2006 DODGE CHARGER Complaints

JUST THIS PAST YEAR I'VE HAD TO GET THE TRANSMISSION SEAL CHANGED TWICE AND NOW TRANSMISSION FLUID IS LEAKING AGAIN. I'VE TALKED TO OTHER CHARGER OWNERS AND IT SEEMS THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WHEN THE VEHICLE GETS ABOUT 50,000 MILES. *TR

BRAKES: THE CHARGER R/T BRAKES ONLY HAVE 17K MILES ON THEM AND THE ROTORS NEED TO BE REPLACED. I COMPLAINED TO THE DEALER AT 11K BUT WAS TOLD THAT THE SHAKING WAS NORMAL. THE DEALERS KNOW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM WITH THE ROTORS WARPING AND REFUSE TO EXTEND THE WARRANTY PAST 12K MILES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE CHARGER. WHILE COMING TO A STOP, THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED. THE CONTACT EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT PIECES OF THE FRONT TIRES WERE SHEARING OFF. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A TIRE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE ALIGNED. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER AND THE TIE ROD ENDS WERE REPLACED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 27,200 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,500.

REPEATED WARPING AND SQUEALING COMING FROM BRAKES. DEALERSHIP TURNS THE ROTORS TO "FIX" THE ISSUE TILL IT IS OUT OF ORIGINAL 12,000 MILE WARRANTY FOR BRAKES. THEY WILL THEN NO LONGER CORRECT THE ISSUE WITHOUT PAYMENT. THERE IS NO PERMANENT FIX. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 DODGE CHARGER WITH 47,000 MILES ON IT. WHEN I WENT TO MY MECHANIC TO HAVE THE TIRES ROTATED (GOODYEAR), THEY ADVISED ME THAT THE STEERING TIE ROD (RT SIDE) WAS SO BADLY WORN THEY DID NOT EVEN WANT ME TO DRIVE IT HOME ( I HAVE SAVED THE PART). IT IS A SEALED UNIT AND SHOULD NOT NEED ANY LUBRICATION OTHER THAN WHAT WAS INITIALLY DESIGNED INTO THE PART. OBVIOUSLY IF ONE LOSES STEERING ABILITY AT SPEED THE CONSEQUENCES COULD BE SIGNIFICANT. INTERESTINGLY, THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT I GOT THE LAST ONE AVAILABLE IN THE MILWAUKEE AREA. IT MAKES ME WONDER IF ALL THE OTHERS WERE USED FOR A SIMILAR REPLACEMENT DEFECT AND/OR IT IS BEING REDESIGNED. *TR

IT WAS ABOUT 8:00 A.M. IT WAS NOT HOT ABOUT 60 DEGREES, ME AND MY HUSBAND WERE STANDING BY THE CAR AND WHEN HE GOT IN AND SHUT THE DOOR WITHOUT STARTING THE VEHICLE FIRST, THE REAR WINDOW SHATTERED FOR NO APPARENT REASON WE BOTH STOOD THERE WATCHING IN AWW AS IT CONTINUED TO FALL IN PIECES AT FIRST IT EXPLODED OUTWARDS THEN JUST FELL IN SIDE THE REAR SEATS IF THE CHILDREN WERE IN THE CAR WITH US GLASS WOULD HAVE FALLEN ALL OVER THEM NOTHING HIT THE WINDOW AND IT DID NOT HAVE ANY EXISTING CRACKS AT ALL IT JUST SHATTERED FIRST IN ONE SMALL AREA THEN AROUND THE EDGES AS IT BEING EATEN OR SOMETHING THEN JUST ALL OVER I DON'T HAVE A VIDEO CAMERA BUT I TOOK STILL PATTERS AS IT WAS HAPPENING. THEN I LOOKED ON LINE TO SEE IF ANY OTHERS HAD ANYTHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN AND I FOUND WE ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES. THIS GLASS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THERE WAS VERY SMALL SHARP SHARDS OF GLASS ALL OVER I GOT SOME IN MY HAND AND FINGERS. THE DEALER REFUSED TO BELIEVE ME AND DENIED THERE WAS A PROBLEM. BUT I STOOD THERE AND WATCHED THIS HAPPEN. THIS GLASS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. *TR

POOR BRAKE SYSTEM ON THE DODGE DAYTONA RT 2006. MY VEHICLE ONLY HAS 27,000 MILES ON IT AND MY REAR AND FRONT ROTORS ARE SHOT. I HAVE REPLACED THE BRAKE PADS ONCE ALREADY. DODGE IS SAYING THAT THIS IS "COMMON" AND IS NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS. TO HAVE THIS FIXED WILL BE APPROX $700. THIS APPEARS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH SEVERAL BUYERS OF THIS VEHICLE. I HAVE REVIEWED MESSAGES ON WWW.CHARGERFORUMS.COM WITH PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEMS AND DODGE DOES NOTHING ABOUT THIS ISSUE. *TR

I HAVE A POTENTIAL PROBLEM ARISING. UPON TAKING MY 2006 CHARGER IN TO HAVE AN ALIGNMENT DONE ON IT I WAS TOLD THAT THE FRONT END HAD FALLEN AND IT WOULD NOT TAKE ALL OF THE SPECS ON THE ALIGNMENT. I TRIED TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP IN ODESSA, TEXAS AND THEY NEVER DID GET TO IT ON THE DAY SPECIFIED. ALL THEY DID SAY WAS THAT MOST ALIGNMENT CENTERS DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THIS JOB. ONLY THE DEALERS THEY ALLOWED WOULD DO IT. PROBABLY BECAUSE THE DEALER DOES NOT WANT TO HAVE TO PUT FORTH THE REPAIRS FOR WARRANTY WORK AND THEIR PEOPLE WILL SAY THAT IT IS DONE RIGHT. I WILL GET A SECOND OPINION BUT IT WILL NOT BE WITH THEIR PEOPLE. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH SINCE AND HAVE FOUND OUT THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL CARS OF LIKE MINE THAT HAVE HAD TIE ROD ENDS FALL OFF AND CAUSE NEAR ACCIDENTS. I ALSO READ MANY COMPLAINTS WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN INCIDENTS OF BRAKE FAILURES AND THE CHRYSLER CORP WILL NOT ISSUE A RECALL. THAT IS DANGEROUS. ARE THEY WAITING FOR A COUPLE OF DEATHS BEFORE THEY TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY? *TR

CONSTANT BRAKE SQUEAL WHEN PUSHING BRAKES AT ONLY 6,500 MILES. DODGE UNWILLING TO FIX. *TR

FIRST AS EVERYONE ELSE HAS EXPERIENCED THE BRAKES STARTED TO SQUEAL. THEN AROUND 30,000 MILES WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED AT SPEED AROUND 60 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO VIBRATE. LATER FOLLOWED BY EXTREME MOTION IN THE WHEEL FROM LEFT TO RIGHT AND EVENTUALLY THE BRAKES BEGAN TO CEASE DURING ACCELERATION. HAD THE ROTOR RESURFACED AND NEW PADS. 8,000 MILES LATER STEERING WHEEL DOING THE SAME THING AND WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY SAID MY TIRES WERE BAD AND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKES. I FIND THIS HARD TO BELIEVE AS THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED BEFORE ENDING UP WITH A BILL AROUND $1,000. SO NOW I AM WAITING FOR THE BREAKS TO GET SO BAD THAT THEY WILL ACTUALLY SERVICE THE PROBLEM. I AM SO DISGUSTED WITH THIS AND DON'T KNOW WHAT COURSE OF ACTION TO TAKE. *TR