2013 DODGE CHARGER Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE CHARGER. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A WHINING NOISE AND THE ABS, TRACTION, AND BATTERY SAVER INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE HOME AT A SLOW RATE OF SPEED. WHILE PULLING INTO THE DRIVEWAY, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT PARKED, EXITED THE VEHICLE, OPENED THE HOOD, AND SAW SMOKE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC OR DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER (LARRY H. MILLER DODGE RAM HAVANA, 2727 S HAVANA ST, DENVER, CO 80014 (720) 907-1243) TO INQUIRE ABOUT AN ALTERNATOR RECALL BECAUSE HIS PREVIOUS DODGE CHARGER WAS INCLUDED IN A RECALL FOR THE ALTERNATOR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,900.

INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS SUCH AS THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS COMING ON, HEATER TURNING ON, GAUGES BLINKING ON AND OFF, FAILURE TO START AND STALLING WHILE DRIVING. I ASSUMED THE ALTERNATOR WAS BAD SO I ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE IT TO MY LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND THE VEHICLE DIED IN THE DRIVEWAY. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO AN AUTOMOTIVE SHOP. THEY TOLD ME THAT THE BATTERY WAS FRIED AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE IT TO DIAGNOSE THE VEHICLE. AS SOON AS A NEW BATTERY WAS INSTALLED IT IMMEDIATELY FRIED THAT BATTERY AND THEY SAID THAT THE ALTERNATOR WAS GENERATING HEAT AND BEGINNING TO SMOKE. THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS A MAJOR ELECTRICAL SHORT THAT THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE AND SENT IT TO A DODGE DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSIS. THIS PARTICULAR VIN NUMBER IS NOT UNDER THE CURRENT RECALL BUT ALL OF THE SYMPTOMS THE CAR WAS HAVING IS EXACTLY WHAT IS DESCRIBED IN THE RECALL NOTICE.

I WAS DRIVING FROM TULSA TO JOPLIN WHEN THE BATTERY SAVER LIGHT CAME ON. SHORTLY AFTER I LOST ALL DIGITAL GAUGES AND POWER STEERING. CAR SHUT OFF AND BECAME HARD TO CONTROL. I WAS IN LEFT LANE ON INTERSTATE WITH TRACTOR TRAILERS IN THE RIGHT LANE, CAR SLOWED TO AROUND 10 MILES AN HOUR AS I TRIED TO GET ACROSS RIGHT LANE ONTO SHOULDER. CAR IN RIGHT LANE WOULD NOT MOVE AND ALMOST CAUSED ACCIDENT. WAS ABLE TO GET CAR TO SHOULDER. ORIGINAL ALTERNATOR FAILED AT 130,000 MILES. DODGE WANTED OVER 600 DOLLARS TO REPLACE AND SAID THE ORIGINAL RECALL DID NOT EFFECT MY MODEL. PURCHASED A SECOND ALTERNATOR FROM AUTOZONE BUT IT WAS DEAD OUT OF THE BOX. THIRD ALTERNATOR LASTED FROM SEPTEMBER 2016 TO JULY 2017. INSTALLED FOURTH ALTERNATOR ON 7/15/2017 BUT DIAGNOSTICS SHOWS THE REGULATOR IS FAILING. AUTOZONE IS TELLING ME THAT DODGE HAS OTHER ISSUES CAUSING FAILURE. PROBLEM I HAVE IS DODGE WOULD NOT REPLACE THE ORIGINAL ALTERNATOR AS IT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL.

THE WAS A RECALL ISSUE FIXED ON MY VEHICLE SOMETIME LAST YEAR WHERE IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THEY WENT INTO MY DASH AND/OR REMOVED THE DASH. ALSO THE AIRBAG LIGHT WOULD GO ON AND OFF. SINCE THEN, I'VE STARTED TO EXPERIENCE CLICKING/KNOCKING WHERE THE AIRBAG WOULD BE LOCATED AND THE AIR BAGS LIGHT IS ON AND OFF VERY FREQUENTLY AS WELL. IF I HIT A BUMP ON THE SIDE WHERE THE CLICKING OCCURS, THE AIR BAG LIGHT WILL COME ON. NOT SURE IF THE PROBLEM IS RELATED TO THE RECALL THAT WAS SUPPOSEDLY FIXED IN THE PAST, HOWEVER THERE WAS NO CLICKING/KNOCKING IN THE DASHBOARD PRIOR TO THE FIX, ONLY AIRBAG LIGHT. I JUST DON'T WANT IT TO BE AN AIRBAG ISSUE OR IT DEPLOYS WHILE I'M DRIVING. NOT ABLE TO PUT IN AN EXACT DATE BECAUSE IT HAPPENS EVERYDAY, SO ONLY ENTERED TODAY'S DATE.

MY CAR HAS CUT OFF AND TURNED RIGHT BACK ON SEVERAL TIMES. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER AND THERE ARE 0 ISSUES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WITHIN A WEEK OF OWNING THE VEHICLE, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE HEARD NEAR THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (RIVERLAND CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP, 601 BELLE TERRE BLVD, LAPLACE, LA 70068, (985) 652-9600) MORE THAN TWICE AND THEY HAD BEEN UNABLE TO REPLICATE AND DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE DEALER HAD COMPLETED THREE UNKNOWN RECALLS PRIOR TO THE MOTOR TURNED ON AND HOT AIR ENTERED THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR ASSEMBLY BUT THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE IF THE RECALL REPAIR REMEDIES MAY HAVE CAUSED ADDITIONAL FAILURES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED BY THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

THE BATTERY DIES OVER NIGHT AND I HAVE TO CONSTANTLY CHARGE MY BATTERY, SO WHILE DRIVING I LOSS POWER, BECAUSE OF MY ALTERNATOR.

WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR 2013 DODGE CHARGER ON THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH THE DASH BOARD STARTED ACTING STRANGELY AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS CAME ON. BEFORE THE VEHICLE COULD BE BROUGHT TO A STOP IT LOST ALL POWER AND CONTROL INCLUDING THE ABILITY TO STEER THE VEHICLE. THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS A SHORT IN THE ALTERNATOR THAT ALSO DEFECTED THE BATTERY. I WAS TOLD BY THE CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL THAT IDENTIFIES THESE SAME SYMPTOMS, AND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING MORE I COULD DO GOING FORWARD WHEN I REQUESTED TO SPEAK WITH A CASE MANAGER INVESTIGATING THESE CASES.

WHILE DRIVING MY CAR IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA IT STARTED MAKING A WHINING NOISE, I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER. I EXITED THE VEHICLE NOTICING SMOKE RISING FROM UNDER MY HOOD. IT LOOKED LIKE MY ALTERNATOR IS WHAT WAS SMOKING AND PUTTING OUT A LOT OF HEAT. I WAITED A FEW MINUTES HOPING IT WOULD COOL DOWN. I NOTICED THE SMOKE WAS GETTING WORST AS WELL AS THE HEAT COMING FROM THE ENGINE AREA. I THEN HEARD A CRACKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ALTERNATOR. IT SOUNDED LIKE ELECTRICITY SNAPPING. I THEN DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY AND IMMEDIATELY THE SNAPPING STOPPED. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 5 MORE MINS THE SMOKING STOPPED. I SAW THAT THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE ALTERNATOR IN MY MAKE AND YEAR, BUT WHEN I TYPE IN MY VIN NUMBER IT DOESN'T SHOW THE RECALL FOR MY VEHICLE. IVE REACHED OUT TO MY DODGE DEALERSHIP, THEY TOLD ME MY CAR DOESN'T HAVE THE RECALL FOR THE ALTERNATOR. COULD THEY HAVE MADE A MISTAKE?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ALTERNATOR FAILED AND BURNED THE BATTERY WHILE DRIVING HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO CHAPMAN DODGE JEEP, HORSHAM PA, 19044 (215-443-5800), WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ALTERNATOR FAILED AND CAUSED THE BATTERY TO BURN. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY WERE REPLACED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V634000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND THE RECALL DID NOT INCLUDE THE ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY AMP ALTERNATORS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 29,419. UPDATED 08/04/17*LJ UPDATED 10/17/2017*JS