Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||
| 01/01/2011 | 11000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2009 dodge challenger. the contact stated that while driving 15 mph, the vehicle lost power as if it had stalled but the engine continued running. the power steering had also become inoperable. the contact turned the engine off and restarted the vehicle,. once restarted, the contact was able to accelerate and had regained steering capabilities. the vehicle was taken to the dealer who was unable to diagnose a failure. approximately one year later, the failure recurred. the vehicle had not been repaired. the failure mileage was 11,000 and the current mileage was 34,000. kmj | |||
| 01/01/2011 | 11000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2009 dodge challenger. the contact stated while driving 15 mph the vehicle stalled, losing all power, including steering, however the engine was still on. the contact turned the engine off and restarted the vehicle and was then able to accelerate and steer. the vehicle was taken to the dealer and was unable to find anything wrong. about a year later the failure occurred again. the vehicle had not been repaired. the failure mileage was 11,000 and the current mileage was 34,000. | |||
| 06/01/2011 | 21000 | ||
| After battery and cables recall performed and new key fobs programmed due to no key fob present ,car would intermittently start. push button or fob in dash, made no difference. car would thunk or start and immediately shut off and finally the safety issue the car would shut off while driving no matter what the speed! all the lights on the dash would come on but the engine would be dead. it died on me coming up a steep hill merge lane, making turns, on the highway, even in my own driveway. had the car to my purchase dealer twice and they couldn't find what was wrong with it. finally took it to another dealer who found the problem within an hour. the win module had to be replaced and updates flashed to the computer. i'm told chrysler appeared at this dealer while my car was in for service and that they personally checked it over, re-doing some of the things the dealer performed. major safety issue with car shutting off while driving! shame i had to pay to have this fixed. shame on chrysler/dodge. it appears from reading other complaints that many others are having this same problem! | |||
| 05/20/2011 | 28000 | ||
| Took my car into dealership for warranty work on trim and window switch. car was fine. had owned it for 2.5 years. dealer performed flash on pcm per chrylsers information. when i left the dealer, i noteced a 1.5 second delay when gas pedel is depressed. found out when trying to pass slower traffic. human nature causes you to press if more. then all of the sudden, the power comes on hard. took it back, and had chryler tech test drive with service mgr. they saw the problem with the scan tool hooked up. was told that there was a 1.4 second delay. tech said he made changes in program and took it to .7 seconds. i do not see a differance in performance. called contact at chrysler. and was told that it falls within factory standards. there is no way this is right. car was fine untill they flashed it. i am unable to get any paperwork from chrysler stating the problem is normal. this is very dangerous. at 55 or 70mph 1.4 seconds can be a lifetime. if a time delay is normal for the fly by wire systems, then i am glad i am not a pilot of a fighter aircraft or new comercal air liner. | |||
| 10/17/2009 | 1000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2010 dodge challenger(na). while the vehicle was parked it caught fire. the fire department extinguished the flames. an investigator concluded that the fire was caused by an electrical failure. there were no injuries. the current and failure mileages were 1000. | |||
| 06/25/2009 | 1 | ||
| On 2009 challenger r/t with push button go ignition. message center showed no fob detected when attempting to start vehicle. attempts to start were made approximately twenty times. car would start when using the remote start but you must press the go: button in car before it can be driven. there was no safety issue per se but i was left stranded. car has less than 3k miles. *tr | |||