2016 DODGE CHALLENGER Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2016 DODGE CHALLENGER. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE LEFT SHOULDER (DISLOCATED) AND TO THE RIGHT KNEE. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS REQUIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BY A TOWING COMPANY. HILLTOP CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM (3291 AUTO PLAZA DRIVE, RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA 94804, (510) 243-6100) WAS MADE AWARE OF THE CRASH. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE CRASH. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 30,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, I STARTED SMELLING SMOKE A FEW BLOCKS FROM MY HOUSE. I THOUGHT A GARBAGE CAN WAS ON FIRE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I PULLED INTO MY DRIVEWAY AND MY TRUNK WAS ON FIRE. CALLED 911 AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED WITHIN 4 MINUTES. CAR WAS TOTALED. DEALERSHIP AND INSURANCE COMPANY BELIEVE WIRING HARNESS OR BATTERY (LOCATED IN TRUNK) WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. *TT

CAR STICKS IN GEAR WHEN PARKED OR DRIVING. SNYCHS REPLACED AT 41K NOW AT 49K CLUTCH PLATE NOW NEEDS REPLACING. THIS VEHICLE HAS ALMOST CAUSED ACCIDENTS AS I COULD NOT GET IT IN/ OUT OF GEAR WHILE DRIVING.

ABOUT A WEEK OR TWO AGO I REMOTE STARTED MY VEHICLE WITH THE FACTORY REMOTE STARTER. I ENTERED THE VEHICLE WHICH WAS STATIONARY, PUSHED THE START BUTTON TO COMPLETE THE ACTIVATION. THE VEHICLE STARTED AND RAN NORMALLY, ABOUT A MINUTE OR TWO LATER THE VEHICLE IDLED ROUGHLY AND SHUTOFF, ALL THE DASHBOARD CLUSTER LIGHTS AND SIDE MIRROR PROXIMITY LIGHTS CAME ON. THE PUSH BUTTON WAS ALSO ILLUMINATED IN THE "RUN" POSITION. I TRIED TO PUSH THE START BUTTON AND NOTHING HAPPENED, I TRIED TO OPEN MY DRIVERS DOOR AND IT WOULD NOT OPEN AS THE WINDOW WOULD NOT ROLL DOWN TO ALLOW ME TO OPEN THE DOOR (FRAME LESS DOOR), IF I HAD FORCED THE DOOR OPEN THE WINDOW WOULD HAVE BROKE. I WAS STUCK INSIDE MY VEHICLE WHICH WAS STATIONARY AND NOT IN DRIVE. I THEN PRESSED THE UNLOCK FUNCTION ON THE KEY FOB AND THE CAR MADE ALL THE NOISES TO UNLOCK, I AGAIN TRIED OPENING THE DOOR AND THE WINDOW WOULD NOT ROLL DOWN. I THEN TRIED PUSHING THE START BUTTON AND THE BUTTON WOULD NOT COME OUT OF "RUN" MODE. I PRESSED THE LOCK FUNCTION ON THE KEY FOB, THE VEHICLE MADE ALL THE NOISES OF LOCKING (HORN, FLASHING LIGHTS, ACTUATOR NOISE FOR LOCK) BUT THE DOOR STILL WOULD NOT OPEN AS THE WINDOW WOULD NOT ROLL DOWN; THE VEHICLE START BUTTON WAS STILL IN "RUN" MODE. I PRESSED THE LOCK AND UNLOCK BUTTON A FEW MORE TIMES UNTIL I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO OPEN THE DOOR. ONCE THE DOOR WAS OPEN I CONTINUE PRESSING THE LOCK/UNLOCK BUTTON ON THE KEY FOB, THE VEHICLE FINALLY LET ME PUSH THE START BUTTON TO TAKE IT OUT OF "RUN" MODE. ONCE THE VEHICLE WENT "OFF" I WAS ABLE TO START IT BY PUSHING THE START BUTTON. ON MAY 22, 2018 I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO GRESHAM DODGE DEALERSHIP, THEY RAN A QUICK DIAGNOSTIC AND SAID THERE WAS NO EVENT STORED, THAT I WOULD HAVE TO LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN BEFORE THEY COULD DO ANYTHING.

THE ACCERATOR STUCK IN DOWN POSITION, WENT TO DEALERSHIP STATED MY PEDAL WAS DEFECTIVE REPLACED IT, WHEN I TAPPED ON PEDAL IN WENT ALL THE WAY DAY, MY CARE STARTED TO SPEED PAST 100MPH ON HIGHWAY,

2016 DODGE CHALLENGER 392 ENGINE. WHEN SHIFTING THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION FROM SECOND TO THIRD GEAR, THERE IS A SEVERE HESITATION THAT LASTS A FEW SECONDS. THIS HESITATION IS SO SEVERE THAT I HAVE NEARLY BEEN INVOLVED IN 2 ACCIDENTS. ONCE WHILE TURNING LEFT IN FRONT OF ON-COMING TRAFFIC AND ONCE WHILE TRYING TO MERGE ONTO A HIGHWAY. THE ENGINE LOSES ALL POWER FOR ABOUT 3-4 SECONDS BEFORE RESPONDING. THIS PROBLEM HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED BY OTHER OWNERS ON CHALLENGER CAR FORUMS ON THE INTERNET. PROBLEM HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED ON 2016 & 2017 MODELS WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSION ONLY. WHEN CAR WAS ONLY 3 WEEKS OLD, DEALER KEPT CAR FOR ALMOST A MONTH TRYING TO FIX THE PROBLEM. APRIL OF 2016. PROBLEM WENT AWAY FOR ALMOST 18 MONTHS BUT NOW HAS RETURNED IN NOVEMBER OF 2017 WORSE THAN BEFORE. DEALER, LEE DODGE IN WESTBROOK MAINE UNABLE TO FIX THE VEHICLE EVEN AFTER THEIR EXPERTS DROVE THE VEHICLE. THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS WRONG EVEN THOUGH THEY CAN DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. CAR IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE IN THIS CONDITION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 DODGE CHALLENGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. ALSO, WHENEVER THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE BRAKES MADE A SQUEAKING NOISE AS IF THEY WERE PREMATURELY WEARING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE IN A TIMELY MANNER. THE VEHICLE ALSO MADE A CLUNKING NOISE AS IF METAL WERE TOUCHING WHENEVER THE GEARS WERE SHIFTED FROM PARK TO DRIVE AND VICE VERSA, AS WELL AS WHENEVER THE CONTACT DROVE DOWNHILL. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO POWAY CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM (13811 POWAY ROAD, POWAY, CA 92064; 858-218-2213) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE PADS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND OPENED CASE NUMBERS: 30285247 AND 31041577. THE MANUFACTURER ALSO SENT AN INVESTIGATOR TO VIEW THE BRAKES. THE INVESTIGATOR STATED THAT THE BRAKES WERE NOT IN NEED OF REPAIR. THE CONTACT RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO THE POWAY DODGE REGARDING THE TRANSMISSION, BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND OPENED CASE NUMBERS: 32657810 AND 32920890. THE FAILURE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE SAME POWAY DODGE DEALER REGARDING THE AIR BAG WARNING SENSOR, BUT THEY DID NOT DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED TWICE, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED FOR THE TRANSMISSION AND THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2016 DODGE CHALLENGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 54 MPH, THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO A CEMENT MEDIAN CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO FLIP OVER MULTIPLE TIMES. DURING THE CRASH, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE SEATBELT FAILED TO SECURE THE DRIVER WHO WAS THROWN FROM THE VEHICLE AND SUSTAINED FRACTURED RIBS, A FRACTURED LEFT ARM, AND FRACTURES TO BOTH LEGS. THE 3-YEAR-OLD REAR DRIVER SIDE PASSENGER SUSTAINED A HEAD INJURY. BOTH RECEIVED MEDICAL TREATMENT. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE LOCAL DEALER CURTSY DODGE (LOCATION UNKNOWN) WAS PREVIOUSLY NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,000.

WHEN I OPENED THE CAP OF MY COOLANT EXPANSION TANK, I NOTICED WHAT LOOKED LIKE RUST AROUND THE BOTTOM OF THE CAP. I INSERTED MY FINGER INTO THE TANK AND FOUND RUST INSIDE THE COOLANT. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP. THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS AND CLAIMED THERE WAS NO RUST. WE WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND SHOWED THE CAP TO THEM. THE DEALER REPLACED THE CAP WITH AN AFTERMARKET CAP. WHEN I WENT TO MY MECHANIC FOR AN OIL CHANGE, HE NOTIFIED ME THAT THERE SEEMED TO BE OIL IN MY COOLANT. HE PROCEEDED TO DO A HYDROCARBON TEST WHICH RESULTED 483 PPM WHICH WAS BAD FOR EMISSIONS. WE BROUGHT THIS INFORMATION TO A DODGE DEALERSHIP WHO CLAIMED THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE AGAIN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 DODGE CHALLENGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO VICTORVILLE MOTORS (LOCATED AT 14617 CIVIC DR, VICTORVILLE, CA) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FAILURE WAS INHERENT TO THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTFIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,670.