DODGE Complaints

THE VAN DOES NOT ALLOW YOU TO MANUALLY CHECK THE TRANSMISSION FLUID,IT DEALER ONLY AND A LOT OF DEALERS WANT CHECK LEVELS WHEN YOU GET A OIL CHANGE,SO IF LEAKING YOU WANT NO.THEN YOU END UP WITH A BROKEN TRANSMISSION.ONCE THEY SERVICE AND REBUILD YOUR TRANS,THEN THE CONTROL DASH BOARD SENSORS WANT OPERATE PROBABLY ANYMORE DUE TO THE CALIBRATIONS WANT WORK PROBABLY.THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION WHEN IT STOPPED ON THE HIGHWAY.MILES WERE 47940.BACK DEFROST LIGHT SPLINKS AND WANT GO OFF AND CAUSES RADIO TO SHORT OUT AND HVAC SYSTEM.DEALER DONT KNOW HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM.

HORN BEGAN TO RANDOMLY HONK WHILE OFF, UNOCCUPIED. CONTINUED TO RANDOMLY HONK WHEN DRIVEN ALSO.

THE VEHICLE WILL LOSE POWER WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND SIMULTANEOUSLY THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ACTIVATES FOLLOWED BY THE CAR LAUNCHING FORWARD AND THE SERVICE AWD AND ABS LIGHTS ACTIVATING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A CHRYSLER GARAGE WHICH DUPLICATED THE PROBLEM AND SAW THE FAULTS IN THE COMPUTER. HOWEVER THE GARAGE WAS UNABLE TO FORMULATE A SOLUTION. THEY STATED THEY CHECKED ALL THE CONNECTIONS AND RAN THE VEHICLE APPROXIMATELY 160 MILES WITHOUT ANY ADDITIONAL OCCURRENCES AND RELEASED THE VEHICLE WITHOUT ANY FURTHER REPAIR. 4 DAYS LATER AND APPROXIMATELY 150 MILES THE PROBLEM RECURRED IN A PARKING LOT WHILE BACKING UP WITH THE LIGHTS ACTIVATING IN THE SAME SEQUENCE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE DURANGO. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE CONTACT DETECTED A BURNING ODOR INSIDE THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE BATTERY WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT'S HUSBAND EXITED THE VEHICLE, OPENED THE HOOD, AND NOTICED A SMALL FIRE BY THE ALTERNATOR. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS NOT NOTIFIED AS THE HUSBAND WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TOWED TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V435000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AS A POSSIBLE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000.

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, MY BRAND NEW 2018 DODGE CHARGER HAS SUSPENSION RUSTING ISSUES. PRETTY UPSET HOW A BRAND NEW CAR CAN HAVE THIS TYPE OF ISSUE. IT HAS BEEN MY DREAM CAR TO OWN SUCH VEHICLE AND TO SEE THIS ISSUE MAKES ME THINK TWICE ABOUT DODGE. IT ONLY HAD 1,200 MILES ON THIS VEHICLE WHEN THE ISSUE WAS NOTICED.

THE FIRST TIME MY THROTTLE CONTROL LAMP LIT UP, I HAD JUST GOTTEN OFF OF THE HIGHWAY, WENT THROUGH MCDONALD'S DRIVE THRU AND CAME TO A STOP...THE LIGHT CAME ON, THE ENGINE STARTED TO RACE AND SHAKE AND I HAD NO ACCELERATION ABILITY. THE CAR DID MOVE WITHOUT THE GAS PEDAL WHEN I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BREAK. I MOVED TO A SAFE LOCATION AND CALL AAA. AFTER THE CAR WAS OFF, THE LIGHT DID NOT COME BACK ON WHEN RE-STARTED. A FEW DAYS LATER (4 OR 5), I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK. I GOT OFF OF THE INTERSTATE TO RE-CONNECT WITH ANOTHER INTERSTATE. I WAS STOPPED AT A LIGHT WAITING TO TURN LEFT ONTO THE ON RAMP. WHEN THE LIGHT CHANGED, THERE WAS NO ACCELERATION, THE THROTTLE CONTROL LAMP WAS ON AGAIN AND THE ENGINE WAS REVVING AND SHAKING AGAIN. I MOVE FORWARD ENOUGH TO GET OUT OF HARMS WAY AND WAITED, ONCE AGAIN, FOR A TOW SERVICE ON THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE.

AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY LIGHTS AND RENDERS THE AIRBAG SYSTEM USELESS DUE TO THE MALFUNCTIONING SWITCH IN THE AIRBAG SYSTEM. THIS COULD CAUSE INJURY OR DEATH TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE

I HAVE HAD TWO HEAD REST AIR BAGS DEPLOYED FOR NO REASON AND WITHOUT WARNING. FIRST IT WAS THE DRIVER SEAT IN WICH DODGE REPLACED AFTER WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED NOW THE PASSENGER SEAT HEAD REST AIR BAG HAS DEPLOYED FOR NO REASON AND DODGE IS REFUSING TO REPLACE THIS ONE. DODGE WAS UNABLE TO TELL ME IF THESE AIR BAGS WERE MADE BY THE TAKATA COMPANY. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPEN MY WIFE HAD JUST PULLED INTO THE GARAGE AND WAS SETTING IN THE CAR TALKING ON THE PHONE WHEN IT DEPLOYED HITTING HER IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD. THE SECOND TIME THE PASSENGER SIDE WAS NOTICE DEPLOYED WHILE GETTING IN THE CAR IN THE GARAGE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 RAM 1500. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING IN PARK, THE CONTACT OPENED THE DRIVER'S DOOR. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO STEP OUT, HIS LEFT FOOT SLIPPED AND CAUSED HIM TO ACCIDENTALLY SHIFT THE GEAR INTO DRIVE WHILE THE RIGHT FOOT WAS OFF THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE VEHICLE MOVED AND CRASHED INTO A BUILDING. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES SUSTAINED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED, BUT STILL DRIVEABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SNELL MOTORS (1900 MADISON AVE, MANKATO, MN 56001, 507-345-4626) AND THE HOOD WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE ONLY WHEN THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 17V821000 (POWER TRAIN) AND 18V160000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE AND THAT THE PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS UNABLE TO CONFIRM WHEN THE PARTS WERE TO BECOME AVAILABLE. HOWEVER, WHEN THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AGAIN, HE WAS INFORMED TO SEND THE RECEIPTS FOR AN EVALUATION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 54,000. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V821000 (POWER TRAIN) AND VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V160000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE).

THE REAR LIGHT CENTER LIGHT PANEL ON THE LIFT GATE (AKA RACETRACK LIGHTS) WERE NOT SEALED PROPERLY AND AS A RESULT WATER PENETRATED BOTH SIDES AND BURNED OUT ALL THE BULBS. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH DODGE AND THE DEALER WILL NOT COVER. THIS IS A CLEAR DEFECT AND DEALER SHOULD BE MADE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIR SINCE, WITHOUT THESE LIGHTS, THE CAR IS NOT AS SAFE SINCE IT WOULD BE LESS LIKELY FOR A FOLLOWING DRIVER TO SEE ME BRAKING OR BACKING UP WITHOUT THESE LIGHTS FUNCTIONING.