FaultScore

Worst years for a Dodge Dart

Owners have filed 3,702 complaints about the Dodge Dart with NHTSA across model years 1966 to 2016. More of them are about the transmission & drivetrain than anything else.

Avoid

2012 Dodge Dart

1,533 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly transmission & drivetrain.

Cleanest on record

2013 Dodge Dart

424 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Dodge Dart year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2016 C 363 21 9 48,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
2015 C 813 54 12 50,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
2014 C 565 38 13 39,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
2013 A 424 10 0 84,750 Transmission & Drivetrain
2012 F 1,533 96 29 42,410 Transmission & Drivetrain
1974 1 0 0 Seat Belts
1968 2 0 0 Tires
1966 1 0 1 Electrical System

What breaks on a Dodge Dart

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Worst in 2012

Engine & Cooling 539 14.6%

Worst in 2012

Brakes 477 12.9%

Worst in 2012

Electrical System 471 12.7%

Worst in 2012

Worst in 2012

Airbags 125 3.4%

Worst in 2012

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Steering 106 2.9%

Worst in 2012

Worst in 2012

Worst in 2015

Worst in 2012

Wheels 65 1.8%

Worst in 2012

Suspension 43 1.2%

Worst in 2015

Lights 42 1.1%

Worst in 2015

Exactly what failed on a Dodge Dart

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Body 29 39.2%
Shift Linkage/Cable/Rod 15 20.3%
Adaptive Cruise Control 5 6.8%
Automatic Emergency Braking 4 5.4%
Floor Shift 4 5.4%
Control Module (Tcm/Pcm/Tecm) 4 5.4%
Clutch Assembly 4 5.4%
Blind Spot Detection 3 4.1%
Pressure Monitoring AND Regulating Systems 3 4.1%
Pedal/Hand Lever(Motorcycle) 3 4.1%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Dodge Dart, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Oct 1996 peak 99 Aug 2026

Dodge Dart problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Dodge Dart

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.