2005 Dodge SRT-4: engine stalls while driving

Filed Aug 4, 2009 · Transmission · 68,000 miles · NY

Our 2005 neon srt/4 is a high performance car with a manual transmission. They made 8,000 in 2005. 5,000 cars came equipped with the t-304 manual transmission. The third gear in this transmission locked up while driving in traffic. The car revved to 8,000rpm and stalled, breaking parts. A definite safety issue. Online, ( I'll include the info) out of 1,544 2005 srt/4 owners polled, 1,195 had issues with this 3rd gear. They included: it does not go into gear first try, it goes but grinds( damages clutch), it tries to kick out of gear, it grinds under wot shifting, can't shift into 3rd when wot(wide open throttle). It appears all these transmission are defective & dangerous to the public. I was a former tool engineer for gm truck steering, etc., for american axle. I asked for my old parts from the $2,200.00 repair when I picked up our car on 7/29/09. Upon examining the broken /damaged parts, the forks appeared to be made of a soft brass! The northtown dodge service manager& mechanic mentioned that the replacement parts had been upgraded( the bearings and forks). When I asked if it was steel replacement parts they would not answer. I then explained to them that dodge would not spend $100,000's to upgrade parts for no reason. I got no where. When I called dodge, some idiots in india answered the phone. These are defective parts that should be recalled. My son had taken the car to transitown dodge about 3 months before to have this problem checked, and they could not find anything.

Filed Dec 7, 2007 · Steering · 40,400 miles · FL

When car is at a stop and turning steering wheel sharp to proceed forward with a turn car stalls.

Filed Dec 4, 2006 · Electrical · MA

In october of 2005 I was at a red light and when the light turned green I took my foot of the brake and onto the gas and the truck was dead. I had to put it in neutral and it started back up. About a week went by and I again had the vehicle and was at the grocery store and it would not start at all. We called the dealership and stated to them truck doesnt start stalls in drive. We dropped off the vehicle on 11/22/05. They had it for a day and told us that they could not find anything wrong with it it wasnt "throwing and codes" so there was nothing they could do. Brought truck back again on 11/28/05 same problem they hooked it up to computer no codes couldnt fix anything it started fine for them, since its not ever single time you start the truck. Drove truck for sometime no problems in the beginning of the year. Had some more times it didnt start talked to service manager in november of 2006 stated that vehicle had been stalling and not starting again over the past month. We brought the vehicle to dealership on november 14th, 2006 and told them to keep the vehicle til they find something wrong with it. The service manager stated he would drive vehicle as if it was his own. Upon entering vehicle the truck did not start for service manager. He stated it still didnt throw any codes but they would keep til they could find something wrong with it. They replaced the PCM and stated this should hopefully fix the problem. We got the vehicle back on nov 30th, 2006. Friday december 1st the truck did not start for us in the morning. We contacted dealership on monday decemeber 4th and was told that they would have to keep the vehicle til it didnt start so they could connect it back to computer but thats all they can do. Since we have already been inconvenieced at this point for over a year and a half now we are opting to keep the truck and contact the manufacturer with a letter of notice of final opportunity and contacted the attorney general to file complaint.

Filed Feb 27, 2006 · Engine · 15,000 miles · MD

2005 SUV dodge durango w hemi engine stalled making a turn at low speed. Engine died and all systems shutdown. Loss of power steering made it a scary 10 seconds. Vehicle put in park and re-started again. Based on prior complaints this is not the first time. Dodge needs to investigate and produce a recall before a fatality occurs.

Filed Nov 9, 2005 · Engine · 50 miles · CA

While driving our 2005 dodge ram 1500 pick up this last week, the truck engine choked and then began to stall. We had just attempted to make a left hand turn on to hwy 101 when the engine power began to fail for the fourth time. We were almost hit by on coming traffic due to the engine failure to exceed and choke.

Filed Jun 16, 2005 · Electrical · 4 miles · FL

2005 dodge durango slt 2wd on 4/11/2005 while driving with my 2 yr old son the vehicle stalled while accelerating through a busy intersection. I was almost hit by 2 vehicles. The vehicle was towed to jack caruso''s regency dodge. It took the dealership 2 days and several fuses before coming to the conclusion that it the wiring at the back of the right side cylinder head needed to be repair and a capacitor needed to be replaced. On 6/15/2005 while driving with my 2 yr old son the vehicle stalled again while accelerating through a busy intersection. Again, I was almost hit by on coming traffic. The vehicle was towed, again, to jack caruso''s regency dodge. When I called the dealer 6/16/2005 I was advised that it was the same problem but they were performing additional diagnostic''s to see if anything else was wrong. At this point I advised I no longer feel safe driving this truck. This is my only means of transportation for my son and myself. I do not want to have worry every time I get to an intersection if they vehicle is going to stall. I asked the dealer about replacing the vehicle; I was instructed to call chrysler corporate head quarters. After speaking with a service representative I was informed that repurchasing the vehicle was not an option based on the information gathered from my service representative and myself, under florida lemon law you must have 3 problems with in 24 months. I have experienced 2 problems with in 66 days. Unacceptable. My concern is that someone will have to be seriously injured before chrysler rectifies the situation.