2010 DODGE CHARGER Engine And Engine Cooling Problems

2010 DODGE CHARGER HAD REPAIRS DONE AT DARCARS OF NEW CARROLLTON AND PRECISION ENGINE MACHINE COMPANY FROM 12/05/2011 TO 01/03/2012 AND NOW 01/11/2012 TO PRESENT. *TR

PURCHASED CAR 4 MONTHS AGO HEARD NOISE FROM DAY ONE DEALERSHIP COULD FIND PROBLEM REFERRED TO DODGE HAD CYLINDER HEAD REPLACED 3 WEEKS AGO NOW CAR IS ACTING AGAIN NOW SUPPOSEDLY I NEED NEW SPARK PLUGS PROBLEMS WITH FUEL SYSTEM PRIOR TO ME BUYING CAR THE TOTAL INTEGRATED POWER MODULE WAS REPLACED PLEASE HELP HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE A NIGHTMARE. *TR

THIS DECEMBER 2011, I HAVE OWNED THE CAR FOR TWO YEARS. IT HAS STALLED IN TRAFFIC THREE TIMES WHILE TURNING TO THE LEFT AND ONCE WHILE TURNING TO THE RIGHT. IT FELT LIKE THE VEHICLE HAD RUN OUT OF GASOLINE, HOWEVER THERE WAS PLENTY OF GASOLINE. I HAVE AVOIDED THREE COLLISIONS, THE LAST TWO BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE QUICKLY, DUE TO EXPERIENCE. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER ("REDLANDS DODGE" CALIFORNIA) HOWEVER THEY SAY THE COMPUTER HAS NO RECORD AND OF THE PROBLEM AND THEY CAN'T RECREATE THE PROBLEM. I HAVE FOUND ON THE "INTERNET" SEVERAL SITES OF OWNERS OF THE SAME VEHICLE AND YEAR WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM IS NOT BEING ADDRESSED BY DODGE BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THERE IS NO FIX AT THIS TIME OR RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 1,250

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD LUNGE FORWARD WHEN IDLING OR BRAKING TO A STOP. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES OVER A TWO WEEK TIME FRAME. THE FUEL PUMP AND THE HEADS WERE REPLACED BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY MANUFACTURING DEFECTS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26,680. UPDATED 10/18/11*LJ UPDATED 3/30/12 *C

Mileage: 26,680

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE CHARGER SRT-8. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE IN DRIVE, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE CHECK OIL WARNING INDICATOR. IN ORDER TO RESET THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT HAD TO SHIFT INTO PARK, POWER OFF AND RESTART THE VEHICLE AS IT CONTINUED AS NORMAL. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE AND THERE WERE NO REPAIRS PERFORMED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 7,185 AND THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 600.

Mileage: 600

WHILE TURNING CAR STALLS OUT. HAPPENED TWICE IN A THREE WEEK TIME PERIOD. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS. CAR RESTARTED AND DROVE FINE. HAPPENED ONCE WHEN COMING TO A STOP AND TURN INTO A DRIVE WAY MAKING A LEFT ACROSS ONCOMING TRAFFIC LANE, WAS GOING ABOUT 45MPH BEFORE SLOWING FOR TURN. LUCKILY NO ON COMING TRAFFIC. SECOND TIME HAPPENED WHEN SLOWING FROM 35MPH AND MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN INTO MY DRIVEWAY. CAR STALLED AND RESTARTED, NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS. TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID COULDN'T READ ANYTHING DO TO NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. THEY REPORTED IT TO DODGE. CAR HAS UNDER 6500 MILES AND IS 9 MONTHS OLD. DODGE CHARGER SRT. OTHER FORUMS REPORT THE SAME PROBLEM WITH DODGE CHALLENGER SRT'S. *TR

Mileage: 5,400

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE CHARGER. WHILE PARKED WITH THE VEHICLE TURNED ON THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BEGAN TO ILLUMINATE ON THE DASHBOARD AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE HE WAS INFORMED MULTIPLE CYLINDERS WERE MISFIRING. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE HAS SINCE RECURRED 5 TIMES. AFTER EACH FAILURE THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER TO BE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 13,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 19,268.

Mileage: 13,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 15 MPH WHEN HE NOTICED A STRONG, OVERPOWERING ODOR OF EXHAUST FUMES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT INFORMED IN REGARDS TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

Mileage: 40,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE CHARGER. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS AND MOST OF THE TIME WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IDLE, EXHAUST FUMES CAME IN THROUGH THE VENTS. THE VEHICLE WOULD HESITATE AND IDLE VERY ROUGH WHEN THE CONTACT WOULD ACCELERATE. THE DEALER WAS INFORMED ABOUT THE FAILURE, WHO STATED THAT THERE WAS NO REPAIR AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT CAUSED THE FAILURE TO OCCUR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 7000.

Mileage: 3,500

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE CHARGER WITH A POLICE INTERCEPTOR PACKAGE. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED HE SMELLED STRONG EXHAUST FUMES. HE WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHERE THE FUMES WERE COMING FROM. THIS FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER SINCE IT WAS A PART OF A FLEET PACKAGE OF TWELVE TO THIRTEEN VEHICLES THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THE IDENTICAL FAILURE. SEVERAL VEHICLES WITHIN THE FLEET TRANSPORT POLICE K9 DOGS AND THE ODOR IN THE VEHICLE PRESENTED A SAFETY RISK FOR THE DRIVER AND THE K9 DOG. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT AN ENGINEER FROM CHRYSLER WOULD NOTIFY THEM AND INVESTIGATE THE FAILURE APPROXIMATELY TWO TO THREE MONTHS AGO. HE WAS TOLD THAT HE COULD CONTINUE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT THIS TIME DUE TO THE DELAY IN CHRYSLER ENGINEER CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATION. THE MAINTENANCE DIVISION SPOKE TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP IN AN ATTEMPT TO HAVE THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED AND THEY WERE TOLD THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 6110 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5742.

Mileage: 5,472

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN UNUSUALLY STRONG EXHAUST FUME EMITTING FROM THE VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY. HE WOULD NOTICE THE ODOR APPROXIMATELY THREE TO FOUR TIMES A WEEK WHETHER DRIVING OR IDLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER BUT THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 150 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 9,818.

Mileage: 150

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STATED HE WAS TRAVELING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. WHILE SITTING STILL WITH THE VEHICLE IDLING, HE WOULD SMELL A STRONG ODOR OF FUEL AND EXHAUST FUMES EMITTING INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, ON A DIFFERENT OCCASION THE ENGINE COMPLETELY STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF SEVERAL WARNING LIGHTS. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 1,000.

Mileage: 1,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STATED HE WAS DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED RATE APPROACHING A STOP SIGNAL HE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. WHILE THE ENGINE WAS IDLING THERE WAS A STRONG ODOR OF EXHAUST FUMES EMITTING INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHERE THEY WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE A PROBLEM. IN ADDITION, THE GEAR SELECTOR WOULD NOT SHIFT FROM THE "PARK" POSITION AND THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT INDICATOR WOULD ILLUMINATE ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED FOUR TIMES BY THE DEALER AND THEY ADVISED THERE WAS NOT A REMEDY FOR THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 1,000.

Mileage: 1,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED AND APPROACHING A TRAFFIC STOP SIGNAL; HE STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND WITH THE ENGINE IDLING, A STRONG ODOR OF EXHAUST FUMES EMITTED INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. ALSO, THE ENGINE COMPLETELY STALLED ON TWO DIFFERENT TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS FOR THE IDENTICAL FAILURES. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 3,000.

Mileage: 3,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE CHARGER POLICE PACKAGE. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH THE IGNITION ON HE STATED THAT YOU COULD SMELL EXHAUST FUMES INSIDE THE VEHICLE. HE STATED THAT THE ODOR WAS LIKE SMELLING THE EXHAUST PIPE. THE CONTACT TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE PASSENGER FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THE PROBLEM WAS NOT EXPLAINED WELL TO THE DEALER AND WHO WAS UNABLE TO FIND THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT PLANNED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER AND EXPLAIN THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 5,000.

Mileage: 100

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED AND APPROACHING A STOP. WHEN THE ENGINE WAS IDLING, THERE WAS AN EXTREMELY STRONG ODOR OF FUMES EMITTING INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ONLY WHEN THE ENGINE WOULD BE IDLING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR THE IDENTICAL FAILURE ON TWO DIFFERENT TIMES. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND ADVISED THAT THERE WAS NOT A REMEDY FOR THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CONTACT HAD CONCERN OF THE POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNDER 9,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

Mileage: 9,000