NHTSA Complaint #10617935 — 2011 DODGE CHARGER

WAS DRIVING OUR 2011 DODGE CHARGER ABOUT 45 MILES AN HOUR ON FLORIDA ROUTE 441/OBT AT 6:30PM ON SUNDAY JUNE 1 WHEN FIRST THE RADIO STARTED TURNING OFF AND ON, THEN THE ODOMETER STARTED MOVING WILDLY ON THE DIAL, FOLLOWED BY THE AC SYSTEM FAILING AND FINALLY THE ENGINE. IT WAS A SCARY EXPERIENCE, HAD TO PUT CAR IN PARK IN ORDER TO UNLOCK THE DOORS TO GET OUT, THEN CAR WAS LOCKED IN PARK SO COULD NOT BE PUSHED - JUMPED THE CAR JUST ENOUGH TO MOVE IT TO NEUTRAL SO IT COULD BE PUSHED INTO A PARKING SPACE. BOUGHT A NEW BATTERY, AFTER 20 MINUTES DRIVING "VERY LOW" BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON. SO KNEW IT WASN'T THE BATTERY. THEN BOUGHT A NEW ALTERNATOR, AFTER IT INSTALLED PAID FOR A DIAGNOSTIC AT THE DEALERSHIP WHICH IDENTIFIED 15 ERROR MESSAGES IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. SINCE THEN NOT COMFORTABLE DRIVING THIS CAR ANYWHERE BUT QUICK CLOSE-BY ERRANDS. SAW A NEWS REPORT THAT WE ARE NOT ALONE DEALING WITH THIS PROBLEM, SO I DECIDED WE NEEDED TO BE COUNTED TOO AND FILED THIS REPORT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS PROBLEM. *TR