Cars
- Some 49,000 Dodge Chargers Recalled To Fix Headlamp Issues
A little over two years after Chrysler recalled 9,688 Dodge Charger Police Cars in February of 2012 to address an issue with the headlamp wiring (along with one more separate problem), and even though at the time it said no civilian cars were affected,...
- 2009 Dodge Charger Cop Car Gets More Grunt
The boys in blue -or at least some of them- will be happy to know that a new, more powerful interceptor has just hit the streets. Just like the civilian version, the 2009 Dodge Charger police car benefits from Chrysler's tweaked 5.7-liter Hemi V8...
- Dodge Charger Police Vehicle Finds New Home
Not that it makes any difference as to what kind of police car you'll see in your rear view mirror, but the Belvidere Police Department has just received a new batch of police vehicles. Specifically, they added half a dozen of rear-wheel-drive 2006...
- Kuwait Buys 150 Dodge Charger Police Cars
During a four-day trip to Michigan, a Kuwaiti delegation experienced the performance of the Dodge Charger at a ride-and-drive at Chrysler's proving grounds in Chelsea. Apparently, the experience was a good one. Kuwait will be ordering 150 Chargers...
- Chrysler 300, Dodge Charger & Magnum Recall
Three recently manufactured Chrysler products are being recalled. 5,509 Dodge Chargers, Dodge Magnums, and Chrysler 300s from model year 2008 were built with a bad batch of rear axle hub nuts. The eventual problem could lead to sudden loss of power. Chrysler's...
Cars
DODGE CHARGER AND MAGNUM COP CARS RECALLED
Upon posting the Top 5 Vehicles the Police Should be Driving, The Good Car Guy quickly discovered that regular consumers are quite interested in the choices police departments make. It's true that the Dodge Charger and Dodge Magnum weren't included in that Top 5, but that's only because cops had already taken a liking to their benefits above and beyond those offered by Ford's Crown Victoria.Â
More recently, Chrysler announced that Kuwaiti officials would be purchasing 150 Dodge Chargers for their police service. That's basically a drop in the puddle - Dodge is recalling 20283 Chargers and Magnums that had been outfitted with the police package and column shifter.Â
These Recalled vehicles are from model years 2006-2009. Column shifters, not a feature associated with regular Chargers and Magnums, "may become disengaged from the steering column mounting bracket and cause an incorrect transmission gearshift position display". Obviously the danger revolves around inadvertent vehicle movement.Â
Dealers, NHTSA says, will add a locking mechanism to the gearshift cable to "ensure proper retention and shift linkage function". Apart from added weight and the (sometimes) lack of a V8, the Dodge Charger driven by The Good Car Guy was, to say the least,a  decent value. Check out that review here.
- Some 49,000 Dodge Chargers Recalled To Fix Headlamp Issues
A little over two years after Chrysler recalled 9,688 Dodge Charger Police Cars in February of 2012 to address an issue with the headlamp wiring (along with one more separate problem), and even though at the time it said no civilian cars were affected,...
- 2009 Dodge Charger Cop Car Gets More Grunt
The boys in blue -or at least some of them- will be happy to know that a new, more powerful interceptor has just hit the streets. Just like the civilian version, the 2009 Dodge Charger police car benefits from Chrysler's tweaked 5.7-liter Hemi V8...
- Dodge Charger Police Vehicle Finds New Home
Not that it makes any difference as to what kind of police car you'll see in your rear view mirror, but the Belvidere Police Department has just received a new batch of police vehicles. Specifically, they added half a dozen of rear-wheel-drive 2006...
- Kuwait Buys 150 Dodge Charger Police Cars
During a four-day trip to Michigan, a Kuwaiti delegation experienced the performance of the Dodge Charger at a ride-and-drive at Chrysler's proving grounds in Chelsea. Apparently, the experience was a good one. Kuwait will be ordering 150 Chargers...
- Chrysler 300, Dodge Charger & Magnum Recall
Three recently manufactured Chrysler products are being recalled. 5,509 Dodge Chargers, Dodge Magnums, and Chrysler 300s from model year 2008 were built with a bad batch of rear axle hub nuts. The eventual problem could lead to sudden loss of power. Chrysler's...