Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2012 Dodge Challenger submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 10 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
2012 Challenger SRT8 TIPM is this issue and there is no recall for this, while it should due to being a major part of the electrical system that controls all aspects of the safety system. Also now I am being told Dodge does NOT make this part any longer....how is that possible. This IS a recall for other Dodge models, why not mine
MY CAR KEEPS GOING FROM 60 OR HOWEVER FAST I'M DRIVING TO SMOKING TIRES AND MY CAR IS HALTED CAUSING ME TO ALMOST WRECK WAY TOO MANY TIMES.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE CHALLENGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED, THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS DEFECTIVE, AND THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED DUE TO AN ANTIFREEZE LEAK IN THE RADIATOR. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO PREMIER CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM FIAT (13000 I-10 SERVICE RD, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70128) WHERE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS REPAIRED AND THE AIR BAG INDICATOR WAS TURNED OFF. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO HAVE THE LEAK REPAIRED, BUT WAS INFORMED THAT HIS WARRANTY WOULD NOT BE HONORED. AFTER THE AIR BAG INDICATOR WAS TURNED OFF, IT CONTINUOUSLY ILLUMINATED AGAIN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000.
DRIVING SOUTH BOUND ON THE I5 FREEWAY (ORANGE CO.) I HAD TO BREAK TO AVOID HITTING STOPPED TRAFFIC. WHEN I HIT MY BRAKE PEDAL, IT WENT TO THE FLOOR WITH NO BRAKING ACTION. I HAD TO DOWNSHIFT ALL THE WAY TO FIRST GEAR TO COME TO A STOP. THIS LASTED ABOUT 15 MINUTES. AFTERWARDS, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS HARD AGAIN.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE CHALLENGER. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS OR WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED, THE ABS INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE CHALLENGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PUSH START FEATURE DID NOT FUNCTION AND THE BRAKES SEIZED. THE ABS, THE TRACTION CONTROL, AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DECLINED TO DIAGNOSE THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE VEHICLE HAD THE ALTERNATOR REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V634000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 61,000.
THOUGH THERE IS A RECALL ON THE ALTERNTORS FOR ENTRY MODELS, MY CAR LOST ALL POWER WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. I COULD NOT STEER AND BRAKING BECAME DIFFICULT. I LOST MY HEADLIGHTS AS WELL. THE SAME EXACT THING HAPPENED TO MY VEHICLE AS WAS DESCRIBED IN OTHER'S REPORTS ON SUDDEN FAILURE WHILE IN MOTION. I WAS AT ABOUT 65 MPH WHEN THIS OCCURRED. I HAVE THE CHALLENGER RT CLASSIC 5.7 LITER HEMI
DRIVING TO WORK. CAR STARTS TO MAKE A WHINING NOISE THEN THE ABS AND STABILITY CONTROL LIGHTS COME ON, I DRIVE THE CAR UP THE ROAD A LITTLE MORE AND THE RADIO TURNS OFF AND THE GAUGES START TO MOVE ERRATICALLY AND THEN THE CAR JUST DIED, COMPLETELY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, WHEN THE HOOD WAS RAISED YOU COULD CLEARLY SMELL SOMETHING BURNING. CAR TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I AM TOLD THAT THE "PARTS TO PROVIDE A PERMANENT REMEDY FOR THIS CONDITION ARE NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE". I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THE ALTERNATOR WOULD BE REPLACED WITH A NEW ONE BUT IT WOULD FALL INTO THE SAME CATEGORY AS THE RECALL. I GOT THE CAR HOME AND WHILE READING THE REPAIR PAPERWORK REALIZE THAT THE ALTERNATOR WAS NOT REPLACED JUST "REPAIRED AND REPLACED". VERY UPSET AND SCARED TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE! NOT TO EVEN MENTION HOW UPSET ABOUT BEING LIED TO BY THE DEALERSHIP. COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT THIS BAD EXPERIENCE!! *JS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE CHALLENGER. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED AND THE ABS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS ACTIVATED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ABS SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE ABS WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000.
2012 DODGE CHALLENGER GOING 10 MPH IN PARKING LOT, TURNING RIGHT INTO PARKING SPACE, CAR ACCELERATED BY ITSELF, AND STUCK ITSELF AT FULL THROTTLE SPEED, BRAKES FAILED, POWER STEERING FAILED. CAR HIT AND WENT UP ON CONCRETE BARRIER. BOUNCED BACK, STALLED. *TR
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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