Cooling Fan Problems of Dodge Magnum

Tl the contact owns a 2007 Dodge Magnum. While the vehicle was parked, the contact heard an abnormal booming noise and noticed anti-freeze leaking from the vehicle without warning. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic who stated that the cooling fan damaged the radiator and needed to be repaired. The dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and did not assist. The contact stated that the failure should be covered under NHTSA id number: 10041252. The failure mileage was 40,000.

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While sitting at red light (foot on brakes w engine idling) city street waiting for a green light, I heard a loud noise (sound like a loud clunk; belt or something breaking apart) coming from the engine compartment. I quickly looked at the dashboard for some indication (no warning/red lights/high temp/ low oil pressure) that something was wrong. No sure of what just happened, I decided to make a u-turn into parking lot to investigate. As I made the u-turn, I looked in rearview mirror and noticed a trail of fluid behind me as I drove into parking lot. Parked car, and raised the hood to find that I had a coolant leak. Not able to determine were the leak was coming from, I called roadside assistance to tow my vehicle home. Two days later while removing the frontend assembly to investigate root cause of my coolant leak, small and large pieces of plastic fell out from under the frontend assembly. As I removed the cooling fan assembly, I noticed the fan blades had broke off (root cause of my coolant leak) and damaged the radiator.

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The contact owns a 2007 Dodge Magnum. The contact stated that while driving approximately 45 mph, the vehicle made a loud abnormal noise. After inspecting the vehicle, the contact noticed that the radiator fan had separated causing damage to the radiator. The contact replaced both the radiator fan and radiator. The manufacturer had been notified of the failure. The approximately failure mileage was 136,962.

While car was at idle the electric cooling fan "broke apart" and damaged the radiator. Dodge stated that a recall was issued for the problem but only for cars in warm weather areas (I guess California is considered a cold weather area) dealer stated that even though I live in a warm weather area the recall will still not apply to my vehicle. I find this totally unacceptable and will not continue my business with Dodge any longer.

I am the second owner of this vehicle purchased in 2007. At 60,000 I had the rack in pinion replaced at about 1000 dollars, next was the cooling fan at 75,000 miles (cost 700. 00 dollars). Then at about 90,000miles the water pump, thermostat, tension pulley and timing belt had to be changed for a grand total of 1300 hundred. I am now at 100,000 miles. I have had suspension issues since about 40,000 miles have maintained oil changes and maintenance. This seems unfair!.

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The contact owns a 2007 Dodge Magnum rt. The contact was driving 50 mph when the vehicle overheated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed that the cooling fan was fractured and had punctured the radiator. As a result, the radiator, fan and fan motor needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure who did not offer any assistance since the vehicle was not included in any recalls. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 55,000.

The contact owns a 2006 Dodge Magnum. The contact noticed that the engine warning indicator sporadically illuminated on the instrument panel. He took the vehicle to the dealer and they replaced the thermostat. Two weeks after the repair, he took the vehicle back to the dealer and they stated that the fans were defective and were not cooling the engine properly. Secondly, because the vehicle exceeded its warranty, the contact would have to pay $6,000 to have the engine replaced. As of March 20, 2009, the vehicle has not been repaired. The failure and current mileages were 48,000.