2009 DODGE CHARGER Complaints

THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR BROKE APART CAUSING THE SENSOR TO FALL INTO THE TIRE AND RESULTING IN A FLAT TIRE ON THE HIGHWAY, WITHIN SECONDS. I WENT TO THE LOCATION AND PUT ON THE SPARE. WHEN I FOUND THE CAUSE OF THE FLAT TIRE, I CHECKED THE REST OF THE TIRE PRESSURE SENSORS AND FOUND ANOTHER SENSOR WITH THE NUT THAT HOLDS THE SENSOR IN PLACE CRACKED. I THEN TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT IT, AND TOLD THEM ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. AT FIRST THEY WERE NOT GOING TO HELP ME. THEN I SAID, "LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT YOUR PLACE SOLD ME AN UNSAFE CAR", AT THAT POINT THEY REIMBURSED US FOR THE SENSOR I HAD FIXED, AND REPLACED THE SENSOR THAT HAD THE CRACKED NUT. THAT WAS GREAT, BUT THEY INSTALLED THE SAME DEFECTIVE SENSORS. THESE SENSORS CORRODE AFTER TIME AND COULD CAUSE A FATALITY ON THE ROAD. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WENT FLAT. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE VALVE STEMS HAD FAILED. ONE WEEK LATER, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE VALVE STEM ALSO FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT THE SENSORS WERE COMPLETELY RUSTED AND ALLOWED THE TIRES TO RAPIDLY LOSE PRESSURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL OF THE VALVE STEMS HAD BEEN REPLACED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE VALVE STEM. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 57,000. *TR

JULY 2012 I WAS IN THE LEFT LANE ON HIGHWAY 635 IN DALLAS. I NOTICED MY WHEEL WAS LOCKED. LOOKED AT THE SPEEDOMETER IT WAS ZERO. THATS WHEN I NOTICED MY CAR HAD SHUT OFF. THE RADIO WAS STILL PLAYING AND NO CODE LIGHTS CAME ON. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS BEHIND ME THE CAR STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY AND I PUT IT IN PARK AND IT CRANK BACK UP WITH NO HESITATION. IT IS NOW MAY 2013 AFTER TAKING MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES THEY STILL CANT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. SINCE JULY IT HAS SHUT OFF ON ME 10-15 TIMES. I FEAR FOR ME AND MY DAUGHTERS LIFE. I SAY A PRAYER EVERYTIME I GET INTO MY CAR. I HAVE NO OTHER MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION. I'VE CONTACTED CHRYSLER CORP AND NOW HAVE A CASE NUMBER. THERE IS LAWSUITS AGAINST CHRYSLER FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT NOT MY PARTICULAR CAR. SHUTS OFF NO WARNING VERY DANGEROUS AND SCARY. *TR

MY ELECTRONIC CONTROL THROTTLE LIGHT CONTINUES TO COME ON. I HAVE READ FORUMS OF THIS BEING AN ISSUE IN DODGE AND CHRYSLER CARS FROM 2000 TO 2011 MODELS. I THINK AT THIS POINT THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON THE DEFECT ON ALL THESE CARS. I AM SICK TO MY STOMACH ON THE COSTS TO FIX THIS ISSUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, HE HEARD A LOUD ABNORMAL NOISE. THE CONTACT IMMEDIATELY REALIZED THAT THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE HAD BLOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE SENSORS ON THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE EXPLODED AND CAUSED THE TIRE BLOW OUT. THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE MONTHS LATER ON THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SENSOR AND TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED FOR THE RECENT FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 70,000. UPDATED 5/7/13 *CN UPDATED 06/10/2013 *JS

HAD TO REPLACE THE TIPEM,WIN AND HAVE KEY FOBS REPROGRAMMED TO SYSTEM. HAVE HEARD FROM OTHER DODGE OWNERS WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS THAT HAVE HAD THESE PARTS REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES.I BELIEVE PARTS ARE DEFECTIVE CAUSING THESE PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLES. I HAVE RESEARCHED AND FOUND MULTIPLE CASES AND NOT ONE SIGNIFICANT CAUSE AS TO WHY THIS KEEPS OCCURRING. I EVEN ASKED THE DODGE MECHANIC AND HE STATED THE HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT WOULD CAUSE THIS TO HAPPEN. AS NEW AS THESE VEHICLES ARE WITH MAINTENANCE UPKEEP THIS SHOULDN'T HAPPEN AND IT USUALLY OCCURS WHEN THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. THIS SEEMS TO OCCUR MOST WITH 2006 THRU 2009 MODELS. *TR

I OWN A 2009 DODGE CHARGER. WHEN CRANKING ENGINE ALL THE CHECK LIGHTS CAME ON (INCLUDING ENGINE, COOLANT, TIRE CHECK, ETC.). THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS ALSO ALL THE WAY COLD.I CUT THE ENGINE OFF. THE ENGINE WAS SLOW TO CRANK BUT DID CRANK. I DROVE NOT EVEN A HALF MILE AND THE TEMP GAUGE WAS GOING FROM COLD TO HOT AND THEN THE ENGINE STOPPED. WHEN I OPENED THE HOOD I FOUND MY CAR WAS SMOKING AND THE COOLANT WAS ALMOST BONE DRY. PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT NO CHECK LIGHTS HAVE APPEARED. I TOOK MY CAR TO LANDERS DODGE IN SOUTHAVEN, MS THEY RAN A CHECK AND PERFORMED MAINTENANCE TO MY CAR AND ADDED COOLANT. NOW, A MONTH AND HALF LATER MY CAR IS SMOKING AGAIN AND COOLANT IS EXTREMELY LOW. WHILE MY CAR IS SMOKING AND ALMOST NO COOLANT, TEMP GAUGE IS NOT DETECTING MY CAR RUNNING HOT. I BELIEVE MY SENSORS ARE NOT WORKING CORRECTLY AND HAVE A FAULTY COOLANT CONTAINER. THANKS! *TR

THE DEALER REFUSES TO HONOR THE RECALLS ON THE ENGINE LIGHT AND TIRE LIGHT ON, AND IS CLAIMING THAT IT DOES NOT AFFECT MY VEHICLE. I JUST BROUGHT THIS CAR FROM THEM AND NOW I GETTING NO WHERE WITH THIS PEOPLE. I PAID 95.00 DOLLARS FOR NOTHING AND THE LIGHTS STILL ON AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE REASON THEY WONT REFUND MY MONEY BACK IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO PAID THE MECHANIC, I BELIEVE THAT SOLD ME A LEMON. MY RESOLUTION IS TO FIX THIS CAR AND REFUND MY MONEY. THANKS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO ENTER A PARKING SPACE, THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED AN ABNORMAL CLICKING AS THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AT A LOW SPEED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE HAD TO PUT MORE EFFORT INTO TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL BEFORE THE WHEEL UNLOCKED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY ADVISED THAT THE CLOCK SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT PROVIDED A FULL REFUND FOR THE REPAIRS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,000.... UPDATED 02/28/13 *BF UPDATED 3/12/2013 *JS

WHILE TRAVELING ON RT 95 IN CANTON, MASSACHUSETTS AT 55MPH IN 2009 DODGE CHARGER, WITH WIFE AND CHILD ABOARD VEHICLE THE LEFT FRONT TIRE, A TIRE LESS THAN 9 MONTHS OLD AND LESS THAN 8,000 MILES SUFFERED A FLAT. UPON RETURNING TO SERVICE PROVIDER, WAS INFORMED THAT THE ORIGINAL FAILURE WAS NOT IN THE TIRE, AS IT WAS LEAKING AIR THROUGH THE TIRE SENSOR. UPON FURTHER INQUIRY, WAS FURTHER INFORMED THAT THE 2009 MODEL DODGE CHARGER'S TIRE SENSORS WERE FOUND TO BE LESS THAN ADEQUATE AND HAVE SENSE BEEN UPGRADED BY DODGE TO A MORE DURABLE MODEL. DODGE FAILURE TO NOTIFY CUSTOMERS OF THIS INADEQUACY RESULTED IN VEHICLE BEING UNKNOWINGLY DRIVEN IN UNSAFE CONDITION PUTTING OPERATOR AS WELL AS WIFE AND CHILD OPERATOR IN JEOPARDY. *TR