2005 Dodge SRT-4

PLEASE NO: I LIVE IN FLORIDA AND DRIVING IN SUMMER I GO TO NORTH CAROLINA. THAT IS WHERE I AM NOW AND CAN BE CONTACTED AT [XXX]. MAIL ADDRESS IS: [XXX]. GOOD MORNING. I DID NOT KNOW IF THIS WAS A PROPER COMPLAINT. HOWEVER, I HAD 18000 MILES ON THE 2005 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. AT ABOUT 15000 MILES I BEGAN TO NOTICE THAT WHEN THEVEHICLE REACHED A SUSTAINED 60 MPH OR HIGHER THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WOULD MOMENTARILY STICK IF I RELEASED THE PEDAL & THEN REAPPLIED THE PEDAL FOR MORE SPEED. IT PROGRESSIVELY GOT WORSE. I WAS CONCERNED THAT I MIGHT BE ON A HIGHWAY AT HIGH SPEED AND HAVE THE THROTTLE FAIL, SO I WENT TO THE DEALER THINKING THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING UNDER WARRANTY. I WAS ADVISED THAT I NEEDED A NEW AIR FILTER , I DID AS IT WAS DIRTY. ALSO, THE THROTTLE HOUSING WHERE THE BUTTERFLY WAS LOCATED WAS CARBONED UP, AND THAT AT HIGH SPEED THE METAL HEATED UP AND EXPANDED AND THE CARBON AROUND THE BUTTERFLY WOULD CAUSE IT TO STICK. I WAS TOLD THAT THE CARBON WAS INTO THE ENGINE AND NEEDED TO BE CLEANED ALONG WITH THE FUEL INJECTORS. I ASKED IF THIS WAS A WARRANTY ITEM, AND I WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT AS IT COMES UNDER REGULAR MAINTENANCE WITH THIS ADVISE I HAD THEM DO THE WORK FOR A COST OF $328.37. I WAS TOLD THAT I COULD EXPECT THIS TO HAPPEN ABOUT EVERY 15000 MILES. I DIDN'T FEEL THAT THIS IS A THING THAT SHOULD BE HAPPENING NOR DO I FEEL THAT IT SHOULD BE A REGULAR MAINTENANCE PROBLEM. I WILL APPRECIATE IF YOU WOULD LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM AND ADVISE ME OF YOUR FINDINGS. *AK SINCERELY, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I PLACED A COMPLAINT IN MAY 05, 3 MONTHS AFTER I PURCHASED MY 05 DURANGO BECAUSE IT WAS MAKING A POPPING NOISE WHEN I TURN. THE DEALERSHIP HAS REPLACED THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT, SWAYBAR LINKS, AND THE RACK AND PINION AND YET I STILL HAVE A POPPING NOISE WHEN I TURN. I AM NOW OUT OF MY FACTORY WARRANY AND AM INTO MY EXTENDED WARRANTY. I THINK THAT ITS WRONG THAT I AM NOW HAVING TO PAY $50 FOR THE DEALERSHIP TO CHANGE PARTS THAT DO NOT FIX THE PROBLEM THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE FIXED PRIOR TO MY FACTORY WARRANTY RUNNING OUT. *JB

IN OCTOBER OF 2005 I WAS AT A RED LIGHT AND WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I TOOK MY FOOT OF THE BRAKE AND ONTO THE GAS AND THE TRUCK WAS DEAD. I HAD TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND IT STARTED BACK UP. ABOUT A WEEK WENT BY AND I AGAIN HAD THE VEHICLE AND WAS AT THE GROCERY STORE AND IT WOULD NOT START AT ALL. WE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND STATED TO THEM TRUCK DOESNT START STALLS IN DRIVE. WE DROPPED OFF THE VEHICLE ON 11/22/05. THEY HAD IT FOR A DAY AND TOLD US THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT IT WASNT "THROWING AND CODES" SO THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. BROUGHT TRUCK BACK AGAIN ON 11/28/05 SAME PROBLEM THEY HOOKED IT UP TO COMPUTER NO CODES COULDNT FIX ANYTHING IT STARTED FINE FOR THEM, SINCE ITS NOT EVER SINGLE TIME YOU START THE TRUCK. DROVE TRUCK FOR SOMETIME NO PROBLEMS IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. HAD SOME MORE TIMES IT DIDNT START TALKED TO SERVICE MANAGER IN NOVEMBER OF 2006 STATED THAT VEHICLE HAD BEEN STALLING AND NOT STARTING AGAIN OVER THE PAST MONTH. WE BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP ON NOVEMBER 14TH, 2006 AND TOLD THEM TO KEEP THE VEHICLE TIL THEY FIND SOMETHING WRONG WITH IT. THE SERVICE MANAGER STATED HE WOULD DRIVE VEHICLE AS IF IT WAS HIS OWN. UPON ENTERING VEHICLE THE TRUCK DID NOT START FOR SERVICE MANAGER. HE STATED IT STILL DIDNT THROW ANY CODES BUT THEY WOULD KEEP TIL THEY COULD FIND SOMETHING WRONG WITH IT. THEY REPLACED THE PCM AND STATED THIS SHOULD HOPEFULLY FIX THE PROBLEM. WE GOT THE VEHICLE BACK ON NOV 30TH, 2006. FRIDAY DECEMBER 1ST THE TRUCK DID NOT START FOR US IN THE MORNING. WE CONTACTED DEALERSHIP ON MONDAY DECEMEBER 4TH AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO KEEP THE VEHICLE TIL IT DIDNT START SO THEY COULD CONNECT IT BACK TO COMPUTER BUT THATS ALL THEY CAN DO. SINCE WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN INCONVENIECED AT THIS POINT FOR OVER A YEAR AND A HALF NOW WE ARE OPTING TO KEEP THE TRUCK AND CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER WITH A LETTER OF NOTICE OF FINAL OPPORTUNITY AND CONTACTED THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO FILE COMPLAINT. *NM

I HAVE BEEN "LOCKED-OUT" OF GEAR IN MY 2005 SRT-4 MULTIPLE TIMES. EVEN WITH THE CLUTCH PEDAL IS FULLY AND PROPERLY PRESSED, THE TRANSMISSION REFUSES TO SHIFT AND ENGAGE A GEAR. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME IN FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD GEAR. WHEN IT OCCURS, I AM STUCK IN NEUTRAL, UNABLE TO ACCELERATE. THIS HAS HAPPENED IN TRAFFIC MANY TIMES. JUST TODAY I WAS UNABLE TO ENGAGE THIRD GEAR WHILE GOING DOWN AN ON-RAMP, SO I WAS STUCK COASTING DOWN INTO RAPIDLY MOVING TRAFFIC. THOUGH I WAS EVENTUALLY ABLE TO GET INTO GEAR, IT WAS QUITE HARROWING. DODGE NEEDS TO PERFORM A RECALL ON THIS TRANSMISSION BEFORE IT DOES CAUSE SOMEONE TO BECOME SERIOUSLY INJURED IN AN ACCIDENT. *NM

2005 DODGE SPRINTER 2500 VAN WITH FRONT AND REAR AIR CONDITIONER. WHEN AIR CONDITIONERS ARE RUNNING, THE ENGINE WILL INADVERTENTLY STOP RUNNING. WHILE DRIVING THE VAN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OF 70 MPH WITH AIR CONDITIONERS ON, THE ENGINE DIES. WE PULL THE CAR OVER, TURN OFF ALL THE AIR CONDITIONERS, PUT THE CAR BACK TO PARK AND RESTART THE VAN. ENGINE FAILURE HAPPENS RANDOMLY. WE NEED AIR CONDITIONER ON BECAUSE OF HEATWAVE HERE IN CALIFORNIA WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE 112 DEGREES! *NM

MY 2005 DODGE NEON WITH 11K MILES WAS PURCHASED EXACTLY ONE YEAR AGO NEW BY ME. THE CAR CAME EQUIPPED WITH BF GOODRICH G-FORCE T/A KDW 225/45ZR16 TIRES. IN MODERATELY HEAVY TRAFFIC ON RT 495N IN HAVERHILL, MA THIS AFTERNOON, COMMUTING HOME FROM MY BUSINESS, THE CAR STARTED SHUDDERING AND SHIMMYING ON THE RIGHT HAND FRONT SIDE. THINKING I HAD A FLAT, I PULLED OFF AT THE NEXT EXIT AND EXAMINED THE TIRE. WHILE STILL INFLATED, THE TIRE BEAD HAD SEPARATED FROM TIRE ITSELF AS IF ALMOST DELAMINATING. THERE WAS NO OBSERVABLE DAMAGE TO THE RIM, TIRE OR ANY FOREIGN OBJECT PENETRATIONS. I CHECKED THE TIRE PRESSURE HOT AND IT WAS 38 PSI, (NOW 34.5 PSI COLD), WELL WITHIN MANUFACTURER'S SPECIFICATION. HAD THIS TIRE DEFLATED AT HIGHWAY SPEED, I WOULD HAVE LIKELY BEEN INJURED IF NOT KILLED AND INCURRED SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DAMAGE. I BELIEVE THIS TIRE HAS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT THAT NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED. I HAVE TAKEN SEVERAL DIGITAL PHOTOS OF THE DAMAGE THAT I CAN SUBMIT. I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT BFG AND THEIR WEBSITE WAS UNABLE TO PROCESS MY COMPLAINT DUE TO A "SERVER" ERROR. *NM