AutoUtility currently tracks 520 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2015 Dodge Dart. Powertrain & Transmission issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 175 complaints (33.7% of submitted records). Among these NHTSA complaint records, 32 filings cite a crash, 7 cite a fire, 15 report one or more injuries.

Key Problem Findings
  • Total NHTSA Complaints: 520 reports
  • #1 Reported Problem Area: Powertrain & Transmission (175 reports • 33.7% of submitted complaints)
  • Secondary Problem Areas: Engine & Cooling (130), Electrical System (117)
  • Crash-Citing Complaints: 32 filings
  • Fire-Citing Complaints: 7 filings
  • Complaints Reporting Injuries / Fatalities: 15 injury filings • 0 fatality filings
Reporting Methodology: Statistics describe unverified consumer submissions voluntarily filed with NHTSA. Complaint volume is not normalized for vehicle sales volume or miles driven. Multiple components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission.
Total Complaints
520
Submitted to NHTSA ODI
Crash-Citing Complaints
32
Filings citing a collision
Fire-Citing Complaints
7
Filings citing smoke or fire
Complaints Reporting Injuries
15
Filings citing one or more injuries
Complaints Reporting Fatalities
0
Consumer filings citing fatalities

Most Reported Problems for 2015 Dodge Dart

Top automotive subsystem defect categories ranked by unique owner complaint volume in federal records

#1 Problem Area 33.7% of complaints

Powertrain & Transmission

175 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 3 official safety recall campaigns for this model year involving the same broad component area:

*Component overlap means an official recall exists for the same broad vehicle system. It does not establish that an individual owner complaint was caused by, covered by, or resolved through that recall.
⚠️ 4 crash reports
#2 Problem Area 25% of complaints

Engine & Cooling

130 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ 1 crash report 🔥 4 fire reports
#3 Problem Area 22.5% of complaints

Electrical System

117 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 1 official safety recall campaign for this model year involving the same broad component area:

*Component overlap means an official recall exists for the same broad vehicle system. It does not establish that an individual owner complaint was caused by, covered by, or resolved through that recall.
⚠️ 3 crash reports 🔥 2 fire reports
#4 Problem Area 16.5% of complaints

Brakes & Traction Control

86 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ 6 crash reports 🔥 1 fire report 🩹 4 injury report entries
#5 Problem Area 6.5% of complaints

Steering System

34 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ 4 crash reports 🩹 2 injury report entries
Domain Share Note: Share percentage represents the proportion of unique complaint filings referencing each vehicle system. Because single complaints may cite multiple systems (such as engine and electrical simultaneously), domain percentages represent individual category incidence and may sum to over 100%.

Symptoms Mentioned in NHTSA Owner Reports for 2015 Dodge Dart

Specific mechanical, electrical, and driver-assist defect symptoms identified via deterministic narrative analysis

AutoUtility uses deterministic phrase matching to identify recurring symptom descriptions within consumer-submitted NHTSA complaint narratives.

Powertrain & Transmission 3.8% of complaints

Loss of Motive Power While Driving

20 complaint narratives describe this symptom
Symptom Identification Method: A complaint may describe more than one symptom, so percentages may sum to more than 100%. Symptom identification reflects text contained in consumer-submitted complaint records and does not establish a confirmed mechanical diagnosis.

Recent NHTSA Owner Reports for 2015 Dodge Dart

Representative defect filings submitted by owners to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation

Powertrain & Transmission NHTSA ODI ID: #11758164
Filed: 08/20/2026

"The contact owns a 2015 Dodge Dart. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 25V674000 (Power Train); however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that while making an emergency stop, the transmission jerked. Upon inspection, the contact..."

Incident Date: 10/20/2025 • Raw NHTSA Component: POWER TRAIN
Other / Miscellaneous NHTSA ODI ID: #11758102
Filed: 08/19/2026

"I was driving my vehicle, 2015 Dodge Dart to get a regular oil change service back on XXX. The oil change service hub was only 10 minutes or so from my home. Upon arriving to the oil change location([XXX]), I was about to turn into the intersection when my vehicle had started to shake abruptly & my..."

Incident Date: 10/11/2025 • Raw NHTSA Component: UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Powertrain & Transmission NHTSA ODI ID: #11757776
Filed: 08/18/2026

"The contact owns a 2015 Dodge Dart. The contact stated that while attempting to remove the key fob from the ignition, the key fob was stuck. The contact shifted the gear shifter in and out of park until being able to turn off the vehicle and remove the key fob. The contact received notification of..."

Incident Date: 10/09/2025 • Raw NHTSA Component: POWER TRAIN
Powertrain & Transmission NHTSA ODI ID: #11755962
Filed: 08/10/2026

"The contact owns a 2015 Dodge Dart. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked, the gear shifter was shifted to neutral(N); however, the transmission failed to shift as intended. The contact inspected under the hood of the vehicle and became aware that the transmission shifter cable had..."

Incident Date: 07/30/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: POWER TRAIN
Powertrain & Transmission NHTSA ODI ID: #11755820
Filed: 08/10/2026

"My 2015 Dart has suffered a major loss of shift function, the key is being trapped in the ignition, the gears are not shifting properly or sometimes the gear locks up and doesn’t shift at all. The dealer refused repair due to parts not being available. I have been in contact with the dealership on..."

Incident Date: 08/06/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: POWER TRAIN
Consumer Narrative Notice: Excerpts are sanitized text descriptions submitted by vehicle owners to the federal ODI database. They reflect the reporting consumer's observations at the time of filing and have not been independently confirmed by vehicle manufacturers or government investigators.

Complaint History for Dodge Dart

Reported defect complaint volume across sibling model years (2015–2016)

Model Year NHTSA Complaints Crash Reports Safety Recalls Detailed Report
2015 Dodge Dart Current Page 520 32 6 Current
2016 Dodge Dart 256 14 5 View 2016 Problems →
Comparative Disclaimer: Complaint totals are unadjusted historical counts and are not normalized for vehicles sold, active fleet size, or total road mileage. Newer model years naturally have had less calendar exposure time to accumulate owner filings.

Detailed NHTSA Component Breakdown for 2015 Dodge Dart

Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 123 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications

Vehicle Component / System Total Complaints Crash Reports Fire Reports Reported Injury Entries Reported Fatality Entries
Powertrain NHTSA category: POWER TRAIN 104 1 0 0 0
Other / Uncategorized NHTSA category: UNKNOWN OR OTHER 50 0 2 0 0
Engine NHTSA category: ENGINE 47 0 1 0 0
Service Brakes NHTSA category: SERVICE BRAKES 41 3 0 4 0
Electrical System NHTSA category: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 29 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ENGINE 16 0 0 0 0
Air Bags NHTSA category: AIR BAGS 12 10 0 12 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE 10 0 1 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 9 1 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE 8 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 7 0 0 0 0
Wheels & Hubs NHTSA category: WHEELS 7 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE 5 0 0 0 0
Steering NHTSA category: STEERING 5 0 0 0 0
Suspension NHTSA category: SUSPENSION 5 2 0 2 0
Vehicle Speed Control NHTSA category: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 5 0 0 0 0
ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 4 0 0 0 0
Fuel & Propulsion System NHTSA category: FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 4 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 4 0 0 0 0
Tires NHTSA category: TIRES 4 1 0 1 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE 4 0 0 0 0
AIR BAGS,SEAT BELTS 3 2 0 2 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 3 1 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 3 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SERVICE BRAKES,ENGINE 3 0 1 0 0
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC),SERVICE BRAKES,ENGINE 3 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) 3 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 3 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 3 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,SERVICE BRAKES 3 0 0 0 0
STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE 3 1 0 0 0
STEERING,POWER TRAIN 3 0 0 0 0
STEERING,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,ENGINE 3 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC),ENGINE 2 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING 2 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING,ENGINE 2 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) 2 0 0 0 0
Engine & Cooling NHTSA category: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING 2 0 0 0 0
EXTERIOR LIGHTING 2 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 2 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,ENGINE 2 0 0 0 0
Service Brakes NHTSA category: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC 2 0 0 0 0
STEERING,POWER TRAIN,ENGINE 2 0 0 0 0
STEERING,SUSPENSION,WHEELS 2 1 0 2 0
STEERING,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 2 0 0 0 0
STRUCTURE,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 2 0 0 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,SERVICE BRAKES 2 0 0 0 0
AIR BAGS,SEAT BELTS,STRUCTURE 1 1 0 0 0
AIR BAGS,SERVICE BRAKES 1 1 0 0 0
AIR BAGS,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 1 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,AIR BAGS 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,AIR BAGS,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC),SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING,BACK OVER PREVENTION 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING,VISIBILITY/WIPER 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SEAT BELTS,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,WHEELS 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC),ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC),ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC),SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN 1 0 0 0 0
Equipment & Accessories NHTSA category: EQUIPMENT 1 0 0 0 0
EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY 1 0 0 0 0
EXTERIOR LIGHTING,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
EXTERIOR LIGHTING,WHEELS 1 1 0 0 0
EXTERIOR LIGHTING,WHEELS,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
FIRERELATED 1 0 1 0 0
POWER TRAIN,AIR BAGS 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,AIR BAGS,SERVICE BRAKES 1 1 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,STRUCTURE 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,WHEELS,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
SEAT BELTS,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
Seats & Restraints NHTSA category: SEATS 1 0 0 0 0
SEATS,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,POWER TRAIN 1 1 0 0 0
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,AIR BAGS 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING,STRUCTURE,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,WHEELS,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC),FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC),SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,POWER TRAIN,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,STRUCTURE,WHEELS 1 1 0 0 0
STEERING,SUSPENSION 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,SUSPENSION,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 1 0 0 0
STEERING,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
Structure & Body NHTSA category: STRUCTURE 1 0 0 0 0
SUSPENSION,AIR BAGS 1 1 0 0 0
SUSPENSION,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VISIBILITY/WIPER 1 0 0 0 0
SUSPENSION,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
SUSPENSION,EQUIPMENT,VISIBILITY/WIPER 1 0 0 0 0
SUSPENSION,WHEELS,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
TIRES,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
TIRES,WHEELS 1 0 0 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC),ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) 1 0 0 0 0
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE 1 0 1 0 0
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
Visibility & Wipers NHTSA category: VISIBILITY/WIPER 1 0 0 0 0
WHEELS,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
WHEELS,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
WHEELS,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
Data Attribution & Reporting Methodology: Complaints are unverified voluntary submissions to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI). Because multiple vehicle components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission, component-level rollups may sum to more than the unique complaint count (520). Injury and fatality entries in the detailed table reflect raw values entered by reporting consumers across individual submissions; they are not deduplicated casualty statistics and may include duplicate or unverified entries. Complaint volume is not normalized for sales volume or vehicle mileage and does not represent an audited component failure rate.

Official NHTSA Defect Investigations (1)

1 CLOSED

Formal safety defect inquiries and engineering analyses opened by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI)

Official Federal Inquiries: NHTSA opens a defect investigation when safety screening or consumer defect trends indicate a potential unreasonable safety risk. An open investigation is a formal inquiry and does not by itself confirm a defect or result in a mandatory recall.
CLOSED Recall Query (RQ) ODI Action #RQ25002
Opened: 2025-06-30 • Closed: 2025-12-12

Recall 19V-293 Post Remedy Failures

Affected Component: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT

On June 30, 2025, the Office of Defects Investigations (ODI) opened RQ25002 to investigate and review the effectiveness of Recall 19V-293. This recall was intended to address deterioration and detachment of shifter cable bushings by replacing them with an improved bushing that is less susceptible to deterioration from chemicals, oils, and solvents in MY2013-2016 Dodge Dart vehicles equipped with automatic transmissions and manufactured by Fiat Ch...

✓ Resulted in Safety Recall Campaign: 25V674 Official NHTSA File →
Official US Government Data Provenance

The complaint records on this page are retrieved directly from the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) public database.

Local Production Store Compiled: August 2026 • Deterministic Audited Dataset • Zero Dynamic External API Runtime Latency.