2014 DODGE CHARGER Complaints

PLASTIC OIL FILTER HOUSING CRACKED IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS CAUSING MULTIPLE PERSISTENT LEAKS. OIL LEAKS ONTO MANIFOLD. REPLACEMENT PART WAS RECEIVED WITH HAIRLINE FRACTURE PRESENT AND OIL LEAK PERSISTS. MECHANIC CONTRACTED LOCAL DEALERSHIPS AND RECEIVED 45 DAY BACK ORDER ON THIS PART. I CALLED MYSELF AND WAS GIVEN NO ETA ON NEW STOCK.

I NOTICE OIL DRIPPING FROM UNDER THE CAR ON SUNDAY. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER ON MONDAY MORNING AND WAS TOLD IT WAS THE ENGINE OIL COOLER AND FILTER HOUSING ADAPTER. I WAS TOLD IT IS VERY COMMON ON THE 2014 DODGE CHARGER AND THEY HAVE BEEN BACK ORDERED BUT I WAS LUCKY BECAUSE THEY JUST GOT A SHIPMENT IN SATURDAY. I WAS TOLD IT HAS BEEN LEAKING FOR A WHILE BEFORE I NOTICED IT DRIPPING FROM UNDER THE CAR. IF THIS IS HAPPENING TO A LOT OF THESE CARS WHY IS IT NOT RECALLED? I HAD TO PAY $900 TO FIX SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE NEVER BROKE IF IT WAS MADE OUT OF THE RIGHT MATERIAL AND NOT PLASTIC.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR PANEL WAS DETACHING FROM THE DOOR FRAME. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER ANCIRA CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM (10807, I-10, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78230, (210) 558-1500) TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE DOOR PANEL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT YET REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 60,000.

MY VEHICLE HAD 114K MILES ON IT AND WAS RUNNING SMOOTHLY WITH NO ERROR ON DISPLAY. TOOK IT IN FOR THE 100K MAINTENANCE AND NOW IT HAS A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON IT, AND WHEN IT SITTING IDLE IT'S MISFIRING AND MAKING NOISES. BEFORE I TOOK IT IN, BEFORE THE TECHNICIAN REPLACE SPARK PLUGS MY CAR WAS GREAT NOW HE TELLING ME IT GOING TO COST 5K TO REPAIR IT

MY STEERING WHEEL WHEN TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT IS BECOMING DIFFICULT TO TURN AND MAKES SQUEALING NOISE WHEN TURNED. WHEN BROUGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP IT WAS TOLD TO ME THAT NOTHING WAS COMING UP WRONG WITH THE STEERING ON THE CPU. I WAS TOLD I WOULD HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE STEERING PUMP GOES TO MAKE ANY FIXES. AFTER RESEARCH MANY OF OTHER 2014 DODGE CHARGER USERS HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THEIR STEERING WHEEL COMPLETELY LOCKING OR LOSING ANY CONTROL OF THE STEERING WHILE DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS.

MY CAR WAS PARKED WHEN I NOTICED OIL LEAKING FROM UNDER THE CAR. AFTER GETTING THIS ISSUE CHECKED OUT IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION IS WAS THE OIL FILTER HOUSING. AFTER CALLING SEVERAL DEALERSHIPS I WAS MADE AWARE THIS HAS BEEN A VERY COMMON ISSUE IN ALL DODGE/JEEP/CHRYSLER MODELS 2014. SO COMMON THAT THE REPLACEMENT PART IS ON 100,000 BACK ORDERED.

WHILE DRIVING ON EXPRESSWAY VEHICLE AUTOMATICALLY WENT INTO NEUTRAL. WOULD NOT GO BACK INTO DRIVE MODE. HAD TO VEER TO THE SIDE OF ROAD. VERY DANGEROUS ALMOST CAUSED ACCIDENTS. WHEN VEHICLE STOPPED STILL COULDN'T PUT VEHICLE INTO DRIVE. TURNED CAR OFF VEHICLE WOULD NOT TURN BACK ON.

PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT BEGAN FLICKERING OFF AND ON FOR MONTHS. FINALLY WENT OUT ALL THE WAY. REPLACED BULB. DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE. CHECKED FUSES AS THIS SEEMED TO BE A COMMON ISSUE ON INTERNET FORUMS. DID NOT FIX ISSUE. NEXT STEP IS CHANGING HEADLIGHT PIGTAIL. I JUST SAW THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE 2011-2012 CHARGER HEADLIGHT WIRING HARNESS. I BELIEVE THE DODGE NEEDS TO EXPAND THEIR RECALL AFTER ALL THE CUSTOMERS EXPERIENCING ISSUES WITH ONE SIDED HEADLIGHT FAILURE.

RECENTLY MY CAR WAS FOUND TO HAVE AN OIL LEAK. IT APPEARS TO BE COMING FROM THE HOUSING/COOLING UNIT FOR MY CAR. FROM DOING RESEARCH IT IS FOUND THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH ALL 2014 DODGE VEHICLES. THIS IS CAUSING OIL TO POOL IN THE BOTTOM OF THE ENGINE. THIS IF THE OIL IS NOT CHECKED REGULARLY CAN CAUSE A MASSIVE MALFUNCTION OF THE ENGINE OR EVEN A VEHICLE FIRE.

MY STEERING WHEEL HAS LOCKED UP ON ME WHILE I'M DRIVING AT LEAST 10 TIMES IF NOT MORE SINCE I PURCHASED MY 2014 DODGE CHARGER IN 2015. ALL THESE INCIDENTS WHERE AT DIFFERENT TIME PERIODS AND AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS RANGING FROM 0 TO 60 MPH. THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD STAY LOCKED FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES. EACH TIME THAT IT HAS HAPPENED, I'VE BEEN CLOSE TO HAVING AN ACCIDENT EITHER HITTING SOMEONE ELSE OR RUNNING OFF THE ROAD. I WOULD TRY TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF AND ON TO SEE IF IT WOULD LOOSEN BACK UP. SOMETIMES IT WOULD WORK, OTHER TIMES IT WOULDN'T. I'VE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO MULTIPLE MECHANICS AND THEY ALL HAVE SAID IT MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO SO WITH THE POWER STEERING SINCE THE VEHICLE IS ELECTRIC. I'VE THEN TAKEN IT TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP TO GET IT DIAGNOSED AND THEY SAID NOTHING COMES UP ON THEIR TESTS THAT SHOWS STEERING WHEEL DEFECTS. I'VE ALSO CONTACTED THE ACTUAL DODGE MANUFACTURER BUT THEY WEREN'T OF ANY HELP EITHER UNLESS A RECALL POPS UP. I HAVE NO EVIDENCE TO SHOW THE PROBLEM OTHER THAN HORRIBLE PAST EXPERIENCES I'VE HAD WHILE DRIVING.