2006 DODGE MAGNUM Complaints

THE CAR RUNS ERRATICALLY OR STALLS AFTER FILLING THE GAS TANK ALL THE WAY UP. THIS ONLY LASTS FOR A FEW MILES AND THEN THE CAR RUNS FINE. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS A KNOWN ISSUE AND THERE WAS A TSB ISSUED, BUT NO RECALL. IF I STOP FILLING A FEW GALLONS BEFORE THE TANK IS FULL, THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS. I WAS RECENTLY TOLD THAT CHRYSLER WAS EXTENDING THE WARRANTIES ON THESE TANKS (PE13016), BUT WAS TOLD BY MY DEALER THAT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY DOES NOT APPLY TO MY CAR, BUT COULDN'T TELL ME WHY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE MAGNUM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE MERGING INTO TRAFFIC AT 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. ADDITIONALLY, THE VEHICLE WOULD SPORADICALLY STALL WHEN THE FUEL TANK WAS FILLED TO CAPACITY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMED, WHICH LOCATED THE FAILURE AT THE COMPUTER CENTRAL SYSTEM. THE COMPUTER WAS REPLACED HOWEVER THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT NHTSA ACTION NUMBER PE13016 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE) WAS NOT HONORED UNDER WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 102,000.

HAD JUST FILLED FUEL TANK AND VEHICLE STALLED BEFORE GETTING OUT OF GAS STATION DRIVEWAY. I WAS COMING TO A STOP AS EXITING STATION AND WHILE BRAKING (ALMOST AT A FULL STOP), EXPERIENCED A QUICK ENGINE SURGE AND THEN ENGINE STALLED. LUCKILY I WAS AT A STOP, SHIFTED TO PARK AND RESTARTED VEHICLE. THE SAME THING HAPPENED LESS THAN A MILE AWAY AS I WAS MAKING A RIGHT TURN, WITHOUT POWER STEERING THE VEHICLE WAS NOW STALLED IN THE ONCOMING LANE. I CAME TO A FULL STOP, SHIFTED TO PARK AND RESTARTED AGAIN. LUCKILY I WAS LESS THAN A MILE FROM MY OFFICE AND JUST PARKED VEHICLE THERE. THE SAME THING HAPPENED WHEN I LAST FILLED MY TANK (APPROX 10 DAYS AGO), STALLING SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE I COULD GET OUT OF THE COSTCO PARKING LOT. ON THAT OCCASION, I CONGESTED TRAFFIC FOR SEVERAL MINUTES WHILE WAITING FOR THE VEHICLE TO RESTART AND HEAD HOME. IT DIDN'T OCCUR AGAIN DURING THE SUBSEQUENT DAYS, BUT TODAY I FUELED UP AGAIN AND GOT THE EXACT SAME ISSUE - SO IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING RELATED TO THE FUELING PROCESS. I'VE HAD THE VEHICLE SINCE IT WAS BRAND NEW AND THIS IS A NEW ISSUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE MAGNUM WITH 71,173 MILES. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT ANY SPEEDS THE VEHICLE WILL STALL. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT WHEN FILLING UP THE VEHICLE THAT WOULD ALSO TO CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO STALL. THIS FAILURE HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE LAST YEAR. THE CONTACT HAD CONTACTED THE DEALER ABOUT THIS FAILURE AND WAS TOLD THAT DEFECT INVESTIGATION PE13016 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE) WILL BE RECALLED IN THE FUTURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. BL UPDATED 05/28/14*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER ADVISED THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. UPDATED 05/30/2014 *JS

ON MULTIPLE OCASSIONS, DURING THE RE-FUELING OPERATION UP TO FULL LEVEL, THE VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT. NO TROUBLE CODES ARE STORED. AFTER RESTART, AND WHILE DRIVING AWAY THE VEHICLE MAY UNEXPECTEDLY STALL-OUT ON ONE OR MORE OCASSIONS WHILE STOPPED IN GEAR, OR AT SLOW SPEED OR WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP AFTER THE REFUELING HAS TAKEN PLACE. WHEN THE CAR STALLS OUT WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLES BEHIND YOU DO NOT KNOW THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE AND NEAR ACCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED. ADDITIONALLY, IF ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, CROSS TRAFFIC ALSO DOES NOT KNOW THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH YOUR CAR, AND NEAR ACCIDENTS HAVE AGAIN ALMOST OCCURRED BECUASE YOU HAVE NOT CLEARED OUT OF THE INTERSECTION AT THE RATE/TIMING THAT THE OTHER DRIVER WOULD HAVE REASONABLY EXPECTED. THESE UNEXPECTED STALLS MAY OCCUR UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT THE CAR HAS BURNED OFF SOME FUEL BY EITHER TIME OR BY HIGHER SPEEDS, BUT EVEN AT HIGHER SPEEDS YOU CAN STILL HAVE SOME HESITATION AND "SURGING". SITUATION OCCURS AFTER RE-FUELING UP TO FULL LEVEL ONLY, AND WITHOUT REGARD TO FUEL OCTANE LEVEL, WHETHER COLD OR HOT OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE OR ENGINE CONDITION. *TR

SITTING IDLE AT LIGHT CAD DIED. RESTARTED AND DROVE APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE AND CARD DIED AGAIN AFTER COMING TO STOP. RESTARTED AND DROVE INTO A PARKING LOT AND CAR DIED AGAIN WHEN TRYING TO PULL INTO PARKING STALL. RESTARTED AND THEN TURNED VEHICLE OFF TO WAIT FOR HELP. VEHICLE HAS VERY LOW MILES (50K +) AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN DEPENDABLE UNTIL NOW. DROVE VEHICLE TO LOCAL MECHANIC (BECAUSE DEALERSHIP ABOUT 25 MINUTES AWAY AND WAS CONCERNED ABOUT DEPENDABILITY). MECHANIC CONNECTED TO COMPUTER AND PERFORMED TWO ROAD TESTS BUT COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. HAVE CALLED DODGE AND LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND THEY ARE UNWILLING TO HELP. *TR

WHILE WAITING AT A TRAFFIC STOP THE VEHICLE STALLED. CRANKED IT TWICE AND GOT IT STARTED. ON THE NEXT LIGHT IT STALLED AGAIN WHEN SLOWING. THE GAS WAS AT 3/4 FULL. NEXT TIME, MY WIFE AND KIDS WERE ON THE FREEWAY WHEN THE CAR STALLED WHEN SLOWING TO STOP AT AN EXIT. DEEMED UNSAFE BUT REALIZED THE IT HAPPENED AFTER GAS WAS FILLED OR CLOSER TO FULL. HAPPENED A COUPLE MORE TIMES WITH THE LAST BEING ON 3/5/14. *TR

I RAN OUT OF FUEL ON MY WAY TO GAS STATION. CALLED AAA, THEY BROUGHT ME 1 GAL OF GAS. CAR STARTED FINE AND DROVE TO GAS STATION (4 MILES) WITH NO PROBLEMS. AFTER FILLING TANK CAR STALLED REPEATEDLY WHILE DRIVING ON STREET (5 OR 6 TIMES ON WAY HOME, MAYBE 5 MILES). PROBLEM OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE NEXT WEEK. NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN BEFORE. SINCE THIS TIME EVERYTIME I FILL THE GAS TANK THE PROBLEM RE-APPEARS AND CAR STALLS WHILE DRIVING OR AT STOP LIGHT. PROBLEM PERSISTS FOR A WEEK OR SO. ALSO, WHEN THE CAR STALLS AND THE ENGINE IS RE-STARTED THE TRANSMISSION WON'T ENGAGE FOR 10 TO 15 SECONDS AFTER SHIFTING INTO DRIVE. THIS PROBLEM SEEMS TO OCCUR THE MOST RIGHT AFTER I FILL UP AND GRADUALLY DISAPPEARS AS FUEL LEVEL GETS LOWER. AFTER A WEEK OR SO THE CAR RUNS FINE, NO STALLING. THE CAR IS NOT DRIVEN DAILY SO IT TAKES A WHILE TO BURN SOME OF THE GAS OUT. I'VE PROBABLY FILLED THE TANK 4 TIMES SINCE ORIGINAL ONSET OF PROBLEM. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE. *TR

AFTER FILLING THE CAR WITH GAS AND PULLING ONTO THE STATE HIGHWAY THE CAR MOTOR STOPPED RUNNING. IT STARTED BACK UP AND GOT UP TO AROUND 45 MPH THEN THE MOTOR STOPPED RUNNING AGAIN. AGAIN THE CAR STARTED BACK UP AND GOT UP TO AROUND 25 MPH AND THE MOTOR STOPPED RUNNING. THEN IT STARTED BACK UP, BUCKED ABOUT 15-20 TIMES AND GOT ME HOME. NEXT DAY THE CAR RAN FINE. FIVE DAYS LATER, FILLED THE CARS GAS TANK UP AGAIN AND PULLED INTO HEAVY TRAFFIC AND THE MOTOR STOPPED RUNNING, WAS ALMOST HIT BY A DUMP TRUCK. AGAIN THE CAR STARTED BACK UP GOT UP TO AROUND 35 MPH AND THE MOTOR STOPPED RUNNING. THIS HAS NOW BEEN HAPPENING AFTER EVERY REFILL. I DON'T TOP OFF THE TANK.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE MAGNUM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER DRIVING OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD, THE LOWER CONTROL ARM FRACTURED. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS CONFIRMED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.