2009 DODGE CHALLENGER Complaints

2009 CHALLENGER R/T STALLED,CRANKED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE CAR HAS STALLED 5 TIMES ONCE GETTING ON A HIGHWAY. I HAD IT TOWED TO A DEALER THEY REPLACED THE VALVE BODY AND MAP SENSOR. THE CAR HAS STALLED A FEW DAYS LATER AND IS NOW AT ANOTHER DEALER. THEY CAN'T SEEM TO FIND THE PROBLEM AND I DON'T WANT TO PUT I 3 KIDS IN THE CAR TILL I KNOW ITS FIXED. IT SEEMS TO STALL IN DIFFERENT CONDITIONS (HOT , COLD, MOVING, WHEN FIRST STARTED,ETC). *TR

THE DEALERSHIP FLASHED THE PCM AS DETAILED IN SERVICE BULLETIN 18-021-09 REV. A. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT I NOTICED AN INTERMITTENT THROTTLE LAG. WHEN PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL, THE CAR WILL WAIT 1/2 TO 3/4 SECOND, THEN THE ENGINE WILL RESPOND AND THE CAR WILL GO. MERGING INTO HIGHWAY TRAFFIC IS NOW DANGEROUS AS THE CAR WILL NOT ALWAYS RESPOND TO THE PEDAL INPUT. WHEN IT FINALLY DOES RESPOND THE CAR WILL SURGE FORWARD (SINCE I'M PUSHING DOWN MORE ON THE PEDAL TRYING TO GET THE CAR TO MOVE). THIS IS DANGEROUS AS THE REAR TIRES CAN LOSE TRACTION ON WET ROADS. THE DEALERSHIP HOOKED UP A PORTABLE DATA LOGGER AND ROAD TESTED THE VEHICLE. THEY WERE ABLE TO VERIFY THE COMPLAINT. THEY SENT THE RESULTS TO CHRYSLER'S ENGINEERS. THOSE ENGINEERS REVIEWED THE DATA AND SAID, "THE VEHICLE IS OPERATING AS DESIGNED, DELAY IS NORMAL, WE SEE NOTHING WRONG." I HAD THE CAR FOR 22 MONTHS PRIOR TO THIS UPDATE AND NEVER HAD THE PROBLEM BEFORE.

THERE IS A DEFECT ON THE DASH WHERE THE PASSENGER AIR BAG DEPLOYS. THIS CAUSES THE AREA TO LOOK DEPRESSED AND DEFORMED. CHRYSLER / DODGE WAS CONTACTED, AND ARE REFUSING TO REPAIR. IN TALKING WITH OTHER OWNERS SOME ARE CHOOSING TO COVER THE DASH WITH DASH MATS OR COVERS. THIS RAISES THE QUESTION WITH ME AS TO HOW THIS MAY EFFECT THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIRBAGS? *TR

MY 2009 DODGE CHALLENGER STALLS WHILE DRIVING AND MOSTLY HAPPENS WHILE MAKING TURNS. IT HAPPENS RANDOMLY AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. YOU LOSE ALL POWER AND THERE IS NO POWER STEERING WHEN THIS HAPPENS. IT IS VERY UNSAFE AND THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING TO A LOT OF CHALLENGER OWNERS. AT THIS TIME CHRYSLER HASN'T RELEASED A FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM. *TR

2009 DODGE CHALLENGER RT. GOING DOWN ROAD AT 30MPH PUT FOOT ON BRAKE GENTLY AND THE BRAKE SKIPPED AND DID NOT STOP VEHICLE TOOK FOOT OFF BRAKE REAPPLIED PRESSURE AND IT STOPPED. ALMOST RAN STOP SIGN VERY SCARED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY BRAKE PROBLEMS AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE. CHUGGING IN THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT GO 0-60 IN 5 SECONDS COULD BARELY GO 0-40 IN 5 SECONDS. AT A COMPLETE STOP FEELS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION JERKS THE CAR LIKE BEING REARENDED AND NO ONE BEHIND ME. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP RAN DIAGNOSTIC TEST SAID THE TRANSMISSION SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPROGRAMMED HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES AND DEALERSHIP NOW THINKS I AM MAKING UP STORIES LAST TIME TOOK IT IN THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM SO DID NOTHING. DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW BUTTONS WILL NOT BRING PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW BACK UP THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT FIX. PAINT DEFECT ON PASSENGER SIDE BACK ABOVE THE BACK WINDOW RUSTED IN SPOT WAS SPREADING HAD JUST GOT THE CAR AND TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP AFTER FOUND WHEN WASHED VEHICLE THEY SAID IT WAS DUE TO BIRD POOP BEING LEFT ON SPOT HAD CAR 2 MONTHS AND A WASH TUB PACKAGE WOULD NOT LEAVE CAR THAT DIRTY. THEY FIXED THE PAINT JOB DUE TO WARRANTY. *LN

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE CHALLENGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER, RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND DROVE TO THE LOCAL DEALER WHERE HE WAS TOLD THAT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED AGAIN. THE VEHICLEHAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 7,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 14,600. UPDATED 02/01/11*LJ UPATED 04/14/11

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE CHALLENGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE APPROACHING A STOP SIGN AT 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED AND ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FLASHED. THE CONTACT SHIFTED INTO PARK AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER BUT THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE CONTINUED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ANOTHER AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE FAILURE BUT NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A KILL SWITCH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A THIRD DEALER WHO REMOVED THE ANTI THEFT DEVICE INSTALLED BY ANOTHER DEALER. THE FAILURE CONTINUED AND THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 31,706 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 33,000.

2009 DODGE CHALLENGER, COMPLETE ENGINE SHUTOFF AFTER DECELERATING. VERY DANGEROUS. BREAKS AND STEERING SHUT OFF. HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES TO ME. THERE ARE DOZENS OF REPORTS OF THIS LOCATED HERE: HTTP://WWW.CHALLENGERTALK.COM/FORUMS/F36/ENGINE-STALLING-35997/. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE CHALLENGER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH HE CRASHED INTO A VEHICLE AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE DRIVER IN THE OTHER VEHICLE WAS INJURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TOWING COMPANY BUT WAS NOT EXAMINED FOR THE CAUSE OF FAILURE OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 23,000.

ISSUE # 1) I HAVE AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION 2009 DODGE CHALLENGER RT. SO I WAS DRIVING UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS ACCELERATING NORMALLY AND THE ENGINE COUGHS...STRANGE. THEN IT DOES IT AGAIN, A VERY SUDDEN COUGH LIKE IT IS STRUGGLING FOR AIR, THE VEHICLE ALMOST SHUDDERS TOO. ENGINE CODE POPS UP. HEAD TO AUTO ZONE AND HAVE IT CHECKED - P0730 GEAR RATIO INCORRECT. THIS HAS HAPPEN A FEW TIME WITHIN THE PAST FEW WEEKS . TO CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP- THEY SAW THE SAME CODE . BECAUSE THE CAR WAS DRIVING NORMAL AGAIN THEY DID NOTHING . PLANNING TO TAKE IT BACK IN SO THEY CAN PULL THE TRANS. ISSUE # 2) TODAY 8/11/10 - I WAS DRIVING ON THE EXPRESS WAY WITH AN OVER A 1/2 TANK OF GAS, DOING ABOUT 60 TO 70 MPH. ABOUT 30 MIN INTO MY DRIVE, SUDDENLY ALL MY DASHBOARD LIGHT/SYMBOLS POP ON AND MY CAR LOST ALL POWER. TO AVOID GET REAR ENDED I HAD TO PULL OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. *TR