2012 Dodge Dart

PICKED UP KIDS FROM SCHOOL, DROVE TO THE MAIL BOX IN MY COMMUNITY AND TURNED OFF VEHICLE. AFTER STARTED VEHICLE AGAIN, BREAKS WERE VERY STIFF AND WHOOSHING SOUND CAME EVERY TIME I STEPPED ON THE PEDAL. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED TO DRIVE, IT STARTED ROLLING. I HAD TO PUSH THE BREAK PEDAL HARDER TO MAKE THE VEHICLE COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, ALL THE WHILE THE PEDAL WAS VERY STIFF. I DROVE TO WORK THAT MORNING AND MADE IT BACK TO KID'S SCHOOL WITHOUT ANY ISSUES OR SIGNS THAT BREAK SYSTEM MIGHT HAVE PROBLEMS. THIS SEEMS TO BE A DANGEROUS ISSUE AS THERE ARE NO EARLY WARNING SIGNS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE DART. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP. THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO MOVE FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE BOOSTER FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 46,000.

PULLED INTO A GAS STATION AND AS I CAME TO A STOP A POPPING NOISE CAME FROM UNDER THE DASH. THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME VERY FIRM, AS IF THE ENGINE WERE OFF, AND I CONTINUED TO ROLL FORWARD AND BUMPED THE SIDEWALK. MINOR DAMAGE, JUST SCRATCHES ON THE BOTTOM OF THE BUMPER. I WAS ABLE TO LIMP THE CAR HOME, AND CALLED THE DEALER THE NEXT DAY. AFTER A FEW SEARCHES, IT SEEMED THE BRAKE BOOSTER WAS TO BLAME. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT IF THERE WAS MOTOR OIL IN THE BRAKE BOOSTER, IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT I REPLACE THE BRAKE BOOSTER, VACUUM PUMP, VACUUM LINES, AND MASTER CYLINDER. AT 43,000 MILES. I UNDERSTAND THINGS BREAK. BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY ARE AWARE THERE IS A PROBLEM IF THEY ALREADY KNOW THE OTHER PARTS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH IT. IT ALSO SEEMS A LITTLE EARLY FOR THE BRAKE BOOSTER TO CRAP THE BED.

MY 2013 DODGE DART SXT HAS RECENTLY DEVELOPED ISSUES WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM. THE BRAKES SUDDENLY POPPED, FOLLOWED BY A HISSING NOISE AND THE PEDAL THEN BECAME VERY STIFF TO PUSH. WHEN PUSHED HARD ENOUGH I WAS ABLE TO STOP BUT IT TOOK SIGNIFICANTLY LONGER IN ORDER TO STOP. IF I HAD BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY, TRAVELING AT 65 MPH THIS ISSUE MAY HAVE BEEN MORE SERIOUS. BUT LUCKY FOR ME, I WAS ONLY GOING 45 MPH. I BROUGHT IT TO THE DODGE/CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP FROM WHICH I BOUGHT IT FROM. THEY LOOKED IT OVER AND TOLD ME THE BRAKE BOOSTER, PUMP, PUMP LINE AND MASTER CYLINDER ALL NEED TO BE REPLACED IN ORDER FOR THE ISSUE TO BE RESOLVED, RESULTING IN AN ESTIMATED COST OF $1200. AFTER HEARING THE COST OF THIS REPAIR, I WENT ONLINE TO RESEARCH THE ISSUE A LITTLE MORE. ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT THERE IS AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION WITH THIS PROBLEM FOR MY PARTICULAR MODEL OF CAR BUT NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED YET. SO I AM PROVIDING YOU WITH THIS INFORMATION WITH HOPE THAT IT WILL HELP WITH THE INVESTIGATION PROCESS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE DART. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, A LOUD SOUND OF AIR WAS HEARD WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED. THE BRAKE PEDAL COULD NOT BE DEPRESSED AND THE DRIVER HAD TO APPLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,000.

BRAKE POWER ASSIST FAILURE. I HEARD A POP AND THEN THE BRAKES STARTED PUSHING BACK AT ME AND MAKING A HISSING NOISE. I ALMOST DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO STOP AND THE GUY BEHIND ME ALMOST HIT ME. IF MY ELDERLY MOM WAS DRIVING THERE WOULD BE NO WAY SHE COULD PRESS DOWN ON THE BRAKE HARD ENOUGH AND WE WOULD HAVE A MUCH BIGGER PROBLEM. THESE COMPANIES NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. THANKS.

WHEN SON ATTEMPTED TO LEAVE PARKING LOT, THERE WAS A MEDIUM "CHUNK" NOISE AND THE BRAKES DIDN'T SEEM TO WORK AT ALL UNTIL HE STOMPED REALLY HARD ON THE PEDAL. HE DROVE HIS 8 MILES HOME SLOWLY, GIVING LOTS OF BRAKING ROOM AS EVERY TIME HE HIT THE BRAKES A HISSING NOISE AND VERY LITTLE BRAKE RESPONSE WAS GIVEN EVEN WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKE AS HARD AS HE COULD. WHEN MY HUSBAND DROVE IT INTO THE SHOP, HE SAID IT WAS LIKE THERE WERE NO LONGER POWER STEERING BRAKES. THE BRAKE BOOSTER WAS REPLACED, UNDER WARRANTY STILL, AND SINCE MY SON STEPPED SO HARD ON THE BRAKE, HE ACTUALLY BROKE THE BRAKE PEDAL ASSEMBLY AS WELL, WHICH CAUSED THE BRAKE LIGHTS TO STAY ON ALL THE TIME EVEN WHEN THE CAR WAS TURNED OFF. ALL THAT WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY, TOO.

WHEN PUTTING MY 2013 DODGE DART INTO REVERSE TO BACK UP IN MY DRIVEWAY I REALIZED I HAD NO BRAKES. THE PEDAL MADE A LOUD WOOSHING NOISE AND IT SOUNDED LIKE A LOT OF AIR COMING OUT. THEN THE PEDAL WAS VERY HARD TO PUSH DOWN AND THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP. THE CAR DID THE SAME THING IN DRIVE, AND THE PROBLEM CONTINUED IN THE SAME MANNER REPEATEDLY.