2014 DODGE DART — Complaint #1849802
Open-data reference.
NHTSA Complaint about LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TRUNK LID:LOCK filed October 25, 2022
NHTSA complaint #1849802 (ODI reference 11490849) concerns a 2014 DODGE DART and was filed on October 25, 2022. The owner reports the failure occurred on September 17, 2022. The vehicle had 59,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Florida based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as latches/locks/linkages:trunk lid:lock, 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 latches/locks/linkages:trunk lid:lock 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 2014 DODGE DART shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2014 Dodge Dart. The contact stated while driving at approximately 40 MPH, the trunk opened independently. The contact stated that the failure had also occurred after starting the vehicle and shifting to drive(D) or reverse(R). The contact stated there was no warning light illuminated. The contact stated that there was an abnormal sound coming from the trunk door latch mechanism. The contact had taken the vehicle to a local dealer, where it was diagnosed however, the mechanic could not duplicate the failure. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 59,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1849802 |
| ODI Number | 11490849 |
| Date Filed | October 25, 2022 |
| Failure Date | September 17, 2022 |
| VIN | 1C3CDFEB8ED |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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