2005 DODGE MAGNUM Complaints

CAR WAS CHANGING GEAR BY ITS SELF SO THEY REBUILD MY TRANS CHANGE MY CATALYTIC CONVERTER SAME PROBLEM NOW ITS SUCK IN PARK AND CANNOT MOVE I CALL THEY RECALL LINE 1800 853 1403 BECAUSE I SAY A RECALL ONLINE FOR MY 2005 DODGE MAGNUM 2.7L V6 BUT THEY SAY THEY NO RECALL CAN SOMEONE HELP ME. *TR

REAR HATCH OFTEN CLOSES SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. ON AT LEAST ONE OCCASION, IT HAS STUCK SOMEONE IN THE HEAD AS HE WAS UNLOADING GROCERIES. MINOR INJURIES LIMITED TO BRUISING. *TR

I WAS STOPPED BEHIND TRAFFIC AT A STOP LIGHT. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I GAVE THE VEHICLE SOME GAS. AT THAT TIME, MY FOOT SANK THROUGH THE PEDAL AS THE ENTIRE GAS PEDAL MECHANISM, NOT JUST THE PEDAL PAD, BUT THE ENTIRE MECHANISM BROKE OFF AND FELL TO THE FLOOR. I STOPPED THE CAR IMMEDIATELY APPLYING ALL BRAKES. I LOOKED BEHIND THE PEDAL AND IT APPEARED THE PLASTIC MOLDING ATTACHMENT HAD BROKEN OFF SHOWING A SHARED PIECE OF PLASTIC WHERE IT HAD BROKEN. AGAIN, THE ENTIRE PEDAL MECHANISM LAID THERE ON THE FLOOR WITH ONLY THE WIRING ATTACHED. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO HAD TO CHARGE A $99 DIAGNOSTIC TO LOOK AT THE PEDAL AND SAY YOU NEED A COMPLETE NEW PEDAL. THE ADDITIONAL PEDAL WILL COST $249 PLUS LABOR. I STILL CANT IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE MAGNUM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING, THE GEAR SHIFT SELECTOR WOULD NOT MOVE FROM THE PARK POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE INTERNAL TRANSMISSION SHIFTER MECHANISM WAS DEFECTIVE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE COMPONENT AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,418 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 38,430. UPDATED 09/28/10 *BF UPDATED 10/01/10*JB

THE COMPUTER SYSTEM THAT CONTROLS THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE SYSTEM WENT OUT ON MY CAR, WHICH CAUSES THE CAR TO STOP ACCELERATING AND THEN BEGINNINGS TO COAST AT 5 MPH. WHEN AT RED LIGHTS OR STOP SIGNS THE ENGINE STARTS TO ACCELERATE AUTOMATICALLY DUE TO THE MALFUNCTION OF THE COMPUTER. WHEN I TOOK MY CAR TO A DODGE DEALERSHIP THEY INFORM ME THAT THERE WAS A NATIONWIDE BACK ORDER FOR THIS PART. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE MAGNUM. WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEED HE NOTICED A NOISE IN THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. WHEN HE EXAMINED THE VEHICLE HE NOTICED THAT THE FRONT BALL JOINT TENSION STRUTS WERE LOOSE. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE FRONT BALL JOIN TENSION STRUT. THE MANUFACTURER EXPEDITED THE TENSION STRUT TO THE DEALER TO ASSIST THE CONTACT WITH THE REPAIR. CASE 19616527 WAS FILED WITH THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 37,000. UPDATED 09/22/10. *LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO THE TENSION STRUT ON THE LEFT FRONT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE TENSION STRUT HAS A BALL JOINT CONNECTION ON ONE END. THE BALL JOINT ON HIS VEHICLE WAS LOOSE AND FATIGUED. IT WOULD RATTLE AT LOW SPEEDS. UPDATED 09/23/10

LOCKED IN PARK, SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED, ONLY HAS 37000 MILE, SHIFTER WAS REPLACED IN JUNE 08, 22000 MILES. *TR

THINGS SUCH AS HAIR, LIQUIDS, DUST, DIRT AND OTHER DEBRIS FALLS DOWN INTO THE GEAR SHIFTER OF THE DODGE MODEL CARS CAUSES SHIFTER PROBLEMS. THE GEAR SHIFTER WILL LOCK IN PARK, AND WILL NOT MOVE TO ANY OF THE OTHER GEARS. DODGE SERVICE DEPARTMENT MANAGER CONFIRMS THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN ALL OF THE DODGE MODEL CARS. THE ONLY WAY TO CORRECT THE FAILURE PERMANENTLY IS TO REPLACE THE GEAR SHIFTER. THIS CAN COST ANYWHERE FROM THE LOW END OF $325 TO HIGH END $425 INCLUDING PARTS AND LABOR. TO FORCE THE CAR TO SHIFT GEARS YOU WILL HAVE TO MANUALLY REMOVE THE CONSOLE OVER THE SHIFTER AND MANUALLY SHIFT WHICH USES THE GEARS FROM UNDER THE DASHBOARD. THIS IS NOT THE WAY A CAR DESIGNED TO DRIVE AND IS NOT SAFE TO SHIFT GEARS FROM THE DASHBOARD. THERE ARE FORUMS ONLINE REGARDING THIS FAILURE IN ADDITION TO OTHER CONSUMER COMPLAINTS. PLEASE VISIT HTTP://WWW.LXFORUMS.COM/BOARD/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?P=1538277. *TR

OVER BUMPS ON SLOW SPEED FRONT SUSPENSION WOULD MAKE A CLUNK. HAD IT LOOKED AT DEALER REPLACED TIEROD ENDS. CLUNK STILL THERE. TENSION STRUTS WERE THEN INSPECTED AND REPLACED ALONG WITH SWAY BAR BUSHINGS AT OWN EXPENSE. CLUNK GONE. UNDER 30,000 MILES ON CAR. *TR

WITH MY FULL ATTENTION ON THE CARGO BEING REMOVED FROM VEHICLE, THE REAR LIFTGATE STRUTS FAILED SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING LIFTGATE TO FALL ON MY HEAD AND NECK. THE LIFTGATE IS APPROXIMATELY 125 POUNDS AND LEVERAGED TO ACCELERATE DURING CLOSING. THE LIFTGATE STRUTS ARE INSUFFICIENTLY SIZED FOR THE APPLICATION AND NO FAIL SAFE EXISTS TO PREVENT FREE FALL. THE LATCH MECHANISM STRUCK ME DIRECTLY ON THE SPINE AT THE BASE OF THE SKULL CAUSING TEMPORARY UNCONSCIOUSNESS. THIS COULD EASILY BE A FATAL IMPACT, ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNG CHILDREN, INFANTS OR THE ELDERLY. REPLACEMENT STRUTS ARE EXPENSIVE AND WILL SIMPLY FAIL AGAIN. THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE TO REPAIR THESE DEFECTS REGARDLESS OF WARRANTY OR MILEAGE. *TR