2005 DODGE MAGNUM — Complaint #628494
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NHTSA Complaint about FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM filed June 26, 2007
NHTSA complaint #628494 (ODI reference 10194697) concerns a 2005 DODGE MAGNUM and was filed on June 26, 2007. The owner reports the failure occurred on June 26, 2007. The vehicle had 45,342 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Virginia based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as fuel system, gasoline:carburetor system, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same DODGE MAGNUM cohort independently describe similar fuel system, gasoline:carburetor system failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2005 DODGE MAGNUM shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
I WAS DRIVING THE 2005 DODGE MAGNUM TODAY AND I PUSHED THE ACCELERATOR TO THE FLOOR TO AVOID A COLLISION. THE ACCELERATOR WOULD NOT STOP ACCELERATING UNTIL IT HIT ABOUT 6000 RPMS. I BRAKED, AND IT HAD NO AFFECT ON THE INCREASING SPEED. I HAD TO SHIFT TO NEUTRAL AND THEN BACK TO DRIVE TO GET CONTROL OF THE ACCELERATOR WAS AN UNNERVING EXPERIENCE. THE LOCAL DEALER 'S SHOP SAID THIS WAS DUE TO CARBON BUILD UP IN THE BITTERLY. THIS CAR HAS 45,000 MILES ON IT. IF THAT IS THE RESULT OF CARBON BUILD UP PREPARE FOR MORE COMPLAINTS SUCH AS THIS ONE . THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. WHEN YOU STAND ON THE BRAKES AND THE CAR GOES FASTER SOMETHING IS PLAIN WRONG. *AK
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 628494 |
| ODI Number | 10194697 |
| Date Filed | June 26, 2007 |
| Failure Date | June 26, 2007 |
| VIN | 2D4FV48V95H |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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