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 2016 Dodge Charger submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 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
Unknown/. When Press on brake car still moves. Also when put in parked car will move forward or backwards a few inches. Steering wheel does not feel right as if feels not secure when driving.when trying to go in right lane on freeway steering wheel was not all the way responding as if felt like it was loose and not connected to what pairs it’s spose to be. And almost crashed
Bolts the attach the emergency brake cable assembly to the frame undercarriage can become rusted and corroded and can pop out which causes the emergency brake to not function correctly which results in transmission damage, shifting while towing, shifting while vehicle jacked up, and possible parked incline vehicle roll especially if car is not able to shift into park during an emergency.
CAR STARTING TO MAKE A STRANGE RATTLING NOISE - TOOK IT TO SHOP WAS TOLD DRIVE SHAFT IS COMING APART CAR ONLY HAS 74,000 MILES. WAS ALSO TOLD REAR SHOCKS ARE BAD, REAR BRAKES PADS ARE VERY LOW AND REAR STABLIZER BAR (SUSPENSION COMPONENTS) HAVE ROTTED OUT BUSHINGS. A YEAR AGO THE CAR DOORS STARTED TO FALL APART BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOORS.
I PURCHASED 2016 DODGE CHARGER ONE MONTH AGO FROM CALIFORNIA AUTO DIRECT IN MONTCLAIR. WHILE SIGNING THE PAPERWORK, WE QUESTIONED A $1,000 DEALER CHARGE WHICH THEY EXPLAINED WAS FOR A THOROUGH INSPECTION BEFORE PUTTING THEIR CAR ON THE LOT TO SELL (ALL LIES). SINCE I PURCHASED THE CAR ON 3/7/20, THE CAR HAS STALLED ON ME WHILE DRIVING 3 TIMES. I TOOK THE CAR TO A "DODGE" DEALER AND THEY FIXED A RECALL, OIL LEAK AND REPLACED A MISSING CALIPER, OLD BATTERY. AFTER COMPLETING ALL THE REPAIRS, THE CAR STALLED ON ME AGAIN. EACH TIME THE STEERING AND BRAKES LOCKED UP. THE DEALERSHIP FOUND NO CODES AS TO WHY THE CAR JUST STOPS WHILE DRIVING. THIS CAR IS A SAFETY HAZARD. I CONTACTED DODGE.COM ONLINE CHAT AND THEY TOLD ME TO LET THE DEALER TRY AND WORK ON IT AND USE THEIR RESOURCES. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING. I READ ABOUT RECALLS ON OTHER DODGE CHARGERS AND CHALLENGERS THAT HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS, UNFORTUNATELY NOT M YEAR... 2016.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS ENGAGED, THE BRAKES MADE A SQUEAKING NOISE AND THE VEHICLE JERKED. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED THAT THE ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS WERE ABNORMALLY COVERED IN BLACK DUST. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO WEST HERR DODGE (3551 SOUTHWESTERN BOULEVARD, ORCHARD PARK, NEW YORK, 14127, (716)-235-2960) NUMEROUS TIMES REGARDING THE BRAKE FAILURE. THE DEALER TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE BRAKES EMITTED A SQUEAKING NOISE. THE DEALER CLEANED THE BRAKES AND REPLACED THE REAR BRAKES AND ROTORS; HOWEVER, THE REPAIR DID NOT CORRECT THE SQUEAKING AND JERKING FAILURES. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE FRONT BRAKES AND ROTORS; HOWEVER, THE REPAIR DID NOT CORRECT THE BRAKE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,127.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2016 DODGE CHARGER. WHILE THE CONTACT'S SPOUSE WAS DRIVING 55 MPH DOWN A HILL WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED, A DEER JUMPED IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BUT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED. THE DRIVER SWERVED, BUT THE VEHICLE WENT OVER A CLIFF AND CRASHED INTO SOME TREES. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED A MILD CONCUSSION, BROKEN RIBS, AND HEAD INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED BY A DEALER TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. *TT *TR
I NOTICE WHEN I'M ON THE INTERSTATE OR DRIVE AT SPEEDS PAST 55 MILES AN HOUR WHEN I PRESS THENBRAKES TO SLOW DOWN OR STOP THE CAR BEGINS TO SHAKE. IT DOES THAT SOMETIMES AND SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 DODGE CHARGER. WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND RELEASED, AN ABNORMAL NOISE EMITTED FROM EITHER THE BRAKE BOOSTER OR THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TWICE TO BE DIAGNOSED; HOWEVER, THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200.
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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