2006 DODGE MAGNUM Complaints

MY HUSBAND WAS HAVING THE NEW 2006 DODGE MAGNUM FOR MAINTENANCE AND THE MECHANIC TOLD HIM THAT HIS PASSENGER'S SIDE TIE ROD WAS LOOSE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. NOW, THIS WAS VERY STRANGE, ESPECIALLY SINCE ITS WAS A 2006. MODEL. WHEN WE INQUIRED AT THE DODGE DEALER ABOUT THIS MISHAP THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM YET, BUT THEY HAD COMPLAINTS, PEOPLE WERE BRINGING THEIR CARS IN FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM. THE UNFORTUNATE THING WAS THAT PEOPLE WERE GOING ELSEWHERE TO HAVE IT FIXED BECAUSE IT WAS TOO COSTLY TO HAVE IT DONE AT THE DEALER. THE DEALER WANTED TO CHARGE FOR THE WHOLE RACK AND PINION INSTEAD OF JUST THE TIE ROD THAT WA SLOOSE. IT JUST SO HAPPENED THAT MY HUSBAND'S FRIEND HAD THE SAME VEHICLE AND HE TOO JUST PAID AN ARM AND LEG TO HAV THE TIE ROD FIXED, AND HIS TOO WA S A 2006. NOW, I DID NOT KNOW HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE OUT THERE HAVE BEEN HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM, BUT IT WAS TOO COINCIDENTAL. WHEN I WENT OUT RESEARCHING TO SEE HOW MUCH THIS WAS GOING TO COST, EVERY MECHANIC I SPOKE WITH ASKED THE SAME THING, AND IT WAS ONLY A 2006?" I AM STILL SHOPPING AROUND TO SEE WHO WILL FIX THIS PROBLEM FOR ME, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO KNOW. HOPEFULLY OTHERS WILL COMPLAIN AS I DID, AND WE COULD HAVE THIS PROBLEM REIMBURSED OR FIXED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. *AK

WHEN THE ESP (ELECTRONIC STABILIZATION PACKAGE) IS ENGAGED AND I AM PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC AND THE TIRES SLIP, AT ALL, THE THROTTLE RELEASES AND THE CAR GETS NO POWER AND WILL NOT ACCELERATE. THIS LASTS FOR APPROXIMATELY 3-5 SECOND. I HAVE TO TURN THE ESP OFF AS NOT TO GET HIT BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THIS WAS NORMAL EVEN THOUGH WILL I HAD IT IN TO BE CHECKED I DROVE A CHRYSLER 300 WITH ESP AND IT DID THIS BUT THE THROTTLE CONTROL CAME BACK WITHIN FRACTIONS OF A SECOND. NM

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE. THE ESP, ELECTRONIC STABILIZATION PACKAGE FAILED WHEN DRIVING AT 5 MPH. WHENTHE TIRE SLIPPED A LITTLE WHEN ACCELERATING, THE THROTTLE FAILED AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT MOVE FORWARD, BUT THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN. FOR APPROXIMATELY 3 TO 5 SECONDS THE THROTTLE WOULD NOT RELEASE GAS AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD. THE MECHANIC AND THE STAR ENGINEER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING NORMALLY. THE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 50 TIMES, AND OCCURRED EVERY TIME THE VEHICLEWAS DRIVEN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE BOTH 15,000. *AK UPDATED 03/19/07. *JB

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING HIS 2006 DODGE MAGNUM IF THE VEHICLE GOES OVER 30 MPH THE VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT EXCESSIVELY. THE CONTACT HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP(LUMS AUTO CENTER) TEN TIMES AND THEY HAVE ATTEMPTED TO RE-ALIGN THE VEHICLES FRONT END, AS WELL AS, CHANGING THE VEHICLES TIRES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SERVICE MANAGER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURED ON 01/03/07 TOLD THE MANUFACTURER THAT WERE NOT ABLE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE AND THEY NEEDED GUIDANCE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WILL GET BACK TO DEALERSHIP ONCE THEY RESEARCHED THE ISSUE ( CASE REFERENCE NUMBER 15849994). THE CONTACT CAN PROVIDE COPIES OF ALL HIS INVOICE REPAIRED IF NEEDED.

I PURCHASED A 2006 MAGNUM FROM LITHIA OF FAIRFIELD IN MAY OF THIS YEAR, 2006. THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING FINE FOR THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS (MAY-OCT) WITH THE ONLY DISTRACTION BEING ONE OF THE REAR WINDOWS OPERATED FINE FROM BOTH POWER SWITCHES FOR 90% OF THE TIME. I TOOK IT IN DURING ROUTINE WARRANTY SERVICE AND EXPLAINED TO ONE OF THE SERVICE MANAGERS BUT BECAUSE THE POWER WINDOW SWITCHES WERE OPERABLE THAT DAY I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO (THAT DIDN'T SIT TO WELL WITH ME, BUT I SHRUGGED IT OFF AND SAID OK). IN OCTOBER, A FEW OTHER INCIDENTS HAPPENED LIKE THE BLUE TOOTH QUIT COMMUNICATING WITH THE SYSTEM. I FIGURED TO WAIT UNTIL MY NEXT ROUTINE SERVICE MAINTENANCE TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT IN A FEW WEEKS. AROUND THE SAME TIME FRAME I NOTICED THE VEHICLE DID NOT SHIFT SMOOTHLY INTO REVERSE AND THAT WHILE SUSTAINING A STEADY HIGHWAY CRUISING SPEED THE VEHICLE WOULD FEEL LIKE IT WASN'T FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS IF I GRADUALLY INCREASED THE RPMS. I MADE NOTE AND ASKED TO HAVE THIS INVESTIGATE AT THE SAME TIME I WAS TAKING THE VEHICLE IN FOR THE SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE. UNFORTUNATELY (OR FORTUNATE, DEPENDING ON POINT OF VIEW OF SURVIVING A HIGHWAY ACCIDENT), THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE ON THE WAY TO WORK DRIVING ON A VERY, VERY BUSY AND DANGEROUS STRETCH OF ROAD WHERE THE AVERAGE SPEED IS ABOUT 75 MPH. THE FORTUNATE PART OF THIS BEING I WAS ABLE TO LIMP ALONG FOR ABOUT ONE HALF MILE ON NEWLY COMPLETED SHOULDER OF THE ROAD TO AN EXIT. I LITERALLY SHUDDER, WHICH SENDS CHILLS DOWN MY SPINE, TO THINK "WHAT IF MY WIFE HAD BEEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE?". *NM

THE VEHICLE SURGES BETWEEN 1500-3500 RPM'S AND SOMETIMES AT IDLE. THE PROBLEM COMES AND GOES AND IS OFTEN ACCOMPANIED BY PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTING. SOMETHIMES AT A STOP THE TRANS WILL NOT DOWN SHIFT AND WHEN I ACCELERATE AGAIN IT IS STUCK IN A HIGH GEAR WHICH HAS MANY TIMES CAUSED ME TO BE PUT IN DANGER WHILE PULLING INTO TRAFFIC, THE CAR WON'T ACCELERATE TO SPEED PROPERLY. IT IS UNERVING TO NEVER KNOW IF IT WILL DRIVE PROPERLY WITHOUT SHIFTING OR SURGING PROBLEMS. IT HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR 15,000 MILES AND I HAVE TAKEN IT INOT THE DEALER 6-7 TIMES AND THEY STILL HAVING FIXED ANYTHING, BECAUSE THERE IS NO CODE COMING UP FOR THEM.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT NO PARTICULAR SPEED, THE THROTTLE CONTROL LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THE VEHICLE DID NOT STALL, HOWEVER THE RPM'S NEVER EXCEEDED 1800. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. THE DEALER DETERMINED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL SENSOR NEEDED REPLACED. AFTER THE SENSOR WAS REPLACED, ANOTHER PROBLEM AROSE. DRIVING AT NO SPECIFIC SPEEDS, A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE IN THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. THE CONTACT DESCRIBED THE SOUND AS A MUFFLED EXPLOSION TYPE NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES FOR INSPECTION. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED AND NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT WOULD INVESTIGATE. UPDATED 03/03/06. *JB

I PURCHASED A 2005 DODGE MAGNUM RT IN MARCH OF 05. THE DASH/INSTRUMENT LIGHTS DIMMED NORMALLY TO A LEVEL SAFE FOR NIGHT TIME DRIVING. THEN I PURCHASED A 2006 MAGNUM IN OCT. 05. THE DASH LIGHTS DO NOT DIM TO THE SAME LEVEL AS THE 05 CAR. IN FACT, THEY DON'T DIM ANYWHERE CLOSE. THEY ARE SO BRIGHT ON THE LOWEST SETTING THAT I HAVE TO PUT A TOWEL OVER THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AT NIGHT WHICH THEN MAKES THE SPEEDOMETER (A REQUIRED PIECE OF EQUIPMENT) USELESS. THE DODGE COMPANY AND THE DEALER HAVE REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE A PROBLEM AND OR FIX IT. DODGE NEEDS TO HAVE A RECALL TO FIX THIS SAFETY PROBLEM. IF YOU TAKE A CELL PHONE AT NIGHT AND TURN IT ON SO THE PANEL IS ILLUMINATED, HOLD IT ABOUT 2 FEET FROM YOUR FACE, THAT IS HOW BRIGHT AT THE LOWEST SETTING THE INSTRUMENT LIGHTS ARE ON THIS CAR. I HAVE LOOKED AT OTHER MAGNUMS AND THEY ARE THE SAME. *NM

I HAVE A 2005 DODGE HEMI MAGNUM. JUST RECENTLY EVERYTIME I DRIVE IT WITH THE WINDOWS UP OR DOWN YOU CAN SMELL AN ENGULFING AMOUNT OF EXHAUST FUMES. I TOOK IT INTO UNDERWOOD DODGE (WOOSTER, OHIO), MADE THEM DRIVE WITH ME SO THEY COULD SMELL IT, AND THEY DID. THEY CALLED TODAY AND SAID THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. WELL THAT'S NICE I'M DRIVING AROUND WITH MYSELF, MY WIFE AND KIDS. ARE WE SOMEDAY GOING TO ARRIVE AT OUR DESTINATION WITH SOMEONE DEAD FROM THESE FUMES? WHEN THEY SMELLED THE SMELL HOW CAN THEY SAY THERE IS NOTHING WRONG? *JB