2006 DODGE CHARGER — Complaint #825462
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NHTSA Complaint about ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE filed November 13, 2010
NHTSA complaint #825462 (ODI reference 10365559) concerns a 2006 DODGE CHARGER and was filed on November 13, 2010. The owner reports the failure occurred on November 10, 2010. The vehicle had 85,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Pennsylvania based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as engine and engine cooling:engine, 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 CHARGER cohort independently describe similar engine and engine cooling:engine 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 2006 DODGE CHARGER shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
WE HAVE A 2006 DODGE CHARGER, ALWAYS HAD ALL MAINTENANCE PERFORMED VIA DEALERSHIP ON SCHEDULED TIME. OUT OF THE BLUE, ENGINE LIGHT STARTS TO BLINK ON/OFF, CAR HESITATING. DEALERSHIP SAYS THE ENGINE HAS COMPLETELY FAILED, AND WE NEED A NEW ONE. DEALERSHIP STATES "SOMETHING" IN THE EXHAUST SYSTEM BROKE OFF AND ENTERED INTO THE ENGINE, CAUSING IT TO RUIN THE ENGINE, AND WE NEED A REPLACEMENT ENGINE. WE HAVE NEVER HAD ANY ISSUE WITH ENGINE UP TO THIS POINT, AND THE CAR WAS TAKEN INTO THE DEALERSHIP IMMEDIATELY WHEN ISSUES BEGAN. WE STILL OWE 4K ON THIS CAR, AND FEEL WE HAVE DONE EVERYTHING WITHIN DEALERSHIP/CAR REQUIREMENTS REGARDING HAVING ONLY THE DEALERSHIP WORK ON THIS VEHICLE FOR EVERY ENGINE NEED. NO WARNING, NO PRIOR ISSUE(S), NO REASON FOR THIS TO OCCUR OTHER THAN A FAILURE WITH THE MANUFACTURING. *TR
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 825462 |
| ODI Number | 10365559 |
| Date Filed | November 13, 2010 |
| Failure Date | November 10, 2010 |
| VIN | 2B3KA43R96H |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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