2012 DODGE CHARGER Complaints

WHILE I WAS DRIVING AROUND 20 MPH, MY VEHICLE SUDDENLY BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. THE ESC, ABS, ETC AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ALL AT ONCE AND I HAD TO QUICKLY GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT THE USE OF GAS. THE GEAR SHIFT WAS STUCK AND THE SCREEN ON MY DASHBOARD INFORMED ME THAT I NEEDED TO PUSH THE START BUTTON TO PUT MY VEHICLE IN PARK. I SAT WITH MY CHILDREN ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD FOR 10 MINUTES BEFORE THE CAR STARTED AGAIN. LIGHTS ON DASHBOARD WERE STILL ON BUT I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY DIAGNOSED IT AS A FAULTY TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR AND SOME ISSUE WITH A CYLINDER NOT FUNCTIONING. I PAID OUT OF POCKET FOR THE COST OF REPAIR. A MONTH LATER, I RECEIVE THE P60 RECALL LETTER AND IT SEEMS TO DESCRIBE THE ISSUE I HAD. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY MADE ME FEEL LIKE I WAS INCOMPETENT. I LEFT THE ISSUE ALONE AND HAD THE RECALL ON THE ALTERNATOR REPAIRED IN APRIL. LAST WEEK, AUGUST 1ST, MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED TO HIM AGAIN WITHOUT WARNING. ESC, ABS, ETC AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND HE HAD TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SAFELY WHILE HE LOST POWER IN THE CAR. GEAR SHIFT WAS STUCK AND HE HAD TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK BY PRESSING THE START BUTTON. SAT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD FOR 20 MINUTES BEFORE HE WAS ABLE TO RESTART AND DRIVE TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE SAME DODGE DEALERSHIP IS NOW TELLING US TO REPAIR THE LEFT REAR SPEED SENSOR, FOR THE SAME ISSUE WE HAD IN OCTOBER.

FUEL SMELL ENTERS THE CABIN CAUSING LIGHT HEADED NESS WHERE OPERATOR OR OCCUPANTS ALMOST PASS OUT. MASSIVE HEADACHE, BURNING EYES AND SUDDEN ONSET VOMITING DUE TO EXPOSURE TO RAW FUEL ODORS. HAS BEEN TO DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES FOR THE ISSUE AND THEY DENY IT. CURRENTLY THERE A 4TH TIME FOR SAME ISSUE. I FEEL THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AND WITHOUT ADDRESSING WILL PUT THE PUBLIC AT RISK. THIS IS A POLICE CAR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE CHARGER. WHILE PARKED, THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ALTERNATOR FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE RADIO LOST ELECTRICAL POWER PRIOR TO WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V634000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

ON 7-14-15, I STARTED MY VEHICLE. AS IT STARTED, I HEARD A "DING" NOISE. I OBSERVED ON MY DISPLAY TWO WARNING LIGHTS ON. THAT BEING THE ABS, AND ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) LIGHTS CAME ON. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, I DISCOVERED THIS MAY BE THE RESULT OF A SPEED SENSOR GOING OUT. (THIS ALSO DISRUPTS USE OF CRUISE CONTROL.) I CONTACTED MY LOCAL DODGE DEALER, ADVISING THEM I NEEDED A "FRONT LEFT SPEED SENSOR". THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID THAT PART IS ON NATIONAL BACKORDER. AFTER GOING BACK TO MY MAIN MECHANIC, HE SAID HE TALKED WITH HIS PARTS DEALER ABOUT GETTING THE PART ALSO FOR MY CAR. HIS PARTS DEALER ALSO TOLD HIM THAT THEY WERE ON BACKORDER. (CLOSE TO 600 ON BACKORDER.) THIS IS ALSO WHEN I LEARNED THAT A SPEED SENSOR IS NOT UNIVERSAL. THEREFORE, A SPEED SENSOR FOR THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL, WON'T FIT ON THE FRONT LEFT SPEED SENSOR SPOT. THIS TELLS ME THERE IS A LARGE PROBLEM WITH THESE SENSORS GOING OUT, ACROSS THE COUNTRY. BEING THE FRONT LEFT SPEED SENSOR FOR THE 2012 DODGE CHARGER (OR OTHER SIMILAR VEHICLES THAT UTILIZE THE SAME PART)

VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY EMITS A CHEMICAL ODOR FROM THE A/C VENTS. AT TIMES IT IS ALMOST INTOXICATING CAUSING HEADACHES AND SORE THROAT. AT TIMES IT IS A LIGHT ODOR OTHERS VERY STRONG TO THE POINT WINDOWS HAVE TO BE ROLLED DOWN......UPDATED 10/20/15 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE WATER PUMP WAS SLOWLY LEAKING AND THE ODOR WAS BURNING ANTI-FREEZE ON THE ENGINE. UPDATED 11/03/15.*JB

LOW BATTERY INDICATOR TURNED ON AND A MINUTE LATER THE CAR JUST CAME TO A STALL AND SMOKE AND BURNING ODOR WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START, COULD NOT LOCK THE DOORS NOR PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL TO MOVE IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD HAD TO WAIT FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS FOR A TOW TRUCK TO TOW THE CAR TO MY HOUSE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BATTERY SAVER MODE WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIMEFRAME TO SCHEDULE THE REPAIR. THE DEALER DID NOT GIVE A SPECIFIC DATE FOR WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER COULD NOT PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED DATE FOR WHEN THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WOULD RECEIVE THE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BATTERY SAVER MODE WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V634000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND STATED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIMEFRAME TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER DID NOT GIVE A SPECIFIC DATE FOR WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER COULD NOT PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED DATE FOR WHEN THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WOULD RECEIVE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V634000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. IN ADDITION, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING AND FAILED TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

WAS DRIVING DOWN ROAD WHEN CAR STARTED MAKING A CHIMING SOUND AND THE AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON. THE LIGHT HAS WENT OFF A TIME OR TWO BUT PRIMARILY STAYS ON ALL THE TIME.