NHTSA Complaint #10638239 — 2011 DODGE CHARGER

WHILE DRIVING, THE ABS ALERT LIGHT FLASHED ON AND WE SMELLED AN ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR. A FEW MINUTES LATER THE RADIO CONSUL WENT BLANK. THERE WAS A MESSAGE THAT STATED "BATTERY SAVING MODE". THEN SEVERAL MINUTES LATER, SEVERAL ALERT LIGHTS BEGAN BLINKING ON/OFF. I COULD RUN THE WINDOW DOWN BUT THE AUTOMATIC ONE-TOUCH FEATURE STOPPED WORKING INITIALLY AND A FEW MINUTES LATER, I COULD NOT RUN THE WINDOW UP OR DOWN. THEN THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT AS I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT. WE SMELLED THE ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR OFF AND ON DURING THIS ENTIRE TIME. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THE ALTERNATOR HAD FAILED AND HAD DAMAGED THE BATTERY. *TR