NHTSA Complaint #10822437 — 2012 DODGE CHARGER

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE STARTED MAKING A WHINING NOISE. SOON AFTER, WE SMELLED AN ODOR OF BURNING RUBBER. WITHIN 10 MINUTES, A VEHICLE WARNING LIGHT APPEARED INDICATING THE CHARGING SYSTEM WAS MALFUNCTIONING. ABOUT 5 MINUTES LATER, THE BATTERY SAVE MODE LIGHT CAME ON, WE LOST ABS AND ESC, AND THE CAR SEEMED TO HAVE LOST POWER. WE WERE CLOSE TO A DODGE DEALER SO WE HAD THE CAR LOOKED AT. DEALER HAD TO REPLACE THE ALTERNATOR. I ASKED ABOUT A RECALL OR SERVICE BULLETIN AND THE SERVICE AGENT SAID THERE WASN'T ANYTHING ON THE CAR. THIS CAR WAS IN OTHERWISE PERFECT CONDITION, ALL SERVICES PERFORMED ON TIME, WITH UNDER 61000 MILES.