Four problems related to cruise control have been reported for the 2013 Dodge Charger. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2013 Dodge Charger based on all problems reported for the 2013 Charger.
Cruise control switch will not turn on/off, and cancel button won't function, have had cluster replaced, and software updated twice(once at dealership, then at my mechanics), the "repair" only lasts for around 15,000 - 20,000 miles before it starts to act up again. Most times after turning on the vehicle the steering wheel/cruise cluster needs to get hit violently multiple times to engage(turn on) the cruise control, regardless on if vehicle is stationary, or in motion. Some times I end up making a 25 min drive(or more if it is happening on a road trip) on the freeway with out it even engaging(if it takes more than 3 min(time to freeway) to try to get it to activate, then I don't risk trying to get it active, but will try every couple of minutes to turn it on with out success.
Traveling on highway, cruise control turned off, abs/traction control light came on then check engine came on and the car stalled and would not go anywhere. I am thinking a faulty alternator. Needs to be on recall for alternators.
The vehicle's cruise control was engaged and was set to 67 mph on an open, rural straight highway. A single tap and release of the + cruise button was initiated. Instead of incrementing the speed up by 1 mph the accelerator remained engaged and the car quickly accelerated uncontrollably to 90+ mph. A hard press on the brakes was required to get the car to disengage the accelerator. Quite shocked by what just happened I informed the passenger that was with me of the event that just took place. I then engaged the cruise control a second time and then again initiated a tap and release of the + cruise button. Again, this should have incremented the cruise speed by 1 mph but instead the car again went into an uncontrolled acceleration until I stopped it by a hard press on the brakes. This condition was witnessed by myself and a passenger that was with me. The vehicle has 16,000 miles on it and has never had any maintenance other than what is performed at and by the dealer.
The contact owns a 2013 Dodge Charger. While driving at various speeds, the vehicle made an abnormal sparking noise and the front driver side air bag rattled. The front passenger side window failed to open and close intermittently. In addition, all four windows failed intermittently. When the cruise control was engaged, the vehicle accelerated without warning. The cruise control had to be disengaged in order for the vehicle to slow down. The failures recurred numerous times. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failures. The VIN was included in NHTSA campaign numbers: 14v634000 (electrical system) and 15v467000 (air bags). The failure mileage was approximately 45,000.
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