2009 dodge charger sxt, purchased back in may 2010, starting having check engine light problems in october 2010. The check engine light reads that I have a failure within my oxygen sensors. Purchased car used at 36, 252 miles. Woo hoo, the warranty on this car expired at 36,00 miles. I took the car into the "authorize" chrysler dealership of whom charged me $99.00 just to even look at my car, they called it a diagnostic fee from which they just hook car up to a portable computer and let the computer read the engine code. (the same thing that autozone or advanced auto parts does for free). They ran there machine on my car, read the code, and made me wait for about hour just so they could make me think they were actually doing something special when clearly I can see what's going on in the garage. Finally when they figured that I've waited long enough, the only thing they told me was that I had a bad oxygen sensor, shocker, since I already knew this because I took it to autozone were they ran the code, for free. Chyrlser said it would be around $300 to fix this problem. I was livid when they told me this and asked them to break down the $300 cost because I knew for fact that the parts were know more than $50. They told me parts were $63, and the rest was labor. Are you for real. It takes literally 2 minutes to change out an oxygen sensor, all you do is unplug the old one and insert the new one. I would do it myself if I had a car lift. I eventually ended up taking the car to an independent mechanic who preceded to fix my car for only $100. Surprise surprise, 2 days later my check engine light comes back on. I take it back to dodge who again charges me another $99 only to tell me that the mechanic "changed the wrong on", really, ok, not. Took back to the other mechanic who changed out other o2 sensor for free. Check engine light came back on. Took back chrysler dealership and they said he change the wrong one again, really, know really. Dodge/chrysler/jeep sucks.
2009 Dodge Charger electrical complaints
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My 2009 dodge charger would not start dealer indicated the ignition module is defective a friend of mine who owns a repair garage told he had seen this on a dodge charger three times in the past 4 weeks. This may explain why it is taking the dealer 4 weeks to repair waiting for the part.
2009 dodge charger. Consumer states vehicle lost all power while driving *tgw the consumer stated the vehicle stopped abruptly, the power steering was disabled, the radio died and all the lights on the message board flashed. The engine was completely dead. The next day, the vehicle was taken to the dealer. The consumer was informed the intergrated power module was not working properly and had to be replaced. The service advisor explained that the intergrated power module is the computer that controls the fuse box. When the proper signals can not make it to the computer, it causes everything wired to the fuse box to shut down. Unfortunately, the problem occurred again on july 6, 2010. The consumer was on the highway, when the vehicle lost power and shut off. The following day, she started the vehicle, switched the gear from park to drive, the engine shut off, all power was lost and all the message board lights began flashing. She applied the brake, put the vehicle back into park and turned off the ignition. After a few minutes, it started with no difficulty. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer. However, they were unable to find any error codes and they were not sure what the problem was.
Tl*the contact owns a 2009 dodge charger. The contact stated that it took several attempts to start the vehicle at times; the vehicle was equipped with keyless entry. While attempting to start it up, the alarm would not disarm and the vehicle would not start. The vehicle was towed to an authorized dealership where the contact was informed that the wireless ignition module failed. The vehicle was repaired and the problem had not occurred since. The failure mileage was approximately 45,000. The current mileage was approximately 45,100. Updated 8/2/10 *cn updated 08/09/10
S10 appropriate handling-email from re problem with her 2009 dodge charger. *tgw the consumer stated while driving, all of the dash lights illuminated and the vehicle completely shut off. She lost control of the steering wheel and the vehicle decelerated quickly. The consumer stated she realized she need to do something, so she turned the key off then back on. The vehicle started to hesitate and then started moving again. The consumer immediately took the vehicle to the dealership, but upon inspection they could not find anything wrong. However, they did order a new computer to be installed. The new computer was finally installed and it was assumed everything was fine, until the vehicle started exhibiting issues one morning as she was leaving for work. It took three tries to start the vehicle. So, the dealer performed another repair which was the replacement of the ignition coils. A representative from chrysler was scheduled to test drive the vehicle. Prior to him arriving, the dash lights illuminated on the dashboard again. The consumer was informed again, they could not find any codes to fix the problem.
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