2006 DODGE CHARGER Complaints

I JUST READ AN ARTICLE ON YAHOO STATING AN INVESTIGATION IN THE 2006 DODGE CHARGER ENGINE STALLING. FOR 2 YEARS I HAD THIS PROBLEM AND IT WAS INADVERTENT BUT DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING INTERSTATE SPEEDS. THE ENGINE WOULD STALL OUT, ALMOST LIKE YOU TURNED THE KEY OFF AND THEN BACK ON. IT ALMOST COST ME A WRECK ON THE INTERSTATE. IT WOULD ALSO DO IT AT IDLE SPEEDS BUT AT THAT RPM IT WOULD KILL THE ENGINE. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS AND BECAUSE THE PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE IT. WHEN IT FINALLY GOT WORSE, I WAS TOLD IT NEEDED NEW PLUGS. I CHANGED THEM AND IT DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM. THEN THEY CHANGED ALL 8 COILS AND IT DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM. FINALLY AS A LAST RESORT THEY REPLACED THE COMPUTER AND IT FIXED THE PROBLEM. THIS WHOLE PROCESS COST ME ABOUT $4,000. A MONTH AND A HALF LATER THE TRANSMISSION STARTED DRAGGING AND NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY, SO INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS AGAIN I DECIDED TO GET RID OF THE CAR. *TR

AFTER FILLING THE GAS TANK THE ENGINE STALLS AND IS DIFFICULT TO RESTART. IT WILL DO THIS UNTIL THE TANK IS NOT COMPLETELY FULL. *TR

2006 DODGE CHARGER RT (5.7 HEMI) STALLS SUDDENLY WHEN DRIVING ON HIGHWAY. I PLACED CAR QUICKLY IN NEUTRAL AND TRIED RESTARTING TWICE BEFORE CAR STARTED AGAIN. IT IS VERY SCARY NOW TO DRIVE ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS ISSUE CONTINUES TO HAPPEN FREQUENTLY. I NOTICED THAT IT USUALLY HAPPENS ESPECIALLY AFTER FILLING UP GAS. *TR

THE CAR WILL STALL WITHIN A MINUTE OR SO OF FILLING UP THE GAS TANK. THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 95% OF THE TIME I FILLED UP THE TANK. IF I FEEL THE STALL COMING ON I CAN THROW IT IN NEUTRAL AND REV THE ENGINE FOR ABOUT 10 SECONDS AND IT WON'T STALL ANYMORE. I FIRST BEGAN TO NOTICE IT AT LEAST 8 MONTHS AGO. I STOPPED FILLING THE TANK ALL THE WAY JUST TO AVOID THIS BECAUSE IT CAUSED ME TO STALL WHILE GOING THRU AN INTERSECTION AND BACKING UP TRAFFIC. I WAS TOLD I NEEDED TO BUY A NEW GAS TANK TO RECTIFY THIS ISSUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER FUELING THE FUEL TANK MORE THAN HALF FULL, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS BUT NO CAUSE FOR THE FAILURE WAS FOUND. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 70,000. UPDATED 6/4/13 *CN

I HAD SOME ISSUES WITH MY CAR STALLING AND GETTING STUCK IN GEAR, I WAS TOLD BY A MECHANIC TO CHANGE THE STRAINER WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE THERE AT HIS SHOP ALONG WITH SOME BODY WORK. AFTER GETTING MY CAR BACK I DROVE IT MAYBE 2 DAYS BEFORE IT COMPLETELY JUST STOPPED GOING INTO GEAR. I CAN CRANK IT UP BUT THE CAR WILL NOT BUDGE. NOW TODAY 5/12/2013 MY BROTHER SHOWED ME A BUTTON THAT IS IN THE GEAR SHIFT THAT YOU CAN PUSH TO GET IT OUT OF GEAR. SO I GUESS THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE BUTTON THAT IS SUPPOSED TO PUSHED THIS IN WHEN YOU PUSH THE BRAKES DOWN IS NO LONGER WORKING. I WAS THINKING TRANSMISSION AND THAT IS NOT MY PROBLEM. *TR

IN THE LAST YEAR I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE FRONT TIE RODS REPLACED THREE TIME. *TR

I WAS DRIVING THE CAR AT 60MPH ON THE EXPRESSWAY WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT WITH NO WARNING CAUSING THE CAR TO LOSE ALL POWER IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. MY CAR WAS NEARLY HIT SEVERAL TIMES BY OTHER CARS AS I TRIED TO CHANGE LANES IN ORDER TO REACH THE EMERGENCY LANE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE EXPRESSWAY. I RESTARTED THE CAR WITH NO PROBLEMS. THE CAR ENGINE HAS QUIT FOR NO REASON SEVERAL OTHER TIMES WITH NO WARNING IN THE LAST YEAR WHILE DRIVING AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS. THE MANUFACTURER NEEDS ISSUE A RECALL, OR BE LIABLE FOR ANY LAWSUITS RESULTING FROM ACCIDENTS CAUSED BY DEFECTIVE FUEL SYSTEMS IN THESE VEHICLES. *TR

TOOK CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR TUNE-UP;AND TRANSMISSION SERVICE ON MARCH13, 2013; ON APRIL 17, 2013 THE CAR TOTALLY SHUTDOWN AS I TURNED INTO THE GAS STATION. I GOT IT STARTED, IT JERKED AS IF IT WAS CHOKING,I MANAGED TO GET TO THE DEALERSHIP AND IT SHUT DOWN AGAIN,JUST BEFORE I MADE IT UP TO THE SERVICE LANE AT THE DEALERSHIP. I WAS TOLD THAT THE REAR AXLE SEALS WERE LEAKING, WHICH I HAD REPAIRED,ALSO THAT AN UPDATED MEMORY CHIP SHOULD HAVE BEEN INSTALLED IN MARCH,SO THAT WAS DONE. PICKUP MY CAR ON APRIL 18, 2013 AND WHILE SITTING IN TRAFFIC, THE CAR WAS SHAKING AND FELT AS THOUGH IT WAS ABOUT TO CUTOFF. I PUT IN PARK WHILE AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT AND PRESSED ON THE GAS TO RAISE THE ENGINE;AS I TURNED INTO MY DRIVEWAY, IT STALLED AGAIN. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP,THEY INITIALLY SAID THERE WAS A COIL THAT WAS MISFIRING BUT THE DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE COULD NOT DETECT IT. I PICKED MY CAR UP ON APRIL 25, 2013 ONLY TO HAVE SOMETHING ELECTRICALLY DRAINING MY BATTERY DOWN TO 4 OR 5 VOLTS EVERY OTHER DAY. TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, TECHNICIAN SAID THEIR DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE COULDN'T FIND ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE BATTERY,ALTERNATOR NOR ANY OF ELECTRICAL PARTS. I HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH MY CAR PRIOR TO HAVING THE ABOVE SERVICES DONE. AFTER SPEAKING WITH A MECHANIC, I WAS TOLD THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON HAVING THESE TYPE OF PROBLEMS, ESPECIALLY AFTER A NEW SOFTWARE CHIP HAS BEEN INSTALLED. PERHAPS THIS AND OTHER ISSUES NEED TO REALLY BE ADDRESSED WITH CHRYSLER. *TR

THE CAR HAS BEEN OPERATING JUST FINE. ON THE DATE OF INCIDENT, I PULLED INTO A GAS STATION TO REFUEL, SHUT THE CAR OFF, FILLED THE CAR APPROX. TO 3/4 TANK. I STARTED THE CAR, IT RAN ROUGH THEN DIED. I COULD NOT START IT AGAIN. I TOWED IT TO A MECHANIC FRIEND AND HE LOOKED AT IT. AFTER MUCH INVESTIGATION HE FOUND THAT THE SPARK PLUGS IN CYL. 6 HAD BEEN HIT BY THE PISTON AND BENT THE SPARK PLUG ELECTRODES CLOSED. HE REGAPPED THEM, RE-INSTALLED THEM, STARTED THE ENGINE, SAME RESULT. THIS IS THE 5.7L HEMI V8. *TR