2005 DODGE SRT-4 Problems & Recalls
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Problem Breakdown
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Common Problems
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DODGE SRT-4. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35-40 MPH, THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED FROM SECOND TO THIRD GEAR. THE GEAR SEIZED AND FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SHIFT SELECTOR FRACTURED AND THE THIRD GEAR FORK WAS FRACTURED. THE FA...
Mileage: 65,000
OUR 2005 NEON SRT/4 IS A HIGH PERFORMANCE CAR WITH A MANUAL TRANSMISSION. THEY MADE 8,000 IN 2005. 5,000 CARS CAME EQUIPPED WITH THE T-304 MANUAL TRANSMISSION. THE THIRD GEAR IN THIS TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC. THE CAR REVVED TO 8,000RPM AND STALLED, BREAKING PARTS. A DEFINITE S...
Mileage: 68,000
I OWN A 2005 DODGE NEON SRT4. ITS WELL KNOWN THAT 3RD GEAR SHIFT SELECTOR BENDS OVER TIME AND MAKES 3RD GEAR GRIND OR POP OUT. I HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM SINCE I HAVE 25K ON MY CAR AND ITS NOW AT 49K. I'VE TAKEN IT TO A FEW LOCAL DEALER SHIPS BUT NONE RESOLVED THE PROBLEM. *TR
Mileage: 25,000
WHEN CAR IS AT A STOP AND TURNING STEERING WHEEL SHARP TO PROCEED FORWARD WITH A TURN CAR STALLS. *TR
Mileage: 40,400
THE VAN CAN BE DRIVEN WITH THE DOORS LEFT OPEN, NO WARNINGS GIVEN THAT DOORS ARE OPEN. THIS ALLOWS PEOPLE OR PACKAGES TO FALL OUT OF THE SIDE OR REAR DOORS WITHOUT THE DRIVER KNOWING PACKAGES/PEOPLE HAVE FALLEN OUT OF THE VAN. IF THE SIDE DOOR IS OPEN AND ONE MAKES A LEFT TURN, PACKAGES/CARGO COUL...
Mileage: 50,000
PLEASE REFER TO COMPLAINT TICKET #10193720. ON 7/21/07 I TOOK MY VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD FIXED THE PROBLEM AND THAT I SHOULD NOT ENCOUNTER ANY MORE PROBLEMS. ON 8/17/07 I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN TO HAVE THE GAS TANK REPAIRED. THERE IS A RECALL ON THE FUEL SYSTEM. TH...
PLEASE REFER TO COMPLAINT TICKET #10193720. ON 7/21/07 I TOOK MY VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD FIXED THE PROBLEM AND THAT I SHOULD NOT ENCOUNTER ANY MORE PROBLEMS. ON 8/17/07 I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN TO HAVE THE GAS TANK REPAIRED. THERE IS A RECALL ON THE FUEL SYSTEM. TH...
PLEASE REFER TO COMPLAINT TICKET #10193720. ON 7/21/07 I TOOK MY VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD FIXED THE PROBLEM AND THAT I SHOULD NOT ENCOUNTER ANY MORE PROBLEMS. ON 8/17/07 I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN TO HAVE THE GAS TANK REPAIRED. THERE IS A RECALL ON THE FUEL SYSTEM. TH...
PLEASE REFER TO COMPLAINT TICKET #10193720. ON 7/21/07 I TOOK MY VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD FIXED THE PROBLEM AND THAT I SHOULD NOT ENCOUNTER ANY MORE PROBLEMS. ON 8/17/07 I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN TO HAVE THE GAS TANK REPAIRED. THERE IS A RECALL ON THE FUEL SYSTEM. TH...
PLEASE REFER TO COMPLAINT TICKET #10193720. ON 7/21/07 I TOOK MY VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD FIXED THE PROBLEM AND THAT I SHOULD NOT ENCOUNTER ANY MORE PROBLEMS. ON 8/17/07 I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN TO HAVE THE GAS TANK REPAIRED. THERE IS A RECALL ON THE FUEL SYSTEM. TH...
BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPLACE TWICE, BRAKE PADS, BUSHINGS, SHIFT GEAR, AND STILL ROLLS ON HILLS TO WHERE YOUR NOT CAREFUL WILL HIT SOMEONE BEHIND YOU, I HAVE TO BE A LEFT FOOT DRIVER AT THESE TIMES,AND THEY HAVE TO ROTATE THE BRAKE AXEL,NEVER HAD BEEN DISAPPOINTED IN A NEW VEHICLE AS ARE DODGE CARVAN SIT...
Mileage: 7,096
I OWN A 2005 DODGE RAM 1500 PICK UP QUAD CAB 4X4 WITH THE 5.7 LTR. HEMI ENGINE. I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT ROTORS GETTING TOO HOT AND WARPING DODGES SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM HAS ONLY TO TURN THE ROTORS TO GET ME OUT OF THEIR HAIR THIS IS THE 3RD TIME THEY HAVE NOT CORRECTED THE...
Mileage: 35,800
MY 18 YEAR OLD SON BOUGHT A NEW DODGE SRT-4 AND 3 WEEKS LATER LOST HIS LIFE IN AN ACCIDENT WHILE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. IT IS A VERY FAST AND UNSAFE CAR. THE CAR WAS NOT MADE WELL ENOUGH FOR SUCH HIGH SPEED THAT IT WAS CAPABLE OFF. IT SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN MADE ,AND ESPECIALLY SOLD TO SUCH A YOUN...
PLEASE NO: I LIVE IN FLORIDA AND DRIVING IN SUMMER I GO TO NORTH CAROLINA. THAT IS WHERE I AM NOW AND CAN BE CONTACTED AT [XXX]. MAIL ADDRESS IS: [XXX]. GOOD MORNING. I DID NOT KNOW IF THIS WAS A PROPER COMPLAINT. HOWEVER, I HAD 18000 MILES ON THE 2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. AT ABOUT 15000 MIL...
Mileage: 18,000
PLEASE NO: I LIVE IN FLORIDA AND DRIVING IN SUMMER I GO TO NORTH CAROLINA. THAT IS WHERE I AM NOW AND CAN BE CONTACTED AT [XXX]. MAIL ADDRESS IS: [XXX]. GOOD MORNING. I DID NOT KNOW IF THIS WAS A PROPER COMPLAINT. HOWEVER, I HAD 18000 MILES ON THE 2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. AT ABOUT 15000 MIL...
Mileage: 18,000
BOUGHT CAR NEW AND I AM HAVING THE GEARS GET STUCK AND IT USES OR LEAKS ABOUT A QUART OF OIL BETWEEN OIL CHANGES AND CAR ONLY HAS 29,500 MILES AND THE DEALERSHIP REFUSES TO MAKE IT RIGHT THEY SAY THIS IS NORMAL IF SO IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PUT ON THE STICKER OF THE CAR.I WOULD NOT HAVE BOUGHT IT IT REQ...
Mileage: 300
BOUGHT CAR NEW AND I AM HAVING THE GEARS GET STUCK AND IT USES OR LEAKS ABOUT A QUART OF OIL BETWEEN OIL CHANGES AND CAR ONLY HAS 29,500 MILES AND THE DEALERSHIP REFUSES TO MAKE IT RIGHT THEY SAY THIS IS NORMAL IF SO IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PUT ON THE STICKER OF THE CAR.I WOULD NOT HAVE BOUGHT IT IT REQ...
Mileage: 300
I PLACED A COMPLAINT IN MAY 05, 3 MONTHS AFTER I PURCHASED MY 05 DURANGO BECAUSE IT WAS MAKING A POPPING NOISE WHEN I TURN. THE DEALERSHIP HAS REPLACED THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT, SWAYBAR LINKS, AND THE RACK AND PINION AND YET I STILL HAVE A POPPING NOISE WHEN I TURN. I AM NOW OUT OF MY FACTORY WARRAN...
IN OCTOBER OF 2005 I WAS AT A RED LIGHT AND WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I TOOK MY FOOT OF THE BRAKE AND ONTO THE GAS AND THE TRUCK WAS DEAD. I HAD TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND IT STARTED BACK UP. ABOUT A WEEK WENT BY AND I AGAIN HAD THE VEHICLE AND WAS AT THE GROCERY STORE AND IT WOULD NOT START AT ALL....
BLINKING COMPUTERIZED DASH. DASH GOES BLANK , NO TAC , OR SPEEDOMETER , OR FUEL/HEAT GAUGES, ESP/BAS. *NM
Mileage: 29,000
I HAVE BEEN "LOCKED-OUT" OF GEAR IN MY 2005 SRT-4 MULTIPLE TIMES. EVEN WITH THE CLUTCH PEDAL IS FULLY AND PROPERLY PRESSED, THE TRANSMISSION REFUSES TO SHIFT AND ENGAGE A GEAR. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME IN FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD GEAR. WHEN IT OCCURS, I AM STUCK IN NEUTRAL, UNABLE TO ACCELERATE. THIS...
Mileage: 6,800
LOST POWER, SOMEONE HIT FROM BEHIND. *NM
Mileage: 70,000
2005 DODGE SPRINTER 2500 VAN WITH FRONT AND REAR AIR CONDITIONER. WHEN AIR CONDITIONERS ARE RUNNING, THE ENGINE WILL INADVERTENTLY STOP RUNNING. WHILE DRIVING THE VAN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OF 70 MPH WITH AIR CONDITIONERS ON, THE ENGINE DIES. WE PULL THE CAR OVER, TURN OFF ALL THE AIR CONDITIONERS, PU...
Mileage: 9,000
MY 2005 DODGE NEON WITH 11K MILES WAS PURCHASED EXACTLY ONE YEAR AGO NEW BY ME. THE CAR CAME EQUIPPED WITH BF GOODRICH G-FORCE T/A KDW 225/45ZR16 TIRES. IN MODERATELY HEAVY TRAFFIC ON RT 495N IN HAVERHILL, MA THIS AFTERNOON, COMMUTING HOME FROM MY BUSINESS, THE CAR STARTED SHUDDERING AND SHIMMYING...
Mileage: 11,800
WHEN USING CRUISE CONTROL ON MY 2005 DODGE CARAVAN THE CRUISE CONTROL SOMETIMES WILL NOT DISENGAGE BY TOUCHING THE BRAKE WHEN UNDER FULL ACCELERATION GOING UP A HILL. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY WHEN A CAR IN FRONT HITS ITS BRAKE. IT REQUIRES FULL FORCE PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE TO DISENGAG...
Mileage: 23,000
FRONT SUSPENSION PROBLEM-WHEN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS SOMETIMES HIT A BUMP AND THE FRONT TIRE BOUNCES OUT OF CONTROL UNTIL I SLOW TO 20 MPH-DODGE DEALER REPLACE TIE RODS AND CENTER LINK BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUES. *NM
Mileage: 8,000
MY 2005 DODGE SRT-4 WITH 6800 MILES WAS STORED ALL WINTER AND I TOOK IT OUT BECAUSE MY OTHER VEHICLE BROKE DOWN. I PULLED OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND SHIFTED FROM FIRST TO SECOND AND THEN I SHIFTED TO THIRD IT FELT LIKE MY CLUTCH WAS SLIPPING SO I LIFT OFF THE GAS AND I HEARD A BIG BOOM. WELL COME TO FI...
Mileage: 6,800
2005 SUV DODGE DURANGO W HEMI ENGINE STALLED MAKING A TURN AT LOW SPEED. ENGINE DIED AND ALL SYSTEMS SHUTDOWN. LOSS OF POWER STEERING MADE IT A SCARY 10 SECONDS. VEHICLE PUT IN PARK AND RE-STARTED AGAIN. BASED ON PRIOR COMPLAINTS THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME. DODGE NEEDS TO INVESTIGATE AND PRODUCE A ...
Mileage: 15,000
WHILE DRIVING OUR 2005 DODGE RAM 1500 PICK UP THIS LAST WEEK, THE TRUCK ENGINE CHOKED AND THEN BEGAN TO STALL. WE HAD JUST ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN ON TO HWY 101 WHEN THE ENGINE POWER BEGAN TO FAIL FOR THE FOURTH TIME. WE WERE ALMOST HIT BY ON COMING TRAFFIC DUE TO THE ENGINE FAILURE TO ...
Mileage: 50
***MODEL IS INCORRECT BECAUSE TRUE MODEL, 3500 PICKUP, IS NOT OFFERED AS SELECTION*** BACK UP LIGHTS WOULD ONLY WORK WHEN SHIFTER WAS HELD IN REVERSE. BACK UP LIGHTS EVENTUALLY BECAME INOPERATIVE DIAGNOSED BY MECHANIC AS BAD TRANSMISSION SWITCH. NOT REPLACED YET. GRAB HANDLE BROKE WHILE IN U...
Mileage: 10,000
***MODEL IS INCORRECT BECAUSE TRUE MODEL, 3500 PICKUP, IS NOT OFFERED AS SELECTION*** BACK UP LIGHTS WOULD ONLY WORK WHEN SHIFTER WAS HELD IN REVERSE. BACK UP LIGHTS EVENTUALLY BECAME INOPERATIVE DIAGNOSED BY MECHANIC AS BAD TRANSMISSION SWITCH. NOT REPLACED YET. GRAB HANDLE BROKE WHILE IN U...
Mileage: 10,000
***MODEL IS INCORRECT BECAUSE TRUE MODEL, 3500 PICKUP, IS NOT OFFERED AS SELECTION*** BACK UP LIGHTS WOULD ONLY WORK WHEN SHIFTER WAS HELD IN REVERSE. BACK UP LIGHTS EVENTUALLY BECAME INOPERATIVE DIAGNOSED BY MECHANIC AS BAD TRANSMISSION SWITCH. NOT REPLACED YET. GRAB HANDLE BROKE WHILE IN U...
Mileage: 10,000
BROUGHT A NEW 2005 JEEP ON 9/19/05 ON 9/21/05 HAD TROUBLE WITH IT THEY SAID IT HAD WATER IN THE TRANSMISSION AFTER LOOKING ON THE NET I FOUND THEY HAD TROUBLE WITH THESE KIND OF JEEPS I WANTED A NEW RIDE OR MY OLD CAR BACK THEY REFUSED SAYING WHEN IT TORE UP THEY WOULD REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION I FEE...
Mileage: 300
WHEEL WELLS ARE CUT TO HIGH LETTING WATER AND ROAD GRIME INTO MY ENGINE AND ELECTRIC. I HAVE TAKEN MY DURANGO BACK TO THE DEALER EVERY OTHER WEEK SINCE I BOUGHT IT,FOR STEERING,TV SCREEN,VALVE STEMS,AND ONCE FOR I DON'T KNOW, IT JUST SAT IN BACK FOR ONE AND A HALF HOURS. THIS LAST TIME IT WAS FOR ...
WHEEL WELLS ARE CUT TO HIGH LETTING WATER AND ROAD GRIME INTO MY ENGINE AND ELECTRIC. I HAVE TAKEN MY DURANGO BACK TO THE DEALER EVERY OTHER WEEK SINCE I BOUGHT IT,FOR STEERING,TV SCREEN,VALVE STEMS,AND ONCE FOR I DON'T KNOW, IT JUST SAT IN BACK FOR ONE AND A HALF HOURS. THIS LAST TIME IT WAS FOR ...
WHEEL WELLS ARE CUT TO HIGH LETTING WATER AND ROAD GRIME INTO MY ENGINE AND ELECTRIC. I HAVE TAKEN MY DURANGO BACK TO THE DEALER EVERY OTHER WEEK SINCE I BOUGHT IT,FOR STEERING,TV SCREEN,VALVE STEMS,AND ONCE FOR I DON'T KNOW, IT JUST SAT IN BACK FOR ONE AND A HALF HOURS. THIS LAST TIME IT WAS FOR ...
WHEEL WELLS ARE CUT TO HIGH LETTING WATER AND ROAD GRIME INTO MY ENGINE AND ELECTRIC. I HAVE TAKEN MY DURANGO BACK TO THE DEALER EVERY OTHER WEEK SINCE I BOUGHT IT,FOR STEERING,TV SCREEN,VALVE STEMS,AND ONCE FOR I DON'T KNOW, IT JUST SAT IN BACK FOR ONE AND A HALF HOURS. THIS LAST TIME IT WAS FOR ...
SINCE DECEMBER OF 2004, WHEN I PURCHASED MY DREAM TRUCK, IT HAS A MULTITUDE OF ELECTRICAL/MECHANICAL PROBLEMS. LOSS OF POWER;IGNITION FAILURE;ENGINE SHUT DOWN; WINDOWS OPENING; NO DASH LIGHTS; RADIO DOESN'T WORK; TAIL LIGHTS STAYING ON. NO DOWN SHIFTING UP HILLS; DASH BOARD IS HOT TO THE TOUCH. ...
Mileage: 75
NAVIGATION SYSTEM PROBLEMS SEEN PICTURES IN FILE AT DEALERSHIP COLOR OF TRUCK BEFORE SPECIAL ORDER CUST RECVD SCRATCHES ALL OVER TRUCK LOOKED VANDALIZED AND COVERED UP FRONT END PROBLEMS NOW NEEDS NEW U JOINTS BRAND NEW TRUCK POSSIBLE WRECKED DURING DELIVERY FROM BACK EAST. *NM
Mileage: 188
NAVIGATION SYSTEM PROBLEMS SEEN PICTURES IN FILE AT DEALERSHIP COLOR OF TRUCK BEFORE SPECIAL ORDER CUST RECVD SCRATCHES ALL OVER TRUCK LOOKED VANDALIZED AND COVERED UP FRONT END PROBLEMS NOW NEEDS NEW U JOINTS BRAND NEW TRUCK POSSIBLE WRECKED DURING DELIVERY FROM BACK EAST. *NM
Mileage: 188
2005 DODGE RAM 3500 ST REG CAB 4X2 (THIS MAKE NOT AVAILABLE UNDER VEHICLE INFORMATION) TRUCK JUMPED OUT OF GEAR INTO REVERSE WHILE IN PARK AT A GAS STATION AND HIT A POLE BY THE GAS PUMP CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE REAR BUMPER AND TAILGATE. IT THEN SHIFTED GEAR INTO DRIVE AND WENT FORWARD HITTING A POLE...
Mileage: 5,792
I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK WHEN THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE APPEARED TO BLOWOUT CAUSING THE CAR TO SKID IN THE CURB. MY HUSBAND CAME AND PUT THE LITTLE SPARE ON AND I WAS TO TAKE IT A DODGE DEALER THE NEXT MORNING FOR THEM TO INSPECT THE TIRE FOR ABNORMALITIES, ETC. ABOUT A HALF BLOCK FROM THE ORIGINAL B...
Mileage: 9,400
I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK WHEN THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE APPEARED TO BLOWOUT CAUSING THE CAR TO SKID IN THE CURB. MY HUSBAND CAME AND PUT THE LITTLE SPARE ON AND I WAS TO TAKE IT A DODGE DEALER THE NEXT MORNING FOR THEM TO INSPECT THE TIRE FOR ABNORMALITIES, ETC. ABOUT A HALF BLOCK FROM THE ORIGINAL B...
Mileage: 9,400
2005 DODGE DURANGO SLT 2WD ON 4/11/2005 WHILE DRIVING WITH MY 2 YR OLD SON THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE ACCELERATING THROUGH A BUSY INTERSECTION. I WAS ALMOST HIT BY 2 VEHICLES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO JACK CARUSO''S REGENCY DODGE. IT TOOK THE DEALERSHIP 2 DAYS AND SEVERAL FUSES BEFORE COMING TO T...
Mileage: 4
I BOUGHT MY 2005 DODGE RAM 2500 4X4 QUAD CAB WITH THE CUMMINS ENGINE IN FEBUARY 2005SINCE THEN THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 6 TIMES FOR A HIGH PITCHED SQUIKING SOUND FROM THE ENGINE, AT FIRST THE BELT TENSINER WAS REPLACED, PROGLEM PERSISTED, SECOND TIME THE SERPERTINE BELT WAS REPLACED, STILL P...
MY NAME IS [XXX], I AM WRITING TODAY IN HOPE THAT YOUR ORGANIZATION CAN ASSIST ME WITH RESOLVING AN ISSUE I AM HAVING WITH DAIMLERCHRYSLER. BASICALLY I PURCHASED A BRAND NEW DODGE MAGNUM 2005 IN JUNE OF 2004. THE DAY I TOOK IT HOME IT HAD A WEIRD BURNING SMELL. I HAVE CONTACTED EVERYONE POSSIBLE A...
MY 2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN WOULD NOT START ONE EVENING. I CALLED A TOW TRUCK AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO START THE VAN. THE VAN HAD LESS THAN 15000 MILES ON IT. I HAD IT DELIVERED TO LANDERS DODGE LOCATED IN SOUTHAVEN, MS. THIS WAS ON A SUNDAY, SO I WENT UP THERE ON THE FOLLOWING MONDAY TO SEE WHAT W...
Mileage: 14,000
I WAS DRIVING SOUTH AT AROUND 30 MPH IN MY 2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE OTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING NORTH TURNED LEFT IN FRONT OF ME, AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP. THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, AND THE OWNER OF THE AUTOMOBILE SHOP THAT FIXED IT NOTICED THAT THE WIRE TO THE AIRBAG SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN RIPPE...