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  3. 2008
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2008 Dodge Charger Electrical System Problems

363
Owner complaint records in our dataset

Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.

Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.

Among these 363 stored complaint records:

  • 7 indicate a crash
  • 5 indicate injury
  • 12 indicate fire

What owners report

  • electrical system · 73 records
  • failure mileage · 30 records
  • notified failure · 24 records
  • ignition switch · 22 records
  • issue failure · 22 records
  • distribution disconnect · 22 records

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
60–100k mi87
100–150k mi78
30–60k mi30
150–400k mi20
1–30k mi12

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • November 10, 2014

    Electrical System

    Tl* the contact owns a 2008 dodge charger. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14v567000 (electrical system); however, the part needed to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.

    ODI 10759210

  • November 10, 2014

    Air Bags · Electrical System

    Tl* the contact owns a 2008 dodge charger. The contact received a recall notification of nhtsa campaign numbers: 14v567000 (electrical system) and 15v313000 (air bags); however, the part needed to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.

    ODI 10758985

  • November 10, 2014

    Air Bags · Electrical System

    Tl* the contact owns a 2008 dodge charger. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign numbers: 14v567000 (electrical system) and 15v313000 (air bags); however, the parts to do the repairs were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.

    ODI 10749689

  • November 10, 2014 · 45,000 miles

    Electrical System

    Tl* the contact owns a 2008 dodge charger. The contact stated that nhtsa campaign number: 14v567000 (electrical system) exceeded a reasonable amount of time for repair. The dealer stated that the manufacturer had not determined what remedy needed to be implemented in order to deter the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The contact had experienced intermittent difficulty turning the key in the…

    ODI 10746961

  • November 10, 2014

    Electrical System

    Tl* the contact owns a 2008 dodge charger. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14c567000 (electrical system); however, the part needed to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.

    ODI 10743702

  • November 10, 2014

    Air Bags · Electrical System

    Tl* the contact owns a 2008 dodge charger. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign numbers: 14v567000 (electrical system: ignition) and 15v313000 (air bags: frontal: driver side inflator module); however, the parts to do the repairs were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The…

    ODI 10734059

  • November 10, 2014

    Electrical System

    Tl* the contact owns a 2008 dodge charger. The contact received a notice for nhtsa campaign number: 14v567000 (electrical system); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. The vin was not available.

    ODI 10732234

  • November 7, 2014

    Air Bags · Electrical System

    Tl* the contact owns a 2008 dodge charger. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign numbers: 15v313000 (air bags) and 14v567000 (electrical system) and stated that the part was not available within a reasonable timeframe to schedule the recall repair. The dealer did not give a specific date for when the part would become available. The manufacturer could not provide an estimated date for when the…

    ODI 10761554

  • November 2, 2014

    Air Bags · Electrical System

    Tl* the contact owns a 2008 dodge charger. The contact stated that the recall notice for nhtsa campaign number: 14b567000(electrical system) was received in november of 2014 and nhtsa campaign number: 15v313000 (air bags) was received in may of 2015. After contacting the dealer and the manufacturer on multiple occasions, the contact was informed that the parts needed to repair the vehicle were still not available…

    ODI 10816731

  • November 2, 2014 · 120,000 miles

    Electrical System · Traction Control System

    Tl* the contact owns a 2008 dodge charger. While driving approximately 3 mph, the traction control and the electronic throttle control warning lights illuminated. The vehicle shook violently and the engine stalled. The failure occurred on four occasions. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vin was unavailable. The approximate failure mileage was 120,000.

    ODI 10652013

  • November 1, 2014 · 98,000 miles

    Electrical System

    Tl* the contact owns a 2008 dodge charger. While driving at various speeds, the vehicle would suddenly shut off. Due to a faulty ignition switch, the vehicle would not start. The cause of the failure was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact received a recall notice for nhtsa campaign number: 14v567000(electrical system) in november of 2014. After contacting the dealer on multiple occasions, the contact was…

    ODI 10837545

  • November 1, 2014

    Electrical System

    2008 dodge charger. Consumer writes in regards to parts not available to complete recall notice #14v-567. *smd the consumer stated he went to an auto parts store and purchased the part for $22.00. *jb

    ODI 10805730

  • November 1, 2014

    Electrical System

    Tl* the contact owns a 2008 dodge charger. The contact stated that the recall notice for nhtsa campaign number: 14v567000 (electrical system) was received in november of 2014. After contacting the dealer on multiple occasions, the contact was informed that the parts needed to repair the vehicle were still not available and no estimated time for receiving the parts could be given. The contact had not experienced a…

    ODI 10786595

  • October 28, 2014 · 120,000 miles

    Electrical System

    Tl*the contact owns a 2008 dodge charger. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to start on the first attempt. The failure recurred on multiple occasions. The contact referenced nhtsa campaign number: 14v567000 (electrical system). The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 120,000.

    ODI 10679468

  • October 27, 2014

    Electrical System

    Tl* the contact owns a 2008 dodge charger. The contact received a recall notification for nhtsa campaign numbers: 14v567000 (ignition key fobik) and 15v313000 (air bags) and stated that the parts needed were not available to perform the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The contact also stated that the vehicle would not start and the key fractured inside the ignition switch. The vin was…

    ODI 10779409

  • October 25, 2014 · 84,000 miles

    Electrical System

    On the freeway, my car shuts off completely, then turns back on. Now the ignition wont work at all. Sometimes a jump start will get it to work. Its sitting in the drive way useless right now.

    ODI 10808057

  • October 17, 2014

    Air Bags · Electrical System

    Tl* the contact owns a 2008 dodge charger. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign numbers: 14v567000 (electrical system) and 15v313000 (air bags); however, the part to do the recall repairs were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The contact had not experienced a failure.

    ODI 10764505

  • October 15, 2014

    Electrical System

    Tl* the contact owns a 2008 dodge charger. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14v567000 (electrical system); however, the part needed to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. The vin was not available.

    ODI 10724434

  • October 10, 2014 · 73,000 miles

    Electrical System

    Tl* the contact owns a 2008 dodge charger. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled and was not able to be restarted. The vehicle was towed to a dealer who diagnosed that the fuse box relay needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired and months later, the vehicle stalled again. The contact was able to get the vehicle restarted, but the failure recurred. The contact was included in nhtsa campaign number:…

    ODI 10716050

  • October 8, 2014 · 72,870 miles

    Electrical System · Engine · Power Train

    I was accelerating up an entrance ramp to the freeway when the vehicle died, causing loss of power. I coasted to side of road and restarted car. This has happened more than once, but is intermittent. I have noticed no common similarities, it is as if the ignition shuts off. *tr

    ODI 10706711

  • October 6, 2014

    Air Bags · Electrical System

    Tl* takata recall. The contact owns a 2008 dodge charger. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign numbers: 15v313000 (air bags) and 14v567000 (electrical system); however, the parts to do the repairs were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repairs. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a…

    ODI 10883023

  • September 30, 2014

    Electrical System

    Tl* the contact owns a 2008 dodge charger. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to start properly and would only start after multiple attempts. The failure recurred multiple times. The contact received a notification for nhtsa campaign number: 14v567000 (electrical system). The parts were unavailable to repair the vehicle. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unavailable.

    ODI 10658875

  • September 28, 2014

    Electrical System

    Tl* the contact owns a 2008 dodge charger. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14v567000 (electrical system); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The vin was unknown. The contact had not experienced a failure.

    ODI 10764091

  • September 17, 2014

    Electrical System

    Tl* the contact owns a 2008 dodge charger. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 14v567000 (electrical system) however, the part to do the repair was not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for recall repair. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect. ....updated…

    ODI 10855236

  • September 17, 2014 · 80,000 miles

    Electrical System

    Tl* the contact owns a 2008 dodge charger. When the ignition was turned to the on position, the engine failed to start. After several attempts, the vehicle started. While driving various speeds uphill, the accelerator pedal was depressed and the vehicle failed to accelerate. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact received…

    ODI 10822069