2007 DODGE CHARGER Complaints

HAD VEHICLE SIX YEARS AND HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT ( LEFT AND RIGHT) TENSION STRUTS FOUR TIMES. MAJOR FLAW IN VEHICLE WHERE TENSION STRUTS FAIL AFTER A FEW MONTHS AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. LOUD CLUNKING NOISE IS HEARD EVERY TIME VEHICLE ENCOUNTERS A BUMP OR IMPERFECTION IN THE ROAD. SOUNDS LIKE VEHICLE IS FALLING APART. BELIEVE CHRYSLER'S ENGINEERS SHOULD REDESIGN PART AND HAVE IT REPLACED ON VEHICLES EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM. *TR

THE VEHICLE WILL NOT COME OUT OF PARK. VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. TECH DIAGNOSED PROBLEM AS NEEDING TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTER INTERLOCK LEVER. LABOR, PARTS, TAXES, AND MISC. CHARGES TOTALED $498.18 WERE PAID BY CUSTOMER. DEALER STATED THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR PART FROM CHRYSLER. ON CHARGER FORUMS FOUND POSTS THAT CHRYSLER HAD ISSUED A K39 NOTIFICATION LETTER WHICH COULD BE FILLED OUT AND SENT TO CHRYSLER GROUP RECALL CENTER. CUSTOMER SUBMITTED FORM. CHRYSLER RESPONDED THAT VEHICLE WAS BUILT ONE MONTH BEFORE RECALL RANGE SO IT WOULD NOT BE COVERED. CUSTOMER DOES NOT AGREE WITH CHRYSLER'S RECALL RANGE IN THAT IT IS TOO LIMITED AND NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED. SAME PART IS FAILING, WHETHER VEHICLE WAS BUILT IN RECALL RANGE OR A MONTH EARLIER. IT IS STILL A DANGEROUS PROBLEM IN THAT THE VEHICLE IS INOPERABLE AND CAN LEAVE THE DRIVER AND FAMILY STRANDED IN UNFAMILIAR SURROUNDINGS AND LATE AT NIGHT. CHRYSLER SHOULD INCLUDE VEHICLE IN RECALL AND PAY FOR ALL PARTS AND LABOR. *TR

ON 09/23/2013 AT ABOUT 7AM I WAS DRIVING TO WORK ABOUT 20 MILES UPON ARRIVAL THE VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I PARKED AND INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND SOME WATER LEAKING FROM THE RADIATOR, I LET THE ENGINE COOL FOR ABOUT 4 HOURS AND AT LUNCH WENT OUT AND ADDED WATER TO THE VEHICLE AS I ADDED THE WATER IT POURED DIRECTLY OUT. I FURTHER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT ALL SEVEN RADIATOR FAN BLADES HAD SEPARATED FROM THE MAIN HOUSING THAT WAS INTACT AND NOT LOOSE OR DISTORTED AND IMPELLED THEMSELVES THROUGH THE RADIATOR. I RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE AND FOUND THAT DODGE HAD A SERVICE BULLETIN CSN-L08 ISSUED IN 2011 FOR THE DODGE MAGNUM AND OTHER VEHICLES. WHEN I CONTACTED THEM THEY ADVISED I WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. I DO NOT FEEL THIS IS A WARRANTY ISSUE IF IT HAS HAPPENED IN 2011 AND STILL HAPPENING IN 2013 AND SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED FURTHER IF SOMEONE IS WORKING ON ONE OF THESE VEHICLES AND THE FAN BLADES COME APART. THIS COULD CAUSE BODILY INJURY WITH THE FORCE IT IMPELLED THEM THROUGH THE RADIATOR. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL OF THIS FAN PART #24040406 MANUFACTURE DATE 1/10/06 AND A REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM FOR THOSE INDIVIDUAL'S WHO HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THESE ITEMS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CHARGER AWD. WHILE PARKED, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT INTO DRIVE BUT THE GEAR SHIFTER SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE BUT INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 08V583000 (POWER TRAIN). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

THE CAR IS STUCK IN PARK AND AFTER CALLING DODGE THEY TELL ME THAT MY CAR DOESN'T FALL UNDER THE RECALL DUE TO MY VIN #. THE THING IS THEY KNOW THIS PROBLEM IS HAPPENING TO A LOT OF THEIR VEHICLES WHY NOT HAVE ALL THE CARS THAT EXPERIENCE THIS PROBLEM BE IN THE RECALL. I DON'T UNDERSTAND. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE WAS TRAPPED IN THE VEHICLE BY THE SEAT BELT. THE DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO DISCONNECT THE SEATBELT BUT IT WAS JAMMED. THE DRIVER PULLED AND TWIST THE BELT UNTIL IT RELEASED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THAT THE LATCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 34,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK. THE KEY INTERLOCK AND BRAKE ENGAGEMENT SYSTEM HAD TO BE DISABLED IN ORDER TO DRIVE THE CAR. THIS IS A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM THAT CHRYSLER IS WELL AWARE OF. CONSUMERS ARE DISABLING THE SAFETY FEATURES SO THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE TO SPEND $150 TO $600 IN REPAIRS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE GEAR SHIFT FAILED TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE IT WAS STATED THE SHIFTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,000. ... UPDATED 11/30/13*CN UPDATED 12/03/13 *BF UPDATED 12/06/2013 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE BECAME STUCK IN PARK. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO ENGAGE A RELEASE VALVE TO TAKE THE VEHICLE OUT OF PARK BUT COULD NO LONGER SECURE THE VEHICLE IN PARK WHEN PARKING THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO SECURE THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL IN ORDER TO PARK THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT A PLASTIC PART IN THE GEAR SHIFTER WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 115,000.

I HAVE NOT HAD MY CAR FOR A YEAR. MY GEARS ARE LOCKED ON MY CAR. WHICH IS A DEFEAT AND A SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH 3 PEOPLE THAT HAVE AN DODGE CHARGER AS WELL AND ALL 3 PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS OBVIOUS A DEFEAT WHICH SHOULD BE A RECALL. I CURRENTLY STILL MAKE PAYMENTS ON MY VEHICLE ITS NOT FAIR TO ME FOR THIS TO HAPPEN AND ITS NOT MY FAULT. I HAVE GOOGLED THIS ISSUE/ I HAVE SEEN THE COMPLAINTS ON YOUR WEBSITE ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE I AM HAVING.. SO MANY PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS IN DEED A DEFEAT IN THE CAR. JUST FOR THIS REASON ALONE I AM CONSIDERING LETTING CHYSLER COME PICK THE CAR UP AND KEEP IT. I PAY TO MUCH MONEY OUT MONTHLY TO GOING THROUGH DEFEATS ON A CAR WHEN I CALL ABOUT IT THEN AM TOLD ITS NO RECALL ON IT. ITS NOT FAIR. I AM A PAYING CUSTOMER AND HAVE NOT EVER BEEN LATE PAYING MONTHLY PAYMENTS. PLEASE CONSIDER THIS PROBLEM AS A RECALL. *TR