This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
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The contact owns a 2011 Dodge Charger. The contact stated that while driving approximately 45 MPH, the engine seized. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the local dealer where it was diagnosed and determined that the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic who replaced the engine. The manufacturer was contacted and referred the contact to the NHTSA hotline. The approximate failure mileage was 90,000.
The radiator fan blade broke off and hit the alternator creating a hole in it. The alternator lost all fluid and the car overheated. This happened on 2 different occasions before it became obvious that the radiator fan was the culprit and not the radiator itself. This is a safety issue because no dash lights were illuminated and the car could have severely overheated on the highway if it wasn't noticed. Mechanic inspected it and saw the fan blade caught in the hood.
The contact owns a 2011 Dodge Charger. The contact stated that while driving 25 mph, the vehicle stalled with the traction control and power steering assist warning lights illuminated. The failure recurred several times. The contact was able avoid a crash. The contact was able to move the vehicle into service station and was able to drive the vehicle home. The contact stated that the vehicle was taken to jim snatcher motors (511 calhoun street, johnson, SC, 29832, (803) 275-2576) where the vehicle was repaired under NHTSA campaign number: 17V435000 (electrical system) however, the repair failed to fix the failure. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the alternator failed to provide the needed amps. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 129,497.
The contact owns a 2011 Dodge Charger. The contact stated the vehicle was serviced under NHTSA campaign number: 17V435000 (electrical system) however, the failure recurred. The contact stated that while driving 70 mph, the vehicle independently decelerated to 30-35 mph. The contact stated that the vehicle resumed normal operations independently. The contact stated check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to steve landers Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram located at 401 colonel glenn plaza loop, little rock, ar 72210, where it was diagnosed, and the contact was informed that the alternator needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer had been informed of failure. The failure mileage was approximately 123,584.
- Little Rock, AR, USA
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The car gave an error message 'vehicle not in par'. could not turn engine off. Eventually car began to overheat and caused blown head gaskets. Have to get an entire new engine and replace shifter and push to start system.
The car seems to continue overheating no matter what after numerous deliveries to the dealership, I was assured the car would no longer overheat but it continues to do so.
The contact owns a 2011 Dodge Charger. While driving approximately 30 mph, the vehicle suddenly stalled and the vehicle was towed to the contact's home. An independent mechanic examined the vehicle and diagnosed that the engine head gasket failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The dealer and manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 100,000.
I gave the car fuel throttle and it stalled then died on the freeway. After being struck by another car from behind, the car started fine and still runs perfect. No check engine light. My research suggest the PCM on these cars are faulty.
The contact owns a 2011 Dodge Charger. While driving at an unknown speed, there was a clicking noise coming from the instrument panel and the check engine warning indicator illuminated. The contact also detected an odor of burning oil through the vents and smoke appeared from the front passenger side of the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the valve cover gasket was fractured, which caused oil to leak onto the pressure sensor switch. The vehicle was not repaired. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer. The manufacturer was contacted and referred the contact to NHTSA. The approximate failure mileage was 113,680.
The contact owns a 2011 Dodge Charger. The contact stated that the check engine and air bag indicators illuminated. The dealer (ourisman Chrysler Jeep Dodge of alexandria, 5900 richmond hwy, alexandria, va 22303, (703) 329-1600) replaced the thermostat, but did not diagnose the air bags. The air bag warning indicator remained illuminated. The manufacturer issued four air bag recall campaigns, but it was unknown if the vehicle was included. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 55,000.
I am wondering if I have any further actions that are available to me for a recall situation. My car had a recall for the timing chain and I had the recall performed in 2014. A few weeks ago while on the highway during rush hour in a snow storm the timing chain failed and destroyed my engine. I had seconds to negotiate my lane and get to safety which I could not. The back of my vehicle was still sticking out of the right lane. I was informed by the state patrol I caused several accidents behind me and my vehicle was also almost struck by a semi truck. I do not drive my vehicle year round so between 2014 and now the vehicle had less than 20,000 miles put on it with the new timing chain. I contacted Dodge and they informed me the new timing chain had a warranty of only 2 years so all subsequent damage was my responsibility. I am making the assumption the correct chain was not put on my vehicle during the recall repair or was never changed at all. The vehicle had a total of 54,000 miles on it and according to all the forums, this is typically within the mileage the chain fails and under the exact conditions of which I was driving. The vehicle has been well maintained and has no extenuating circumstances that should have led to a catastrophic engine failure. Now Dodge wants to charge me $5,000 for the engine repair which was caused from the timing chain they supposedly installed.
The car had an alternator and airbag recall which I tried to schedule several times but the part was never ready. While driving to work on the 880 freeway the car shut off B/C of the alternator, now I have to pay put of pocket and they are going to reimburse me and I have to rent a car for the next 2 days.. inconvenience to no end.
My 2011 Dodge Charger rt 5.7L V8 hemi started having issues running, it felt like it was idling high when sitting still while running in drive, but the RPM's were normal. Then it would periodically sound like it was not going to start, when turning it on, it would sputter and struggle to start, but T would start. The service engine light came on and the vehicle started having issues on the highway at high speeds, if you took your foot off accelerator to slow down gradually and then try to accel again it would would not acccel, and it would feel like it was pulling back, or braking. The car would then jump to accel like it was just put into gear. After a diagnosis we found there was a cylinder 3 misfire.the spark plugs were changed, all of the, and the coil, and the injector, and still it ran bad. Finally the dealership was able to say that there was a camshaft failure due to an internal issue. It was wiped out along with the lifters, because the rockers stopped rocking. This car is 7 years old, but only has about 81,000 miles, so the power train is up. The car was regularly serviced and taken care of and there is no reason that there should be such a failure with an engine that is so low on miles.
I was driving my vehicle straight down a city street at 36 miles per hour through an intersection light and my car began to shake really hard and the car began to drop speed on its own, I went to press the gas to acelerate and the engine light began to flash and the air conditioner started blowing really hot air and I lost all power to the vehicle.I tried to push the gas to turn off the busy street but I had no power so I had to pretty much coast to the nearest place to get out of traffice. Once I pulled over into a parking lot the car started to have a smell as if something was burning underneath the hood, at that point I put the car in park and pushed the off button, I sat a few minutes then tried to restart the car but it would not start and kept making a noise so I turned the car off got out and got my toddler out of the backseat and called my husband, he arrived about 10 minutes later and tried jump starting the car but it would not start and was making a weird noise when pushing the start button, at this point I figured the car stopped due to the alternator recall that was issued so I called my insurance company and had the vehicle towed to my local Dodge dealership where I had a diagnostic done on the vehicle and was told my engine is completely burned up due to lack of oil which is not true becuase I checked the oil dipstick 2 days after it had been sitting at the Dodge dealership and there was oil in the car and no oil leaks, I just had an oil change in March of this year (2018) so I believe my engine was burned up completely due to the alternator and a circut shortage cased the car to over heat and burn the engine, I need this to be investgated to see if this is secondary to the recall so that I can see if im responsible for the damages or not because now I need an entire new engine which is over $8,000 in costs.
When driving down the interstate (August 2017 with 130K miles on the dash) I suddenly lost throttle response and I could not accelerate. At this point motor began to shake as I coasted to the edge as my car shut off while still in the run position. A red lighting bolt appeared and my vehicle did not want to start. After attempting to start several times the car finally started. Took it to a dealer in garden city Michigan where they could find nothing wrong. The lighting bolt light was gone and only a check engine light remained. Fast forward two months later the same thing happened but I could not get the car to start and it was towed to the same dealer with a dead battery this time. They kept it for several days but could not pin point the issue I.e. bad throttle body, bad fuel pumps etc. However no codes were found because the battery died. The week before thanksgiving same situation, lost throttle response car shut off got the red bolt, battery died. Towed to aaa where I had to purchase a new battery and again no codes were found. Again this happened today while on the interstate traveling at about 80mph. Are there any tips or documentation of similar problems with the red bolt light? ive had dealership mechanics with 30+ years experience get lost with this issue. They have comes up with options but nothing concrete. I will soon be force to start guessing and checking or just get rid of the vehicle all together
Check engine light comes on as im driving on a highway at 70mph and my car goes into "limp" mode which could of caused an accident. Cylinder 5 misfire is the diagnosis after taking it to the dealer. It appears to be a bad lifter inside of the head in which caused over 4K to fix. This is a safety hazard in which the engine failed while driving with my family inside!!
Oil filter housing the oil filter housing of vehicle was damage creating major leak in the engine with a high risk of causing fire. I noticed a considerable amount of oil while the car was park outside my driveway, I immediately take the vehicle to the mechanic shop where was repaired costing me $582 for parts and labor. I consider this issue a safety recall due to amount of oil spill in the motor, this can definetelly cause fire in the vehicle while driving.
I drive a 2011 Dodge Charger rt my vehicle continues to loss power and when power is lost I have no power streering or brakes. I was advised my vehicle has a active recall T-36 in which the problems I'm have are a direct result of the recall. My vehicle has been in the shop multiple times at classic Dodge in denton tx. The only thing classic Dodge has done is replace the battery stating we had to start there and advised me fca has not sent out a fix and wont until Feb 2018. I have reported to classic Dodge in denton as well as my fca case manager my vehicle continues to loss power and has almost resulted in several crashes and fca has failed to resolve the problem and has stopped returning my phone calls. On 12-05-17 I was involved in a automoble crash in the Charger caused by the loss in power and I ran into a tree causing vehicle structual damage.
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- Arlington, TX, USA