2011 Dodge Charger: engine failure

Filed Feb 17, 2023 · Engine · 90,000 miles · TX

The contact owns a 2011 Dodge Charger. The contact stated that while driving approximately 45 MPH, the engine seized. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the local dealer where it was diagnosed and determined that the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic who replaced the engine. The manufacturer was contacted and referred the contact to the federal safety agency hotline. The approximate failure mileage was 90,000.

Filed Jul 25, 2019 · Electrical, Engine · 170,000 miles · FL

The car gave an error message 'vehicle not in par'. Could not turn engine off. Eventually car began to overheat and caused blown head gaskets. Have to get an entire new engine and replace shifter and push to start system.

Filed Feb 14, 2019 · Lights · LA

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 dodge charger. The contact stated that the low beam headlights worked intermittently and later seized completely. The contact had to use the high beam headlights only. There was no warning indicator illuminated. The dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and did not assist. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was unknown.

Filed Dec 22, 2018 · Engine, Transmission · 54,000 miles · WI · crash

I am wondering if I have any further actions that are available to me for a recall situation. My car had a recall for the timing chain and I had the recall performed in 2014. A few weeks ago while on the highway during rush hour in a snow storm the timing chain failed and destroyed my engine. I had seconds to negotiate my lane and get to safety which I could not. The back of my vehicle was still sticking out of the right lane. I was informed by the state patrol I caused several accidents behind me and my vehicle was also almost struck by a semi truck. I do not drive my vehicle year round so between 2014 and now the vehicle had less than 20,000 miles put on it with the new timing chain. I contacted dodge and they informed me the new timing chain had a warranty of only 2 years so all subsequent damage was my responsibility. I am making the assumption the correct chain was not put on my vehicle during the recall repair or was never changed at all. The vehicle had a total of 54,000 miles on it and according to all the forums, this is typically within the mileage the chain fails and under the exact conditions of which I was driving. The vehicle has been well maintained and has no extenuating circumstances that should have LED to a catastrophic engine failure. Now dodge wants to charge me $5,000 for the engine repair which was caused from the timing chain they supposedly installed.

Filed Sep 10, 2018 · Electrical, Engine · 58,700 miles · OK

I was driving my vehicle straight down a city street at 36 miles per hour through an intersection light and my car began to shake really hard and the car began to drop speed on its own, I went to press the gas to acelerate and the egine light began to flash and the air conditioner started blowing really hot air and I lost all power to the vehicle.I tried to push the gas to turn off the busy street but I had no power so I had to pretty much coast to the nearest place to get out of traffice. Once I pulled over into a parking lot the car started to have a smell as if something was burning underneath the hood, at that point I put the car in park and pushed the off button, I sat a few minutes then tried to restart the car but it would not start and kept making a noise so I turned the car off got out and got my toddler out of the backseat and called my husband, he arrived about 10 minutes later and tried jump starting the car but it would not start and was making a weird noise when pushing the start button, at this point I figured the car stopped due to the alternator recall that was issued so I called my insurance company and had the vehicle towed to my local dodge dealership where I had a diagnostic done on the vehicle and was told my engine is completely burned up due to lack of oil which is not true becuase I checked the oil dipstick 2 days after it had been sitting at the dodge dealership and there was oil in the car and no oil leaks, I just had an oil change in march of this year (2018) so I believe my engine was burned up completely due to the alternator and a circut shortage cased the car to over heat and burn the engine, I need this to be investgated to see if this is secondary to the recall so that I can see if im responsible for the damages or not because now I need an entire new engine which is over $8,000 in costs.

Filed Jul 25, 2018 · Electrical, Steering · MS · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 dodge charger. While driving various speeds, the steering wheel seized and there was an abnormal burning odor. In addition, the power steering warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic and the wiring was replaced. The dealer and manufacturer were not contacted. The failure mileage was not provided.

Filed Dec 31, 2017 · Engine · 107,000 miles · FL

Check engine light comes on as im driving on a highway at 70mph and my car goes into "limp" mode which could of caused an accident. Cylinder 5 misfire is the diagnosis after taking it to the dealer. It appears to be a bad lifter inside of the head in which caused over 4k to fix. This is a safety hazard in which the engine failed while driving with my family inside!!

Filed Oct 5, 2017 · Engine · NC

Letter from congressman rouzer on behalf of constituent re 2011 dodge charger false recall notice on the motor. *ld the consumer stated the vehicle had a recall repair performed on the engine, but the engine failed while driving on a highway. The consumer concluded that the vehicle was not actually repaired for the recall and that the documents were falsified. The consumer stated the recall was supposed to be completed prior to having owned the vehicle. The manufacturer was made aware and was supposed the replace the motor with a new one, instead replaced the motor with a rebuilt one. The vehicle was leaking water from the exhaust pipe, extreme shaking, and smelled of burning oil. The consumer requested to have the motor replaced with a new one.

Filed Nov 17, 2016 · Electrical · 60,000 miles · IL

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 dodge charger. While driving approximately 30 MPH, the engine failed without warning. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the alternator failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was approximately 60,000.

Filed Jun 17, 2016 · Electrical, Engine · 47,200 miles · MO · fire

Driving home from work 65mph, all lights on dash went out, radio went dark, A/C blew super hot air and blinded me and engine died and wouldn't restart. I had to carefully get off road on the hottest day of the ear to find smoke coming from 5.7l engine. Small fire from alternator! Almost hit 5 cars and almost got hit by 3. This is the same alternator from the previous p60 recall, but isn't covered because recall only affects 3.6l engines. Why would the recall cover one but not the other?

Filed Feb 10, 2016 · Electrical · 99,000 miles · FL

In october if 2014, the battery completely failed suddenly without warning, I had to replace it with a new one with more cranking amps! Since that time the car has been hesitantly starting at times and would seem to lose power! The ABS light came on and the cruise control stopped working. Then on december 25,2015 the car began to lose power, the battery saver mode came on and the car completely stalled while driving on the highway at a speed of 45 MPH! The alternator which is a 160amp and same model as those in the recall for the 3.6l engine failed completely! My car is a 5.7 l hemi!

Filed Nov 25, 2015 · Electrical, Engine · 84,000 miles · LA

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 dodge charger. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 25 MPH, all the vehicle warning indicators illuminated and the engine failed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 84,000.