMATE CONTROL, RADIO, AND INSTRUMENTAL PANEL GAUGES STOPPED WORKING. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

NHTSA ID

11235077

Incident

Jul 25, 2019

Mileage

90,000 mi

I BOUGHT A DODGE DART 2013 LIMITED EDITION (OR WAS TALKED INTO IT BY YOUR SALESPEOPLE) I WANTED THIS TO BE MY LAST CAR AND I ACTUALLY REALLY LIKED IT. THEN I STARTED HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR SHIFTING INTO NEUTRAL RANDOMLY. I TOOK IT TO A DODGE DEALER BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THIS HAPPENED THREE TIMES AND THEY SAID THEY DID EVERYTHING THEY COULD. A LEMON LAW FIRM CONTACTED ME AND SAID THEY COULD REPLACE THE CAR IF I HAD 3 OCCURRENCES WITH RECEIPTS WHICH I SUBMITTED TO THEM. THEY SAID CHRYSLER WAS GIVING ME $3900. I WAS CONFUSED BECAUSE I THOUGHT THEY WERE GIVING ME ENOUGH TO REPLACE THE CAR. THEY EXPLAINED CHRYSLER DIDN'T WANT TO DO THAT. I ACTUALLY FORGOT ABOUT IT (THAT WAS 2016) AND THOUGHT THE ISSUE HAD BEEN FIXED SO I WAS HAPPY. NOW THIS PAST JULY 4TH 2019 MY TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS HAVE RETURNED. MY CAR HAS 48,000 ONLY AND NOT EVEN THE DODGE EXTENDED WARRANTY (WHICH I WANTED TO NOW PURCHASE) DO NOT COVER 2013 MODELS. THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES TO ME. THEY KNOW THEY SOLD ME A LEMON AND ONE THAT IS NOT SAFE. I CAN'T AFFORD A NEW CAR AND HAVE NOW LEARNED THAT LEMONS ARE BOUGHT AND SOLD BACK TO THE PUBLIC. I WILL NEVER BUY OR SPEAK WELL ABOUT CHRYSLER AGAIN. YOU ARE A FRAUDULENT COMPANY. I WANTED A HONDA ORIGINALLY BUT WAS TALKED OUT OF IT BY NEIGHBORS WHO WORK FOR CHRYSLER. I WILL BE CALLING DEENA CENTOFANTI FROM CHANNEL 2 FOX TO TELL HER I WAS SOLD AN UNSAFE CAR AND I AM STUCK WITH IT. THEY ALREADY KNOW THAT CHRYSLER KNEW THE SYSTEM DESIGN WAS FAULTY IN 2012 BUT RELEASED THE 2013 ANYWAY. SHAMEFUL.

NHTSA ID

11234102

Incident

Jul 4, 2019

Mileage

47,000 mi

AIR BAG LIGHTS IS ON CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS CAR RUNNING HOT FAM TURNING IN WRONG DIRECTIONS I KEEP PUTTING BRAKE FLUID IN ONCE A WEEK HEAT COME ON M OFF WHEN IT FEEL LIKE IT TIRE LITE I KEEP SPENDING MONEY FOR TIRES HEAD REST IS NOT NORMAL IT PUSHES MY NECK OUT WHEN I'M DRIVING NOW MY NECK N BACK HURTS

NHTSA ID

11232951

Incident

Nov 30, 2018

CAR WILL NOT START. IT WILL TURN ON BUT NOT START THE CAR. BATTERY AND STARTER WERE REPLACED. MECHANIC NOTED THAT THE FUSE BOX WAS HOT, EVEN THOUGHT THE ENGINE WAS COOL. HE FEELS THAT IT COULD BE THE COMPUTER OR FUSE BOX. THE CAR WILL SOMETIMES START. BUT, I HAVE BEEN STRANDED AND CANNOT RELY ON IT TO START. COMPUTER DIAGNOSIS DOES NOT COME UP WITH ANYTHING. REACHING OUT TO THE DODGE DART OWNERS COMMUNITY, THIS SEEMS TO BE A KNOWN PROBLEM. SO FAR, NO ONE KNOW WHAT TO DO. THE DEALERSHIP WANTS TO CHARGE A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY ON COMPUTER DIAGNOSTICS WHEN IT WON'T HELP.

NHTSA ID

11231927

Incident

Jul 6, 2019

Mileage

100,000 mi

AGAIN HERE I AM WITH A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON AND MY CAR IS BUCKING AND UNSAFE!!! I WILL BRING IT IN TOMORROW BUT I BOUGHT A TOOL THAT READS CODES HERE ARE THE CODES P0352 ERROR IGNITION COIL B PRIMARY/ SECONDARY CIRCUIT MALFUNCTION. AND CYLINDER 2 MISFIRE UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING. YOU JUST PICKED UP THE CAR FOR SAME THING ON JUNE 10!!!!! LESS THAN 10 DAYS AND IT IS ACTING UP AGAIN. DO YOU WANT ME TO GET INTO A BAD ACCIDENT. BECAUSE I AM SCARED TO DEATH TO DRIVE MY CAR. THIS IS ABOUT 6TH TIME IN LESS THAN 6 MONTHS FOR SAME ISSUES.

NHTSA ID

11221986

Incident

Jun 23, 2019

Mileage

47,782 mi

RECALL MAY BE THE PROBLEM. CAR RAN JUST FINE UNTIL WE SHUT IT OFF WAITED 30 MINUTES TRYING TO TURN IT BACK ON AND MESSAGE DISPLAYED SERVICE TRANSMISSION NO CURE FOUND AUTOSTICK NOT RECOGNIZED. VEHICLE RAN FOR 400 MILES DROVE PERFECTLY FINE WE STOPPED FOR A BITE TO EAT FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES AND CAR WOULD NOT START AGAIN.

NHTSA ID

11221962

Incident

Jun 21, 2019

MY CAR WILL HESITATE TO SPEED UP, AND FEELS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION JUMPS RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING. LAST YEAR, IT GOT STUCK IN NEUTRAL WHEN I PARKED - WOULDN'T GO INTO DRIVE ALTHOUGH I COULD MOVE THE GEAR SHIFTER. ONGOING ELECTRICAL ISSUES WITH BACKUP CAMERA AND UCONNECT.

NHTSA ID

11221356

Incident

Jun 1, 2019

THE BATTERY LIGHT AND ENGINE LIGHT STARTED FLICKERING ON AND OFF, AND THE VEHICLE STARTED IDLING AND DECREASING IN SPEED FOR NO REASON. WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE IT DID NOT WANT TO DO SO, AND AGAIN THE LIGHTS AND POWER STARTED FLICKERING TURNING ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY. UPON PULLING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD I TURNED THE ENGINE OFF, AT WHICH TRYING TO RESTART, THE ENGINE DID NOT TURN OVER ONLY CLICKING NOISES. INSTEAD STILL WHAT SEEMED LIKE A SURGING OF POWER WITH ALL RANDOM LIGHTS FLICKERING AND STEREO TURNING ON AND OFF. THIS ISSUE HAD NOT ONLY HAPPENED ONCE BUT NOW TWICE, AND I AM CURRENTLY LEFT CAR LESS AS THE ISSUE CANNOT BE FIXED OR FOUND. A TUNE UP WAS DONE ON MY CAR, WIRES REPLACED, THE BATTERY REPLACED TWICE, AND A MODULE REPLACED DUE TO THE FAN FOR AIR CONDITIONING INTERMITTENTLY TURNING OFF AND ON ON IT'S OWN FOR NO RHYME OR REASON. I HAVE RECEIPTS FOR ALL STATED ABOVE REPLACEMENTS. HOWEVER, I HAVE KEPT THEM IN MY CAR RECENTLY DUE TO HAVE TO REPLACE MULTIPLE PARTS WITHIN ONLY A COUPLE MONTHS OF THE PART BEING REPLACED. NO ONE SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS TAKING PLACE, AND I AM CERTAINLY TIRED OF PAYING FOR PARTS TO REPLACE THE PROBLEM WHEN THEY HAVE NOT HELPED IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM. IT SEEMS TO ME IT IS MORE OF A MANUFACTURING ISSUE THAN A MAINTENANCE ISSUE. MORE OVER THE FIRST TIME THIS ISSUE OCCURRED I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY AND COULD'VE BEEN SEVERELY INJURED DUE TO CARS DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS AND NOT PAYING ATTENTION. THIS ISSUE IS REALLY DANGEROUS AND COULD BE LIFE THREATENING IF NOT HANDLED APPROPRIATELY. I WOULD HIGHLY SUGGEST SOMEONE LOOKING INTO THESE FAULTS BEFORE IT COSTS A LIFE.

NHTSA ID

11220893

Incident

Jun 18, 2019

Mileage

80,000 mi

SINCE MARCH 2019 CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ONE 3 TIMES. MY CAR HAS EITHER STALLED IN MIDDLE OF INTERSECTION AND/OR HAS A BUCKING SENSATION AND THEN CHECK ENGINE TURNS ON. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE THAT IT KEEPS OCCURRING. ONE TIME THEY REPLACED BATTERY, NEXT TIME RECALL V34 AND AGAIN TODAY. THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING GOING ON WITH THIS MODEL. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE.THIS HAPPENS WHILE I AM DRIVING.

NHTSA ID

11210707

Incident

May 29, 2019

Mileage

47,000 mi

THE SHIFTER CABLE BUSHING ON THE TRANSMISSION END OF THE SHIFTER CABLE WHICH CAN DETERIORATE AND BECOME DETACHED FROM THE TRANSMISSION. THIS CONDITION CAN RESULT IN THE INABILITY OF THE DRIVER TO ACTUALLY SHIFT THE TRANSMISSION, EVEN THOUGH THE DRIVER MAY MOVE THE SHIFTER HANDLE.

NHTSA ID

11207351

Incident

May 8, 2019

Mileage

50,500 mi

THE RIBBON CABLE THAT CONTROLS THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS HAS BEEN SEVERED, DUE TO REPEATED USE OF THE BLINKERS ON THE SAME CONTROL. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ALWAYS RUN NOW, AT A LOW SPEED. THEY CAN NOT BE STOPPED, SPED UP, AND CAN NO LONGER USE THE WIPER FLUID DISPENSER.

NHTSA ID

11203086

Incident

Feb 8, 2019

CAR WILL IDLE ROUGHLY WHILE IN DRIVE AND BREAK IS APPLIE, IF IN NEUTRAL IDLE ISN'T ROUGH. J HAVE CHANGED THE SPARK PLUGS, GOTTEN A TUNE UP, CHANGED THE AIR FILTER AND NOTHING HAS HELPED. OCCASIONALLY BACK PASSENGER WONT GO UP,RADIO SCREEN WILL OCCASIONALLY TURN OFF WHILE DRIVING AND RADIO OFTEN FILLED WITH STATIC.

NHTSA ID

11196187

Incident

Apr 15, 2019

Mileage

60,000 mi

OUR VEHICLE KEEPS SHUTTING OFF ON HIGHWAYS, ROADS, ETC. WE ALWAYS HAVE CHILDREN IN THE CAR. WHEN WE CAN FINALLY START IT AGAIN THE WHOLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM THEN WANTS TO SHUT DOWN AND THE SCREEN STAYS BLACK FOR A LONG TIME.

NHTSA ID

11192531

Incident

Mar 1, 2019

Mileage

60,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE DART. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH THE KEY IN THE IGNITION, THE "AUTO STICK UNAVAILABLE" MESSAGE APPEARED, WHICH THEN CHANGED TO "SERVICE TRANSMISSION". THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. ALSO, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR FLASHED. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE, "GEAR NOT AVAILABLE" APPEARED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURES OCCURRED AT LEAST FIVE TIMES PER WEEK FOR THE PAST FIVE MONTHS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,000.

NHTSA ID

11185138

Incident

Mar 8, 2019

Mileage

48,000 mi

CAR FLASHES CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, TURNS ON AND OFF MULTIPLE TIMES ON ITS OWN, UNEXPECTEDLY SHIFTS INTO NEUTRAL, OCCASIONALLY GOES FORWARD WHEN IN REVERSE (R), STEERING WHEEL LOCKS WHILE DRIVING, TAKES A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THE ACCELERATION PEDAL TO MOVE FORWARD

NHTSA ID

11183925

Incident

Mar 2, 2019

TAMARA RECALL. I WAS DRIVING MY DART HOME FROM WORK THIS EVENING WHEN I NOTICED A POWER LOSS AND A BURNING SMELL. ONCE I PULLED CAR OVER I REALIZED IT WAS ON FIRE. FIRE STARTED JUST BY THE BATTERY. THE CAR IS A TOTAL LOSS.

NHTSA ID

11176408

Incident

Feb 11, 2019

Mileage

98,000 mi