2005 DODGE MAGNUM Complaints

2005 DODGE MAGNUM TRANSMISSION SHUTTERS WHEN CLUTCH ENGAGED. CAR HAD LESS THAN 1000 MILES WHEN PROBELM FIRST STARTED. DODGE TECHNICIANS SAID NOTHING COULD BE DONE UNLESS THE PROBLEM PERSISTED OR GOTTEN WORSE SO THEY COULD MAKE A BETTER DIAGNOSIS. SUPPOSED WATER INTRUSION INTO THE TRANSMISSION CASING THROUGH THE VENT. NOT COVERED BY THE DAIMLER CHRYSLER WARRANTY.

2005 DODGE MAGNUM RT BOUGHT NEW HAS ALWAYS PULLED TO THE RIGHT. DEALER HAS DONE 3 FRONT END ALIGNMENTS, TIRES / WHEELS REPLACED, STEERING BOX REPLACED, CONTINUES TO PULL RIGHT. YOU CANNOT TAKE YOU HAD OFF THE WHEEL WITHOUT CAR IMMEDIATELY VEERING RIGHT. DEALER TIRED TO CLAIM IT AS SAFETY ITEM BUT THIS IS A LIE, SINCE NO OTHER NEW CAR HAS DONE THIS. A RECALL IS DUE BEFORE LIVES ARE LOST. PREMATURE TIRE WEAR IS OCCURING DUE TO THIS PROBLEM.

DT: OWNER FEELS THAT IT IS A SAFETY DEFECT THAT THERE IS A BLIND SPOT BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK OUT TO THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW, THE VIEW IS BLOCKED BY THE POSITION OF THE REARVIEW MIRROR. THIS PROBLEM WAS NOTICED WHEN THE OWNER WAS DRIVING ON A MAIN ROAD. THE OWNER HAS REPORTED TO DEALER WHO STATES THERE IS A DESIGN OF LOW BUCKET SEATS AND THAT THE VEHICLE FITS WITH ALL FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARDS. THE MANUFACTURE WAS CONTACTED AND REPORTED THE SAME AS DEALER. OWNER IS ALSO PURSUING THE LEMON LAW ABOUT THIS CAR. 2005 MAGNUM HAD TO BE CHOSEN EVEN THOUGH IT IS A 2006 VEHICLE, DAIMLER CHRYSLER HAD NO LISTINGS IN 2006. *NM

WHEN MY WIFE DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR IN REVERSE, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOORBOARD WITH NO ENGINE REACTION. APPROXIAMTELY 3-4 SECONDS LATER, THE CAR VIOLENTLY TOOK OFF BACKWARDS, RAMMING ANOTHER CAR IN OUR DRIVEWAY. THIS ACTION WAS REPEATABLE FOR MONTHS AND IT WAS DOCUMENTED BY THE INSURANCE ADJUSTER AS A MAJOR MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION. DODGE DID NOT ADDRESS THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM AND EVERY TIME SAID THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS. WE HAVE FOUND OTHERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET. THIS COST OUR INSURANCE COMPNAY SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS. ALSO, THE FACTORY TIRES HAD VERY PREMATURE TIRE WEAR. I HAD TO REPLACE THEM AT 18,000 MILES. DODGE DID REPLACE SUSPENSION PARTS UNDER WARRANTY PRIOR TO THE PREMATURE TIRE WEAR. AGAIN, DODGE SAID THERE WAS NO PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE TIRE WEAR.

AFTER FILLING UP FUEL TANK, AND DRIVING AWAY VEHICLE DIES, ENGINE CUTS OUT AND WILL NOT START RIGHT AWAY. THEN ONCE IT STARTS IT WILL CUT OUT AGAIN AND ENGINE STALLS. USUALLY BY THE 3 TIME ENGINE STARTS AND CAR GETS DRIVEN THE PROBLEM OF STALLING GOES AWAY. CONCERNED BECAUSE THIS HAPPENS ONCE I AM DRIVING ON A ROAD WAY.

RIGHT FRONT TIRE HAS VIBERATION AND SLAPPING NOISE. ABNORMAL WEAR ON OUTSIDE. 1ST TIME--CND. 2ND TIME--CND. 3RD TIME--ROTATED TIRES. 4TH TIME BALANCED TIRES. DEALER SAID I WAS MAKING TOO MANY LONG TRIPS, DRIVING ON CURVY ROADS. RECOMMENDED ROTATION EVERY 3K MILES. AFTER THREE VISITS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM, DEALER ROTATED TIRES SENDING THE PROBLEM TIRE TO THE REAR OF THE CAR. ON THE 4TH VISIT I INSISTED THEY REMOVE THE WHEEL AND CHECK FOR BALANCE. THE TIRE WAS OUT OF BALANCE. BALANCED TIRES AND FIXED THE VIBERATION, BUT THE SLAPPING NOISE IS STILL THERE. I NOW HAVE TO FIGHT THE TIRE COMPANY, WHICH IN MOST CASES, THE COMPANY WINS. JH

VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. CAN HEAR SLAPPING NOISE ON HIGHWAY FOUND OUT OF BALANCE TIRES. BALANCED TIRES. (CUST NOTE)STILL HEAR SLAPPING NOISE, BUT VIBRATION GONE. TIRE IS NOW WORN TO THE POINT THE SLAPPING NOISE WILL NOT GO AWAY. FIVE COMPLAINTS, SAME PROBLEM.1

1 SOUNDS LIKE A TIRE IS BOUNCING 2 TIRES WEARING FUNNY 1 CHECKED ALIGNMENT--ALIGNMENT GOOD. 2 RECOMMENDED SETTING TIRE ROTATION TO 3000 MILES

2005 DODGE MAGNUM [XXX], ORDERED 30 JUN 2004, ASSEMBLED 26-27 AUGUST 2004 IN BRAMPTON, ONTARIO; DELIVERED TO PURCHASER 17 SEP 2004. LIFTGATE FAILS TO OPEN DUE TO A FAILURE OF THE ELECTRONIC RELEASE. ONLY ALTERNATIVE METHOD TO RELEASE THE LIFTGATE LOCK IS TO CRAWL INTO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE, REMOVE AN ACCESS PANEL OVER THE LOCKING MECHANISM AND RELEASE THE LOCK MANUALLY. I NOTIFIED DODGE VIA THEIR WEB SITE (20 SEP 2004) AND WAS TOLD TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO MY DEALER TO HAVE THE PROBLEM FIXED. I TRIED TO EXPLAIN, IN 7 SUBSEQUENT EMAILS, THAT THE PROBLEM IS NOT SO MUCH WITH THE FAILURE OF THE ELECTRONIC LOCKING MECHANISM, BUT WITH THE FACT THAT DODGE WOULD RELEASE FOR PUBLIC SALE A VEHICLE WITH SUCH A POORLY ENGINEERED BACKUP SYSTEM FOR ACCESSING THE REAR COMPARTMENT VIA THE LIFTGATE IN THE EVENT OF A LIFTGATE LATCH FAILURE. ACCORDING TO THE DEALER SERVICE WRITER, THERE IS A FAILURE OF THE GROUND WIRE TO THE LATCH MECHANISM. THIS SOMETIMES RESULTS IN THE FAILURE OF THE RIGHT-REAR PASSENGER DOOR TO OPEN AS WELL, ALTHOUGH I HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED THIS PART OF THE PROBLEM. DODGELAND, USA APPARENTLY HAS A TECHNICIAN WHO HAS DIAGNOSED AND REPAIRED THE PROBLEM ON AT LEAST THREE (3) OTHER MAGNUMS IN LAS VEGAS. I AM PLANNING TO HAVE MY MAGNUM REPAIRED WITHIN A DAY OR SO. I HAVE RECENTLY BEEN INFORMED BY MY DEALER (DODGELAND, USA) THAT DODGE NOW RECOGNIZES A DESIGN PROBLEM AND WILL BE INSTALLING KEYLOCK ACCESS ON THE OUTSIDE LIFTGATES OF 2006 AND NEWER DODGE MAGNUMS. I INSIST ALL CURRENT OWNERS SHOULD RECEIVE A RETROFIT OF THIS KEYLOCK CAPABILITY. THANK YOU FOR ANY ASSISTANCE YOU CAN PROVIDE. [XXX] [XXX] *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

WE BOUGHT OUR 2005 MAGNUM RT, MAY 11, 2005. AS WE DROVE OUT OF THE DEALERSHIP THE SALESMAN PUNCHED THE TRIP METER AND A MILEAGE DIFFERENCE SHOWED UP BETWEEN THE PAPERWORK (25 MILES) AND THE ODOMETER (236 MILES). ON OUR TEST DRIVE WE DISCOVERED THAT THE HANDLE ON THE ADJUSTABLE STEERING WHEEL WAS BROKEN. DODGE ORDERED THE PART AND I RETURNED TWO DAYS LATER TO PICK IT UP. IT WAS NOT IN, BUT HAD THE SALESMAN DRIVE THE CAR DUE TO A FEELING OF PULLING TO THE RIGHT AND A STEERING VIBRATION. HE FELT NOTHING. THE NEXT WEEK, I TOOK THE CAR IN TO SEE IF THE STEERING WHEEL PART WAS IN AND THEY ADVISED ME THAT THE WHOLE SHROUD HAD TO BE REPLACED. THEY DID THAT AND THE STEERING WHEEL STILL DID NOT ADJUST. THE NEXT MONDAY THEY REPLACED THE WHOLE STEERING COLUMN WHICH FIXED THE ADJUSTMENT. THEY ALSO BALANCED THE TIRES AND ALIGNED THE FRONT END IN A ATTEMPT TO FIX THE STEERING PROBLEMS. THAT DID NOT WORK . I TOOK THE CAR IN JUNE THE 1ST TO HAVE A KIT INSTALLED TO STOP THE VEHICLE FROM PULLING TO THE RIGHT. THAT DID NOT WORK. SO THEY KEPT THE CAR AND ARE INSTALLING A NEW RACK IN THE STEERING MECHANISM. NOW THEY HAVE KEPT IT A THIRD DAY. I DON'T THINK THE DEALER KNOWS HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM. MANY OTHERS ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME TYPES OF PROBLEMS AS WWW.DODGEFORUM.COM SHOWS. I FEEL THAT THIS CAR IS STILL EXPERIMENTAL AND PROBABLY SHOULD NOT BE ON THE ROAD. MY CAR HAS ONLY 1,800 MILES ON IT. IT MAY BE A LITTLE EARLY TO COMPLAIN, BUT I FEEL THAT THIS CAR IS UNSAFE AND THAT SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED BEFORE CHYRSLER COMES WITH A FIX. MY WIFE DRIVES 80 MILES ROUND TRIP TO WORK A DAY. I THINK THE FRONT END PROBLEMS SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED. I AM ALSO WONDERING IF I BOUGHT A CAR THAT WAS A LEMON THAT WAS BOUGHT BACK AND THEN RESOLD.