2012 DODGE CHARGER Complaints

LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS TURN OFF WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING ON CITY ROADS OR HIGHWAY. USUAL ONE OR THE OTHER, BUT SOMETIMES BOTH AT THE SAME TIME CAUSING AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THIS ISSUE STARTED IN JUNE OF 2015 AND HAPPENS NOW EVERY TIME THIS VEHICLE IS DRIVEN. THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR DODGE CHARGERS. THERE SEEMS TO BE AN EARLIER SAFETY RECALL TO FIX THIS SAFETY ISSUE.

THE CAR SHUT DOWN ON THE HIGHWAY. ALL THE ELECTICAL WENT OUT. NO BRAKES AND NO STIRRING. WHILE IN MOTION. AND JUST TOOK IT IN FOR A RECALL ON THE SAFTY SYSTEM A WEEK BEFORE.

DRIVERS SIDE HEADLIGHT CONTINUES TO GO OUT EVEN AFTER CHANGING THE BULB 4 TIMES. LOOKS LIKE A HARNESS MELTING PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN RECALLED FOR THE SAME MODEL YEAR EXCEPT ONLY IN POLICE VEHICLES. IT IS CLEARLY A PROBLEM FOR OTHER TYPES THAN JUST POLICE CARS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO SERVICED VEHICLES FOR A POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CUSTOMER INFORMED HIM THAT AFTER REFUELING THE VEHICLE, THERE WAS A FUEL ODOR. THE CONTACT DIAGNOSED THAT TWO FUEL PUMP ELECTRICAL PINS HAD BURNT, ALLOWING FUEL TO LEAK FROM THEM, AND THE FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57,510.

CHRYSLER IS RECALLING 20,283 MY 2006-2009 CHARGER AND MAGNUM 2012 VEHICLE BUILT WITH THE POLICE PACKAGE AND EQUIPPED WITH A COLUMN SHIFTER. THE GEARSHIFT CABLE BECOME DISENGAGED FROM THE STEERING COLUMN MOUNTING BRACKET AND CAUSE AN INCORRECT TRANSMISSION GEARSHIFT POSITION DISPLAY. HAVE SAME ISSUES IN THE 2012 MODELS THIS HAS NOT BEEN FIXED AND DEALERSHIP AND CHRYSLER REFUSED TO FIX UNDER THE RECALL OF 2009.

WITH OUT ANY WARNING WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE ON A CITY STREET MY ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SHUT DONE VERY RAPIDLY. BEGINNING WITH THE RADIO SHUTTING IT SELF OFF, THE VEHICLE THEN DISPLAYED INDICATOR LIGHTS SAYING THAT MY ABS SYSTEM WAS BAD FOLLOWED BY A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT INDICATOR. SHORTLY AFTER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT INDICATOR CAME ON A SERVICE TRANSMISSION INDICATOR LIGHT DISPLAYED FOLLOWED BY ALL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS SHUTTING DOWN COMPLETELY. ONCE I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER THE CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO PARK. I THEN TRIED SHUTTING THE CAR OFF AND THE CAR WOULD NOT TURN OFF. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND OTHER CAR ACCESSORIES BEGAN TO TURN ON AND OFF ON THEIR OWN. AT THAT TIME A STRONG PLASTIC BURNING SMELL BEGAN FOLLOWED BY SMOKE FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. IN ORDER TO SHUT DOWN THE VEHICLE I HAD TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY. THE NEXT MORNING I RECONNECTED THE BATTERY TO SEE IF THE PROBLEM HAD FIXED ITSELF. AT THAT POINT THE VEHICLE STARTED, BUT STILL HAD THE SAME ELECTRICAL ISSUES FROM THE NIGHT BEFORE. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE WAS THIS TIME THE VEHICLE SHUT ITSELF OFF AND WILL NO LONGER START. UPON HAVING THE VEHICLE PROBLEM DIAGNOSED IT APPEARS THAT THE ALTERNATOR FAILED WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING CAUSING A COMPLETE ELECTRICAL SHUTDOWN OF THE VEHICLE. UPON FURTHER RESEARCH, THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL FOR THE 2012 DODGE CHARGER VEHICLES CONCERNING FAULTY ALTERNATORS IN VEHICLES THAT ARE EQUIPPED WITH 160 AMP ALTERNATORS. MINE HAS A 180 AMP ALTERNATOR, BUT STILL EXPERIENCED A SHORT IN THE ALTERNATOR AS DESCRIBED BY RECALL P60 ISSUED IN 2014. UPON CALLING OUR LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIP WE WERE TOLD THAT OUR VEHICLE WAS UNDER RECALL. AFTER TOWING THE VEHICLE TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP WE WERE TOLD THAT THE CAR WAS NOT UNDER THE RECALL LIST AND WE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING THE TOWING FEES A LONG WITH REPAIR FEES FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE ALTERNATOR.

I SAYS THAT MY CAR IS NOT ON RECALL FOR THE ALTERNATOR. HOWEVER, MY ALTERNATOR WENT OUT WITHOUT WARNING WHICH ALMOST CAUSE ME TO CRASH. ALL MY GADGETS ON MY VEHICLE, SUCH AS, THE GAUGES, RADIO, WINDSHILED WIPERS, BATTERY LIGHT, UNEVEN ROAD LIGHTS WERE GOING BALISTIC.IT WAS STALLING AND PUTTERING. I COULD NOT BRAKE MY BRAKE GOT HARD WHICH WOULD NOT LET ME PUSH DOWN . IT DID NOT LET ME STOP. I ALMOST HIT A CAR. I ONLY HAD ENOUGH TIME TO VEER OVER. THANK GOODNESS IT WAS NOT A BUSY STREET OR HIGHWAY.IT WOULD NOT LET ME PARK MY PARK OR ANYTHING . I HAD TO PUSH THE BUTTON TO TURN OFF. I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY EARLY THAT MORNING WITH MY LITTLE GIRL. IT COULD OF HAPPEND THEN . IT COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL. SOMEONE NEEDS TO CHECK INTO THIS. I THINK MY CAR IS ONE OF THE RECALLS. PLEASE HELP

WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY APRX. 70 MPH, WHEN "BATTERY SAVER MODE" MESSAGE CAME ON. I DISCONNECTED PHONE CHARGER, TURNED OFF AUDIO, AC, AND DAYLIGHTS. SUDDENLY, THE DISPLAYS AND DASH NEEDLES WENT UP AND DOWN (LOOKED LIKE A COMPUTER VIRUS). THE CAR STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY, AND THE ALTERNATOR BURNED ( SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE HOOD). MY CAR HAS ONLY 53,000 MILES, AND NEVER HAD SIGNS OF FAULTY OR NEAR-DEAD ALTERNATOR. WELL, THE NEW BATTERY $200, NEW 180 AMP ALTERNATOR WAS $500, PLUS LABOR. CALLED CHRYSLER AND THEY SAY THE RECALL P60 IS FOR 160 AMP ALTERNATOR, BUT IT SEEMS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE 180 AMP ALTERNATOR. SO MY REPAIRS WERE OUT OF POCKET (WHICH IS JUST MONEY...VERY NEEDED MONEY), BUT BEING ALMOST HIT BY THE COMING I-95 TRAFFIC AND HAVING A CAR THAT IS ABOUT TO BURN, WELL THAT COULD HAVE ENDED IN A TRAGEDY. THANKS GOD MY INSURANCE ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE CAME TO HELP. STILL INTRIGUED WHY THIS 180 AMP ALTERNATOR IS NOT IN RECALL, WHEN ITS ALREADY A FACT THAT THIS "SMALL DEFECT" COULD CAUSE A FATAL ACCIDENT . . .

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE ENGINE DISABLING WARNING MESSAGE ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO DECELERATE INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ALTERNATOR FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23,323.

I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20-25 MPH ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET AND I NOTICED MY CAR WAS MAKING A STRANGE NOISE, THE RADIO SHUT OFF THEN THE CAR SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY. I CALL FOR ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND HAD MY CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED IT AND AFTER A WEEK THEY FINALLY DIAGNOSED IT BEING MY ALTERNATOR WHICH HAD COMPLETELY DRAINED MY BATTERY, SO BOTH HAD TO BE REPLACED. MY CAR ONLY HAD 38000 MILES AND I WAS TOLD THAT I JUST HAD WENT OVER MY WARRANTY MILEAGE AND HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET 1168.00 FOR ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY. AFTER DOING RESEARCH I FOUND THAT SOME 2012 MODELS HAD RECALLS FOR ALTERNATORS BUT WAS TOLD MY CAR WAS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST.