Cooling Fan problems of the 2008 Dodge Charger

While driving my 2008 Dodge Charger on the freeway, the radiator fan shroud broke into pieces and punctured my radiator. I lost all engine cooling capabilities and needed to drive home to complete repairs. Unfortunately by the time I got home, the engine overheated and siezed. I am in the process of replacing the motor for $7,000. Any help from the manufacture possible?.

Recall l08 engine cooling fans, this recall is exactly what happen to my car. Cooling blades broke and went through the radiator. Called Chrysler to complain as I was told recall isn't on my exact VIN. They took my complaint and said it was the exact same problem but tough luck because the recall wasn't on my VIN. My car has been sitting in the front yard till I can afford to fix it only had the car 2 months. Sitting at the light felt like someone bumped the back of my car but there was no car behind me. Coolant started to leak through the a/c vent. Pulled over after the light changed and towed the car home as it just started to show that it was going to overheat. We removed the cooling fan and saw the broken blades and the whole it made in the radiator. I was told by Chrysler that the blades are cheap and break easily. Well hello if I am going to pay that much I hope that a vehicle is going to somewhat hold together. The dealership I bought it from had just replaced the radiator and inspected the fan and everything was good. Then it just breaks I can take and send pics if needed. Thank you.

On the evening of 09/17/2016 at approximately 2200hrs, my wife was leaving a local store parking lot when she heard a noise and the engine began to shake and make a loud noise. Smoke and fluid began coming from the engine compartment. She immediately stopped the vehicle and shut it off. I received a frantic phone call and responded to the location to find that a little more than half of the electric radiator cooling fan blades had desentigrated into pieces, cutting into the radiator. The vehicle is now inoperable and parked awaiting to be towed to the dealership on Monday. There were no previous warning signs of this event happening and am very glad my wife was not driving on the freeway when this happened as the outcome could have been much different. Looking online, this appears to have been a problem with this year make and model vehicle along with several others from Dodge. This is very dangerous and could have resulted in a much more serious incident had my wife been driving at higher speeds.

The contact owns a 2008 Dodge Charger. While driving 20 to 25 mph, the vehicle vibrated uncontrollably and there was a loud explosion under the hood. The contact noticed smoke under the hood and fluid leaking underneath the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the cooling fan separated and damaged the radiator. The cooling fan and radiator were replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was unknown.

While driving on the freeway, the driver side electric cooling fan blade broke and punctured a hole into the radiator causing my car to overheat.

The contact owns a 2008 Dodge Charger. While driving 20 mph, the driver heard an unusual noise from the front of the vehicle and noticed fluid that resembled antifreeze leaking from the front of the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the cooling fan blade was fractured. Also, shrouds of the fan went through the radiator, which caused a leak and damaged the radiator. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 54,000.

While driving in rush hour traffic, the cooling system fan blades came apart and the shrouds of the fan went thru the radiator causing immediate leakage of all coolant and destroying the radiator. I almost got into an accident because of this. This caused loss of radiator coolant. Fans and radiator will have to be replaced along with coolant. According to Dodge, this has been recalled on some same vehicles (2008 Chargers) but mine has not been recalled or notified that this could occur. They stated in the attached document that they know they have installed a defective part that can cause future car damage, but won't do anything to fix it. I was refused since my VIN is not covered" by this notification, even though my car is in a warm climate state (florida) and my make, model, year of vehicle are exact to the described issue in the notification.

Engine cooling fan became separated from fan housing and became lodged in radiator. The fan continued turning, causing radiator fan blades to break off and bounce around the engine compartment. The radiator dumped all coolant, and the engine overheated within moments. Dodge has issued a recall for a very specific sales code and date range of vehicles, and is denying the same recall to other owners experiencing the exact same problem. While the vehicle was being repaired, another Dodge Charger of the same year was in the shop for the same problem. Pictures have been taken of the incident showing the full extent of the damage.

Cooling fan hit fan shroud breaking off a piece that hit the radiator. . This caused loss of radiator coolant. Fans and radiator had to be replaced along with coolant. According to Dodge forum this problem has been recalled on some same vehicles (2008 Chargers) but mine has not been recalled or notified that this could occur. Fortunately the car was at idle when this happened. No injury occurred. This is a design defect or part failure and owners should be compensated for towing and repair.

I was driving down a street when all of a sudden my vehicle started to shake. I pulled over and found out the my cooling fan had broken off sending the blades into my radiator causing the system to loose coolant. I spent over 400 dollars for repairs. This is a common problem from what I red and I feel that I should be reimburse for the coat of the repairs and have Chrysler perform a check for any other damages it might of caused.

I stopped my Dodge Charger in the gas station parking lot. I just finished washing my Charger and was on my way to a car show. I stopped at the gas station to wait for the rest of the people in my group. My girlfriend exited her vehicle and got into my car. I started my car back up to run the a/c. Within a few seconds of starting my car up, I heard a loud bang. I immediately turned my car off and exited my vehicle. As I got out of my vehicle, I observed a small stream of green fluid (antifreeze) running beneath my vehicle. I popped my hood and observed my radiator was damaged again. I also observed that my cooling fan was in pieces again. But this time it was my passenger side cooling fan. I had my car towed to the same body shop as last year and the mechanic there advised me to look into an recalls involving the cooling system of my car. He explained that it occurred the same way as the other fan did a year ago. At that time I saw a customer satisfaction notification l08 that involved Dodge Chargers 2006-2008. I read the notification and learned that my vehicle was not covered by this notification. My Dodge Charger was originally sold in florida and I bought it in florida. My Charger was manufactured on 10/10/2007 and my Charger is a 2008. I felt like my car was covered by this notification in several ways. But Chrysler claims that my VIN was not covered due to the sales code, even though the defect the notification mentioned was precisely the same.

The contact owns a 2008 Dodge Charger. The contact stated while driving approximately 60 mph a loud popping and banging noise emitted from underneath the hood. The vehicle was maneuvered to the side of the road. The driver noticed that the fan assembly and radiator both fractured as a result of a large amount of antifreeze leakage. In addition, steam emitted from underneath the hood. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The manufacturer issued a customer satisfaction notification related to the electronic power cooling fan. The reference was number l08. The VIN was not included in the customer satisfaction notification. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 182,000.

On christmas eve, December 24th 2012 at approximately 1:45 in the afternoon I was driving my 2008 Dodge Charger on a busy intersection when all of a sudden I heard a loud banging noise from my engine compartment. After I heard the loud noise, my 2008 Dodge Charger immediately stopped and shut off in the middle of the busy intersection nearly causing a chain reaction multicar accident. A local police offer came to the scene and helped direct traffic until I was able to physically push my car out of heavy traffic. Once I was able to look under the hood I noticed a lot of coolant pouring to the ground. I also notice that there was no coolant in the coolant department. I contacted the local Dodge dealership, but unfortunately they were closed due to the holidays. Lucky I was able to bring my 2008 Dodge Charger to tire kingdom. The manager of tire kingdom identified the problem and stated that my cooling fan broke off causing the broken pieces of the fan to fly into my radiator which caused my radiator damage and left a hole in my radiator. Additionally I had to pay $571. 36 to repair my 2008 Dodge Charger and the day before christmas on top of that. I have full receipts for the repairs and I also have pictures of the broken fan and damaged radiator. . Read more...

On June 21st of 2012, while my car was sitting in the parking lot running with my kids in the car, my a/c was running to keep them cool. It was over 100* outside and my kids needed to stay cool. I was out of my car for a matter of minutes and I heard a loud popping sound. As I turned to my car, I saw a large pool of antifreeze under my car. I turned my car off and turned my car into the body shop that I was parked in front of to fix it. They advised that my cooling fan fell apart and caused damage to my radiator. This required my to replace the cooling fan and the radiator. It only required me to replace the driver's side cooling fan at this time. I was unaware of aqny problems with the Dodge Chargers cooling fans at this time.