2014 DODGE CHARGER Engine Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE AND A LOUD WHINING NOISE EMITTED FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ONLY AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V634000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE REMEDY WAS INSUFFICINT. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT THE DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED FOR THE SECOND TIME. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 31,000.

AT 5,500 MILES, WHEN I WOULD ACCELERATE INTO TRAFFIC, I WOULD LOSE POWER TO MY PEDAL. MY PEDAL WOULD BE NON RESPONSIVE FOR UP TO 40 SECONDS WHEN THE ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON. AFTER ABOUT 40 SECONDS, IT COULD COME ALIVE AND CATCH, BUT BY THEN, I AM IN DANGER BECAUSE THE CAR BEHIND ME THINKS I'VE ACCELERATED TO FLOW INTO TRAFFIC. DEALERSHIP SAW THE CODE WHERE THEY SAID IT WAS P0600 FOR OIL PRESSURE CONTROL CIRCUIT STUCK. I WAS ABLE TO TEST DRIVE WITH THE TECH WHO ATTACHED HIS LAPTOP TO THE SENSOR, AND SHOW HIM THE "STALL/SURGE". HE COULD SEE AND FEEL THE "STALL/SURGE" AS IT WAS HAPPENING BUT THE LAPTOP DID NOT REGISTER ANY ISSUES. THE TECH TESTED AND DIAGNOSED THE OIL PRESSURE SWITCH WAS FAULTY. THE TECH REPLACED THE OIL PRESSURE SWITCH, BUT HE SAID HE COULD NOT DUPLICATE IT ON HIS OWN. THEY CHANGED...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V634000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PARTS NEEDED WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR REPAIRS. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE A TIMEFRAME FOR WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR RECALL REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE DELAY. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE, ESC, AND ANTI-LOCK BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND THE ENGINE RPMS INCREASED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000. UPDATED 04/04/16*LJ; UPDATED 3/30/18*JB *TR CONSUMER STATED DEALER HAD THE PARTS AFTER HER CAR BROKE DOWN. CAR IS FIXED UPDATED 5/16/18*JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE BATTERY SAVER MODE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V634000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,706.

I WAS AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT THE LIGHT TURN GREEN I WENT TO ACCELERATE BLACK SMOKE CAME OUT THE TAIL PIPE THE CAR STALLED THEN CUT OFF IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP IN WHICH IT STAYED FOR SEVERAL DAYS GOT A CALL THAT IT WAS READY PICKED IT UP ON FEBRUARY 11TH DROVE HOME PARKED IT TILL THAT FRIDAY WHICH WAS THE 13TH DRIVING TO WORK IT WAS DRIVING FUNNY I STOPPED TO LET A TRUCK PASS BY AFTER THE TRUCK PASSED WENT TO ACCELERATE CAR WOULDN'T MOVE TRIED TO ACCELERATE AGAIN CAR WOULDN'T MOVE IT WOULDN'T GO IN PARK IT WOULDN'T NOTHING BY THIS TIME THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON THE DASH READ PRESS CLUTCH AND PUSH START WELL GUESS WHAT THERE IS NO CLUTCH THEN BATTERY SAVER MODE CAME ON THE RETRACTION LIGHT CAME ON AND THEN IT SHUT OFF THEN SERVICE PARK ASSIST SYSTEM CAME ON...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 DODGE CHARGER. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE ENGINE RPMS INCREASED TO 5,000 WITHOUT WARNING AND CAUSED THE SPEED TO INCREASE TO 90 MPH. THE CONTACT POWERED THE VEHICLE OFF AND BACK ON AND THE THROTTLE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE RPMS INCREASED TO 7,000 WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. THE CONTACT TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL FAILED TO RESPOND. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND THE PUSH BUTTON FAILED TO POWER THE VEHICLE OFF UNTIL AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND DIAGNOSED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,500. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT ABLE TO RESTART. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER ON TWO OCCASIONS WHERE THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE REPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE STEREO FAILED AND WAS REPLACED ON FOUR OCCASIONS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000.

THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE WAS COLD AND IT HAD BEEN SITTING IN A PARKING LOT FOR FOUR DAYS. I WAS ATTEMPTING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC FROM A TOLL BOOTH. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PAST APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH AND IT LOST SPEED BUT THE RPMS WERE INCREASING. THIS WENT ON FOR APPROXIMATELY FIVE SECONDS AND THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I WAS ABLE TO ACCELERATE INTO TRAFFIC. I DROVE FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES AT 70 MPH (AFTER CALLING A SERVICING DEALER WHO TOLD ME I WOULD BE OKAY DRIVING THE CAR UNLESS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STARTED TO FLASH) THEN STOPPED FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT. AT THE NEXT TWO TRAFFIC LIGHTS THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WITH CARS BACKED UP BEHIND ME AND HONKING. THE MPH WERE AT 15 BUT THE RPMS WERE AT 2200. THIS WENT ON FOR ABOUT FIVE SECONDS AT EACH LIGHT THEN HAPPENED AGAIN...

ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON CAR SPUTTERED. *TR

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, CALLED THE DEALER AND HE SAID BRING IT IN AND WE DID. THEY RAN ALL KINDS OF TEST ON THE ENGINE AND THEY DETERMINED THAT THE CAM SHAFT WAS BAD. THE DEALER WAS IN CONTACT WITH CHRYSLER HEADQUARTERS ,THERE DECISION WAS TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE ENGINE. *TR

MY VEHICLE IS A 2014 DODGE CHARGER RT MAX AWD WITH A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM...DURING 3-4 UPSHIFT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS PRODUCED WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 30-40MPH. TAKEN AND SERVICED AT MARINO CJD IN CHICAGO ON 6/2/14. VALVEBODY ASSEMBLY REPLACED. ON 6/3/14 DURING 3-4 UPSHIFT BETWEEN 35-45MPH CHECK ENGINE LIGHT PRODUCED AGAIN AND ENGINE POWER LOST FOR 6 SECONDS AND THEN REGAINED. TAKEN FOR SERVICE AGAIN TO MARINO CJD. TECHNICIAN RELATED SAME PROBLEM AGAIN. CHRYSLER MAIN OFFICE INSTRUCTED DEALERSHIP NOT TO REPLACE THE VALVEBODY ASSEMBLY AGAIN AS THE PROBLEM WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. CHRYSLER MAIN OFFICE AWARE OF THE EXISTING PROBLEM IN SIMILAR VEHICLES AS WELL AND STATED NO SOLUTION AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. TECHNICIAN AT DEALERSHIP RELATED VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE. NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED BY CHRYSLER. CHRYSLER TOLD THE DEALERSHIP TO CLEAR THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CODE AND GIVE ME BACK THE VEHICLE KNOWING FULL WELL THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE...