Dodge Dart
Owners filed 2,535 complaints across 5 model years of the Dodge Dart. The 2012 drew the most (1,081).
Which Dodge Dart years should you avoid?
Going by 2,535 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Dodge Dart years to avoid are 2012.
- 20121,081 complaints, 2.9× a typical Dart year, most often about the transmission.
Better bets: among years old enough for a low count to mean something, the 2013 drew the fewest complaints without an unusual share of serious ones.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Dodge Dart model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 263 | 5 | 4 | 14 | Power Train | Above average | |
| 2015 | 531 | 6 | 7 | 32 | Power Train | Above average | |
| 2014 | 373 | 4 | 7 | 21 | Power Train | Above average | |
| 2013 | 287 | 1 | — | 8 | Power Train | Above average | |
| 2012Avoid | 1,081 | 6 | 14 | 63 | Power Train | Fatalities reported |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.