2005 DODGE MAGNUM Complaints

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE TRANSMISSION JERKED VIOLENTLY INTO GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED PIECES OF THE METAL CLUTCH WERE THROUGHOUT THE TRANSMISSION. THE TORQUE CONVERTER, O-RING, AND PUMP WERE REPLACED. ONE MONTH LATER, THE PROBLEM RETURNED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE CONTACT IS UNAWARE OF THE REPAIRS BEING PERFORMED.

SUNROOF DOES NOT CLOSE PROPERLY. POPS OPEN WHEN ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE. THE FIRST INCIDENT, THE DEALER CLAIMS THAT THEY REPLACED MOTOR. THE SECOND INCIDENT, THEY CLAIM THAT THEY CALIBRATED IT. IT STILL POPS OPEN WHEN ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE THE SUNROOF. THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW DOES NOT ALWAYS WORK. THE FIRST INCIDENT, THE DEALER CLAIMS THAT THEY REPLACED THE MASTER SWITCH. THE SECOND INCIDENT, THE DEALER CLAIMS THAT THEY REPLACED THE MOTOR. NOW YOU CAN HEAR A WEIRD SOUND WHEN ROLLING DOWN THE WINDOW. *JB

I PURCHASED MY NEW 2005 DODGE MAGNUM R/T ON 12/20/04. MANUFACTURER DATE 9/04. VEHICLE CONTINUES TO PULL RIGHT. HAS PULLED TO THE RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING. MUST KEEP CONSTANT PRESSURE TO THE LEFT ON THE STEERING WHEEL. IF I LET UP, VEHICLE TRAVELS RIGHT. LANE DOES NOT MAKE DIFFERENCE. WITHOUT CONSTANT PRESSURE TO LEFT, VEHICLE WILL TRAVEL ACROSS 3 LANES TO RIGHT AND KEEP GOING RIGHT. FIRST COMPLAINT AT 4400 MILES 5/05. DEALER REALIGNED. SECOND COMPLAINT 7900 MILES. DEALER REALIGNED. THIRD COMPLAINT 15900 MILES. BOTH FRONT TIRES SHOWING EXTREME WEAR ON OUTSIDE. TREAD IN THAT AREA ON DRIVER FRONT ALMOST GONE. REQUESTED TIRE REPLACEMENT. DEALER TOLD ME THEY CONTACTED DAIMLER CHRYSLER ABOUT MY COMPLAINT. TWO NEW TIRES WERE MOUNTED, AT NO CHARGE TO ME, ON REAR OF VEHICLE. OLDER REAR TIRES MOVED TO FRONT. REAR TIRES DID NOT SHOW ANY ABNORMAL WEAR. VEHICLE CAME WITH CONTINENTAL TIRES. REPLACEMENT TIRES ALSO CONTINENTALS. VEHICLE ALIGNED AGAIN. ON DRIVE HOME, VEHICLE CONTINUED TO PULL TO RIGHT. TOOK VEHICLE TO REPUTABLE, NATIONAL COMPANY FOR A COURTESY ROAD TEST. THEY CONFIRMED VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT. RETURNED TO DEALER A COUPLE OF HOURS LATER WITH THE COMPLAINT THAT THE VEHICLE STILL PULLING TO RIGHT. MANAGEMENT IS CONTACTING THE "DODGE TECHNICIANS" TO SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT MY VEHICLE. I WAS TOLD BY THIS DEALER THAT THEY HAD EXPERIENCED SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH ANOTHER 05 MAGNUM, THAT THEY WERE TOLD BY THE "DODGE TECHNICIANS" THAT THE VEHICLES ARE WITHIN SPECS AND WITHIN TOLERANCES." WITHIN TOLERANCES OF WHAT? I KNOW THAT IF I LET GO OF THE WHEEL, OR DO NOT APPLY CONSTANT PRESSURE TO THE LEFT, THIS VEHICLE WILL RUN OFF THE ROAD! THE EXTREME TIRE WEAR I EXPERIENCED WAS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE FRONT END OF THIS VEHICLE. AT PRESENT MY VEHICLE HAS 16000 MILES ON IT. LEFT FRONT TIRE THAT WAS REMOVED WAS EXTREMELY SCARY AS TO HOW IT HAD WORN SO BADLY. I AM NOT IN POSSESSION OF THE REMOVED TIRES. *JB

RECENTLY BOUGHT A 05 DODGER MAGNUM ON DEC. 13, 2005 AND HAVE BEEN BACK DEC. 14,22,23,26 FOR ALIGNMENT MY KEY TRANSMITTERS GAVE OUT THE REAR WINDOW STOPPED OPERATING AT THESE TIMES THE CAR WAS SERVICED AND PROBLEMS STILL OCCUR. HAVE BEEN BACK TO THE SHOP JAN. 17 AND A FEW MORE TIMES SINCE THEN FOR THE SAME REASONS ONLY NOW MY KEY STILL WON'T WORK BUT WON'T GO IN KEYHOLE EITHER THE AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON WHILE DRIVING. IT IS IN THE SHOP NOW AND HAS BEEN THERE SINCE SATURDAY I CANNOT CONTINUE TO PAY FOR A CAR THAT ME AND MY CHILDREN ARE NOT SAFE IN. I HAVE CALLED THE 1800 # FOR DODGE AND AM WAITING FOR A RESPONSE I AM ALSO MAKING A COMPLAINT WITH THE TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL AND ALSO THE TXDOT MOTOR VEHICLE BOARD SINCE THE BBB DIDN'T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS COMPLAINT. THESE PROBLEMS ARE RECURRING PROBLEMS THAT THE DEALERSHIP WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE I HAVE TRIED TO GIVE THEM A WRITTEN COMPLAINT BUT THEY WOULD NOT ACCEPT IT AS TO THERE ATTORNEY DID NOT WRITE IT I AM NOT AN ATTORNEY JUST A CONSUMER WHY WOULDN'T THEY ACCEPT MY LETTER I HAVE IT HERE ALONG WITH ALL WORK ORDERS AND STILL NO HELP. THE LETTER WAS WRITTEN ON DEC. 26 AND WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TAKEN WHEN THE CAR WAS PUT IN THE SHOP SO THEY CAN SEE I AM NOT GOING TO BE PUSHED OVER TO THE SIDE AND THAT'S WHAT HAS HAPPENED THE CAR SALESMAN LIED FROM DAY ONE COME TO FIND OUT AFTER I MADE THE COMPLAINT WITH BBB HE WAS TERMINATED FOR "DRUG USE". GREAT NOW WE ARE BUYING CARS FROM LIARS AND THE MANGERS OF THIS CAR LOT WONT ACKNOWLEDGE ME OR MY PROBLEM HE SENDS A CAR SALESMAN TO ME I DON'T WANT TO DISCUSS THE PROBLEM WITH A SALESMAN I WANT AN OWNER A MANAGER OR EVEN THE MANUFACTURER BUT NO THEY HIDE. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME COMPLAIN ON THIS WEBSITE MAYBE IT WILL HELP OTHERS TO NOT GET A MAGNUM THEY ARE DANGEROUS AND DODGE DOESN'T CARE AT OUR EXPENSE. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 40MPH, THE VEHICLE RAN OVER A ROAD HAZARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THE TIRE WEAR WAS THIN AND RECOMMEND REPLACING THE TIRE.

2005 MAGNUM HAS PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING AND FRONT END ALIGNMENT. VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT. THIS CAUSED PREMATURE WEAR WITH TIRES. *TS ***NAR*** *JB

THE VEHICLE PULLS EXCESSIVELY TO THE RIGHT, AND ALL MY TIRES HAVE WORN OUT EVEN WITH PROPERLY ROTATING THEM. I HAVE ONLY 22,000 MILES ON MY 2005 DODGE MAGNUM RT. *NM

THE FRONT TIRES HAVE WORN OUT ON THE OUTSIDE EDGES, CAR PULLS TO THE RIGHT, GROWLING NOISE AT LOW SPEEDS NOW BEGINNING TO SHOW UP AT HIGHER SPEEDS. HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE PROBLEM SINCE 6000 MILES ON THE CAR, NOW HAS 19500, DEALER SAYS THE ALIGNMENT HAS NO PROBLEMS, BLAMES THE TIRES, THE TIRE PEOPLE (CONTINENTAL) BLAME THE CAR. THE CAR IS NOW UNDRIVEABLE WITHOUT REPLACING THE TIRES, THEY ARE SO OUT OF BALANCE AND CUPPED VIBRATION IS SEVERE. I WAS LAST TOLD BY THE DEALER IT IS MY PROBLEM. *JB

AT 14,000 MILES THE CONTINENTAL TIRES ON THE 2005 DODGE MAGNUM (AWD/6-CYL) SHOW WEAR BARS AND HAVE LESS THAN 1/8TH INCH OF TREAD LEFT ON FRONT TIRES, 1/4 INCH OF TREAD LEFT ON REAR TIRES. TIRES DO NOT LIVE UP TO WEAR RATING. *NM

CAR HAS PULLED RIGHT SINCE DAY ONE. BEEN IN SEVERAL TIMES FOR ALIGNMENTS(5+) TWO AND FOUR WHEEL. NOW MY TIRES ARE COMPLETELY SHOT. VERY UNEVEN TREAD WEAR. *NM