It seems that many, many Challenger owners have had spontaneous dead batteries on very new, low mileage, well maintained cars. In a great deal of cases, the cause is unknown (the battery is simply dead). In other cases, it is related to faulty wiring, faulty circuits, faulty door handles, faulty power drains, faulty trunk light discharge (or trunk left open), faulty subwoofer/radio leaching when car is off, and other faulty parts. This is tremendously inconvenient and has left many owners stranded. This has resulted in missed work, meeting, events, and potential hazardous safety situations.
Below are just some threads with complaints. These are by far not all the complaints.
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f188/dead-battery-62986/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f5/woke-up-stone-dead-battery-morning-65980/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f34/new-owner-early-problems-very-optimistic-68045/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f5/battery-replacement-who-should-pay-69969/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f188/remoteless-entry-doesnt-work-70941/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f171/dead-battery-72792/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f37/dead-battery-no-start-condition-73786/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f5/2012-challenger-srt8-passive-entry-system-issues-75186/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f188/wont-start-wont-shut-off-dies-while-driving-71182/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forum...tic-new-car-i-have-ever-owned-bar-none-81582/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f188/battery-dead-76321/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f5/overall-quality-challenger-76893/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f89/rt-wont-start-56929/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f188/2012-challenger-wont-start-82407/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f5/dead-battery-83569/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f108/windows-not-dropping-down-when-door-opens-31082/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f188/challenger-wont-start-85451/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f188/arrghh-dead-battery-82231/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f188/7000-miles-most-problematic-car-ive-ever-owned-88243/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f188/no-start-88974/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f188/dead-battery-2010-r-t-90768/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f188/another-challenger-dead-battery-story-88413/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f188/battery-woes-gone-93530/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f188/remote-start-does-not-work-after-batttery-drained-92918/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f188/dead-battery-again-saga-continues-98999/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f202/electrical-problem-nav-radio-died-100555/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f188/dead-battery-hyper-sensitve-fob-100849/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f188/2-years-old-dead-battery-101933/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f188/car-dead-wont-do-nothing-103154/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f5/help-dead-battery-48052/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f5/challenger-wont-start-all-49371/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f5/dead-battery-wtf-49696/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f170/she-wont-start-53896/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f171/dead-battery-59057/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f5/dead-then-jumped-now-fine-59487/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f188/dead-battery-60675/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f188/what-happens-windows-battery-dead-60749/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f5/challenger-has-dead-battery-62324/
Please post your stories here as well. I think someone from Chrysler should seriously look at this thread and see that there are problems and after almost a 100 years of experience building cars, one would think they would have figured out how to prevent these incredibly inconvenient (and sometimes hazardous) dead battery situations.
Below are just some threads with complaints. These are by far not all the complaints.
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f188/dead-battery-62986/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f5/woke-up-stone-dead-battery-morning-65980/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f34/new-owner-early-problems-very-optimistic-68045/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f5/battery-replacement-who-should-pay-69969/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f188/remoteless-entry-doesnt-work-70941/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f171/dead-battery-72792/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f37/dead-battery-no-start-condition-73786/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f5/2012-challenger-srt8-passive-entry-system-issues-75186/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f188/wont-start-wont-shut-off-dies-while-driving-71182/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forum...tic-new-car-i-have-ever-owned-bar-none-81582/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f188/battery-dead-76321/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f5/overall-quality-challenger-76893/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f89/rt-wont-start-56929/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f188/2012-challenger-wont-start-82407/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f5/dead-battery-83569/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f108/windows-not-dropping-down-when-door-opens-31082/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f188/challenger-wont-start-85451/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f188/arrghh-dead-battery-82231/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f188/7000-miles-most-problematic-car-ive-ever-owned-88243/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f188/no-start-88974/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f188/dead-battery-2010-r-t-90768/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f188/another-challenger-dead-battery-story-88413/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f188/battery-woes-gone-93530/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f188/remote-start-does-not-work-after-batttery-drained-92918/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f188/dead-battery-again-saga-continues-98999/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f202/electrical-problem-nav-radio-died-100555/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f188/dead-battery-hyper-sensitve-fob-100849/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f188/2-years-old-dead-battery-101933/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f188/car-dead-wont-do-nothing-103154/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f5/help-dead-battery-48052/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f5/challenger-wont-start-all-49371/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f5/dead-battery-wtf-49696/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f170/she-wont-start-53896/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f171/dead-battery-59057/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f5/dead-then-jumped-now-fine-59487/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f188/dead-battery-60675/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f188/what-happens-windows-battery-dead-60749/
http://www.challengertalk.com/forums/f5/challenger-has-dead-battery-62324/
Please post your stories here as well. I think someone from Chrysler should seriously look at this thread and see that there are problems and after almost a 100 years of experience building cars, one would think they would have figured out how to prevent these incredibly inconvenient (and sometimes hazardous) dead battery situations.