2011 DODGE CHALLENGER Complaints

WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY AND AT APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH, VEHICLE'S ENGINE FAILED AND ALL SYSTEMS WENT DEAD. LUCKILY I HAD ENOUGH MOMENTUM TO GET OFF THE FREEWAY AND INTO A SAFE AREA. AFTER BEING TESTED BY MECHANIC, HE SAID THE EDM HAD A STORED FAULT WITH THE CAMSHAFT SENSOR HOWEVER NO CURRENT FAULTS. CAMSHAFT SENSOR WAS STILL REPLACED AND CAR WOULD STILL NOT TURN ON. MECHANIC TOLD ME HE READ SEVERAL STORIES OF ALL WIRE HARNESSES BEING REPLACED AND EVEN EDM BEING REPLACED HOWEVER PROBLEM STILL CONTINUES TO PERSIST. *TR

I WAS RETURNING TO WORK FROM LUNCH AND I WAS DRIVING SOUTH IN THE COMPANY PARKING LOT GOING NO FASTER THAN 5-10 MPH. I STARTED TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN INTO A PARKING SPACE SO THAT I COULD BACK INTO THE PARKING SPACE DIRECTLY BEHIND IT. AS I STARTED TO MAKE THE TURN I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE GAS AND PLACED IT ON THE BRAKE SO I COULD COME TO A COMPLETE STOP BEFORE I BACKED UP INTO THE SPACE BEHIND ME. AS I HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE THE CAR ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN AND BECAUSE I HAD NO TIME TO REACT THE CAR PLOWED THROUGH A TREE, SOME HEAVY VEGETATION AND DOWN AN EMBANKMENT. THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF THE CAR, AS A RESULT OF THE IMPACT WITH THE TREE, WHICH CAUSED THE ENTIRE BUMPER TO FALL OFF AND DESTROYED. YET, THE AIRBAGS, WHICH WERE RECALLED AND ALREADY "SERVICED" ONCE BEFORE, NEVER DEPLOYED. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 45MPH ABS, EAP/BAS AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS CAME ON. PARKED CAR AND WOULD NOT START. NO POWER. TOWED TO DODGE DEALERSHIP AND AFTER 2 DAYS REPORTED NEEDED NEW BATTERY AFTER OLD BATTERY WOULD NOT KEEP CHARGE. ONE DAY AFTER GOT VEHICLE FROM DEALER, DROVE VEHICLE BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON, DROVE TO DEALER SERVICE TURNED OFF VEHICLE AND TURNED ON AGAIN BUT LIGHT DID NOT COME ON. TECH CHECKED BATTERY CONNECTION, WAS OK AND TRIED TO DRIVE HOME. DROVE VEHICLE 3 MILES BATTERY LIGHT, ABS, EAP/BAS AND TRACTION LIGHTS CAME ON AGAIN, IDLED ROUGH THEN DASH WENT DARK AND CAR KILLED, STEERING LOCKED. GOT RELATIVE TO PUT ANOTHER BATTERY IN TO DRIVE VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP. IS THERE NOW AWAITING DIAGNOSIS BUT ALL THINGS POINT TO BAD ALTERNATOR. VEHICLE 3WEEKS OUT OF WARRANTY WITH 31000 MILES. THE CHARGER HAS HAD ISSUES WITH ALTERNATOR & HAVE SEEN A FEW CHALLENGERS COMPLAINT ON OTHER SITES. I DID LIKE MY CAR BUT THIS APPEARS TO BE A MANUFACTURER DEFECT WITH ALTERNATORS, ONLY 31000 MILES AND GONE BAD. *TR

I BOUGHT MY 2011 CHALLENGER SRT 8 USED WITH JUST OVER 13,000 MILES. I DID A VIN CHECK AND FOUND NO ISSUES WITH THIS CAR. I TOOK THE CAR TO A DEALERSHIP BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK THE REAR END SOUNDED RIGHT. THE DEALERSHIP INSTALLED REAR AXLE DAMPENERS UNDER TSB 01-005-12. THE DEALERSHIP HAD MY CAR FOR 30 DAYS AND WHEN I GOT THE CAR BACK IT SOUNDED ABOUT THE SAME. I CALL THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE WARRANTY ON MY VEHICLE WAS VOIDED. THE MONTH BEFORE THERE WAS NO ISSUES WITH THE WARRANTY. I CALLED CHRYSLER CUSTOMER CARE AND THEY HAD A HARD TIME FINDING OUT WHY THERE WAS A WARRANTY ISSUE. THEY WOULD LATER CALL ME AND STATE THAT ONLY THE REAR AXLE WAS VOIDED BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN REPLACED 2 OTHER TIMES. I ASKED TO HAVE SOMETHING PUT IN WRITING ON THIS AND WAS TOLD THAT CHRYSLER DOES NOT PUT THINGS LIKE THIS IN WRITING. I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WAS UNDER WARRANT AND WHAT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND WHY. CHRYSLER CUSTOMER CARE TOOK ANOTHER MONTH TO COME UP WITH SOME TYPE OF AN ANSWER. THIS WAS AFTER THEY REPEATEDLY CALLED ME AND ASKED WHAT DEALERSHIPS I HAD TAKEN THE CAR TOO BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT FIND RECORDS OF WHICH DEALERSHIP DID THE VOID ON THE WARRANTY. I TOOK THE CAR TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP FOR A TRANSMISSION ISSUE AND WAS TOLD THAT THE ENTIRE DRIVELINE WARRANTY WAS VOIDED. I WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION SINK GEARS WERE WORN BECAUSE OF THE ISSUES WITH THE REAR AXLE. MY CAR NOW HAS 29,000 MILE AND NEEDS A NEW REAR AXLE AND MAJOR TRANSMISSION WORK. ALL THIS WITH NO WARRANTY AND NO PROOF OF WHY THERE IS NO WARRANTY. *TR

NUMEROUS LIGHTS WENT OFF IN MY VEHICLE AFTER THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AND THE MUSIC TO MY STEREO SUDDENLY CUT OF AND BACK ON WITHIN SECONDS. ALL OF THIS WITHOUT WARNING. NOW THE CAR FAILS TO START BACK UP. I'VE TAKEN IT TO A DODGE DEALERSHIP AND IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS A BAD ALTERNATOR. I WAS INFORMED THAT THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY NO ALTERNATORS AVAILABLE ANYWHERE FOR A 2011 DODGE CHALLENGER 3.6 AND SURE ENOUGH I CAN'T FIND ANY MYSELF ONLINE. HOW CAN A PART SO IMPORTANT BE ON BACK-ORDER WITH CHRYSLER AND NOT TO MENTION WORTH $500 AND OVER $200 IN LABOR WHEN ALL IT HAS ARE TWO BOLTS FOR ATTACHMENT. I'M SO CONFUSED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE CHALLENGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE PANEL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED INTERMENTLY, THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 41,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE CHALLENGER. THE CONTACT STATED AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE, THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, IT STALLED, AND THE IGNITION SWITCH LOCKED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,000.

THE BATTERY, ENGINE, ABS, AIRBAG AND OTHER LIGHTS BEGAN TO FLASH. I BOUGHT A NEW BATTERY. THE NEXT DAY SOMETHING KILLED THE NEW BATTERY. THE CAR STALLED ON A BUSY HIGHWAY. IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY WERE NO HELP. I TOLD THEM OF THE RECALL ON THE 2013 CHALLENGERS FOR THE EXACT SAME PROBLEMS. THEY STATED MINE WAS NOT RECALLED. THIS REPAIR COST ME OVER $1200 OUT OF POCKET. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND. A DODGE VEHICLE TO ANYONE. BAD ALTERNATOR , WIRE HARNESS AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. TERRIBLE CAR AND SERVICE. CHRYSLER WAS NO HELP AT ALL. AS I HAVE SEARCHED, THERE ARE NUMEROUS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS/COMPLAINTS WITH THE 2011 DODGE CHALLENGER/ CHARGERS. THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL ON THOSE. *JB

ON THE DATE STATED ABOVE, WHILE OPERATING MY VEHICLE THE ENGINE, ABS, AIRBAG, AND OTHER LIGHTS BEGIN TO FLASH AND BEEP AND THE ENGINE STALLED AND CUT OFF IN MID TRAFFIC. I ATTEMPTED TO JUMP MY BATTERY OFF, BUT TO NO AVAIL. I PURCHASED A NEW BATTERY AND AFTER DRIVING APPROX. 15 MILES AND CUT THE ENGINE OFF AND IMMEDIATELY ATTEMPTED TO RESTART BUT IT FAILED AND AFTER ATTEMPTING TO TURN ON THE HEAD LIGHT, OPEN THE TRUNK AND LET THE WINDOWS UP, I CONCLUDED THAT THE NEW BATTERY WAS NOW DEAD. DODGE HAS NOT ACKNOWLEDGE ANY PROBLEMS OR RECALLS FOR THE ALTERNATOR AND I AM OUTSIDE OF THE FACTORY WARRANTY. I AM VERY SUSPECT THAT DODGE KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE THE PART IS NOT AVAILABLE THROUGH THE NORMAL AUTOPART STORES AND THE PRICE THROUGH DEALERSHIPS AND UPWARDS OF $500 FOR THE PART AND $300 FOR LABOR FOR A PARTTHAT SHOULD NOT FAIL THIS SOON. *TR

I RECEIVED A NOTICE FROM CHRYSLER ON 5/10/2013 STATING "THE FRONT SEAT AIRBAG WIRING ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS ON YOUR VEHICLE MAY HAVE AN INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL CONNECTION. IF AN INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL CONNECTION EXISTS DURING SIDE IMPACT, THE FRONT SEAT AIRBAG LOCATED AT THE OUTBOARD SIDE OF THE SEATBACK MAY NOT DEPLOY AS INTENDED. THIS COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL INJURY TO FRONT SEAT OCCUPANTS DURING A SIDE IMPACT COLLISION." I'VE SPOKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP TWICE AND THEY KEEP TELLING ME THE PART NEEDED TO CORRECT THIS IS ON BACKORDER. IF I WERE TO GET IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE FRONT PASSENGER GETS INJURED BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM NOT BEING CORRECTED COULD I SUE CHRYSLER FOR A GAZILLION DOLLARS? I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER PRODUCT FROM THEM. THIS IS BEYOND LUDICROUS TO WAIT THIS LONG. I COULD HAVE BUILT THIS ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR 100 TIMES IN THE PAST 2 MONTHS! *TR