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I keep my car maintience. My Dodge Magnum completely stalled on me and I had to have it towed to my residence. Both fuel injectors went bad and it cost me over $1000 to fix.
My 2005 Magnum also exhibits this problem. I would love to get this fixed "Chrysler is extending the fuel-tank warranties on 153,817 2006 Chrysler 300, Dodge charger and Magnum vehicles after complaints of engine stalling at low speeds, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. NHTSA announced it has ended its probe into the 2006 Chrysler 300, Dodge charger and Magnum vehicles equipped with 5.7-liter and 6.1-liter hemi V8 engines. The vehicles were being investigated for fuel vapor recovery system failure following refueling. NHTSA said there were 299 reports from consumers indicating that the fuel system allowed an overfill condition after refueling and that the engines may stall when the vehicle is stopped or traveling at low speeds. The problem was traced to the multifunction control valve fuel shutoff float in the 19-gallon tanks. The float can swell into a stuck open position, allowing an overfill condition. Chrysler and its supplier, stant, developed new fuel soak test requirements to address the condition and extended the warranty period, according to a Friday posting by NHTSA. The Agency oversees vehicle recalls in the U.S. "the condition that is causing the majority of stalling incidents in the subject vehicles occurs at a stop or low speed and allows the vehicle to be restarted immediately, " said NHTSA in its summary of the closed investigation. "the condition represents a low risk to motor vehicle safety and is adequately addressed by Chrysler's extended warranty."
The contact owns a 2005 Dodge Magnum. The contact stated that the vehicle would stall after refueling. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was alerted of the failure but provided no assistance. The failure mileage was 113,000. The current mileage was 114,437.
The contact owns a 2005 Dodge Magnum. The contact stated that after refueling, the vehicle would idle or stall. The failure was recurring. The contact inspected the vehicle and diagnosed that the fuel tank needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 109,000.
If I fill my tank and I drive it away from the pump, it will stutter, hesitate, jerk, then die. I lose all power steering, brakes, engine. Afterwards, it won't immediately restart. It will start again after a few minutes. It won't start driving good again until I run the gas level down a little. After I fill, it will run ok until I make a turn or come to a stop, something that will slosh the fuel in the tank again then it will act like it is starved for fuel. This happens everytime I fill my tank. If I don't fill it completely then it will do it. It never did this when I first bought my car. One time after I this happened, I opened the gas cap and it was hissing and spitting gas just sitting there. This is a very dangerous situation as if this happened on the highway I could become involved in a collision. It has happened at least a half dozen time and have since not filled my tank up until today and it happened again.
- Grand Prairie, TX, USA
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Bought a used 2005 Dodge Magnum 5.7L rt in 2011. I've had multiple stalling issues with the vehicle. Likes to stall right after filling up the gas tank. Also stalls with gas tank at nearly empty. Can sometimes stall when making right/left turns or U-turns at intersections. I've learned to only fill up to half a tank, but issues still occur. The vehicle always stalls when going up a ramp in a multiple story parking garage. When going up the ramp, just as the car begins to get level with the floor at the top of the ramp, the vehicle stalls just about every time. Seems like a gas tank fuel problem. I understand that a safety feature built into the vehicle turns the engine off in the event of fuel detection in an area of the gas tank where no gas should be. Most likely in case of an accident leading to roll over of the vehicle. This appears to be malfunctioning. Possible flaw in the design. Chrysler/Dodge needs to address this immediately before someone gets killed because their vehicle stalled while making a simple U-turn or while driving high speeds on a highway. Public safety should supersede any cost concerns the company may have to pay to fix this problem.
After filling up my 2005 Dodge Magnum the car stalls multiple times as I drive home. The stalls seem to happen at lower speeds such as turning in an intersection or when coming to stop at a light. The car is hard to start and leaves me stalled in traffic until it starts again. At higher speeds the car jerks and bucks as the engine dies and restarts. While on the freeway it is hard to maintain speed when this is happening. Research indicates it is a common problem that will require replacing the whole fuel tank. Please issue a recall for this dangerous issue. To get a better picture of how big this problem, ask Dodge to provide sales numbers for replacement gas tanks sold.
The contact owns a 2005 Dodge Magnum. The contact stated that after refueling, the vehicle began to idle. The failure was recurring. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or independent mechanic for diagnosis. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 12,202.
After fueling up the vehicle to a full tank the car seems to want to stall when coming to a stop. This happened on three separate occasions within a span of 3 stop lights and when you go to restart the car it doesn't want to start right away leaving you vulnerable at a stop light just sitting there.
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 Dodge 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.
This has been affecting my 2005 Dodge Magnum rt 5.7L vehicle for over 2 years now. It is dangerous! if the car is filled (not overfilled) at a gas pump the vehicle is almost guaranteed to stall because of a faulty valve in the fuel cell that allows raw fuel to soak the charcoal canister that is only supposed to be processing fuel vapor for emission control. There is nothing else wrong with the fuel system. Not a loose gas cap or anything else. Not only that, unless the vehicle is down to 3/4 of a tank or less the stalling can occur during any driving conditions that would allow fuel to slosh in the cell such as, fast elevation changes in the road, under acceleration or mild to hard braking or under load during cornering. I have spoken to my mechanic at length about this and all that can be done is to replace the faulty fuel cell at great expense. There are literally thousands of complaints about this problem on various Chrysler/Dodge enthusiast forums on the internet. We are just now hearing about the ability to report it here. Try lxforums.com or dfwlx.com and see how many members are suffering from this very dangerous condition. It is not just 2006 models either. The 2005's and some early-build 2007's have the same issue until the design was changed. Any time one of your agents would like to take my car, fill it at a gas station themselves and then try to drive more than a mile without the vehicle stalling and being almost impossible to restart for up to half a minute, they are welcome to it. I guarantee it will stall every time as soon as you turn a corner or brake to a stop at an intersection! we have all been either spending a ton of money to fix it or compensating by various methods to not fill our tanks to prevent getting killed by a faulty valve. Chrysler is well aware of this problem via their dealer network! please do something about this! thank you.
Car stalled (loss of power) after having refueled (to full). Occurred multiple times until we determined that fueling to 3/4 full resulted in no stalling. Stalling occurred within 1/4 mile of driving away from fueling location - often in traffic!
2005 Dodge Magnum SXT AWD filled vehicle with 89 octane gas from speedway on several occasions car would stall upon leaving the parking area to enter into traffic and then would restart after several attempts.
Drove to my nearby gas station. Filled up the tank with 89 octane fuel until the handle clicked. Closed the gas cap, started the car. Drove approximately four car lengths and the car stalled. At the time I was half way in the road, half way in the gas station. I put the car in park and attempted to start. I needed to crank the engine for prolonged period of time approximately 4-5 seconds and the car would still not start. Another start attempt after that and the engine started with a RPM surge. Once the RPM smoothed out I proceeded to drive away. About half a mile down the road or less when I was coming down to a red light at slow speed the car stalled again. I put my flashers on quickly. Attempted to start the car, the car started with similar surge in RPM. As of this morning I have 80824 and have purchased the car recently with 80151. I had a similar problem the first time I filled the car up on my way from the dealer. Used recommended 89 octane fuel, left the gas station and car stalled while I was in the middle of the road trying to turn to a parking lot across the street. This was very dangerous as I was right off the highway with two semi truck stops with lots of traffic. Please look into this. I have searched and it looks like other people have similar issues.
After a complete fill up (letting the pump shut off on it's own, and not adding any addition fuel afterwards), I left the gas station, and the almost immediately had a rough idle. After several hundred feet, the car stalled. It took multiple attempts and stalls to finally get the car moving forward. When I learned the problem was $800+ to fix, I decided to try and fill the car not quite to full. It's sometimes works, and sometimes doesn't. it's probably happened to me a dozen times since the initial fault.
This incident, first that I remember, happened a few miles after filling up my car with gas (89 octane as recommended). I was slowing down while approaching a traffic light and at about 10 mph, my car just shut off. I've had several of the same incidents the years since (about 4 or 5 times a year, I don't really keep track, but it happens quite often still) and that's even after switching to 93 octane, then installing an upgraded camshaft and getting my motor tuned for optimal performance.
I too have experienced this stalling after filling the fuel tank. Takes several starting attempts before the engine will get back to running smoothly and stay running. It is completely repeatable as it happens each and every time the tank is filled. Some have said that the answer is to fill only until the fueling pump clicks off of automatic. Well, not with mine! anywhere near a full tank will cause the stalling problem any help would be greatly appreciated - no safety issues yet with this issue but would not like any either!
I filled up my gas tank at service station and when I pulled out onto the road, my engine stalled. Very hard to restart. Problem got worse over the years since then, I can no longer fill up my gas tank or the engine will stall every time. I have to keep the tank at 3/4 full or less.
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