NHTSA Complaint #10459158 — 2006 DODGE CHARGER

I WAS TRAVELING ALONG THE INTERSTATE AND NOTICED A HESITATION IN MY AUTOMOBILE DUE TO A SEIZED UP ENGINE. JUST BEFORE IT SEIZED UP I HEARD A KNOCKING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE CAR WOULD NOT START. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A GARAGE. THE SERVICE PERSON DID AN INVESTIGATION AN INFORMED ME THAT THE ENGINE WAS DAMAGED AND WOULD NEED A COMPLETE OVERHAUL OR REPLACEMENT. I WAS TOLD BY THE MACHANIC THAT THE ENGINE IN THE VEHICLE IS NOTORIOUS FOR FAILURE DUE TO A MALFUCTIONING OIL PUMP OR DEFECTIVE CONNECTING ROD BEARING. I DID SOME RESEARCH AN FOUND THAT THERE IS A RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH A FAILED CONNECTING ROD BEARING. ONE OF MY CO-WORKERS EXPERIENCED THE SAME THING WITH HIS AUTOMOBILE WHICH IS A CHRYSLER/DODGE PRODUCT. THIS ENGINE IS A SAFETY HAZARD IN THAT BY SEIZING UP WHILE IN MOTION IT COULD CAUSE THE DRIVER TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. *TT