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Im from France and I have couple friends to which this happened on Audis a6.
When you fill up your gas tank, the volume of the gas injected grows and the weight of the liquid of course increases with it (according to relativity). Problem is, this car has a 71 liter gas tank. When you fill it up and make turns or quick starts, the gas pomp which calculates live the amount of gas needed to run the engine through an electronic devices placed in the computer system of the car, opens up the valves and let go by the gas needed to keep running the engine . Since american cars are not as soffisticated as Germans, the electronic device and computer system in general do not take into its calculus the weight and liter amount actually present in the tank. If its total weight is too high, gas goes into the valve to quickly since the tank weight is heavier than usually, resulting in the engine being overrun by gas that is not able to be consumed. Basically your engine draws over gas, that explains why it shuts down
Its a problem that is related to the constructor, you need to check you gas pomp and as well your computer system.
It could happen the other way (dodge could have conceived a computer system that would under run the engine with gas instead of over running it)
But i'm not very optimistic, i think they will just try to get money out of you since they wont admit such a failure in the design of the car....
German cars computer system are much more sophisticated than that, that's why they cost more money to fix!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izlUXWDv4o8
Just dont fill up your tank I think you will be fine.
Fill it all the way to 3/4 of its capacity and don't go under 1/4 either as you may experience the opposite phenomenon
My first thought was one or more bad spark plugs. It has 132,000 km's on it.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Mike
Jay
Regards
Mike
I got my car back today. My mechanic checked the "computer library" for manufacturer's calibration updates and or corrections. He installed the latest revised calibration ID and cleared the system of all trouble codes and reset the learning adapts. He explained to me that it was much like downloading the latest updates from Windows for my computer. I have only driven the car around town as yet but I do notice it shifting more smoothly and no hesitation. Truth will be told the next time I take it on the highway for a trip. Evidently the vapor canister was a real problem and was replaced as well as the hoses that had been contaminated by holding fuel. Good luck with your car - I love these vehicles and am not ready to part with it yet. My dealer addressed none of this when I took it in 8 months ago with the same problem.
Best, Jay
Sorry for the delay in getting back to you.
Regards,
Mike
Regards,
Jay
I was driving in a heavy rain yesterday and my Magnum stalled twice in the city traffic. Once I moved to the highway it was fine. Not sure what happened there. This car is causing me to worry more and more. It seems to be touchy.
Guess I'll just look for the next issue with it that comes around. (LOL)
i have several problems on the front end of my magnum i have 2 more years to pay i don`t wont to have another american car ,specialy dodge ,,they all look nice from the outside but the mechanical part really sucks ,,, :mad:
i had and have the same problem ,,they are chip they are like 11 to 20 $ each in the dealer but here is the thing you are goin to have the same problem after another 15000 miles aprox ,,they suck ,,,,
im thinking to install a performance swar bar with all the parts associate to it to see if i stop having this problem because im tired of it ...i read about people having the same problem in the magnun looks like its a common problem,,hope it help....
by the way if you are goin to replace them do it your self its easy and you will save a lot of money,,,
great looking cars but a piece of garbage in the mechanical part
kcram - Pickups/Wagons Host
I have a 2006 magnum hemi awd. i was driving on the highway and out of no where the engine is dead. oil light on and power at all. Pulled over and the car wouldnt start. 4 hours and 300$ later a machanic looked at it and couldnt fix it by the way, lol on crank sensor or something sensor. So im going to try and fix that but it sounds like there is more to it then that.i have still read about the gas pump, water being in the fuel, i have to drain the gas and i have to drain the fuel. I jus filled up my tank and was driving around fine till that happened. anything that might help would be great
thanks
Dwayne
I made another appointment and the dealership replaced the sway bushings. The Tech took me for a test ride and it STILL made the rattle. ( I wasn't charged for the installation) Finally, The Tech brings the car out again after tightening one of the bolts at the top of the driver side strut housing.....Fixed! There is a service memo that went around to the dealerships about this. I hope this info helps!
Just wanted to let you all know what has happened recently. Just after 87000 miles was driving home from working out of town for the week. Cruising along in 'cruise control mode' everything seemed fine. Got on the gas a little to go around a car and the engine 'shook'. Never did that before. Back in cruise control and everything again seemed fine. In the gas a little and no power and engine shake. Limped it home. Had it towed to a shop. Did not have any 'check engine' lights and no warning that this was coming.
I am not easy on the car. Drive it fairly strong (I love my hemi). But I do not hammer it all the time and it has never been on a track. Lots of cruising on the highway.
To make a long story short, one shop pulled the plugs from the front drivers side cylinder and both electrodes were bent in and looked beat up. View inside with a borescope revealed broken piston rings and the shop pulled out 3 small pieces of something off the top of the piston.
Extended warranty company agreed engine replacement was needed, but would not pay for any inspection work. Ordered a Jasper long block and it has been running well the last few weeks.
We did not have a broken valve spring. Mechanics said when draining the oil there was a lot of debris that fell out of the pan. Was a hard core mechanical failure of some kind, but do not know what. And I was not in a position to pay for a bunch of inspection work to figure it out.
I have a 2006 Dodge Magnum 3.5 6cyl AWD. The car now has 50,000 miles on it.
Since I bought the car in 08 with 20k on it the dealer has been replacing the rotors on the car every 2,500 - 3,000 miles. Last November I had to pay close to a grand to have all of the rotors replaced and the dealer has had to honor the warrantee by replacing the rotors again every 2,500 miles 5 times. The dealer now tells me that the rotors keep on turning blue and that if they replace the rotors again the OEM rotors will again fail as they have no idea why this is happening. It's not the pads and the calipers are not lagging. I am stumped and the dealer is too.
I have a loaner car and I had to order from an outside source a complete set of drilled rotors and hope that these do not over heat for about $600.00.
I have been restoring cars since the mid 1960's and I have only come across this on cars that race and have heavy braking done to stop the car at high speeds. I do not drive this car like this as it is my family car and my 11 year old son is usually in it. It is not a HEMI but a 3.5 6cyl AWD that I bought for snow and better fuel mileage. I will never buy a Chrysler/Jeep/Dodge product again because of this. Their cars are really being made to the bare amounts to pass the safety control of the government.
The Dodge Magnum was built on the same platform (frame) as the 300 and the Charger. I have spoken to many 06-07 Magnum,300 & Charger owners and they all said that their rotors keep on warping. Chrysler has done nothing to correct this. We all know that they are hurting as 60% of our country is financially hurting too and there is no reason that the public's pocket has to be hurt over a problem that the manufacturer (probably) cannot afford to correct.