2006 DODGE CHARGER Complaints

AFTER REFUELING THE CAR, THE ENGINE CUT OFF AS I WAS PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC AND GETTING UP TO SPEED. IT JUST STALLED?!?!? *TR

I WAS DRIVING ALONG COMING TO A STOP, WHEN THE CAR CUT OUT. JUST FLAT WENT DEAD. NO POWER, NO LIGHTS ON THE DASH, NO REAL ABILITY TO BRAKE, NO POWER STEERING. NOTHING. LOST ALL POWER. CAME TO A STOP IN TRAFFIC. IT SAT THERE FOR ABOUT 5 MINS THEN STARTED BACK UP. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER (BIG VALLEY DODGE IN VAN NUYS, CA.- NOW OUT OF BUSINESS) BUT THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING. DIDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN TIL ABOUT 5-6 WEEKS AGO. MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN IN TRAFFIC. JUST AS I FINISHED THE TURN, THE CAR WENT DEAD. BASICALLY THE SAME SYMPTOMS AS BEFORE. STARTED UP IN ABOUT 3-5 MINUTES. I REACHED MY DESTINATION (WORKING OUT AT THE TRACK). 1.5 HOURS LATER I HAD SOMEONE FOLLOW ME HOME. WITHIN 3 BLOCKS THE CAR DID THE SAME THING. CALLED DODGE CORPORATE. THEY TOLD ME TO TAKE IT IN. TOOK THE CAR TO WHAT USED TO BE BIG VALLEY BUT NOW IS THE SUPERSTORE AND HAD THEM CHECK IT OUT. THEY FOUND NOTHING. ABOUT 3 WEEK AGO, IT HAPPENED AGAIN BUT THIS TIME ON THE FREEWAY IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. LUCKILY THE TRAFFIC WAS SO SLOW THAT I WASN'T TRAVELING AT A GREAT RATE OF SPEED. AGAIN I WAS ABLE TO START IT UP. THIS TIME I HAD SOMEONE IN THE CAR WITH ME. THIS CAR IS A DANGEROUS WEAPON AND AN INCREDIBLE RISK FOR ANY ONE WHO DRIVES IT AND ANYONE WHO DRIVES IN FRONT OR BEHIND. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE. *TR

CAR HAS REPEATEDLY STALLED AFTER FILLING UP THE CAR WITH GAS. CAR STALLS IN TRAFFIC WITH NO WARNING. TAKES ABOUT 10 MILES ON THE ODOMETER UNTIL IT CLEARS UP. THERE ARE MANY OTHERS WITH THIS PROBLEM. IT IS DOCUMENTED ON THE INTERNET FROM OTHER PEOPLE HAVING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SITTING IDLE IN TRAFFIC, A BUS CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE, CAUSING HIM TO CRASH INTO A PRECEDING VEHICLE. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS AND SUSTAINED BACK INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE AIR BAG FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 73,762.

VEHICLE STALLED WHEN DRIVING SHORTLY AFTER FUELING. ENGINE STARTED AGAIN AFTER CRANKING FOR SEVERAL SECONDS, BUT STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE AFTER STARTING. NO FURTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE UNTIL THE NEXT REFUEL. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING REPEATEDLY AFTER REFUELING EVER SINCE THE ORIGINAL INCIDENT ON THE DATE GIVEN. THIS MAY HAVE BEEN HAPPENING PERIODICALLY OVER THE PAST 2 YEARS, BUT BEFORE THIS IT WAS INFREQUENT ENOUGH THAT WE REALLY DIDN'T PAY ANY ATTENTION TO IT. WE NEVER TOP OFF THE TANK, STOPPING FUELING AFTER THE NOZZLE INITIALLY CLICKS OFF. *TR

AS PULLING INTO BUSINESS PARKING LOT, NOTICED SUDDENLY INTERNAL CAR TEMPERATURE RAISED SUDDENLY. AS I PULLED INTO PARKING SPACE NOTICED THE TEMP. GAUGE WENT FROM MED. TO HOT WITHIN SECONDS SIMULTANEOUSLY THE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND BEEPED. IN REVIEWING THE MANUFACTURER MANUAL, WAS ADVISED TO SHUT OF ENGINE IMMEDIATELY AND TAKE IN TO DEALER FOR SERVICE. I CONTACTED MY SALES REPRESENTATIVE THAT I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FROM FOR ADVISE. WE DETERMINED DUE TO NATURE OF PROBLEM, THE VEHICLE SHOULD NOT GO FAR. I TOOK TO LOCAL MIDAS SERVICE DEPARTMENT WHOM ADVISED THERE WAS A GENERAL RECALL NOTICE. I CALLED LOCAL DEALERSHIP THAT DENIED COMPLAINTS OR LIABILITY FOR MY VIN. I THEN CALL CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT ALSO DENIED KNOWLEDGE OF ANY SAFETY NOTICES. I REQUESTED THE COST FOR REPAIR; HOWEVER, 1.5 LATER NO ESTIMATE. I DECIDED TO CHECK ONLINE MYSELF THOUGHT IT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF CURRENT/FUTURE DODGE OWNERS TO INITIATE AN INVESTIGATION COMPLAINT. *TR

FILLED UP GAS A LOCAL CITGO 7 ELEVEN GAS STATION. PULLED AWAY ABOUT 100- 200FT CAR STALLED AS I WAS MAKING LEFT TURN INTO MOVING TRAFFIC MY DAUGHTER WAS IN BACK SEAT. NO ENGINE LIGHT INDICATOR OR ANYTHING. PLACE CAR BACK IN PARK AND RESTARTED. THIS HAS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES. FIRST TIME HAD TO GET SOME SENSOR RELAY REPLACED. NOT TO LONG AGO. SINCE THEN ABOUT A WEEK LATER AFTER FUELING OVER THE WEEKEND WENT TO WORK STOPPED AT A MCDONALDS CAME OUT TO DRIVE A STREET OVER TO WORK CARD WOULD NOT START. HELD DOWN GAS PEDAL CAR STARTED SHAKING HAD AND WHITE SMOKE CAME OUT EXHAUST. I PLACED CAR IN DRIVE DROVE TO WORK PARKING LOT AS I WAS PUTTING IN REVERSED IT STALLED AGAIN. SHAKING REAL HARD. GOT TOWED TO MYERS AUTOMOTIVE AND THEY ADVISED DODGE CHARGERS 2006 RT 5.7L ARE HAVING THESE ENGINE PROBLEMS WITH CYLINDERS AND LIFTER/VALVES. *TR

BEFORE ARRIVING AT WORK STOPPED AT MCDONALDS TO GET COFFEE. AFTER 10MIN RETURN TO CAR AND TRIED TO START AND WOULD NOT START. I TURNED KEY AGAIN CAR STARTED SHAKING AND STARTED WITH WHITE SMOKE COMING OUT OF EXHAUST. CAR WAS SHAKING REAL HARD I STEPPED ON GAS PEDAL AND PLACE IT IN DRIVE I DROVE TO THE NEXT STREET TO WORK LOCATION AND AS I WAS PUTTING CAR IN REVERSED CAR CUT OFF AGAIN. I STARTED IT AGAIN SMOKE AGAIN CAME OUT I PUT IN REVERSE WHILE GIVING GAS AND BACKED CAR INTO PARKING SPOT AT WORK LOCATION. I CALLED TOW TRUCK J & J TOWING THEY CAME AND I STARTED CAR AND DROVE UNTO FLATBED AND HAD TOWED TO MYERS AUTOMOTIVE MECHANICS. THEY SAID THE VALVE/CYLINDER #2 HAD BROKEN CAUSE SPARK PLUG TO BEND AND MELTED OTHER THINGS AND THAT THIS YEAR OF THE 2006 DODGE CHARGER RT WITH THE HEMI 5.7 WAS KNOW FOR THIS ISSUE THEY HAVE HAD TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PROBLEMS WITH THESE MODELS/MAKE OF DODGE AND THAT EVEN GETTING A USED ONE IT WOULD DO THE SAME. THEY ADVISED A NEW MANUFACTURED ONE THAT DODGE APPARENTLY HAVE REVISED EDITIONS. THEY NEED TO REPLACED ALL THESE ENGINE ISSUES THAT THEY HAVE KNOWN ABOUT BUT LEFT THE CONSUMER TO DEAL WITH UNFORTUNATELY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER REFUELING, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO BELIEVED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE MOTOR OIL. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 85,000.

AS I WAS DRIVING ACROSS THE DESERT ON I-10 IN ARIZONA, ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR LOST ALL ENGINE POWER. THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH CHIMED, MY RPMS DROPPED TO ZERO, THEN JUST AS SUDDENLY THEY ALL WENT RIGHT BACK TO NORMAL AND THE ENGINE JERKED US FORWARD AS THE TRANNY FIGURED OUT WHAT GEAR IT BELONGED IN. IT STARTED LIKE THAT, ONLY HAPPENING ON OCCASION. NOW, I CAN'T MAKE IT MORE THAN 1-2 MILES (LITERALLY) WITHOUT STALLING OUT OR LOSING ENGINE FIRE. IF IT HAPPENS WHEN I'M AT A LOW MPH THE CAR JUST STALLS OUT AND DIED. NO POWER STEERING OR BRAKES, BUT THE LIGHTS AND RADIO ARE WORKING. ON THE HWY AT HIGHER SPEEDS, IT LURCHES AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. ON THE ON-RAMP, HOWEVER, IT BECOMES A LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION, ESPECIALLY WHEN STARTING ON A DOWNHILL RAMP WITH A BIG RIG WAILING UP BEHIND ME. I HAVE BEEN MISSED BY TRULY ONLY INCHES ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. I CAN'T AFFORD A NEW CAR, THEY CAN'T FIND WHAT'S WRONG WITH MINE, AND I CAN'T SELL A VEHICLE THAT WON'T MAKE IT FOR A TEST DRIVE. CAN WE PLEASE GET A FIX? ANSWERS? WASN'T IT MY TAX DOLLARS THAT BOUGHT THIS COMPANY OUT OF BANKRUPTCY? *TR