DODGE Complaints

MY CAR WILL NOT START WITH THE REMOTE OR BUSH BUTTON. AND 3 WEEKS AGO.I WAS DRIVING MY CAR AND THE ABS SERVICE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON AND SOME OTHER SYMBOL CAME ON. I DROVE THE CAR HOME STOPPED IT. TURNED MOTOR OFF. WAITED STARTED CAR AGAIN AND ALL SORTS OF LIGHTS CAME ON AND OFF THEN THE SERVICE ABS WARNING LIGHT CAME BACK ON AGAIN AND THE BATTERY LIGHT . TAKING OFF THE BATTERY NEGATIVE TERMINAL WOULD RESET ECU. 1 WEEK LATER I AM DRIVING TO THE STORE AND LIGHT CAME ON SAYING THAT THE ENGINE WAS OVERHEATING. NOW AS I WAS DRIVING HOME THE NEEDLE STARTED TO GO BACK DOWN AND THE LIGHT TURNED OFF. WHEN I GOT HOME I CHECKED MY COOLANT LEVEL AND IT WAS JUST FINE. SO WHY DID IT DO THIS? ANOTHER THING NOW JUST LAST NIGHT, NOV 11TH, SATURDAY NIGHT, I WENT OUT TO THE GARAGE TO START MY CAR AND IT WOULD NOT START?WHEN I TRIED TO START IT I HEARD A CLICKING SOUND THAT WAS COMING FROM THE RADIATOR AREA. THE EMERGENCY FLASHERS WERE FLASHING AND THE CAR WOULD NOT EVEN TURN OVER. I GOT MY MULTIMETER AND CHECKED MY BATTERY AND IT WAS COMPLETELY DEAD. SO I CHARGED IT OVER NIGHT. I TRIED TO START IT NEXT MORNING IT WOULD NOT START. MY CHARGER HAS A ALTERNATOR CHECK SETTING ON IT AND IT SAID IT WAS CHARGING. STILL WOULD NOT START. WHEN I PUT ON THE BATTERY CABLES? THE FLASHERS AND HORN WOULD SOUND OFF? I PULL THE FUSES ON BOTH AND TRIED STARTING IT AGAIN NO LUCK. I THEN USED THE ENGINE START FEATURE ON MY BATTERY CHARGER AND THE CAR STARTED RIGHT UP NO PROBLEM. I PUT THE FUSES BACK CLOSED HOOD CLOSED TRUNK AND TOOK CAR OUT FOR A DRIVE FOR ABOUT 5 MILES NO PROBLEMS.CAME BACK HOME STOPPED CAR AND TURNED OFF ENGINE AND RE-STARTED IT SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO ISSUES. IT STARTED UP FINE. DOES MY CAR FALL UNDER THE SAFETY RECALL P60 / NHTSA 14V-634 ALTERNATOR - 2011-2014 DODGE CHRYSLER & JEEP.DO I NEED ONE OF THOSE NEW ALTERNATORS?

TAKATA RECALL, CONTACTED DEALER TO REPLACE AIRBAG THEY SAID I WAS ON A WAITING LIST AND AS THEY RECEIVED PARTS WOULD NOTIFY ME WHEN MY NAME COMES UP BUT IT HAS BEEN OVER A YEAR.

I RECEIVED A LETTER IN THE ABOUT RECALLED AIR BAGS FOR MY VEHICLE A DODGE RAM 1500 2003. I NEED MY AIR BAGS REPLACED IT'S VERY DANGEROUS KNOWING THE AIRBAGS CAN RUPTURE AT MOMENT.

THE HEATING IN MY CAR ONLY WORKS ON THE DRIVE SIDE. ON THE PASSENGER SIDE IT BLOWS COLD AIR WHEN THE HEAT IS ON.

STEERING BOX HAS EXCESSIVE PLAY IN STEERING WHEEL WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT DOWN ROAD...GETTING WORSE & WORSE BY DAY

POWER STEERING GOES OUT COMPLETELY WITHOUT WARNING , WASN'T OUT OF FLUID COMPLETELY BUT ADDED SOME AND WENT OUT AGAIN AFTER , CAR WAS INSPECTED AND NOTHING IS WRONG WITH THE PUMP OR RESERVOIR AND SHOULDN'T GO OUT . IT GOES OUT WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THEN COMES BACK ON , DOES NOT MAKE ANY NOISES OR ANYTHING ELSE , CANNOT TURN AND RANDOMLY COMES ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING

FUEL PUMP RELAY IN THE TIPPIN WENT OUT. STATIONARY AS WOULD NOT START. TOOK TO SHOP, SHOP OWNER SAID HE HAS SEEN THIS IN OTHER DODGE RAMS(RECENTLY AS TWO WEEKS BEFORE WE BROUGHT OURS IN), WAS TOLD THAT SEVERAL MODELS HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM(DODGE CARAVAN, JEEP CHEROKEE, AND THE DODGE DURANGO) BUT THE DODGE RAM IS NOT INCLUDED. HE REPAIRED THE VEHICLE USING THE FIX THAT WAS USED ON ALL THE OTHER RECALLED VEHICLES. GAVE US INFO ON WHERE HE FOUND THE FIX WHICH IN TURN OPENED OUR EYES THAT HEY THERE OR LOTS OF THESE FAULTY FUEL PUMP RELAYS OUT THERE. WENT TO THE CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP WHERE MY HUSBAND WAS TOLD, YES THEY HAVE BEEN SEEING THIS AS WELL AND TO SAVE OUR RECEIPTS JUST IN CASE IT WAS ADDED BUT THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO AT THIS TIME AND THERE WERE NO PLANS THAT THEY NEW OF FOR IT TO BE ADDED TO THE RECALL. TALKED TO CHRYSLER CORPORATION AND THEY SAID THEY ARE NOT THE ONES WHO ADDS CARS TO THE RECALL THEY COULD DO NOTHING FOR US EITHER. CBWPR091AA WAS THE REPLACEMENT NUMBER FOR THE PART GIVEN TO THE SHOP OWNER FROM MOPAR. JUST WANTED TO PASS THIS ALONG SINCE SEVERAL OTHER CHRYSLER VEHICLES HAVE HAD THIS SAME RECALL AND WE LIVE IN A CITY OF AROUND 10,000 SO IF SEVERAL PEOPLE IN OUR CITY HAVE HAD THIS SAME ISSUE WITH THEIR DODGE RAMS, THEN SURELY THERE AT TONS MORE OUT THERE. THANK YOU

VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH PROJECTOR-STYLE HEADLIGHTS. I HAVE 3 MAJOR COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS STYLE OF HEADLIGHT. 1) THE PERFORMANCE IS SUBSTANDARD WHEN USED IN HIGH-BEAM MODE. THE WIDTH OF LIGHT BEAM IS TOO NARROW, I.E. TOO MUCH LIGHT IS FOCUSED STRAIGHT AHEAD AND NOT ENOUGH IS PROJECTED ON SHOULDERS & AREA ADJACENT TO ROADWAY MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO SEE ON CURVED ROADS. THIS IS DUE TO A DESIGN COMPROMISE RESULTING FROM USING THE SAME FOCUSING LENS ON LOW-BEAM OPERATION. 2)LIGHTING IS REDUCED WHEN USED IN LOW-BEAM MODE. THE SHUTTER THAT BLOCKS UPPER PORTION OF THE BEAM REDUCES THE QUANTITY OF LIGHT CAST ON ROADWAY. 3) SAFETY HAZARD IS CREATED FOR OTHER VEHICLES WHEN PROJECTOR-STYLE HEADLIGHTS APPROACH OR FOLLOW ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE INTENSITY OF THE LIGHT BEAM IS VERY HIGH CAUSING OTHER MOTORISTS TO BE BLINDED WHEN A PROJECTOR-STYLE HEADLIGHT SHINES DIRECTLY INTO THE EYES OF ANOTHER MOTORIST. THIS HAPPENS FREQUENTLY WHEN DRIVING ON HILLS, AROUND CURVES, AND WHEN BEING APPROACHED OR FOLLOWING A VEHICLE OF A DIFFERENT HEIGHT. (SEDANS BEING LOWER THAN SUVS OR LIGHT TRUCKS) MY COMPLAINTS ARE NOT LIMITED TO MY VEHICLE ALONE, BUT ARE DIRECTED TO ALL VEHICLES USING PROJECTOR-STYLE HEADLIGHTS. WHILE PROJECTOR-STYLE HEADLIGHTS HAVE GOOD VERTICAL CUT-OFF, THE ADVANTAGE IS LOST BY THE OTHER DEFICIENCIES. PLUS, LOOKING DIRECTLY AT A REFLECTOR-STYLE HEADLIGHT DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME BLINDING EFFECT EXPERIENCED BY LOOKING AT PROJECTOR-STYLE LIGHTS. THE RESULT IS NO REAL ADVANTAGE IS OBTAINED IN THIS AREA. IN MY OPINION, THE OLDER, REFLECTOR-STYLE HEADLIGHTS ARE MORE EFFECTIVE IN ILLUMINATING THE ROADWAY, AND DO NOT HAVE THE BLINDING GLARE OF PROJECTOR-STYLE HEADLIGHTS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE PROJECTOR-STYLE HEADLIGHTS UNDERGO REDESIGN TO ELIMINATE THE GLARE PROBLEMS AND IMPROVE ROADWAY ILLUMINATION. IF THAT IS NOT TECHNICALLY POSSIBLE, THEN THEY SHOULD BE ELIMINATED.

MY VEHICLE IS AFFECTED BY THE FCA T36 RECALL, AND ACCORDING TO WHAT I CAN FIND ON THE INTERNET THERE WILL NOT BE ANY PARTS AVAILABLE UNTIL MAY OF 2018! JUST YESTERDAY MY WIFE WAS ABOUT TO DRIVE AWAY-ONLY TO FIND THE CAR WAS TOTALLY DEAD! IF THERE ARE NO REPAIR PARTS-WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO? IT HAD BEEN SITTING OVER NIGHT IN THE GARAGE---!

WHILE DRIVING ON A LOCAL FREEWAY ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2017, THE BATTERY SYMBOL ON THE DASHBOARD OF MY 2011 DODGE CHARGER R/T LIT UP. UPON ARRIVING HOME THERE WAS A VERY STRONG BURNING SMELL COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THAT VERY SAME DAY THERE WAS A SAFETY RECALL NOTICE, REFERENCE NUMBER: 32343087, IN MY MAIL FROM FIAT CHRYSLER AUTOMOBILES (FCA), PO BOX 218008, AUBURN HILLS MI 48321-8008 STATING THAT THE ALTERNATOR WAS DEFECTIVE AND TO NOT DRIVE THE CAR UNTIL THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED AS THE CAR MIGHT CATCH ON FIRE. THE NOTICE FURTHER STATED THAT A REPLACEMENT ALTERNATOR WAS NOT AVAILABLE AND THERE WAS NO KNOWN DATE WHEN ONE WOULD BE AVAILABLE. ON OCTOBER 20, 2017, ALMOST 2 MONTHS AND NOT HEARING FROM DODGE, I HAD DIMANO MIKE'S AUTOMOTIVE, 1640 S. SANTA FE ST., UNIT A, SANTA ANA, CA 92705 REPLACE MY ALTERNATOR AT A COST OF $903.19. ON OCTOBER 24, 2017 I MAILED TO FCA CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE THE INVOICE AND CREDIT CARD RECEIPT FOR THIS REPAIR. IT WAS DELIVERED ON OCTOBER 30, 2017. AS OF THIS DATE, NOVEMBER 10, 2017, I HAVE NOT BEEN REIMBURSED FOR THIS REPAIR.