NHTSA Complaint #10609046 — 2012 DODGE CHALLENGER

AS I HAVE SEEN HERE IN THIS COMPLAINTS BOARD MY ALTERNATOR ALSO HAD FAIL WHILE I WAS DRIVING WITH MY WIFE AND FRIEND IN THE VEHICLE WHEN THE HIGH PITCH SOUND CAME THROUGH SPEAKERS AND THE ABS & TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON WITH A CONSTANT BEEPING CHIMING, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE ALL THE CLUSTER LIGHTS FLASHING AND ONE OF THE CLUSTER NEEDLE BEGAN TO MOVE ERRATICALLY, I QUICKLY MOVED TO THE SHOULDER AND AS I CAME TO A STOP THE VEHICLE DIED AND LOST ALL POWER. WE NOTICE A BURNING SMELL COMING FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND WHEN I LIFTED THE HOOD MY FRIEND NOTICE THE SMELL WAS STRONGER AND AS I LOOKED TO SEE WHAT WAS BURNING I THEN SAW THE ALTERNATOR SMOKING. I HURRIED TO THE BACK SEAT AND LAID DOWN THE SEAT TO CRAWL TO MANUAL RELEASE CABLE TO ACCESS THE BATTERY WHERE I HAD TO BREAK THE POSITIVE TERMINAL TO BATTERY SO THE CAR WOULD NOT CATCH FIRE. CALLED DEALERSHIPS TO WARRANTY THIS BUT NONE WOULD THEY DIRECTED ME TO CHRYSLER WHERE I SPOKE WITH THREE PERSONS THERE AND THEY STATED THE SAME THING DUE TO MILEAGE ITS NOT COVERED. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WHEN ALL POWER IS LOST AND IF QUICK THINKING AND REACTION ON MY PART THIS COULD HAVE ENDED DIFFERENTLY. THERE ARE NO NOTICE'S, RECALL'S OR SAFETY WARNINGS FOR THIS HOW CAN THIS BE? *JS