2012 Dodge Charger: battery drain or dead battery

Filed Sep 9, 2024 · Electrical · GA

The battery keeps dying. The vehicle is draining the battery while it is not running.

Filed Jan 5, 2020 · Electrical · 160,000 miles · TX

Vehicle trunk opens on it's own when you first start vehicle. This also drains the battery. Trunk opens electrically. This has happened on numerous occasions.

Filed Dec 20, 2016 · Electrical, Steering · 70,000 miles · OH

My dodge charger went dead while I was driving one day. The battery indicator came on and charging system on my monitor, I was driving with my wife in the car and I was lucky to be able to turn on a side street as the wipers came on and suddenly I had no more power to steer the car. I had my hazardous lights on too and everything then went dead. I was lucky that day and god watched over me and my wife. When my roadside service got there and he tried to give me a jump it would not start and he tested the battery and it had a full charge on it. I had the car towed to the dodge dealer that night. The next day I went to find out that the alternator was fried. I looked up at the time my vehicle was down before my roadside service got there that night. I founded out there was a p60 recall alternator (amp 160) for dodge charger year 2011-2014. I called chrysler corporation the night I went down, and they looked up and said it was not on my vehicle. They said I had a amp 180, but after getting a new alternator in my dodge charger I'm still having problems with a battery save mode that keeps popping up on my monitor screen. I pleaded with the chrysler corporation that something is wrong with the alternator and that night I could have died. If I was on the highway. I don't feel safe everyday driving, because I have to get on the highway to go to work. I'm going back to the dodge service department to get this battery save mode checked out, because they used one of the p60 recall alternator to fix my vehicle. I think they don't have a stable alternator, because it is probably draining the battery.

Filed Feb 22, 2016 · Electrical, Engine · 117,143 miles · GA

Takara recall I was coming home from work and my car shut the radio off and slowly started shutting off other accessories to the car. I work 30 miles from my house. When I got home, the car would not shut off, would not go into park. And everything was going hay wire. I had to put the parking break on so I would move, because I couldn't get it to go into park. Thank goodness my window was down because I couldn't unlock the car. I had to crawl through the the back seat to pull the emergancy lever to open the trunk. After that I disconnected the battery.I soon found out the battery died and the alternator burnt up. I have replace the battery and the alternator and started the car. It runs but all the electronics are still inoperable.

Filed Jan 4, 2016 · Electrical · NJ

Radio stopped working, all lights on dash went on, battery safety mode symbol lit up, the next thing that happened was car went completely dead. Could not get car out of park had to be towed. Vehicle was stationary at time of failure. Battery was charged car started but only ran till battery died, no charging by alternator. Same issues for many other 2012 dodge chargers

Filed Dec 15, 2015 · Electrical · 46,000 miles · TN

Tl* the contact owns a 2012 dodge charger. While driving 40 MPH, the vehicle stalled, the battery drained completely, and the alternator failed. The contact stated that the failures were identical to those listed in the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v634000 (electrical system), but the VIN was not included in the recall. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the alternator needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 46,000. The VIN was not available.

Filed Mar 2, 2015 · Electrical · 84,502 miles · NC

Tl* the contact owns a 2012 dodge charger. The contact stated that there was a loss of power, which drained the battery without warning. The contact replaced the battery, but the failure recurred. The vehicle was included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v634000 (electrical system) and the dealer stated that the parts needed were not available. The dealer did not provide an interim repair until the part became available. The vehicle was not able to be driven. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and was unable to determine when the part would become available to repair the vehicle. The approximate failure mileage was 84,502.

Filed Sep 15, 2014 · Brakes, Electrical · 60,000 miles · OH · crash

Complaint concerning: the federal safety agency preliminary evaluation #pe14022 on saturday 9/13/14 I was driving home from the store on a residential road going 35 miles per hour and my vehicle began to flash the ABS light. Then the emergency brake light began to flash, the touch screen went blank. My radio and A/C shut off, the windows would not roll down. The mileage meter read 0, than started to read miles up to 80 miles per hour. I lost power steering, and the power brakes!! My car was 100% inoperable!!! I tried to coast to the side of the road, almost hitting several motorist and pedestrians as I had not control over the breaks!!! My daughter and I were almost killed b/c I was unable to stop or steer and almost had a head on collision!! I coasted to the side of the road, when my car completely died!! Would not recognize the key, could not open the trunk, etc. I had my car towed to my dodge dealer, they notified me that the alternator went out, drain the battery completely! The alternator on this car is too weak for the size of the vehicle! Repairs cost me $1,500 total, not covered under powertrain warranty! This car is only 2 yrs. Old! This should not happen with a new car! I contacted chrysler corp. Office and they did not offer me any assistance! Some one will die due to this type of vechicle flaw! There needs to be a recall on this issue!!!!!!!!!!!