The timing chain broke for the second time. It broke the first time at 65k+ miles. It was fixed (of much damage) via the po1 customer care "recall". Now it's at approx. 104k miles, it's the same problem and chrysler denied taking responsibility and my claim.
2010 Dodge Challenger engine complaints
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2014 timing belt was recalled and apparently repaired. Car shut off in the middle of the highway and then engine seized. Had it towed and service said it was timing belt again and now engine needed to be replaced. Called dodge, they said there is nothing they can or want to do.
The engine dies randomly sometimes right after starting and sometimes at road and/or highway speed's it will readily restart with the key and run fine until the next random act. It has died at least a dozen times in the last six months once in a curve that caused the car to drift in on coming traffic before I was able to restart it luckily there was no opposing traffic. It shows no engine codes.
A recall was performed in 2015 regarding a timing chain failure. This car sat in a dealer lot for an extended period of time. I purchased the vehicle and rarely drive it. A timing chain failure stalled me in the middle of the interstate. A chronic issue according to most forums, even after the recall was performed. The car has less than 73,000 miles on it and should not have failed regardless of months,of the fact that it was more than 24 months. It is a very low mileage car for the year and this is on ongoing issue from these vehicles from 2009-2012.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 dodge challenger. While driving unknown speeds, the vehicle intermittently stalled while making turns. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer (browning dodge chrysler jeep ram, 1983 hamner ave, norco, ca 92860, (951) 272-3110) where a road test was performed; however, the failure was unable to be duplicated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and provided case number: 35174074. The failure mileage was 13,400.
During its most recent scheduled oil change on may 25, 2018, the dodge service department indicated that my 2010 challenger srt8 with 56,000 miles has an oil leak that is leaking from the front of the crankshaft and the dodge challenger serpentine/drive belt is spraying oil all over the place under the hood, on the engine and directly into the alternator which the dodge service department indicated could cause a fire! I contacted fiat chrysler automobiles customer care (case number 34409843) and provided detail with after 5 customer care agents on 5 separate occasions promising me a callback (never received) wished me good luck with having dodge address the engine oil leak / fire hazard. I have inquired with two other local dodge dealership service departments and both indicated that they have never seen this type of issue on a 2010 dodge challenger srt8. On july 3, 2018, I once again contacted fiat chrysler automobiles customer care and was advised that case number 34409843 was unilaterally closed by a supervisor without contacting me or the dodge dealership service department that performs all maintenance on my 2010 dodge challenger srt8. Accordingly, I requested and the fiat chrysler automobiles customer care representative opened up a new case (case number 34660813) case number 34409843 05/25/2018-gabriel employee id gw373 06/13/2013-jake employee id jr2692 06/20/2018-robert employee id rc2336 06/20/2018-lauren employee id luw551 07/03/2018-janelle (refused to provide employee id) case number 34660813 07/03/2018-doaa employee id dh1013 since the service visit on may 25, 2018, I have not been able to drive my vehicle for fear that it will catch fire.
My 2010 dodge challenger srt8 completely shuts down while driving for no apparent reason. The engine turns off and I lose power steering. It does this repeatedly while driving at all speeds. All electrical components work when this happens but the power steering makes it very hard to turn the vehicle which makes it very dangerous in traffic or on the highway. I have to put the vehicle in park press my ignition start button to turn the car completely to the off position and restart the vehicle. There are no check engine lights that illuminate after this happens so the dodge dealer does not know what the problem is. The last time this happened my ABS and traction control light has illuminated and my esp, traction control and anti lock brake system was disabled and hasn't been enabled. After starting the car the esp, tc and ABS light illuminate and stay on. I have taken my vehicle to the dodge dealer three times and they have said that they are not able to find the problem because there are no trouble codes or a check engine light on. I have read online that this is a very common issue that thousands of owners of dodge challengers are experiencing with the same result that the dodge service departments can not find or duplicate the problem. This random engine shut off has happened around 40 times. It's happened on the highway in motion at speeds of 75 MPH on the city street from 30-50 MPH and when leaving an intersection after the stop light turns green leaving me stopped in the middle of the intersection in danger of bieng hit by oncoming traffic. It has also happened while turning in a intersection and the vehicle stopping with oncoming traffic heading towards my vehicle. I have nearly been hit numerous times due to this problem. I have proof of my vehicle taken to the dealer to resolve this issue with no luck as to what the dangerous problem is.
Tamara inflator. Electronic window circuit, power steering, critical coolant overflow
I was going about 50 miles per hour on a busy freeway when my ABS light turned on lights in the panel start to flicker and engine shuts off. This is one of many occurances engine has shut off without warning. Took to dealership under my mopar service contract and they replaced alternator. One month later engine turns off again. 5 separate occasions.
Car shuts off when slowing down to make a turn
On a normal left turn the engine stalled.
My car lost complete power while turning in a residential area. The vehicle is dead and will not start. The vehicle shut down with no warning. This is a couple months after having a timing chain recall repair. Did the chain fail anyway?
Tried to start the car and all the dash lights, interior lights and radio worked just fine. Got someone to give me a jump and it started right up so I went and bought a new battery and that worked for about 3 days then the exact same thing happened again. This time I took it straight to the local dodge dealership and after 2 1/2 days they say it's the total integrated power module, or the tipm.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 dodge challenger. The contact stated that the vehicle overheated while driving 65 MPH. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the thermostat failed. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. In addition, the contact mentioned that anti freeze leaked from the vehicle. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer where the technician replaced the radiator, but the failure recurred. The vehicle stalled, the instrument panel illuminated, and the gauge fluctuated rapidly. The vehicle failed to restart and was towed back to the dealer. The vehicle was diagnosed, but was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 4,200.
My 5.7-liter hemi engine hesitated six times and the engine computer registered this malfunction each time, but never set a code which the dealer mechanics could read to diagnose the problem. Each malfunction corrected itself in a few seconds, but the last hesitation was a strong one during which the engine ran very roughly for about two minutes before running smoothly again. It felt like the engine was misfiring on one or more cylinders. Each malfunction happened while I was passing other vehicles in a straight line on a highway with the engine under acceleration load. When I eased off the accelerator pedal, the hesitation disappeared and I was able to complete each vehicle pass, but each pass thus took longer and put me more at potential risk of colliding with oncoming vehicles. The last strong hesitation forced me to pull onto the shoulder and wait until the engine corrected itself in about two minutes. This hesitation happens rarely and the engine has continued to run smoothly since the last strong event. I don't know if this problem resides inside the engine or within the electronic ignition. I have a six-speed manual transmission and cruise control on this car.
Car shut off going 65mph on highway with no warning. Would not start again. Towed to local dealership and it took 3 weeks of them not knowing what was wrong after I suggested timing chain several times. They said I needed a new batter, charged me $230 for a battery I did not need . Finally they realized 6 out of 8 heads were bent and timing chain broke. Now when I let off the accelerator it sounds like 10 speed bicycle when peddling backwards. I am scare to take it back since it took 5 weeks last time.
Car shut down/powered off/turned off on it's own, while driving. Rapid automatic down shift of gears braking from about 65 to turn/while turning left onto side street on road. Car died after steering wheel began turning to left and car was turning. Lost power steering and power brakes. Nearly slammed into embankment and blocked intersection area. Very difficult to control/hard to safe vehicle: hard to turn, stop, and restart. Check engine light did not come on/no odb codes stored. This was specifically scary as people drive through here fast and visibility is very short. After this event and the event in july, I became afraid I could die in this car. I took it to the dealership. They said a few error codes were saved in outer car systems that showed communication with PCM had been lost. They were replacing the PCM. However, replacing the PCM did not correct the problem. It has died 3 times since I started driving it in the spring this year. This is dangerous!!! The dealership refuses to investigate further. Please help.
Car shut down/powered off/turned off on it's own, while driving about 50 MPH on a state highway. Car died while driving straight through an intersection at rush hour. Lost power steering and power brakes. Very difficult to control/hard to safe vehicle: hard to turn, stop, and restart. Check engine light did not come on/no odb codes stored. Scary dangerous. This nearly caused a multi car accident. The risk associated with these shut down events was increasing drastically.
Car shut down/powered off/turned off on it's own, while driving at about 40 MPH in residential area. This is about the 5th specific time I remember. Lost power steering and power brakes. Very difficult to control/hard to safe vehicle: hard to turn, stop, and restart. Check engine light did not come on/no odb codes stored. Dealership couldn't find anything problem with car after july 7, 2012 event. They couldn't find problem this time either and sent me away with a phone #. They told me to file a case with chrysler. Case #23728724 filed I believe after july 7, 2012 event.
Car shut down/powered off/turned off on it's own, while driving through parking lot at about 25 MPH. Lost power steering and power brakes. Difficult to control/hard to safe vehicle: hard to turn, stop, and restart. Check engine light did not come on/no odb codes stored.
Car shut down/powered off/turned off on it's own, while driving. Driving slowly in parking lot looking for parking space. Estimate speed at 10 MPH. Car died. Steering wheel may have started turning to left to park. Lost power steering and power brakes. Hard to turn, stop, and restart. Check engine light did not come on/no odb codes stored.
Car shut down/powered off/turned off on it's own, while driving. Rapid automatic down shift of gears braking from about 50 to turn/while turning left onto side street. Car died after steering wheel began turning to left during turn. Lost power steering and power brakes. Very difficult to control/hard to safe vehicle: hard to turn, stop, and restart. Check engine light did not come on/no odb codes stored.
Car turned off/shut down by itself while driving, resulting in loss of power steering and brakes, for the 7th time. Speed relatively slow around 30 MPH, and not turning sharply. Driving in residential area. Lost power steering and power brakes. Very difficult to: turn, stop, and restart. Vehicle did not store any codes. This is the 1st failure on the newly replaced PCM but 7th total since I bought the car new.. Dodge/chrysler says this is "not serious" because there are no error codes saved in the car and they cannot duplicate the failure. They say if it was serious, there would be a code. They are not willing to look/ investigate further because there are no codes and it didn't die on their test drive while hooked to their diagnostic equipment. Service manager gene at waldorf dodge said the srt help center/case manager recommended changing the transmission fluid & perform tune up; both performed 15k miles ago. (ridiculous. This is how women get treated at waldorf dodge. He also told me the srt challenger has a timing belt in the front of the engine-not). This is dangerous!!!
Car turned off while driving for the 8th time. Rapid automatic down shift of gears while turning right. State highway. 50 MPH. Hit brakes hard, turned wheel to right. Car died after wheel began turning to right/during turn. Lost control. Lost power steering and power brakes. Very difficult to: turn, stop, and restart. Vehicle did not store any codes. No vehicle in other lane so no accident. Dodge/chrysler says this is "not serious" because there are no error codes saved in the car and they cannot duplicate the failure. They are not willing to look investigate further because there are no codes and it didn't die on their test drive while hooked to their diagnostic equipment. This is dangerous!!!
Car turned off while driving for the 9th time. Rapid automatic down shift of gears while turning left then to right. Green light, aprox 45 MPH, taking left turn. Wrong way. Hit brakes hard, turned wheel to right. Car died after wheel began turning to right/during turn. Lost power steering and power brakes. Very difficult to: turn, stop, and restart. Vehicle did not store any codes. Dodge/chrysler says this is "not serious" because there are no error codes saved in the car and they cannot duplicate the failure. They are not willing to look investigate further because there are no codes and it didn't die on their test drive while hooked to their diagnostic equipment. This is dangerous!!!
Mystery shutdown. Intermittent electrical problems-shuts off while driving & lose steering & brakes. Terrifying. I'm afraid it's going to kill me & my passengers. It's happened 7-9times, 3x w 5 passengers. Ave 1/10k miles. No common factor (slow, fast, rapid downshift, cornering, straight, side streets, country rds, highways, parking lots). Foot may have been on brake during all. Dealership found nothing wrong/no error codes. Cleaned throttle body & they sent away. Next time throttle body verified clean. July 2012 dealership said no flash to fix. I told them how dangerous it is. They gave me a chrysler care number to file a complaint/get a case started on it. They wanted srt specialists in the loop. Other electrical bugs- not recognizing the fobs. Fob has been locked in the car twice. Signal drops out while driving & error 'key fob not detected' flashes under the speedometer (pic taken at 70mph on 6/8/15). Summer/fall 2014, after ~4 shutdowns at low speeds, started happening at speeds greater than 45. Dangerous! It died going straight through a busy highway intersection at 45 MPH at rush hour-nearly rear-ended. Then it shutoff while making a sharp fast turn at a blind corner; this time I almost slammed into the embankment. I knew I had to get it addressed before it kills me. 1st chrysler claim 23728724 addressed 9/2014 by replacing PCM. Lost communication w PCM codes found. 2015 spring, shut-down starts again. Took to dealership in merritt island, fl ~9/8/15. Please check for codes, the car was shutting down again. Denied. Told to return to dealership that worked it 1st time. 3rd time 9/25/15, 3 senior engineer passengers when it died during rapid downshift turning event. During re-initialization, car abruptly jerked- passengers scared; inches from serious accident -slamming into a work truck & nearly rear-ended. 2nd claim 27895859 in work unknown
My 2010 dodge challenger rt will stall when making a slow right hand turn, which in turn the vehicle loses power steering and power brakes. This has happened four times in the last three years. This appears to be a common problem per the online challenger blogs. I called the dealership and they said they have not heard of this problem and suggested calling the manufacturer. Needless to say this is very dangerous. I don't know what to do as the dealer cannot replicate intermittent problems.
I have a 2010 dodge challenger r/t. When I came to a stop at a red light in between me releasing the brake and accelerating my oil light came on and my engine stopped. The car became difficult to steer and the brakes were difficult to use. The A/C and radio were still functional. When I restarted the vehicle the oil light no longer appeared and I was able to continue driving. This has occurred twice this summer 2015 and once last summer 2014. I have taken the vehicle to the dealership and no codes were found on all occasions. I have a lifetime mopar warranty however the dealership is unable to recreate the issue, therefore they are unable to determine the root cause. The dealership has also completed oil consumption testing and found no issues. I was able to use my cell phone to record the oil light showing the last time the issue occurred. I have also filed a formal complaint with dodge. Dodge suggested that there could possibly be electrical issues.
While drivivg on my way home doing about 60mph in the right lane on the expressway and the car completely shutdown, the engine light came on, I couldn't even steer the car, the steering wheel locked up no breaking capeability, had to let the car coast into the emergency lane, luckly there weren't any cars in front or behaind me. Which could have been fatal. While in the emergency lane put the car in park turned off ther ignition, turned on the ignition put the car in drive and the car would move, put it back in park turned the ignition off again, started it again put in drive.
I was traveling on sr 10 easbound and after passing the fl state line coming from alabama, the engine light came on and immediately after that the engine stopped. I had my car towed to the nearest dodge dealership to pensacola, fl. The problem was caused by the broken timing belt chain that dodge has a national recall on. The repair cost of the damage is $4500 (valves, cylinder-head etc.) and dodge would not give authorization to the dealer to repair it free of charge to me claiming that the car has a rebuilt title. This is not a warranty issue, it's a safety recall issue and it has nothing to do with the fact that my car was in a small accident and it's rear was repaired by using original parts. It was inspected and given not a salvage but a rebuilt title that is a marketable title.I believe that by law they should be obligated to repair it.
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