2008 DODGE CHARGER Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO 50 MPH WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES AS HARD AS SHE COULD BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. THE VEHICLE STOPPED AFTER CRASHING INTO TWO GATES AND A CURB. THE CONTACT RECEIVED INJURIES TO THE BACK AND LEFT THIGH AND THE FRONT PASSENGER SUFFERED FROM CHEST PAINS. THE POLICE WERE CONTACTED AND A REPORT WAS AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC PENDING AN INVESTIGATION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 130,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

ON CHRISTMAS EVE, DECEMBER 24TH 2012 AT APPROXIMATELY 1:45 IN THE AFTERNOON I WAS DRIVING MY 2008 DODGE CHARGER ON A BUSY INTERSECTION WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEARD A LOUD BANGING NOISE FROM MY ENGINE COMPARTMENT. AFTER I HEARD THE LOUD NOISE, MY 2008 DODGE CHARGER IMMEDIATELY STOPPED AND SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BUSY INTERSECTION NEARLY CAUSING A CHAIN REACTION MULTICAR ACCIDENT. A LOCAL POLICE OFFER CAME TO THE SCENE AND HELPED DIRECT TRAFFIC UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO PHYSICALLY PUSH MY CAR OUT OF HEAVY TRAFFIC. ONCE I WAS ABLE TO LOOK UNDER THE HOOD I NOTICED A LOT OF COOLANT POURING TO THE GROUND. I ALSO NOTICE THAT THERE WAS NO COOLANT IN THE COOLANT DEPARTMENT. I CONTACTED THE LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIP, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THEY WERE CLOSED DUE TO THE HOLIDAYS. LUCKY I WAS ABLE TO BRING MY 2008 DODGE CHARGER TO TIRE KINGDOM. THE MANAGER OF TIRE KINGDOM IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM AND STATED THAT MY COOLING FAN BROKE OFF CAUSING THE BROKEN PIECES OF THE FAN TO FLY INTO MY RADIATOR WHICH CAUSED MY RADIATOR DAMAGE AND LEFT A HOLE IN MY RADIATOR. ADDITIONALLY I HAD TO PAY $571.36 TO REPAIR MY 2008 DODGE CHARGER AND THE DAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS ON TOP OF THAT. I HAVE FULL RECEIPTS FOR THE REPAIRS AND I ALSO HAVE PICTURES OF THE BROKEN FAN AND DAMAGED RADIATOR. AFTER GOING TO THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S WEBSITE WWW.NHTSA.GOV I DISCOVERED THAT DODGE HAD A TSBS OUT FOR THIS PROBLEM. THEREFORE, THIS PROBLEM WAS NOT MY FAULT WHAT SO EVER. *TR

THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT CRANK SO HAD TOWED TO DEALERSHIP COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG, SO SENT TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT IS THE WIN MODULE. THE PROBLEM IS THERE ARE 400 ON BACK ORDER AND THEY TELL ME THERE IS NOT RECALL. THAT DOESN'T SOUND CORRECT JUST WANTING TO KNOW IF ANYONE HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM. [XXX] I AM STILL WAITING ON THE PART TO COME IN. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

DRIVER HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH ESP BAS LIGHT COMING ON ALONG WITH OCCASIONAL POPPING SOUNDS FROM STEERING WHEEL WHEN MAKING TURNS. ON DAY OF INCIDENT, DRIVER WAS ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A (LEFT) U-TURN IN A MEDIAN. STEERING WHEEL TURNED APPROXIMATELY 3/4 OF ONE REVOLUTION AND WOULD NOT TURN ANY FURTHER TO LEFT. DRIVER JERKED ON STEERING WHEEL A FEW TIMES WHICH 'BROKE LOOSE' LOCK AND TURN WAS ABLE TO BE COMPLETED. VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO ONE DODGE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION AND DRIVER WAS TOLD NO PROBLEMS COULD BE FOUND. UPON LEAVING DEALERSHIP, ESP BAS LIGHT COME ON AGAIN. DRIVER TOOK VEHICLE TO A SECOND DODGE DEALERSHIP WHERE DIAGNOSTICS REVEALED A FAULTY STEERING ANGLE SENSOR. SENSOR WAS REPLACED AND NO FURTHER PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCED AT THIS TIME. *TR

2008 DODGE CHARGER. DRIVER WAS TRAVELING IN CITY AT SPEEDS <40 MPH. RADIO STARTED MAKING CRACKLING/POPPING SOUNDS AND VEHICLE STARTED LOSING POWER AT WHICH TIME HEAVY WHITE SMOKE BEGAN COMING FROM HOOD. NO SENSOR LIGHTS OR WARNING SIGNS GIVEN. DRIVER PULLED OVER TO SIDE OR ROAD AT WHICH TIME VEHICLE QUIT RUNNING. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO LOCAL DODGE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED AN ELECTRICAL OVERHEATING/SHORTAGE PROBLEM THAT ORIGINATED IN THE POWER DISTRIBUTION CENTER. *TR

I DRIVING AND MERGED ONTO ROUTE 3 GOING SOUTH; I TURNED MY RIGHT BLINKER ON SINCE THE RAMP WAS ON THE RIGHT, IT SHUT OFF WHEN I GOT ON THE EXPRESSWAY. AUTOMATICALLY THE LEFT BLINKER CAME ON, EVEN THOUGH I DID NOT TURN IT ON. WHILE DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY GOING 60MPH WITH THREE KIDS IN THE CAR I HAD TO TRY TO TURN OFF THE BLINKER, WHICH WOULD NOT TURN OFF. IT WAS A SCARY SITUATION SINCE THERE WAS A LOT OF TRAFFIC; SO I WAS TRYING TO WATCH THE TRAFFIC (WHICH MAY THINK I WAS MERGING LEFT) AND FIX THE ISSUE AT THE SAME TIME. REPEATEDLY THE RIGHT BLINKER CAME ON, THEN THE LEFT AGAIN. THERE WAS A LOUD CLICKING NOISE WHEN I TRIED TO FIX IT, AFTER SEVERAL TRIES THE BLINKER SHUT OFF. I GOT OFF THE EXPRESSWAY AND EVERY TURN I MADE THE SAME THING HAPPENED. I CALL AND EMAILED CHRYSLER DODGE. I WAS TOLD A SUPERVISOR WOULD RETURN MY CALL WITHIN 24 HOURS. THEY DID NOT. I REPEATEDLY EMAILED AND CALLED. IN THE INTERIM I BROUGHT MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND I RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM ONLINE AND BY SPEAKING TO MECHANICS AND SERVICE PEOPLE AT DODGE DEALERSHIPS. ACCORDING TO ALL OF THESE SOURCES THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH DODGE CHARGERS. TODAY, JULY 26TH, I FINALLY TALKED TO A SUPERVISOR AFTER CALLING DODGE ANOTHER TWO TIMES. HE ([XXX]) SAID THAT THERE IS NO RECALL ON THE PART (WHICH I FOUND OUT WAS A CLOCK SPRING FAILURE) AND THAT THEY WOULD DO NOTHING TO HELP. I ASKED IF HE WOULD ALLOW ME TO TALK TO HIS SUPERIOR AND HE SAID HE DIDN'T HAVE ONE. HE THEN SAID HE DID BUT THEY WOULD TELL ME THE SAME THING. I ASKED IF THEY WERE GOING TO AT LEAST WARN OTHER OWNERS OF THIS ISSUE AND HE SAID NO, THAT THE CASE WAS CLOSED. I TOLD HIM ABOUT THE INFORMATION I HAD GAINED BY TALKING TO MECHANICS, SERVICE PEOPLE (INCLUDING THE ONE WHO FIXED MY CAR) AND ONLINE RESEARCH. I TOLD HIM I WOULD FAX IT TO HIM. EVEN WITH ALL OF THIS INFORMATION HE TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS ISSUE. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE COOLING SYSTEM FAN BLADES CAME APART AND THE SHROUDS OF THE FAN WENT THRU THE RADIATOR CAUSING IMMEDIATE LEAKAGE OF ALL COOLANT AND DESTROYING THE RADIATOR. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN SHIFTING INTO PARK, THE KEY FOB WOULD ABNORMALLY SLIDE OUT OF THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE THEY ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE WIRELESS MODE AND KEY FOB WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED A RECALL FOR THE 2010 MODELS UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V200000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE) BUT THE 2008 MODELS WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 50,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH FAILED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE KEY ALSO COULD NOT BE TURNED ONCE INSERTED INTO THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO START THE VEHICLE AFTER PLAYING AROUND WITH THE IGNITION SWITCH FOR APPROXIMATELY THIRTY MINUTES. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE HAD TO LEAVE THE ENGINE RUNNING AT TIMES IN FEAR NOT BEING ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AFTER IT WAS SHUT OFF. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER DID NOT ADVISE OF THE CAUSE OF THE IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 41,000.

2008 DODGE CHARGER CATCHES ON FIRE WHILE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE. NO SENSOR LIGHTS OR WARNING SIGNS GIVEN. THE FIRE APPARENTLY STARTED AT THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE OF THE HOOD. IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES, THE FIRE SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE WIRING SYSTEM OF THE CAR WHICH CAUSED THE ENTIRE CAR TO ENGULF IN FLAMES. FIRE DEPARTMENT STATED THAT IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. CHRYSLER WAS NOTIFIED AND DECIDED TO INVESTIGATE THE SITUATION. CHRYSLER STATED THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DISCLOSE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. THE ONLY RESPONSE WE RECEIVED FROM CHRYSLER WAS AN APOLOGY. *TR