Two problems related to power steering pump 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.
When driving, power steering randomly turns off and displays "service power steering system". It decided to shut off power steering midway through a right hand turn causing me to drive over the sidewalk and almost into a parked car in the parking lot on the other side of the sidewalk. This is absolutely ridiculous, I dont feel safe letting my kids ride in this car at all, especially since I never know when my power steering is just going to randomly stop working. I was so excited when I bought this vehicle because of all of the positive safety ratings, however, because of this issue, Dodge/Chrysler has lost all of my business. Especially when a new power steering pump is $1280 which is more than a complete motor for some cars. The lives of my children are worth more to me than they seem to be to Dodge. Unless Dodge can do a recall on this part and fix it, since I am not the only person who has had these issues, this car will be going to a scrap yard, im not willing to sell it to someone else and possibly have their lives on my conscience.
My steering wheel got locked up on a highway going about 55 mph it was so hard to turn the steering wheel but I managed to pull over , the abs,light came on and it said service power steering system, I turned the car off for about a minute then turned back on and it was back to normal, but a couple weeks later it's doing the same thing in my driveway but now it won't even turn on at all and it just says service power steering system, so I thought maybe the steering pump was bad so I purchased a used one on ebay installed it but still no luck it still wont turn on. . .