2012 DODGE CHARGER Complaints

PARKED CAR IN GARAGE AND CLOSED GARAGE DOOR. WENT BACK LATER AND SMELLED A ELECTRICAL SMELL. WENT THRU EVERYTHING IN GARAGE AND COULD NOT FIND SOURCE. NEXT MORNING WIFE WENT TO START CAR AND NOTHING. SON CHECKED UNDER HOOD AND KNEW OUR SMELL CAME FROM CAR. HAD CAR TOWED IN TO DEALERSHIP TO FIND PROBLEM. PROBLEM WAS ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY. SAME PROBLEM AS RECALL T36 BUT OUR CAR IS NOT UNDER THIS RECALL. SAME MAKE, YEAR AND PROBLEM SO WHY IS OUR CAR ANY DIFFERENT? WE COULD HAVE HAD A FIRE IN OUR NEW 3 WEEK OLD GARAGE/HOUSE. PLEASE INCLUDE THIS LIKE OTHERS ARE EXPERIENCING IN THIS RECALL. NOW I AM STUCK WITH A $950 BILL!

VEHICLE ELECTRONICS STARTED TO SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE CAR THEN TURNED OFF AND SHIFTED TO PARK ON ITS OWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. CAR WOULD NOT TURN ON WITH OUT A JUMP START WHEN DISCONNECTED WOULD NOT SHIFT AND WOULD NOT IDLE RIGHT BEFORE SHUTTING OFF

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE CHARGER. WHILE DRIVING 32 MPH, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER AND ATTEMPTED TO PLACE IT INTO THE PARK POSITION, BUT IT FAILED AND STALLED. IN ADDITION, THE PASSENGER NOTICED AN ABNORMAL BURNING ODOR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT ABLE TO RESTART. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER (FERRARIO CHRYSLER-DODGE-JEEP, 2463 CORNING RD, ELMIRA, NY, 14903) STATED THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE VEHICLE UNTIL TWO WEEKS LATER. THE CONTACT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SEARCHING FOR ANOTHER DODGE DEALER TO DIAGNOSE THE VEHICLE SOONER. THE CONTACT RESEARCHED ONLINE AND FOUND THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING THE SAME FAILURE AS LISTED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V435000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS EXCLUDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 65,500.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE CHARGER. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED AND ALL THE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE LOST COMPLETE POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO BENCHMARK CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (1313 GRANTS MILL WAY, BIRMINGHAM, AL 35210 (205) 957-1313) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ALTERNATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT A RECALL WAS NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL NOVEMBER OF 2017, AND THE CONTACT WOULD BE REIMBURSED FOR THE REPAIRS. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE CHARGER. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, SEVERAL WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ACTIVATED INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WAS TOWED TO JIM SHORKEY CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM FIAT (LOCATED AT 1230 LINCOLN HWY, IRWIN, PA 15642, TEL: (724) 788-0595) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ALTERNATOR FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V739000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) OR 14V634000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,130.

CHARGER R/T. BATTERY SAVER MODE CAME ON AND SHUTS OFF THE CAR WHILE DRIVING. NOT POSSIBLE TO RESTART. TOOK IT TO DEALER 2MONTHS AGO FOR THE SAME ISSUE, BUT THEY SAID EVERYTHING IS OK. IT HAPPENED AGAIN TODAY WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND ALMOST GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT. I'VE FOUND A LOT OF PEOPLE ONLINE WITH THE SAME ISSUE. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT HAPPENS WHILE IN MOTION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE CHARGER. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE HORN FAILED TO OPERATE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE CLOCK SPRING WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS NO WARRANTY FOR THE HORN ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 72,000.

ALTERNATOR FAILURE. THE POWER SAVING MODE LIGHT CAME ON THE BATTERY LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE EVIC SCREEN. THE CAR SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY WHILE DRIVING.

TL* THE CONTACT'S WIFE OWNS A 2012 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING TOWED TO HIS RESIDENCE, HE NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONTACT NOTIFIED SCOTT ROBINSON CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM LOCATED AT 20900 HAWTHORNE BLVD, TORRENCE, CA 90503 AT PHONE NUMBER: (424) 299-8800 WHERE THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT TO CALL THE MANUFACTURER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE BUT THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE APPROXIMATELY FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

I DROVE MY CAR TO WORK ON MONDAY AND BACK HOME (APPROX 25 MILES ROUND TRIP) WITH JUST A MESSAGE STATING BATTERY IN SAVER MODE, OTHERWISE A NORMAL DRIVE HOME. ABOUT 3 HOURS LATER I WAS GOING TO THE STORE, I TURNED MY CAR ON AND IT IMMEDIATELY STARTED MAKING A LOUD HUMMING NOISE. I STARTED TO LEAVE THE DRIVEWAY, GOT ABOUT 50 FEET DOWN THE STREET WHEN I NOTICED SMOKE WAS COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD (IT HAD A STRONG ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL). THE ABS WARNING LIGHT AND TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, THE MESSAGE WITH BATTERY IN SAVER MODE APPEARED ON THE SCREEN AGAIN, AND THE INTERIOR LIGHTS FLICKERED. I GOT THE CAR BACK IN THE DRIVEWAY AND LEFT IT THERE OVER NIGHT. THE NEXT DAY I STARTED THE CAR WITH THE MESSAGE, BATTERY IN SAVER MODE BEING THE ONLY ISSUE. I GOT TO WORK, THEN CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE CAR DROPPED OFF FOR THEM TO DIAGNOSE. THE DEALERSHIP HAS DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS BEING AN ALTERNATOR FAILURE. I RESEARCHED RECALLS WITH SIMILAR MALFUNCTIONS AND P60 KEPT COMING UP. APPARENTLY MY CHARGER IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL EVEN THOUGH THE SAME ISSUES OCCURRED.