NHTSA Complaint #10176098 — 2005 DODGE MAGNUM

I HAVE A DODGE MAGNUM RT (IT'S NOW 7 MOS OLD WITH 4000 MILES). 3 MOS AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR, THE ENGINE STARTED STALLING INTERMITTENTLY WHEN I TRIED TO REVERSE OUT OF THE PARKING STALL. THEN WHEN I TRIED THE START THE ENGINE AGAIN, IT WOULD NOT START UNTIL I PRESSED ON THE GAS PEDAL. I BROUGHT IT IN THE DEALERSHIP THE FIRST TIME, THEY "CANNOT DUPLICATE CUSTOMER'S CONCERN". BROUGHT IT IN THE SECOND TIME, THEY INSTALLED A CO-PILOT IN THE CAR TO MONITOR THE STALLING HOPING THAT THE COMPUTER WOULD TELL THEM SOMETHING. I TOOK THE CAR IN THE THIRD TIME FOR ANOTHER PROBLEM, AT THE SAME TIME THEY TOOK THE READING OFF THE CO-PILOT. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT THE CO-PILOT SHOWS THAT THE ENGINE DID STALL, BUT THE SENSOR WAS SHOWING EVERYTHING WAS RUNNING WELL WITH THE CAR. THEY SUGGESTED TO REPLACE THE COMPUTER SENSOR THINKING THAT IT MIGHT BE DEFECTIVE THAT'S WHY IT IS NOT SHOWING ANYTHING. WEEKS LATER THEY CALLED AND SAID THEY FOUND THE SAME PROBLEM IN THE PACIFICA. THEY RE-INSTALL SOME SOFTWARE IN MY CAR AND THE ENGINE STALLING SEEMS TO DISAPPEAR. HOWEVER, THE REVERSING IS STILL NOT NORMAL. THE CAR SEEMS TO HAVE PROBLEM WITH REVERSING. WHEN REVERSING MOST CAR WILL MOVE WITHOUT HAVING TO PUSH ON THE GAS PEDAL. MY CAR WILL STOP AT A CERTAIN POINT, THEN WHEN I TRY TO PRESS ON THE PEDAL GENTLY AND SLOWLY, THE CAR WILL SUDDENLY REVERSE REALLY FAST. I ALMOST HIT SOMEONE AND ANOTHER PARKED VEHICLE LAST WEEK BECAUSE OF THIS. I BROUGHT MY CAR IN THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN THIS WEEK (8TH OR 10TH TIME IN 6 MOS) FOR THIS INCIDENT. OF COURSE, THEIR RESPONSE IS "CANNOT DUPLICATE CUSTOMER'S CONCERN". *JB