Service Brakes Problems of Dodge Challenger - part 2

2015 Challenger, wheel speed sensor failures starting at year two. Have replaced wheel speed sensors on 5 separate occasions. It has affected all wheel speed sensors and fron passenger replaced twice. All replacement parts are from dealer and are geniuine mopar replacements. Seems to be a very common issue, the parts are typically on backorder and it can be caused simply by going through a car wash.

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My door doesnt realize its shut so my Smart window goes up and down on its own until battery is drained. Happens when vehicle is stationary. Was recalled on 2012 model. My brakes or brake area squeals when im pressing the brakes to stop. I have new rotors and brakes, stops for about a week even have had rthem resurfaced. Lots of complaints on this in the Challenger forum.

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In my car my anti lock brake system just came on with the traction light and will not go off it just came on itself and when it rains it's like I ride on top of the rain it be on the highway and I don't know what the problem is. . Is there a recall on this situation.

Lost power steering, lost stability control and abs brakes driving on interstate 695. Systems cycled on and off eventually remained off. Car difficult to drive.

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2013 Dodge Challenger srt8 9000 miles, break stop lights all 3 in rear, stopped working due to faulty break light pedal switch is faulty and needed to be replaced. There was no warning lights in the car notifying me I had no break lights. I was driving and almost seriously rear ended by a car from behind. The driver told me I had no break lights and could not tell I was stopped or breaking. This is a serious, dangerous condition and needs to be investigated.

The contact owns a 2012 Dodge Challenger. While driving various speeds or while the vehicle was stopped, the abs indicator remained illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.

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The electrical system on this vehicle shuts the vehicle down when the battery isn"t strong enough to support the computer. This happens while driving. Causing loss of steering and control of the vehicle. The traction control shuts off and because the engine shuts down the power steering is gone and the power brakes . This happened to me coming around a sharp corner of an off ramp. I lost all control of the vehicle and almost went off the road. I called the service dept. Of my dealership and they told me this is common when the battery charge isn't powerful enough to sustain the computer. But there are no warning signals or anything within the car to tell you the battery is low. I did a system check when I pulled over and the system said "ok". I feel this is a serious safety issue. Some one can seriously be hurt or killed.

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The contact owns a 2010 Dodge Challenger. While driving 15 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact lost power steering and the brakes became inoperable. The vehicle was taken to the dealer to be diagnosed. The technician was unable to diagnose the cause of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 48,000.

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Upon starting to accelerate from a stoplight the car suddenly accelerated on its own & the brakes would not work. Their was a vehicle stopped at the next intersection (4 way stop). To avoid hitting them I went to the right of the stop sign. There was just enough room in between the stop sign & a telephone pole. I had shifted the car to neutral, & finally got it stopped in front of a house. I was very shaken up by this & called my husband. He said he would be there ASAP. A man came out of the house & asked me was I ok. I told him what happened & let him know my husband was on the way. When my husband got there, he got me calmed down & said he was going to try to drive it cautiously to the dealer. I followed him in his car (Toyota) & we made it to the dealer without any other incident. We called Chrysler corporation & they opened up a case file (29522357) trying to get information from Chrysler, my husband left multiple messages for them to get the status on this. He finally got them & they said they couldn't duplicate the problem & they were closing the case. I was charged 130. 00 from the dealer for diagnostic test. Now I have a car that I am afraid to drive & can't conscientiously sell it to someone else.

The contact rented a 2016 Dodge Challenger. The contact indicated that there was an abnormal condition in which the brakes engaged when necessary. In other instances, the brake pedal was slow to respond randomly. While driving 65 mph, the brake pedal was applied and did not fully engage. The contact applied force to the brake pedal in advance for an extended period of time before approaching traffic. Due to the failure, the contact crashed into the rear of another vehicle. The air bags did not deploy. A police report was filed. The contact sustained whiplash and a concussion due to the lack of air bag deployment and the force of hitting the steering wheel. The seat belt also did not secure the contact, which caused neck and back injuries that required medical treatment. The vehicle was destroyed and towed to a yard. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was not available.

The contact owns a 2015 Dodge Challenger. The contact stated that after depressing the accelerator pedal at 30 mph, the contact lost control of the rear of the vehicle and the rear wheel seized causing the contact to slide into a ditch. Prior to the failure, the abs, the engine, the traction control and the front collision warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed the passenger side bumper bracket, the driver side bumper bracket, the driver side support bracket, the driver side support bracket, lower drill fender, oem passenger side fender, pillars, rocker, and floor , carpet, right and quarter panel were damaged and needed to be replaced. The technician also diagnosed that the front and rear brakes needed to be lubricated. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The contact referenced NHTSA campaign number: 14v749000 (electrical system) however the VIN was not included. There were no injuries sustained. A police report was filed. The failure mileage was approximately 28,000.

Purchased new in 11/2010. 2 years into ownership, on about 4 occurances, engine would shut off, loose steering control and brakes at the same time while making a slow right hand turn. Problem disappeared and thought it was a fluke of some kind. Now 3 years later it has started doing it again every time I drive it. When the engine dies you can barely steer and have to really pull hard on the steering wheel to keep from going into oncoming traffic. Brakes do not function properly either, you loose all power braking and it is very difficult to stop. I have searched the internet for this issue extensively. What I have found is about a hundred other different individuals on several forum sites describing exactly the same problem. Nobody had an answer to the problem and found just as many different things that people said were wrong ranging from ecm failure to several different modules and loose connections. When it first started it would only occur when slowing down and making a right hand turn. Now it does it at any time no matter whether sitting in a parking lot or driving on the street. You have to turn the key all the way off and then turn it back on to start it and there is always a delay from the time you do that till the time it responds. This is a very dangerous safety issue and a recall should be done as so many people have had the same issue without it ever being clearly understood what was causing the problem.

I have been trying to get a safety recall repaired on my Dodge Challenger's alternator for the last four months from south pointe Chrysler/Jeep/Dodge located on 9240 s memorial dr, tulsa, ok 74133. I've called the dealership on five different occasions each time no information can be given to me on why my recall isn't being repaired or how long it will take. The last time I called on 6/22/16 I had to leave a message with the service manager, that has still not returned my call. I'm getting the run around at this dealership and feel as if my safety and the safety of others is not important to them. I would think something as serious as my alternator failing causing my vehicle to shutdown while I'm driving or an under hood electrical fire would be of concern but apparently it isn't to south pointe. Please help me get this recall repaired before someone is seriously injured due to the rapid alternator failure that I may experience with my vehicle.

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Though there is a recall on the alterntors for entry models, my car lost all power while I was driving on the freeway. I could not steer and braking became difficult. I lost my headlights as well. The same exact thing happened to my vehicle as was described in other's reports on sudden failure while in motion. I was at about 65 mph when this occurred. I have the Challenger rt classic 5. 7 liter hemi.

Driving on the highway at about 70 mile the car power went out on abs and then all gages showed zero, steering went out and car shut of completely going at 60 then. No brakes no steering engine shuts off was so scared . . . . Car had to come to a stop on it own had stopped on the highway.

Car turned off while driving for the 9th time. Rapid automatic down shift of gears while turning left then to right. Green light, aprox 45 mph, taking left turn. Wrong way. Hit brakes hard, turned wheel to right. Car died after wheel began turning to right/during turn. Lost power steering and power brakes. Very difficult turn, stop, and restart. Vehicle did not store any codes. Dodge/Chrysler says this is "not serious" because there are no error codes saved in the car and they cannot duplicate the failure. They are not willing to look investigate further because there are no codes and it didn't die on their test drive while hooked to their diagnostic equipment. This is dangerous!!!.

Car turned off while driving for the 8th time. Rapid automatic down shift of gears while turning right. State highway. 50 mph. Hit brakes hard, turned wheel to right. Car died after wheel began turning to right/during turn. Lost control. Lost power steering and power brakes. Very difficult turn, stop, and restart. Vehicle did not store any codes. No vehicle in other lane so no accident. Dodge/Chrysler says this is "not serious" because there are no error codes saved in the car and they cannot duplicate the failure. They are not willing to look investigate further because there are no codes and it didn't die on their test drive while hooked to their diagnostic equipment. This is dangerous!!!.

The contact owns a 2011 Dodge Challenger. While driving approximately 5-10 mph, the contact noticed a burning odor and the abs and oil warning lights illuminated. The vehicle stalled and was not able to restart. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 21,400.

Car turned off/shut down by itself while driving, resulting in loss of power steering and brakes, for the 7th time. Speed relatively slow around 30 mph, and not turning sharply. Driving in residential area. Lost power steering and power brakes. Very difficult turn, stop, and restart. Vehicle did not store any codes. This is the 1st failure on the newly replaced pcm but 7th total since I bought the car new. . Dodge/Chrysler says this is "not serious" because there are no error codes saved in the car and they cannot duplicate the failure. They say if it was serious, there would be a code. They are not willing to look/ investigate further because there are no codes and it didn't die on their test drive while hooked to their diagnostic equipment. Service manager gene at waldorf Dodge said the srt help center/case manager recommended changing the transmission fluid & perform tune up; both performed 15k miles ago. (ridiculous. This is how women get treated at waldorf Dodge. He also told me the srt Challenger has a timing belt in the front of the engine-not). This is dangerous!!!.

My wife an I were on the interstate when the first incident happened, running 70mph, the instrument panel blinked and all intruments went down the car shut down, there wasn't any electrical to anything. I guess being a manual, it started back up automatically. The second I cidemt was when we were on our way home we decided to take a different way home because this had happened, it therefore happened again same problem but we were running 57. We stopped at a sonic shut the car off, when we started it back up it sound like it was starting out of time, the same thing happened to us again the closer we got home. The car is parked and has not been moved.

While drivivg on my way home doing about 60mph in the right lane on the expressway and the car completely shutdown, the engine light came on, I couldn't even steer the car, the steering wheel locked up no breaking capeability, had to let the car coast into the emergency lane, luckly there weren't any cars in front or behaind me. Which could have been fatal. While in the emergency lane put the car in park turned off ther ignition, turned on the ignition put the car in drive and the car would move, put it back in park turned the ignition off again, started it again put in drive.

Tl-the contact owns a 2014 Dodge Challenger. The contact stated that after shifting the vehicle into drive, it accelerated without warning and caused the contact to crash into a building. The contact sustained a fractured thumb and whiplash that required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic, who diagnosed that the accelerator pedal fractured. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 6,316. Djr.

Car shut down/powered off/turned off on it's own, while driving. Rapid automatic down shift of gears braking from about 65 to turn/while turning left onto side street on road. Car died after steering wheel began turning to left and car was turning. Lost power steering and power brakes. Nearly slammed into embankment and blocked intersection area. Very difficult to control/hard to safe vehicle: hard to turn, stop, and restart. Check engine light did not come on/no odb codes stored. This was specifically scary as people drive through here fast and visibility is very short. After this event and the event in July, I became afraid I could die in this car. I took it to the dealership. They said a few error codes were saved in outer car systems that showed communication with pcm had been lost. They were replacing the pcm. However, replacing the pcm did not correct the problem. It has died 3 times since I started driving it in the spring this year. This is dangerous!!! the dealership refuses to investigate further. Please help.

Car shut down/powered off/turned off on it's own, while driving about 50 mph on a state highway. Car died while driving straight through an intersection at rush hour. Lost power steering and power brakes. Very difficult to control/hard to safe vehicle: hard to turn, stop, and restart. Check engine light did not come on/no odb codes stored. Scary dangerous. This nearly caused a multi car accident. The risk associated with these shut down events was increasing drastically.

On may 30th I was heading home after a log days work when I noticed that the battery light had turned on, thinking it was just the battery needing to be recharged I kept driving. Minutes after the check engine(mil), brake (parking brake?), abs, esp bas, traction control lights came on and guess what happens next!? I lose my ability to steer and brake my vehicle going 60 on the highway! luckily I lived 8min away from my place at the time and managed to get to my home with no power steering on braking ability! so I went to autozone and bought myself a battery because it was tested as a bad battery it was installed on my car & it turned on as normal, until I actually drove my car to school the following morning, set it on park & smoke started coming out of my alternator. Knowing how much a alternator for my car costs I saved enough money to buy a aftermarket alternator so I went to autozone to buy one and the gentlemen told me that it gives him the option to order one but when he does they dont have any because since the car is new the only I could get is the manufactured alternator which they sell for $545 and are on back order!? really Dodge really? it took me a month to set aside money for what I thought I could buy a alternator and come to find out you're the only ones that sell it, shame on you guys! I'm father a hard worker and a student at uti and you guys dont allow anyone to sell your alternators. Doesnt make any sense being that you're on back order. This coudlve ended way worse when I was on the highway. If you're reading this and have the same proble, please submit a complaint as they will eventaully see a trend about this and hopefully recall these bad alternators that denso manufactures.

The contact owns a 2010 Dodge Challenger. While driving at approximately 20 mph attempting to engage the brakes, the vehicle made a grinding sound and failed to stop. As a result, the contact's vehicle crashed into a parked vehicle and the air bag failed to deploy. A police report was filed and the contact sustained unknown injuries that required medical attention. The vehicle was towed to a body shop, where it was determined that there was no brake fluid in the reservoir causing the brakes to seize. The vehicle was repaired. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15v444000 (air bags). The manufacturer was notified about the failure. The failure mileage was 80,000.

Engine quit with no warning. Steering and brakes compromised. Shifted into neutral while in traffic. Has been occurring more and more frequently. Dealer reports cannot replicate. Sounds just like the recalled gm's.

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2010 Challenger srt8 with automatic transmission. 7800 miles. Traveling approximately 25mph. Had to apply brakes hard to stop. Engine stalled. Had to put in park and restart the car. After restarting, put the car in drive and it would not move. After a few seconds transmission engaged and car was functioning. Could have been much more dangerous.

While coming around a sharp left bend in the road of a winding road my car stalled and I had a very hard time steering and braking to get the car to a complete stop. I was very lucky that I didn't end up in the ditch and also very lucky that the driver behind me was alert and did not crash into the back of my car. I restarted my car and it seemed to be ok. I have had my car for sometime and this is the first time I have ever had a problem with it. Doing research on the internet I found numerous other postings about this same problem, but there have been no recalls or service bulletins about it.

Car shut down/powered off/turned off on it's own, while driving at about 40 mph in residential area. This is about the 5th specific time I remember. Lost power steering and power brakes. Very difficult to control/hard to safe vehicle: hard to turn, stop, and restart. Check engine light did not come on/no odb codes stored. Dealership couldn't find anything problem with car after July 7, 2012 event. They couldn't find problem this time either and sent me away with a phone #. They told me to file a case with Chrysler. Case #23728724 filed I believe after July 7, 2012 event.

Driving on the freeway home late from work at 65 mph, without warning, the engine stopped. No power, no power steering, no power brakes. Put car in neutral to try and restart: would turn over not start. Had to get to the right shoulder expeditiously and was stuck there w/ a concrete barrier to my right. Car would not start, with 18 wheeler big rigs blowing by me at 65 mph stuck in the car. Extreme danger. Had to get it towed 16 mi. To dealer at 8:30 pm. Extreme safety issue to me and commuters around me--dead car, no warning, while driving on the freeway. Please address with Chrysler corp. As this is a known extreme safety issue!!! took to dealer and said the timing chain broke. Huh? at 36,500 mi. ??!! completely unsafe and unacceptable. . Read more...

The contact owns a 2012 Dodge Challenger. The contact stated that the push start feature did not function and the brakes seized. The abs, the traction control, and the check engine warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the technician declined to diagnose the vehicle. The contact mentioned that prior to the failure, the vehicle had the alternator replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The vehicle was included in NHTSA campaign number: 14v634000 (electrical system). The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 61,000.

There was no accident,but I had to have all four rotors replaced at the same time,then came the loud clunk in the front end of car,took it in to have it checked out,they said it was the tie rods,so they were replaced,not long after that another rattle from front end started,took it in again,they said it was the sway bars,so they replaced them,and about a week later the clunk was back,same clunk as the first one. This wasn't making the clunk until they g replaced the sway bars. I took it back to the dealer,now they are telling me the upper ball joints are bad, so here goes another 3 or 4 hundred dollars. This shouldn't be going out in this car. Could you please tell me why?.

My 2010 Challenger srt8 with automatic transmission stalled when making a right-hand turn at approximately 5:00 pm on 9/5/12. Engine was at normal operating temperature and the ac was running. I was travelling at about 35 mph and began braking to make a right turn into a service station. As I started into the turn at about 10 mph, the engine stalled resulting in loss of brakes and power steering. I was able to complete the turn and stop the car with hard brake pressure. No indicator warning lights appeared on the instruments. I put the car in park and restarted the car, but the transmission was inoperative. Neither drive or reverse would engage. I did not notice any warning or alert lights indicating a malfunction or transmission issue. I stopped and restarted the engine again and the transmission engaged and worked normally. There were 6800 miles on car on 9/5/12. The vehicle was purchased 10 days ago, and tsbs were checked before the purchase. No mention of engine shutoff issues are listed on the NHTSA database of tsbs or recalls. I did not check customer complaints. If I had, an knew to check about stalls, I would not have purchased this vehicle. Considering the severity of this issue, the number of complaints on this database, and the fact this issue has been going on for the last 4 or more years, NHTSA should initiate a defect investigation immediately. More than one person has stated on this complaint forum that this is a life threatening condition and hopefully someone doesn't have to die to get Dodge to solve this problem. Too late. Check out complaint 10395526. Apparently someone did. But the complaint doesn't show injury or death and it should be corrected.

While making a slow right turn at approximately 25 mph my vehicle stalled. The engine completely died and the oil light came on. The steering and brakes also did not function. I had to restart the car to regain control. It started back up right away as if nothing happened. Although I do not remember the exact dates this has happened to me about 4 previous times. The dealership has no answers and they assume nothing is wrong because it doesn't show up on their diagnostic computer. If someone had been behind me or in front of me there would have been an accident. Eventually, there likely will be. A recall needs to be issued on this problem and a solution must be found ASAP. According to numerous reports, this has happened repeatedly with 2010 Dodge Challengers.