2013 Dodge Dart
Complaints about this year name service brakes far more often than the model's other years — 10% of them, about 13× the usual rate of 0.8%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 1,163 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 369 |
| Involving a crash | 65 |
| Involving a fire | 14 |
| Recalls | 1 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 29 mpg |
Also unusual this year
- brakes hydraulic — 9% of complaints, 11× usual
- disconnect — 6% of complaints, 5× usual
What owners wrote
A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V800000 (SERVICE BRAKES). THE PART NEEDED WAS UNAVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE RECALL REPAIR. THE [VIN] WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.
A NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V800000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULICS) AND STATED THAT THE PART NEEDED WAS UNAVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE RECALL REPAIR. THE [VIN] WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTIO…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 25V674000 POWER TRAIN
How this was worked out
Every year of the Dodge Dart was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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