2006 Dodge Magnum complaints

1. DANGEROUS! ENTIRE CAR SHAKES WHEN TRAVELING AT 40-80+ MPH. THE SHAKE SHOWS UP IN THE STEERING WHEEL WHICH MAKES THE CAR UNSAFE TO HANDLE AT SPEEDS OF 65MPH. IT IS SIMILAR TO THE SHAKE WHEN YOU BRAKE AND THE ROTORS ARE WARPED ONLY THIS SHAKE IS NOT PRESENT WHEN BRAKING, ONLY UNDER ACCELERATION AND USUALLY ONLY WHEN YOU GO OVER 40MPH. IT GETS SO BAD THAT PEOPLE IN THE CAR ALWAYS ASK WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY CAR, ESPECIALLY SINCE I HAVE ONLY HAD IT 11 MONTHS. THE PROBLEM IS GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. THE TIE RODS WERE REPLACED AS AN ATTEMPT TO FIX THE PROBLEM. DIDN'T WORK. THE WHEELS WERE BALANCED ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS AND THAT DIDN'T WORK EITHER. THE RIMS FROM ANOTHER SRT8 MAGNUM WERE PUT ON MY CAR TO SEE IF THE RIMS WERE THE PROBLEM AND THE CAR STILL SHOOK. (4 REPAIR ATTEMPTS, NOT YET FIXED) 2. BRAKE ROTORS (ALL 4) WORN OUT AT 17,000 MILES (DEALER WILL REPLACE FOR FREE AFTER A FIGHT WITH THE DEALERSHIP) 3. BRAKE PADS (ALL 4) WORN OUT AT 17,000 MILES (DEALER WILL NOT REPLACE FOR FREE, WANT $600 FOR PADS, NOT FAIR SINCE THE DEFECTIVE ROTORS MIGHT HAVE PLAYED A PART IN WEARING OUT MY BRAKE PADS TOO) 4. CAR NEARLY STALLS OUT WHEN SHIFTING BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND GEAR ON WIDE OPEN THROTTLE. (CAN BE DANGEROUS IF YOU EXPECT THE CAR TO GO AND IT STUTTERS. ALMOST APPEARS AS IF IT IS GOING TO STALL, LIKE IT'S STARVED FOR GAS). *TR

ABOUT A WEEK AGO I NOTICED A TICKING/TAPPING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. I TOOK IT TO FIRESTONE NOT KNOWING IF IT WAS SOMETHING SERIOUS. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE HE STATES THAT IT SOUNDED LIKE A LIFTER BUT HE WAS NOT SURE, SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. SINCE MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS NOT ON THERE WERE NO CODES FOR THEM TO LOOK UP. SO I WAS QUOTED THIS RIDICULOUS PRICE TO HAVE MY ENGINE LOOKED AT. I DECLINED AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER LOCAL MECHANIC WHO VERIFIED THAT IT WAS A LIFTER. THE VEHICLE ONLY 41,000 MILES ON IT AND THE WARRANTY EXPIRED AT 36,000 MILES. *TR

I STARTED TO HEAR A TAPPING FROM THE ENGINE AND THE RPMS WOULD DROP AS I SAT AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. I THOUGHT I MIGHT HAVE AN OIL PRESSURE PROBLEM. I TOOK IT TO A GARAGE AND THE MECHANIC CHECKED THE OIL PRESSURE. WHICH WAS OK. THEN HE SAID I HAD A BAD LIFTER-ROCKER ARM. *TR

I HAVE NOT OWNED MY DODGE FOR MORE THAN A YEAH AND I AM ENCOUNTERING TRANSMISSION SLIPPING AND VARYING ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WITH MY VEHICLE. *TR

CONTINENTAL CONTISEALS ON MY DODGE MAGNUM 2006 R/T. THE TIRES WORE DOWN 50,000 MILES BEFORE WARRANTY, CUPP EASILY, VIBRATE THE ENTIRE CAR, DON'T SEAL PROPERLY, AND DODGE HAS CHANGED THE TIRE QUICKLY AFTER SEEING THE DRAMATICALLY HORRIBLE RESULTS OF THESE TIRES ON MY CAR. THERE ARE MANY PROBLEMS WITH THESE TIRES. *TR

PURCHASED 2006 DODGE MAGNUM IN MAY 2007, WITH 18K MI. IT CAME WITH CONTI TOURING CONTACT CH95 CONTINENTAL TIRES. BY AUGUST 2007, WITH APPROXIMATELY 21K MI I WAS TOLD THAT ALL FOUR TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. CALLED THE MANUFACTURER, WAS TOLD THE MODEL USED ON MY CAR CONTAINS A RUBBER THAT WEARS DOWN QUICKLY BECAUSE OF ITS TEXTURE. *TR

MY DODGE MAGNUM HAS ABOUT 47,000 MILES. I NOTICED IN NOVEMBER THAT I WAS GETTING A FAINT TICKING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE BAY WHILE THE CAR WAS SITTING IDLE. A COUPLE WEEKS LATER, IT STARTED GETTING LOUDER AND PROGRESSED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS ACCELERATED. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY HAD NO CLUE. MY CAR ENDED UP BEING AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR A WHOLE MONTH. FINALLY, THEY FIGURED OUT THAT IT WAS THE ROCKER ARMS (ALL OF THEM) WHICH HAD BROKEN PINS AND HAD TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH THE LIFTER. THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN IN A VEHICLE THAT ONLY HAS 47,000 MILES. THE ONLY THING THAT SAVED ME AN ARM AND A LEG WAS THE FACT THAT THE DEALERSHIP COULDN'T FIGURE IT OUT AND CUT ME SOME SLACK. MY ENGINE HAD TO BE BROKEN DOWN AND PUT BACK TOGETHER 3 TIMES BEFORE THEY GOT IT RIGHT. HAVE HEARD SIMILAR ISSUES ABOUT THIS, SO IT NEEDS TO BE MADE AWARE THAT THE ROCKER ARMS FAIL ON THESE VEHICLES VERY EARLY AS WELL AS THE LIFTER. IF GONE UNCHECKED, COULD'VE CAUSED ENGINE FAILURE. I NEVER MISSED AN OIL CHANGE AND HAVE SINCE SWITCHED TO SYNTHETIC OIL TO BE SAFE. *TR

THE SAME DAY I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE THE OIL LIGHT WAS ON, NEXT DAY OFF, COMPLAIN TO THE DEALER...IT WENT TO THE SHOP ...THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING...NEXT DAY LIGHT BACK ON..THEY SENT IT TO THE SHOP AGAIN.....NEXT DAY GUESS WHAT, YES LIGHT BACK ON..THEY DON'T HAVE A CLUE....THIS IS CRAZY.....SOMEONE MESSED UP.....NEED TO BE CORRECTED.....NOT ASKING FOR BLOOD, JUST FIX MY CAR....WILL THIS KILL MY FAMILY? WHO THE HECK KNOWS!!!! IT'S A MANUFACTURER PROBLEM THAT NEEDS ATTENTION. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE MAGNUM. THE ENGINE LIGHT BEGAN ILLUMINATING THREE MONTHS AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE ENGINE AND THE OIL PUMP CAUSED THE FAILURE AND BOTH COMPONENTS WERE REPAIRED. CURRENTLY, THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING GEARS AND THE VEHICLE WILL NO LONGER SHIFT INTO REVERSE. THE POWERTRAIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50,738 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,000. UPDATED 3/7/08 *CN THE EGINE WAS MAKING A TAPPING NOISE.

THE TIRES ON MY 2006 DODGE MAGUNUM RT MAY BE SUSPECT. HOWEVER, WHEN THE CAR WAS GIVEN A FOUR WHEEL ALIGNMENT AT ABOUT 6000 MILES, IT WAS FOUND TO NEED MAJOR ADJUSTMENT AT ALL FOUR WHEELS. THIS CAR HAD NOT HIT ANYTHING TO KNOCK THE WHEELS OUT OF ALIGNMENT SO I HAVE TO ASSUME THAT THE CAR WAS POORLY ASSEMBLED. I NOW HAVE ABOUT 21000 MILES ON THE CAR AND I STILL FEEL THAT THE CAR HAS VERY UNPREDICTABLE STEERING. I HOPE THAT THE CAUSE IS TIRES WHICH I CAN REPLACE (MUCH TOO EARLY). BUT I FEAR THAT THERE MAY BE A STEERING RACK PROBLEM. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE MAGNUM. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN MISFIRING JUST DAYS AFTER IT WAS REPAIRED. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTS TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE HESITATES AND THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE POWER IS UNEVENLY DISTRIBUTED IN THE ENGINE, WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE COILS TO BURN. THE DEALER REPLACED THE BURNED ENGINE COILS AT THE COST OF $400, HOWEVER, THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE LOSS OF FIRE. THE DEALER ALSO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC ON THE VEHICLE, BUT LESS THAN A WEEK LATER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE STALLED ON FOUR OCCASIONS AND IS CURRENTLY UNABLE TO BE DRIVEN. THE ENGINE INDICATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DODGE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS AND WERE UNABLE TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED ON AUGUST 27, 2007 AND THE FAILURE RECURRED ON AUGUST 28, 2007. THE CONTACT IS AWARE OF THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED. THE POWERTRAIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 48,000.

SINCE I BOUGHT THIS CAR I HAVE BEEN HAVING A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON ALL THE TIME. THEY FIXE IT AND THE LIGHT KEEPS COMING BACK ON. *JB

MY HUSBAND WAS HAVING THE NEW 2006 DODGE MAGNUM FOR MAINTENANCE AND THE MECHANIC TOLD HIM THAT HIS PASSENGER'S SIDE TIE ROD WAS LOOSE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. NOW, THIS WAS VERY STRANGE, ESPECIALLY SINCE ITS WAS A 2006. MODEL. WHEN WE INQUIRED AT THE DODGE DEALER ABOUT THIS MISHAP THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM YET, BUT THEY HAD COMPLAINTS, PEOPLE WERE BRINGING THEIR CARS IN FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM. THE UNFORTUNATE THING WAS THAT PEOPLE WERE GOING ELSEWHERE TO HAVE IT FIXED BECAUSE IT WAS TOO COSTLY TO HAVE IT DONE AT THE DEALER. THE DEALER WANTED TO CHARGE FOR THE WHOLE RACK AND PINION INSTEAD OF JUST THE TIE ROD THAT WA SLOOSE. IT JUST SO HAPPENED THAT MY HUSBAND'S FRIEND HAD THE SAME VEHICLE AND HE TOO JUST PAID AN ARM AND LEG TO HAV THE TIE ROD FIXED, AND HIS TOO WA S A 2006. NOW, I DID NOT KNOW HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE OUT THERE HAVE BEEN HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM, BUT IT WAS TOO COINCIDENTAL. WHEN I WENT OUT RESEARCHING TO SEE HOW MUCH THIS WAS GOING TO COST, EVERY MECHANIC I SPOKE WITH ASKED THE SAME THING, AND IT WAS ONLY A 2006?" I AM STILL SHOPPING AROUND TO SEE WHO WILL FIX THIS PROBLEM FOR ME, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO KNOW. HOPEFULLY OTHERS WILL COMPLAIN AS I DID, AND WE COULD HAVE THIS PROBLEM REIMBURSED OR FIXED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. *AK

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE. THE ESP, ELECTRONIC STABILIZATION PACKAGE FAILED WHEN DRIVING AT 5 MPH. WHENTHE TIRE SLIPPED A LITTLE WHEN ACCELERATING, THE THROTTLE FAILED AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT MOVE FORWARD, BUT THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN. FOR APPROXIMATELY 3 TO 5 SECONDS THE THROTTLE WOULD NOT RELEASE GAS AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD. THE MECHANIC AND THE STAR ENGINEER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING NORMALLY. THE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 50 TIMES, AND OCCURRED EVERY TIME THE VEHICLEWAS DRIVEN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE BOTH 15,000. *AK UPDATED 03/19/07. *JB

WHEN THE ESP (ELECTRONIC STABILIZATION PACKAGE) IS ENGAGED AND I AM PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC AND THE TIRES SLIP, AT ALL, THE THROTTLE RELEASES AND THE CAR GETS NO POWER AND WILL NOT ACCELERATE. THIS LASTS FOR APPROXIMATELY 3-5 SECOND. I HAVE TO TURN THE ESP OFF AS NOT TO GET HIT BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THIS WAS NORMAL EVEN THOUGH WILL I HAD IT IN TO BE CHECKED I DROVE A CHRYSLER 300 WITH ESP AND IT DID THIS BUT THE THROTTLE CONTROL CAME BACK WITHIN FRACTIONS OF A SECOND. NM

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING HIS 2006 DODGE MAGNUM IF THE VEHICLE GOES OVER 30 MPH THE VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT EXCESSIVELY. THE CONTACT HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP(LUMS AUTO CENTER) TEN TIMES AND THEY HAVE ATTEMPTED TO RE-ALIGN THE VEHICLES FRONT END, AS WELL AS, CHANGING THE VEHICLES TIRES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SERVICE MANAGER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURED ON 01/03/07 TOLD THE MANUFACTURER THAT WERE NOT ABLE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE AND THEY NEEDED GUIDANCE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WILL GET BACK TO DEALERSHIP ONCE THEY RESEARCHED THE ISSUE ( CASE REFERENCE NUMBER 15849994). THE CONTACT CAN PROVIDE COPIES OF ALL HIS INVOICE REPAIRED IF NEEDED.

I PURCHASED A 2006 MAGNUM FROM LITHIA OF FAIRFIELD IN MAY OF THIS YEAR, 2006. THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING FINE FOR THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS (MAY-OCT) WITH THE ONLY DISTRACTION BEING ONE OF THE REAR WINDOWS OPERATED FINE FROM BOTH POWER SWITCHES FOR 90% OF THE TIME. I TOOK IT IN DURING ROUTINE WARRANTY SERVICE AND EXPLAINED TO ONE OF THE SERVICE MANAGERS BUT BECAUSE THE POWER WINDOW SWITCHES WERE OPERABLE THAT DAY I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO (THAT DIDN'T SIT TO WELL WITH ME, BUT I SHRUGGED IT OFF AND SAID OK). IN OCTOBER, A FEW OTHER INCIDENTS HAPPENED LIKE THE BLUE TOOTH QUIT COMMUNICATING WITH THE SYSTEM. I FIGURED TO WAIT UNTIL MY NEXT ROUTINE SERVICE MAINTENANCE TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT IN A FEW WEEKS. AROUND THE SAME TIME FRAME I NOTICED THE VEHICLE DID NOT SHIFT SMOOTHLY INTO REVERSE AND THAT WHILE SUSTAINING A STEADY HIGHWAY CRUISING SPEED THE VEHICLE WOULD FEEL LIKE IT WASN'T FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS IF I GRADUALLY INCREASED THE RPMS. I MADE NOTE AND ASKED TO HAVE THIS INVESTIGATE AT THE SAME TIME I WAS TAKING THE VEHICLE IN FOR THE SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE. UNFORTUNATELY (OR FORTUNATE, DEPENDING ON POINT OF VIEW OF SURVIVING A HIGHWAY ACCIDENT), THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE ON THE WAY TO WORK DRIVING ON A VERY, VERY BUSY AND DANGEROUS STRETCH OF ROAD WHERE THE AVERAGE SPEED IS ABOUT 75 MPH. THE FORTUNATE PART OF THIS BEING I WAS ABLE TO LIMP ALONG FOR ABOUT ONE HALF MILE ON NEWLY COMPLETED SHOULDER OF THE ROAD TO AN EXIT. I LITERALLY SHUDDER, WHICH SENDS CHILLS DOWN

THE VEHICLE SURGES BETWEEN 1500-3500 RPM'S AND SOMETIMES AT IDLE. THE PROBLEM COMES AND GOES AND IS OFTEN ACCOMPANIED BY PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTING. SOMETHIMES AT A STOP THE TRANS WILL NOT DOWN SHIFT AND WHEN I ACCELERATE AGAIN IT IS STUCK IN A HIGH GEAR WHICH HAS MANY TIMES CAUSED ME TO BE PUT IN DANGER WHILE PULLING INTO TRAFFIC, THE CAR WON'T ACCELERATE TO SPEED PROPERLY. IT IS UNERVING TO NEVER KNOW IF IT WILL DRIVE PROPERLY WITHOUT SHIFTING OR SURGING PROBLEMS. IT HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR 15,000 MILES AND I HAVE TAKEN IT INOT THE DEALER 6-7 TIMES AND THEY STILL HAVING FIXED ANYTHING, BECAUSE THERE IS NO CODE COMING UP FOR THEM.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT NO PARTICULAR SPEED, THE THROTTLE CONTROL LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THE VEHICLE DID NOT STALL, HOWEVER THE RPM'S NEVER EXCEEDED 1800. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. THE DEALER DETERMINED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL SENSOR NEEDED REPLACED. AFTER THE SENSOR WAS REPLACED, ANOTHER PROBLEM AROSE. DRIVING AT NO SPECIFIC SPEEDS, A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE IN THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. THE CONTACT DESCRIBED THE SOUND AS A MUFFLED EXPLOSION TYPE NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES FOR INSPECTION. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED AND NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT WOULD INVESTIGATE. UPDATED 03/03/06. *JB

I PURCHASED A 2005 DODGE MAGNUM RT IN MARCH OF 05. THE DASH/INSTRUMENT LIGHTS DIMMED NORMALLY TO A LEVEL SAFE FOR NIGHT TIME DRIVING. THEN I PURCHASED A 2006 MAGNUM IN OCT. 05. THE DASH LIGHTS DO NOT DIM TO THE SAME LEVEL AS THE 05 CAR. IN FACT, THEY DON'T DIM ANYWHERE CLOSE. THEY ARE SO BRIGHT ON THE LOWEST SETTING THAT I HAVE TO PUT A TOWEL OVER THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AT NIGHT WHICH THEN MAKES THE SPEEDOMETER (A REQUIRED PIECE OF EQUIPMENT) USELESS. THE DODGE COMPANY AND THE DEALER HAVE REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE A PROBLEM AND OR FIX IT. DODGE NEEDS TO HAVE A RECALL TO FIX THIS SAFETY PROBLEM. IF YOU TAKE A CELL PHONE AT NIGHT AND TURN IT ON SO THE PANEL IS ILLUMINATED, HOLD IT ABOUT 2 FEET FROM YOUR FACE, THAT IS HOW BRIGHT AT THE LOWEST SETTING THE INSTRUMENT LIGHTS ARE ON THIS CAR. I HAVE LOOKED AT OTHER MAGNUMS AND THEY ARE THE SAME. *NM

I HAVE A 2005 DODGE HEMI MAGNUM. JUST RECENTLY EVERYTIME I DRIVE IT WITH THE WINDOWS UP OR DOWN YOU CAN SMELL AN ENGULFING AMOUNT OF EXHAUST FUMES. I TOOK IT INTO UNDERWOOD DODGE (WOOSTER, OHIO), MADE THEM DRIVE WITH ME SO THEY COULD SMELL IT, AND THEY DID. THEY CALLED TODAY AND SAID THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. WELL THAT'S NICE I'M DRIVING AROUND WITH MYSELF, MY WIFE AND KIDS. ARE WE SOMEDAY GOING TO ARRIVE AT OUR DESTINATION WITH SOMEONE DEAD FROM THESE FUMES? WHEN THEY SMELLED THE SMELL HOW CAN THEY SAY THERE IS NOTHING WRONG? *JB