NHTSA Complaint #10928877 — 2013 DODGE CHARGER

I WAS DRIVING NORMALLY ON SIDE STREET AT 35 - 40 MPH. I APPROACHED AND WAS ENTERING AN INTERSTATE ON-RAMP AND AS I STARTED TO ACCELERATE THE RADIO AND AC TURNED OFF, ABS LIGHT AND ANTI-SKID ICON APPEARED ON DASH, EXTERIOR LIGHTS ACTED ERRATICALLY DIMMING AND THEN COMING BACK ON, MESSAGE ENVELOPE APPEARED, BELLS WERE RINGING, CAR LOST SUBSTANTIAL POWER ON RAMP AS I WAS TRYING TO ACCELERATE ONTO INTERSTATE AND THEN "BATTERY SAVER MODE" MESSAGE APPEARED. I COULD HEAR A HIGH PITCHED WHINING NOISE THAT STARTED OUT OF NOWHERE BUT SEEMED TO SUBSIDE AFTER A FEW MINUTES BUT THE CAR SEEMED TO SHAKE OR SHUDDER SOME BUT NOT HORRIBLY. ALMOST LIKE A ROUGH IDLE BUT AS I WAS DRIVING. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE APPX 5 MILES TO GET OFF THE INTERSTATE AND PARK. ONCE I STOPPED AND TURNED OFF THE CAR, I DID RESTART IT TO SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN AND IT STARTED NORMALLY BUT AFTER ABOUT 2 MINUTES, "POWER SAVER MODE" CAME BACK ON SO I TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP THE NEXT DAY AND THEY SAID IT WAS A FAULTY ALTERNATOR. ALTERNATOR IS MODEL 4801778-AI, 180 AMP MODEL. SIMILAR SYMPTOMS TO RECALL P60 ON 160 AMP ALTERNATOR. HAVING THIS HAPPEN WHILE I WAS TRYING TO ACCELERATE ONTO THE INTERSTATE ALMOST CAUSED ME TO GET REAR-ENDED! *TR