Tl* the contact owns a 2006 dodge charger. While driving approximately 55 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact found a recall related to the fuel tank. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer and the fuel tank was replaced; however, the vehicle began to slow down to approximately 35 MPH when reaching high speeds. Additionally, the rpms would continue to increase without the acceleration matching the RPM increase. The contact informed the manufacturer who opened a case on the contact's behalf and informed the contact that there was no recall relating to the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 86,000.
2006 Dodge Charger engine complaints
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Filled tank up with gas day before this happened. Driving down road at 25 MPH the car stalled. It would restart and stall again.
After refilling my tank with gas, my car suddenly began to stall. Immediately after refilling, I started my car and within a few seconds it shut off. After many attempts of starting it and remaining stationary, my car finally remained on for more than 5 minutes and I assumed it was safe to begin driving. 5 minutes into driving on a city street the car began to jerk and stalled in the middle of the street, fortunately it didn't cause an accident. I was able to restart it and turn into the nearest shopping center where I contacted chrystler, who claimed they had no knowledge of this issue. I've seen a multitude of complaints with similar, if not the same, issues I continue to experience.
22 may 2015 oil pump failed. Took vehicle to dennis dillon dodge of caldwell idaho 26 may 2015. Repair quoted at $996.00. Actual charge $1816.66. Received car back 8 july 2015 with thumping. Re complained to service 24 july 2015. They wanted to repair unknown which did not exist before their handling. Continued to drive until 11 november 2015 when 1 quart of oil was added & vehicle began thrashing & died, refusing to run again. Vehicle has sat parked in storage at home ever since. Filed complaint with idaho attorney general office. Dennis dillon cfo duane sessions replied & lied covering his service manager & mechanic. Ag office ceased further action.
Dodge charger stalls while stopped at stop signs or red lights like its out of gas. At first it would do it maybe once a week after filling up my tank, but now it is several times a day. My vehicle is around 137,000 miles.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 dodge charger. While attempting to exit a residential driveway, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact was unable to restart the vehicle. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 129,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 dodge charger. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds and coming to a complete stop in the vehicle, the vehicle stalled with the check engine light and several other unknown indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the fuel tank needed to be repaired. The vehicle was repaired, however the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer where a tune up was performed however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the cam shaft and the sensor had failed and would need to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired however, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 92,000.
Head lights flash while driving then shut off then come back on. As I down shifted on the freeway the car died and check engine light came on now I'm stuck with a broke down car. It shifted really hard and died at the same time the check engine came on
Vehicle has been overheating and has cause many headache cause of no way to transportation for me or family to work,school ect. Spent lot of money of trying to fix from dealership to not get resolved. Feel like im being rob!
Car stalls and engine shuts down, loss of steering while either sitting still or driving at higher speeds. This has happened on numerous occasions after adding fuel to the car.
Our problem still has not been fixed. The car continues to "die in flight." I have uploaded a video to youtube. Https://youtu.be/ssawxdfdswa this occurred while attempting to merge onto the interstate. The rpms jump up and down. The oil light and the electronic throttle control light flash and ding. The check engine light came on. This is going to cause an accident and the dealership says there is nothing wrong with the car.
My car keeps stalling even while driving above 20 MPH, especially whiling pulling out into traffic. My car has been at the dealership for a month with no resolution. My car is not safe.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 dodge charger. While driving approximately 30 MPH, the contact noticed smoke under the hood of the vehicle. The contact pulled the vehicle over. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where it was diagnosed that a piston in the engine seized and the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 124,000. The VIN was not available.
I have complained on this vehicle multiple times now. It continues to have a randomly stalling engine while driving. The dealership claims it is not the gas tank. It has finally started causing the check engine light to come on (yay! It might actually get fixed). Just kidding! The dealership states that the codes that show up are general PCM codes that mean nothing. From online research, it appears it may be an electrical issue with the PCM, ECM, or numerous other parts. Either way, most of us go without cars for weeks while mechanics cannot find the actual cause thus cannot fix a dangerous vehicle. Most of us don't want to drive vehicles that stall while going 40 MPH.
Engine just stopped working. No warning. Car was just serviced a few months prior. Pre mature engine failure
While driving the car will cut off . The lights have flickered off and on. The room needle goes down likes is cutting off and then goes back up. I have the charger 2006 rt police package. This has happen while driving, turning at corner, and sitting at the light. These issues have been going on for the last 6 months.
I notice that numerous 2006 dodge chargers have had pre mature engine failure. Numerous of them have a "dropped valve". I have a 2006 dodge charger that has been extremely well maintained and had the same issue. I drove my vehicle which was running fine with no issues and parked it at the store. When I finished at the store, I returned to my vehicle, got in and I attempted to start it at which time the engine made a horrific noise as if it was going to fall apart or explode. I shut it down immediately. White smoke was coming from the tailpipe so I had it towed to a shop where I was told it needed a new engine. I had it towed back to my home. I called dodge in 2013 and was told that they had not heard of such a problem and that I should take it to a shop. The vehicle sat (undrivable) for almost 2 years as I was told by a dealership that repairs could amount to almost 7000.00. I have finally taken it to a local shop and after compression testing and head removal, it was determined the same thing happened as in the reports I have read, which is a dropped valve in cylinder 6. I contacted dodge once again with no answers or assistance. In review of the existing complaints, I notice that the 11th digit of the VIN is the same with most of the complaints that contain a VIN number. I believe this is a design flaw in the head that is causing this malfunction which is a serious safety issue when vehicles die and quit running for no apparent reason and without warning. Had I have driving down the road it could have been a serious safety hazard. How does this get investigated, and how many complaints have to be generated to have dodge look into this manufacturer defect causing safety issues? I have pictures of the damage caused by the valve seat but I am having a difficult time uploading. I can e-mail them on request
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 dodge charger. While at a stop sign, the vehicle stalled. The contact was able to restart the vehicle, but the failure recurred on numerous occasions. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the fuel lines needed to be cleaned. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 250,000.
When driving the engine will suddenly shut down with no fore warning. The gas peddle will go to the floor, all steering functions will be removed. The vehicle locks from 70 to 0 in a matter of seconds!!! Shortly after the vehicle will restart. Thus far, numerous mechanics has not been able to discover the problem.
After fueling, leaving station, turn corner car stalls. Starts back up drive a little bit stalls again,trying to put into gear wouldn't shift, finally got it home. Had the same problem about 2yr ago, took it in he cleaned something in the engine, bill was $400 something, now happening again
After filling up gas on my dodge charger 2006 rt, the engine stalls and stop while at the traffic stop. Tried to re-start the engine a few times but won't start. Waited 2 minutes and tried to re-start the engine it did start and was able to cross to traffic light and avoid holding the other cars behind me. But after a few at least a hundred feet, the engine starts stall again this time have to roll my car into the side road. Tried a few times to restart, engine but did not start. At that point decided to call for help and while waiting on the side road for 5 to 10 minutes, tried to re-start the engine again and this time around the engine steadied and runs normal as if nothing was wrong with it. I have research this type of engine stall and it seems this is common to my car model/year.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 dodge charger. While driving 60 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact was able to restart the vehicle, but it failed to accelerate. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 200,000.
2006 dodge charger rt car shuts off with no warning shuts off at a stop light or stop sign. When I'm driving under 60 MPH it stalls as if it's going to stop and the electrical light pops on and goes off but it does not shut off. When I am driving under 40 it will shut off and I have to hit the brakes and put it in park or neutral and restart it. But the best part of this which it's really not a best part that it starts rite up after each encounter. There is no engine light through out this issue so I don't know what kind of code it's going to read. I took it to napleton dodge in lansing, il yesterday and told them the issue and showed them the edmunds report for the extended fuel tank warranty but off course they want to try to get some kind of money from me ($125) for a diagnostics which I'm telling them and showing them the report.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 dodge charger. While parked, the vehicle was not able to start and a clicking sound could be heard. The vehicle was towed to an authorized dealer where it was diagnosed that the valve seat dropped, which destroyed the cylinder wall. The contact stated that the entire engine would have to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 135,111.
We had no warning (e.I. Engine light not lit, not running hot, no strange sounds, etc.). The car died so when it wouldn't start up after trying for a second time, we towed it to the dealership after hours. The next morning we get a call saying that the valve seat guide failed and and the pistons weren't getting any oil in the 4th cylinder of the motor. So the motor needs to be replaced and it's gonna $8000. It's been sitting at the dealership going on three months. With all these complaints about the same thing, dodge should be doing something about this. This is unacceptable dodge! I have been researching this every since my car malfunctioned. Dodge/diamler chrysler needs to be sued! I am waiting for a class action law-suit to be announced-
I have had my 2006 dodge charger rt for just over a year and have kept all the oil changes and fluid filled. I had no issue other than a bad fuel tank out of the car, until I was on the highway heading to work when I heard what sounded like a pop. Then my vehicle lost all power. I barely made it to work where I had to get it towed. I later found out it had dropped a valve seat and that dodge would charge me over $8000 to repair my vehicle. I will include a link that shows this is a manufacturing issue. The block and valve seat was made from two different metals that expand at different rates and lengths. I have tried contacting dodge to no luck. This should be seriously investigated because it is costing dodge consumers thousands when it was avoidable by pinning the valve seats or using the same metals. Dodge has went thru and pinned the valve seats in motors their manufacturing, so they know it's an issue but are not helping the consumers who paid for this product prior to them fixing it. [xxx] is my VIN and the website that list some of the complaints is http://m.carcomplaints.com/dodge/charger/2006/engine/premature_engine_failure.shtml . I am just asking someone please look into this issue. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
When merging onto the freeway upon slight acceleration the engine died, in front of a semi truck! We had no power steering or brakes! This is a huge safety issue!! We were lucky to not have crashed. I then turned key to off and restarted to resolve the issue. This has happened 6 more times at lower speeds I.e. 15mph, 20, 30 MPH ranges, with no check engine light!? Brought it into mechanic and they couldn't find the issue, car had no codes. They suggested replacing the crank position sensor. We did that and it was fine.. For 15 miles until it died again!!! Still no codes, dealer wont help, I can't drive the car as it is unsafe. I did some internet searches. Found about a known issue with the fuel evap system and the fuel tank and filler neck. These faulty parts cause the car to read false rich signals and causes the engine to run leaner. So now, lack of appropriate fuel upon acceleration causes the engine to stall and lose effected drive systems. This is ludicrous from chrysler how many deaths has this caused!?!?
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 dodge charger. After refueling and driving at a low speeds, the vehicle stalled. The contact was able to restart the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to a dealer multiple times who diagnosed that the key, a sensor and multiple parts needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired multiple times however, the failure persisted. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.
I got my fuel tank replaced under warranty (new fuel tank & o-ring part #s: cnstx531aa and cnstx532aa) and now stalling is worse than before. Engine wants to stall anywhere from 0-30 MPH now whether the tank is full, half empty or near empty. The car's stalling can be prevented by providing quick acceleration, which will temporary fix the issue, only to have it come back later. The choice between stalling at high speeds and losing power steering & other necessities, or quickly accelerating to prevent a stall, leave drivers with two unsafe, dangerous choices each. The fuel tank recall did not remedy the issue. If anything, it made it worse, more dangerous, and made a minor defect/annoyance into a serious problem that can not be "burnt off" like the excess gas in the previous fuel tank. Dealerships give us the run around. Saying they either don't have the piece, or they refuse to replace it because we already have the new, yet still faulty, fuel tank. It's becoming a serious issue with no real remedy in sight. The dealership blames chrysler/dodge and chrysler/dodge blames the dealership. The two point fingers and scapegoat each other, leaving the customer to either replace everything out-of-pocket or drive a seriously impaired and dangerous vehicle. I went in to the dealership with two minor dtc codes that I planned on repairing (they were nonimmediate and not serious) and left the dealership with 15 codes. Chrysler even gave me a "case manager" for this, but the case manager said all they can do is rely on the dealership's diagnostics... Literally just a waste of time. Why even assign a case manager? I took the car in to replace the fuel tank since it was under warranty (aka free)... I'm a college student with no finances for repair. Now, I'm left with a faulty, unsafe, nearly inoperable vehicle with no other means of transportation. Someone needs to step in.
I filled my gas tank (but did not top it off with fuel) and left the gas station at the first intersection. The car stalled while braking, the car came back on, accelerated against brakes, died again and wouldn't turn over afterward. Had to turn the car all the way off and back on to restart the car, only to have it do it three more times on the way home. It feels like a serious accident waiting to happen. I read up on the issue and found that it's very common. Dodge needs to fix this problem. We paid for a vehicle to safely transport us -- this is not safe.
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