NHTSA Complaint #10578916 — 2005 DODGE MAGNUM

AFTER FILLING UP THE TANK WITH REGULAR 87 OCTANE AND TRAVELING LESS THAN A MILE THE VEHICLE STALLED. I WOULD RESTART THE VEHICLE AND IT WOULD STALL AGAIN SEVERAL TIMES UNTIL ABOUT 10-15 MILES IT WOULD SUBSIDE. I REALIZED AFTER SEVERAL FILL UPS THERE MUST BE A CORRELATION SO I TOOK MY 2005 V8 MAGNUM INTO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT IT WOULD COST BETWEEN 1,500 TO 2 GRAND TO EVALUATE AND FIX THE PROBLEM WHICH THEY THOUGHT HAD TO DO WITH THE FUEL TANK. SINCE I COULD NOT AFFORD THE REPAIR COST THE ONLY REMEDY WAS TO STOP SHORT OF FILLING UP THE TANK. NO STALLS OCCURRED IF I WOULD FILL UP THE TANK 3/4. THIS WENT ON FOR SEVERAL YEARS UNTIL ONE DAY I WAS DISTRACTED AND FILLED THE TANK UP 100%. IT DID NOT STALL AT LOW SPEEDS BUT WHEN I GOT ON THE HIGHWAY STALLED AT 55 LEAVING ME IN AN UNSAFE SITUATION (NOT HAVING CONTROL OF THE STEERING WHEEL). FORTUNATELY I WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO MANIPULATE THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. I WAS FEARFUL TO BEGIN AGAIN AT HIGH SPEEDS SO I PLACED MY FLASHERS ON AND TRAVELED SEVERAL MILES AT 35 MPH WITH SEVERAL STALLS TO FOLLOW. NOW IT IS MAY OF 2014 AND THE DEALERSHIP HAS NO WARRANTY OR RECALL NOTICED ON THIS VEHICLE. *TR