2007 DODGE CHARGER Complaints

THE CAR WILL NOT COME OUT OF PARK. THE BRAKES LIGHTS ARE WORKING AND WHEN I PRESS THE BRAKE AND GO TO MOVE THE CAR OUT OF PARK IT JAMS AND WON'T GO INTO REVERSE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING A FAILURE DUE TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 06V493000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE ABS, EMERGENCY BRAKE, AND TRACTION CONTROL/EPS WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ABS MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,085.

AT 100,000 MILES AND MAINTENANCE AS SUPPOSE DROVE AS SUPPOSED PARKED AT MY HOUSE CAME BACK OUT TO DRIVE NEXT DAY DIDNT WONT TO START WHEN IT DID SMOKED AND MADE NOISE.WAS TOLD PISTON DROPPED FIXED ALL I THOUGHT SPENT 5000 BUT NOW IT NEEDS HEADS

VEHICLE ON THREE ISOLATED OCCASIONS OVER THE PAST WEEK HAS LUNGES FORWARD WHILE STOPPED AT A RED TRAFFIC LIGHT, ANOTHER INSTANCE AT A STOP SIGN AND AS OF TODAY WHILE WAITING IN LINE AT A LOCAL COFFEE SHOP DRIVE THROUGH. ON EACH OCCASION MY VEHICLE WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP FOR ROUGHLY A MINUTE, MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE AND SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SELF REV TO 3500 RPM. ON ALL OCCASIONS I HAD TO IMMEDIALTY PLACE THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL TO PREVENT CATASTROPHIC ENDANGERMENT TO MYSELF, SURROUNDING VEHICLES AND PERSONS. THIS CONDITION IS A DETRIMENT TO HE SAFE OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE. HOWEVER DODGE REFUSES TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE.

EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION WITH THIS 3.5 LITER V6 ENGINE. ONE QUART OF 10W30 MOBIL 1 IS LOST EVERY 400 TO 500 MILES. NO LEAKS, NO BLUE SMOKE, NO DROPS IN DRIVEWAY OR STREET. COOLANT COLOR IS FINE, NO CONTAMINATION AND REMAINS AT SAME LEVEL.

EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION WITH THIS 3.5 LITER V6 ENGINE. ONE QUART OF 10W30 MOBIL 1 IS LOST EVERY 400 TO 500 MILES. NO LEAKS, NO BLUE SMOKE, NO DROPS IN DRIVEWAY OR STREET. COOLANT COLOR IS FINE, NO CONTAMINATION AND REMAINS AT SAME LEVEL.

ALTERNATOR FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AND UNSTEERABLE. CAR COMPLETELY DISABLED AND UNMOVABLE IN TRAFFIC. ASSISTANCE FROM LOCAL POLICE JUMP STARTED THE CAR TO GET SAFELY OUT OF TRAFFIC. NO REPORT WAS MADE. NO ACCIDENT.

WHILE PARKED AT IDLE, RADIATOR FAN, WITHOUT WARNING, SUDDENLY AND CATASTROPHICALLY FAILS SENDING FAN BLADES INTO THE RADIATOR CAUSING RUPTURE OF RADIATOR AND UNCONTROLLED PRESSURIZED RELEASE OF COOLANT. SETTING: PARKED VEHICLE IN PARKING SPOT OF A DEPARTMENT STORE WITH INTENT TO SHOP. PLACES VEHICLE IN PARK, WITHIN A FEW SWCIDNS A LOUD EXPLOSION RESONATES FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND BEGINS SMOKING. I IMMEDIATELY SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF. OPENED THE HOOD AND IDENTIFIED THE FAILURE.

I WAS IN A DRIVE THRU WAITING ON THE CASHIER, WHEN I HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION AND POP FROM UNDER MY ENGINE. I COULD ALSO FEEL IT THROUGH MY BRAKE PEDAL. SCARED AND WONDERING WHAT THE HECK JUST HAPPENED? I IMMEDIATELY PULLED FORWARD AND PARKED MY CAR AND TURNED THE ENGINE OFF. I GOT OUT OF MY VEHICLE AND NOTICED FLUID LEAKING. I POPPED THE HOOD AND FOUND SOME SHATTERED PLASTIC PIECES. UPON MY 1ST INSPECTIONS MY FAN WAS WHAT SHATTERED. I MADE A FEW CALLS AND WHEN A MECHANIC CAME TO INSPECT 20 MINUTES LATER, HE SAID THE FAN EXPLODED CAUSING PIECES TO THEN HIT THE RADIATOR. NOW BOTH PARTS NEED TO BE REPLACED. NOW INVESTIGATION, I SEE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR CHARGERS AND I'M WONDERING WHY THERE ISN'T A RECALL. I CANT EVEN IMAGINE WHAT COULD'VE HAPPENED IF I WAS DRIVING. I ALSO HAD MY CHILD IN THE CAR. SCARY ENOUGH WHILE THE CAR WASN'T MOVING. TIS HAPPENED OUT OF THE BLUE WITH NO PRIOR WARNINGS.

DRIVING ON CITY STREET SPEED LIMIT 40MPH CAR BEGAN OVERHEATING. IN ATTEMPT TO FIX THE OVERHEATING ISSUE A NEW WATER PUMP AND 2 NEW RADIATORS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED. THE INITIAL RADIATOR LITERALLY HAD THE ENTIRE BOTTOM FALL OUT. THE COOLING FANS WILL NOT COME ON AND ARE DAMAGED. IT IS MY BELIEF THAT THE DAMAGE TO THE COOLING FANS IS WHAT CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE RADIATOR. I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE FOR 3 YEARS NOW DRIVING ANOTHER CAR IF TRAVELING MORE THAN 1 MILE FROM MY HOME. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A PROBLEM CAUSED BY THE MANUFACTURERL