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.
ONE DAY I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND WHEN I TURNED ON MY LEFT TURN SIGNAL THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STARTED WORKING. THEN ONE DAY I HAD SOMEONE LOOK AT THIS PROBLEM AND THE TURN SIGNAL ARM PULLED THE WHOLE WAY OFF. EVER SINCE THEN WHENEVER YOU TURNED THE KEY TO THE ON POSITION, THE WIPERS WERE ALWAYS ON. WHETHER IT WAS RAINING OR NOT THE WIPERS WERE ALWAYS ON.
I WORK FOR AUTOZONE AND THE PRICE FOR THIS SWITCH THROUGH US WAS $895.00 AND $400.00 FOR DODGE TO INSTALL THIS TOO. I ALSO TRIED TO GET THIS PART FROM ROCK AUTO BUT NOT AVAILABLE. I TRIED SEVERAL PLACES AND HAD A FRIEND WHO WORKS AT A DODGE DEALER AND HE TOLD ME THAT THE DEALER AN HOUR AWAY IN CHAMBERSBURG HAS ONE FOR $500.00 BUT THAT IS STILL WAY TO EXPENSIVE FOR ME. I LOOKED AROUND AND FINALLY FOUND ONE IN FLORIDA FOR A LITTLE OVER $300.00, SO I PAID THE 60.00 FOR SHIPPING AND PUT THE PART IN MYSELF.
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ONE DAY I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND WHEN I TURNED ON MY LEFT TURN SIGNAL THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STARTED WORKING. THEN ONE DAY I HAD SOMEONE LOOK AT THIS PROBLEM AND THE TURN SIGNAL ARM PULLED THE WHOLE WAY OFF. EVER SINCE THEN WHENEVER YOU TURNED THE KEY TO THE ON POSITION, THE WIPERS WERE ALWAYS ON. WHETHER IT WAS RAINING OR NOT THE WIPERS WERE ALWAYS ON.
I WORK FOR AUTOZONE AND THE PRICE FOR THIS SWITCH THROUGH US WAS $895.00 AND $400.00 FOR DODGE TO INSTALL THIS TOO. I ALSO TRIED TO GET THIS PART FROM ROCK AUTO BUT NOT AVAILABLE. I TRIED SEVERAL PLACES AND HAD A FRIEND WHO WORKS AT A DODGE DEALER AND HE TOLD ME THAT THE DEALER AN HOUR AWAY IN CHAMBERSBURG HAS ONE FOR $500.00 BUT THAT IS STILL WAY TO EXPENSIVE FOR ME. I LOOKED AROUND AND FINALLY FOUND ONE IN FLORIDA FOR A LITTLE OVER $300.00, SO I PAID THE 60.00 FOR SHIPPING AND PUT THE PART IN MYSELF.
- Jerome M., Etters, US