2015 DODGE DART — Complaint #1662784
Open-data reference.
NHTSA Complaint about POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY:PEDAL/HAND LEVER(MOTORCYCLE) filed May 12, 2020
NHTSA complaint #1662784 (ODI reference 11324285) concerns a 2015 DODGE DART and was filed on May 12, 2020. The owner reports the failure occurred on May 12, 2019. The vehicle had 59,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Michigan based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as power train:clutch assembly:pedal/hand lever(motorcycle), one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same DODGE DART cohort independently describe similar power train:clutch assembly:pedal/hand lever(motorcycle) failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2015 DODGE DART shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 DODGE DART. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER RELEASE THE CLUTCH PEDAL FAILED TO RETURN TO THE NORMAL POSITION. THE CLUTCH PEDAL CEASED IN THE DEPRESSED POSITION. THE CONTACT PLACED HIS FOOT UNDERNEATH THE PEDAL AND RAISED THE CLUTCH BACK TO ITS NORMAL POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LAFONTAINE CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM OF SALINE PARTS STORE (900 W MICHIGAN AVE, SALINE, MI 48176, 734-460-8348) TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE CLUTCH BEARING PLANT AND SLAY CYLINDER WERE DEFECTIVE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE MANUFACTURER X62 EXTENDED WARRANTY CAMPAIGN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT THE CLUTCH BEARING WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE X62 WARRANTY EXTENSION. ADDITIONALLY, SINCE THE SLAY CYLINDER WAS NOT FRACTURED, THE REPAIR WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,000.*
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1662784 |
| ODI Number | 11324285 |
| Date Filed | May 12, 2020 |
| Failure Date | May 12, 2019 |
| VIN | 1C3CDFEB0FD |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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