2005 Dodge Magnum: sudden loss of power

Filed May 4, 2018 · Fuel system · 117,000 miles · NY

After filling up gas tank car will stall out. Big safety concern, car stalled while making a turn on city street, lose power steering very dangerous. Happens every time I fill up gas tank.

Filed Mar 28, 2018 · Engine · 174,000 miles · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 dodge magnum. While driving at an unknown speed, the vehicle stalled and lost power without warning. The vehicle was towed to puente hills chrysler dodge jeep ram (17280 gale ave, city of industry, ca 91748) where it was diagnosed that the engine failed. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 174,000.

Filed Dec 13, 2016 · Electrical · 160,000 miles · IN

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 dodge magnum. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 30 MPH, the vehicle lost power and failed to restart. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified about the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 160,000.

Filed Jan 12, 2015 · Engine, Fuel system · 110,000 miles · CA

Just filled up vehicle, was leaving parking lot, and the car stalled. I lost all power steering and brakes, it was very scary. Hard to restart, was afraid to drive it after that. Stalled a couple times subsequently.

Filed Nov 30, 2014 · Engine, Fuel system · 52,000 miles · FL

Purchased a used 2005 dodge magnum rt 5.7 (as is no warranty )on 11/15/14. On the drive home from the dealer, filled the car with fuel and the engine was hard to start and after it started ran for a short time and stalled. After several start stall cycles near the gas station got the car on the interstate and it lost power at speed and ran rough for short periods but did not stall. After aprox. 10 minutes of highway speed the car ran fine. Two weeks later after fill up had the same stalling issues. Having read these cars have history of these issues, I attempted to lower the fuel level by driving the car. The car started and about a 1/2 mile from the house stalled in a busy intersection. Unable to restart the car, had to get towed home. The car started right up when it came off the tow truck. Siphoned 5 gal from fuel tank & can't duplicate failure. No error indications during failures.

Filed May 9, 2014 · Engine, Fuel system · 148,788 miles · TN · crash

The car will stall every time after I fill up the gas. It 's very scary because I don't know when the car will die on me when I'm on the road and cars are behind me and just very afraid of someone is going to hit me from behind when my car dies on me suddenly. Yesterday I went to fill up the tank ( not all the way full ), after I drove about 1 block, the car stalled. I was unable to turn the steering wheel and the brakes lost power, I ran off the road and down an embankment to a parking lot right front tire blew out as I hit the curb. Some minor body damage.

Filed Mar 13, 2014 · Engine, Fuel system · 68,000 miles · TX

If I fill my tank and I drive it away from the pump, it will stutter, hesitate, jerk, then die. I lose all power steering, brakes, engine. Afterwards, it won't immediately restart. It will start again after a few minutes. It won't start driving good again until I run the gas level down a little. After I fill, it will run ok until I make a turn or come to a stop, something that will slosh the fuel in the tank again then it will act like it is starved for fuel. This happens everytime I fill my tank. If I don't fill it completely then it will do it. It never did this when I first bought my car. One time after I this happened, I opened the gas cap and it was hissing and spitting gas just sitting there. This is a very dangerous situation as if this happened on the highway I could become involved in a collision. It has happened at least a half dozen time and have since not filled my tank up until today and it happened again.

Filed May 17, 2013 · Engine, Fuel system · 35,000 miles · TX

Car stalled (loss of power) after having refueled (to full). Occurred multiple times until we determined that fueling to 3/4 full resulted in no stalling. Stalling occurred within 1/4 mile of driving away from fueling location - often in traffic!

Filed Jun 13, 2011 · Engine · 76,176 miles · PA

We purchased a used 2005 dodge magnum on december 13, 2010. In march 2011, we began experiencing problems with the car suddenly shutting off and/or losing power; engine stalling and sputtering; and the engine light remaining illuminated. We performed the necessary maintenance -- oil changes, etc. On the recommended schedule. The sudden engine cutoffs and power losses increased; and then on sunday, may 29, 2011, we started the car and the engine was making very loud banging and knocking noises. Two mechanics checked the car and rendered the same report that it is a cracked intake manifold. We purchased an extended warranty when we bought the car and we were told it wouldn't be covered and then told it would be covered. We have not received any resolution to date regarding getting our car fixed, yet we are still making payments on a car we cannot drive. We have been in touch with the dealer to get some resolution; however, nothing to date. At last contact with the mechanic, we were told that we have an internal engine problem and the car needs to be returned to the dealership for repair.

Filed Apr 22, 2011 · Acceleration, Electrical · 100,500 miles · AZ

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 dodge magnum. The contract stated that when driving at any speed, the electrical power and power steering would fail intermittently. The dealer was notified of the failure and the contact was awaiting a response. The manufacturer was also contacted but provided no further assistance. The vehicle was not repaired. The current mileage was 106,000 and the failure mileage was 100,500. Updated 05/25/11 *bf the consumer stated the vehicle would sometimes surge just prior to losing power. Updated 11/18/11

Filed Jan 19, 2011 · Fuel system · 65,000 miles · FL

1. After filling up gas tank, car stalls out coming to a stop or slowing down. 2. Engine stalls slowing down even while going around turns. Happens every time after fill up. Very dangerous, lost power steering while going around turn and almost hit a curve, car behind almost hit me. 3. Only known fix is to replace fuel tank because rollover valve is apart of the tank.

Filed Aug 27, 2010 · Engine · 55,000 miles · FL

Our 2005 dodge magnum frequently stalls when moving at slow speeds. The first time it happened was over a year ago, after exiting the freeway, 10-15 minutes driving at around 60, proceeding aprox 2 miles to a stoplight which went from red to green, when trying to accelerate the car stalled. Since then stalls have happened after stopping at intersections, then pulling forward and making a turn only to discover that the car has stalled mid turn (very frequent) or even driving through the slow zone at the airport (5mph)...we are becoming so accustomed that we known to quickly put in into neutral and restart the car as it continues forward but loss of power steering and braking makes the experience more than a bit nerve racking.