CarComplaints.com Notes: The first year of the new Dodge Dart had a rough start, with owners reporting a disproportionate number of engine and transmission problems.
For transmission, the main complaints are transmission failure & rough shifting. So far, average mileage for transmission failure is 25,000 miles. Not good.
For engine problems, it usually starts with the engine light coming on for any number of reasons: bad sensors, ignition coil replacement, bad wiring, faulty gas cap ... dealers are replacing various components with varying degrees of success, or telling owners they can't duplicate the issue.
From the day I bought this car it has had issues of one kind or another, this was the first, before we even got it home from the dealership we had to arrange to have the undercarriage for the front passenger seat replaced. It was stuck in the full forward position and would not move. The dealer replaced it and I thought that was great, but I didn't realize it was an omen of things to come.
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From the day I bought this car it has had issues of one kind or another, this was the first, before we even got it home from the dealership we had to arrange to have the undercarriage for the front passenger seat replaced. It was stuck in the full forward position and would not move. The dealer replaced it and I thought that was great, but I didn't realize it was an omen of things to come.
- bnormal, Cartage, TN, US