2005 DODGE MAGNUM Complaints

ON 5/31/2010 I DROVE OUR 2005 DODGE MAGNUM 2.7 ENGINE TO THE MALL WITH MY DAUGHTERS. UPON LEAVING THE MALL WE ENTERED THE VEHICLE. I THEN STARTED THE VEHICLE AND PROCEEDED TO PLACE THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO DRIVE. I FOUND THE OVERRIDE SWITCH AND IT DID NOT WORK EITHER. WE ENDED UP HAVE TO CALL TOW TRUCK AND MY CHILDREN AND I HAD TO FIND TRANSPORTATION HOME. A MECHANIC WAS ABLE TO LOOK IN THE GEAR BOX AND HE POINTED OUT THE THERE IS A DESIGN FLAW WHICH ALLOWS THE SHIFT PIECE TO LOCK ITSELF IN PLACE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOCK ITSELF IN THE PARK POSITION. HE WAS ABLE TO RIG THE VEHICLE SO THAT IT CAN BE DRIVEN BUT ONLY IF I DON'T PUT IT IN PARK. WHICH MEANS I MUST PARK THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND MAKE SURE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IS ON. *TR

BOTH HOOD AND REAR LIFTGATE STRUTS HAVE FAILED INDEPENDENTLY OF EACH OTHER. THE REAR GRADUALLY FAILED. THE HOOD STRUTS FAILED SUDDENLY CAUSING THE HOOD TO FALL ON MY HEAD AND NECK. *TR

ENGINE HAS RANDOM ROUGH IDLE AND DIES AND/OR LOSES SIGNIFICANT POWER (TOP SPEED OF UNDER 40 MPH WHEN ENTERING HIGHWAY.) MOST PREVALENT AFTER FILLING GAS TANK OR HARD BRAKING/ACCELERATION. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATES AND STORES ENGINE MISFIRE CODE. CAM SENSOR HAS BEEN ADJUSTED BUT PROBLEM PERSISTS. *TR

DRIVER'S SIDE INNER TIE ROD FAILURE CAUSING TIRE TO WEAR AND PREMATURELY FAIL. *TR

BOTH HYDRAULIC STRUTS FOR HOOD AND REAR LID, WORN OUT AND WITHOUT ANY NOTICE, WILL FAIL HITTING ANYONE IN THE HEAD. SHOULD BE A RECALL CAR HAS 15K MILES ON 05 MAGNUM R/T. SHOCKS SHOULD LAST LONGER SINCE BOTH ARE NOT OPENED ON A REGULAR BUSINESS. SPECIALLY WITH COLD WEATHER. *TR

2005 DODGE MAGNUM, VEHICLE LOCKS UP IN PARK AND CANNOT BE MOVED, HAS TO BE TOWED. THE DEALER KNOWS ABOUT THE SHIFT PROBLEM BUT IT IS NOT ON A RECALL. I HAVE READ THE DODGE FORUM AND THERE ARE 19 CASES ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM. DEPENDING WHERE YOU GO IT COSTS $250-$600. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL. *TR

MY ABS LIGHTS CAME ON OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST YEAR 5 DIFFERENT TIMES AND WENT OUT WITHOUT REPAIR WORK. THE LIGHTS FINNALLY CAME ON AND WOULD NOT GO OUT. I REPLACED THE ABS CONTROLLER WITHOUT ISSUE, HOWEVER I AM THE CURIOUS TYPE. I OPENED THE CONTROLLER BOX TO EXAMINE (POST MORTEM IF YOU WILL) AND FOUND A CLASSIC CASE OF NON-LEAD SOLDER TIN WHISKER GROTH SHORTING OUT SEVERAL POINTS ON THE BOARD. THE LINKS BELOW ARE SEVERAL PICTURES OF THE TIN WHISKERS THAT ARE CLASSIC IN NON-LEAD SOLDER. THE LINKS BELOW THE PICS ARE SOME DETAILS ON TIN WHISKER INFO. HTTP://I403.PHOTOBUCKET.COM/ALBUMS/PP120/BIGJIM195944/DSC02608.JPG HTTP://I403.PHOTOBUCKET.COM/ALBUMS/PP120/BIGJIM195944/DSC02609.JPG HTTP://IEEEXPLORE.IEEE.ORG/XPLORE/LOGIN.JSP?URL=HTTP://IEEEXPLORE.IEEE.ORG/IEL5/4147209/4141004/04147278.PDF%3FISNUMBER%3D4141004%26PROD%3DCNF%26ARNUMBER%3D4147278%26ARST%3D398%26ARED%3D403%26ARAUTHOR%3DSOSIATI%252C%2BH.%253B%2BKUWANO%252C%2BN.%253B%2BHATA%252C%2BS.%253B%2BIWANE%252C%2BY.%253B%2BMORIZONO%252C%2BY.%253B%2BOHNO%252C%2BY.&AUTHDECISION=-203 HTTP://MAE.PENNNET.COM/ARTICLES/ARTICLE_DISPLAY.CFM?SECTION=ARTCL&ARTICLE_ID=238657&VERSION_NUM=2&P=32

MY WIFE NOTICED THE FRONT DRIVER AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON, WE TOOK IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP TO GET FIXED, TOLD ME IT WAS THE CLOCK SPRING UNDER THE SEAT. ASKED ME IF WE PUT ANYTHING UNDER THE SEAT AND I SAID NO. A FEW DAYS LATER, CAME BACK ON, TOOK IT BACK, SAID THEY FIXED IT AGAIN. WIFE DROVE OFF THE LOT AND HAD TO TURN BACK AROUND BECAUSE THE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. LEFT CAR WITH THEM OVERNIGHT AGAIN, NEXT DAY PICKED IT UP AND APPROX TWO MONTHS LATER LIGHT HAS COME BACK ON AND PRETTY MUCH STAYS ON. I TOLD THEM THAT I MOVE THE FRONT SEAT BACK WHEN I DRIVE THE CAR AS I AM MUCH TALLER THAN MY WIFE. SOMETIMES THE LIGHT GOES OFF FOR A WHILE BUT THEN COMES BACK ON. I AM IN FEAR THAT THE AIR BAG WILL NOT DEPLOY IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT ! I HAVE LOOKED ONLINE AND I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM. I HAD TO PAY THE FIRST TIME I SUPPOSINGLY HAD IT FIXED BUT THE DEALERSHIP HAD MY CAR OVERNIGHT ON TWO OCCASIONS AND STILL I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. FOR SOME REASON NO ONE CAN TELL ME IF THE AIR BAG WILL DEPLOY IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY WHEN THE LIGHT IS ON. PLEASE- PLEASE, HELP ME GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF. *CN

MY CAR WAS DOING FINE UNTIL I WENT TO BACK UP AND IT WOULDN'T COME OUT OF PARK. I HAD NEVER HAD IT HAPPEN BEFORE. I COULDN'T GET IT OUT OF PARK. NO WARNING LIGHTS AND NO NOISE JUST WOULDN'T COME OUT OF PARK. THE SHIFTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. A SHIFTER ASSEMBLY NEEDED REPLACED

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE MAGNUM. THE REAR HATCH FELL AND HIT THE CONTACT ON THE BACK WHILE SHE WAS TAKING THINGS OUT THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE REAR HATCH WOULD NOT STAY IN THE UPRIGHT LOCKED POSITION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. ONE WEEK LATER, THE CONTACT OPENED THE HOOD AND IT WOULD NOT STAY UP. A LOCAL DEALER REPAIRED THE HOOD AND REPLACED THE SHOCKS. THE HATCH HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS UNHAPPY BECAUSE SHE HAD TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 32000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30000. UPDATED 06/16/10