2012 DODGE CHARGER Complaints

DRIVING ON 40 MPH ROAD WHEN BATTERY WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND CAR PRODUCED BURNING SMELL FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT. ALTERNATOR NEEDED REPLACED. REPLACING ALTERNATOR FIXED PROBLEM. CAR IS AN SXT MODEL WHICH HAS A DIFFERENT ALTERNATOR THAN THE SE. SXT ALTERNATORS HAVE NOT BEEN RECALLED YET TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE. DATE LISTED IS APPROXIMATE DATE OF INCIDENT.

DRIVING VEHICLE ON 55MPH ROAD. ALL ENGINE POWER SUDDENLY LOST. BARELY MANAGED TO FIND SAFE SPOT TO PULL OVER AND ENGINE DIED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. TOWED TO DEALER WHERE TECH REPORTED HE FOUND CHAFED BARE WIRES IN HARNESS NEAR FUSE BOX THAT WERE SHORTING OUT AND TRIGGERING 37 DIFFERENT OBD FAULT CODES, WHICH CAUSED CAR TO SHUT DOWN. FIXING BARE WIRE SITUATION CORRECTED PROBLEM. CAR IS CHARGER SXT MODEL, 3.6L ENGINE.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE ALTERNATOR ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14V634000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND 16V739000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V352000 (AIR BAGS), 15V467000 (AIR BAGS), AND 16V043000 (STRUCTURE). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

DODGE SERVICE BULLETIN #08-040-14 REV. A . SUBJECT "POLICE VECHICLE A/C INOPERATIVE" AND #08-001-12 SUBJECT LOSE OF ABS/ESP FUNCTIONALITY" WITH FUSE BOXES INVOLVES THE FRONT AND REAR FUSE BOX THAT REQUIRES RE-WIRING. SERVICE BULLETIN #02-006-12 GROUP=FRONT SUSPENSION, SUBJECT "FRONT LEAF SPRING OUT OF SPEC" DON DAVIS DODGE WILL NOT ADDRESS THESE AND OTHER SERVICE BULLETINS AND MANUFACTURE COMMUNICATIONS. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR FIXING DEFECTIVE AND SAFETY PRONE PARTS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE CHARGER. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD AND A BURNING ODOR WAS PRESENT. THE CONTACT OBSERVED SMOKE UNDER THE HOOD. MOST OF THE WARNING INDICATORS WERE ILLUMINATED, INCLUDING THOSE FOR THE BATTERY, ABS, AND SERVICE ENGINE. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WAS UNABLE TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 60,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE CHARGER. WHILE DRIVING HIGHWAY SPEEDS, ALL THE WARNING INDICATORS SUDDENLY ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF AND LOST ALL ELECTRICAL POWER. THE CONTACT DETECTED A SMOKE ODOR IN THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE 180 AMP ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND THE VEHICLE NEEDED A SOFTWARE UPGRADE. THE VEHICLE WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V634000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 101,000. ..UPDATED 05/05/17 *BF

ON FEBRUARY 5TH AT APPROX. 11AM WE WERE DRIVING DOWN A BUSY LAS VEGAS STREET WHEN WE HAD A IMMEDIATE SHUT DOWN OF ALL POWER. DASH LIGHT WHEN OFF AND ON, WIPERS WENT ON THEN SHUT OFF, AND THE VEHICLE DIED RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF HEAVY TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE HAD NO POWER, NO POWER TO DO ANYTHING ACTED COMPLETELY DEAD AS IF THE BATTERY HAD BEEN REMOVED. TO HAVE THE VEHICLE LOSE COMPLETE POWER AND TO LOSE THE ABILITY TO STEER THE VEHICLE CREATED AN EXTREME HAZARD TO BOTH MY FAMILY AND TO OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD. WE HAVE DONE RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND HAVE FOUND THAT MANY OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE! IT APPEARS THAT CHRYSLER HAS IDENTIFIED A PROBLEM AND HAS ISSUED A RECALL FOR THE ALTERNATOR FOR THE 3.1 LITER ENGINE IN THE CHARGER BUT FOR THE 5.7 CHARGER THEY HAVE NOT ADDRESSED THE ISSUE. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE ! THE VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE ANY PRIOR WARNING OF LOW VOLTAGE OR BATTERY PROBLEM! THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING GREAT AND THEN STOPS IN A HAZARDOUS AREA! THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A PROBLEM THAT CHRYSLER HAS ALREADY IDENTIFIED AND TO NOT PROVIDE A RECALL FOR THIS HAZARD IS IRRESPONSIBLE AND NEGLIGENT! I WOULD EXPECT THAT CHRYSLER CARE ABOUT THE WELFARE OF THEIR CUSTOMERS AND THAT THIS RECALL AND FACTORY REPAIR BE IMPLEMENTED IMMEDIATELY! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BATTERY SAVER WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE ALTERNATOR NEEDED TO REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,000.

I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS RECALLS ON THIS CAR, ESPECIALLY ONE THAT IS PENDING THAT DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE A REMEDY YET, I ALSO HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE DRIVER SEAT MAKING CRACKS AND SQUEAKY NOISES AS WELL AS LOSING MY SETTINGS SO I OFTEN HAVE TO ADJUST THE SEAT , I TOOK THE CAR IN ABOUT 4-5 TIMES FOR THIS REPAIR AND IT WAS NEVER DONE CORRECTLY.

RECALL NUMBER: 16V-352 ISSUED ON MAY 26, 2016. RECALL STATUS: RECALL INCOMPLETE. REMEDY NOT YET AVAILABLE TODAY IS 1/31/2017. PLEASE MAKE THE MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED ABOUT THE URGENCY.