2007 DODGE CHARGER Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CHARGER. WHILE THE CONTACT'S SON WAS DRIVING 20-25 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND AND THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A LOW WATER BRIDGE. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ALSO FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE WHEELS BECAME STUCK IN THE BRIDGE AND THE VEHICLE FLIPPED OVER. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE DRIVER EXPERIENCED SORENESS AND UNDERWENT X-RAYS AND CT SCANS, BUT NO INJURIES WERE FOUND. THERE WERE THREE OTHER OCCUPANTS IN THE VEHICLE WHO SUSTAINED UNKNOWN INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE POLICE OFFICER STATED THAT DUE TO THE FAILURE AND MOMENTUM GOING DOWN THE INCLINE, THE VEHICLE MOST LIKELY STRUCK THE BRIDGE AT A RATE OF 60 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT LOT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 200,000.

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN FLAMES WERE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD ON THE DRIVER SIDE. I PULLED OVER, GOT OUT AND CALLED 911. BY THE TIME THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT OUT THE FIRE, MY CAR WAS TOTALED. THERE MUST HAVE BEEN A DEFECT SOMEWHERE UNDER THE HOOD. IT MAY HAVE BEEN THE ENGINE WHICH I HAD TO REPLACE AT 66,841 MILES FOR OVER $8,000. I GOT NO WARNINGS ON THE DASH, JUST FIRE FROM UNDER THE HOOD.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CHARGER. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE AT A DRIVE-THRU, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD SOUND AND WATER EMERGED FROM THE RADIATOR AREA OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE COOLING FAN FOR THE RADIATOR HAD FRACTURED INTO PIECES. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS ADVISED TO TOW THE VEHICLE TO RYDELL DODGE CHRYSLER (700 SAN FERNANDO RD, SAN FERNANDO, CA 91340). THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED BECAUSE THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN AN UNKNOWN CUSTOMER SATISFACTION LETTER SENT IN 2011. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,000. *TT*JB

COOLING FANS JUST BUSTED MY RADIATOR. I WENT TO THE STORE ONE MILE UP THE ROAD, CAME HOME, PARKED MY CAR AND HEARD A LOUD NOISE LIKE MY CAR WAS HIT. I GET OUT AND RADIATOR FLUID IS POURING OUT. MY COOLING FANS BUSTED MY RADIATOR.

DODGE/CHRYSLER FLOOR SHIFTER RECALL [K39] DODGE KNOWS THEY HAVE A HUGE PROBLEM WITH THE FLOOR SHIFTER, BUT IS ONLY COVERING A 3 MONTH [6/25/07-9/21/07] MANUFACTURING SPAN. DODGE NEEDS TO COVER THE WHOLE YEAR[2007]. OUR CAR WAS PARKED IN OUR DRIVEWAY WHEN THE SPRING BROKE AND WE COULD NO LONGER GET IT OUT OF PARK.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR SHIFT FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. RHINELANDER CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (3620 WI-47, RHINELANDER, WI 54501, (715) 420-1555) STATED THAT THE CONTACT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR BECAUSE THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 101,779.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CHARGER. EXPLOSION IN THE ENGINE WHILE DRIVING CONTACT WAS LEFT STRANDED DAMAGE DONE TO THE RADIATOR FROM FRACTURED FAN BLADES WHILE AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE OFF OF THE ROADWAY. UPON INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT SEVERAL OF THE FAN BLADES HAD FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED THE RADIATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED NOR INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 180,000. PIIR=Y. AH *AS THE CONSUMER STATED FIXED THE VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CHARGER. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT AN INTERSECTION, THE CONTACT NOTICED AN ABNORMAL NOISE UNDER THE HOOD. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE, LOOKED UNDERNEATH, AND NOTICED FLUID LEAKING FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO THE CONTACT'S HOME. NORTH POINT CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM FIAT (7726 NORTH POINT BLVD, WINSTON-SALEM, NC 27106, (336) 283-2496) AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 59092376. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 160,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR SHIFTER FAILED TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK. THE CONTACT POWERED OFF AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, AND HAD TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL NUMEROUS TIMES FOR THE GEAR SHIFTER TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND SHE HAD TO GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS EACH TIME. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PROCESS SOMETIMES TOOK LONGER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SAN LEANDRO CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (LOCATED AT 1444 MARINA BLVD, SAN LEANDRO, CA 94577, (510) 254-3294), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED DUE TO THE DIAGNOSTIC AND REPAIR FEES. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A MECHANISM IN THE GEAR SHIFTER FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR SHIFTER WAS PREVIOUSLY REPLACED PRIOR TO THE RECENT FAILURES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

A RECALL WAS ISSUED IN 2011 FOR SHIFT INTERLOCK LEVERS FOR VEHICLES THAT WERE MANUFACTURED BEGINNING IN JUNE 2007 (RECALL # K39). THE SYMPTOM WAS CUSTOMERS NOT BEING ABLE TO SHIFT THEIR VEHICLES FROM THE PARK POSITION. MY VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED IN FEBRUARY 2007. I WAS TOLD BY DODGE CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT MY WAS MADE BEFORE THE DATE ALLOWED. I WOULD LIKE TO INQUIRE WHETHER THE COMPONENT AFFECTING THESE VEHICLES WAS ADDED AFTER MY VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED OR IS IT THE SAME. IF IT IS THE SAME PLEASE ALLOW THE EARLIER VEHICLES TO FALL UNDER THIS RECALL ALSO. THANK YOU. MY VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY IN THE DRIVEWAY.