Dreaded Check Engine light on after 3 weeks of Ownership

[Troy550Scatty]

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.

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Yenori
Dodge Cares

 

[Pioneer4x4]

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 Green]

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 Green]

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-2]

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.

 

[daperry]

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 Green]

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.

 

[daperry]

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