2013 DODGE CHARGER Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE EXISTING A PARKING LOT, THE ABS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH, A MESSAGE ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ILLUMINATED THAT THE BATTERY CRITICAL LOW LEVEL AND THEN ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A BURNING ODOR EMITTING INTO THE VEHICLE, WHILE DRIVING. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ALTERNATOR FAILED CAUSING THE BATTERY TO FAIL AND IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V634000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000. UPDATED 07/21/17*LJ *CN

THE ALTERNATOR DIODES EXPERIENCED A RAPID FAILURE RESULTING IN A COMPLETE SHUTDOWN WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET AT 50MPH. LOW BATTERY INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON AND WITHIN 1-2 MINUTES LOST ALL CAR FUNCTIONS INCLUDING ANTILOCK BREAKING, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL, AND POWER STEERING. UPON COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP, COULD NOT PUT THE CAR IN PARK. CAR EVENTUALLY RESET AND PUT ITSELF IN PARK. EXPERIENCED A BURNING/MELTING SMELL. HAD CAR BATTERY JUMPED AND CAR APPEARED FINE. RESUMED DRIVING, BUT EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE REPEAT OF EVENTS WITHIN JUST A FEW MINUTES. HAD CAR TOWED TO DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR. THIS APPEARS TO BE THE SAME PROBLEM AS STATED IN RECALL P60/ NHTSA 14V-634. UPON RESEARCHING ON THE WEB, IT IS OBVIOUS THAT MANY OTHERS WITH THE 180AMP ENGINE ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUE; HOWEVER, IT IS UNCLEAR AS TO WHY THE RECALL WAS ONLY FOR THE 160AMP. I CAN ONLY PRESUME THAT IT IS BECAUSE THERE ARE LESS OF THE 180AMP ENGINES SOLD. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION!

2013 DODGE SXT 3.5 AWD W/ 75K MILES. RUBBING NOISE IN THE STEERING COLUMN WHEN TURNING, THOUGHT IT JUST NEEDED TO BE LUBED (HAD THAT DONE AT A NON FCA SERVICE SITE A FEW YEARS EARLIER) HAD IT AT THE DEALER A COUPLE MONTHS AGO AND THEY SAID THE STEERING COLUMN TO RACK JOINT WAS WORN OUT AND ABOUT TO COME APART AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IT WAS REPLACED AT A COST OF $2K IF IT HAD BEEN LEFT FURTHER, THE DEALERSHIP SAID THE STEERING COLUMN WOULD HAVE BEEN DISCONNECTED. IF THIS HAD COMPLETELY COME APART, IT WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN INABILITY TO STEER. THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN INTERESTING TO SAY THE LEAST. OWNED THE CAR SINCE NEW, NOT ABUSED, RACED OR WRECKED. CALLED FCA, THEY SAID THAT THE DEFECTIVE JOINT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND THEY HAD NO OTHER COMPLAINTS. THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE AND SAID THAT SINCE IT HAD BEEN PAID, THEY WOULD NOT ASSIST. HAS ANYONE ELSE SEEN THIS? WONDER IF THERE IS A CLASS ACTION, A RECALL OR I JUST GOT A DEFECTIVE PART

WAS DRIVING DODGE CHARGER SXT ON THE HIGHWAY GOING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH AND HEARD A WHINING NOISE. ALL OF THE LIGHTS ON CONTROL PANEL WENT ON AND OFF AND THERE WAS A SMELL OF BURNING RUBBER. CAR SUDDENLY STOPPED WITH MY PREGNANT WIFE AND 1 YEAR OLD IN THE CAR AND ALMOST CAUSE A MAJOR INCIDENT. CAR WENT COMPLETELY DEAD IN MIDDLE OF HIGHWAY AND WOULDN'T EVEN TURN OVER, BUT LUCKILY CAUSED NO INCIDENT. DEALER SAID IT WAS A FAULTY ALTERNATOR ISSUE THAT COMPLETELY DRAINED BATTERY AS WELL. THERE IS A RECALL P60 ON ALTERNATORS FOR THE MAKE, MODEL, AND YEAR OF THE DODGE CHALLENGER SXT, BUT OUR VEHICLE WASN'T COVERED. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR INCIDENT. IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A COINCIDENCE AND DODGE NEEDS TO ADD ADDITIONAL VEHICLE COVERAGE UNDER THIS RECALL BEFORE A MAJOR INCIDENT HAPPENS.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE. ENTIRE CAR SHUT DOWN. GIVEN 8 SPEED ELECTRONIC GEAR SHIFT, CAR LOCKED INTO PARK WHILE IN OPERATION. IT WAS JUST DETERMINED THE ALTERNATOR FAILURE WAS THE CAUSE OF THIS TOTAL SYSTEM FAILURE. NO SUPPORT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

LOST STEERING AND ACCELERATION WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS OCCURRED WITHIN MINUTES AFTER THE VEHICLE ENTERED "BATTERY SAVER MODE" AND DISPLAYED THE "BATTERY" ICON ON THE EVIC SCREEN. THIS WAS THE FIRST AND ONLY INDICATION OF A PROBLEM, OTHER THAN THE RADIO NOT WORKING THAT DAY. AFTER PULLING OVER, WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR, EXIT THE HIGHWAY, AND PULL INTO A SERVICE STATION. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK, THE CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF DRIVE INTO PARK, NOR WOULD THE CAR SHUT DOWN, UNTIL THE PUSH-BUTTON IGNITION SWITCH WAS HELD DOWN FOR SEVERAL SECONDS. AN ELECTRICAL TEST REVEALED THAT THE ALTERNATOR HAD FAILED, AND THE BATTERY TESTED GOOD. BOTH THE ALTERNATOR AND THE BATTERY ARE THE ORIGINAL FACTORY-INSTALLED PARTS.

MY ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE IS THE RACK AND PINION LOCKING UP ON ME WHEN I TURN LEFT. I TOOK IT INTO DODGE AND THEY DIDN'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING WITH IT BECAUSE THE PROBLEM WASN'T HAPPENING AT THE TIME THAT IT WAS BROUGHT INTO THE SHOP, THIS WAS WHEN I HAD WARRANTY THAT I PAID EXTRA FOR AND EVERYTHING. AFTER IT GOT WORSE, I LOST CONTROL OF IT MAKING A LEFT AND I HIT A CURB, WHICH CAUSED ME TO HAVE TO GET A NEW TIRE. AS I AM DRIVING TO CLASS OR WORK, I GO TO MAKE MY REGULAR LEFT AND MY CAR KEEPS LOCKING UP AS I TURN SO I HAVE TO FORCE IT OUT OF THE LEFT TURN. I WOULD GET THE PROBLEM FIXED, BUT THE ISSUE WITH THIS IS THAT IT IS OVER $1000 TO GET FIXED. NOW MY MOTHER DRIVES MY CAR SOMETIMES, AND SHE HAS A PROBLEM WITH DRIVING MY CAR BECAUSE OF THIS, SO SHE DOES NOT DRIVE IT ANYMORE. THIS ISSUE COULD BE A PROBLEM FOR SOMEONE ELSE BECAUSE IT CAN LOCK UP AND CAUSE A BAD ACCIDENT, KILL OR SERIOUSLY INJURE SOMEONE. THIS PROBLEM SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING CONSIDERING HOW NEW THE VEHICLE IS AND I THINK THEY SHOULD BE INVESTIGATE BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T FIX IT DURING WARRANTY BECAUSE THE ISSUE WAS NOT CONSISTENT. BASED ON FORUMS, I ALSO SEE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE A SIMILAR PROBLEM. NOW IT IS EVERY TIME I TURN ON THE CAR IT LOCKS UP WHEN I TURN LEFT, IT IS VERY UNSAFE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, THE BATTERY SAVER MODE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND SEVERAL AXILLARY FUNCTIONS LIKE THE RADIO AND HEADLIGHTS SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS SEEN BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ALTERNATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND WAS NOT PART OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V634000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) BUT NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING AND WAS UNABLE TO BE DRIVEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND THEN TOWED TO THE DEALER THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE ALTERNATOR ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER INDICATED THAT THERE WAS A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL FOR THE NUMBER 6 CYLINDER, BUT NOT THE NUMBER 8 CYLINDER ALTERNATOR ASSEMBLY. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,123. UPDATED 04/19/17 *LJ *CN

THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO MAKE A WHINING NOISE AND SMELT LIKE BURNING FUMES. THE BATTERY SAVER MODE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR BEGAN TO STALL. THE CAR COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. THE ALTERNATOR FAILED WITH NO ISSUES PRIOR TO THIS. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE SAME ISSUE FOR THE SAME YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL OF MY VEHICLE BUT ONLY APPLIED TO ALTERNATORS WITH 160AMP, MINES IT'S A 180AMP.