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While cruising in 'drive' if the operator puts the shifter in 'neutral' in order to coast and then the vehicle is brought to a complete stop, the vehicle unexpectedly becomes immobilized when put back into 'drive'. the dash then notifies the driver to apply the brake and cycle the shifter back into 'park' and then back to 'drive' in order to move the vehicle. Now my concern here is that if a driver were to find themselves in an emergency situation (like on railroad tracks with a train approaching) they may panic and not be able to complete this process fast enough in order to move the vehicle to safety.
The vehicle is a marked police vehicle that was left running at the scene of an investigation. Dashboard camera video shows that approximately 14 minutes after it was parked the transmission slipped into reverse and drove off, down an embankment and into a tree. An investigation was conducted by fca and in a letter by Mr. Kon of special investigations it was noted that the "inspection revealed that there was no evidence of a malfunction....". this was written despite the fact the situation was replicated by the investigator in the presence of one of our city mechanics. Furthermore, Mr. Kon quoted the owners manual and stated "...you should never exit a vehicle while the engine is running" which is not at all practical for a police vehicle.
While slowing down from about 40mph to about 20mph to make right hand turns, engine shifts very roughly from 3rd to 2nd to 1st and after completing the right turn remains stuck in low gear and does not shift as accelerator is pressed. Almost stalls, but after a few seconds, the normal shift pattern resumes. This has happened intermittently a few other times, such as approaching a red to green traffic signal. When approaching red light, I decelerate to stop but don't make complete stop as light changes to green, car downshifts into 1st gear but wont upshift smoothly into 2nd/3rd gear when re-accelerating the vehicle.
Car will just die while driving at any speed and RPM's will just drop off. Sometimes it will come back on as it were in neutral then go into second gear while shifter is still in drive and car jerks around and lunges forward. This has happened to me at 10mph - 60 mph. It has been doing it for a few months.
Samie issue reported on 8/24/16 for transmission jerks and slips as it runs through gears when car is cold. Once warm, it doesn't do it at all. The jerks or slips are not slight either, they are hard and doesn't matter how much acceleration there is or isn't...the gear changes are very noticeable and jerky! doesn't matter if you are driving straight, taking a turn...anytime you accelerate it shifts very hard! I bought it new on 3/18/16 although it is a 2015 SXT Charger...had less than 50 miles on it but is currently sitting around 7000 miles. It has done it since I bought it from the dealer. Still does it to this day. Even after running for a few minutes via car starter.
- Adrian, MI, USA
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The 8 speed transmission jerks and slips during the 1-2, 2-3 and sometimes in the 3-4 shift. This occurs until the car has warmed up. After warming up it shift as it should. This occurs every time the car is cold and being driven. The dealership has tried to correct this matter and has failed.
Upon arriving home after an 800 mile trip, (in the evening around 10:30 pm) when shifting into reverse to back into driveway, I experienced a complete ECU controller failure and everything went black. And engine died. After a few seconds it appears the computer rebooted itself and the dash came back up and the car restarted. It appears there is a real-time program bug in the car and the firmware needs to be investigated. Had this happened on the road, it would have cause a serious crash. I was then able to back into the driveway. No error code was posted! I believe that the realtime software is experiencing frame overruns and we know that causes runaway conditions like in the Toyota Camry. I believe the NHTSA should review every car firmware before release to insure spare time requirements are met and runaway conditions can not exist. (yes, I used to develop real time software for control systems)
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- Selma, TX, USA