NHTSA Complaint #11033474 — 2010 DODGE CHARGER

ALTERNATOR/BATTERY/ELECTRICAL. HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH BATTERY FOR YEARS. CONSTANTLY HAVE HAD BATTERIES REPLACED AND/OR TESTED AND RECHARGED. PURCHASED THE CAR FROM DEALERSHIP 12/11. LAST BATTERY REPLACEMENT AUGUST 2017. OCTOBER 2017 HAVE HAD THREE JUMP STARTS. 10/14/17 RECEIVED A JUMP START AND WAS DRIVING THE 20 MINUTES TO RECHARGE BATTERY THINKING IT WAS THE BATTERY ISSUE AGAIN. CAR BEGAN MAKING NOISE SO PARKED IT AND LIFTED HOOD TO CHECK THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. NOISE GOT LOUDER AND THEN GOT BACK IN THE CAR. CAR BEGAN MAKING NOISES AGAIN AND THE BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR ENGINE TURNED OFF AND WOULDN'T TURN BACK OVER. LUCKILY MADE IT BACK TO A PARKING GARAGE. CONTACTED CHRYSLER ON 10/15/17. CAR MANUFACTURED 8/10 WHICH IS DURING THEIR RECALL PERIOD FOR VEHICLES WITH ALTERNATOR ISSUES. THEY ADVISED I GO TO A DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE CAR INSPECTED AND FOLLOW UP WITH THEM.