2005 DODGE MAGNUM Complaints

WE HAVE HAD THIS STALLING ISSUE FOR YEARS. WE ARE THE ONLY OWNER OF OUR 2005 DODGE MAGNUM WITH A HEMI. WE KNOW THIS CAR. I FILLED UP AT GAS STATION A COUPLE MONTHS AGO & RIGHT AFTER FILL UP PULLED INTO THE FREEWAY AND THE CAR DIED..TOOK A FEW TRIES TO RESTART THEN RESTARTED, AND THIS OCCURS EVERY TIME YOU FILL THE GAS TANK. I HAVE REPORTED THIS BEFORE AND TALKED WITH DODGE BUT OUR VIN NUMBER IS NOT COVERED. WHY IS DODGE NOT MAKING GOOD ON THE INVESTIGATION DONE BY THE NHTSA. WE HAVE THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM AND REQUIRE THE SAME EXACT FIX AND THEY STILL REFUSE TO COVER THE FAULTY TANK DESIGN. IT WILL COST OVER 2K TO GET THIS FIXED. WHY ARE SOME CARS COVERED AND OTHER CARS ARE NOT COVERED? WHY DO WE HAVE TO WAIT YEARS FOR THIS TO GET RESOLVED? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE MAGNUM. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V354000 (AIR BAGS). HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

JUST AFTER FILLING UP AT THE GAS STATION I STARTED THE VEHICLE PUT IT IN DRIVE AND STARTED TO PROCEED MAKING IT ABOUT 10 FEET WHEN THE CAR STALLED CAUSING ME TO LOOSE MY POWER BRAKES AND STEERING. I PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. AGAIN I PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE AND STARTED TO PROCEED ONTO THE ROAD WHEN MY VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN CAUSING ME TO LOSE MY POWER STEERING AND CROSS OVER THE YELLOW LINE INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC...., LUCKILY THE CAR APPROACHING ME SWERVED TO MISS MY VEHICLE WHICH WOULD HAVE HIT HIM HEAD ON. I THEN PROCEEDED TO THE EXPRESSWAY THINKING THAT MAYBE MY INJECTORS OR SOMETHING GOT CLOGGED DURING THE FILL UP SO I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE IF I WERE TO GET THE VEHICLE GOING FASTER MAKING MORE FUEL GO THRU THE FUEL SYSTEM AND INJECTORS THAT MAYBE WHATEVER IT WAS WOULD UNCLOG IT., THIS WAS DEFINITELY A BAD IDEA NOW EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE DID ACCELERATE UP TO 65 MPG IT THEN DECIDED TO STALL AGAIN CAUSING ME TO LOOSE MY POWER BRAKES AND POWER STEERING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE BERM AND RESTART IT LUCKILY NOT CAUSING ANY ACCIDENTS AND NURSED THE VEHICLE HOME HAVING IT STALL 6 MORE TIMES. I GOT HOME AND GOOGLED MY PROBLEM TO FIND THAT SIMILAR DODGE AND CHRYSLER VEHICLES WITH THE SAME YEARS AND MOTORS AND FUEL SYSTEM WERE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. THESE CARS WERE THE 2006 CHARGERS AND ALSO THE CHRYSLER 300. IT SEEMS THAT THERE ALREADY SEEMS TO BE AN OPEN CASE (# PE13-016) FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM. I CALLED THE DODGE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY SAID THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO FOR MY VEHICLE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND..., THIS IS THE SAME ENGINE AND FUEL SYSTEM AS THE OTHER CARS THAT WERE MENTIONED IN THE OTHER CASE AND I'M EXPERIENCING THE SAME LIFE THREATENING PROBLEMS AS THOSE OTHER VEHICLES IN QUESTION. DODGE KNOWS THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THE MAGNUM R/T BUT IS DOING NOTHING TO FIX IT. IT'S A SHAME. *TR

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

TRANSMISSION FLY WHEEL TEETH WAS BROKEN ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FLY WHEEL CAUSE IT TO START FUNNY AND MISS STARTING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 DODGE MAGNUM. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE GAUGES ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FLICKERED AND SMOKE STARTED TO EMIT FROM THE DASHBOARD. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000.

FILLED UP GASTANK WENT 5OR6 MILES CAR STALLED WOULD RESTART THEN STALL WITH IN A MILE RAN FINE ABOVE 30MPH CLEARED UP AFTER15-20 MILES I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A ISSUE WITH THIS JUST PURCHASED THIS AUTO ON 11/7 2014. *TR

MY 2005 DODGE MAGNUM R/T BURNED THROUGH THE UNIBODY FRAME RAILS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS. THIS CAUSED THE FRAME TO DEVELOP RUST PERFORATIONS. DAMAGE IS THE SAME ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CAR, CONCENTRATED WHERE THE EXHAUST MANIFOLDS MEET THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS. THIS IS A DIFFICULT AREA TO SEE, LET ALONE INSPECT DUE TO TIGHT CONFINES AND HEAT FROM THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. IT WAS FOUND WHILE CHANGING THE OIL DIPSTICK TUBE. THE REST OF THE CAR IS EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN AND HAS NEVER BEEN UNDERCOATED, IN AN ACCIDENT OR WINTER DRIVEN. NUMEROUS TECHNICIANS LOOKED AT THE PROBLEM AT CHRYSLER AND INDEPENDENT GARAGES. ALL OF THEM AGREED THE PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY HEAT FROM THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS BURNING AWAY THE FACTORY RUST PROTECTION AND THEN ACCELERATING RUSTING OF THIS STRUCTURAL AREA. THE CHRYSLER DEALER BODYSHOP QUOTED OVER $8000 TO REPLACE THE ROTTED FRAME RAILS, MOSTLY LABOR BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE TO REMOVE THE ENGINE, TRANSMISSION, EXHAUST, FRONT SUBFRAME AND MUCH OF THE INTERIOR. THE CHRYSLER DEALER SERVICE MANAGER SENT IN A REPORT TO HIS DISTRICT SERVICE REP. I ALSO FILED A REPORT WITH CHRYSLER CUSTOMER CARE, CASE FILE NUMBER 25844173. THEY INFORMED ME THAT SINCE THE PROBLEM WAS NOT CHRONIC WITH MAGNUMS AND THE CAR WAS PAST ITS 3-YEAR RUST PERFORATION WARRANTY THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR THE CAR OR HELP WITH REPAIR COSTS. THIS IS A MAJOR STRUCTURAL DEFECT WITH THE FRAME OF THE CAR, NOT A MERE RUST HOLE IN A BODY PANEL! I SUSPECT THE PROBLEM MAY BE FOUND IN OTHER CHRYSLER LX-BODY MODELS OF 2005 MODEL YEAR. OUT OF CONCERN FOR THE SAFETY OF THESE VEHICLES I WALKED AROUND A LOCAL JUNKYARD AND FOUND A 2005 MODEL CHRYSLER 300 STARTING TO SHOW CORROSION PROBLEMS IN THE SAME FRAME AREAS ADJACENT TO THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS. I HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTING AND PHOTOGRAPHING ALL OF THIS. *TR

2005 DODGE MAGNUM SE WILL RANDOMLY STALL AT STOP.CURRENTLY THIS YEAR 2014 CAR IS STALLING AT EVERY STOP OR IDLE.IT WILL ALSO RANDOMLY SHUT OFF ON THE HIGHWAY. I HAVE HAD THE THROTTLE BODY CLEANED THEN REPLACED ALONG WITH VARIOUS SENSORS AND PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO MULTIPLY SHOPS AND NO FIX.WHEN THE STALL OCCURS NO CODE WILL COME UP BUT I WILL GET THE LIGHTENING BOLT LIGHT ON DASH COME ON BUT WILL GO AWAY ONCE THE CAR IS OFF AND THEN TURNED ON. ONCE CAR IS TURNED OFF IT WILL WORK NORMAL UNTIL AT STOP OR SOMETIME ON HIGHWAY AGAIN. *TR

WE HAVE A 2005 DODGE MAGNUM. THE CAR WOULD STALL AND SHUT OFF. WE HAD THE FUEL PUMP REPLACED, INSTEAD OF A RECALL, THEY CHANGED IT OUT WITH A LIFETIME WARRANTY ON THE FUEL PUMP. THE PROBLEM IS, THE FUEL PUMP HASN'T WORKED, IT'S MADE MY CAR WORSE. AFTER WAITING 5 MONTHS FOR A REPLACEMENT, MY CAR STILL DOESN'T WORK. I CANNOT DRIVE THE CAR, IT'S WAY TOO DANGEROUS. I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THERE WASN'T A RECALL. I HAVE READ PLENTY OF BLOGS ONLINE AND THERE ARE OTHERS OUT THERE THAT THIS HASN'T WORKED FOR EITHER. RE OPEN THE [XXX] CASE AND GET OUR CARS FIXED. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR