Dodge Charger Complaints (2013)

367 consumer complaints on file.

#11015659August 16, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
ALTERNATOR BAD IN CAR NEED TO EXPAND RECALL LIST ON VIN NUMBER. CAR START SMELLING LIKE BURNING THEN DIED ON HIGHWAY IN FRONT OF DUSTY COLLISION POCOLA OK. DUSTY OWNER OF BUSINESS AND LICENSE AUTO REPAIR PLACE STATED MY ALTERNATOR WAS BAD. THAT ME AND MY DOWN SYNDROME SON WAS LUCKY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11015668August 16, 2017
AIR BAGS, STRUCTURE:BODY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I'M SORRY BUT THE THE CHECKLIST THAT FOR THE DEFECTIVE ITEMS ON THE VEHICLE AND YOU GUYS WERE ASKING WHAT DEFECTIVE ITEMS DO YOU HAVE AND IT WOULDN'T LET ME CHECK MARK THE BOXES HIM BUT PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE ON THAT SCREEN IS WRONG WITH MY CAR IT HAS BROKE DOWN LOST POWER ALL POWER I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 45 MILES AN HOUR I HAD NO CONTROL OVER THE VEHICLE I HAD CARBON MONOXIDE A POISON AND I'M GETTING MY BLOOD WORK RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK AND I JUST DISUSED THIS ISSUE WITH ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES THERE AND I FEEL LIKE THIS CAR IS GOING TO CATCH ON FIRE BECAUSE IT'S BEEN OVERHEATING SO I DON'T THINK IT'S REAL SAFE FOR ME TO DRIVE IT AND TAKE IT TO THE SHOP YESTERDAY AND THEY TOLD ME COME BACK TODAY SO IT'S RUNNING AROUND AND IS BUYING PARTS FOR HIS CAR AND IT'S HIRING SOMEBODY TO INSTALL IT YOU KNOW HIM BUT NOTHING MAJOR A CERTIFIED MECHANIC HAS TO DO IT AND MY ENGINE IT IT'S IT'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT MY EMISSIONS NEVER BEEN DONE THE SMOG HAS NEVER BEEN DONE IT'S KEEPING MILES AND ALSO THE SUSPENSION IIS NOT STABLE, THESE CORROSION NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF ITS ON THE TOP ROOF TOWARDS THE FRONT WINDOW. ALSO THE SUSPENSION IS SQUEKING AND ROCKING BACK AND FORTH WHICH IT'S N THE REAR END OF THE CAR... ALSO IT'S GETTING 11MPG 9MPG CITY IT'S NOT CORRECT IT SHOULD GET 20MPG IN CITY I DRIVE WITH CASTION IS GETTING ABOUT 9 TO 10 MILES A GALLON IN THE CITY AND THAT'S NOT RIGHT I'M DOING IT BY CALCULATING BECAUSE I DON'T THIS THIS CLUSTER WORKS .... PLEASE CALL ME
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11015749August 16, 2017
VISIBILITY/WIPER
MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL NOT TURN OF WHILE THE CAR IS RUNNINGF. THEY CANNOT BE ADJUSTED AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS SPRAY DOESN'T WORK EITHER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11015142August 14, 2017
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
IF THE ALTERNATOR FAILS, THE VEHICLE STALL WITHOUT WARNING, TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND BEEN TOLD THAT RECALL P60 IS ONLY FOR 160 AM ALTERNATOR AND MY IS 180 BUT THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPEN TO MY CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11014902August 13, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE CAR WAS SHUT DOWN FOR 1 1/2 HOURS AND SITTING IN A PARKING LOT WITH NOTHING RUNNING OR ON. WHEN THE CAR WAS STARTED AS NORMAL, THERE WAS AN ODD SOUND COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I POPPED THE HOOD AND NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE ALTERNATOR. I SHUT THE CAR DOWN AND BLACK SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE ALTERNATOR. I HEARD POPPING AND SIZZLING COMING FROM THE ALTERNATOR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11013804August 8, 2017
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE CHARGER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AUTONATION CHRYSLER (LOCATED AT 23820 CREEKSIDE RD, VALENCIA, CA 91355) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE PCM WAS NOT COMMUNICATING WITH THE SCANNER. THE DEALER ALSO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THEY NEEDED MORE TIME TO DIAGNOSE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THEY WOULD CONTACT THE SERVICE ADVISER DEPARTMENT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,540.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11012938August 5, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
HELLO MY 2013 DODGE CHARGER 3.6 WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE HAS JUST SHUT DOWN WITH NO WARNINGS AND I HAD TO GET IT TOWED TO A DODGE SHOP U WAITED ON MY VEHICLE FOR DAYS AND THEY SAID IT WAS A BLOWN FUSE BUT I'M IN THE TECHNOLOGY FIELD AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT SOMEONE HAS ACCESS OR REMOTELY ACCESS TO MY VEHICLE NOW I HAVE ISSUES WITH MY FUEL WHICH I'M GETTING 10 MILES A GALLON, AND MY VEHICLE IS GETTING TO A POINT TO WEAR I HAVE TO PULL OVER BECAUSE IT'S GETTING OVERHEATED SOMETHING IS SERIOUSLY WRONG AND I FEEL UNSAFE ANYTIME YOUR VEHICLE SHUTS OFF WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE CONTROL OF IT IT'S A HAZARD TO EVERYONE MY UCONNECT RADIO ASK FOR A ANTI THEFT CODE BUT IT WAS BEFORE I TOOK IT TO AUTO NATION DODGE IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT I'VE PARKED THE VEHICLE IT HAS 67000 MILES AND I JUST BOUGHT IT IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR ALSO THE WINDOWS ROLL DOWN BY THERE SELFS THE VEHICLE WAS GOING ABOUT 45 MPH ON CITY HWY AND THE DEALERSHIP NEVER HAD IT SMOKED BEFORE THEY SOLD IT TO ME
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11012460August 3, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
FOR SOME REASON NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I REPLACE IT, THE FRONT FUSE FOR THE A.C. WHERE THE ENGINE IS LOCATED KEEPS GETTING SOMETHING BURNED ON THE SIDE OF IT CAUSING MY A.C. TO STOP BLOWING COOL AIR. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THE CAR IS IN MOTION OR NOT. I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT OWN THIS TYPE OF CAR HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11011723July 31, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
EVERY 3 MONTHS SINCE PURCHASING THE CAR THE BATTERY WILL BE DEAD. WHEN I HAVE BATTERY CHECKED WILL TEST GOOD. PUT BATTERY BACK ON AND WILL LAST 3 MORE MONTHS AND THEN DEAD AGAIN! EVER SINCE PURCHASING VEHICLE IN JUNE 2013. BATTERY SAVER MODE COMES ON MESSAGE SCREEN REGULARLY. WHENEVER BATTERY SAVER MODE IS ON MESSAGE SCREEN AM NOT ABLE TO USE RADIO OR OTHER ITEMS ON 8.4 INCH RADIO/NAV/PHONE SCREEN... WHEN ACCELERATING AT LIGHT, CAR HESITATES WHEN PUSHING GAS PEDAL AND THEN WHEN IS PUSHED A LITTLE FURTHER CAR LUNGES, NOT SMOOTH ACCELERATION. ALWAYS STARTS OUT SLOW AND SMOOTH THEN HESITATES (SEEMS LIKE GOING TO STALL) THEN LUNGES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11011203July 28, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHEN DRIVING I COULD HEAR A NOISE WHICH I THOUGHT WAS THE TRANSMISSION THEM I COULD SMELL A FAINT SMELL OF BURNING PLASTIC. THEN THE BATTERY SAVER LIGHT CAME ON. I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME TO BRING IT IN. NEVER MADE IT. GOT ABOUT 2 MILES AND ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON. THE BRAKES WOULD ENGAGE ON THEIR ON THEIR OWN FINALLY THE CAR STARTED TO STALL AND COASTED TO A STOP. WHEN STOPPED THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE RUNNING SLOWLY. HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO DEALER AT MY COST. THEY SAID ALTERNATOR WAS BURNED UP AND IT ALSO BURNED UP THE BATTERY. EXTENDED WARRANTY WILL PAY FOR ALTERNATOR BUT NOT THE BATTERY. CAR HAS 43000 MILES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11011260July 28, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I WAS DRIVING DOWN STREET ALTERNATOR FAILED WITHOUT WARNING,WHICH IN TURN MADE CAR COME TO A COMPLETE STOP WITH TOTAL LOST OF POWER.I HAD CAR TOWED TO ANTIOCH CHRYSLER WHICH COST ME $1300 FOR ALTERNATOR ,BATTERY LABOR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11010930July 27, 2017
ENGINE
COOLANT FAN IS COMING APART, GOING THRU RADIATOR. WE HAVE SEVERAL POLICE CHARGERS WITH THIS PROBLEM. OUR FLEET IS 2009 THRU 2015 MODELS. AT THIS TIME WE HAVE THIS PROBLEM ON A 2011 AND 2013. SURROUNDING AGENCIES HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11010016July 21, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE CHARGER. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A WHINING NOISE AND THE ABS, TRACTION, AND BATTERY SAVER INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE HOME AT A SLOW RATE OF SPEED. WHILE PULLING INTO THE DRIVEWAY, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT PARKED, EXITED THE VEHICLE, OPENED THE HOOD, AND SAW SMOKE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC OR DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER (LARRY H. MILLER DODGE RAM HAVANA, 2727 S HAVANA ST, DENVER, CO 80014 (720) 907-1243) TO INQUIRE ABOUT AN ALTERNATOR RECALL BECAUSE HIS PREVIOUS DODGE CHARGER WAS INCLUDED IN A RECALL FOR THE ALTERNATOR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,900.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11005979July 17, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS SUCH AS THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS COMING ON, HEATER TURNING ON, GAUGES BLINKING ON AND OFF, FAILURE TO START AND STALLING WHILE DRIVING. I ASSUMED THE ALTERNATOR WAS BAD SO I ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE IT TO MY LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND THE VEHICLE DIED IN THE DRIVEWAY. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO AN AUTOMOTIVE SHOP. THEY TOLD ME THAT THE BATTERY WAS FRIED AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE IT TO DIAGNOSE THE VEHICLE. AS SOON AS A NEW BATTERY WAS INSTALLED IT IMMEDIATELY FRIED THAT BATTERY AND THEY SAID THAT THE ALTERNATOR WAS GENERATING HEAT AND BEGINNING TO SMOKE. THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS A MAJOR ELECTRICAL SHORT THAT THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE AND SENT IT TO A DODGE DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSIS. THIS PARTICULAR VIN NUMBER IS NOT UNDER THE CURRENT RECALL BUT ALL OF THE SYMPTOMS THE CAR WAS HAVING IS EXACTLY WHAT IS DESCRIBED IN THE RECALL NOTICE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11005476July 15, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I WAS DRIVING FROM TULSA TO JOPLIN WHEN THE BATTERY SAVER LIGHT CAME ON. SHORTLY AFTER I LOST ALL DIGITAL GAUGES AND POWER STEERING. CAR SHUT OFF AND BECAME HARD TO CONTROL. I WAS IN LEFT LANE ON INTERSTATE WITH TRACTOR TRAILERS IN THE RIGHT LANE, CAR SLOWED TO AROUND 10 MILES AN HOUR AS I TRIED TO GET ACROSS RIGHT LANE ONTO SHOULDER. CAR IN RIGHT LANE WOULD NOT MOVE AND ALMOST CAUSED ACCIDENT. WAS ABLE TO GET CAR TO SHOULDER. ORIGINAL ALTERNATOR FAILED AT 130,000 MILES. DODGE WANTED OVER 600 DOLLARS TO REPLACE AND SAID THE ORIGINAL RECALL DID NOT EFFECT MY MODEL. PURCHASED A SECOND ALTERNATOR FROM AUTOZONE BUT IT WAS DEAD OUT OF THE BOX. THIRD ALTERNATOR LASTED FROM SEPTEMBER 2016 TO JULY 2017. INSTALLED FOURTH ALTERNATOR ON 7/15/2017 BUT DIAGNOSTICS SHOWS THE REGULATOR IS FAILING. AUTOZONE IS TELLING ME THAT DODGE HAS OTHER ISSUES CAUSING FAILURE. PROBLEM I HAVE IS DODGE WOULD NOT REPLACE THE ORIGINAL ALTERNATOR AS IT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11005287July 14, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
MY CAR HAS CUT OFF AND TURNED RIGHT BACK ON SEVERAL TIMES. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER AND THERE ARE 0 ISSUES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11005331July 14, 2017
AIR BAGS, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE WAS A RECALL ISSUE FIXED ON MY VEHICLE SOMETIME LAST YEAR WHERE IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THEY WENT INTO MY DASH AND/OR REMOVED THE DASH. ALSO THE AIRBAG LIGHT WOULD GO ON AND OFF. SINCE THEN, I'VE STARTED TO EXPERIENCE CLICKING/KNOCKING WHERE THE AIRBAG WOULD BE LOCATED AND THE AIR BAGS LIGHT IS ON AND OFF VERY FREQUENTLY AS WELL. IF I HIT A BUMP ON THE SIDE WHERE THE CLICKING OCCURS, THE AIR BAG LIGHT WILL COME ON. NOT SURE IF THE PROBLEM IS RELATED TO THE RECALL THAT WAS SUPPOSEDLY FIXED IN THE PAST, HOWEVER THERE WAS NO CLICKING/KNOCKING IN THE DASHBOARD PRIOR TO THE FIX, ONLY AIRBAG LIGHT. I JUST DON'T WANT IT TO BE AN AIRBAG ISSUE OR IT DEPLOYS WHILE I'M DRIVING. NOT ABLE TO PUT IN AN EXACT DATE BECAUSE IT HAPPENS EVERYDAY, SO ONLY ENTERED TODAY'S DATE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11005135July 13, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WITHIN A WEEK OF OWNING THE VEHICLE, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE HEARD NEAR THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (RIVERLAND CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP, 601 BELLE TERRE BLVD, LAPLACE, LA 70068, (985) 652-9600) MORE THAN TWICE AND THEY HAD BEEN UNABLE TO REPLICATE AND DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE DEALER HAD COMPLETED THREE UNKNOWN RECALLS PRIOR TO THE MOTOR TURNED ON AND HOT AIR ENTERED THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR ASSEMBLY BUT THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE IF THE RECALL REPAIR REMEDIES MAY HAVE CAUSED ADDITIONAL FAILURES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED BY THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11003200July 5, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE BATTERY DIES OVER NIGHT AND I HAVE TO CONSTANTLY CHARGE MY BATTERY, SO WHILE DRIVING I LOSS POWER, BECAUSE OF MY ALTERNATOR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11000583June 22, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR 2013 DODGE CHARGER ON THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH THE DASH BOARD STARTED ACTING STRANGELY AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS CAME ON. BEFORE THE VEHICLE COULD BE BROUGHT TO A STOP IT LOST ALL POWER AND CONTROL INCLUDING THE ABILITY TO STEER THE VEHICLE. THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS A SHORT IN THE ALTERNATOR THAT ALSO DEFECTED THE BATTERY. I WAS TOLD BY THE CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL THAT IDENTIFIES THESE SAME SYMPTOMS, AND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING MORE I COULD DO GOING FORWARD WHEN I REQUESTED TO SPEAK WITH A CASE MANAGER INVESTIGATING THESE CASES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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