i agree with you ,it does seem odd that we don't hear about the honda's transmissions,but 2 voilts catch fire and its all over the news.why are we so hard on american made products if a few have problems.
Yeah, luckily Toyota didn't get thrown under the bus for their accelerator sticking. Good thing the media glossed over that one.
The older (2005-2008) 5.7 timing chain tensioners are prone to failure when cam valvetrain performance upgrades are made. Most builders are using a 6.1 tensioner to avoid problems. 2009-current 5.7 (Eagle) tensioner is a different unit altogether.
Boom there it is! This is exactly why they are failing, people are MOD'n and crying to high hell because a stock part failed without upgrading the other important areas of the engine first!
concerning other posts on we complain about american products more so than other products. Its because american's expect the best and we are always trying to raise the bar in standards.
Hey guys.. I found this forum because I was searching after the timing chain on my 2010 Challenger (22,600 miles) with a 5.7 Hemi broke while traveling at around 75 mph on the interstate two days ago. We coasted over to the emergency lane and I had to get it towed to a dealer... They are tearing it down today. I agree with most of the comments that this might not be a "wide-spread" problem but I think most intelligent people would agree that the timing chain should not be breaking at these low mileages. My engine is unmodified except for a mopar cold air intake. I bought this car to cruise in. We don't race it. I have to say, it really sucks to see your car on the back of a tow truck....
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At first the dealership was not going to provide me with a rental or loaner car, then they called Chrysler and they apporved a 5 day rental for me. I doubt that they will be able to get this car repaired in 5 days. One failed is a fluke, 3 failed a bad batch of parts, 20+ a problem! Look, two Chevy Volts caught on fire and they start a major investigation into the cause of these fires, think about the possible consequences of losing all power at 70 mph in rush hour traffic...I am just saying!
3 posts to this thread in under a month, all about the timing chain breaking while cruising down the road at roughly the same mileage...and people are saying "Hey, crap happens."
Sorry, but no. This is a major component failure. Power window button stops working, no big deal. They're cheap parts. Random things on random cars failing, typical.
The SAME issue on MULTIPLE vehicles with nearly the SAME mileage is not "Hey, crap happens." It's "Hey, maybe there are some defective parts or someone/something on the assembly line isn't doing installs correctly here and there."
Rear-end whine - Crap happens? No
Door handles failing - Crap happens? No
6-speeds getting stuck in gear - Crap happens? No
When the same component has failed on multiple cars it's not just a random, crap happens problem. The timing chain is a major component, not some cheap plastic part that people should be OK with it failing so soon, if at all.
Am I saying there should be a recall? No, but I think people should be willing to acknowledge that there are people out there having the same problem with timing chain related engine failures instead of blowing it off like they modded their cars or drove them wrong and they got what they deserved. That's not cool.
3 posts to this thread in under a month, all about the timing chain breaking while cruising down the road at roughly the same mileage...and people are saying "Hey, crap happens."
Sorry, but no. This is a major component failure. Power window button stops working, no big deal. They're cheap parts. Random things on random cars failing, typical.
The SAME issue on MULTIPLE vehicles with nearly the SAME mileage is not "Hey, crap happens." It's "Hey, maybe there are some defective parts or someone/something on the assembly line isn't doing installs correctly here and there."
Rear-end whine - Crap happens? No
Door handles failing - Crap happens? No
6-speeds getting stuck in gear - Crap happens? No
When the same component has failed on multiple cars it's not just a random, crap happens problem. The timing chain is a major component, not some cheap plastic part that people should be OK with it failing so soon, if at all.
Am I saying there should be a recall? No, but I think people should be willing to acknowledge that there are people out there having the same problem with timing chain related engine failures instead of blowing it off like they modded their cars or drove them wrong and they got what they deserved. That's not cool.
not blowing anything off, in 5 years that i have been here never seen a broken timing chain, never!!!!!!
the 5.7L found in the Challenger is the same engine found in the Ram, Charger, 300 & Grand Cherokee, not that many Challengers around, but that engine is out there in large quantities, last time i spoke to my field service engineer, questioned him regarding timing chain failure, he stated never even heard of one failing, does it happen probably, but 3 out of several million engines, does it matter....nope
all you have to do is talk to any tech in a large dealership, he'll tell you in a hurry the issues we have....the new gen hemi's are kick ass engines, any engine pushed to the limit can and will break, doesnt necessarily make it a bad engine...
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