Vehicle would randomly shut off whiling driving. ignition switch would change positions if bumped or while driving over rough terrain. thus causing the vehicle to shut off unexpectedly. 2008-2011 model years have already been recalled. i guess someone has to die for the 2012 model year, which uses the same part, to be recalled as well.
While driving today on a busy street at 40 mph car just shut off. no warning, no check engine light, nothing. no power steering, gas, etc. just stopped working. was able to pull over and turn key off. car turned back on after. i believe the cause of this is a bad tipm. this is our family's primary vehicle and i am lucky that nothing happened and my kids were not in the car with me today had previous problem with car not starting when key turned. this is still an intermittent problem. dealer said most likely the tipm, but didnt want to replace without knowing for sure because part is so expensive.
More then a dozen times our vehicle has completely shut off while in motion going straight at various speeds causing loss of power steering and putting us in unsafe conditions. the a/c will blow hot air in half the vehicle and the radio has turned up the volume to full and the controls are inoperative to turn it down. i feel the dealer intentionally did not tell us about the known tipm issue and told us we had to replace the alternator which we did with no help in correcting the issue. this has been ongoing for a few months. i dont have the vehicle with me and am guessing on the mileage also this happened on multiple dates so i entered one of the random dated below.
I send my vehicle to freehold dodge dealer after many days the dealer didn't do anything because my vehicle under warranty and the corporate doesn't pay well to the dealer i don't know where i can file complain
Vehicle has roughly 36000 miles, when braking the steering shakes hard, vibrating. worried one day one of my tires is going to fall off or the steering stop working and loose control of the vehicle. even dodge has issued a technical service bulletin for this exact problem, the dealership won't do anything about it because they say it is not covered under warranty but admits that it is a design flaw with the vehicle being built with substandard parts. *tr
1. vehicle drags to the right. 2. engine loses power at times 45mph and or 60 mph 3. it seems there is gear shift problem based on item 2. stevens creek chrysler jeep dodge, 4100 stevens creek blvd, san jose, ca 95129 i have taken it to dealership several times and latest being: 8/20/2014 invoice #184949 mileage :6669 they did find the problem and did suspension repairs. they say they were unable duplicate problem of losing power - it seems they did not do test drive at all obviously from mileage record! i took it again with same complaint on 11/12/2014 and they say everything looks okay it is just road crowning on the right lane causes it. again they could not find or duplicate loss of power and shifting. i am terribly afraid of driving this vehicle with family and friends even though mileage is less than 9000 miles in 3 years. warranty expires on 7/21/2015. please help me to resolve these issues and safety of driver and passengers. *tr