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Car is stalling and cutting off while driving. Got an oil change. Car doesn't react to pushing on accelerator. RPM rev after hesitating with foot on the gas. Car is shaking and running really hard. I believe its the transmission control module, which is common in Dodge Darts. Its been recalled, but not on my model. Stalled in the middle of an intersection. Had to restart car 3 times.
Battery needs to be replaced about every 6 months due to something draining the battery but nothing has been found. Electrical is all messed up, the computer system malfunctions. When car is turned on at randomly the air and music will go full blast and it cannot be turned down or shut off. Mechanically the car is running fine but the temperature gauge moves up and down while driving and while sitting still due to electrical issues. When driving on normal backroads or highways there is a loud clunking noise coming from the engine area and nothing has been found as to why it makes the noise.
Finished driving, pulled into parking lot at my apartment and tried placing car into park and it would not go, it is in neutral or is displaying neutral and key is stuck in the ignition and the gear shift will not go into any gear. The vehicle was stationary when this happened. I was just parking the car.
Purchased this vehicle in late January and approx 6 months later while driving on the highway the motor will randomly stall. These are intermittent events.
- Lugoff, SC, USA
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On evening of Friday November 9, 2018, the transmission began to slip and was very sluggish. The next day November 10, 2018 at 12:15 pm while driving on hwy 485 in charlotte nc and before I could take it to the dealer for a check; the clutch brake exploded like a grenade, sending schrapnal through the transmission. We were lucky it didn't come through the cab or my family would have been killed. The traffic was very heavy due to the holiday weekend, we were also lucky that we didn't get into an accident. I have driven standard transmissions all my life and this has never happened. To say the very least I am upset this vehicle should be under warrantee due to the low mileage and since I bought it on Jan 29, 2016, it is under 3 years. However, I am looking at a $3500 bill to repair or replace the transmission. This is completely unacceptable, the clutch brake should never explode like that. Chrysler is selling weak manufactured parts to the public. This should be recalled and checked or replaced with a better clutch brake before someone is killed.
While driving at a fairly high speed within the speed limit my clutch just dropped to the floor and the manual stick shift shifted into gears on it's own jumping and not needing the clutch to shift. Led to total immobilization with cars behind me, I luckily made it over to a dirt area between the road and a ditch safely.
Dart recall I brought the Dart in to do a reflash for my car to stop the harsh idle, choke and knock.also that the car shuts off from a rolling stop to acceleration after the reflash 2 days later the car continues to have the same problems several weeks later today 11/17/18 the car shut off as usual but in a intersection had to turn on the car and hope when putting it in drive the engine doesn't shutoff again in cold weather the vehicle has a knocking grind sound and occasionally will turn off if the idle drops low to 500 and then immediately applying little gas and the warm weather comes by or after first driven the grinding noise is gone but same issue when the idle drops to low the engine just does and battery light turns on the battery is good but this issue hasn't been fixed and when I went the said it's normal but they did a reflash
Consumption of oil. When oil is changed, I have to replenish oil at around 63-67% useage on several occasions until next oil change. There was previous leak repaired..no leaks but still burning oil. Also, sometimes when stopped then start excelerating, experience hesitation and a rattling or pinging sound. Also happens when I slow down turning at corner then excelerate. This has happened since I purchased over 1 1/2 years ago.
Car has stalled twice when making stop and beginning to turn left on city street. Would not start first time. Restarted after a few minutes. Called aaa and replaced battery (it tested slightly weak, alternator was strong). Next day, stalled again turning left on city street. Started about a minute later. Updated 11/29/18 the consumer stated dealer advised the engine was known to consume oil. There was no known repair or recall. The dealer suggested to check the oil every 500 miles and be charged a diagnostic fee each visit.
Dart recall.....bought the car at 22500 miles and now at 46000 the car stutters and chokes in the cold rough idle and knocking sound coming from engine and the idle goes up and drops at high stops and will shut off the car when slowing down knock sound is heard once driven more the once the knocking goes but the stall at fast stops still happens when purchased wasn't informed recall was put on the car or various other Darts
Dodge Dart recall....PCM is acting up needs to be refreshed engine is choking in cold weather and will shut off at a sudden stop in dangerous situations engine revs are completely random but will drive normally once driven 4 times and engine is kept warm but braking suddenly or swerving away suddenly shuts off the car
The contact owns a 2015 Dodge Dart. While driving 5 mph, the gear went into neutral and the vehicle would not move when the accelerator pedal was depressed. The contact stated that the vehicle exhibited the same symptoms as listed in NHTSA campaign number: 15V542000 (power train). The vehicle was taken to Dakota Chrysler center (7950 179th ave SE, wahpeton, nd 58075, 701-642-1551) where it was diagnosed that the gear shift failed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and referred the contact to NHTSA. The failure mileage was approximately 20,000.
I have had issues since the day I bought the car. I have 26,000 miles and am on my third set of tires. The dealer tells me that they do not feel anything is wrong yet the tires keep wearing out and one recently had a bulge, I complained of a whirling sound and they told me it was the tires, I replaced the tires and it is still there. I keep taking the car in and it is one excuse after another. I report the issues to Dodge and they tell me to go to the dealer. A mechanic at the dealer told me that the car runs like a tractor trailer, it is idling at 2,000 RPM in park when it should be 900 or less and it sounds like there is an issue in the rear end and engine mount issues. I'm afraid the car will fall apart while I'm driving it. I need someone to help me get Dodge to figure out what the issues are. They had the audacity to tell me my driving habits are the reason I need tires every 10,000 miles. I have a camaro that I drive like a bat out of hell and got my first set of tires at 50,000 miles. Something is wrong with this car and no one at Dodge will help. Will it take me getting killed for someone to do something??
The problem with the vehicle is that the clutch pedal goes straight to the floor and stays there, the only way to get it to the up position is to reach down or use your foot. The master cylinder of the brake system was below the minimum line. No brake warning light or any other warning/caution. The clutch went to the floor. The incident happened I was on a 7 lane city street during rush hour traffic I was driving and everything was normal. I was the first vehicle in line when I try to start going the clutch felt like it was slipping in first gear which is highly unusual for my vehicle because first gear has always been very touchy.. shift to second gear in the clutch once again was slipping and the engine reved the vehicle did not accelerate properly. I was able to get it to go and I made it to the next traffic light. I was the second car from the intersection. When the light turned green I released the clutch and the gear engaged imeadiatly with the gear in first, the vehicle lurched forward and kept doing that about three times until the vehicle stalled out. Pushing in the clutch pedal did nothing it's stay stuck to the floor. In the mirror I see that the vehicle behind me almost ran into me and almost caused a huge pile up behind me because of the hesitation of my vehicle I was not able to move the vehicle out of the lane without help from a fellow citizen that was dangerous in itself. Once I got the vehicle to a safe place pushing it I checked under the hood and I see that the brake fluid reservoir on the master cylinder was empty. I check the fluids in my vehicle at least twice a week. Where did all that fluid go? I have been without my vehicle for a week or two now due to trying to figure out what to do because the car has 40, 000 miles on it so its out of warranty.
When I go to put the car in park to turn it off to get out of it, it tells me it isn't in park so I have to put it back in drive and slam the shifter as hard as I can into park to make it go into park and unless the car is in park it won't shut off. This has happened a few different times to me.
The plastic bushing that connects the shift linkage to transmission completely crumbled causing car to not shift at all. Car only has 57000 miles. This in turn caused check engine light to come on and read code for the tcm (transmission control module) which in turn caused the car to run in limp mode for the days. Major loss of power! after three days code finally cleared. This all happened while car was being driven at a luckily slow speed in a residential neighborhood.
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- Troy, MO, USA