Other Restraint System Info: Active Seat Belt at all Seating Position, Frontal airbag at outboard seating position
Plant Company Name: Brampton Assembly
Seat Belts All: Manual
Steering Location: Left Hand Drive (LHD)
TPMS: Direct
Trim: Police
Turbo: No
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
ABOUT 1 YEAR AGO AS I WAS DRIVING ALONG INTERSTATE 95 THE INSTRUMENT NEEDLES ALL WENT TO 0 OR FAR LEFT THEN WENT BACK TO NORMAL IMMEDIATELY. AS TIME WENT ON THIS OCCURRED MORE FREQUENTLY. ABOUT SIX MONTHS LATER AS I WAS DRIVING AT NIGHT THE NEEDLES DROPPED OFF AND THE HEAD LIGHTS WENT OFF AND STAYED OFF UNTIL I SWITCHED FROM THE AUTO POSITION TO THE MANUAL ON POSITION. THE NEXT TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS AT A STOP LIGHT AND THE CAR CUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. I CALLED A POLICE OFFICER BECAUSE I THOUGHT I MIGHT GET REAR-ENDED. AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES THE CAR STARTED BUT RAN ROUGH. JUST THIS PAST WEEKEND WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT IN A PARKING LOT THE NEEDLES DROPPED OFF, THE HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT, AND THE BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED. *TR
2013
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK, THE CONTACT ACTIVATED THE REMOTE STARTING SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE THEN ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO A POLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND FILED A COMPLAINT. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT AN INVESTIGATOR WOULD CONTACT HIM BUT THE CONTACT HAD NOT HEARD FROM THE INVESTIGATOR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,500. UPDATED 09/24/2013 *JS