NHTSA Complaint #10644153 — 2011 DODGE CHARGER

FIRST OF ALL I HAD TO REPLACE MY BATTERY LAST MONTH WHICH I THOUGHT WAS THE PROBLEM, WHICH COST ME $185. I HAVE NOW LEARNED THAT THE PROBLEM IS MY ALTERNATOR. I WAS TURNING ONTO MY STREET AND MY BRAKE LIGHT AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT STARTED BLINKING AND I COULD SMELL SOMETHING BURNING. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED INTO MY DRIVEWAY BECAUSE MY 10 MONTH GRANDDAUGHTER WAS STRAPPED INTO HER CAR SEAT AND I WAS SCARED BECAUSE I COULD SMELL SOMETHING BURNING. I WENT TO THE TRUNK BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE THE BATTERY IS LOCATED COULD NOT SMELL ANYTHING THERE. I WENT AND OPENED THE HOOD ON THE CAR AND COULD SMELL SOMETHING BURNING. COULD NOT TELL WHERE THE SMELL WAS COMING FROM, BUT KNEW IT WAS FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE NEXT MORNING I WENT OUT TO SEE ABOUT MY CAR AND NOTHING WOULD WORK COULD NOT UNLOCK THE DOORS OR ANYTHING. DISCOVERED IT IS THE ALTERNATOR DUE TO THE FACT OF PLACING A JUMP BOX ON THE VEHICLE AND AS SOON AS THE POSITIVE WAS REMOVED THE CAR KILLED AND WOULD NOT FUNCTION. I AM JUST THANKFUL THAT I WAS NOT ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE MY GRANDDAUGHTER AND I COULD HAVE BOTH BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED. I HAD JUST TURNED OFF OF HIGHWAY 75 IN PLAQUEMINE. *TR