Dodge Charger Break Down

I am interested to know if anyone out there has purchased a Dodge Charger
and if it is performing well.
A guy I work bought his on June 23 and on June 24th less than 30 miles on
it, it broke down taking off
from a stop light, A SPEED SENSOR BROKE in the transmission, not a
transmission fault but the
vendor of the speed sensor...
Thanks for your input.

 

Those things can break. It is a shame that Chrysler does not make sure they
are bulletproof. One flaw like that can prevent Chrysler from ever reaching
Toyota/Honda reliability ratings yet they refuse to address it.

 

Each transmission that goes off the line is tested, each componet, that goes
into a transmission is tested before installation, and after each
transmission is built, the transmission has a final test, before crated for
shipment.

 

Reliability ratings don't mean a shit if all they are measuring is if
something
breaks under warranty. What matters is how quickly and how much shit
is going to break when the warranty expires.

There are some organizations that understand this and that is what they
look at, there are others (like Consumer Reports) that apparently lose
interest in any vehicle older than 5 years.

Ted

 

Is Chrysler (Daimler) using the same speed sensor in the Mercedes
transmission that's used in the trannies for the LH cars???

 

Was that the 5 speed auto or the 4 speed auto? Isn't the 5 speed a Merc
trans?

 

Yes, they do. For me anyway. When I buy a new car, I expect it to work. I
am more concerned about the repair record during the first years. As the
car gets older, I expect it to need repair.

Also, for people who lease cars for a few years, and then turn them in for
leases on new ones - they are more concerned about the repair record for
cars under warranty.

 

Testing doesn't mean a thing if it is a 3rd rate design with cold solder
joints and the supplier is only interested in meeting initial specs and
doesn't care if the unit falls apart in 3 years.

GM hired a quality executive from Toyota. The first thing he told GM is
that they should make their parts to last 100k miles instead of just lasting
the warranty period.

They had to hire someone to figure that out?

 

And even with all that, there will always STILL be a few that fail with
30, 50, or 100 miles on them. And Toyotas do the same thing from time
to time.

Deal with it, or abandon all technology more advanced than a rock used
as a hammer....

 

I like my 99 300M a lot more than my 2001 Avalon but I hang around both
groups and there have been tons of postings over the last couple of years to
this group about AT sensors going. In the Toyota group I remember just 1.
Unscientific perhaps but Toyota is selling a heck of a lot of cars and they
rarely get stuck in second gear because of a poor quality $20 sensor.

 

Maybe Toyota has a real speedo-cable going to the dashboard?

(yes, my sensor died on my 2000 300m, but it was still under basic
warranty).

 

Nope they use sensors too. Their's just don't fail as often as Chrysler's.

Mine died too. No big deal unless I was taking the family on a vacation
some Sunday.