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After fueling vehicle, the engine died within half mile on road. Put car in neutral to start engine, drove another 1-2 miles where car stalled and died again. Has happened after filling up car and only with full tank, stalling occurs within 0-15 miles, then does not stall. Have read several posting and discussions about this issue with same model/year cars. Heard about possible investigation for faulty fuel/vapor separator valve with cuts off fuel to engine and causes engine to stall. Had this happened to a driver who did not know how to react properly, or had a distracted driver not see my car stalled or stopped, this could have resulted in a serious problem. I had no power steering or power brakes and was not able to immediately restart vehicle in traffic, after momentary loss of power and finally able to restart the engine was I able to maneuver off the roadway safely.
Just after filling the tank and merging on to the major deegan expressway (I-87N) car dead stalled in the highway, causing to vehicles behind me to slam on their brakes to avoid an accident. It took me ten minutes to get my car restarted. Engine would turn over but not remain on. But after ten minutes of trying this, car remained on and I was able to drive it home. I thought that I had been given some bad gas, until the incident repeated itself again after a fill up seven days ago at a gas station near my home. The owner there says he has seen a similar problem with other Chargers after fill up. I then called Chrysler at 1-800-992-1997 ([xxx]?) and Chrysler claimed they have never heard of this problem before and that I will have to take my car to the dealer and have it repaired at my own cost, but if they've never heard of any problem like this before then how do they know the dealer will know how to repair it? information redacted pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
First instance was on Sunday, 6 May 2012. Car stalled after turning onto city street while accelerating to posted speed: 35 mph. If fuel tank is filled to click on gas pump (full tank) this continues to happen, especially in very humid weather conditions/rain. Car has also stalled on hills at stop signs or traffic lights and has stalled at on-ramps to local interstate highway/city bypass, given the above full fuel tank issue. If I don't fill the tank above the 7/8 mark on the fuel gage indicator, the car does not stall. If I exceed the 7/8 mark, then the car does stall, multiple times if very humid conditions exist and will continue until the fuel tank is at or below 7/8 capacity. I've had approximately 22 stalls since Sunday 6 May 2012. It's inconvenient to have to guess when to stop the fuel pump at gas stations and very frightening to stall in traffic, especially at on-ramps to highways.
I was coming to a stop at a red light. The car began to shake like it was a manual transmission and was stalling, the car is an automatic. We stopped at the stop light and realized the engine had shut off. I put the vehicle in park, removed the key, and attempted to restart. It attempted 3-4 times to restart with no luck. I exited the vehicle to endure the gas cap was on and it was. After waiting for about 1-2 minutes I attempted to restart and was successful. This was about 2 miles after filling up the tank. This seems very similar to the currently pending investigation. It has not happened since but I have not filled up the gas tank since either.
On several occasions in the past 6-8 months I have experienced engine stalling after filling my 2006 Dodge Charger up with gasoline. In addition to the stalling, on one occasion the engine cut off completely. Thankfully, I was in a low traffic area and it didn't cause a crash. The stalling does not happen when the engine is filled up partially or with about $20 worth of gasoline. On September 1st after leaving the grocery store, my husband went to start the car and it started smoking profusely. The car was towed to the dealership. According to the dealership there was oil in the gas tank and, the engine was destroyed. One of the diagnosis codes indicated that cylinder # 5 had misfired. This problem has the potential to be extremely dangerous. Chrysler doesn't seem to care at all.
- Wilmington, NC, USA
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I had just filled the gas tank and when I made a turn the engine died while I was turning. I put the car into neutral and attempted to start the car a few times and it finally started. When the engine failed the power steering was disabled and it made me almost hit another car who had to adjust his route so I would not have a collision with him. There is a strong odor of gas as well. I have had this problem before after filling the gas tank with the motor dying at a stop light. The check oil light comes on but not the check engine light. The motor only fails when I fill the gas tank more than 3/4 full. I have had a problem with the car cutting off after filling the tank completely for several years. To avoid this dangerous scenario I have had to estimate the gas remaining to adjust filling to about 3/4 of a tank. I understand after reading Dodge blogs that there is a very expensive fix for this by replacing the gas tank. I should not have to be in a position to only fill my tank 3/4 full to avoid a possible accident. This is clearly a defect that the manufacture is aware of after reading the hundreds if not thousands of complaints about this.
The contact owns a 2006 Dodge Charger. The contact stated that while at a stop, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact mentioned that the failure would recur intermittently after refueling. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer for diagnostic testing or repairs. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 3,000 and the current mileage was 42,867..... updated 10-17-13 the consumer stated the engine stalling happened occasionally after re-fueling and driving a short distance, then coming to a stop or slowing to make turn.
After filling the fuel tank the vehicle began to sputter and hesitate. This happened within several miles of the gas station. I thought it was bad fuel. Later after filling up at a different gas station the same thing occurred. The third or fourth time this happened the vehicle sputtered and died and the oil service light came on. This last incident occurred as I was heading for a busy highway. I took the vehicle to a Chrysler service dept. Where I was told that I would need a new gas tank to fix the problem as one of the parts that failed was part of the gas tank. I asked what would cause this and was told that the tank is a "wishbone" design that straddles the drive shaft and over time the tank sagged on the outer ends causing the problem. The problem stops after the gas level goes down. I no longer fill the tank all the way and the sputtering hasn't happened again. I don't over fill the tank and I don't let the vehicle run while fueling. A dangerous problem.
Minutes after filling my tank with gas, I drove less than a mile and turned into a parking lot. I was still driving, around 15 mph, when I heard a ding, and immediately noticed a loss of steering control. I pressed the brake and quickly noticed a loss of braking as well. It was then I realized the car had stalled while I was still moving! thankfully I had no one around and was on a straight stretch where I could slowly come to a stop, put it in park and restart. I pulled into a parking space, and the car proceeded to stall out 2 more times just sitting there. There was no warning symptoms ahead of time - perfectly smooth idle at the correct RPM, then it just drops to 0 as if the key were turned off. I ran into the store for less than 2 minutes, came out and drove home. I haven't seen any problems since then (this happened less than 24 hours ago). There were no codes thrown. I've owned this car since '07 when it had 5K miles on it. With a little over 88K miles I've never seen anything like this happen before. Needless to say if this happened in traffic it would be highly dangerous. Note: This is a 2006 daytona R/T. early manufacture date of 9/22/2005.
After filling my car up at a gas station I was entering the freeway and my car sputtered and stalled on me on the on ramp to the freeway. I was almost rear ended and the car locked up and it was difficult to steer. Further diagnoses from the dealership showed that the evap valve was bad on the car and needed a new gas tank. Apparently this problem is happening with a lot of Dodge Chargers, magnums and Chrysler 300's.
Stalling happens after fuel up. Stalling at high speeds while acceleration and while stopped at stop lights. Looses power instantly on freeway the kicks back in.
After filling up my gas tank with fuel I drove my car about 16 miles and it stalled out, I put it in neutral and it did start back up. Next day I took my car to the dealership and my adviser asked me if I topped off my tank after filling up and I said yes, so he told me not to do that because the 06 model Chargers have a defect with the gas tanks that cause's the car to stall out after topping it off. I took his advise and my car didn't stall out for about 7 month's. on 08/01/13 I filled up my gas tank without topping it off, got on the highway drove about 16 miles again and exited, as I was making a left turn the car stalled out again and it did that two more times as I was driving it to the dealership. This time my adviser told me to only fill up 3/4 of a tank.the cost for this repair is ridiculous and the customers who paid 30K to 45K for these cars should not be stuck with the bill. There should be a urgent recall on all of these cars before someone gets hurt or turn's into road kill on the highway.
After filling up the gas tank the vehicle stalls after driving a short distance. Has done this numerous times. It will sputter for some time and continue to cut off several times before driving smoothly. I took it to the dealership, and they stated that it was a faulty gas tank. After removing the gas tank, I received a phone call from the dealership later that day. They advised me that the fuel pump was cracked. The total cost went from $1300 to an additional $300.
2006 Dodge Charger R/T (close to 70K miles) failed to accelerate shortly after fuel tank was partially filled (3/4 of gas tank). Incident occurred when making a left turn on a 2 way/double lane city street. As I proceeded to make a left turn when a clear section of oncoming traffic was present, the vehicle suddenly stalled in the middle of the opposite "oncoming" traffic and failed to accelerate. In order to achieve proper acceleration, I had to restart the vehicle (while oncoming traffic was forced to stop, abruptly). Fortunately the incident did not involve any injuries nor fatalities. Therefore the reason why this safety complaint is being submitted. No previous signs of this issue was ever noticed, nor did it happened before.
After refueling of vehicle and driving from gas station vehicle stalls and hard to start. After researching this issue on the internet it appears this is a common issue with this make and model. Now when trying to refuel the vehicle the pump kicks off every few seconds, unable to refuel at a gas station at this point. Only way to refuel at this point is by using a five gallon gas can so that the air can escape the gas tank through the gas tank filler tube. Took the vehicle to the dealership and was told the check valve on the gas evap system is defective which is intergrated within the gas tank. Dealership told me they have seen this many times and the check valve cannot be replaced. To correct the problem a new gas tank will need to be installed at a cost of $1,350.
When I got into the car to leave work I could not get it out of park. I got a ride home and returned the next day and called the Dodge dealership. They said they have had this happen numerous times and that it could happen anywhere. One of the mechanics had it happen when he stopped for fuel. The part cost $7 and the labor is $175. I feel I was fortunate that it did not happen while I had my infant grandkids with me and that it happened at work, so at least I was not stranded somewhere alone. Evidently Dodge is aware of the problem because the mechanic said they used to have to replace the whole shift mechanism and now Dodge has come out with a cheaper part to fix it. It evidently doesn't have anything to do with the year because they said they have had it happen on brand new vehicles as well as older models.
After filling up my fuel tank up for the first time the car was hard to restart. Once the car started the she kept cutting out and even died twice. This happened while I was in traffic. Since that time every time I filled the tank I have the same issue. I have had to resort to only filling the car up to 3/4 tank to avoid this issue.
While driving on the interstate at a low rate of speed due to traffic....engine stalled and shut off. Engine started again on re-start. I had recently purchased full tank of fuel this happened again today...6 - 26 - 13....again at low speed due to morning traffic...started again on re-start....purchased tank of gas again yesterday...both time from different station.
Vehicle stalls after refueling and pulling out of the gas station (into traffic). Then, it is hard to start and sputters and stalls for some time. It appears to be an issue with the fuel tank vent valve failing to shut off when the tank if full. This allows raw fuel to enter the evaporation system which probably ruins the evaporation canister as well. The fuel tank vent valve is integrated into the fuel tank so, the fuel tank has to be replaced in order to fix the primary issue. Other components in the evaporation system may need to be replaced as they were not designed to have raw fuel in them.
After filling my car at the gas station, car would stall during acceleration immediately filling gas tank. It would choke or try to cut off when approaching a stop light or stop sign. Sometimes eventually shutting off in the middle of road, requiring multiple key turns to get vehicle started again.
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- Goodyear, AZ, USA