general problems of the 2013 Dodge Dart - part 2

While driving on the interstate, the vehicle shifted itself into neutral and would not shift back into drive. At highway speeds, I had to put the hazards on and coast to an exit safely.

I was driving and my car shifted to neutral by itself. I was crossing a 2 lane highway when it happened but thankfully I was able to shift back to drive. I was also using cruise control and I tapped my brakes which would usually cancel cruise control, but my car sped up instead of slowing down. My dealership said my car doesn't qualify for the recall even though it is exactly what is happening to my car. I have 2 young children and this is our only transportation. I need this car to be safe for us though. The dealership said they couldn't look at it for over a week.

Jumping into neutral while acceleration up on ramp.

The transmission is completely faulty. The transmission modular that was recalled I replaced that already. The transmission needs to be replaced completely. I've found articles that the Dodge Chrysler had recalled transmissions for the same year make and model. I want to have it replaced with a new one. Contact me at holly murray 770896-5413 or hollymurray207@gmail. Com. Thanks.

The contact owns a 2013 Dodge Dart. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle inadvertently lost significant motive power and dramatically decreased rpm's briefly before returning to normal functionality. The contact stated that she later began experiencing failures with the vehicle's hvac system. The check engine warning light was illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who was unable to diagnose the failure but advised the contact that she would need to replace the infotainment unit. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 120,000.

Shift cable snapped and could not shift the car out of reverse. I thought the car was in park and it started rolling. I had to use the emergency brake to keep it in place and not roll into the road. The car was towed to a dealer and repaired. I am unaware if the component was inspected by the manufacturer but was not inspected by police or insurance. There were no warnings of the failure before it happened. There was a 2019 recall for the shifter cable bushing that was repaired/replaced in 2019.

Clutch pedal would not return after being depressed. It stayed near the floor. I could not change gears or return to neutral.

Smart drive unit/transmission.

While driving the car in the 3rd day of having it, the reverse safety release pin malfunctions and they car would slip into reverse while trying to down shift to stop. Also it would go into reverse instead of first while trying to go from a stop. I have the car back to carmax and notified them.

The contact owns a 2013 Dodge Dart. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 25v674000 (power train). The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle jerked and failed to accelerate as intended while depressing the accelerator pedal, and the vehicle stalled. The check engine and the oil warning lights were illuminated. Additionally, the contact stated that the engine was consuming oil and was leaking engine oil. The contact was topping off the oil every 1,000 miles. The vehicle was serviced under customer satisfaction notification: w20, but the failure persisted. The engine was consuming an excessive amount of engine oil. The contact was adding engine oil every 1,000 miles. The check engine and the oil warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 55,000.

The contact owns a 2013 Dodge Dart. The contact stated while driving approximately 40-50 mph, the contact heard an abnormal sound. The contact stated that he had heard the cable brake and noticed while depressing the brake pedal that the vehicle was not decelerating. The contact stated that the flywheel had detached from the vehicle and the clutch was damaged. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the brake booster was leaking and that the brake cable linkage needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacture was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 90,000.

The contact's son owns a 2013 Dodge Dart. The contact stated that while his son was pulling out of a parking lot, the rpm started fluctuating. Additionally, while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle surged. The transmission was slipping significantly while driving to his residence. The message "service transmission" was displayed. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who informed the contact that the failure was associated with an unknown transmission recall. The dealer and the manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 172,000.

The contact owns a 2013 Dodge Dart. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the vehicle stalled with the service transmission and check engine warning lights illuminated. The contact turned off and restarted the vehicle, and the vehicle operated normally. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic; however, the mechanic was unable to duplicate the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that the VIN was not under recall. The vehicle was not yet repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 120,000.

Apparently common master slave cylinder issue. Clutch pedal gave out and car won't go into gear.

I recently purchased a 2013 Dodge Dart sxt and not even 6 months later while driving this vehicle I noticed there was a loss of pressure with my clutch pedal when shifting gears. It initially seemed to return to normal and work fine at times but very quickly declined. At first I'd have some pressure in the clutch but that quickly went to having none whatsoever and the clutch not coming up from the floor. This happened while I was driving and just to get my vehicle home I had to get up to around 2500 rpm to shift. The clutch stays engaged so to stop the vehicle at a light for example you have to quickly shift to neutral or shut the car off. To begin driving again it has to be in gear but it moves right away so you are not able to have vehicle in gear while at idle. It's very dangerous and while looking into what the potential causes might be I noticed that this is a very common problem with these make and model cars especially between the years 2013-2015. I saw one article stating there recently was a recall for these exact issues with these vehicles but when attempting to look up my VIN it doesn't show anything?.

The contact owns a 2013 Dodge Dart. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was taken to three independent mechanics who diagnosed that the transmission shifter cable bushing had detached from the transmission. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and informed the contact that the vehicle had previously been serviced under NHTSA campaign number: 19v293000 (power train). The failure mileage was approximately 93,000.

This car was 'repaired' due to the recall of the shifter bushing. The repair was completed about two years ago and the replacement part has already failed, causing the car to be undrivable. The original bushing did not exhibit any failure. I believe I am still due a repair that will fix the problem. This car has less than 50000 miles on it and every recall repair has made the car worse.

The contact owns a 2013 Dodge Dart. The contact stated that while attempting to drive the vehicle, the vehicle failed to shift out of park. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the local dealer to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the shifter cable bushing needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact stated that the vehicle was previously repaired under NHTSA campaign number: 19v293000 (power train). The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was approximately 80,000.

My 2013 Dodge Dart rallye turbo 1. 4l . Started to lose power in the cold weather. It then stalls out while I was waiting at a red light. I got it started it ran fine. I got to a friend's house. Visited for a while. Got out to the car it wouldn't start. I jump-started it. To get home. And it was run slow and sluggish. The next day I went out there. And it just clicked. Bought a brand new battery thinking it was that. It won't start check the fuses. All was working even relays starter solenoid and alternator also tested good. All cables and ground wires where in good condition tested and cleaned. Belt was like new and turned freely. Check engine light did flash when first tried to start 10 times then when off. But no error code was held. This has only happened one there time. And it was when I didn't have it in my garage at night. Last week and we got a bad winter storm. I didn't know. That I can't drive this car in michigan. In the winter. Because it almost got me hit. When out at a green light. Because it was cold. If I would of known this I would of never got this car. And know it won't even. Start because I left outside of the garage for the second time in the hole time I own it.

Driving home on the freeway from work, service transmission caution light illuminated and simultaneously the car shifted into neutral. Unable to provide power now to vehicle, had to coast on freeway in traffic and rain to the shoulder of the freeway (about 2 miles until a shoulder was available to pull over to). Once I stopped the vehicle, was unable to shift into any gear. Had to wait for tow truck to take Dodge Dart to nearest dealership. Dealership diagnosed vehicle with a broken transmission cable, which got repaired, and was picked up from dealership on Dec 23. Vehicle was not driven again until Dec 26, at which time another service transmission light came on, shifting car out of gear. Vehicle was only able to shift into 1st gear, occurring on a busy road with no safe place to pull over. Vehicle towed to second Dodge dealership for diagnostics where we were informed the problem is with a hydraulic actuator on the transmission and would cost $4200. We had just spent $720 on the transmission shift cable at the first dealership. When we called first dealership, we were informed there was no transmission code that came on and a test drive was not performed after servicing. Vehicle had been serviced twice for transmission recalls that also involved the shifting into neutral while driving. Shifting into neutral while driving is the problem that occurred on 12/18/2021.

As a I was driving to pick up my friends to go out ,I was approaching a red light,I started to slow down but I was still about half a mile fro mt he light so I hit the gas a little bit. When I hit the gas the car jerked very hard and then did not accelerate at all . All the lights remained on,I did not hear any strange noises . Previous to this happening ,I had put in new spark plugs as I noticed the old ones were covered in oil but unsure why as I’m not a mechanic . Anyways as the car was not accelerating,I tried pulling to the side of the road with the car not accelerating whatsoever ,it finally kept rolling until I had came to a complete stop on the side of the road . When it came to a stop I tried turning on and off ,I checked the battery ,for any leaks and saw nothing ,I had some people try to jump the car or see if they noticed anything but couldn’t see anything unusual . When I got it home diagnosed by a mechanic company ,al they said is the timing chain may have broke and maybe a piston got hit/bent. But it doesn’t makes sense at to why it wouldn’t accelerate compared to at least jerking if that was the case . About a year later of it sitting ,I finally decided to take it somewhere else as it could not be driven and it’s still being financed ,and got it checked out . This mechanic was able to look around and said a piece called an actuator had fell into the engine as I was driving ,which caused the piece to continue getting crushed between my whole engine and caused it to stop running . Anywhere and anyone I talked to ,was no willing to fix it and didn’t understand how that happened .

First is the cruise control - it sometimes work, sometimes does not. But when it does, it will at times kick on and off while in use. Scary at times. The next is the loss of power on the freeway. There are times when it will just bog down and not accelerate. Other times it will catch and shift hard, other times will jerk. When these times occur, the check engine light comes on. But then will go off after a period of minutes.

The contact owns a 2013 Dodge Dart. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked unattended it rolled down the driveway into the neighbor's property and crashed into a tree. There were no reported injuries, fire or police report filed. The vehicle is at the contact's residents. The contact called the local dealer who informed her about NHTSA campaign number 19v293000 (power train). The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 145,000.

The incident that occurred involved my clutch and transmission. I had purchased the car (8/17/2021)about 2 weeks before complete failure. Everything was going fine until I entered the freeway (8/26/2021)and after driving around 5 miles in 6th gear doing about 65 with no initial issues, I started to smell something burning. I immediately looked for the safest way to get out of traffic. While slowing, gears weren’t shifting and I was basically stuck in neutral. I only had control of brakes and steering wheel which caused me to have to make extremely dangerous evasive maneuvers. Once safe, I was able to find the source of the smoke. Which turned out to be dot 3 from where, what I think is the slave cylinder connects to the top of the transmission. I was able to remove it to check for damage/defection. It was dripping dot 3 and I didn’t see any noticeable defects. Plugged it back. Tried to drive and the clutch engages to start vehicle/change gears. But gears were able to change without clutch as well. Yet I couldn’t get out of neutral. Towed it home, next day clutch pedal was on the floor with no pressure. All components are available for inspection upon request, the safety of everyone involved was put at risk due to me not having any control of anything but the brakes and steering; with no warning or idea of what could be wrong due to the instantaneous nature of the disastrous incident. On a public highway with people going speeds of up to 85 mph. I have not been able to get confirmation or reproduction by anyone. I have not had any inspection due to my lack of knowledge on this process. There was no warning light or indication that the incident was going to happen until I had limited-no control.

The contact owns a 2013 Dodge Dart. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15v800000 (service brakes, hydraulic) and 19v293000 (power train) however, the parts to do the recall repairs were unavailable. The local dealer confirmed that parts were not yet available. The contact stated that the brake pedal was soft while depressed and hesitated to respond while driving. There were no warning lights illuminated. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The dealer was notified of the failure and advised the contact that they would follow up with her once the parts were available. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 65,000. Parts distribution disconnect.

The contact owns a 2013 Dodge Dart. The contact stated while driving approximately 60 mph, the auto shift not available message was displayed. The vehicle then down shifted to 1st gear. The contact was able to pull over and waited approximately 30 minutes before restarting the vehicle and was able to drive home. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer where it was diagnosed with needing the transmission replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. Upon investigation, the contact associated the failure with NHTSA campaign number: 15v542000 (power train). The vehicle was repaired however, the failure persisted. The manufacturer was informed of failure and told the contact that they were unable to assist. The failure mileage was approximately 105,000.

I bought my 2013 Dodge Dart (I bought it used and out of warranty-it is now a little over 100,000 miles). My girlfriend was driving it down a four lane highway when all of a sudden the car came to a complete stop, it wouldn’t go into drive, reverse or parks, my girlfriend had to push the car off of a four lane highway and out of the way of oncoming traffic. The accelerator would not work, and it said "service transmission". I looked it up and it's a recall issue (recall r42) for Dodge Darts made between 2013 and 2015 Darts with a 1. 4l engine and a dry dial clutch transmission (I have this model). I got it to a local dealership (who said the recall was fixed in August 2016) and they've had it for almost a week and called today and said there are no issues with the transmission and that it's driving fine that the only issue they see would be the spark plugs. (spark plugs wouldn't cause all of that). This is a safety issue that could’ve caused an accident, my family was in the car and had they crashed and my family got hurt stellantis/Chrysler wouldn’t hold any accountability. The recall customer service center claims it is their policy that after a recall there is a two year warranty and that I had passed that two year mark, regardless of the same parts malfunctioning from the previous recall I would be responsible to pay for the transmission control module being replaced. I work at the belvidere assembly plant that produced the Dodge Darts, this is how they treat their customers and employees. I’ve taken good care of all the routine maintenance, the car is under 10 years old and the recall should be taken care of.

Failure in the transmission control module (tcm) causing the car to shift to neutral when driving and also not letting the car shift to any other gear past 2nd my safety and others are at risk because I can be rear ended due to it randomly going into neutral it has been confirmed by many mechanics and there are warning lights such as the check engine light confirming it.

The failure was when I was shifting gear . So I shifted 5 to 4,3,2 and thats when it stayed in 2 gear . I exit the freeway and drove the street to my home . The vechicle at that point only travel 21 mph . 2 years prior I had a similar issue on the freeway and my kids where with me at the time of the failure. So I had to pull to the shoulder and try to encounter the issue at a peaceful way . Like I said I had my kids with me and 9:45 p. M. . So I tooked me 2 hours to move the vehicle to a safer place and had my friend give me a ride home . Next day I have the tow truck picked up the vehicle and take it to Dodge dealer . They fixed it with no charge towards me . But now this second time they are not trying to help out . Either Toyota who sold the car . Or Dodge the dealer. Or Chrysler the manufacturer wont help. And Dodge is saying the vehicle requires a new motor at the cost of $13,000 dollars.

The contact owns a 2013 Dodge Dart. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the check engine warning light illuminated. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to accelerate and loss motive power with the accelerator pedal depressed. The vehicle is not drivable. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. Neither the manufacturer nor dealer was notified of the failure. The contact mentioned NHTSA campaign number: 15v542000 (power train), 13v238000 (power train) as possible solutions to the failure however, the VIN was not included. The failure mileage was approximately 77,286.

On June 16, 2021 I exited a parking lot and joined a line of traffic that was stopped for a stoplight. Traffic began to move and as I stepped on the accelerator the engine started roaring and the car accelerated uncontrollably across the opposite lane and into a utility pole. It was totaled and I was left badly bruised by the airbag explosion; I have also found I have strange noises in my ears and am seeing an otolaryngologist for that. The car has ben disposed of and I don't know where it is. I am fortunate that there was no oncoming traffic, no one was on the sidewalk and I was the sole occupant of the vehicle. The only one who may have inspected the car was the insurance adjuster. There was no warning of any kind and I had never experienced this before.

I have had repeated transmission problems with my 2013 Dodge Dart. The first time it went out was at 14k miles then again at 16k. Even after fixing it, it would downshift very violently at times. At 85k it went out again with no warning in the middle of a five lane highway. It took several times of the dealer trying to repair it for them to get it to drive without it just going into neutral and not move. The transmission worked but there was still a jerking when it downshifted. The shifter went out at 136k. They ended up replacing the whole shifting mechanism to make it work. Several times in the last four years it would go into neutral while driving and would rev up really high. I would ask at the dealership and they would say they couldn’t find anything. At 172k the transmission just stopped working and it says “gear not found”. The dealership says that the repairs are now more than the car is worth. So frustrating!.

Tl the contact owns a 2013 Dodge Dart. The contact stated that while stopped on an incline, the vehicle would not properly accelerate forward. On several occasions, the vehicle rolled backwards while the brake pedal was not pressed. The cause of the failure was not yet determined. The local dealer dale earnhardt GMC located at 1850 capital cir ne, tallahassee, FL 32308, was notified of the failure. The manufacturer was not contacted. The approximate failure mileage was 46,000.

Car constantly stalls while driving and goes into neutral while driving as well. Recently, I was meeting up with my husband and I came to a red light and my car wouldn’t stop. My car finally stopped in time thank god; but when I went on to continue driving the car would not move or shift into other gears. Police came and car got towed, huge safety concern!.

The shifter linkage bushing broke and fell from the housing resulting in the vehicle to be stuck in reverse. Vehicle was parked at the time of the failure.