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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006120017 | Incident Date: Jun, 26 2006 |
| Consumer's City: KING GEORGE | Consumer's State: VA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) |
| Model Name: CHARGER | Model Year: 2006 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 2B3KA53H66H | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Sep, 18 2007 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Feb, 09 2006 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Car purchased 2/2006 w/ approx. 5,600 mi. first occurrence in 6/2007: vehicle in drive at stopped position. proceeded to accelerate through intersection. vehicle almost stalls and sputters (engine makes rough winding noise). does not accelerate. engine light on briefly. pulled over, put in park, returned to drive to try again. same thing happens. turned vehicle off, waited a few seconds, and then back on. drove fine for about 30 days. thought maybe bad gas. over the next couple of months it happened approx. 5 more times at different times during the day (hot and cool days, engine cool and warm). twice engine light came on and had to turn off for over 5 minutes before light would go out to proceed. brought in to chrysler dealer on sep. 13, 2007 where car was purchase for oil change, tune up, new tires and explained rough/whining idol,lack of acceleration and stalling/bogging down occurrences from a stopped position. said problem was fixed after mouse nest removed from engine and injector wire repair from chewing. sept. 17 & 18, happened again - backed out of driveway (each morning), came to a stop, put it in drive, and rough/whining engine sound and no acceleration above 20 mph. brought back to same dealer on 18 sept. have not been able to "duplicate the problem" so left overnight. *tr updated 01-14-08. *kb updated 12/12/08. *jb |
