2010 DODGE CHALLENGER Complaints

MY 2010 CHALLENGER RT BURST INTO FLAMES AT AN IDOL. THE ENGINE WIRE HARNESS SHORTED AND CAUGHT FIRE. THANKFULLY I AM A FIREFIGHTER AND SAVED THE VEHICLE. IT HAS LESS THAN 20,000 MILES ON IT. I AM FURIOUS DUE TO THE FACT THAT DODGE WILL NOT COVER IT UNDER WARRANTY WHICH IT SHOULD BE. IT IS A MANUFACTURES FAULT NOT MINE. IT WAS PARKED AND IDLING WHEN THIS HAPPENED. THANKFULLY THERE WAS NO ONE AROUND THAT COULD HAVE BEEN HURT. WHAT IF I WAS IN GRID LOCK TRAFFIC NOT A FIREFIGHTER WITH OUT THE PROPER EXTINGUISHER. A LOT OF PEOPLE COULD HAVE BEEN HURT AND THEIR VEHICLES CAUGHT FIRE. I LOVE DODGE. HAVE ALL MY LIFE. I AM BAFFLED THAT THEY WILL DENY COVERAGE. IT SICKENS ME THE LACK OF INTEGRITY AND CARE SHOWN. I HAVE TRIED NUMEROUS TIMES WITH THE DEALERSHIP (MEADOWLAND DODGE OF CARMEL NY) AND CORPORATE. NEITHER ONE COULD EXPLAIN WHY MY VEHICLE WILL NOT BE COVERED. NOR DID THEY HELP TO FIND OUT WHY. JUST A SIMPLE WE ARE NOT COVERING YOU DUE TO OUR FAULTY AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TICKING FIRE BALL TIME BOMB. HORRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND CARE. I WILL BE CONTACTING A LAWYER. ITS A $1200 PART I WILL NOT BE PAYING FOR THIS NOR WILL MY INSURANCE AND MY COPAY TO THEM. I DON'T CARE IF I LOOSE MONEY IN A LAWSUIT. IT IS THE SIMPLE PRINCIPLE OF THE MATTER. THIS WHOLE EXPERIENCE WITH DODGE HAS LEFT A VERY BITTER TASTE. THIS IS INEXCUSABLE. ITS LIKE DODGE ONLY CARES ABOUT MAKING MONEY AND NOT ABOUT THEIR LOYAL CUSTOMERS AND THE PUBLIC'S SAFETY OR CONCERN. I NOW HAVE TO PAY FOR A RENTAL OUT OF MY POCKET. I HAVE BEEN WITH OUT MY VEHICLE FOR OVER A MONTH. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO IT. CORPORATE TOOK A MONTH JUST TO COME LOOK AT IT. SIMPLY FURIOUS. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IN FULL. TRUSTING THE COMPANY SAVED UP OVER 5 YEARS INCLUDING MY COMBAT DEPLOYMENT PAY. I HAVE BEEN CONSTANTLY LET DOWN BY DODGE AND THE DEALERSHIP. I AM ALSO CONSIDERING MAKING THIS PUBLIC (NEWS, FORUMS, FACEBOOK). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE CHALLENGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A COMPLETE STOP, THE REAR SUSPENSION FAILED AND DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE SUSPENSION HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 37,088. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

MY 2010 DODGE CHALLENGER R/T ROUGHLY SAT FOR 2-3 WINTER MONTHS, DRIVEN 2-3 TIMES DURING THAT PERIOD. WHILE STARTING IT UP IN FEBRUARY THE CAR STARTED THEN STALLED OUT. I TURNED THE KEY BACK TO OFF AND THEN RESTARTED THE CAR. I WAS GETTING ON TO THE HIGHWAY MAKING A RIGHT TURN. AFTER COMPLETING THE TURN, MERGING ON THE HIGHWAY ABOUT 35-40MPH THE CAR STALLED AND I HAD TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I RESTARTED AND CONTINUED TO DRIVE AS NORMAL FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. ON FRIDAY MARCH 29TH 2013, I STARTED THE CAR AND IT STALLED AGAIN. I RESTARTED THE CAR AND WENT ON MY WAY TO WORK. I WAS MERGING FROM ONE HIGHWAY TO ANOTHER DOING ABOUT 40-45MPH ON THE ONRAMP WHEN THE CAR STALLED AGAIN. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF TO THE MEDIAN WHILE 3 CARS ALMOST REAR ENDED ME SINCE I HAD NO POWER TO THE VEHICLE. I PUT IT IN PARK, RESTARTED THE CAR AND WENT ON MY WAY. THAT SAME MORNING, I WAS GOING SOUTH BOUND ON THE HIGH WAY IN THE MIDDLE OF MOURNING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC INTO THE CITY. I WAS GOING BETWEEN 65-75MPH IN HEAVY TRAFFIC IN THE HIGH SPEED LANE AND THE CAR STALLED AGAIN AND LOST ALL POWER TO THE VEHICLE. AFTER COASTING FOR ABOUT 100 YARDS THE CAR SOMEHOW RESTARTED, POWER CAME BACK AND I CONTINUED TO WORK THAT MORNING. I HAVE TAKEN THE CARE TO THE LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIP AS OF 3/31 AND IS BEING LOOKED AT TO FIND THE ISSUE. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING AT 65 MPH ON 4 LANE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. WAS ON A BRIDGE WITH NO SHOULDER. ENGINE SUDDENLY LOST ALL POWER. VEHICLE WAS COASTING AND SLOWING DOWN RAPIDLY. CARS BEHIND ME WERE HITTING THE BRAKES TO AVOID REAR-ENDING MY VEHICLE AS I ATTEMPTED TO MAKE MY WAY TO THE SHOULDER. ONCE ACROSS BRIDGE, I PULLED TO THE SHOULDER. ENGINE WOULD TURNOVER BUT WOULD NOT START. TOWED TO DODGE DEALERSHIP. DEALER DIAGNOSED PROBLEM AS BROKEN TIMING CHAIN, WHICH CAUSED CAMSHAFT TO STOP TURNING. THREE EXHAUST VALVES WERE THUS HELD OPEN WHILE THE CRANKSHAFT CONTINUED TURNING, CAUSING PISTONS TO HIT VALVES, BENDING VALVES AND DENTING PISTON TOPS NEAR EDGE OF PISTON. COMPLETE NEW ENGINE REQUIRED. CHRYSLER CORPORATION IS NOT FORTHCOMING WITH AN EXPLANATION FOR FAILURE OR A CORRECTIVE ACTION. THERE IS NO SERVICE BULLETIN PER THE DEALER. I LOOKED ONLINE AT DODGE CHALLENGER USER FORUMS, AND FOUND DOZENS OF OWNERS HAD EXPERIENCED IDENTICAL PROBLEM: AT 35,000-45,000 MILES, DODGE CHALLENGER 5.7 L HEMI WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND MDS (MULTIPLE DISPLACEMENT SYSTEM) CYLINDER CUTOUT ACTIVATED, SUDDENLY LOST ALL POWER DUE TO BROKEN TIMING CHAIN. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A DESIGN FLAW THAT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. THE NHTSA SHOULD COMPEL CHRYSLER CORPORATION TO DEVELOP A CORRECTIVE ACTION AND RECALL ALL DODGE CHALLENGER VEHICLES WITH 5.7 L HEMI ENGINE IMMEDIATELY. *TR

2010 DODGE CHALLENGER SE, RIGHT REAR CV BOOT RIPPED AND LEAKED GREASE ONTO THE TAIL PIPE AND PASSENGER SIDE, AND WHICH CAUSED A FIRE TO THE TRUNK. VEHICLE IS A TOTAL LOSS, NO REPAIRS CAN BE MADE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED THE VEHICLE MADE A POP SOUND AND LOST POWER. I WAS FORCED OFF THE HIGHWAY AS THERE WERE NO SHOULDERS AND HAD TO PUSH THE VEHICLE ACROSS TRAFFIC TO SAFETY. THE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER FAILED, RESULTING IN THE TIMING CHAIN BREAKING. THIS RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO THE UPPER PORTION OF THE MOTOR, INCLUDING ALL INTAKE AND EXHAUST VALVES, MARRING ON THE PISTONS AND CRACKED HEADS. *TR

ON OR ABOUT JUNE OF 2011 I WAS DRIVING MY CAR IN GA, AND THE ENGINE JUST SHUT OFF. AFTER CONTACTING THE MANUFACTURE. DODGE HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THOMPSON DODGE IN THOMPSON GA. I WAS TOLD THERE BY THE HEAD MECHANIC THAT MY ENGINE SUFFERED A TOTAL CATASTROPHIC FAILURE . THEY ( MANUFACTURE) DECIDED TO REBUILD INSTEAD OF REPLACING MY ENGINE AS I HAD ASKED. THEN ON THURSDAY 11/22/2012 I WAS DRIVING (60-65 MPH) HOME TO NJ FROM TEXAS. AND THE ENGINE DID THE SAME THING. LEAVING ME STRANDED. AFTER THE FIRST TIME I WAS TOLD THAT THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT A 2010 CHALLENGER WILL BREAK 2 CHAINS WITHIN 2 YEARS. THERE HAS TO BE A UNDERLYING CAUSE FOR THIS. PLEASE ADVISE ME AND RESPOND. I CAN BE REACHED AT [XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).*TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE CHALLENGER. THE CONTACT STATED WAS TRAVELING 25 MPH AND ATTEMPTED A TURN WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WOULD RECUR WHENEVER ATTEMPTING A TURN AT 25 MPH. THE CONTACT SHIFTED TO PARK AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST BUT WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 6,800.

WHILE DRIVING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC THE CHECK ENGINE OIL AND ESP LIGHT CAME ON FOLLOWED BY FOUR CHIMES AND THEN CAR COMPLETELY SHUT OFF AND THE STEERING LOCKED. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, THE CAR STARTED UP AGAIN AND THE CODES TURNED OFF. APPROX 1 MONTH LATER THE SAME THING OCCURRED. I WAS MAKING A TURN ON A ROUNDABOUT WHEN THE SAME THING OCCURRED DURING HEAVY TRAFFIC AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. I TOOK THE CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING CAPTURED ON THE COMPUTER. THEY REPLACED THE KEY FOB AND SAID THAT THIS SHOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. 4-5 MONTHS LATER, I WAS IN RENO, NV. I WAS DRIVING 20-35 MPH AND AGAIN CHECK ENGINE OIL LIGHT, ESP AND FOUR CHIMES AND THE CAR SHUT OFF AGAIN, THE STEERING LOCKED, AND I COASTED UNTIL I CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND PLACED IT IN PARK, STARTED CAR AND OIL AND CODES TURNED OFF. 24 HOURS LATER WHEN DRIVING HOME ON THE FREEWAY IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, THE SAME THING OCCURRED!!! I PUT ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS AND LET THE CAR ROLL, CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP, PLACED CAR IN PARK AND AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, THE CAR STARTED AND CODES TURNED OFF. THE FOLLOWING DAY I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND AGAIN THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM WITH IT, AS NOTHING WAS RECORDED IN THE INTERNAL COMPUTER. I ASKED FOR THE CAR TO BE KEPT UNTIL THE PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED. THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE IT IN THAT ONE WEEK. I ASKED FOR A CO PILOT COMPUTER TO BE PLACED IN THE VEHICLE IN HOPES OF CAPTURING THE PROBLEM WHEN IT OCCURRED, AS THE CODES TURN OFF AFTER CAR IS STARTED. DODGE SENT OUT A REP TO INSPECT VEHICLE. AFTER INSPECTION THEY STATED NOTHING IS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE, THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, AND THERE ARE NO CODES STORED ON THE COMPUTER. I AM NOW FACED WITH DRIVING AN UNSAFE VEHICLE THAT SHUTS OFF ON ME IN THE CITY AND MOST DANGEROUSLY ON THE FREEWAY WITH NO SET PATTERN AND THE MANUFACTURER HAS DONE NOTHING TO FIX IT!! *TR

I WAS DRIVING NORMALLY GETTING READY TO PULL UP AT A STOP SIGN TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR STALLS WHILE MOVING. POWER STEERING GOES OUT AND THE OIL PRESSURE LIGHT COMES ON. I HAD TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND RESTART IT AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE NO LIGHTS OR NOTHING. THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE FIXED IT HAS HAPPEN TO MANY PEOPLE. LAWSUIT IS WHAT'S GONE END UP IF THIS PROBLEM ISN'T CORRECTED. *TR