2006 Dodge Charger: harsh or hard shifting

Filed Jul 3, 2020 · Acceleration, Airbags · TX

Transmission.. Bad air light on all the time.. Bad transmission hard shift.

Filed Apr 2, 2014 · Steering · 24,036 miles · IL

Had my vehicle in for routine maintenance. I have been noticing clunking from the steering wheel and shaking problems at highway speeds. Dealer inspected car and found left and right ball joints cracked and broken power steering line, along with a broken tie rod on the left side. I find this very difficult to digest as the car doesn't even have 25,000 miles on it, it is never driven in snow, and is constantly in my garage. This car is driven on average of 4,000 miles a year, and mainly on the interstate when it is driven. Now I am facing a 1500.00 repair bill to replace these parts. After doing some research, I have found others have needed to do this same repair numerous times on their vehicles as well. I think chrysler should step forward and admit that these parts are defective. There aren't even any lubrication zerks to help prevent future issues with this. Now that spring is here I wanted to get the car ready for summer, now we are afraid to drive it until it gets fixed, but according to what I have found, I can expect to have this done again in another 25,000 miles. I don't think this is right.

Filed May 16, 2013 · Fuel system · 101,377 miles · NY

I had just filled my car with (93 octane fuel) after putting the car back on the road ,as it is my summer vehicle. I never fill past first click. I started it and it started idling rough 200-300 rpms and it quit. I started the vehicle and had to give it some gas to get it to go again which it did,chalked it up to coincidence. I pulled out of the gas station and was making a left hand turn across traffic and no sooner did I pull out than did it stall,narrowly missed being hit by a large truck,put in neutral and it restarted. However it did not run very well it was what I call bucking and surging as I drove down the road the car was almost unresponsive as far as throttle control about 15- 30 MPH. As I left the city the car stalled again I rolled to the right side of the roadand popped it into neutral,it restarted and idled normal again. I was now entering the highway to go home and made it home approximately 15 miles away. The car seemed fine again. I have long had a stalling issue with the car every since I purchased in january of 2012. I have take care of this car to the utmoststandard while in my possession. This car is immaculate and is not a clunker. I have also experienced the stalling issue when making tight turns at parking lot speed mostly to the left. The issue lies in the fuel tank itself there is a valve on top that fails and lets raw gasoline into the emissions vapor system. This should not be happening! Chrysler nationwide is going through 43 of these tanks on average a week. This tells me there is a large issue. To add insult to injury the tank is not cheap or simple or easy to install with an average bill of 1200 -1800 dollars depending on how many components are damaged as a result of the raw fuel entering a closed system.there are many chrysler tsbs concerning this condition,I believe they underestimate the severity of this condition.

Filed Apr 1, 2013 · Steering, Suspension · 22,316 miles · MI

I purchased my dodge charger in august of 06. At 22,316 miles, I started experiencing a clunking in the front end. The left outer tie rod needed to be replaced. It was covered by the warranty. I purchased the extended warranty for 5/50,000. At 51,972 the clunking returned. The remaining tie rods, inner and outer, including the one that was replaced at 22,316 had to be replaced. As of now my car has 67,800 miles on it and in between 51,972 and 67,800 miles, the clunking has returned several times. I have had a left control arm, lower ball joint, sway bar link, control arm bushings, rt and lt tension struts and sway bar bushings all replaced. I think for a car with only 67,000 miles on it...... This is way too many problems, especially when all the problems are in one area of the car. It sure would be great if dodge would own up to these front end problems and stand by their product and help the american consumers out with the repair bills.

Filed Apr 5, 2011 · Steering · 113,163 miles · GA

Tl*the contact owns a 2006 dodge charger. The contact stated that the tie rod that controlled the steering fractured while driving 40 MPH around a curve. There was a clunking noise which caused the steering to become uncontrollable. The vehicle had to be pulled to the curb while the contact pumped the brake pedal to come to a complete stop. After the vehicle was stopped, the front driver side tire was protruding inward. The vehicle was towed to a repair shop where the contact was awaiting diagnosis of the failure. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer werr contacted. The failure mileage was 113,163.