2011 DODGE CHARGER Complaints

FIRST THE ABS AND ESC LIGHTS CAME ON THEN THE MESSAGE BATTERY SAVER MODE THEN THE RADIO TURNED OFF AND THE AC STOPPED BLOWING COLD AIR THEN THE BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON. I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND TRIED TO START IT BUT IT WOULD NOT START BUT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS DID COME ON FOR 1 PASS AND THE SPEEDOMETER AND TAC ALSO DID 1 PASS LEFT TO RIGHT AND BACK SLOWLY. CHECKED THE INTERNET AND SEEN OTHERS WITH SAME PROBLEM CAUSE BY THE ALTERNATOR AND THEIR IS A CURRENT RECALL ON THE V6 BUT I HAVE THE HEMI V8. HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DODGE DEALER.

ON 7-25-15 I FILLED CAR UP WITH GAS AND AFTER DOING SO SMELLED A STRONG GAS SMELL ON THE INSIDE OF THE CAR. I CAME HOME AND PARKED THE CAR. MY HUSBAND WENT OUTSIDE NEAR THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED SMELL AND BEGIN TO DO A WALK AROUND THE VEHICAL AND NOTICE THAT IT WAS LEAKING GAS FROM THE TANK. HE IMMEDIATELY WENT TO THE INSIDE OF THE CAR AND PULLED OUT THE BACK SEAT AND NOTICE THE GAS WERE COME FROM AROUND THE SEAL OF THE GAS TANK. HE SAID WE NEED TO GET SOME OF THE GAS OUT OF THE TANK. WE DRIVE IT A DISTANCE TO SEE IF THE SMELL WOULD GO AWAY BUT IT NEVER DID UNTIL IT WERE AT A HALF OF TANK. HE THEN ON 7-27-15 REPLACED THE SEAL AND WENT BACK TO THE GAS STATION TO FILL THE CAR UP AGAIN AND THE STRONG FUEL SMELL RETURNED AND THE TANK BEING LEAKING AGAIN. I THEN STARTED TO LOOK AND SEE IF THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE AND NOTICED IT SEEMS TO BE A KNOW DANGEROUS ISSUE WITH THE GAS TANK ON THIS VEHICLE THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO ASAP. I AM SO AFRAID THAT IF SOME THROWS SOMETHING FLAMMABLE NEAR THIS VEHICLE ITS GOING TO IGNITE. VERY DANGEROUS AND NEEDS RESOLVING!!

ON 7-25-15 I FILLED CAR UP WITH GAS AND AFTER DOING SO SMELLED A STRONG GAS SMELL ON THE INSIDE OF THE CAR. I CAME HOME AND PARKED THE CAR. MY HUSBAND WENT OUTSIDE NEAR THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED SMELL AND BEGIN TO DO A WALK AROUND THE VEHICAL AND NOTICE THAT IT WAS LEAKING GAS FROM THE TANK. HE IMMEDIATELY WENT TO THE INSIDE OF THE CAR AND PULLED OUT THE BACK SEAT AND NOTICE THE GAS WERE COME FROM AROUND THE SEAL OF THE GAS TANK. HE SAID WE NEED TO GET SOME OF THE GAS OUT OF THE TANK. WE DRIVE IT A DISTANCE TO SEE IF THE SMELL WOULD GO AWAY BUT IT NEVER DID UNTIL IT WERE AT A HALF OF TANK. HE THEN ON 7-27-15 REPLACED THE SEAL AND WENT BACK TO THE GAS STATION TO FILL THE CAR UP AGAIN AND THE STRONG FUEL SMELL RETURNED AND THE TANK BEING LEAKING AGAIN. I THEN STARTED TO LOOK AND SEE IF THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE AND NOTICED IT SEEMS TO BE A KNOW DANGEROUS ISSUE WITH THE GAS TANK ON THIS VEHICLE THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO ASAP. I AM SO AFRAID THAT IF SOME THROWS SOMETHING FLAMMABLE NEAR THIS VEHICLE ITS GOING TO IGNITE. VERY DANGEROUS AND NEEDS RESOLVING!!

ON 07/20/2015 AT AROUND 1:15 I PARKED MY VEHICLE IN CONCORD MILLS MALL PARKING LOT, WENT IN TO RETURN A PRODUCT. I RETURNED TO MY CAR AROUND 1:25, ATTEMPTED TO START MY VEHICLE(PUSH BUTTON START) IT CYCLED TO THE "RUN" POSITION, BUT THE CAR DIDN'T START. AFTER ABOUT 4 ATTEMPTS I KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG BECAUSE I SMELT A "BURNT ELECTRICAL SMELL". I EXITED THE VEHICLE AND POPPED MY HOOD, I TOOK A LOOK AROUND AT ALL PHYSICAL FEATURES OF THE ENGINE TO TRY AND LOCATE A VISUAL PROBLEM. NOTHING WAS VISIBLE TO MY EYE, I THEN GOT BACK INTO THE VEHICLE AND ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE AGAIN, AFTER A FEW ATTEMPTS I CALLED TO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP TO ASK A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON WHAT MIGHT BE GOING ON, AFTER SOME SPECULATION WE CAME TO CHECK MY FUSES. I THEN EXITED THE VEHICLE AND TOOK A LOOK AT MY FUSE BOX LOCATED UNDER MY HOOD, I NOTICED THAT I HAD A 30AMP 58V "BOXED SHAPED FUSE" THAT HAD BLOWN. I VISITED A NEAR BY ADVANCE AUTO PARTS STORE TO PURCHASE A FUSE, THEY DID HAVE ONE SO I PURCHASED THE FUSE AND RETURNED TO THE VEHICLE TO INSTALL. ONCE I RETURNED TO THE VEHICLE I DISCONNECTED MY "+ POSITIVE" BATTERY TERMINAL AND INSTALLED THE FUSE. AFTERWARDS I RECONNECTED THE BATTERY TERMINAL AND ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE AGAIN. ONCE AGAIN I GOT NOTHING, I ALSO CHECKED THE FUSE AND IT HAD BLOWN AGAIN. I THEN CONTACTED A TOW TRUCK AND WAS TOWED TO HENEDRICK DODGE ON 7/20 AROUND 5:45. THEY CONTACTED ME ON 7/21 AND I WAS TOLD THAT MY ENGINE WIRE HARNESS HAD MELTED!! AND THAT IT HAD SHORTED OUT MY STARTER. I'M VERY UPSET BECAUSE I FEEL THAT THIS ENGINE HARNESS COULD HAVE CAUGHT FIRE. MY OBD DIDN'T MAKE ME AWARE OF ANY TYPE OF ISSUE OR NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT EVER CAME ON. MY CAR HAS BEEN SERVICED ON TIME TO FACTORY STANDARDS AT ONLY DODGE DEALERSHIPS. NO MAJOR WORK HAS EVER BEEN DONE TO MY VEHICLE BEFORE ALSO. I'M GETTING THE $1600.00 FIX BUT FEEL BOTHER THAT SOMETHING COULD CATCH FIRE.

6/19/15 THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ORIGINALLY FOR A RECALL ON THE ALTERNATOR. AFTER THE JOB WAS COMPLETED I DROVE THE CAR HOME AND HAD TROUBLE SHUTTING IT OFF. AFTER SHIFTING IT THROUGH THE GEARS SEVERAL TIMES IT SHUT OFF. THE NEXT DAY I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THE NEXT WEEKEND AND THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I TOOK THE CAR HOME AND IT SHUT OFF FINE. THE NEXT DAY THE PROBLEM STARTED AGAIN. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND THIS TIME THEY WERE ABLE TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD TO SHIFT IT THROUGH THE GEARS AND IT WOULD BE FINE. ALSO TOLD THAT THE ONLY WAY TO SHUT THE CAR OFF WAS TO REMOVE A FUSE TO THE FUEL INJECTION. TRULY NOT AN ACCEPTABLE ANSWER. 7/13/15 THE CAR WOULDN'T SHUT OFF AT ALL. DROVE IT TO THE DEALER AND IT'S BEEN THERE EVER SINCE. I HAVE BEEN TOLD SEVERAL DIFFERENT THINGS BY THE DEALER, LITHIA DODGE, MEDFORD, OR. THE LATEST IS AN ACTUAL DODGE CORPORATE ENGINEER IS SUPPOSED TO CALL THEM BACK. NOT EXACTLY SURE HOW A CAR CAN BE DESIGNED WITHOUT AN ALTERNATE WAY TO SHUT IT OFF IF THE PUSH BUTTON START AND STOP DOES NOT WORK. THE DATES ARE APPROXIMATE AS MY PAPERWORK IS IN THE CAR.

FILLED GAS TANK ON WAY TO WORK. GOT IN CAR TO GO TO LUNCH AND NOTICED A STRONG GAS SMELL. CALLED MY HUSBAND (HE IS AN ASE CERTIFIED MASTER TECH, GM MASTER TECH.) HE INFORMED ME THERE MUST BE A FUEL LEAK. THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, HE PUT HIS SCANNER ON IT AND IT PULLED A CODE OF P0496 (SMALL LEAK DETECTED). THE SMELL WOULD GO AWAY WHEN THE GAS LEVEL WAS UNDER 1/2 TANK. WOULD ONLY FILL TO 1/2 AFTER THAT. AFTER A WEEK OR SO THE SMELL WOULD COME BACK WITH ONLY 1/2 TANK OF GAS. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS STAYED ON ALL THIS TIME. HUSBAND PULLED THE REAR SEAT OUT ON JULY 11TH TO DISCOVER FUEL POOLING FROM THE RIGHT REAR PASSENGER FUEL MODULE, THE GAS WAS LEAKING THROUGH THE PLASTIC. CONTACTED THE DODGE DEALERSHIP AND THEY WERE UNAWARE OF ANY PROBLEMS LIKE THIS. JULY 12TH WE ORDERED A NEW BOSCH PREMIUM FUEL PUMP (PART# 67774). ON JULY 17TH I RAN THE FUEL DOWN SO ONLY 1 GALLON WAS LEFT IN TANK. LET THE CAR SIT FOR 2 HRS. HUSBAND REMOVED THE MAIN PUMP, WHICH FELL APART. UPON REMOVING THE PRIMARY FUEL PUMP (RIGHT SIDE) THE PRESSURE WAS SO STRONG IT BLEW FUEL ALL OVER HIM AND THE INTERIOR OF THE BACK SEAT. THE PUMP HOLDS FUEL PRESSURE FOR WAY TO LONG AFTER IT IS TURNED OFF. NOT TO MENTION THAT THERE IS ONLY 2 PIECES OF PLASTIC/FOAM BETWEEN THE FUEL PUMPS AND THE BACK SEAT. THAT, IN ITSELF IS DANGEROUS. IS THE EXCESSIVE PRESSURE WHAT CAUSED THE PLASTIC FUEL PUMP TO CRACK AND ALLOW THE FUEL TO POOL ON TOP? I LOVE MY CAR BUT AM VERY AFRAID TO DRIVE IT NOW. I AM NOT ONLY CONCERNED FOR MY SAFETY BUT ALSO THE SAFETY OF ANYONE SITTING IN THE BACKSEAT (KIDS/GRANDKIDS). WHAT IF I GET REAR ENDED AND THERE IS A SPARK THAT IGNITES THE POOLED FUEL, WILL CHRYSLER THEN ISSUE A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM AFTER MY CAR EXPLODES? THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ON THIS WEBSITE FOR THE SAME ISSUE. CAN'T THE NHTSA DO SOMETHING TO HELP? MA 10/8 UPDATED 11/28/2017*CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE CHARGER. WHILE DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL COLUMN ABNORMALLY VIBRATED. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE SPOILER FAILED. THE CONTACT ALSO EXPERIENCED WOBBLING IN THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 69,000.

WITH VEHICLE IN PARK AND BRAKE PEDDLE PUSHED DOWN, GEAR SHIFTER WOULD NO SHIFT FROM PARK TO ANY GEAR. TURNED CAR OFF AND OPEN DOOR THEN SHUT DOOR. RESTARTED THE CAR AND STILL SAME RESULTS. LOOKED UNDER THE STEERING COLUMN AND FOUND A METAL BRACKET HAD FALLEN OUT FROM THE SHIFT COLUMN. UPON REPLACING THE METAL BRACKET, SHIFTER WOULD SHIFT TO ANY GEAR BUT WOULD NOT GO BACK INTO PARK. SHIFTER WOULD STOP IN NEUTRAL AND NOT GO TO REVERSE OR PARK. UPON TILTING THE METAL BRACKET THAT HAD FALLEN, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD RETURN TO REVERSE AND PARK.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE CHARGER. WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V634000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE CHARGER. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE HEAD LAMPS STOPPED ILLUMINATING. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THIS WAS A RECURRING FAILURE. THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MECHANIC REPAIRED THE ENTIRE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY AND FRAMING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,000.