NHTSA Complaint #10596857 — 2006 DODGE CHARGER

DRIVING MY 2006 CHARGER DAYTONA WITH MY TODDLER FROM LUNCH, GOING TO GET GAS, AND THEN GO HOME. MY CHARGER ENGINE DIED WHILE DRIVING. IT STARTED BUT SOUNDED DIFFERENT. I PUSHED INTO A PARKING LOT. I THOUGHT MAYBE I RAN OUT OF GAS. BUT NO GAS LIGHT WAS ON JUST AN ENGINE LIGHT & A LIGHTNING BOLT NOW. I PUT A COUPLE OF GALLONS OF GAS JUST TO BE SURE. I STARTED THE CAR. THE ENGINE SOUNDED LIKE A RATTLING AND DIED OUT AGAIN. I LEFT THE KEY IN THE ON TO MAKE SURE FUEL GOT TO THE INJECTORS. STARTED AGAIN VERY BRIEFLY SAME NOISE THEN IT NEVER STARTED AGAIN. TOWED IT HOME. LIFTED THE PLASTIC ENGINE COVER FOUND A LARGE HOLE AND THREE INNER ENGINE PARTS (ONE WAS A SPRING, POSSIBLE PARTS TO A ROD) THAT HAD BLOWN OUT OF THE HOLE. I KEEP MY CHARGER UP TO DATE WITH CARE AND MAINTENANCE. I HAD NO PERFORMANCE ISSUES OR WARNING LIGHTS PRIOR TO THIS HAPPENING. I CALLED THE DEALER AND THE SERVICE CENTER TOLD ME HE HAS NEVER HEARD OF SUCH THING, HE WASN'T A "TECH", AND WHOEVER DID MY LAST OIL CHANGE "PROBABLY DIDN'T DO IT RIGHT". *TR