2006 DODGE CHARGER Complaints

AFTER FUELING UP/TOPPING OFF TO THE FIRST SHUT-OFF ONLY, AFTER PULLING AWAY FROM THE GAS PUMP, THE CAR HESITATED, STALLED AND FAILED TO RESTART RIGHT AWAY. IT HAS BEEN INCREASING THIS BEHAVIOR FROM RARELY TO ALMOST EVERY TIME I FUEL UP - I AM NOW AT 171,*** MILES. LAST NIGHT I FUELED UP, DROVE ABOUT 300 YARDS AND PARKED FOR THE NIGHT. THIS MORNING THE CAR FAILED TO START. AFTER ABOUT 6 ATTEMPTS, I FLOORED THE ACCELERATOR WHILE CRANKING AND THE CAR STARTED. AFTER PULLING OUT OF THE PARKING LOT WHERE I WAS PARKED AND ONTO THE HIGHWAY, HE CAR SPUTTERED/HESITATED 4 TIMES (KIND OF LIKE A BUCKING BRONCO) ABOUT 70 YARDS DOWN THE ROAD, WITH TRAFFIC CATCHING UP TO ME AND THEN IT SETTLED BACK TO ITS NORMAL SELF. ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO, WHILE TRAVELING THROUGH TENNESSEE, I FUELED UP, PULLED INTO THE STREET AND APPROACHED A RED LIGHT AND I STOPPED AT WHICH TIME THE CAR DID ITS HESITATION AND STALLED. I TRIED TO START THE CAR, BUT IT WOULD NOT START. I HIT THE 4-WAY FLASHERS AND I SAT THERE FOR ABOUT 25 SECONDS BEFORE THE CAR WAS ABLE TO BE STARTED AGAIN. I DON'T USE CHEAP GAS, I DON'T GAS UP AT A STATION IF I SEE A TANKER TRUCK FILLING THE TANKS (OR PULLING OUT OF THE STATION) AND I STOP FILLING AFTER THE INITIAL SHUT-OFF OF THE PUMP. ON A SIDE NOTE, SINCE DAY ONE (SEP 2005), WHEN GASSING UP, I HAVE TO REST THE PUMP HANDLE ON THE FILLER DOOR, WHICH ENDS UP PUTTING THE PUMP HANDLE UPSIDE DOWN AT ABOUT THE 10 OR 11 O'CLOCK POSITION DEPENDING ON THE PADDING OF THE HANDLE. ANY OTHER POSITION WOULD CAUSE THE PUMP HANDLE TO CLICK OFF ALMOST IMMEDIATELY WHEN TRYING TO FILL THE TANK. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ ON VARIOUS CHARGER FORUMS, I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS HAD THE ABOVE "PROBLEMS". I AM AFRAID ONE OF THESE DAYS THIS BEHAVIOR WILL LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT WITH SOMEBODY GETTING HURT OR POSSIBLY EVEN KILLED, EITHER IN A REAR-END COLLISION OR A T-BONE COLLISION. *TR

AFTER FILLING THE CAR WITH GAS, AND DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 1 TO 2 MILES, THE CAR STALLED AFTER MAKING A LEFT TURN AND STARTING TO ACCELERATE. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR AND DRIVE HOME. THE NEXT DAY THE CAR ACTED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO STALL AGAIN AFTER MAKING A TURN AND STARTING TO ACCELERATE, BUT IT DIDN'T. THIS PROBLEM STARTED IN DECEMBER OF 2012 WHEN THE CAR HAD ABOUT 40000 MILES ON IT. AFTER RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET, I STOPPED TOPPING OFF THE GAS TANK AND THE PROBLEM DID NOT RE-OCCUR UNTIL OCTOBER 2013. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE AND EVEN IF I DON'T FILL THE GAS TANK, THE CAR WILL STALL AFTER DRIVING IT A FEW MILES. FORTUNATELY, EVERY TIME THE CAR STALLED I WAS TURNING ON TO A QUIET STREET WITH LITTLE TRAFFIC, BUT THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT REQUIRES A RECALL FROM DODGE. *TR

THIS HAS BEEN AN ON-GOING PROBLEM THAT WE'VE BEEN CHASING FOR SEVERAL YEARS. THE CAR WILL STALL WHILE DRIVING, USUALLY WITHOUT WARNING SOMETIMES THE GAUGES WILL DROP AND THE WARNING "DING" WILL SOUND. MOST OF THE TIME THE CAR WILL RESTART, HOWEVER THERE HAS BEEN INSTANCES THAT IT HAS TO SIT FOR AWHILE BEFORE RESTARTING. IN ANY CASE, IT IS A SAFETY CONCERN SINCE IT WILL STALL WHILE DRIVING. I'VE HAD IT HAPPEN ON THE HIGHWAY AS WELL AS ON CITY STREETS. THERE ARE TIMES IN WHICH WE HAVE TO RESTART THE CAR MULTIPLE TIMES IN ORDER TO GET THE GAUGES AND HEADLIGHTS TO TURN ON WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE TAIL LIGHTS, AND BRAKE LIGHTS DON'T WORK EITHER. IT IS CLEAR THERE IS AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE WITH THESE CARS, I HOPE DODGE TAKES CARE OF THEIR CUSTOMERS AND RESOLVES THE ISSUES THAT ARE OCCURRING BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND MY CAR STALLED AND HAD TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER IN AUGUST 2012. THIS AGAIN HAPPENED MAY 2013. THE LAST INCIDENT OCCURRED SEPTEMBER 21ST PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT. THE CAR STARTED BACK UP AFTER EACH OCCASION. *TR

I HAD REFUELED THE CAR AND DROVE ABOUT 10 MILES TOWARD MY HOME, AS I TURNED INTO MY NEIGHBORHOOD THE CAR STALLED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. I COASTED TO MY RESIDENCE AND STOPPED THE CAR AND TURNED THE KEY TO THE OFF POSITION. AFTER 10 MINUTES I TRIED TO START THE CAR AND IT DID, THEN SURGED AND DIED AGAIN. RESTARTED THE CAR AGAIN AND PULLED IT IN TO THE GARAGE AND SHUT IT DOWN. *TR

I HAD JUST FILLED UP MY CAR AND WAS PULLING OUT OF THE GAS STATION WHEN MY VEHICLE STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROADWAY. MY STEERING AND BRAKES CUT OUT AS A RESULT OF THE ENGINE STALLING. I TRY TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE ABOUT 150' DOWN THE ROAD WHEN IT STALLS AGAIN. I FINALLY PULL OVER, RESTART THE ENGINE AND LET IT BURN OFF SOME GAS BEFORE CONTINUING. EVERY TIME I HAVE FILLED UP MY TANK THE PROBLEM REAPPEARS. IF I DON'T FILL UP MY TANK I HAVE NO ISSUES. *JS

I JUST GOT DONE FILLING MY CAR WITH GAS AND WHILE PULLING UP TO THE VERY FIRST LIGHT AFTER THE GAS STATION THE CAR COMPLETELY SHUT OFF . I KEPT TRYING TO START IT AND IT WOULD JUST SHUT BACK OFF. AFTER 5 MINUTES OF THAT I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO DRIVE AWAY. NOW MY ENGINE LIGHT IS ON ALSO. *JS

AFTER FUELING VEHICLE, THE ENGINE DIED WITHIN HALF MILE ON ROAD. PUT CAR IN NEUTRAL TO START ENGINE, DROVE ANOTHER 1-2 MILES WHERE CAR STALLED AND DIED AGAIN. HAS HAPPENED AFTER FILLING UP CAR AND ONLY WITH FULL TANK, STALLING OCCURS WITHIN 0-15 MILES, THEN DOES NOT STALL. HAVE READ SEVERAL POSTING AND DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS ISSUE WITH SAME MODEL/YEAR CARS. HEARD ABOUT POSSIBLE INVESTIGATION FOR FAULTY FUEL/VAPOR SEPARATOR VALVE WITH CUTS OFF FUEL TO ENGINE AND CAUSES ENGINE TO STALL. HAD THIS HAPPENED TO A DRIVER WHO DID NOT KNOW HOW TO REACT PROPERLY, OR HAD A DISTRACTED DRIVER NOT SEE MY CAR STALLED OR STOPPED, THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A SERIOUS PROBLEM. I HAD NO POWER STEERING OR POWER BRAKES AND WAS NOT ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY RESTART VEHICLE IN TRAFFIC, AFTER MOMENTARY LOSS OF POWER AND FINALLY ABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE WAS I ABLE TO MANEUVER OFF THE ROADWAY SAFELY. *TR

CAR DROVE PERFECTLY FINE I STOPPED AT FAMILY DOLLAR FOR 5 MINUTES CAME OUT CAR WOULD NOT START HEARD A ENGINE NOISE TOWED IT HOME MECHANIC SAID HE PULLED THE PLUGS THEY WERE BENT FROM THE PISTON HITTING IT. ALSO, THE PISTON HAD A HOLE IN IT I NEED A NEW ENGINE NO WARNING SIGNS OR NOTHING. MECHANIC SAYS HE SEES THIS VERY OFTEN ON 06 CHARGERS. *JB

JUST AFTER FILLING THE TANK AND MERGING ON TO THE MAJOR DEEGAN EXPRESSWAY (I-87N) CAR DEAD STALLED IN THE HIGHWAY, CAUSING TO VEHICLES BEHIND ME TO SLAM ON THEIR BRAKES TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. IT TOOK ME TEN MINUTES TO GET MY CAR RESTARTED. ENGINE WOULD TURN OVER BUT NOT REMAIN ON. BUT AFTER TEN MINUTES OF TRYING THIS, CAR REMAINED ON AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT HOME. I THOUGHT THAT I HAD BEEN GIVEN SOME BAD GAS, UNTIL THE INCIDENT REPEATED ITSELF AGAIN AFTER A FILL UP SEVEN DAYS AGO AT A GAS STATION NEAR MY HOME. THE OWNER THERE SAYS HE HAS SEEN A SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH OTHER CHARGERS AFTER FILL UP. I THEN CALLED CHRYSLER AT 1-800-992-1997 ([XXX]?) AND CHRYSLER CLAIMED THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM BEFORE AND THAT I WILL HAVE TO TAKE MY CAR TO THE DEALER AND HAVE IT REPAIRED AT MY OWN COST, BUT IF THEY'VE NEVER HEARD OF ANY PROBLEM LIKE THIS BEFORE THEN HOW DO THEY KNOW THE DEALER WILL KNOW HOW TO REPAIR IT? INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR