Leased Dodge Daytona EV customer shares his negatve experience. He also owns a Durango Hemi.

oh wow a Chrysler/Dodge vehicle WITH electrical problems?! color me surprised! /sarcasm.. Anyone here remember the Dodge Neon electrical fires in the ignition column of the 90s? That company hasn't been able to do anything correct with electrical for years.. but hey let's make a seat that's electrically messed up too..

How that company stays in business is beyond me.. oh wait it's been bought out, how many times?!
 
Too bad we've arrived at a place where you have to completely audit a car before buying. It. Can't say that I would have even bothered looking for an internal trunk release, because I guess I just assume there's going to be one. The lack of one is just unacceptable. I hope I don't have to buy too many more cars in my lifetime, because I won't be buying one with electrical door latches, and it seems to be becoming more common. In my opinion, that's a completely avoidable point of failure. I expect an electrical trunk release...that's a pretty widespread feature, but to not include a button in the cabin? Fail. I'm thankful to Kia that they were thoughtful enough to install a cable-operated and electrically operated trunk release on my car, something Dodge should have thought about. Don't even know how to explain a door so poorly installed that it rubs on the door frame. That's Yugo GV kind of stuff. Glad you leased this POS. Resale value won't be pretty with the quality problems they're having.
 
My 2024 Malibu does not have a button inside the cabin to release the trunk either. Button on key fob and above rear license plate, outside the vehicle.
 
researcher said:
oh wow a Chrysler/Dodge vehicle WITH electrical problems?! color me surprised! /sarcasm.. Anyone here remember the Dodge Neon electrical fires in the ignition column of the 90s? That company hasn't been able to do anything correct with electrical for years.. but hey let's make a seat that's electrically messed up too..

How that company stays in business is beyond me.. oh wait it's been bought out, how many times?!
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Ahhh yes, let's bring up an example on an economy car from the 90's. About as relevant as this one:
https://www.thedrive.com/news/38213...ing-window-switches-and-corroding-driveshafts
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Right?
 
wemay said:
At about 8:40 in the video he goes over something I can't believe is an intended design.

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1. He's 100% right on the attractive lease rates. This is how the dealers are trying to move the cars they are stuck with.
2. The door fitment is totally unacceptable and one of the two parties should have made it right. It should have been caught during the PDI, as he notes.
3. Dealer updates broke the (already malfunctioning) hatch release. Probably a BCM update. Problem of course should be dealt with by the dealer, but of course they are 100 miles away, that's a big problem for him.
4. The UConnect errors may also be related to the dealer updates.
5. The seat behavior is insane. I should check to see if this is unique to his car or not, if so, it likely again points to a software issue.

I'm going to send this video to my dealer buddy and see if he has had any of these issues with the ones he's had.

These cars were manufactured in Brampton, Ontario, so this isn't a great look for the folks working there that are assembling these cars.
 
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