DODGE Complaints

I PURCHASED THIS TRUCK A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, AND MY TIPM HAS GONE BAD. NO REAR LIGHTS AT NIGHT. HAVE GONE TO DEALERSHIP AND THE PART IS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER, AND HAS BEEN FOR SOME TIME. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS TRUCK IS WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD. IT SHOULD BE RECALLED BY DODGE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE SHIFTER WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS OFF. ALSO, THE VEHICLE COULD BE STARTED WITHOUT THE USE OF A KEY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE WIRELESS IGNITION NODE MODULE FAILED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS AND THE VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V200000(ELECTRICAL SYSTEM), ALTHOUGH THE CONTACT REFERENCED IT AS A POSSIBLE EXPLANATION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 66,000.

MY CAR'S ENGINE STALLS AND SHUTS OFF WHILE IN THE MIDDLE OF ACCELERATION OR EVEN WHILE AT IDLE. THE DEALERSHIP CANNOT FIND ANY ISSUES AS TO WHY IT WOULD STOP RUNNING AND I AM EXTREMELY AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR FOR FEAR I WILL HAVE AN ACCIDENT. WHEN THE ENGINE STALLS, THE POWER STEERING STOPS WORKING AND IT IS HARD TO STEER THE CAR TO A SAFE SPOT.

FIRST PROBLEM WAS ONE IDIOT LIGHT ON THE DASH INDICATED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS ON (AND IT WASN'T). BUT SINCE THE OPERATION OF THE TRUCK WAS NOT AN ISSUE, I CONTINUED DRIVING FOR TWO MORE MONTHS WHILE MORE AND MORE IDIOT LIGHTS CAME ON EACH TIME THE VEHICLE WAS USED, ELECTRONICALLY REPORTING A PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE WHEN THERE WASN'T ONE. FINALLY TWO MONTHS LATER, THE TRUCK WOULD NOT START AT ALL OR EVEN TURN OVER. WHEN THE KEY WAS TURNED TO START THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE WOULDN'T EVEN CRANK. YET ALL THE IDIOT LIGHTS CAME ON WHICH INDICATED TO ME IT WAS AN ELECTRONIC PROBLEM AND NOT A MECHANICAL ONE LIKE A BAD IGNITION OR BAD BATTERY. AFTER REPEATED ATTEMPTS, OPENING AND CLOSING THE DOORS ELECTRONICALLY WITH THE KEY FOB ON AND OFF REPEATEDLY, DISCONNECTING AND RECONNECTING THE BATTERY, LOCKING AND UNLOCKING THE DOORS MANUALLY, AND EVEN JIGGLING THE STEERING WHEEL, EVENTUALLY THE VEHICLE WOULD START UP COMPLETELY NORMALLY, BUT WITH ALL THE IDIOT LIGHTS ON. THIS WAS ERRATIC AND THERE WAS NO RHYME OR REASON WHY IT WAS HAPPENING OR WHAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM. THE SITUATION CONTINUED LIKE THIS ABOUT A WEEK UNTIL THE ENGINE WOULD NOT EVEN SHUT DOWN WHEN THE KEY WAS TURNED TO THE OFF POSITION. NOT ONLY THAT, SEVERAL TIMES THE ENGINE CONTINUED RUNNING WHEN THE KEY WAS REMOVED AND THERE WAS NO WAY TO STOP THE ENGINE FROM RUNNING EXCEPT SITTING IN THE VEHICLE AND WAITING FOR IT TO SPUTTER TO A STOP, WHICH WAS A COLOSSAL WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY AND A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. AFTER A SUBSEQUENT APPOINTMENT AT THE LOCAL DODGE DEALER HERE IN ALBUQUERQUE WHERE THE VEHICLE SAT IN THE SERVICE BAY FOR A WEEK WHILE THE ISSUE WAS BEING EVALUATED, RESULTING IN THE ISSUE EVENTUALLY BEING DIAGNOSED AS A BAD TIPM, WHICH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT A GROSSLY OVERPRICED COST OF $1600, SINCE THE PART IS AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR LESS THAN $400.

I HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE DEALER TWICE IN THE LAST YEAR. I HAVE BEEN TOLD TWICE THAT THEY WILL CORRECT IT IN 30 DAYS PARTS ARE COMING IN. THEY HAVE NOT CONTACTED ME YET THAT THEY ARE READY TO REPAIR IT.

THE CAR CUT OUT TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WITH ENGINE LIGHT FAULT AND LOSE OF POWER, BRAKES AND STEERING. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR (CODE P0335) AND NEEDS DODGE TO RECALL ON THIS AND FIX THIS LETHAL FAULT OF COMPLETE LOSE OF CONTROL AT SPEED. YESTERDAY WAS THE 3RD TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED AND I HAD MY FAMILY IN THE CAR THIS TIME...UPDATED 10/23/17 *BF UPDATED 10/25/17 *BF UPDATED 10/30/2017*JS UPDATED 11/2/2017*JS

THE VEHICLE STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AS I WAS DRIVING, THE VEHICLE TOOK A WHILE TO START AT TIMES. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START

"TAKATA RECALL" WHEN I DRIVE THE VEHICLE FOR ABOUT 30 TO 45 MINS ON HIGH WAY THE TRANSMISSION HEATING LIGHT WILL APPEAR AND CAUSES THE CAR TO GO INTO LIMP MOLD UNTIL TRANS IS COOLED DOWN IT WILL NOT GO OVER 60 MPH WHEN THIS HAPPEND TOOK IT TO DEALER AND THEY TELL ME THIS IS SOMETHING THAT DODGE CALIBER DOES.

OUR CAR ONLY HAS 32641 MILES ON IT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE GEAR SHIFT PIN OR SPRING FOR OUR MODEL BETWEEN 2007 &2009 WE CAN'T GET THE CAR OUT OF PARK AND SWOPE DODGE WON'T TAKE CARE OF AND NEITHER DODGE CORP OR MOPAR WON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT"S PAST WARRANTY. SO IT SITS IN OUR GARAGE WHERE ITS BEEN PARKED FOR A YEAR USELESS ITS OUR VACATION CAR AND I'M NOW ON SOCIAL SECURITY AND CAN'T AFFORD A HUGE REPAIR BILL .

JUST STOPPED STARTING PUT FUEL PUMP ON AND STILL DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEMS. CALLED DODGE AND THEY WERE VERY RUDE