2005 DODGE SRT-4 Power Train 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 FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

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 SAFETY ISSUE. ONLINE, ( I'LL INCLUDE THE INFO) OUT OF 1,544 2005 SRT/4 OWNERS POLLED, 1,195 HAD ISSUES WITH THIS 3RD GEAR. THEY INCLUDED: IT DOES NOT GO INTO GEAR FIRST TRY, IT GOES BUT GRINDS( DAMAGES CLUTCH), IT TRIES TO KICK OUT OF GEAR, IT GRINDS UNDER WOT SHIFTING, CAN'T SHIFT INTO 3RD WHEN WOT(WIDE OPEN THROTTLE). IT APPEARS ALL THESE TRANSMISSION ARE DEFECTIVE & DANGEROUS TO THE PUBLIC. I WAS A FORMER TOOL ENGINEER FOR GM TRUCK STEERING, ETC., FOR AMERICAN AXLE. I ASKED FOR MY OLD PARTS FROM THE $2,200.00 REPAIR WHEN I PICKED UP OUR CAR ON 7/29/09. UPON EXAMINING THE BROKEN /DAMAGED PARTS, THE FORKS APPEARED TO BE MADE OF A SOFT BRASS! THE NORTHTOWN DODGE SERVICE MANAGER& MECHANIC MENTIONED THAT THE REPLACEMENT PARTS HAD BEEN UPGRADED( THE BEARINGS AND FORKS). WHEN I ASKED IF IT WAS STEEL REPLACEMENT PARTS THEY WOULD NOT ANSWER. I THEN EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT DODGE WOULD NOT SPEND $100,000'S TO UPGRADE PARTS FOR NO REASON. I GOT NO WHERE. WHEN I CALLED DODGE, SOME IDIOTS IN INDIA ANSWERED THE PHONE. THESE ARE DEFECTIVE PARTS THAT SHOULD BE RECALLED. MY SON HAD TAKEN THE CAR TO TRANSITOWN DODGE ABOUT 3 MONTHS BEFORE TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM CHECKED, AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING. *TR

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

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. THE GAS PUMP WILL NOT HOLD SO THAT THE GAS CAN GO INTO THE TANK. I WENT TO THE GAS STATION AFTER PICKING UP MY VEHICLE AND I STILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. ON 8/17/07 AT ABOUT 7PM IN THE EVENING AS WE WERE DRIVING THROUGH THE LINCOLN TUNNEL MY CAR STOPPED. LUCKILY, THE CAR STARTED UP AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THROUGH THE TUNNEL. THE CAR IDLES VERY HARD. CURRENTLY, 8/18/07 I AM WORKING WITH THE DEALER TO HAVE MY CAR REPAIRED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. THIS IS A HUGH PROBLEM. I PURCHASED A NEW CAR AND I CAN NOT GO ANYWHERE WITHOUT IT STOPPING. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE. IT IS VERY UNSAFE. PLEASE HELP!!! THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED AT AUTOLAND, 170 ROUTE 22, SPRINGFIELD, NJ 07081...973-467-6244 *TR

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 REQUIRES FULL SYNTHETIC OIL WHICH RUNS ABOUT 5.50 A QUART. I AM CLOSE TO WARRANTY TO RUN OUT AND NEED SOME HELP ASAP!!!!

Mileage: 300

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 HAS HAPPENED IN TRAFFIC MANY TIMES. JUST TODAY I WAS UNABLE TO ENGAGE THIRD GEAR WHILE GOING DOWN AN ON-RAMP, SO I WAS STUCK COASTING DOWN INTO RAPIDLY MOVING TRAFFIC. THOUGH I WAS EVENTUALLY ABLE TO GET INTO GEAR, IT WAS QUITE HARROWING. DODGE NEEDS TO PERFORM A RECALL ON THIS TRANSMISSION BEFORE IT DOES CAUSE SOMEONE TO BECOME SERIOUSLY INJURED IN AN ACCIDENT. *NM

Mileage: 6,800

LOST POWER, SOMEONE HIT FROM BEHIND. *NM

Mileage: 70,000

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 FIND OUT THE FLYWHEEL EXPLODED. THEY PULLED THE TRANSMISSION AND FOUND THE BLOCK OF THE MOTOR WAS CRACKED SO RIGHT NOW IT IS IN THE SHOP GETTING FIXED SO FAR THE ESTIMATED PRICE IS AROUND $5000.*JB

Mileage: 6,800

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 FEEL I WAS SOLD A DANGEROUS RIDE THAT I COULD CATCH ON FIRE AND THEY KNEW THIS PROBLEM EXISTED. *NM

Mileage: 300

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 BY THE FRONT DOOR OF THE STORE DAMAGING THE FRONT BUMPER, HOOD, AND AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR. THE PARK LIGHT NOW DOES NOT LIGHT UP WHEN IN THE PARK POSITION. THE TRUCK WAS BROUGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION, BUT WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TRUCK, IT WAS IN DRIVABLE CONDITION, AND THAT I MUST FILE A CLAIM WITH MY INSURANCE COMPANY TO GET THE DAMAGES REPAIRED. COMPLAINTS FILED WITH THE MANUFACTURER AND OTHER RELATED PARTIES. *NM

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 BLOWOUT THE CAR SUDDENLY SWERVED INTO THE CENTER LANE AND THE FRONT END APPEARED TO DROP AND I GAINED CONTROL OF THE CAR AND GOT IT TO THE RIGHT LANE AND THE CAR STOPPED WITHOUT ME PUTTING IT IN PARK. I THEN PUT IT IN PARK AND GOT OUT TO SEE WHAT IT WAS AND FOUND THAT THE SPARE TIRE HAD BROKEN OFF THE AXEL AND WAS PUSHED INTO THE WHEEL WELL AND THE FRONT END OF THE CAR WAS ACTUALLY SITTING ON THE GROUND WITH ALL THE FLUIDS DRAINING OUT INTO THE STREET. I HEARD AND FELT A LOUD CRUNCH SOUND THINKING SOMEONE HAD EITHER HIT ME OR I HIT SOMEBODY ELSE. UNFORTUNATELY, THAT WAS NOT THE CASE. I HAD THE CAR TOWED AND IT WILL ARRIVE AT THE DEALERSHIP IN THE MORNING FOR THEM TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE, TRANSMISSION, FRAME AND AND WHEEL AXELS. I HAVE HAD NO OTHER COMPLAINT WITH MY CAR EXCEPT FOR THE RADIO/CD PLAYER WHICH WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW PLAYER.....THE RADIO HOWEVER IS STILL NOT WORKING RIGHT. I WAS NOT HURT DURING EITHER INCIDENT, BUT, I DO BELIEVE SEEING THE DAMAGE TO THE CAR WAS SOME KIND OF DEFECT IN ORDER TO CREATE THAT SORT OF DAMAGE. I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY HELP THAT SOMEONE MAY BE ABLE TO OFFER OR AT LEAST INVESTIGATE THE CAR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TIMELY ATTENTION INTO THIS MATTER.

Mileage: 9,400