NHTSA Complaint #10584563 — 2011 DODGE CHALLENGER

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 45MPH ABS, EAP/BAS AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS CAME ON. PARKED CAR AND WOULD NOT START. NO POWER. TOWED TO DODGE DEALERSHIP AND AFTER 2 DAYS REPORTED NEEDED NEW BATTERY AFTER OLD BATTERY WOULD NOT KEEP CHARGE. ONE DAY AFTER GOT VEHICLE FROM DEALER, DROVE VEHICLE BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON, DROVE TO DEALER SERVICE TURNED OFF VEHICLE AND TURNED ON AGAIN BUT LIGHT DID NOT COME ON. TECH CHECKED BATTERY CONNECTION, WAS OK AND TRIED TO DRIVE HOME. DROVE VEHICLE 3 MILES BATTERY LIGHT, ABS, EAP/BAS AND TRACTION LIGHTS CAME ON AGAIN, IDLED ROUGH THEN DASH WENT DARK AND CAR KILLED, STEERING LOCKED. GOT RELATIVE TO PUT ANOTHER BATTERY IN TO DRIVE VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP. IS THERE NOW AWAITING DIAGNOSIS BUT ALL THINGS POINT TO BAD ALTERNATOR. VEHICLE 3WEEKS OUT OF WARRANTY WITH 31000 MILES. THE CHARGER HAS HAD ISSUES WITH ALTERNATOR & HAVE SEEN A FEW CHALLENGERS COMPLAINT ON OTHER SITES. I DID LIKE MY CAR BUT THIS APPEARS TO BE A MANUFACTURER DEFECT WITH ALTERNATORS, ONLY 31000 MILES AND GONE BAD. *TR