2012 Dodge Dart

1. CLUTCH STARTED TO LOSE RESISTANCE COUPLE TIMES A MONTH IN TWO LAST MONTHS. NOW ALMOST EVERY DAY AFTER LONG TIME NOT USING IT. IT FREELY GOING DOWN, SOMETIMES STUCK IN THE HALF WAY OUT AND HAVE TO BE PULLED UP. 2. BRAKES STARTED LOSE RESISTANCE RECENTLY ALSO AFTER LONG TIME NOT TO BE USED (1 OR MORE HOURS) SPECIALLY IN THE MORNING. IT FREELY GOING DOWN HALF WAY PRODUCING AIR BLOW SOUND. AFTER A FEW TIMES PUSHING PEDAL DOWN AIR BLOW STOPS AND RESISTANCE GETS OK. BEHIND OF BRAKE PEDAL IT FEELS SOME KING OF LIQUID. 3. ACCELERATION AT HIGH SPEED TAKES LONGER TIME THEN IT WAS BEFORE AND REQUIRES TO SWITCH TO LOWER GEAR. (TURBO PROBLEM?) 4. MPG DECREASED. ON THE SAME WAY TO AND BACK TO WORK USUALLY IT WAS 32-33 MPG. NOW IT GETS 28-29 TODAY BROUGHT CAR TO DEALER. AFTER A WHOLE DAY OF INSPECTION NOTHING WRONG WAS FOUND. *TR

ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHEN I AM IN TRAFFIC AND HAVE TO DO A LOT OF START/STOP THE CAR STALLS, WILL NOT GO INTO GEAR AND START SMOKING. IT SMELLS AS IF THE CLUTCH IS BURNING AND THE CAR WILL NOT GO INTO GEAR. I HAVE TO PULL OVER FOR ABOUT 30MIN TO AN HOUR TO STOP THIS FROM CONTINUING. THIS IS A BRAND NEW CAR AND I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY OF COURSE CANT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND THE TECH IS TELLING ME THE CLUTCH IS OVERHEATING BECAUSE OF USER ERROR. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING A STICK SHIFT FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS AND HAVE NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH MY OTHER STICK SHIFTS LIKE THIS ONE. EVERYONE AROUND ME CAN SEE THE CAR SMOKING AND MY DAUGHTER IS SCARED TO DEATH TO GET BACK IN THE CAR BECAUSE SHE HAS EXPERIENCED THIS TWICE NOW AND SHE IS ONLY 4 YEARS OLD SHE THINK THE CAR IS GOING TO CATCH ON FIRE. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PULL OVER FOR AN HOUR EVERYTIME I AM IN TRAFFIC. I LIVE IN A CITY WHERE THAT IS NOT PREVENTABLE. THERE HAS GOT TO BE SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE DART. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING HOWEVER, ONCE RESTARTED IT OPERATED AS DESIGNED. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS ON FOUR DIFFERENT DATES BUT A DIAGNOSTIC WAS NOT PERFORMED. FOUR MONTHS LATER, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 19,737.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE DART. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN 13V238000 (POWER TRAIN) AND NOTIFIED AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR THE RECALL SERVICE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT UPDATED INFORMATION TO REMEDY THE RECALL AND DID NOT HAVE A TIMEFRAME AVAILABLE FOR THE REPAIR TO BEGIN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000.

I BOUGHT MY 13 DART (1.4 W/6SPD) AND AT THE 200 MILE MARK THE CAR BEGAN TO "SURGE" WHEN SHIFTING THROUGH 2ND AND 3RD GEAR, FROM 2,700 TO 3,300 RPMS. INITIALLY IT WAS JUST ANNOYING AND NOTICEABLE. MY 1ST TRIP TO THE DEALERSHIP DIDN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM, BUT THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME DODGE SAID IT IS A NORMAL FUNCTION OF THE MULTIAIR TURBO, AND I SHOULD SWITCH TO PREMIUM FUEL. WHILE AT THE DEALERSHIP I DROVE A USED 1.4/6SPD AND IT HAD THE SAME SURGING ISSUE. ANOTHER WEEK WENT BY AND AT APPROX 1,400 MILES THE SURGING COULD BE FELT IN 4TH GEAR. A SECOND TRIP TO THE DEALERSHIP DIDN'T RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. AGAIN, DODGE TOLD THE SERVICE MANAGER "IT'S NORMAL. SWITCH TO PREMIUM." I THEN SWITCHED TO PREMIUM AND AFTER THREE FULL TANKS THE VEHICLE NOW SURGES IN 2 TO 6TH GEAR, ALL AROUND 2,700 TO 3,300 RPMS. ADDITIONALLY, ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS THE VEHICLE WAS GOING 45MPH IN 4TH AND WHEN I TRIED TO SPEED UP THE CAR WOULD SURGE VIOLENTLY AND I HAD TO PULL OVER TO AVOID ONCOMING TRAFFIC BECAUSE THE CAR WOULD NOT GO ANY FASTER. NOW, A THIRD TRIP TO THE DEALERSHIP STILL NO RESOLUTION. NOW, AT 6,100 MILES, I WAS DRIVING THROUGH WVA HILLS AND IN 6TH AT 75MPH THE CAR BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY SURGE CAUSING ME TO PULL OVER OUT OF THE WAY OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC BEHIND ME. I HAVE SWITCHED BACK TO 87 GRADE GAS BUT I ONLY GET 39MPG AVG VS 45MPG AVG I WAS GETTING. INITIALLY, I WAS EXCITED ABOUT MY NEW PURCHASE AND THE DEALERSHIP COMMUNICATED WITH ME EXTENSIVELY. NOW THAT THEY HAVE NO RESOLUTION FOR THIS "NORMAL" SURGE THE GM WON'T CALL ME BACK OR ANSWER MY CALLS. WHEN I CALLED CHRYSLER THE INITIAL CASE MANAGER TOOK MY CASE FOR INVESTIGATION, BUT AFTER ONLY 2 DAYS SHE TOLD ME THE CASE HAS BEEN FORWARDED UP TO A HIGHER LEVEL EXECUTIVE INVESTIGATION TEAM, BUT IN OVER A WEEK I HAVE HEARD NOTHING. NOW EVEN THE INITIAL CASE MANAGER WON'T RESPOND. DEALERSHIP ACKNOWLEDGES THE SURGE ISSUE IN EVERY REPAIR INVOICE. *TR

MY VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY FROM FEB. 21, 2013 FROM 11:30 AM TO APPROXIMATELY 4:00 PM WHEN IT ROLLED DOWN THE DRIVEWAY HIT A TREE AND STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. THE CAR WAS PARKED IN FIRST GEAR AND THE PARKING BRAKE WAS ENGAGED. THE DRIVEWAY HAS AN APPROXIMATELY 20% SLOPE AT THE LOCATION THE CAR WAS PARKED. THE SECOND INCIDENT TOOK PLACE ON MAY 2, 2013 APPROXIMATELY 1:00 PM. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED IN THE SAME LOCATION FOR THREE WEEKS AS I WAS OUT OF TOWN. IT WAS ONCE AGAIN PARKED IN FIRST GEAR, WITH THE PARKING BRAKE ENGAGED. AS I APPROACHED THE VEHICLE IT BEGAN TO ROLL DOWN THE SLOPE IT WAS PARKED ON. I HAVE WITNESSES FOR BOTH INCIDENTS. CHRYSLER HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE TWICE AND REPORTS THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKES OR TRANSMISSION. *TR

WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, I ATTEMPTED TO DOWNSHIFT TO CHANGE LANES. THE CLUTCH BASICALLY POPPED AND WENT TO THE FLOOR. I THEN HAD TO SWERVE IN TRAFFIC IN ORDER TO GET OFF THE HIGHWAY. I HAVE A 2013 DART SXT WITH THE 1.4L MULTIAIR ENGINE AND THE 6 SPEED TRANSMISSION. AFTER LOOKING AROUND ON THERE WEB, THIS IS APPARENTLY NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT AND MAY ACTUALLY BE A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLES. CHRYSLER NEEDS TO NOT ONLY FIX THIS PROBLEM, BUT IT SHOULD BE RECALLED AS IT CAN HAPPEN AT ANY TIME. I HAVE FOUND THAT SOME VEHICLES HAVE THIS HAPPEN IN AS LITTLE AS THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF OWNERSHIP OR AS IN MY CASE, AFTER A FEW THOUSAND MILES. IT IS DANGEROUS. I WOULD PUT IN THE VIN, BUT THE CAR IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP AS THIS HAPPENED TODAY. THANK YOU. *TR