NHTSA complaint: 2011 DODGE CHARGER — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
DRIVING AND THE CAR STARTED TO MAKE A HUMMING SOUND FROM THE ENGINE. THEN OUT OF NOWHERE CAR STARTED TO BLOW HOT AIR, THE RADIO WENT OFF, "BATTERY SAFE MODE" WAS ON THE SCREEN AND I COULD START TO SMELL SMOKE. I PULLED OVER AND TRIED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON. I WAS DIRECTED TO GO TO EITHER AN AUTO STORE OR THE DEALERSHIP TO GET A DIAGNOSTIC RAN. I CAUTIOUSLY DROVE THE CAR (ONLY GOING ABOUT 20 MPH TOPS) TO AN AUTO STORE. THEY RAN A DIAGNOSTIC AND I WAS TOLD THE ALTERNATOR WAS SHOT AND THAT I WAS THE 3RD PERSON THIS WEEK THAT HAD THE SAME ISSUE. I DROVE MY CAR LESS THAN A MILE HOME AND THE MOMENT THAT I TURNED INTO MY APARTMENT COMPLEX THE CAR JUST SHUT OFF AND SMOKE WAS BILLOWING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE NEXT DAY WHEN I TRIED TO TURN THE CAR ON TO GET IT ON THE TOW TRUCK, THE AUTOMATIC DOORS WOULDN'T UNLOCK- THE WHOLE CAR WAS COMPLETELY DEAD! FROM READING MULTIPLE POST I'M NOT SURE WHY DODGE HASN'T ISSUED A RECALL FOR THIS. I CLEARLY AM NOT THE ONLY ONE EXPERIENCING THIS PRICEY ISSUE FOR SUCH A NEWER CAR. I'M JUST GLAD ALL THIS HAPPENED WHEN I WAS ON SIDE STREETS AND NOT GOING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND MY CHILD WAS NOT IN THE CAR WITH ME OR ELSE THIS COULD BE A DIFFERENT STORY! *TR
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation