NHTSA Complaint #10369389 — 2007 DODGE CHARGER AWD

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CHARGER AWD. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH WHEN SHE HEARD AN ABNORMAL KNOCKING FROM THE ENGINE. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND HE ADVISED HER THAT THE VEHICLE HAD NO OIL ON THE DIP STICK. THE MECHANIC ADDED 4 QUARTS OF OIL TO THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE DEALER ADVISED HER THAT THE TEFLON PISTONS WERE CONSUMING A LARGE AMOUNT OF OIL AND WAS A NORMAL OCCURRENCE. THE DEALER DID NOT FIND A FAILURE WITH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE HAD AN OIL CHANGE LESS THAN 2,500 MILES AGO AND THE RATE OF WHICH THE VEHICLE WAS CONSUMING OIL WAS ABNORMAL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 44,500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 44,925.