Dodge Magnum Complaints (2006)

321 consumer complaints on file.

#10672323January 13, 2015
STEERING, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
HAD FILLED UP GAS TANK, UPON PULLING OUT EXPERIENCED ENGINE HESITATION AND LACK OF POWER. A FEW MINUTES LATER WHILE PASSING THOUGH A MAJOR INTERSECTION WITH 3 CHILDREN IN CAR, VEHICLE STALLED, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND OF COURSE ANY MEANS OF PROPULSION. THE VEHICLE STARTED AGAIN BUT STALLED THREE MORE TIMES BEFORE RETURNING HOME. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS SITUATION WHICH CAN ENDANGER LIVES IN A HIGH SPEED AND HIGH TRAFFIC SITUATION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10668696December 29, 2014
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
CAR STALLS AFTER FUELING RENDERING ALL POWER ASSISTED FEATURES USELESS..IE: POWER STEERING & POWER BRAKES. WIFE AND KIDS ALMOST REAR ENDED IN NORMAL TRAFFIC AND T-BONED WHEN TURNING LEFT IN INTERSECTION!!!!!!! PLEASE HELP!!!!!! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10667401December 20, 2014
ENGINE
AFTER REFUELING MY 2006 DODGE MAGNUM STALLED REPEATEDLY. RESTARTING THE CAR WAS VERY DIFFICULT. MOST OF THE STALLING EPISODES OCCURRED WHEN THE CAR WAS AT A STANDSTILL OR MOVING AT 5 MPH OR LESS. IT ALSO STUMBLED BADLY WHEN DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH. ONE OF HE STALLING EPISODES LEFT ME STRANDED FOR A SHORT WHILE IN A BUSY INTERSECTION CAUSING A TRAFFIC JAM AND CREATING A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10664322December 15, 2014
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
AFTER FUELING CAR TO NEAR THE FULL MARK I WAS ATTEMPTING TO ENTER THE TRAFFIC FLOW ON INTERSTATE 75 AT OCALA. THE CAR LOST POWER AND THE ENGINE DIED ( NO POWER BRAKES OR STEERING) ATTEMPTED TO RESTART CAR IN NEUTRAL WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF CAR. TRAFFIC WAS RUNNING 70MPH AND I WAS MERGING INTO THE TRAFFIC FLOW. THE CAR WOULD NOT RESTART ACTING AS IF FLOODED. LUCKILY I WAS DRIVING AND NOT MY WIFE WHO HAS MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY AS SHE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONTROL THE CAR. MY RESEARCH INDICATES THE PROBLEM IS KNOWN BY DODGE AND IS RELATED TO A PURGE VENT VALVE IN THE FUEL TANK. IT SEEMS THE VELVET STICKS OPEN AND ALLOWS GAS , NOT JUST THE FUMES TO BE RECIRCULATED TO THE THROTTLE BODY (INTAKE) AND FLOODS THE ENGINE. DODGE STATES THIS PROBLEM CAN AFFECT ALL DODGE CHARGER, MAGNUM AND 300 MODEL CARS. IT REQUIRES A FUEL TANK REPLACEMENT AS THE PURGE VALVE IS INCORPORATED INTO THE TANK ITSELF. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10664405December 15, 2014
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE MAGNUM. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V354000 (AIR BAGS). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE DEALER DID NOT GIVE A SPECIFIC DATE WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DELAY. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10662862December 8, 2014
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
SECOND INCIDENT: NOVEMBER 27, 2014 DRIVING TO VAN NUYS, CA FROM SIMI VALLEY, CA AT APPROX. 5:30 PM, FILLED UP GAS TANK AND PROCEEDED DOWN STREET TOWARDS FREEWAY ONRAMP, CAR STALLED 3 TIMES BEFORE GETTING ON FREEWAY. THIS IS THE SECOND INCIDENT (HAPPENED TWO WEEKS PRIOR, ALSO FOLLOWING FUEL FILL-UP). FIRST INCIDENT (TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO SECOND INCIDENT): FILLED UP TANK IN PORTER RANCH, CA, HEADED TO VAN NUYS, CA... DROVE ON FREEWAY OK, EXITED FREEWAY AT ROSCOE BLVD AND TURNED LEFT. CAR STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF LEFT HAND TURN. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING IF CAR STALLS IN THE MIDDLE OF A LEFT HAND TURN AS ONCOMING TRAFFIC APPROACHES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10653737November 9, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VISIBILITY/WIPER, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
(TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE TIPM) ONE MORNING I TRIED TO START MY CAR. THE CAR ACTED IF THE BATTERY WAS DEAD, SO I JUMPED THE CAR. AFTER I JUMPED THE CAR I NOTICED THAT MY ESP/BAS LIGHT WAS ON. I DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF IT BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO GET TO WORK. AS I LEFT MY HOUSE I TRIED TO USE MY TURN SIGNALS. THEY DID NOT TURN ON. I TRIED TO USE MY WIND SHIELD WIPERS AND THEY DID NOT WORK EITHER. THIS IS ALARMING BECAUSE THESE ARE A COUPLE OF SAME ATTRIBUTES THAT MAKE A CAR SAFE. AFTER MORE INVESTIGATION THE FOLLOWING THINGS STOPPED WORKING AS WELL. HORN CRUISE CONTROL FRONT WINDOWS TURN SIGNALS SO ALL OF MY MAJOR COMPONENTS THAT ALLOW ME TO COMMUNICATE WITH OTHER DRIVERS STOPPED WORKING ALL AT ONCE. I WENT TO THE LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIP. THE SERVICE WRITER TOLD ME THAT THIS IS NOT A UNCOMMON PROBLEM AND THAT THE COST TO FIX THIS PROBLEM WOULD BE AROUND $1200-$1000. AFTER FURTHER RESEARCH, THE SERVICE WRITER WAS NOT FAR OFF WHEN HE SAID THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. AFTER READING PAGE, AFTER PAGE, AFTER PAGE OF FORUMS OF "CHRYSLER " OWNERS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. FURTHER MORE THERE IS A LAWSUIT AGAINST CHRYSLER FOR PUTTING FAULTY PARTS ON THEIR VEHICLES WITHOUT ANY SORT OF RECALL. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD CONSIDERING, IF THIS COMMON FAULTY PART GOES OUT, SO DOES MOST OF YOUR VISUAL AND AUDIO COMMUNICATION INDICATORS ON YOUR VEHICLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10653455November 7, 2014
ENGINE
AFTER GAS FILL UP, ENGINE WILL DIE WHEN STOPPING, AND DIE IN MOTION BUT RESTART ITSELF, FOR 5 OR 10 MILES. THIS CONDITION IS ONGOING SINCE MARCH 2014. CONDITION HAS ALSO HAPPENED RANDOMLY ON ONE OCCASION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10652772November 5, 2014
ENGINE
HI, I HAVE A 2006 DODGE MAGNUM SRT8. DURING THE FIRST INCIDENT IN APRIL 2014, MY CAR STALLED AT LIGHTS AND ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART. I GOT GASOLINE AFTER THE FIRST STALL AND IT CONTINUED AFTER I FILLED MY TANK WITH GAS. THE SECOND INCIDENT JUST OCCURRED LAST NIGHT 11/4/14 AND I WENT TO THE GAS STATION TO FILL THE TANK. I NOTICED A SOUND LIKE AIR PRESSURE WAS BEING RELEASED FROM MY GAS TANK (NORMAL FROM FILLING UP) AND THEN THE CAR WOULD NOT RESTART VERY EASILY AND STALLED. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR STARTED BUT IT STALLED AT EVERY IDLE AT STOP LIGHTS. I JUST NOTICED THAT THOUGH A GOOGLE SEARCH THAT THE FED IS PROBING ENGINE STALLS ON APPROX 192K CHRYSLER/DODGE MODELS WITH THE SAME ISSUE. HTTP://ARTICLES.LATIMES.COM/2013/MAY/14/AUTOS/LA-FI-HY-CHRYSLER-ENGINE-STALLS-20130514 [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10650513October 27, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
SEVERAL TIMES WHEN DRIVING OR PARKED ALL GAUGES ON DASHBOARD DROP TO ZERO AND IDIOT LIGHTS COME ON - SOMETIMES IT HAPPENS ONLY ONCE AND SOMETIMES IT HAPPENS MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE RETURNING BACK TO NORMAL. HAVE HAD IT TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES - EVEN HAD TO PAY THEM $269 TO DISCONNECT MY AFTER MARKET REMOTE START FOR THEM "PROVE TO THEMSELVES" THAT IT WASN'T THE CAUSE. THIS ISSUE HAPPENED A FEW TIMES BEFORE THE REMOTE START WAS EVER INSTALLED, BUT THEY WOULDN'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT. ALSO PROVIDED THE DEALER WITH MULTIPLE INTERNET PRINTOUTS OF COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME ISSUE ACROSS MULTIPLE MAKES (ONE SAID THAT THEIRS WAS DUE TO A LOOSE CONNECTION UNDER THE BATTERY HOUSING), BUT THEY "HAD NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A PROBLEM" AND "COULDN'T REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM" EVEN AFTER DRIVING THE CAR SEVERAL MILES ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. FUNNY HOW IT HAPPENS TO ME ON MOST RIDES! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10644222October 13, 2014
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
I STOPPED TO GET FUEL AND STARTED OFF ON MY TRIP I WENT TO GET ON THE FREEWAY AND THE CAR STALLED WHEN TRYING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC. HAD TO DODGE A FEW CARS AND COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I TRIED TO RESTART THE CAR A FEW TIMES AND IT FINALLY RESTARTED. I CONTINUED ON MY TRIP WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS UNTIL I STOPPED AND FILLED THE GAS TANK BACK UP. THIS TIME I WAS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND HAD NO PLACE TO GO, PISSED OFF A FEW PEOPLE FOR BLOCKING TRAFFIC BUT FINALLY GOT THE CAR RESTARTED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10644155October 12, 2014
STEERING, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FOR THE LAST 60 TO 90 DAYS , MY CAR HAS BEING TURNING OFF SEVERAL TIMES . I TOOK IT FOR MAINTENANCE AND EVERYTHING WAS UPDATED, BRAKES , OIL CHANGE . I WAS ADVISED IT WAS MY FUEL TANK . THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED ASAP , I DRIVE MY CHILDREN WITH ME ALL THE TIME . *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10638548September 23, 2014
ENGINE
AT 66,000 MILES THIS CAR STARTED TO STALL DURING LOW SPEED OPERATION, AROUND 30-40 MPH. THIS CONTINUED ON WITH MULTIPLE ATTEMPTED, EXPENSIVE TRIES BY THE DEALER TO FIX IT, INCLUDING THE UNNECESSARY REMOVAL OF A REMOTE START SYSTEM. PART OF THE FIX ATTEMPTS INCLUDED INSTALLING A DOORBELL LIKE BUTTON THAT I PUSHED WHENEVER THE EVENT HAPPENED IN AN ATTEMPT FOR THEM TO FAULT ISOLATE. THEY REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH BECAUSE IT APPEARED TO THEM THAT THE SYSTEM HAD BEEN SHUT OFF. AFTER THAT IT WAS PROBABLY THE CONTROL COMPUTER BUT NO GUARANTEE ON THAT. COMPUTER HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED. JUNE 2014 THIS CAR HAD THE GAS TANK REPLACED AT A PART OF THE NON-RECALL 'EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THE GAS TANK' FUEL TANK REPLACEMENT. THE CAR RESPONDED WITH A INCREASE IN HORSEPOWER/PERFORMANCE BUT NOT BETTER STALL PERFORMANCE. AFTER A WEEK OR TWO THE STALL CONDITIONS RETURNED AND ARE MORE DANGEROUS THAN EVER. THE CAR WILL STALL PULLING INTO TRAFFIC, IT WILL STALL DURING OPEN ROAD RUNNING (NOW AT VIRTUALLY ANY SPEED), OR SITTING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. WHEN IT STALLS, IF THE CAR HAS ENOUGH MOMENTUM IT WILL RESTART AND OCCASIONALLY BOLT FORWARD DUE TO THE COMPUTER SENSING THE STALL, ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS IN PARKING LOTS. A FURTHER FEATURE IS THAT IF THE 'CHECK ENGINE' LIGHT WAS ON PRIOR TO THE STALL, IT WILL BE EXTINGUISHED AND NO CODES REMAIN IN THE COMPUTER.. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10637222September 18, 2014
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
AFTER FILLING UP THE CAR WITH FUEL IT WOULD STALL WHEN DRIVING IT. ON 11/23/12 I TOOK THE CAR TO MY LOCAL DEALER,SANTA MARIA CHRYSLER-JEEP-DODGE. THEY INFORMED ME THE FUEL TANK WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE VENT VALVE ON FUEL TANK WAS FAULTY. I PAID FOR THE REPAIRS AT COST OF $1607.25 ON 11/28/12. I RECENTLY BECAME AWARE OF A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT THEY SAY MY VIN# DOES NOT QUALIFY. THE PROBLEM WAS A SCARY SITUATION. I COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY HURT IF THE CAR STALLED IN TRAFFIC. APPARENTLY I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10637411September 18, 2014
STEERING, ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE CAR WILL STALL AND ONLY GIVE ABOUT 5PERCENT POWER. IT CAN HAPPEN ANYTIME HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES. DEALER HAD VEHICLE FOR A MONTH AND CANNOT DETERMINE THE ISSUES. I WAS ALMOST HIT BY MOVING VEHICLES MULTIPLE TIMES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10633002September 14, 2014
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FILLED TANK WITH FUEL CAR STALLED AFTER STATING AND SITTING AT LIGHT . THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME IT HAS HAPPENED THE LAST THREE TIMES I HAVE FILLED UP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10629352August 29, 2014
ENGINE
THE CAR STALLS AT STOP LIGHTS MOSTLY BUT HAS RECENTLY STARTED STALLING ON THE FREEWAY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10627368August 22, 2014
POWER TRAIN
MY 2006 DODGE MAGNUM HAS BEEN A GREAT CAR. UNTIL YESTERDAY. I HAD DRIVEN THE VEHICLE EARLIER IN THE DAY WITHOUT PROBLEMS. WENT OUT TO MY CAR AFTER WORK, STARTED RIGHT UP AS USUAL - BUT WOULD NOT GO OUT OF PARK. AFTER GOOGLING THE PROBLEM, I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS A RECURRENT PROBLEM ON BOTH DODGE AND CHRYSLER VEHICLES. THERE IS A WORK AROUND, BUT AM VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT THIS ITEM IS NOT FOUND ON ANY RECALL LISTS. WHILE THIS IS NOT TECHNICALLY A "SAFETY" ISSUE, IT IS A VERY FRUSTRATING PROBLEM. BASED ON THE SHEER NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO SEEM TO HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM - A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED!!!! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10611118July 16, 2014
WHEELS
I JUST PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IN MAY 2014. AT TIME OF PURCHASE ALL 4 WHEELS WERE SHOWING OBVIOUS SIGNS OF SIGNIFICANT CORROSION AROUND THE CENTER CAP, LUG NUT AREA AND ALONG THE BEAD OF THE RIM. ALL TIRES MAINTAIN PROPER INFLATION. I JUST RECENTLY ATTENDED AN ALL CHRYSLER CAR SHOW AND WHILE ADMIRING OTHER MAGNUMS ON DISPLAY I NOTICED SEVERAL OF THEM HAD THE SAME CORROSION IN THE SAME LOCATIONS AS MINE. I AM NOT A METALLURGIST AND DO NOT KNOW IF THIS CONDITION WILL, OR HAS, AFFECTED THE INTEGRITY OF THE ALLOY MATERIAL USED IN THE MANUFACTURING OF THESE RIMS BUT IT SEEMS TO ME, IF THIS PROBLEM IS LEFT UNADDRESSED IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE A SERIOUS SAFETY RISK. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10604495June 19, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I HAVE BEEN HAVING MAJOR ISSUE WITH MY MAGNUM STALLING. IT STALLS AFTER I FILL UP ON GAS, IF I DRIVE ALOT DURING THE DAY IT STALLS ALOT AT NIGHT,AND IT HAPPENS AT ALL SPEEDS. I HAVE BEEN STUCK AT MAJOR INTERSECTIONS FREEWAYS, FREEWAY ENTRANCES AND EXITS. ITS NOT A GREAT FEELING FEARING EVERY TIME YOU DRIVE ESPECIALLY THE WAY PEOPLE DRIVE IN LOS ANGELES. THIS IS GETTING OUT OF CONTROL AND I HAVE NO OPTION BUT TO DRIVE IT. I AM AFRAID OF GETTING IN A DEADLY ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE PLEASE HELP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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