2014 DODGE CHARGER Complaints

EVIC FREQUENTLY DISPLAYS "OPERATING IN BATTERY SAVING MODE" AND SOMETIMES WILL DISPLAY A SYMBOL LOOKING LIKE A "TARGET OR BULLSEYE" WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET AND HIGHWAY. OWNER'S MANUAL DOES NOT ADDRESS EITHER OF THESE WARNINGS OR SYMBOLS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 DODGE CHARGER. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK THE VEHICLE INSIDE THE GARAGE, THE CONTACT PLACED THE VEHICLE IN PARK, BUT IT SURGED FORWARD AND STRUCK THE WALL INSIDE THE GARAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO NORTHLAND CHRYSLER IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING NORMALLY AND IT WAS THE DRIVER'S ERROR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V240000 (POWER TRAIN) BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2016. THE VEHICLE'S BODY DAMAGE WAS REPAIRED BY AN INDEPENDENT BODY SHOP. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 DODGE CHARGER. AFTER STOPPING THE VEHICLE AND SWITCHING THE TRANSMISSION TO THE PARK POSITION, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ERRONEOUSLY ROLLED BACKWARDS AS THE DRIVER STEPPED OUT. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A PARKING MEDIAN. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND LOCAL DEALER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,000.

ON AUGUST 05 2017 WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO TAMPA,FL TRAVELLING ON US 41 IN GIBSOTON ,FL WHEN VEHICLE ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHUT DOWN OUT OF NOWHERE.NOTHING WOULD WORK NO LIGHTS,NO ALARM,NOTHING THE CAR WAS COMPLETELY DEAD.I CALLED TO HAVE IT TOWED BUT BC THE CAR WAS COMPLETELY DEAD THE AAA WORKER COULD NOT TO IT ON A FLATBED TOW TRUCK.THEY HAD TO HAVE A DOLLY LIFT TRUCK.THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND COULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT HAD I BEEN ON THE INTERSTATE.THE CAR GAVE ME NO INDICATION THAT ANYTHING WAS FAILING WAS RUNNING JUST FINE WHEN I LEFT MY HOME.THIS SHOULD BE A MAJOR CONCERN FOR THE MANUFACTURER THAT A VEHICLE WILL START JUST FINE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VEHICLE WILL JUST STOP ANYWHERE AT ANY GIVEN TIME.IVE OWNED A NUMEROUS OF VEHICLES AND WHEN IT COMES TO AN ALTERNATOR YOU USUALLY HAVE SOME INDICATION THAT IT IS GOING BAD.I TOOK IT TO THE NEAREST REPAIR SHOP AND THE CONFIRMED THAT THE ALTERNATOR WAS THE REASON FOR THE VEHICLE STOPPING COMPLETELY ON ME.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 DODGE CHARGER. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE RPM GAUGES MALFUNCTIONED AND THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL POPPING SOUND. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT LOST POWER STEERING, BRAKE FUNCTIONALITY, THE EXTERIOR LIGHTING MALFUNCTIONED, AND THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE SHIFTED INTO PARK. THE VARIOUS WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE PRESTIGUE CHRYSLER DEALER WAS CONTACTED, BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 70,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, SHE HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE, AND THEN NOTICED SMOKE COMING THROUGH THE CABIN WITH THE BATTERY SAVE MODE AND TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BATTERY SAVER MODE HAD INTERMITTENTLY APPEARED ON AND OFF OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, WHERE IT WAS CONTINUOUSLY INFORMED ( PER A AUTO SHOP THAT THERE WAS NO FAILURE). THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PULL THE VEHICLE OVER WHEN SHE OBSERVED MORE SMOKE AND OPENED THE ENGINE WHEN IT WAS NOTICED THAT SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE ALTERNATOR AND WAS COMPLETELY BLACK. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER (MCKAY'S DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM, 2020 FRONTAGE RD N, WAITE PARK, MN, 56387) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ALTERNATOR HAD FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, THE CONTACT BECAME AWARE OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V435000 (ELECTRICAL). THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT HER VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL AND STATED THAT HER VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED 2 WEEKS AFTER THE SPECIFIC RECALL DATES OF DECEMBER, AND THE VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED IN JANUARY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED AND MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 75,535...UPDATED 09/06/17 *BF UPDATED 09/29/17 *BF ...UPDATED 11/14/17 *BF *CN *JS *TR

DODGE CHARGER WAS TAKEN IN TO CERTIFIED DODGE SERVICE CENTER FOR SAME PROBLEM 3 DIFFERENT TIMES BEFORE THE 4TH TIME THE PROBLEM OCCURRED, WHICH RESULTED IN A CAR ACCIDENT. MAIN PROBLEM: GEAR SHIFT/LEVER STICKS AND HAS TO BE FORCED INTO DESIRED GEAR. ALSO, WHEN CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, CAR STAYS IN PARK AND WILL NOT SHIFT INTO ANY OTHER GEAR. ON JULY 18TH, 2017, CAR WAS STARTED, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED AND CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK. CAR WAS TURNED OFF AND THEN RESTARTED. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS STILL ON BUT CAR WAS ABLE TO SHIFT INTO DRIVE. DROVE APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET TO STOP SIGN LOCATED AT HIGHWAY 70 AND AR-88. ONCOMING TRAFFIC FROM THE LEFT (TRAVELING EAST) WAS APPROXIMATELY 2,000 FEET BACK LEAVING ENOUGH SPACE AND TIME TO CROSS INTERSECTION. AS CAR WAS CROSSING INTERSECTION (I WAS ATTEMPTING TO GO WEST) THE CAR STALLED AND THE CAR WENT INTO PARK AND WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO ANY OTHER GEAR. BECAUSE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE, SHIFT INTO ANY OTHER GEAR ETC. , ONCOMING CAR TRAVELING EAST SLAMMED INTO DRIVER SIDE REAR END. ONCOMING CAR DID NOT REALIZE THAT OUR CAR (DODGE CHARGER) WAS NOT ABLE TO MOVE AND ATTEMPTED TO SWERVE BUT STILL COLLIDED WITH BACK END OF CAR. HAD THE CAR NOT MALFUNCTIONED, THE ATTEMPT TO CROSS INTERSECTION WOULD HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL THEREFORE NO ACCIDENT WOULD HAVE OCCURRED. AGAIN, CAR HAS BEEN TAKEN INTO A CERTIFIED DODGE SERVICE CENTER MULTIPLE TIMES FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM AND MULTIPLES TIMES IT WAS CLAIMED "FIXED" OR "PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED". GEAR SHIFT ON THIS CAR HAS HAD PROBLEMS FROM THE BEGINNING AND HAS ONLY WORSENED OVER TIME. DRIVER OF DODGE CHARGER SUFFERED BACK TRAUMA FROM ACCIDENT AND IS SEEKING MEDICAL CARE AS WELL. UPDATED 08/02/17 *BF UPDATED 10/13/17 *BF *CN *JS *JS

THIS CAR HAS 25,000 MILES ON IT THE BATTERY SAVER LIGHT CAME ON THE NEXT TIME I DROVE IT THIS LIGHT WAS OFF AND MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND MY OIL PRESSURE GAUGE WAS AT 99 SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE OF COURSE MY 3 YEAR 36,000 WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED SO I HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET .

ALTERNATOR REPLACED TWO YEARS AGO UNDER RECALL. CAR DIED AGAIN WHILE STOPPED IN TRAFFIC AND WOULD NOT RESTART. DEALER SAYS FAILURE WAS THE SAME FAILURE THAT WAS UNDER RECALL. DISTRICT REP HAS NOT APPROVED REPAIRS YET, IT'S BEEN A WEEK. THIS WILL BE THE 3RD ALTERNATOR IN TWO YEARS.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14V634000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM), 16V043000 (STRUCTURE), 16V240000 (POWER TRAIN), AND 15V467000 (AIR BAGS, SEAT BELTS). THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES, BUT THE LINE WAS NOT CONNECTED TO THE SERVICE CENTER AND THE CALL WAS DISCONNECTED SEVERAL TIMES. THE DEALER (EARNHARDT JEEP, 1521 E DRIVERS WAY, GILBERT, AZ 85297, (888) 294-0643) DID NOT GIVE A SPECIFIC DATE FOR WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD BE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND COULD NOT PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED DATE FOR WHEN THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WOULD RECEIVE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT WAS NOT EXPERIENCING A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.