I went to run errands on my lunch hour and as I pulled out of my parking space at work, I heard a thunk and suddenly I couldn't turn the steering wheel. I pulled back into my parking spot and turned off the car. I discovered power steering fluid pouring out of my car. I had to get it towed and my mechanic told me this is common as dodge uses tension clamps to hold hoses on and over time they can just pop off due to the pressure in the hose and the amount of time the clamp has been used. They fixed it by replacing the clamps and adding an additional one. It would have been more expensive if my car insurance hadn't paid for the tow. Just an annoying inconvenience.
Just had vehicle in for the 4th time to have some component or another of the power steering fixed. Whole set up is very poorly designed within the engine, and some parts are very difficult to get at, which resulted in more of the engine being removed to allow technician to fix/replace parts.
I live in Canada, and we do have cold winters, and every time the power steering has snapped, it has been in the winter, but this is ridiculous. No car/truck should have to be run for over 10+ minutes to ensure that it is safe to drive without fear of parts breaking.
Bought this car in the first year that it came out, and it has been nothing but a lemon since. After 5 years I have had the air conditioner worked on twice, the power steering has broken/leaked 4 times now, the sensor on the radiator cap blew, causing my car to overheat and become undrivable, and I have now had to replace both the front and back brakes, and I have only accumulated 42000 km on it.
This is the 3rd repair. Occurs in the winter only. Mechanic says it's a common issue with Chrysler vehicles, hoses seem to blow out in cold temps. 1st time happened in Jan of this yr (2014), held up til March. Different section of a hose in March. Same repair done in March is the issue now in Dec.
heard a noise when I stopped the car while working out of town....The power steering had stopped working.I took it to my mechanic and had to replace one of the hoses that was cracked.
There was only 28000 kms on the vehicle at the time.
Just proof of the poor build quality of the product.!
A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
I went to run errands on my lunch hour and as I pulled out of my parking space at work, I heard a thunk and suddenly I couldn't turn the steering wheel. I pulled back into my parking spot and turned off the car. I discovered power steering fluid pouring out of my car. I had to get it towed and my mechanic told me this is common as dodge uses tension clamps to hold hoses on and over time they can just pop off due to the pressure in the hose and the amount of time the clamp has been used. They fixed it by replacing the clamps and adding an additional one. It would have been more expensive if my car insurance hadn't paid for the tow. Just an annoying inconvenience.
- Amanda L., Urbandale, IA, US