2006 DODGE CHARGER Complaints

2006 DODGE CHARGER 3.5L INCONSISTENT PERFORMANCE STALLING BUT NOT SHUTTING OFF TOOK TO DEALER ON 7/25/07 THE CHANGED A BRAKE TOGGLE SWITCH STALL HAPPEN AGAIN TODAY 7/26/07 @ 8PM. *TR

I WAS IN THE CENTER LANE OF TRAFFIC WHEN I NOTICED A CAR COMING UP FROM BEHIND ME. TO AVOID GETTING HIT I ATTEMPTED TO THROTTLE DOWN ON THE GAS PEDAL TO PASS A CAR IN THE SLOW LANE AND GET IN FRONT OF HIM TO AVOID THE SPEEDER COMING UP BEHIND ME. IN DOING SO I HEARD A SNAPPING SOUND. I WAS ABLE TO GET IN THE RIGHT LANE(SLOW LANE) AND PULL INTO A RESTAURANT PARKING LOT. I GOT OUT OF MY CAR AND TO MY AMAZEMENT SAW MY ENTIRE GAS PEDAL ASSEMBLY LYING ON THE FLOOR OF MY CAR. I WAS ALSO AMAZED TO SEE THAT THE ENTIRE MOUNTING BRACKET FOR THE GAS PEDAL IS MADE OF EITHER A PLASTIC OR RESIN COMPOUND AND FROM WHAT I CAN TELL SO IS THE BRAKE ASSEMBLY. THIS DOES NOT SEEM LIKE A STRONG ENOUGH MATERIAL TO BE USED ON SUCH CRUCIAL PARTS. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO MY DEALER AND THE PEDAL ASSEMBLY IS GOING TO BE REPLACED WITH THE SAME PART. I WILL BE ASKING FOR THE OLD PART BACK. *TR

THE 20'06 DODGE CHARGER HAD LESS THAN 32,000 MILES ON IT, AND WHILE DRIVING ONE DAY I STEPPED ON THE ACCELERATOR TO MERGE ONTO INTERSTATE 5 DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AND THE CAR STALLED. MOMENTARILY, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, I STEPPED ON THE GAS AND IT DID IT AGAIN AND THEN IT RESUMED POWER. I TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG, BUT ON THE PAPER WORK IT STATED THAT THE CAUSE WAS A SOFTWARE ISSUE , 108 INSPECT AND FLASH PCM TO LATEST SOFTWARE VERSION. I TOOK IT HOME, AND IT HAS DONE IT 5 MORE TIMES , 3 TIMES IN ONE AFTERNOON. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER TWICE FOR THE SAME STALLING PROBLEM, AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE DONE ALL THE THEY COULD. WE HAVE REFRAIMED FROM DRIVING THE 1994 VEHICLE BECAUSE WE NO LONGER FELT SAFE DRIVING IT. *AK

HAD BRAKE TSB DONE IN SEPT. 06. MAYBE 3000 MILES ON CAR. DROVE MY CAR ON 7/12/07 AND HEARD SCREECHING FROM LEFT REAR BRAKE. IMMEDIATELY DROVE TO CONNEL IN OAKLAND, CA. I GOT A CALL FROM THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT STATING THAT ALL OF MY ROTORS NEEDED REPLACING. THE CAR HAS 12,500 MILES ON IT. I'VE OWNED A 2004 HONDA ELEMENT AND STILL HASN'T REQUIRED BRAKE SERVICE. HOW DO REAR PADS WERA BEFORE FRONT PADS ON ANY VEHICLE? I HAD AN OIL CHANGE IN JUNE AND THERE WAS NO MENTION OF BRAKE PROBLEM.

THE POWER STEERING RACK INTHE 2006 DODGE CHARGERWAS MAKING A WHINNING NOISE AND WAS VERY HARD TO STEER. BROUGHT IT IN TO THE CERTIFIED DEALERSHIP AND WAS EXPECTED TO PAY $1200 TO REPLACE THE POWER STEERING PUMP AND RACK. THISWAS ABSURD, THE CARS' WARRANT YWAS 36000 MILES, MY CAR IS AT 39,000 MILES. THIS WAS UNFAIR, AND AFTER RESEARCHING OTHER CONSUMERS WITH THE 2.7 LITRE ENGINE EXPIERENCED THE SAME PROBLEM, THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED. INSTANCES OF THIS PROBLEM HAVE EVEN RESULTED IN DEATH. I'M VERY UPSET.*AK

BRAKE LIGHTS FIRST WENT OUT ON 09/08/2006 UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS ON OUR 2006 DODGE CHARGER R/T. DEALERSHIP HAS FIXED THE PROBLEM ON FOUR SEPARATE TIMES. ON 06/03/2007 BRAKE LIGHTS WENT OUT AGAIN AND DEALERSHIP ONCE AGAIN ATTEMPTED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. WHEN WE GOT HOME WITH THE VEHICLE, THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE ALREADY OUT AGAIN. THE DEALERSHIP REFUSES TO TRY AND FIX THE PROBLEM, SAYING DODGE/DAIMLER CHRYSLER NEEDS TO STEP IN AND REPLACE THE CAR. AS OF 07/10/2007 OUR DODGE CHARGER R/T SITS IN OUR DRIVEWAY UNABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR WHILE WE GET THE RUN AROUND FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND FROM DODGE/DAIMLER CHRYSLER. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY FOUND THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKE LIGHTS; BLOWN FUSE, KINK IN THE WIRING, BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH MODULE, RIGHT BRAKE LIGHT ASSEMBLY AND 3RD BRAKE LIGHT WAS ARCHING. THE REPAIRED OR REPLACED PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. *TR

NO SIGNAL AVAILABLE FOR SIRIUS SAT RADIO. CALL SIRIUS AND THEY CONFIRMED MY RADIO WAS ACTIVE BUT WAS NOT PICKING UP A SIGNAL. TOOK IT TO DODGE WHERE THEY DETERMINED IT WAS THE SAT ANTENNA. 3-4 DAY DELIVERY TIME. *TR

I OWN A 2006 DODGE CHARGER R/T THAT HAS A RECURRING BRAKE PROBLEM. THERE IS A NOTICEABLY LOUD SOUND COMING FROM AT LEAST 2 AND POSSIBLY ALL 4 WHEEL WELLS. WHEN THE PARKING BRAKE IS ENGAGED I HAVE INTERMITTENT SLIPPAGE BEFORE THE CAR SETTLES. AND FINALLY, WHEN ATTEMPTING TO BRAKE I RECEIVE OCCASIONAL SHUDDERING IN THE CAR. I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO TAKE THE CAR INTO THREE SEPARATE DODGE DEALERSHIPS IN THE DALLAS TEXAS AREA ON SEVEN DIFFERENT OCCASIONS AND ON SIX OF THOSE TRIPS WAS INFORMED NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE BRAKES. ON MY FIFTH SERVICE TRIP A BRAKE JOB WAS PERFORMED, BUT HAS HAD NO EFFECT IN FIXING THE PROBLEM. ON THE SUBSEQUENT TWO TRIPS I WAS AGAIN TOLD THAT NOTHING COULD BE FOUND WRONG WITH THE BRAKES AND THAT THE NOISE WAS NORMAL. THIS PROBLEM BEGAN AT THE 11,000 MILE MARK AND HAS BEEN DETERIORATING SINCE THEN (CURRENTLY AT 27,000 MILES). IF NOTHING IS DONE SOON, I FEEL THAT I WILL NEED TO UNNECESSARILY AND UNJUSTLY PURCHASE AN ENTIRELY NEW BRAKE SYSTEM FOR MY CAR TO ENSURE MY DRIVING SAFETY. *AK

THE FRONT ROTORS ON THE 5.7 2006 CHARGER NEED TURNING. THEY HAVE BEEN SQUEAKING FOR SOME TIME, AND I WAS TOLD THE BRAKES WERE FINE. NOW, I AM BEING TOLD THEY NEED TURNING AT MY EXPENSE. THE CAR WILL BE A YEAR OLD TOMORROW. *AK

THE ABS LIGHTS AND ESP LIGHTS ALONG WITH THE TRACTION LIGHTS APPEARED ON THE DASH BOARD, AND WHEN TRYING TO STOP THE VEHICLE, PRESSING THE BRAKES, IT DIDN'T COME TO A COMPLETE STOP.IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS EXCORTING MY 10 YEAR OLD SON TO SCHOOL. *AK