The car seems to be running fine one minute when I come up to the traffic light while it is in gear the engine shuts off the next problem is driving down the road the lights go off and on sometimes don't come back on for two or three minutes very annoying when you're driving at night with no headlights an oncoming traffic
2006 Dodge Magnum engine complaints
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Hello, in the last 6 months, every time I put gas in, whether I fill it up or not, weather I top it off or not, the engine will run erratically, often stalling multiple times for no reason. It has stalled on the highway, at highway speed, at any other speeds, and going through turns, needless to say, with no engine I have no power steering. I have the strength to keep the car under control, but a less experienced or less strong driver may loose control, possibly with serious consequences. After the car sits for a few hours, it will usually run ok. Thank you for your attention in this matter.
After filling up gas car stalls out while driving, will start back up but shuts down again. Going up hill car stalls and shuts off I have to hit the gas pedal to keep it running.
Dropped valve seat: after traveling about 800 miles from massachusetts to north carolina, without any indication of a problem, I got off the freeway and I stopped at a mcdonalds to use my cell phone and I turned off the car, after about 5 mins. I attempted to restart the car and it wouldn't start, then as the engaine turned over it began to make clunking sounds. I had the car towed to a near by dodge dealer, where I was told that the engine failed, costing me $8,466.33 to replace the engine because it was out of warranty. The car is well maintained and I have all the service records showing that this failer shouldn't had happened. Chrysler needs to own the flaw in 2005-2007 hemi 5.7 engine and chrysler needs to refund me the $8,465.33 that I had to spend to buy a new engine.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 dodge magnum. While driving various speeds, the vehicle stalled without warning on numerous occasions. The vehicle was diagnosed as having a miscommunication between the engine and the transmission. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 118,000.
I went to the parking lot at my dr.s office to go home. I started the engine and there was a loud rattling type sound and the engine stalled. It would not stay running. Lots of smoke when started. I had the car towed to the local dodge dealer for diagnosis. Was told the next day that there was over 90% compression. Loss. Internal cylinder or other failure indicated. Recommended tear down for $1850.00 only 80,000 miles, serviced regularly by the dealer. No warning. I declined the teardown and had car towed home. Has been parked since october 2016. Retired/disabled. I cannot afford any major repair. Factory defect should be fixed by manufacturer.
Went to parking lot after dr. Appointment to go home. Tried to start engine, made a rattling sound and died. Restarted, made more of the rattling noise. Had car towed home. Towed car to local dodge dealer the next day for inspection. Was left bank spark plugs removed. 2 spark plugs were bent/damaged. Leakdown test on #1 cylinder 90% leakage measured. Internal damage indicated.. On;y 80k miles. Well maintained.
My dodge magum shut down on side of road then tried to turn on it overheated and started to caught on fire. The timing belt burnt through the head gaskets and now car is total. Only had this car from november 2016 to january 1st. No engine lights were showing . Really would like dodge to replace me for this car , the smoke from the engine cause me to suffer smoke inhalation. . [xxx] *dl information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).'
Dodge mag timing belt recalled. Car heated up after driving it for two months and the timing belt snapped and left me and my child on the side of the road , nothing indicated that it was heating up until the car shut down by itself when I was driving.
Valve seat in 5.7 hemi dropped and damaged engine while driving, coasted car to a stop and turned off. Tried to start but ran really rough or wouldn't start. No check engine light or warning, vehicle is undrivable. When this happened felt like the car was gonna blow up and engine overheated.
I have a 2006 dodge magnum r / t v8 5.7lts. On july 24, 2015 I was using my car as usual, I went to the bank, I went to turn off the vehicle mail when I return to my car I'll lights on and the engine failing with an internal noise. I turn off the engine immediately, I call my mechanic and tells me to call a tow truck and to take the vehicle. When the mechanic check the car informs me that he will open the motor. When you open the engine informs me damage a valve seat and it had damaged the piston. The vehicle has never been heated, before turning it off in the mail was working very well. The car only has 60,000 miles, has its daily maintenance, the vehicle is not in daily use. Take valve caps fix the machine shop and was told that the tops of these engines hemi has manufacturing defect and is not been the only one with that kind of problem. Chrysler (triangle) puerto rico dealer is aware of this problem but have not done anything about it.
Vehicle began to just shut off when not in motion. Took the car to auto shop to be repaired. After spending more money than expected to fix what the mechanic thought was the problem, we still were having the same issue. Finally, wte received a recall notice on the gas tank. After waiting months for chrysler to send the dealership a gas tank for our car, we finally brought the vehicle in to be repaired. Changed out the gas tank , dealership kept the car a few days to test it out, called us to pick up the car. On the way home, the vehicle kept killing. Took it back to the dealership and they they kept the car for almost two months trying to figure out the problem, but they were unsuccessful in diagnosing the problem. As of today the car is still shumtting off and nobody can figure out the problem. The car only has 45000 miles.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 dodge magnum. The contact stated that the vehicle overheated and stalled. The contact stated that the failure was recurring. The vehicle was taken to a dealer to be repaired, but the dealer could not diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 120,000.
Car stalling while stopped or at low cruising speeds. Then the car is hard to restart. After restarting the car will not go into gear for a while.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 dodge magnum. While driving at approximately 10 MPH, the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was able to be restarted. The contact also stated that the failure occurred after refueling the vehicle. The failure occurred on numerous occasions. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 22,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 dodge magnum. The contact stated while driving at approximately 30 MPH, the vehicle jerked. The contact had then shifted the vehicle in park and the engine stalled. The vehicle was unable to restart. The vehicle was towed to the contacts residence. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 140,000. The VIN was not available.
For four years my vehicle stalls each time I put gasoline in the tank. On several occasions I have stalled in an intersection as well as busy roads.
I have been having some problems with my 2006 dodge magnum rt for the past year: 1. Car stall at a stop light or stop sign (engine would start again) 2. Car will lose power (hesitate for about 2-3 seconds and it would chime) 3. Engine died on the freeway and had to pull over (very dangerous) dodge replace the gas tank 2 times and still not repaired. The dodge dealer in elk grove ca charged me $140 and I according to the recall it should be waived. There are a lot of people having the same issues and someone should look into this because it is very dangerous.
Engine stalled while driving minutes after filling the fuel tank. A known problem with these cars. Had to pull over and run the vehicle for 15 minutes before the engine could run steadily without stalling .
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 dodge magnum. The contact stated that while driving approximately 35 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic. The technician diagnosed that the ems module intake had failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 100,100.
2 issues: 1) the car stalls (engine cuts off) sporadically. It restarts without hesitation but the stalls are during transit which is very dangerous in traffic. I see a lot of instances where this complaint has been reported but I don't see any recalls on this issue. 2) when someone is sitting on the front passenger seat with the seat belt buckled, the seatbelt warning light and chiming continuously blink and sounds. Also, all the emergency lights on the dashboard blinks simultaneously periodically. Not sure if that is related but I don't see any recalls concerning this. I will be reporting these to the media for assistance in getting these issues addressed with my vehicle.
After refueling my 2006 dodge magnum stalled repeatedly. Restarting the car was very difficult. Most of the stalling episodes occurred when the car was at a standstill or moving at 5 MPH or less. It also stumbled badly when driving at approximately 50 MPH. One of he stalling episodes left me stranded for a short while in a busy intersection causing a traffic jam and creating a very dangerous situation.
After gas fill up, engine will die when stopping, and die in motion but restart itself, for 5 or 10 miles. This condition is ongoing since march 2014. Condition has also happened randomly on one occasion.
Hi, I have a 2006 dodge magnum srt8. During the first incident in april 2014, my car stalled at lights and engine would not restart. I got gasoline after the first stall and it continued after I filled my tank with gas. The second incident just occurred last night 11/4/14 and I went to the gas station to fill the tank. I noticed a sound like air pressure was being released from my gas tank (normal from filling up) and then the car would not restart very easily and stalled. I was able to get the car started but it stalled at every idle at stop lights. I just noticed that though a google search that the fed is probing engine stalls on approx 192k chrysler/dodge models with the same issue. Http://articles.latimes.com/2013/may/14/autos/la-fi-hy-chrysler-engine-stalls-20130514 [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
At 66,000 miles this car started to stall during low speed operation, around 30-40 MPH. This continued on with multiple attempted, expensive tries by the dealer to fix it, including the unnecessary removal of a remote start system. Part of the fix attempts included installing a doorbell like button that I pushed whenever the event happened in an attempt for them to fault isolate. They replaced the ignition switch because it appeared to them that the system had been shut off. After that it was probably the control computer but no guarantee on that. Computer has not been replaced. June 2014 this car had the gas tank replaced at a part of the non-recall 'extended warranty on the gas tank' fuel tank replacement. The car responded with a increase in horsepower/performance but not better stall performance. After a week or two the stall conditions returned and are more dangerous than ever. The car will stall pulling into traffic, it will stall during open road running (now at virtually any speed), or sitting at a traffic light. When it stalls, if the car has enough momentum it will restart and occasionally bolt forward due to the computer sensing the stall, especially dangerous in parking lots. A further feature is that if the 'check engine' light was on prior to the stall, it will be extinguished and no codes remain in the computer..
While driving vehicle car will stall and only give about 5percent power. It can happen anytime has happened multiple times. Dealer had vehicle for a month and cannot determine the issues. I was almost hit by moving vehicles multiple times.
The car stalls at stop lights mostly but has recently started stalling on the freeway.
The engine stalls randomly after stopping at a stop sign or red light. This will often occur several times in a row. After restarting the car it will not go into gear and be stuck in neutral. The problem will also occur at speed, dying causing a small deceleration and then starting again on its own. This is very dangerous because the driver behind you has no indication that you are stalled and stopping unexpectedly.
After filling up with gas, upon driving the car will die. At approximately 5mph the car will suddenly die and will not respond. Car will not start until after a few minutes of sitting. No cel lights or codes thrown.
After filing the fuel tank, the engine will sputter and stall. When it first began to happen to me, it seemed like I was getting bad gas. Now I know that this occurs primarily after I make a left turn and is due to a part that is inside the fuel tank. The part fails and the result is this problem with the engine stalling. This is a known problem with older magnums, chargers, and chrysler 300's. It is dangerous!! This has happened to be on interstate 95 and just when I got into the travel lane the engine died. I think the left turn I made was a few mile before I got to the entrance ramp and it caught me off-guard. I was lucky to be able to pull over and get onto the shoulder. This is a design failure and is not normal wear & tear. All of the older cars mentioned here can be affected. I assume you have received prior complains about this issue. Dodge is no help, but should be required to fix this problem. Thanks.
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