THE CAR, AFTER FILLING WITH GAS, SUDDENLY STALLED WHILE DRIVING DOWN A MAIN ROAD. I HAD TO STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL, RESTART IT, PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE, WAIT 2 SECONDS OR SO FOR THE TRANSMISSION TO RE-ENGAGE, AND THEN I COULD MOVE AGAIN. A TRUCK SLAMMED INTO THE BACK OF THE CAR AFTER IT CAME TO IT'S JERKY STOP AND THE ONCOMING TRUCK DIDN'T REALIZE A PERSON WOULD BE STOPPED IN FRONT OF HIM WHERE THERE WAS NO LIGHT OR STOP SIGN. I FOUND OUT LATER, FROM A CAR FORUM, THAT THE 5.7 LITER DODGES HAVE A RASH OF ISSUES WHERE THE CHECK VALVE THAT IS PART OF THE FUEL TANK FAILS AND CAUSES THE EMISSION SYSTEM TO GET WET AND THE COMPUTER GETS CONFUSED SIGNALS CAUSING THE CAR TO STALL (SHORTLY AFTER FILLING THE TANK). I FOUND OUT THAT IT WOULD COST AT LEAST $1000 TO CHANGE THE ENTIRE GAS TANK AS THE ONLY FIX TO THE PROBLEM. I CAN'T BELIEVE THERE ISN'T A RECALL FOR THIS DANGEROUS PROBLEM. LUCKILY THE DAMAGE IN THE CRASH WASN'T SEVERE ALTHOUGH I SUFFERED FROM WHIPLASH AS A RESULT. *TR
2007
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DROVE THE O STORE, PUT THE CAR IN PARK AS USUAL. WHEN I LEFT THE STORE AND TRIED TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE BUT THE SHIFTER WOULD NOT MOVE. I CALLED DODGE ONLY TO BE TOLD ITS NOT COVERED. I TOLD THEM I WAS AWARE OF HOW COMMON THIS PROBLEM IS AND THEY TOLD ME TOO BAD- ITS NOT UNDER A RECALL SO ITS YOUR PROBLEM! I FOUND OVER 300 SIMILAR CASES ONLINE - HOW CAN IT NOT BE A RECALL!! *TR
