2005 DODGE MAGNUM Complaints

AFTER MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH CHRYSLER ASSOCIATES, AND MANY INTERNET SEARCHES...THERE IS AN ON GOING PROBLEM WITH THE 2005 DODGE MAGNUM AWD SYSTEMS. APPARENTLY DODGE USED A FRICTION DISK SETUP IN THE TRANSFER CASE, AFTER TIME THE LEFT OVER DEBRIS AND MINERALS CLOG THE DISKS AND CAUSE A HORRIBLE SHUTTER AT LOW SPEEDS DURING "PARKING LOT MANEUVERS." THIS ISSUE WAS RESOLVED IN LATER YEARS, BUT I SEE IT RIDICULOUS THAT JUST ABOUT EVERY 2005 AWD IS AFFECTED BY THIS AND THIS IS LISTED AS A TSB AND NOT A RECALL. SINCE DODGE WILL COVER THIS UNDER THEIR POWER TRAIN WARRANTY I SEE THIS AS A RIDICULOUS REQUEST TO MAKE PEOPLE PAY THE SERVICE CHARGE TO HAVE THE CLUTCH PACK REMOVED AND HAVE THE FLUIDS CHANGED, WHEN THE CHRYSLER CORPORATION FEELS IT WAS AND ISSUE ENOUGH TO COVER IT UNDER THERE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE MAGNUM. WHEN THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE EPS AND CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 63,000.

I TOOK MY DODGE MAGNUM INTO THE LARRY MILLER DODGE DEALERSHIP (AVONDALE DODGE WAS BROUGHT OUT BY LARRY MILLER DODGE WHO DID NOT KEEP RECORDS FROM THE PREVIOUS OWNERS). TO HAVE SOME WORKED DONE ON THE COIL. WHEN I GOT MY CAR BACK THE DASHBOARD WAS CRACKED. THEY STATED IT WAS SUN DAMAGE THAT OCCURRES MOST DODGE MAGNUMS AND REFUSED TO FIX IT. I CALLED DODGE WHO STOOD BEHIND THE DEALERSHIP AND REFUSED TO PAY TO HAVE IT FIXED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS 2005 DODGE MAGNUM AND STATED IT WAS COMMON IN 2005 DODGE MAGNUMS. THEY ALSO SUGGESTED THAT I SHOULD BUY A DASH COVER TO COVER THE DASHBOARD. *JS

I KEEP MY CAR MAINTIENCE. MY DODGE MAGNUM COMPLETELY STALLED ON ME AND I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO MY RESIDENCE. BOTH FUEL INJECTORS WENT BAD AND IT COST ME OVER $1000 TO FIX. *JS

THE ENGINE STALLS AFTER FILLING UP THE FUEL TANK. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR MANY YEARS. IT WILL STALL 2 OR 3 TIMES EVEN AT HIGHWAY SPEED. MOST OF THE TIME IT WILL DO IT IN TRAFFIC JUST AFTER GETTING FUEL. THIS TOOK US A WHILE TO FIGURE OUT. WE USED TO FILL UP ALL THE WAY AND NOW WE TRY TO STOP FILLING BEFORE IT IS FULL TO JUST AVOID THE PROBLEM. *TR

ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE VEHICLE, COULD NOT GET SHIFTER OUT OF PARK...COMPLETELY STUCK. LOOKED ON THE INTERNET ONLY TO FIND THOUSANDS OF OTHERS WITH SAME ISSUE. I .CALLED DEALER FOR APT, THEY KNEW RIGHT AWAY WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS...APPARENTLY AN ISSUE WITH DODGE CHALLENGER, MAGNUM AND CHRYSLER 300. TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE THAT I HAD TO PAY 378.00 AT THE DEALER FOR A KNOWN ISSUE...THE PINK THINGY IT IS CALLED. A PLASTIC PIECE THAT BREAKS...THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL, I COULD HAVE BEEN STRANDED WHO KNOWS WHERE...AND THE ADVISE ON THE INTERNET AS SELF REPAIR IS SCARY AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS. *TR

OUR 2005 DODGE MAGNUM RT HEMI. THE TOP RADIATOR HOSE CAME COMPLETELY OFF. DUMPING ALL THE COOLANT. NO SMELL OF COOLANT, NO WARNING ON THE DASH. NO CODES IN THE SYSTEM. WE PURCHASED THE CAR NEW FROM THE DEALER .WE HAVE DONE ALL THE SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE. WITH ONLY 63,000 MILES. A VERY BIG DISAPPOINTMENT. NOW THE ENGINE IS SEIZED. WHAT IS THE CAUSED THE RADIATOR HOSE TO COME OFF? A COOLING TSB THAT WE HAVEN'T NOTIFIED ABOUT FROM THE MANUFACTURE? WE HAVE NEVER RECEIVED A TSB FROM THE MANUFACTURE OR THE LOCAL DEALER WHERE THE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE MAGNUM. THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT INTERLOCK LEVER FRACTURED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR SERVICING AND THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

CHRYSLER VEHICLES, DODGE MAGNUM, DODGE CHARGER AND CHRYSLER 300 HAVE AN ISSUE THAT CAUSES THE SHIFTER TO GET STUCK IN PARK, AND WILL NOT SHIFT. THIS LEAVES MANY DRIVERS STRANDED CAUSES THEM TO NEED TOWING ASSISTANCE TO HAVE THE VEHICLE MOVED. I WAS STUCK AND NEEDED A TOW AND THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER INFORMED ME THAT MINE WAS THE SIXTH ONE HE HAD DONE THAT DAY. MY INSURANCE COMPANY INFORMED ME THAT THIS WAS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE CHRYSLER VEHICLES. THE ISSUE HAPPENS TO MANY VEHICLES MOST OF WHICH WERE NOT COVERED UNDER CHRYSLERS K39 RECALL. CHRYSLER DID SOME MANEUVERING TO GET OUT OF COVERING ALL THE CARS AFFECTED WITH THE ISSUE. THE ISSUE IS FOR A FAULTY PART IN THE SHIFTER ASSEMBLY OF CARS FROM 2005-2007. THEY GOT OUT OF COVERING ALL OF THE CARS BY NARROWING THE RECALL TO SPECIFIC VEHICLES MADE IN A SPECIFIC LOCATION INSTEAD OF COVERING ALL VEHICLES WITH THE FAULTY PART. KIND OF LIKE COMMITTING FRAUD. THEY SEEM TO BE ABLE TO GET AWAY WITH IT BECAUSE THERE ARE NO CHILD SAFETY OR DEATH RELATED ISSUES. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION (GEAR SHIFT) WAS STUCK IN PARK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND I, AS OWNER WAS NOTIFIED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON MY YEAR OF VEHICLE. THERE WAS A RECALL ON YEARS 2008-2010. THEN I HAD TO PAY $287.00 FOR LABOR COSTS AND $12.97 FOR THE PART. $301.01 TOTAL. I STRONGLY FEEL I SHOULD BE REIMBURSED. PLEASE CONTACT ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO RESOLVE THIS MATTER. I AM AN ELDERLY WOMAN AND I LIVE ON A FIXED INCOME. I FEEL THIS MATTER SHOULD FALL UNDER THE RECALL FOR SAFETY PURPOSES. *TR