Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEERING | |||
| 05/01/2012 | 93000 | ||
| Today the outer tie rod on the drivers wheel side snapped in half. this occurred not after hitting a bump, or a curb, but pulling into a parking space. yes, a right hand turn at less than 5 miles an hour snapped the outer tie rod in two. how fortunate am i that this defective product did not break while i was on the highway? this is an absolute outrage that dodge knowingly places unsafe components on their cars, and refuses to recall them when the parts continue to fail. dodge recalls the tie rods on the dakota, ram, and durango; but after thousands of public complaints that charge tie rods are bad also, they do nothing about it. are they waiting for people to die because of their unsafe products? | |||
| 11/01/2011 | 89500 | ||
| Premature busing and control arms failure, leading to loss of steering control and premature tire wear,harsh noise and poor absurbtion of road hazzards ( uneven roads, or pots holes lead to abrupt steering movement). | |||
| 10/19/2011 | 9000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2007 dodge charger. the contact stated that the front tires were being replaced by an independent mechanic when he was informed that the front driver side tie rod needed to be replaced. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure, but offered no assistance. the failure and current mileages were 9,000. kmj | |||
| 10/19/2011 | 9000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2007 dodge charger. the contact stated that the front tires were being replaced by an independent repair shop, when he was informed that the front driver's side tie rod needed to be replaced. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure, but offered no assistance. the failure and current mileages were 9,000. sm. | |||
| 07/16/2010 | 30000 | ||
| Front outer tie rod ends of 2007 dodge charger 3.5 liter are of a non greasable type. the grease which is utilized at time of installation breaks down prematurely (at around 30,000 miles) and turns to a gritty clay in the ball joint. this premature breakdown of lubrication results in the wearing out and failure of the tie rod end which will result in the loss of control of said vehicle. these are my findings as i did a failure mode evaluation and upgraded the oem component to a greaseable high performance tie rod end. | |||
| 04/12/2011 | 4200 | ||
| The vehicle has binding in the rack and pinion called dodge said that they would help me fix it but then in the end the decided that i was negligent and its was my fault. the steering wheel can possibly get stuck in place and cause death or even injury | |||
| STEERING - LINKAGES - TIE ROD ASSEMBLY | |||
| 11/01/2007 | 12000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2007 dodge charger. when driving at various speeds, there was a loud noise in the front of the vehicle. the mechanic stated that they couldn't hear any noise and that the brake pads were not defective. a second diagnosis was obtained from another mechanic who stated that the front brake rotors were warped and the tie rods needed to be replaced. an authorized dealer replaced the tie rods. the contact is concerned that a new vehicle has experienced multiple failures. since the vehicle was repaired the failure has not recurred. the failure mileage was 12,000 and the current mileage was 37,000. | |||
| 04/25/2007 | 0 | 1 | 04/25/2007 |
| Shimmy at 73-80 mph visable steering wheel shakes and shimmys at 73mph car was at dealer for problem and the dealer rebalanced the wheels. no effect problem still exists. car was returned to another dealer and wheels were rotated. no effect problem still exists. several other owners have same problems with srt/8 models. remidies have been replacing tie rod ends, wheel bearings, road force balance of wheels and replacement of steering rack. there needs to be a tsb for this problem. | |||
| STEERING - RACK AND PINION | |||
| 04/25/2007 | 0 | 1 | 04/25/2007 |
| Shimmy at 73-80 mph visable steering wheel shakes and shimmys at 73mph car was at dealer for problem and the dealer rebalanced the wheels. no effect problem still exists. car was returned to another dealer and wheels were rotated. no effect problem still exists. several other owners have same problems with srt/8 models. remidies have been replacing tie rod ends, wheel bearings, road force balance of wheels and replacement of steering rack. there needs to be a tsb for this problem. | |||