jkeaton

Bought our 2013 SXT from Carmax, used, 10,000 miles. The 09 we bought from a Dodge dealer, though it was a trade in, not new. I refuse to buy a vehicle new. Let someone else eat the depreciation.

There is a recall for bad harness in the door which causes many power window problems. We had similar issues with our 09, windows wont got down, or when down would not go back up, door locks sometimes work, sometimes not. It was all repaired at no charge by the dealer. Remind them there is a recall on this issue with the 09 models.

Welcome to the forum. I just joined myself yesterday.

Brakes are a given these days with manufacturers trying to reduce weight wherever they can. Our 09 had warped front rotors by 15k. The fronts were replaced under warranty and by 20k were warped again and the back brakes started giving issues as well. Knowing that returning to the dealer would result in more premature failure as they just replace factory junk with more factory junk, I decided to replace everything myself with quality aftermarket rotors and ceramic pads. When we traded it in last weekend it had 80,000 miles and never had any more brake trouble after I replaced the factory junk. During the 5 years we owned it, besides the brakes, the only other issues were the door switch recall,(no charge) and the ac compressor went out and an alternator failed. All covered by an extended warranty we purchased, which paid for itself. I consider these issues normal and not out of the ordinary maintenance/repair items on a vehicle approaching 100,000 miles. We were very happy with the 09, aside from the anemic engine. It never left us stranded. That played a big part in our decision to get another one. First time we have ever traded for the same model. All vehicle manufacturers have some flaw in one form or another. Bashing an entire product line because of one bad model experience is not fair.

OK. I think I got it. Just used to be able to post the link directly in the text area.

Hello all, justr found this place today. Just traded our 09 SE for a 2013 SXT. What a difference. Looking forward to learning a lot about this new vehicle. Onvce I figure out how to attach pics, I'll post them. Normally I copy the "img" tag from my photobucket, but that does not seem to work.