2008 Dodge Charger Other Problems

Your car won't start, and a solid red warning light has appeared below the fuel gauge. This indicator typically signals a serious engine or fuel system problem that's preventing the vehicle from cranking. The issue will require diagnostic testing to identify whether it's a fuel system failure, electrical problem, or engine issue.

THE RADIATOR COOLING FAN EXPLODED AND PUNCTURED THE RADIATOR AS I WAS SITTING IN A RESTAURANT DRIVE THRU SPILLING THE COOLANT . VEHICLE TEMPERATURE GAUGE SHOWED EXTREME HOT TEMPERATURE. I FOUND A SERVICE CAMPAIGN BULLETIN REF # L08 ABOUT THE FAN SEPARATING DURING OPERATION AND CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE RADIATOR FOR DODGE VEHICLES FOR YEARS 2006-2008 THAT WERE MADE PRIOR TO APRIL 20, 2008. MINE WAS MADE JUNE 2, 2008 AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT OCCURRED WITH IT ON JULY 19, 2019. LUCKILY I WASN'T STRANDED OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE OR ON THE HIGHWAY OR INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT ON THE ROADWAY.

PERIODIC ISSUES WITH NOT WANTING TO START. THE KEY WOULD BE PUT IN AND TURNED, BUT IT WOULD NOT FIRE. THE KEY COULD BE TURNED OFF AND THEN WOULD START ON THE NEXT TRY. THEN, ON SATURDAY MAY 11, 2019 THE CAR WOULD NOT RECOGNIZE THE KEY BEING INSERTED AND TURNED TO THE ON POSITION.

THE BLADE ON THE FAN BLADE BROKE OFF,AND STUCK A HOLE IN THE RADIATOR I WAS DRIVING AND I HEARD THIS NOISE,SMOKE STARTED COMING THRU THE VENT IN THE CAR

I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET WHEN I SMELLED A BURNING SMELL. I THOUGHT IT WAS THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AND I KEPT DRIVING. WHEN I TURNED THE CORNER I SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE VEHICLE HOOD. I PULLED OVER, TURNED OFF THE CAR JUMPED OUT AND SAW FLAMES COMING IN THE SAME SPOT I SAW THE SMOKE. I CALLED 911 AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT OUT THE FIRE. THE FIREFIGHTERS THOUGHT IT MAY BE AN ELECTRICAL FIRE BECAUSE OF THE SMELL. STILL WAITING ON INSURANCE AND MANUFACTURER TO FINISH INVESTIGATION.

CAR WILL NOT START UNTIL THE KEY REST IN THE SWITCH FOR 5 MINUTES. THEN IT WORKS. EVERY TIME FOR 3 WEEKS NOW.

I MADE AN APPOINTMENT AT MALL OF GEORGIA CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP ON 7/29/16 TO HAVE NHTSA RECALL NUMBER 14V-567 FIXED ON MY CAR. THE DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO FIX IT SINCE IT IS A FORMER POLICE CAR. I CALLED CHRYSLER AND THEY SAID IT WOULD STILL BE ELIGIBLE. I HAD CHRYSLER CALL THE DEALERSHIP TO LET THEM KNOW AND THEY STILL REFUSED TO FIX THE RECALL. I THEN WENT TO HAYES CHRYSLER IN GAINESVILLE GA AND THEY FIXED IT.

MY ACCELERATOR STUCK COULD NOT STOP THE CAR IT GOT FASTER AND FASTER AS I TRIED TO STOP IT I HAD TO HIT EMERGENCY BREAKS TO STOP WAS SLIDING AS I TRIED TO STOP. I WAS LUCKY THAT I WAS ON THE EXPRESSWAY WITH NO CARS NEAR BY I WAS VERY BLESSED THAN I PANTED. I WAS PUSHING BREAKS AND IT WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING.

MY CAR HAS BEEN STICKING IN THE START POSITION FOR MONTHS NOW. IF I DON'T WIGGLE THE KEY A BIT TO THE LEFT IT WOULD STAY IN THE START POSITION. LAST MONDAY MY KEY HAS BEEN GETTING STUCK IN THE IGNITION WHILE I TRY TO POSITION IT IN PARK. IM FORCED TO KEEP STARTING THE CAR AND MOVING IT TO TRY TO SUCCESSFULLY PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK. THIS HAPPENS MANY TIMES A DAY AND IM VERY CONCERNED. THE DEALER HAS ORDERED REPLACEMENT PARTS BUT IS UNSURE WHEN THEY WILL BE IN. HE SAID MAYBE A FEW WEEKS, BUT COULD MAKE NO PROMISES. I TOLD HIM OF MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE KEY STICKING IN THE IGNITION AND HE HAD NO ANSWER FOR ME. IM AFRAID ILL BURN OUT THE STARTER WHILE I WAIT FOR PARTS. IT DOES NOT FEEL SAFE TO ME AND I FEEL THEY SHOULD OFFER ME A RENTAL UNTIL THE CAR IS SAFELY FIXED.

CAR HAS BEEN DOWN AND AT A DEALERSHIP FOR 18 DAYS (8/5/15). DEALER CLAIMS THEY CANT GET A PART ON A RECALL. DEALER DOESN'T SEEM TOO CONCERNED ABOUT PERFORMING THE REPAIRS IN A REASONABLE TIME.

ON 7/17/2015 MY CAR DID NOT START WHILE MAKING A STOP ON MY 3 HOUR DRIVE TO MY VACATION IN CARMEL CA. AFTER MANY TRIES, MY CAR STARTED. FROM THERE THE CARE WENT DOWNHILL AND STARTED ONLY RARELY. MY FATHER WHO HAS A MECHANIC BACKGROUND DIAGNOSED THE ISSUE AS THE WIN IGNITION SWITCH WHICH WAS RECALLED IN SEPTEMBER 2014. OVER THE 4 DAY VACATION I LEFT MY CAR IDLE AND DIDN'T DRIVE IT. ON THE LAST DAY OF THE TRIP I GOT MY CAR TO START. WHEN TURNING THE KEY/FOB NOTHING HAPPENS. NO CRANKING, NO ELECTRICITY, IT IS AS IF I DIDN'T EVEN PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION AT ALL. SOMETIMES AFTER A HUNDRED TRIES THE CAR WON'T DO ANYTHING AND THEN SUDDENLY THE CAR WILL TURN ON. I DROVE THE CAR DIRECTLY TO THE REDWOOD CITY CA DODGE DEALERSHIP AUTO REPAIR (#605-529-1927). THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS THE WIN IGNITION SWITCH AS WELL AND ATTEMPTED TO ORDER THE PART FROM "MOPAR PARTS." MOPAR PARTS STATED THAT THE NEW IGNITION SWITCH, PART NUMBER CBTTP57CAA IS NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL 8/28/2015. IN THE INTERIM, THEY WILL NOT RELEASE THE OLD IGNITION SWITCH AS A TEMPORARY FIX. THE CAR IS NOT DRIVABLE AS IT RARELY STARTS. IT HAS BEEN SITTING IDLE AT THE DODGE DEALERSHIP. 24 DAYS HAVE PASSED IN WHICH I HAVE NOT HAD A CAR. I HAVE HAD TO GET RIDES TO WORK. I HAD TO RENT A CAR FOR 4 DAYS WHICH WAS A COST TO ME OF $200. THE PART WILL NOT BE ORDERABLE UNTIL 8/28 (RIDICULOUS SINCE THE RECALL WAS 9/2014) WHICH LIKELY MEANS 3 MORE WEEKS OF NO CAR. I HAVE BEEN OFFERED NO RENTAL CAR FREE OF CHARGE IN THE INTERIM. I DO NOT HAVE A BACK UP CAR AND WILL HAVE TO INCUR ADDITIONAL RENTAL CAR EXPENSES. I ATTEMPTED TO CALL THE VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE MULTIPLE TIMES AND HAVE BEEN PLACED ON HOLD FOR A LONG DURATION. I THINK AT A MINIMUM THE IGNITION SWITCH SHOULD BE RELEASED TO ME AND FIXED FREE OF CHARGE. IF THIS CANNOT BE DONE, I THINK A RENTAL CAR SHOULD BE ISSUED TO ME FOR THE REMAINING DURATION OF THE WAIT PERIOD.

WE RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL MONTHS AGO FOR THE IGNITION SWITCH IN THIS VEHICLE. IT SAID CHRYSLER INTENDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE FREE OF CHARGE, HOWEVER THE PART WAS NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. AS I SAID THAT WAS MONTHS AGO. WE ARE HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE IGNITION SWITCH. I CALLED MY DEALER WHO INDICATED THAT I COULD BRING IT IN FOR A DIAGNOSTIC AND REPAIR, BUT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR IT AND WHEN CHRYSLER DECIDED THEY WOULD REIMBURSE US. IF THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND THERE IS A RECALL NOTICE, AND WE ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE IGNITION SWITCH, SHOULDN'T THEY BE REPLACING THE IGNITION SWITCH AT THEIR COST AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL NOTICE? WE HAVE BEEN WAITING MONTHS AS IT IS TO HAVE THIS RECALL FIXED.

WHEN DRIVING THE CAR IT WILL TURN OFF. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE LAST YEAR AND THEY STILL HAVE NOT FIXED THE CAR, SAY THERE IS NO PARTS TO FIX IT YET. ONE YEAR OF CAR TURNING OFF WHEN WE DRIVE IT, IS NOT ACCEPTABLE!!! NOW THERE IS A AIR BAG RECALL, SAME THING THEY DON'T HAVE PARTS TO FIX THE CAR. WHAT DO WE DO TO GET THEM TO GET THESE RECALLS FIXED?

STARTED SLOWING DOWN FOR A RED LIGHT , WHEN THE IGNITION TURNED OFF BY ITS SELF RESULTING WITH NO POWER STEERING, NO POWER BRAKES,NO ELECTRICAL AND THE MOTOR TURNED OFF !!!!!! BESIDES THIS IVE HAD PROBLEMS STARTING THE CAR FOR 9 MONTHS + DUE TO THE IGNITION!!!!! THE IGNITION HAS TURNED ITS SELF OFF 1 OTHER TIME BEFORE. I HAVNT BEEN ABLE TO DRIVE MY CAR BECAUSE OF THESE PROBLEMS AND ITS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN FOR ME AND MY FAMILY!!!!! IVE CONTACTED DODGE 3 DIFFERENT TIMES ABOUT THIS ISSUE WITH NO HELP OF GETTING THIS RESOLVED!!! PLEASE HELP!!! THANK YOU....

ON THE ABOVE DATE AND TIME I NOTICED A LEAK COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF MY CAR, I CHECKED THE RADIATOR FLUID CONTAINER AND IT WAS BONE DRY. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC HE REMOVED THE COOLING FAN AND IT JUST FELL APART. HE SHOWED ME WHERE A PART OF THE FAN PUNCTURED MY RADIATOR, THEREFORE I HAD TO BUY ANOTHER RADIATOR AND FAN BLADE. I CALLED THE DEALER ABOUT A POSSIBLE RECALL ON THIS BUT HE SAID MY PARTICULAR VEHICLE WAS NOT ON THE LIST. SOME DODGE CHARGERS ARE TAKEN CARE OF BUT NOT MINE, WHY?

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME MY COOLING SYSTEM FAN HAS BROKEN THE PLASTIC PIECES BROKE OFF AND WENT INTO MY RADIATOR AND BROKEN FAN BELT CAUSING MY VEHICLE TO ALMOST HAVE A HEAD-ON COLLISION.SAFETY SAFETY SAFETY SAFETY NOW I MUST PAY SOMEONE OUT OF POCKET TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM AGAIN.

IGNITION ISSUE, WOULDN'T START. DODGE REPLACED THE MODULE, IGNITION AND ADDITIONAL FOB'S. I PAID $806.21 TO PAY FOR REPAIR. IN DECEMBER 2014 I RECEIVED A RECALL P57/NHTSA 14V-567 STATING RECALL OF A FOBIK. IT SAYS I CAN'T DO ANYTHING UNTIL PARTS COME IN BUT IF I ALREADY HAD IT REPAIRED I THINK I SHOULD BE REIMBURSED.

MY 2008 DODGE CHARGER SE PLUS STARTED TO OVERHEAT. I PULLED OVER, POPPED THE HOOD AND SAW 3 OF THE RADIATOR FAN BLADES BROKEN OFF AND STUCK IN THE RADIATOR. I GOOGLED THE ISSUE AND FOUND MANY OTHER DODGE CHARGER OWNERS THAT HAD THE SAME ISSUE. I ALSO FOUND THAT IN 2011 CHRYSLER ISSUED "CUSTOMER SERVICE NOTIFICATION L08" FOR 52,000 2006-2008 MODELS FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM. I CALLED CHRYSLER AND DISCOVERED THAT MY VIN WAS NOT ON THAT LIST SO THEY WERE UNABLE TO HELP WITH "MY" PROBLEM. I ALSO QUICKLY BECAME AWARE THAT MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS WERE MADE WITH THE SAME ISSUE AS MINE WITH CHRYSLER EXCLUDING THEIR VEHICLES FROM ANY RECALL OR CUSTOMER SERVICE NOTIFICATION. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AND THE CSN L08 NEEDS TO INCLUDE A WIDER RANGE OF VEHICLES. *JS