NHTSA Complaint #10641479 — 2012 DODGE CHARGER

WHILE GOING AROUND 40MPH "BATTERY SAVER MODE" CAME UP ON THE DISPLAY..FEW SECONDS LATER THE WHOLE DASHBOARD ICON WARNINGS LIT UP: ABS, TRACTION CONTROL, BRAKE, HIGH BEAM, SEAT BELT; YOU NAME IT.! AFTER THAT THE SPEEDOMETER DISPLAY TURNED BLACK FOLLOWING THE RADIO DISPLAY...THEN THEY STARTED FLICKERING! CAR WAS STILL RUNNING AT AROUND 40MPH BUT AFTER A WHILE IT STARTED SLOWING DOWN UNRESPONSIVE! CAME TO A LIGHT STOP THEN IT TURNED GREEN I ACCELERATED BUT THE RPMS WOULDN'T GO PAST 1500 AND NOT SHIFTING TO SECOND GEAR! AFTER THAT RMPS STARTED TO DECREASE POWER GAS PEDALS BECAME UNRESPONSIVE UNTIL CAR COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN..LUCKY I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER RIGHT ON TIME TO AVOID CARS HITTING ME...CALLED TOW TRUCK, TOOK IT TO THE SHOP WERE THEY SAID IT WAS THE ALTERNATOR.. COULDN'T FIND A NEW ONE ANYWHERE ONLY AT A DODGE DEALER IN TOWN FOR $600ISH PLUS INSTALLMENT FEE $100 TOTAL COMING OUT TO $700ISH... NOW, TWO-THREE MONTHS LATER AS IN TODAY OCT 5 2014 "BATTERY SAVER MODE" POPPED UP AGAIN! DOES THAT MEAN ANOTHER ALTERNATOR FOR $700?? FOR A NEW CAR?? CAR HAS ONLY 44K! RECALL ASAP! DON'T WANNA PUT ANOTHER 700 !! :( *TR