Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 09/09/2011 | 13400 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2010 dodge challenger. the contact stated that the second gear shift would pop out of gear, causing sudden acceleration. the contact crashed into storage unit as a result of the failure. the contact sustained a fractured toe and leg injuries, and was transported to the hospital. the front and left side of the vehicle was damaged and the vehicle was towed to a body shop. a police report was filed. the manufacturer was contacted and an inspector was sent to inspect the failure of the vehicle. the claim was denied after inspection. the failure mileage was 13,400. kmj | |||
| 09/09/2011 | 13404 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2010 dodge challenger. the contact stated the second gear shift pops out of gear causing sudden acceleration and the vehicle crash into a storage unit. the contact was taken to the hospital with a broken toe and leg injuries. the front and left side of the vehicle was damaged and the vehicle was towed to a body shop. there was a police report if needed. the manufacturer was contacted and an inspector was sent out to inspect the vehicle. after the inspection they denied the claim. the failure mileage was 13,400. mw | |||
| 04/22/2011 | 29000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2010 dodge challenger. the contact stated that the vehicle abnormally accelerated and in order to stop the vehicle, she had to turn the vehicle completely off. the vehicle was taken to the dealer who was unable to duplicate the failure but he was able to diagnose that both the accelerator and the brake pedal were engaged simultaneously. the manufacturer was not contacted and the vehicle was not repaired. the failure and current mileage was 29,000. | |||
| 04/22/2011 | 29000 | ||
| Tl - the contact owns a 2010 dodge challenger. the contact stated that the vehicle suddenly accelerated, as if the cruise control had engaged by itself. the contact mentioned in order to stop the vehicle she had to turned it completely off. the vehicle was taken to the dealer who was not able to duplicate the problem, but were able to diagnosed that the accelerator and the brake pedal were engaged at the same time. the manufacturer was not contacted. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure and current mileage was 29,000. pm | |||
| 12/28/2010 | 4500 | ||
| I used my remote start to warm-up my 2010 challenger rt. i left for work and travelled at 20 mph in my subdivision. i arrived at intersection to make at turn onto a 45 mph street and travelled about 1 mile to light stopped and made a right turn onto another 45 mph street (4 lanes). as i increased speed to 45 limit i felt the gas pedal pull away from my foot and the car began to quickly speed up. i tapped the accelerator and then the brake thinking that the pedal was stuck due to cold weather 18 degrees. it just kept increasing in speed. i immediately shifted into neutral to take torque off the drive train. i let it coast into the next side street and put it into park. the engine was idling at 4000 rpm. i shut it off and restarted it and it immediately jumped back up to 4000 rpm. i had to move it out of the way so i pulled it into a cul-de-sac riding the brake with both feet. again, i shut it off, waited a little and restarted it. again, it jumped to 4000 rpm. i called my wife and told her what had happened. she suggested that i bring it home and take our other car. i decided to try shutting it down again. again when i started it it jumped to 4000 rpm. i decided to take it home and rode the brake back to the stop in order to make the left turn to go home. the two lanes of traffic going that direction was non-stop so i elected to avoid going into a congested situation not knowing what it would do. i decided to go right since there were no cars going that direction to worry about hitting. shortly after i made the turn the rpm's dropped to normal. i punched the accelerator to check it and make sure it would not repeat my startling experience. i thank god that my wife was not driving it at the time. she would have panicked and who knows what would have happened. i drove the car the rest of the way to work making sure that i kept a very safe distance between me and the car ahead. i sent chrysler an email about my experience. my car is now at a dealer being evaluated. | |||