2011 DODGE CHARGER Electrical System Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V197000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS) AND CONTACTED THE DEALER TO SECURE AN APPOINTMENT FOR RECALL REPAIRS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PARTS NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR HAD NOT BEEN AVAILABLE FOR APPROXIMATELY FIVE MONTHS. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED WITH DRIVING THE VEHICLE WITHOUT HAVING THE SAFETY DEFECT SERVICED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 11,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE SPEEDOMETER BEGAN TO DISPLAY INACCURATE READINGS, THE AIR CONDITIONER BEGAN TO TURN OFF AND ON, AND THE RADIO WOULD PLAY CONTINUOUSLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE'S COMPUTER SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE UPGRADED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT YET REPAIRED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE UNRELATED RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 12V197000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS). AS A RESULT, THE DRIVER WAS DRIVING 25 MPH AND LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE THEN CRASHED INTO A GUARD RAIL. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE AUTHORIZED DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND THE CONTACT WAS AGAIN INFORMED THAT THE PARTS NECESSARY TO REPAIR THE RECALL WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER SENT AN...

UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS, THE AUTO LIGHT CONTROL WAS ON FOR THE VEHICLES LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT USE. AS TIME WENT ON, AND A FEW STOPS WERE MADE, A PLASTIC AROMA WAS NOTICED SEVERAL TIMES DURING FREQUENT STOPPING BETWEEN TRAFFIC LIGHTS. THE VEHICLE'S EVIC MESSAGING SYSTEM WAS CHECKED FOR ANY OVERHEATING ISSUES DUE TO THE HIGH TEMPERATURES OF THE DAY. NOTHING WAS OUT OF THE ORDINARY. SEVERAL ONCOMING VEHICLES WERE FLASHING THEIR HEADLIGHTS TOWARDS OUR WAY IN ORDER TO WARN US OF AN ISSUE WITH OUR HEADLIGHTS, WHICH WE COULD NOT SEE FROM INSIDE THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME. AND IT WASN'T DARK ENOUGH TO SEE THIS ISSUE OCCURRING. WE PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER TO INSPECT, ONLY TO FIND OUR DRIVER SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT FLICKERING AND STROBING. I WAS ABLE TO PURCHASE YET ANOTHER HEADLIGHT LOW BEAM FROM THE LOCAL WALMART STORE, THAT WAS SPEC'D AS AN...

FIRST ISSUE(S) OCCURED IN MAY OF 2011 AND HAVE CONTINUED TO DATE. OVER 25 VISITS TO 2 DEALERSHIPS FOR FIXES, AND NO ONE CAN GET A FIX ON IT. FIRST, IT WAS THE PASSIVE ENTRY DOOR HANDLES, WHICH HAVE OCCURRED 5 TIMES AND 5 FIXES SINCE LAST YEAR. SECOND ISSUE WAS THE POWER SHUTDOWN FOR THE CAR, 3 DEAD BATTERIES, AND SEVERAL ISSUES CONCERNING THE UCONNECT SYSTEM SHUTTING DOWN DURING DRIVING. THERE HAS BEEN A RELENTLESS AMOUNT OF SUSPENSION AND BRAKING ISSUES OCCURRING. THE ISSUES INCLUDE HAVING TO REPLACE WARPED ROTORS, UNEVEN BALDING TIRES(TWICE NOW), ABS FAILING AND TRACTION CONTROL FAILING, UNEVEN DOOR SEAMS, FLAKING AND CHIPPING PAINT(ESPECIALLY BETWEEN BODY PANELS), AND NOW BRAKES AGAIN GRINDING SIDEWAYS IN THE CALIPERS. THERE HAS BEEN SO MANY ISSUES, THAT I HAD TO CONTACT A LAWYER, WHICH IS NOW PRESENTLY ON IT'S 97TH DAY OF SUBMITTAL TO GET THIS VEHICLE RECTIFIED. I'VE ALSO...

THE FIRST TIME THE INCIDENT HAPPENED I WAS DRIVING DOWN LIVERNOIS AND THE HURLED THEM IT SHUT DOWN AND THE SERVICE POWER STEERING CAME UP AND THE THROTTLE LIGHT AND IT WOULD NOT START FOR ABOUT AND HOUR AFTER IT STARTED IT SHUT DOWN 10 MORE TIMES BEFORE WE WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT HOME THIS WAS A SATURDAY NIGHT AT ABOUT 9:30 THEM WE TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY KEPT IT FOR 2 DAYS GAVE IT BACK AND IT DID IT AGAIN ON THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY TOOK IT BACK ON THE FOLLOWING MONDAY AND THEY KEPT IT FOR A WEEK AND A HALF THEN I RECEIVED IT BACK AND IT DID IT AGAIN AD I TOOK IT BACK THEN IT DID IT AGAIN THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY AND I TOOK IT TO A DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP THEY SAY THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED SO THEY GAVE IT...

THE FIRST WEEK I GOT MY CAR THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE I WAS DRIVING. MY CAR WAS ORDERED FOR ME AND TOOK A LITTLE OVER TWO MONTHS TO BE DELIVERED. THE BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON, FLASHES AND THEN GOES OFF AT UNPREDICTABLE TIMES. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER 4 TIMES BUT THEY NEVER PUT THAT COMPLAINT ON MY SHEET. THEY KEEP SAYING THE COMPUTER ISN'T SHOWING ANYTHING WRONG. I ALSO HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE CAR KEYLESS ENTRIES NOT WORKING, THEY REPLACED THE DOOR HANDLES AND NOW THEY WORK. THE CAR HAS ALSO LOCKED ME OUT ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS. ONCE WITH MY 1 YEAR OLD SON INSIDE AND THE KEY WAS INSIDE AS WELL, HAD TO JIMMY DOOR TO GET IN. ALSO MY SEATBELT STICKS. IF I DRIVE OVER 20 MINUTES I HAVE TO UNLOCK LOCK AND UNLOCK AGAIN TO GET MY SEATBELT TO OPEN....

WHILE TURNING LEFT TO CROSS MULTIPLE LANES ON THE HIGHWAY, I ACCELERATED TO GO AND THE CAR BEGAN COASTING. I PRESSED ON THE GAS AND NOTHING! I PUT IT IN NEUTRAL, HEARD IT REV AND PUT IT INTO DRIVE..STILL NOTHING! THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. WITH ON COMING TRAFFIC AND CARS SWERVING TO KEEP FROM PLOWING INTO ME, I QUICKLY PUT THE CAR IN PARK, SHUT IT OFF, TRIED TO RE-STARTED IT (X3)AND PUT IT IN DRIVE. I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO GET IT TO GO. THE NEXT DAY, MY CAR WAS HARD TO START (X3). AFTER WARMING UP FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 MINS, I LEFT FOR WORK. LOW & BEHOLD, THE SAME EXACT THING HAPPENED AT THE SAME EXACT SPOT EXCEPT THIS TIME MY CAR SHUT OFF DURING THE TURN. ONCE AGAIN, WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND SPEEDING CARS DODGING MY STOPPED VEHICLE, I IMMEDIATELY THREW IT INTO PARK, TRIED TO...

SAFETY CONCERNS THAT EFFECT VEHICLE CONTROL, EGRESS AND VALUE. STEERING HAS LOUD GRINDING SOUND AND BECOMES HARD TO TURN. UCONNECT AND ELECTRICAL OCCASIONAL PROBLEMS; TRUNK OPENS BY ITSELF, YOU CAN HEAR THE RELAY CLICK AND RELEASE THE TRUNK, DOOR HANDLES DO NOT UNLOCK THE CAR, AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON AND GOES OFF AFTER RESTARTING, UCONNECT CONTROL TOUCH SCREEN NOT FUNCTIONING, DASH LIGHTS STAY ON EVEN WHEN THE CAR IS LOCKED AND ALL OTHER LIGHTS OFF. *TR

AIRBAG SYSTEM FAILURE. INDICATOR LIGHT, DEALER TESTED AND STATED AIRBAG MODULE IS DEFECTIVE, AIRBAG SYSTEM NOT WORKING. PART WOULD TAKE 3 WEEKS TO COME IN! *TR

CAR HAS STALLED AND SHUT OFF WHEN DRIVING. CAR LOCKS YOU OUT AND WILL NOT OPEN UNLESS YOU USE THE KEY. ELECTRICAL MODULE THAT CONTROLS CAR IS LIKE 'HAL FROM 2001 SPACE ODYSSEY, IT DOES WHAT IT WANTS AND THE DEALER HAS TO REPROGRAM IT TWICE A MONTH. TURNS THE AC ON BY ITSELF IN FREEZING WEATHER. *TR

U-CONNECT (HANDS FREES PHONE) DISCONNECTS AND WILL NOT RECONNECT, UNTIL CAR IS RESTARTED. HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP THREE TIMES. CHRYSLER GROUP HAS BEEN CONTACTED, STATED THEY WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. STATED THEY WOULD BE SENDING A UPDATE CD WITH INSTRUCTIONS, NEVER ARRIVED STEERING ALIGNMENT: CAMBER PROBLEM HAS WORE 5/32 OF TREAD ON THE FRONT TIRES IN 7600 MILES. *TR