2014 DODGE CHARGER Complaints

ALL DASH INDICATORS STARTED FLASHING AND THERE WAS A MESSAGE STATING NOT TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK OR IT WILL NOT GO BACK INTO A GEAR. SERVICE POWER STEERING LIGHT CAME ON AND POWER STEERING WENT COMPLETELY OUT, ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. IF THERE WERE TRAFFIC, IT WOULD HAVE. PARKED CAR, STARTED IT A FEW HOURS LATER AND EVERYTHING SEEMED FINE. DRIVING ON RESIDENTIAL STREET AND POWER STEERING WENT OUT SUDDENLY AGAIN. SERVICE POWER STEERING MESSAGE HAS REMAINED AND THE POWER STEERING NO LONGER WORKS AT ALL. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE! I AM THANKFUL MY 17 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS NOT DRIVING ANY OF THE TIMES IT HAPPENED!

BACKING UP TO PARK, POWER STEERING COMPLETELY FAILED. HAD TO HAVE VEHICLE TOWED, NOT ABLE TO DRIVE. SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT POWER STEERING FAILURE. HAD I BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY, WOULD'VE CRASHED!

WHEN I DRIVING (I MOTION) I FEEL LIKE THE CAR WANTS TO TURN IT OFF BY IT SELF, THE PANEL LOOKS LIKE IF I TURN IT ON AND OFF, AND IT WONT START WHEN I SPEED UP

I WAS TOLD THAT I HAD THE ALTERNATOR FIXED ON RECALL AND THIS IS NOT TRUE. I HAD THE ALTERNATOR FIXED 1 YEAR AGO FOR $600 AND IT IS NOW MESSING UP AGAIN. I KNOW THIS IS A MANUFACTURING ISSUE AND IM NOT SURE WHY IT HAS ME CODED IN THE SYSTEM AS IF I ALREADY HAD THAT RECALL TAKEN CARE OF. PLEASE ADVISE.

WHILE DRIVING ALL THE WARNING ON THE DRIVERS PANEL STATED TO DING AND WARNING TO NOT PUT CAR INTO PARK OR IT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO BE PUT BACK INTO GEAR. THE SERVICE POWER STEERING WARNING, THEY STAYED IN MAKING ALL SORT OF NOISE FOR A COUPLE MINUTES. POWER STEERING WAS NOT WORKING ALL OF A SUDDEN EITHER. I ALMOST WRECKED INTO THE CAR BESIDE ME. PARKED THE CAR ONCE I GOT HOME, BOYFRIEND LOOKED AT IT AND IT SEEMED FINE TO HIM. THIS HAPPENED A COUPLE DIFFERENT TIMES SINCE THEN. THE POWER STEERING WILL JUST STOP WORKING. THE SERVICE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT COMES ON NOW AND THEN. IT IS DANGEROUS! I AM JUST HAPPY MY DAUGHTER WAS NOT DRIVING WHEN IT HAPPENED, THAT COULD HAVE BEEN TRAGIC AS SHE HAS ONLY BEEN DRIVING JUST UNDER 2 YEARS. I HAVE LOOKED THIS UP AND IT SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM THAT MANY OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED. IT IS SO DANGEROUS WHEN THE STEERING GOES OUT, THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS! *TR

I OWN A 2014 DODGE CHARGER SE AND HAD A FAULTY ALTERNATOR. IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED ISSUE WITH MY VEHICLE. PER NHTSA'S RECALL T36 AND T75 SOME ALTERNATORS WERE RECALLED FOR THIS VEHICLE. I BELIEVE THE RECALL SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED MY VEHICLES ALTERNATOR. BEFORE MAY 27TH, 2018, OUR ALTERNATOR FAILED. THE CAR WOULD NOT START, AT THE TIME WE WERE NOT SURE IF IT WAS THE ALTERNATOR. I HAD A LOCAL AUTO STORE TEST THE ALTERNATOR AND IT PASSED. SO, WE PURCHASED A NEW BATTERY. WE BELIEVED THAT RESOLVED THIS ISSUE. AFTER A MONTH, THE ISSUE HAPPENED AGAIN. IT APPEARS THE ALTERNATOR WAS NOT CHARGING THE BATTERY CORRECTLY. THE ISSUE WAS HIT OR MISS LUCKILY, WE DID NOT HAVE AN ISSUE WHILE DRIVING THE CAR. THIS CAR IS NOT AN EVERYDAY VEHICLE SO IT COULD GO A COUPLE OF WEEKS WITHOUT BEING DRIVEN. TO ALLEVIATE THE ISSUE, I REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR ON SEPTEMBER 15TH 2018. SINCE THAT TIME EVERYTHING HAS BEEN WORKING CORRECTLY. ATTACHED ARE A PHOTO OF THE OEM ALTERNATOR, THE AFTERMARKET ALTERNATOR, AND RECEIPT. I BELIEVE DODGE CHRYSLER SHOULD EXTEND THEIR CURRENT RECALLS TO INCLUDE THE DENSO 42100 ' 0750 ALTERNATOR. ON MAY 27TH, 2018 OUR ALTERNATOR FAILED. AT THE TIME WE WERE. *TR

CAR DISPLAYING BATTERY SAVER MODE HAVE HAD BATTERY CHECKED AND ALWAYS WITH A PASSING DIAGNOSIS I HAVE GOTTEN CAR CHECKED AND IT MIGHT BE A FAULTY ALTERNATOR CAR HAS DONDE THIS SINCE STARTING OF SECOND YEAR OF PURCHASE BUT NEVER HAVE OUT MUCH ATTENTION TO THIS U TIL NOW THAT CAR SHUTS OFF AND HAVE TO GET JUMPED IN ORDER TO START I HAVE SEEN IN FORUMS THAT PEOPLE HAVE THIS ISSUE AND IS REOCCURRING IN THIS MODEL AND YEAR

VEHICLE WAS MAKING A GRUMBLING NOISE AT VERY LOW SPEED WHILE TURNING IN ANY DIRECTION, SUCH AS BACKING OUT OR A DRIVEWAY & TURNING WHEELS TO FACE THE PROPER DIRECTION TO EXIT. THIS LED ME TO TAKE THE CAR INTO A VEHICLE REPAIR SHOP WHERE CERTIFIED ASI MECHANICS COULD INSPECT & HOPEFULLY REPAIR. WHAT THEY DISCOVERED WAS THAT THE POWER STEERING FLUID LEVEL WAS FAIRLY LOW. THEY SIMPLY ADDED THE PROPER & SPECIFIC FLUID TYPE THAT IS USED IN THAT PARTICULAR VEHICLE MADE BY THE CAR MANUFACTURER MOPAR. THIS SURPRISINGLY FIXED THE ISSUE TO WHAT I AM ASSUMING WILL BE A TEMPORARY RESOLUTION. BASED ON MY OWN EXTENSIVE RESEARCH & COMMON KNOWLEDGE, I HAVE DISCOVERED THIS IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE. SOMEHOW THE FLUID IS LEAKING, OR SEEPING OUT SOMEWHERE FROM THE ALLEGEDLY SEALED STEERING SYSTEM. WHAT I DISCOVERED BASED ON RESEARCH, IS THAT OBVIOUSLY A SEALED SYSTEM SHOULD NOT LEAK, OR SEEP, & WITH IT BEING SEALED IT CANNOT EVAPORATE. MOST ISSUES W/THE VEHICLE STEERING PUMP HAVE BEEN LEAKS FROM AROUND THE 2 SEALS OF THE RESERVOIR FLUID TANK. A REPLACEMENT TANK & SEALS CAN BE PURCHASED SEPARATELY RATHER THAN ENTIRE PUMP ASSEMBLY WHICH IS VERY EXPENSIVE. ANOTHER COMMON ISSUE IS THAT THE "RACK" OUTER SEAL LEAKS. UNFORTUNATELY THE ATF+4 STOCK FLUID IS AGGRESSIVE ON THESE SEALS & THEY CAN/WILL BECOME POROUS OVER TIME & LEAK. ADDITIONALLY, THE PUMP, IT'S HOSES, & THE SEALS ON THE ENDS OF THE RACK ARE NOW KNOWN AS LEAK POINTS. THE ENTIRE SYSTEM SHOULD BE RECALLED & REPLACED AFTER FIXING THESE ISSUES. IF THE FLUID BECOMES TOO LOW THE VEHICLE & ITS DRIVER/OCCUPANTS WILL EXPERIENCE A POWER STEERING FAILURE IN WHICH THE STEERING WILL SIMPLY SHUT DOWN & NOT PERFORM ITS FUNCTION - STEERING! I DON'T NEED TO COMMENT AS TO HOW EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THIS COULD BE; NOT JUST FOR OCCUPANTS IN THE SAID VEHICLE, BUT THE OCCUPANTS IN OTHER VEHICLES. MY YOUNG SON DRIVES THIS EXACT VEHICLE, & I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED. *TR

VEHICLE AIR COOLING SYSTEM FREQUENTLY SHORTS OUT, BLOWING HOT AIR INSTEAD, EVEN WHEN ON MAX COOL MODE. THIS HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREETS OR WHILE STATIONARY; BUT DEPENDING ON OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE CAN ALSO HAPPEN ON HIGHWAY. IT SOUNDS AS IF THE COMPRESSOR SHUTS OFF. I HAVE ALREADY HAD THE SYSTEM RECHARGED THE LAST TWO SUMMERS AND HAVING THE SAME ISSUE NOW. NO FREON LEAKS WERE FOUND. *TR

THE LED'S HAVE STARTED TO GO OUT (NOT ILLUMINATE) IN THE CENTER, DECK MOUNTED TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY. THIS IS A SAFETY ITEM AS IT PROVIDES REAR ILLUMINATION AT NIGHT. APPARENTLY, THIS IS AN EXTREMELY COMMON PROBLEM. *TR