2006 DODGE CHARGER — Complaint #930668
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NHTSA Complaint about SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT filed July 27, 2012
NHTSA complaint #930668 (ODI reference 10467917) concerns a 2006 DODGE CHARGER and was filed on July 27, 2012. The owner reports the failure occurred on July 24, 2012. The vehicle had 99,033 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Michigan based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as suspension:front:macpherson strut, 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 suspension:front:macpherson strut 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
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WOULD RATTLE WHEN DRIVING OVER ANY TYPE OF ROAD BUMP. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD BECOME VERY STIFF WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE TENSION STRUTS, LOWER BALL JOINTS AND TIE RODS WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIE RODS HAD ALSO BEEN REPLACED ON AUGUST 4, 2010. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 99,033. UPDATED 9/10/12 *CN UPDATED 09/17/2012 *JS
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 930668 |
| ODI Number | 10467917 |
| Date Filed | July 27, 2012 |
| Failure Date | July 24, 2012 |
| VIN | 2B3KA53H66H |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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