2006 DODGE CHARGER Complaints

BRAKE SQUEALING!!! I HAVE A 2006 DODGE CHARGER DAYTONA R/T AND I ONLY HAVE ABOUT 9K MILES ON IT. BUT ABOUT A MONTH AGO I NOTICE A SQUEALING ON MY BRAKES. EVERYTIME I COMING OUT OF MY DRIVE WAY, AND AFTER A STOP AT THE LIGHT, ETC.... SEEMS TO HAPPEN ALSO, ABOUT A 40 MPH. SO, I TOOK TO THE DEALER BECAUSE IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. AND THEY SAID THAT IS CAUSED BY A PANIC BRAKING. I DON'T DRIVE THIS CAR THE MUCH AND I DON'T BRAKE HARD. BUT YOU WOULD IT THINK THAT A 40K + CAR WOULD HAVE A BETTER BRAKE SYSTEM ON IT, BECAUSE DOESN'T MATTER HOW YOU BRAKE IS A PROBLEM. I REALLY DON'T FEEL SAFE BRAKING. HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS ON THE RECEIPT :CAUSE: ROTORS OUT OF SPECS. ROAD TESTED AND INSPECTED. TRUED SURFACE OF ALL 4 ROTORS, CLEANED. *NM

I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE QUALITY AND SAFETY OF THE BRAKES ON MY 2006 DODGE CHARGER R/T. EVERY TIME I BRAKE, I HEAR A LOUD SQUEALING NOISE. MY CAR HAS 10,000 MILES ON IT. I ADDRESSED THIS PROBLEM TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I GET MY CAR SERVICED AND THEY SAID IT WAS NORMAL FOR THIS TYPE OF BRAKE PAD. I HAVE NEVER OWNED A VEHICLE THAT HAS MADE THIS AWFUL NOISE AND I DO NOT SEE HOW IT CAN BE NORMAL. I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS CONDITION WILL WORSEN AND MY BRAKING SYSTEM WILL DETERIORATE. *NM

FRONT BRAKE SQUEALING @ LESS THAN 10K MILES. RETURNED TO DEALER, ROTORS FOUND TO BE WARPED AND GROOVED. DEALER TURNED ROTORS. *NM

FRONT ROTOR WARPING AND FRONT ROTOR PREMATURE DETERIORATION. I TOOK MY 2006 DODGE CHARGER DAYTONA IN AT 600 MILES WITH PREMATURE ROTOR GOUGING. I WAS TOLD BY KEENE DODGE IN JARRESTSVILLE MD THAT THIS WAS NORMAL. I BELIEVED AND TOLD THEM NO WAY IT WAS A NORMAL PROBLEM WITH A VEHICLE. THEY TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THEIR SERVICE AREA. AFTER A SHORT VISIT TO THE SERVICE AREA I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE WRITER THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH IT. I WAS NOT HAPPY, BUT WHAT IS ONE TO DO IN A SITUATION WHERE ONE IS BLOWN OFF. I DROVE THE CAR THE WAY IT WAS AND KIND OF IGNORED THE PROBLEM. WELL IT GOT WORSE AS THE MILES WENT BY UNTIL WHILE BRAKING THE CAR HAD SHAKING AT HIGHWAY BRAKING ALONG WITH PULSATING. I TOOK THE CAR TO COOK MOTORCARS OF ABERDEEN MD AND AT FIRST WAS TOLD THIS WAS A NORMAL SITUATION. I AGAIN OBJECTED. I MADE AN APPOINTMENT. MY CAR NOW HAD 7900 MILES ON IT. I DROPPED THE CAR OFF WHILE I WAS AT WORK AND CALLED AROUND 1PM AND WAS TOLD THAT THE ROTORS WERE INDEED WARPED. THE SERVICE WRITER TOLD ME THAT THEY TRIED TO TURN THE ROTORS AND WHEN THEY DID THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH METAL LEFT FOR SAFE BRAKING. THEY REPLACED THE ROTORS, WITH THE SAME KIND THAT WAS ON THE VEHICLE WHEN I PURCHASED IT. I BELONG TO THE DODGE CHARGER FORUMS AND THERE ARE 100'S OF CHARGER OWNERS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AND ARE BEING TOLD THIS IS NORMAL. HERE IS A LINK TO MY THREAD ON THE FORUMS AND YOU CAN READ ALL THE COMPLAINTS THAT I HAVE GOTTEN. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BECAUSE THERE ARE DODGE CHARGER OWNERS WHO ARE PAYING FOR THIS APPARENT DEFECT ON OUR CARS. HTTP://WWW.CHARGERFORUMS.COM/FORUMS/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?T=23835 I WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW ABOUT THIS COMPLAINT AS CHRYSLER NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS AND ADDRESS THIS NOW. *NM

PURCHASED JULY 14, 2006. IT RAN GREAT WITH NO PROBLEMS UNTIL JULY 26. I WENT TO TAKE A LEFT OUT OF MY COMPANY'S PARKING LOT AND THE CAR SPUTTERED AND WOULD ACCELERATE FAST. I HAD TO PULL OFF ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND GAVE IT SOME GAS. I ATTEMPTED TO GO AGAIN WHEN THE TRAFFIC WAS CLEAR AND IT SPUTTERED MORE UNTIL I GAVE IT A LOT OF GAS AND THEN IT DROVE FINE. I THOUGH IT WAS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT SO I DROVE IT HOME. THAT NIGHT MY WIFE, SON AND I TOOK THE CAR TO THE MALL. UPON LEAVING THE MALL IT DID IT AGAIN AND THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. THE DEALERSHIP WAS STILL OPEN AND CLOSE BY SO I DROVE IT DIRECTLY THERE. THEY GAVE ME A LOANER TO DRIVE WHILE THEY ATTEMPTED TO FIX IT. ON AUGUST 9, THEY GAVE THE VEHICLE BACK TO ME. THAT NIGHT IT DID IT AGAIN, EXCEPT THE VEHICLE ACTUALLY DIED ON ME IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. THE NEXT DAY IT WAS BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE IS SAT FOR 37 DAYS WHILE THEY TRIED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG. THEY REPLACED ALL THE OXYGEN SENSORS, THE POWER CONTROL MODULE, THE WIRING HARNESSES AND I AM SURE THERE WERE SOME OTHER THINGS. THEY TEST DROVE IT FOR 9 KEY CYCLES AND 250 MILES AND WERE 98% CONFIDENT THEY FIXED IT SO I GOT THE CAR BACK ON SEPTEMBER 15. THE NEXT DAY THE SAME PROBLEM RETURNED AND I WAS 50 MILES FROM HOME AND THIS TIME THE IDLING OF THE CAR WAS SO ROUGH THAT THE CAR WAS VISIBLY SHAKING. I HAD A FRIEND FOLLOW ME HOME AND SINCE IT WAS A SATURDAY NIGHT, THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOT OPEN AND WOULD NOT BE UNTIL MONDAY. MONDAY MORNING I STARTED THE CAR UP AND LET IT IDLE 5 MINUTES BEFORE LEAVING. WHEN I GOT IN, IT WAS IDLING ROUGH AGAIN AND THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS FLASHING. I SHUT IT DOWN, CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND IT IS BACK AT THE DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WILL STAY BECAUSE I AM NOT TAKING IT BACK. I HAVE REQUESTED VEHICLE REPLACEMENT FROM CHRYSLER AND THE DEALERSHIP. NOW HERE I AM 5 DAYS LATER AND THERE IS STILL NO ANSWER AS TO WHEN I WILL GET A NEW VEHICLE. *NM

I HAVE A 2006 DODGE CHARGER R/T WITH LESS THAN 12,000 MILES. IN MARCH OF 2006, I HAD A BLOW-OUT OF THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE AFTER BUMPING A CURB. THE IMPACT WAS NOT THAT GREAT AND NO DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE CAR, BUT THE TIRE WAS DESTROYED. ON 8/25/2006, THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE WENT FLAT FOR NO APPARENT REASON. I HAVE IT IN FOR SERVICE TODAY TO DETERMINE THE ISSUE. MY CONCERN IS THAT TWO TIRES HAVE FAILED AT UNDER 12,000 MILES. *NM

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 06 DODGE CHARGER R/T. VIN: [XXX]. MANUFACTURED 3/06. IT IS EQUIPPED WITH ADVANCED AIR BAGS, AND AN OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM THAT WILL DISABLE THE AIR BAGS IF IT DETECTS A SMALL CHILD IN THE FRONT SEAT. HOWEVER, ON MY CAR, AND ON THE OTHER (20+) CARS ON THE DEALERS LOT, THE INDICATOR THAT TELLS YOU WHEN THE PASSENGER AIR BAG IS DISABLED IS NOT PRESENT. THERE IS SIMPLY A PLASTIC PLACE-HOLDER WHERE THE INDICATOR LIGHT SHOULD BE. I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH SEVERAL OTHER CHARGER AND 300C OWNERS, AND VIRTUALLY ALL MODELS PRODUCED AFTER JAN 06 DO NOT HAVE THIS LIGHT. HERE IS A MEMO THAT MY DEALER FOUND FROM CHRYSLER CONCERNING THIS: NOTE FOR ALL MARKETS; AS OF 12/23/2005, FOR CARS WITHOUT SIDE AIRBAGS, AND AS OF 01/05/2006 FOR CARS WITH SIDE AIRBAGS, THE PASSENGER AIRBAG DISABLE[PAD] LAMP IS NO LONGER FUNCTIONAL. IT IS STILL PRESENT, BUT WILL NOT ILLUMINATE AT ANY TIME. ACCORDING TO NHTSA LAW: HTTP://WWW.NHTSA.DOT.GOV/NCAP/AIRBAG...FRONTABS.HTM#5 VEHICLES WITH ADVANCED FRONTAL AIR BAGS THAT ARE DESIGNED TO SUPPRESS THE AIR BAGS (NOT ALLOW THEM TO DEPLOY) ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO HAVE AN INDICATOR LIGHT WITH THE PHRASE "PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF" OR "PASS AIR BAG OFF". WHEN ILLUMINATED, THE PURPOSE OF THIS INDICATOR LIGHT IS TO INFORM YOU THAT THE PASSENGER FRONTAL AIR BAG HAS BEEN AUTOMATICALLY TURNED OFF (SUPPRESSED) BY THE ADVANCED FRONTAL AIR BAG SYSTEM AND THEREFORE WILL NOT DEPLOY. THIS CAN HAPPEN IF SENSORS DETECT A SMALL-STATURED PASSENGER SUCH AS AN INFANT OR TODDLER IN THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER SEATING POSITION. THIS SEEMS LIKE A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE TO ME. I HAVE CONTACTED CHRYSLER NUMEROUS TIMES REGARDING THIS, AND EACH TIME THEY TAKE MY CONTACT INFO AND SAY THEY WILL GET BACK TO ME, BUT I HAVE YET TO GET A CALL. *NM UPDATED 07/12/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

CAR STALLS. USUALLY WHEN COMING TO A STOP BUT HAS STOPPED WHILE DRIVING ON TA TWO LANE HIGHWAY IN 120 DEGREE WEATHER. ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED. *NM

I WAS APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT AND APPLIED MY BRAKES TO STOP. I FELT MY BRAKES SLIPPING AS IF THEY WERE PRESSING FULLY TO THE FLOOR NOT STOPPING MY VEHICLE. IN RESULT I REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THAT CHAIN REACTED HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO A BRAKE SPECIALIST AND THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM BEING THE BRAKES NEEDED REPLACED AND 2 ROTORS NEEDED RESURFACED. MY VEHICLE IS A 2006 MODEL. I'VE MADE THE DEALER AWARE OF WHAT HAPPENED AND THEY SAID THE PROBLEM WILL BE FIXED UPON THEIR DIAGNOSIS AS WELL. *NM

THE CAR STOPS WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING. NO POWER TO THE GAS PEDAL WHILE THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS UP WITH ALL WARNING LIGHTS. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES, ONCE WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. AFTER 2ND TIME IN SHOP WITHIN 2 WEEKS OF BUYING CAR, THE POWER CONTROL MODULE WAS REPLACED. DAIMLER CHRYSLER ASSURED ME IT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. IT DID AND I AM FILING UNDER THE LEMON LAW FOR A NEW CAR. THE CAR WAS IN THE SHOP FOR 17 DAYS OUT OF THE FIRST 30 I OWNED IT. IT IS GOING IN AGAIN. *JB