DODGE Complaints

VEHICLE WILL NOT START AFTER SITTING IDLE AND OFF AT RANDOM TIMES. IN PAST 2 WEEKS CAR WOULD NOT START AT LEAST TWICE, 3 TIMES IN THE PAST 6 MONTHS. BATTERY, STARTER, AND ALTERNATOR HAS ALL BEEN CHANGED AND STILL HAD A SHUTOFF. WHEN TURNING THE KEY A CLICK SOUND WOULD HAPPEN BUT NO TURNOVER. LIGHTS WOULD BE ON AND NO LOW BATTERY WARNING.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START AT TIMES AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS APPLIED, THE VEHICLE WAS SLOW TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED MORE THAN ONCE AND WAS INSPECTED AS WELL AS DIAGNOSED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC ALSO PROVIDED REPAIRS AS THE FAILURES PROGRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14V634000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM), 16V352000 (AIR BAGS), 15V467000 (AIR BAGS, SEAT BELTS), AND 16V043000 (STRUCTURE). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 132,000. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS WHEN I WOULD PARK SOMEWHERE WITH THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SELECTOR IN PARK , THE TRUCK WOULD TAKE OFF BACKWARDS . ONCE AT SHOP AT HOME , I WAS CLOSE ENOUGH TO CATCH IT , WITHOUT INCIDENT . SECOND TIME I WAS AT A CONVENIENT STORE , HAD BEEN IN THERE5 TO TEN MINS. IT TOOK OFF ACROSS BUSY STATE HIWAY. THITD TIME IN A LAKE. WITNESSES ON LAST 2.

I HAVE HAD AN AIRBAG PROBLEM INDICATOR LIGHT AND SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED RISK OF INJURY IN MY CAR FOR OVER A YEAR NOW. THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED ASAP IN ORDER TO PREVENT CATASTROPHE.

MY CAR DID JUST WHAT THE RECALL STATED. STOPPED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. TOWED TO DEALER . THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM BUT CHARGED ME. THEY ADMITTED RECALL BUT STILL CHARGED. CALL ED DODGE BUT NO ACTION. WHY DO I HAVE TO PAY FOR A DEFECTIVE PART AND A RECALL PLUS TOWING. RECALL NUMBER T36/NHTSA 17V-435 DEALER MASSEY YARDLEY FORT LAUDERDALE I WAS ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY AND RUNNING

DRIVING DOWN A CITY STREET AT NIGHT ALTERNATOR STOPS WORKING. EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL SHUTS OFF - ABLE TO ROLL MOSTLY INTO A TURNING LANE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET BEFORE IT STOPPED. EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL TURNS OFF - NO LIGHTS -OTHER DRIVERS CANNOT SEE THE CAR. LEFT IN A VERY VULNERABLE UNSAFE POSITION - I COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED. UNABLE TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL TO PUSH OUT OF ROAD. LEFT IN A VERY UNSAFE POSITION. CALLED TOW TRUCK WHO WAS ABLE TO GET THERE BEFORE ANYTHING BAD HAPPENED. LEARNED OF THE RECALL OVER THE INTERNET - I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF A RECALL. IF I HAD KNOW THERE WAS A RECALL, I WOULD HAVE REPAIRED THE CAR - I NEVER WOULD HAVE DRIVER THIS CAR IF I HAD KNOWN. DODGE DOES NOT HAVE A "FIX" IN PLACE SO I MUST REPAIR THE CAR ON MY OWN AND WAIT UNTIL THEY GET IT FIGURED OUT OVER AT DODGE.

TRANSMISSION SLIPS TO NEUTRAL FROM FULL STOP WHILE MOVING FROM STOPED ,AND BANGS INTO GEAR WHILE MOVING

THE POWER IN MY VEHICLE WENT OUT AND MY BREAKS LOCKED UP, THE CAR JUST DIES. NO HAZARDS OR ANYTHING. MY CAR STOPPED WHILE DRIVING DOWN A HEAVY TRAFFIC STREET. TWO CARS ALMOST HIT MY KIDS AND I. THE CAR DOES COME BACK ON A FEW SECONDS LATER OR SEVERAL MINUTES LATER. THE LONGEST TIME PERIOD WAS WHEN I GOT THE CAR TOWED TO A SHOP SATURDAY. ONCE, WE ARRIVED AT THE SHOP IT HAD COME BACK ON. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME AND I FEAR EVEN AFTER WE GET IT FROM THE SHOP IT WILL NOT BE THE LAST.

WHILE ON A ROAD TRIP IN COLD WEATHER, MY CAR'S MAIN CONTROL CENTER SCREEN BLACKED OUT. IT HAD THE PHRASE "PLEASE INSERT UPDATED USB". I GOOGLED THIS ISSUE. MANY PEOPLE SAID THEY HAD A USB STICK TO PUT IN AND IT WORKED. I BOUGHT MY CAR NEW AND IT DID NOT COME WITH A STICK. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP TO GET AN UPDATE. THEY SAID IT WOULD BE $45. INSTEAD THEY ARE TELLING ME IT DIDN'T WORK AND I NEED A WHOLE NEW RADIO AT $335 PLUS INSTALL. SO BECAUSE OF A RADIO UPDATE MY DAY TRIP WAS RUINED, BECAUSE MY HEAT AND AIR WAS NOT WORKING! AFTER GOOGLING THIS ISSUE IT SEEMS TO BE A HUGE PROBLEM WITH DODGE/JEEPS. WHY ARE THEY NOT TAKING CARE OF THIS ISSUE WITHOUT THE EXPENSE GOING ONTO THE CUSTOMER?!!!

TAKATA RECALL , I HAVE CALLED SEVERAL DEALERS ABOUT 10 TIME TO REPLACE AIR BAG. I GET THE SAME ANSWER "WAITING ON NEW AIR BAGS " SO STILL NOT REPLACED , IT HAS BEEN OVER 6 MONTHS. ANT IDEAS ?