Dreaded Check Engine light on after 3 weeks of Ownership

[Troy550Scatty16]

Also, my 360 cameras clearly show an EV model with that dip in the hood, wish Dodge took the time to personalize the gas model.

 

[DodgeCares]

Picked up my new Scat Pack plus on April 13th. I have been loving the car in Machine Green with every option available. However after only 3 weeks of driving it, the dreaded check engine light came on. I hope this is the beginning of a bunch load of problems and issues. Dodge really should have vetted these cars better before selling them to the public. Love the car and hope it is not much of a problem but I am seeing several posts about check engine lights on these cars being triggered within the first month of ownership. I will let my fellow forum members know what I find out when I go to the Dodge dealership this coming Friday morning.

Hi there, thank you for bringing this to our attention. Please send us a private message with the last eight characters of the VIN and mileage so our team can look into this further for you.

Yenori
Dodge Cares

 

[Pioneer4x457]

Also, my 360 cameras clearly show an EV model with that dip in the hood, wish Dodge took the time to personalize the gas model.

Geez, and I am mainly concerned that it doesn't match the color of my car. That is just lazy programming.

 

[2026 Metalflake Green2]

Yikes!!! You would have thought that would have been a priority when the car was being contemplated/designed and definitely before built and sold to the public.

 

[2026 Metalflake Green2]

Hi there, thank you for bringing this to our attention. Please send us a private message with the last eight characters of the VIN and mileage so our team can look into this further for you.

Yenori
Dodge Cares

Hi Yenori: The last eight characters of the VIN are TR252876. The car only has 350 miles on it. When I pulled out of a parking lot yesterday onto a highway at normal speed and RPM, I hurt the beep, looked down and saw the illuminated engine block picture on the dash screen and knew I was in trouble. I am taking it to the Dealer this Friday to look at it, but I must say after spending close to $70K for this vehicle, I should not be having these problems with having had the Charger for less than a month at this point. Any assistance you can provide is appreciated in advance.

 

[8pack-213]

From my personal experience it seems as if when they released the sixpack no alterations to the tune were made (from EV models), which is why we had the glitch that enabled Track and Drag Mode, and also caused all of the Check Engine lights involving PCM de-energizing.

Also, my 360 cameras clearly show an EV model with that dip in the hood, wish Dodge took the time to personalize the gas model.

Yeah, that became apparent to me when the default “power” gauge in the IC was set to kW(kilowatts) rather than HP (horsepower). Nobody cares how many kilowatts a gas muscle car is making (as far as I know).

Luckily you can change the units in unconnect settings.

 

[daperry2]

Picked up my new Scat Pack plus on April 13th. I have been loving the car in Machine Green with every option available. However after only 3 weeks of driving it, the dreaded check engine light came on. I hope this is the beginning of a bunch load of problems and issues. Dodge really should have vetted these cars better before selling them to the public. Love the car and hope it is not much of a problem but I am seeing several posts about check engine lights on these cars being triggered within the first month of ownership. I will let my fellow forum members know what I find out when I go to the Dodge dealership this coming Friday morning.

Picked up my 2026 Scat Pack Plus on April 4th. First check engine light at 258 miles. They flashed PCM, TCM, ISCM, ESM and cleared codes. Second check engine light at 681 miles. Replace O2 sensor and cleared codes. Third check engine light at 743 miles. Dealer documented PCM P2096-00 (Pending) / P2097-00 (Active) and need to keep car several days to perform diagnostic for DTC. Car seems to run fine and never used anything but Shell Premium 93 octane as other posts implied as possible reason for multiple check engine lights. Any ideas before I schedule a multi-day sleep over for diagnostics? Thanks

 

[2026 Metalflake Green2]

I have the issue and finally got a hold of a sharp Mechanic at mt local Dodge dealer who did some research with the Engineers up at corporate in Michigan and they are aware of the problem and working on a fix right now. The Fix is a reflash of the PCM which I am told they are writing the code for at present. This reflash is expected to fix the issue once and for all is what I am told. All of that stuff that your Dodge dealer did will not help the issue. I have my Dodge Mechanic calling me directly several times a week and is pestering corporate engineering to get this fix done as he has other Six Pack Owners with the same problem that me and you have. I expect to hear something shortly and will you know that the reflash is out in the marketplace and available. BTW, I traded a 2006 Corvette with 32,000 miles on it for this Charger and wonder each night have I made a stupid mistake. The Vette never threw a code in 20 years of ownership. I will keep you informed if I hear anything.

 

[daperry2]

Picked up my new Scat Pack plus on April 13th. I have been loving the car in Machine Green with every option available. However after only 3 weeks of driving it, the dreaded check engine light came on. I hope this is the beginning of a bunch load of problems and issues. Dodge really should have vetted these cars better before selling them to the public. Love the car and hope it is not much of a problem but I am seeing several posts about check engine lights on these cars being triggered within the first month of ownership. I will let my fellow forum members know what I find out when I go to the Dodge dealership this coming Friday morning.

I have the issue and finally got a hold of a sharp Mechanic at mt local Dodge dealer who did some research with the Engineers up at corporate in Michigan and they are aware of the problem and working on a fix right now. The Fix is a reflash of the PCM which I am told they are writing the code for at present. This reflash is expected to fix the issue once and for all is what I am told. All of that stuff that your Dodge dealer did will not help the issue. I have my Dodge Mechanic calling me directly several times a week and is pestering corporate engineering to get this fix done as he has other Six Pack Owners with the same problem that me and you have. I expect to hear something shortly and will you know that the reflash is out in the marketplace and available. BTW, I traded a 2006 Corvette with 32,000 miles on it for this Charger and wonder each night have I made a stupid mistake. The Vette never threw a code in 20 years of ownership. I will keep you informed if I hear anything.

Thank You for the update! Since car seems to drive OK, will wait and see when fix is released. BTW, I traded a 392 Last Call Challenger and beginning to regret it. Thanks again

 

[baabootoo55]

So, with everyone getting CEL's, does the car still drive ok??????

 

[2026 Metalflake Green2]

Mine still drives perfect. I have communicated directly with Dodge in Michigan on this issue and all they say is that they are working on a fix and they will assign you a case tracking number, so you do not fall through the cracks when and if a fix is ever developed. However, the real problem I have seen is the dealerships who have little to no training and overall do not know squat about these new Chargers. This is scary to say the least. Maybe I should have just kept my 2006 Corvette which never threw a code in 20 years of ownership from new which I traded on April 13th to get the new 2026 Charger.!!! The bottom line I believe there is just way too much tech in these new cars and the training to support it is just not there and it should be for what these vehicles cost.

 

[aceinspp57]

I have the issue and finally got a hold of a sharp Mechanic at mt local Dodge dealer who did some research with the Engineers up at corporate in Michigan and they are aware of the problem and working on a fix right now. The Fix is a reflash of the PCM which I am told they are writing the code for at present. This reflash is expected to fix the issue once and for all is what I am told. All of that stuff that your Dodge dealer did will not help the issue. I have my Dodge Mechanic calling me directly several times a week and is pestering corporate engineering to get this fix done as he has other Six Pack Owners with the same problem that me and you have. I expect to hear something shortly and will you know that the reflash is out in the marketplace and available. BTW, I traded a 2006 Corvette with 32,000 miles on it for this Charger and wonder each night have I made a stupid mistake. The Vette never threw a code in 20 years of ownership. I will keep you informed if I hear anything.

I have 375 miles on mine so far and no light so far. Will like to know when the fix is out. Later RJD

 

[daperry2]

Mine progressed from OK to bad with not shifting gears and hard start. At dealership now with case number and Dodge Support sent a technician to the dealership on Friday. Hopefully will know more about cause and solution soon. Dodge Support is supposed to check back with me Monday or Tuesday with an update after their technician has a chance to do his thing with the diagnostics and software.

 

[8pack-213]

Mine still drives perfect. I have communicated directly with Dodge in Michigan on this issue and all they say is that they are working on a fix and they will assign you a case tracking number, so you do not fall through the cracks when and if a fix is ever developed. However, the real problem I have seen is the dealerships who have little to no training and overall do not know squat about these new Chargers. This is scary to say the least. Maybe I should have just kept my 2006 Corvette which never threw a code in 20 years of ownership from new which I traded on April 13th to get the new 2026 Charger.!!! The bottom line I believe there is just way too much tech in these new cars and the training to support it is just not there and it should be for what these vehicles cost.

Yep…. A dealership I went to for my Wagoneer jumped the car with the cables in the wrong terminals… blew a ton of fuses… took weeks to get it working correctly again. So they don’t even have the basics down let alone the new tech troubleshooting etc. The hurricane Wags had a lot of similar-ish electrical computer problems at launch… looks like they’ve learned nothing from that.

 

[2026 Metalflake Green2]

Mine progressed from OK to bad with not shifting gears and hard start. At dealership now with case number and Dodge Support sent a technician to the dealership on Friday. Hopefully will know more about cause and solution soon. Dodge Support is supposed to check back with me Monday or Tuesday with an update after their technician has a chance to do his thing with the diagnostics and software.

Please Let me know if they fix it and exactly what they did. I am worried to death that I will start experiencing additional issues also. Hope yours is fixed for sure as these cars are nice looking and drive good, but all these issues being reported by nearly every new Charger owner could up end hurting Charger sales and values if they cannot figure it out.

 

[daperry2]

As soon as I hear back from Dodge, will post resolution. Fingers crossed

 

[M Code Cuda54]

Check your gas station. These need 93 Top Tier Certified in them. Probably the most common thing to trip the CEL is bad gas.

The computer and sensors really notices the bad gas if you run it hard. I just posted on this in another thread. I’ve seen it in the Wagoneer SO Hurricane with ”93 octane” that wasn’t Top Tier.

I just came back from a 1600 mile trip and used 89 octane fuel with no problems. Got 28.85 mpg per the mileage indicator. It gets the best fuel mileage in the fleet (Jeep, 3500 Ram & Belvedere).

 

[aceinspp57]

Manual says at least 91 octane Later RJD

 

[2026 Metalflake Green2]

The fuel brand does not matter. I have used them all and the CEL still comes on. Dodge is working on a PCM reflash to fix this once and hopefully for all as the complaints are coming like no tomorrow at Stellantis HQ.

 

[gasort2]

Looking forward to a fix...my CEL came on during a leisurely 3 hour cruise control drive on the freeway. Very frustrating but so far it doesn't seem like there are any actual issues other than the light being on.