2006 DODGE MAGNUM Complaints

I HAD BOUGHT THE CAR IN JANUARY 2015 AND HAD THE CAR SERVICED AT DODGE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE CAR (2006 DODGE MAGNUM SXT) DID NOT HAVE ANY ISSUES UPON A 23 POINT INSPECTION ON 2/7/2015. THE CAR BEGAN TO LEAK FLUID, I TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER ON 2/14/2015 AND THE LEAK COULD NOT BE IDENTIFIED AND WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT NO LEAKS WERE PRESENT. ON THE DATE IN QUESTION, I WAS DRIVING BETWEEN SPEEDS OF 30 AND 45 AS THE CAR WAS SHAKING TOWARDS THE BACK WHEELS. AFTER COMING TO A STOP AT A LIGHT AND COMMENCING TO DRIVE AGAIN, THE DRIVE SHAFT OF THE CAR BROKE OFF AND I STOPPED THE CAR IMMEDIATELY. UPON REPORTING THIS TO THE DEALER I WAS INFORMED THAT THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN WITH THE DODGE MAGNUM AND THIS IS AN ODD OCCURRENCE. THE CAR WAS MISDIAGNOSED TWICE BUT MORE THAN THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAVE SOMEONE FROM GETTING HURT AS THIS COULD A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION HAD THE CAR BEEN OPERATING AT HIGHER SPEEDS AS THE DRIVE TRAIN SEPARATED FROM THE DIFFERENTIAL WITH GREAT FORCE. *TR

WHEN WANTING TO INDICATE A RIGHT TURN, THE SIGNAL INDICATED LEFT AND VICE-VERSA. THIS IS INTERMITTENT, BUT DANGEROUS. IT DID NOT HAPPEN OFTEN, LEADING ME TO THINK IT STOPPED, BUT IS GETTING MORE FREQUENT. ALSO, KEY WILL NOT TURN OVER ENGINE INTERMITTENTLY. *TR

AFTER FILLING THE FUEL TANK CAR HAS BEEN STALLING, SHUTTING OFF ON ME. BEEN READING ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND SEEMS TO BE THE FUEL TANK CALLED THE DEALER THAT WASN'T MUCH HELP. JUST BOUGHT THE CAR ABOUT A MONTH AGO HAPPENS EVERY TIME I FILL UP. *TR

MY CAR FALLS UNDER THE GAS TANK REPLACEMENT PROGRAM BUT THE DEALERS KEEP PUTTING OFF THE REPLACEMENT STATING NO PARTS AVAILABILITY. I WAS RECENTLY NEARLY HIT WHILE MAKING A LEGAL U TURN WHEN THE CAR STALLED TWICE LEAVING ME SIDEWAYS ACROSS 2 LANES OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I DO NOT WANT TO SELL MY CAR BUT THE SITUATION IS SCARY ENOUGH FOR ME TO PARK THE CAR. BUT WAITING A YEAR FOR THE PART IS RIDICULOUS. *TR

2 ISSUES: 1) THE CAR STALLS (ENGINE CUTS OFF) SPORADICALLY. IT RESTARTS WITHOUT HESITATION BUT THE STALLS ARE DURING TRANSIT WHICH IS VERY DANGEROUS IN TRAFFIC. I SEE A LOT OF INSTANCES WHERE THIS COMPLAINT HAS BEEN REPORTED BUT I DON'T SEE ANY RECALLS ON THIS ISSUE. 2) WHEN SOMEONE IS SITTING ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT WITH THE SEAT BELT BUCKLED, THE SEATBELT WARNING LIGHT AND CHIMING CONTINUOUSLY BLINK AND SOUNDS. ALSO, ALL THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD BLINKS SIMULTANEOUSLY PERIODICALLY. NOT SURE IF THAT IS RELATED BUT I DON'T SEE ANY RECALLS CONCERNING THIS. I WILL BE REPORTING THESE TO THE MEDIA FOR ASSISTANCE IN GETTING THESE ISSUES ADDRESSED WITH MY VEHICLE. *TR

HAD FILLED UP GAS TANK, UPON PULLING OUT EXPERIENCED ENGINE HESITATION AND LACK OF POWER. A FEW MINUTES LATER WHILE PASSING THOUGH A MAJOR INTERSECTION WITH 3 CHILDREN IN CAR, VEHICLE STALLED, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND OF COURSE ANY MEANS OF PROPULSION. THE VEHICLE STARTED AGAIN BUT STALLED THREE MORE TIMES BEFORE RETURNING HOME. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS SITUATION WHICH CAN ENDANGER LIVES IN A HIGH SPEED AND HIGH TRAFFIC SITUATION. *TR

CAR STALLS AFTER FUELING RENDERING ALL POWER ASSISTED FEATURES USELESS..IE: POWER STEERING & POWER BRAKES. WIFE AND KIDS ALMOST REAR ENDED IN NORMAL TRAFFIC AND T-BONED WHEN TURNING LEFT IN INTERSECTION!!!!!!! PLEASE HELP!!!!!! *TR

AFTER REFUELING MY 2006 DODGE MAGNUM STALLED REPEATEDLY. RESTARTING THE CAR WAS VERY DIFFICULT. MOST OF THE STALLING EPISODES OCCURRED WHEN THE CAR WAS AT A STANDSTILL OR MOVING AT 5 MPH OR LESS. IT ALSO STUMBLED BADLY WHEN DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH. ONE OF HE STALLING EPISODES LEFT ME STRANDED FOR A SHORT WHILE IN A BUSY INTERSECTION CAUSING A TRAFFIC JAM AND CREATING A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE MAGNUM. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V354000 (AIR BAGS). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE DEALER DID NOT GIVE A SPECIFIC DATE WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DELAY. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

AFTER FUELING CAR TO NEAR THE FULL MARK I WAS ATTEMPTING TO ENTER THE TRAFFIC FLOW ON INTERSTATE 75 AT OCALA. THE CAR LOST POWER AND THE ENGINE DIED ( NO POWER BRAKES OR STEERING) ATTEMPTED TO RESTART CAR IN NEUTRAL WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF CAR. TRAFFIC WAS RUNNING 70MPH AND I WAS MERGING INTO THE TRAFFIC FLOW. THE CAR WOULD NOT RESTART ACTING AS IF FLOODED. LUCKILY I WAS DRIVING AND NOT MY WIFE WHO HAS MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY AS SHE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONTROL THE CAR. MY RESEARCH INDICATES THE PROBLEM IS KNOWN BY DODGE AND IS RELATED TO A PURGE VENT VALVE IN THE FUEL TANK. IT SEEMS THE VELVET STICKS OPEN AND ALLOWS GAS , NOT JUST THE FUMES TO BE RECIRCULATED TO THE THROTTLE BODY (INTAKE) AND FLOODS THE ENGINE. DODGE STATES THIS PROBLEM CAN AFFECT ALL DODGE CHARGER, MAGNUM AND 300 MODEL CARS. IT REQUIRES A FUEL TANK REPLACEMENT AS THE PURGE VALVE IS INCORPORATED INTO THE TANK ITSELF. *TR