Six problems related to automatic transmission control module have been reported for the 2006 Dodge Charger. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2006 Dodge Charger based on all problems reported for the 2006 Charger.
Pcm/ecm failure during driving. Caused entire vehicle to shut off during speeds as little as 20 or as high as 70 mph. Severe safety issue and potential for critical component damage to other parts of the vehicle! warning tone and lamps do not appear until after the incident happens. And it has been confirmed by 3 consecutive car shops and dealers. Happens repeatedly, day to day.
I have a 2006 Dodge Charger that randomly dies when I'm driving on the highway in town at slow speeds turning corners or sitting still in park it's died on me several times when people have had to slam on the brakes to avoid hitting the side of me and it happens no matter what gear its in or what the rpm is at I've replace the ecm the tcm alternator battery and everything I've looked up about it online nobody has a definite fix but the problem exists in a lot of 2006 Dodge Chargers, and it almost always gives me one of two codes one is loss of communication with the ecm and the other is loss of communication with the tcm and then there's other times that it gives no code.
Tl-the contact owns a 2006 Dodge Charger. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the check engine warning light, the oil light indicator illuminated, and the steering seized. The contact stated that the failure lasted for several seconds. Landers Chrysler Dodge Jeep ram located at 315 goodman rd e, southaven, ms 38671, (662) 349-3006, was called and the contact was informed that the failure may be caused by an issue with either the tcm, ecm or pcm. The vehicle was not diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 172,000. Ah.
My 2006 Dodge Charger hemi police interceptor I purchased from the state of oregon at 137,000 randomly dies. The lightning bolt warning light comes on. The electronic throttle control code comes on. The car has been to the dealer and the pcm $750 has been replaced and the plugs $350 have been replaced as well. I also get tcm codes. My car has died at very dangerous times, when passing or merging into traffic. The dealer doesn't know what's causing it.
While driving on the highway in traffic at approximately 70 mph the car stalled with no check engine light or engine misfire/stuttering. The stall was as if the key was turned to the off position. The car coasted to the side of the road, restart was attempted and the car started perfectly, I continued to drive. The car stalled again after a few miles, restarted and it stalled again - this continued, each time with the time driven being less. All this time the check engine light did not illuminate. I finally made it to a shop where the car was diagnosed and the crankshaft position sensor and camshaft position sensor was replaced. This did not solve the stalling issue. The car will have the pcm replaced in hope that this will solve the problem. This is a very unsafe failure especially when traveling at high speeds - the car loses all power and is very difficult to move into the shoulder when it stalls (no power steering). This is a very serious safety concern that can be catastrophic.
I have a 2006 Dodge Charger r/t hemi. I have had this car for 5 1/2 years. It only has about 47,000, don't drive it much, but it has start giving me problems. Today, I almost got rear ended by a semi truck because my car shut off at the red light and the light turned green and the car would not go into gear. This was on the way back to the shop. . I took it to the shop last month on March 7, 2012, to have it fixed, they put it on the diagnostic machine and supposed to had found the problem they said it was wires and other thing around the tcm. They claimed to have fixed the problem but didn't. Out of my pocket $241. 00. This is what it was and is still doing: driving along at about 40-45 mph and you hear a ding sound and it jerks and the lighten bolt light flashes in the control panel on the dash the rpm gauge will drop and it acts as if it's going to shut off. Within a 20 mile radius it did this 8 times. It then shut off on my twice at a red light, the engine light, oil and the lighten bolt light came on. And once approaching the red light I punched the gas and it took off. Just afternoon the dealership called and told me that it was my tcm wanting to charge me another 600 + dollars to fix it. This is the same problems that was suppose to have been fixed last month at the dealership and I am really p. . . . That they are turning to charge me again for something that they had claim to have already fixed. I am on a fixed income with a family and I don't have that kind of money laying around. I noticed a few months or even a year ago, I was leaking transmission fluid and they claimed they replaced an o-ring or some kind of plug. I see now there was a recall on something similar to this and I was charged for it. I have never received recall notices in the mail about my vehicle and now I am reading these recalls and there are 3 that I was not aware of and that worries me.