2010 Dodge Charger Fuel System Problems

TAKATA RECALL MY DODGE IS FAIRLY NEW. A 2010 AND THE GAS GAUGE HAS COMPLETELY STOPPED READING CORRECTLY. IT'LL DIE WHEN IT READS THERE'S A QUARTER OF A TANK LEFT OR EVEN WHEN IT SAYS THERE IS HALF A TANK LEFT. I'VE BEEN IN MULTIPLE SITUATIONS WHEN THE CAR HAS DIED AND I READ A LOT OF FORUMS WITH PEOPLE THE SAME MAKE MODEL HAVING THIS ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE CHARGER. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE SOMETIMES ACCELERATED AT A LOW SPEED AND EVENTUALLY STALLED. THE FAILURE RECURRED WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS BEING FUELED. THE CONTACT WOULD NORMALLY BE ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE LAST TIME THE FAILURE OCCURRED WAS WHEN THE CONTACT WAS ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 178,000.

MY CAR HAD A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT SO I WENT TO AN OFFICIAL DODGE DEALER TO FIX. THEY CLAIMED IT WAS A FAULTY VALVE IN MY FUEL SYSTEM AND CHARGED ME $470 TO FIX. SINCE FIXED, I FILLED UP MY GAS TANK AND NOW WHENEVER I ENTER MY CAR, IT SMELLS OF RAW FUEL. AFTER DRIVING FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES, THE SMELL GOES AWAY, BUT I HAVE FOUND MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT IT. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE THE REASON IT WAS SMELLING LIKE GASOLINE..I DID NOT TRACK FUEL INTO MY CAR AND WAS NOT STORING FUEL IN MY TRUNK. THE CAR DID NOT SMELL LIKE FUEL BEFORE THE INITIAL REPAIR. *TR

TAKATA RECALL, DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED THE VEHICLE WILL SUPPLY SHUT OFF AND AFTER STOPPING VEHICLE WILL START UP LIKE NORMAL. HAS HAPPEN AT STOPLIGHTS AND WHEN TURNING, HAPPENS RANDOMLY. NOT SAFE AT ALL. *TR

AN OVERWHELMING SMELL OF GAS STARTING AROUND 9/6/14. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE STANDARD OIL CHANGE AND ADVISED THAT I SMELLED GAS. THEY INDICATED THAT WHEN CHANGING THE OIL THEY WOULD PERFORM A PRELIMINARY CHECK. AT THAT TIME THEY DIDN'T NOTICE ANY VISIBLE LEAKS AND SCHEDULED ME AN APPOINTMENT TO BRING THE CAR BACK IN ON 9/15/14 IF THE CAR STILL SMELLED OF GAS AND DID NOT GO AWAY. THE SMELL EVENTUALLY WENT AWAY, BUT START NOTICING ANYTIME THE CAR WAS FILLED UP WITH GAS THE SMELL WOULD RETURN ON 9/30/14 FILLED THE CAR UP WITH GAS AND BY THE TIME I MADE IT HOME IT WAS POURING GAS NEAR THE LEFT PASSENGER REAR. FURTHER OBSERVATION SHOWED THAT THERE IS A LEAK IN THE GAS LINE. I HAVE SCHEDULED IN APPOINTMENT TO TAKE IT BACK TO HE DEALERSHIP WITH THE 1ST AVAILABLE APPOINTMENT 10/8/14. I WAS ADVISED TO NOT DRIVE AS THE CAR CAN POSSIBLY IGNITE. IT IS NOW PARKED IN THE GARAGE. IT IS HOT. NOT SURE IF THE GARAGE SHOULD BE OPENED TO GIVE AIR OR IF OPENING THE GARAGE WILL ALLOW SUNLIGHT THAT MAY COULD CAUSE FUMES TO IGNITE. THE GARAGE SMELLS OF GAS AND THE FUMES ARE NOW IN MY HOME. DO WE KNOW OF ANY ISSUES WITH THE DODGE CHARGER AND GAS LINE LEAKS. *TR

DODGE DEALERSHIP TOLD US OVER 600 FUEL PUMPS FOR THE 2010 CHARGER WERE BACK ORDERED AND THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT TO GET A REPLACEMENT PART FOR MINE. 600 BACK ORDERED FUEL PUMPS SOUNDS LIKE A COMMON ENOUGH ISSUE THAT MAY POTENTIALLY NEED TO BE A RECALL. MY 2010 CHARGER WILL NOT START UNLESS THIS FUEL PUMP IS REPLACED. *TR

WE HAVE HAD OUR 2010 DODGE CHARGER, VEHICLE I.D. #[XXX] PUT IN THE SHOP FOR FUEL SYSTEM TROUBLE. WHEN WE GO TO FILL UP THE TANK WITH GAS NO MATTER WHAT THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE IS, IT OVER FLOWS ALL OVER THE SIDE OF THE CAR AND ONTO THE GROUND. WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FROM DOUGH GREY. 1421 WEST THIRD, P O BOX 1229, ELK CITY OK 73648 AND THE PHONE NUMBER IS 580-225-3005. WE HAVE HAD THE CAR IN THE SHOP 2 TIMES AND CALLED THEM AGAIN BECAUSE THE MATTER HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. THEY INFORMED US THAT THEY CAN NOT HELP US IN THIS MATTER. WHAT CAN WE DO TO GET THIS PROBLEM RESOLVED? OUR SON IS THE ONE THAT PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FOR US AND BUYS A LOT OF HIS COMPANY VEHICLES FROM THIS COMPANY. HIS NAME IS [XXX] AND HE WORKS FOR CHAMPION DRILLING FLUIDS, ELK CITY, OK. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WHEN FILLING THE FUEL TANK OF THIS VEHICLE, THE FUEL TANK ACCEPTS ONLY A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF GASOLINE AT A TIME, APPROXIMATELY ONE-TENTH OF A GALLON AT A TIME. ALTHOUGH THE GAS TANK ON THE CAR IS FAR FROM FULL, THE PERSON FUELING THE TANK THEN CONTINUES TO SQUEEZE THE HANDLE ON THE GASOLINE SPIGOT, BUT THE TANK REJECTS THE GASOLINE AND THE GASOLINE SPILLS OUT ONTO THE CAR BODY, THE PERSON AND THE GROUND BENEATH THE VEHICLE. I HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM WITH A NUMBER OF 2010 DODGE CHARGERS RENTED AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY OVER THE LAST NINE MONTHS. THIS MAY BE A FILLER TUBE VENTING PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHENEVER HE IS IN THE VEHICLE WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING, GAS FUMES START TO ACCUMULATE INSIDE THE CABIN. ONE OCCUPANT BECAME SICK FROM THE FUMES. THE DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED. THIS FAILURE STARTED AS SOON AS HE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 3500.

I HAVE 2 PROBLEMS FIRST PROBLEM IS THE GAS TANK THE FILLER TUBE ON THE GAS TANK IS NOT WORKING RIGHT YOU CAN NOT PUT GAS IN TANK UNTIL THE GAS TANK IS HALF FULL IF YOU TRY TO FILL IT AT 3/4 FULL IT WILL NOT GO IN TANK IT KEEPS CLICKING OFF THE GAS HOSE. SECOND THE WIRE HARNESS FROM ALTERNATOR WAS ATTACH TO THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD FROM FACTORY AND THE WIRES BURNED UP THE DEALER CUT THE WIRES AND TAPE THEM BACK TOGETHER AND THE LIGHTS ON THE WHOLE CAR BLINK OFF AN ON ALL THE TIME THIS IS BAD I AM AFRAID OF A FIRE THE DEALER SHIP WILL DO NOTHING I HAVE BEEN FIGHTING WITH THEM SINCE I BROUGHT THE CAR NEW IN 2011 YOU CAN NOT USE THE CAR AT NIGHT BECAUSE OF THE LIGHT BLINKING OFF AND ON. *TR