2006 DODGE CHARGER Complaints

MY DODGE CHARGER WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK. SOME (NOT ALL) CHARGERS HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS ISSUE. UPON SEARCHING ONLINE, IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND CHRYSLER ADDRESSED SOME CUSTOMERS VIA CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SATISFACTION NOTIFICATION K39. IT STATES THAT "SOME 2005 THROUGH 2007 MODEL YEAR DODGE CHARGER, MAGNUM, AND CHRYSLER 300 EQUIPPED WITH A FLOOR SHIFTER" ARE AFFECTED. THE TRANSMISSION GEAR SHIFT LEVEL INTERLOCK SPRING HOOK ON YOUR VEHICLE MAY BREAK. A BROKEN INTERLOCK RETURN SPRING HOOK WILL RESULT IN THE INABILITY TO MOVE THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER OUT OF THE PARK POSITION." THIS IS A SAFETY DEFECT BECAUSE IF THIS VEHICLE WAS TO STALL AND THE DRIVER PUT IT INTO PARK TO RESTART, THE VEHICLE WOULD BE UNABLE TO GO BACK INTO DRIVE. IT IS A PLASTIC PIECE THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED BUT CHRYSLER IS CHARGING $375 BECAUSE THE ENTIRE SHIFT ASSEMBLY NEEDS TO BE TAKEN APART TO ADDRESS. IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT CHRYSLER HAS RECOGNIZED THIS DEFECT ON SOME CHARGERS BUT WILL NOT COVER THE REPAIR ON MY VEHICLE FOR THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. MY CAR IS THE SAME YEAR AS SOME OF THE CARS IMPACTED BY THE RECALL. *TR

AFTER FILLING THE FUEL TANK, THE CAR WILL SUDDENLY STALL WHILE DRIVING ON THE ROAD WITHIN 5 MILES OF FUELING UP. THIS CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS IF I AM TURNING AND ANOTHER VEHICLE IS COMING AT ME. I LOSE ALL POWER STEERING. TO START IT AGAIN I HAVE TO EITHER COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND PUT THE CAR IN PARK, OR I HAVE TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND TURN THE KEY WHILE MOVING. THIS CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS UNDER SEVERAL SITUATIONS. *TR

MY CAR COMPLETELY SHUT OFF WHEN I PULLED INTO THE TURNING LANE. THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AND I HAD NO CONTROL. ONCE AT A COMPLETE STOP, I WAS ABLE TO START THE CAR NORMALLY AND EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME PREVIOUSLY BUT I WAS ACTUALLY DRIVING AT A HIGHER SPEED AND WITH MY CHILD INSIDE!!. APPARENTLY I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM AS I HAVE READ THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING TO MANY DODGE DRIVERS THAT HAD 2006 MODELS. *JS

2006 DODGE CHARGER STALLED DURING RUSH HOUR STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. VEHICLE TOTALLY SHUT DOWN. I PUT VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND IT STARTED RIGHT UP. A DEFINITE SAFETY CONCERN. *TR

I HAD JUST FINISH FILLING UP MY CAR WITH GASOLINE AND WAS DRIVING THROUGH THE SUB DIVISION. MY CAR SHUT OFF AT THE STOP SIGN. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON SEVERAL OCCASION IN THE PAST YEAR AFTER FILLING UP MY CAR. ON THIS DAY I STEP ON THE GAS TRIED RESTARTING MY CAR AND IT WOULD NOT START. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE REPAIR SHOP I WAS TOOK THAT MY ENGINE THROUGH A PISTON ON THE NUMBER 3 AND 5 AND I NEED A NEW ENGINE. NO ONE WAS ABLE TO TELL ME WHY THAT WOULD HAPPEN. WHEN I EXPLAIN WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THE FUEL SYSTEM I WAS TOLD THAT MAY BECAUSE THE CAR WAS RUNNING AND IT WAS NOT GETTING FUEL AND IT THROUGH THE PISTONS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY, CAR DIED. WAS ABLE TO START IT BACK UP AGAIN. GAS TANK ONLY 1/8 FULL. GOT OFF FREEWAY. CAR CONTINUED TO JUST SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING ON THE STREETS, LEAVING ME STUCK IN THE INTERSECTION SEVERAL TIMES. *TR

IN THE 2006 DODGE CHARGER R/T THE CAR WILL COMPLETELY TURN OFF IF THE GAS IS FULL OR CLOSE TO FULL. THIS IS A WELL KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE R/T MODEL. DODGE HAS KNOWN OF THIS ISSUE FOR YEARS AND ALSO THE DEALERSHIPS. AFTER FILLING THE TANK THE VEHICLE WILL TURN OFF IN TURN LOSING POWER STEERING BRAKES AND ENGINE POWER EVEN WHILE YOUR FOOT IS ON THE GAS PEDAL. I HAVE ALMOST GOTTEN INTO ACCIDENTS DUE TO THIS. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIPS AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND DODGE REFUSES TO CALL A RECALL. *TR

MY CAR STARTED TO STALL AFTER I FILLED UP AT THE GAS STATION. I PULLED OUT OF THE GAS STATION AND AS I WAS APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT MY CAR STARTED JERKING AS IF WAS GOING TO SHUT OFF. *TR

AFTER FILLING UP MY CAR WITH GAS, I PULLED OUT OF THE GAS STATION AND AS I WAS COMING TO A STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT THE CAR STARTED TO JERK AS IF WAS GOING TO SHUT OFF. THIS IS THE 3RD TIME I HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE. *TR

MY CAR STALLS OUT AND TURNS OFF AT A LIGHT OR DRIVING AFTER FILLING THE FUEL TANK. *TR