2012 DODGE CHARGER Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKING, THE BATTERY WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND A BURNING ODOR EMITTED FROM THE AC VENT BEFORE THE VEHICLE STALLED. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED SMOKE COMING FOR THE ALTERNATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE ALTERNATOR HAD BURNED OUT WHICH AFFECTED THE BATTERY. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

WAS DRIVING AT 70MPH WHEN EVERYTHING STARTED TO TURN OFF, RADIO, GAUGES, BRAKE SYSTEM. INFORMATION CENTER WAS TELLING CAR WAS IN POWER SAVE MODE. I HAD TO PULL OVER DUE TO NOTHING WORKING. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS CAME ON AND THAT WAS IT, CAR HAD NO POWER. ALL THIS WHILE MY WIFE WAS IN LABOR. THANK GOD SHE DIDN'T HAVE THE BABY ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WE COULDN'T EVEN GET ANYONE TO TOW THE CAR BECAUSE IT COULDN'T BE PUT INTO NEUTRAL. ALL THIS DUE TO A FAULTY ALTERNATOR. *TR

I'M A POLICE CHIEF HERE IN ALABAMA,MY DEPARTMENT HAS SIX CHARGERS AND THE FRONT SUSPENSION HAS BEEN REPLACED IN EVERY ONE OF THEM,SOME TWO OR THREE TIMES SINCE PURCHASED ALSO POWER STEERING PUMPS HAVE BEEN REPLACED IN SEVERAL. THIS IS RIDICULOUS...NO RECALL!!!!! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO MERGE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REPAIRS PERFORMED BY AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE CHARGER. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V197000 (SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE). THE RECALL REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 69,000.

WHILE GOING AROUND 40MPH "BATTERY SAVER MODE" CAME UP ON THE DISPLAY..FEW SECONDS LATER THE WHOLE DASHBOARD ICON WARNINGS LIT UP: ABS, TRACTION CONTROL, BRAKE, HIGH BEAM, SEAT BELT; YOU NAME IT.! AFTER THAT THE SPEEDOMETER DISPLAY TURNED BLACK FOLLOWING THE RADIO DISPLAY...THEN THEY STARTED FLICKERING! CAR WAS STILL RUNNING AT AROUND 40MPH BUT AFTER A WHILE IT STARTED SLOWING DOWN UNRESPONSIVE! CAME TO A LIGHT STOP THEN IT TURNED GREEN I ACCELERATED BUT THE RPMS WOULDN'T GO PAST 1500 AND NOT SHIFTING TO SECOND GEAR! AFTER THAT RMPS STARTED TO DECREASE POWER GAS PEDALS BECAME UNRESPONSIVE UNTIL CAR COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN..LUCKY I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER RIGHT ON TIME TO AVOID CARS HITTING ME...CALLED TOW TRUCK, TOOK IT TO THE SHOP WERE THEY SAID IT WAS THE ALTERNATOR.. COULDN'T FIND A NEW ONE ANYWHERE ONLY AT A DODGE DEALER IN TOWN FOR $600ISH PLUS INSTALLMENT FEE $100 TOTAL COMING OUT TO $700ISH... NOW, TWO-THREE MONTHS LATER AS IN TODAY OCT 5 2014 "BATTERY SAVER MODE" POPPED UP AGAIN! DOES THAT MEAN ANOTHER ALTERNATOR FOR $700?? FOR A NEW CAR?? CAR HAS ONLY 44K! RECALL ASAP! DON'T WANNA PUT ANOTHER 700 !! :( *TR

STARTED MY CAR THIS MORNING AND IT WAS MAKING A LOUD NOISE. DROVE MY CAR OUT THE NEIGHBOR TO THE STOP LIGHT. WHILE WAITING FOR THE TRAFFIC LIGHT TO CHANGE GREEN, I NOTICE A BURNING SPELL. MY RADIO THEN TURNED OFF AND TRACTION LIGHT CAME ON AND OFF. AFTER A MINUTE THE BATTERY LIGHT APPEARED AND I RECEIVED A MESSAGE THAT THE CAR WAS IN BATTERY SAFE MODE. AFTER RESEARCHING THE ERROR MESSAGE IT APPEARS TO BE THAT MY ALTERNATOR IS EITHER DEFECTIVE OR GOING BAD. *TR

I PULLED INTO AN INTERSECTION AND THE ELECTRICAL ON THE VEHICLE STARTED FLASHING OFF AND ON. DASHBOARD, WIPERS, RADIO, TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE STUTTERING AND STALLING. I MADE IT THROUGH THE INTERSECTION, AND ABOUT 20 FEET FROM IT BEFORE THE CAR SHUT OFF COMPLETELY. THERE WAS MINIMAL POWER, SO THE HAZARDS WORKED, BUT THE KEY FOB WAS NOT DETECTED (I JUST BOUGHT A NEW BATTERY FOR IT LAST WEEK), THE WARNING LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD CONTINUED TO FLICKER EACH TIME I TRIED TO RESTART IT. THE MIDDLE SCREEN CAME UP BLANK OR WHITE, AND IT WOULD TAKE SEVERAL SECONDS BEFORE THE BUTTON/START INDICATOR WOULD MOVE FROM THE "RUN" TO THE "OFF" POSITION. THE BATTERY WAS OBVIOUSLY DEAD, BUT WHEN A PASSERBY STOPPED TO HELP ME TRY TO JUMP IT, IT WOULDN'T TAKE A CHARGE. THE ELECTRICAL CAPACITY CONTINUED TO DIMINISH AS I TRIED TO START IT, OR TRY DIFFERENT THINGS TO GET IT TO WORK. THE GREAT SHIFT LOCKED UP SO I COULDN'T PUT IT IN NEUTRAL TO ROLL THE CAR OUT OF THE WAY. SINCE IT WAS 4:30 ON A BUSY, DIVIDED HIGHWAY DURING A TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR, I WAS TERRIFIED SOMEONE WAS GOING TO HIT ME FROM BEHIND. FORTUNATELY OCSO ARRIVED TO HELP DIVERT TRAFFIC, AND HE HELPED ME FIGURE OUT WHERE THE EMERGENCY DISCONNECT WAS FOR THE TRANSMISSION SO WE COULD PUSH IT OFF THE ROAD. AAA CAME BUT IT WOULDN'T STAY CHARGED. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT HOME WITH THE TRAVEL CHARGER ON IT. I TRIED TO JUMP IT AGAIN SEVERAL TIMES, WITH NO LUCK, IT WAS COMPLETELY DEAD. SO, $800 LATER, I HAVE A NEW BATTERY, NEW ALTERNATOR, AND FEEL LUCKY THAT I DIDN'T GET STUCK IN THE INTERSECTION, GET REAR-ENDED, OR HADN'T LEFT ON MY TRIP TO NORTH CAROLINA YET. IT WAS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION, THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE, AND THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING OR INDICATION THAT THE ALTERNATOR HAD GONE BAD. I KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS EXPERIENCED THIS BASED ON A GOOGLE SEARCH, AND APPRECIATE THAT THE NHTSA IS INVESTIGATING. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE BATTERY SAVER MODE LIGHT CAME ON, THEN ABOUT 5 MIN LATER THE BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON. THERE WAS A WINE COMING FROM THE ALTERNATOR, AND THE CAR JUST SHUT OFF. IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL BUT I MANAGED TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I TESTED THE ALTERNATOR AND SURE ENOUGH THAT WAS THE PROBLEM. THIS VEHICLE HAD LESS THAN 40,500 MILES ON IT. I WAS OUT OF A VEHICLE BECAUSE THE PART ($400) HAD TO BE ORDERED BECAUSE IT WAS TO NEW FOR THE DEALER TO HAVE ONE IN STOCK. I WAS ABLE TO CHANGE THE ALTERNATOR MYSELF BECAUSE OF MY MECHANIC BACKGROUND. THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS. *TR

A MODULE WENT BAD IN MY 2012 DODGE CHARGER. THE WIPER BLADES WERE STUCK ON HIGH, FULL SPEED, EVEN WITH THE CONTROL SET IN THE OFF POSITION. THE NIGHT TIME LIGHTS WOULD STAY ON, EVEN WITH THE DIAL SET TO AUTO, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. I WAS TOLD BY MY DEALERSHIP, THAT THE PART WAS ON "NATIONAL BACK ORDER AND THAT THERE WAS NO ETA ON WHEN THE PART WOULD BE IN." MY DEALERSHIP HAS LEFT ME STRANDED, WITH NO LOANER VEHICLE AND NO SOLUTIONS. *TR