2021 Hellcat Purchase

[RichNolen]

Hey all, so I am supposed to pick this up next week. Its got 20293 miles on it. What should I be looking for with this?

I will not be able to see the car until the day I pick it up as its out of state, so any help here would be great.

 

[jonx96]

Stock or modified?

 

[GNBRETT]

Id be looking at getting a remote tune from Jon Moore first......

 

[45-70govt]

If you want to keep the remaining warranty take it to the dealer and make sure it does not have the P1400 code. The code will show it was tuned and void the warranty.

 

[RichNolen]

A big issue I am having is that there are no service records for the first 14600 Miles.
So as far as I can tell, there is a possibility the oil was never changed until that point.
Is this a warranty Killer if the engine develops a problem and Dodge looks up the service history?

 

[RichNolen]

If you want to keep the remaining warranty take it to the dealer and make sure it does not have the P1400 code. The code will show it was tuned and void the warranty.

they said they ran it and there is no P1400.

 

[RichNolen]

Stock or modified?

stock it seems

 

[45-70govt]

they said they ran it and there is no P1400.

Of course a seller would say that. I would have it run myself if I was to purchase the car. The seller might be legit and honest, but hate for you to get burned if not.

 

[2ndAmend]

I would NOT purchase it until at least a Dodge dealer inspects it and checks it's history and confirms the warranty is still valid. You would be crazy to do otherwise.

Did you do a carfax?

 

[RichNolen]

Yeah I have decided, sadly, not to go with this one. Some of this is Waggro, but the lack of history for the first 16K miles is really troubling to me.

So I remain SRT less for now, very sad.

 

[GNBRETT]

What kinda car history are u looking for? Ive never been to a Dealer to have any work done including oil changes. Im confused?

Yeah I have decided, sadly, not to go with this one. Some of this is Waggro, but the lack of history for the first 16K miles is really troubling to me.

So I remain SRT less for now, very sad.

 

[DavidKFla]

After 5 years my Charger has been to the dealer four times.

Twice for service in the beginning. The tech cried so much about draining the cooler, charged me extra, so I never went back for service.

 

[BULL]

I got my MY16 Challenger HC in Dec 2015, it's NEVER been to the dealership.

.02

 

[RichNolen]

So I guess I was concerned because there is no maintenance history on it, neither in Carfax, dodge records or any paperwork left in vehicle. At 20293 miles would there be any telltale evidence of lack of oil changes?

 

[CPRHDSRT]

I got my MY16 Challenger HC in Dec 2015, it's NEVER been to the dealership.

.02

Same here (except Jan 2016 delivery). I always retain receipts for oil/filters etc. with notes on date installed and mileage.

 

[RAMBLE1]

So I guess I was concerned because there is no maintenance history on it, neither in Carfax, dodge records or any paperwork left in vehicle. At 20293 miles would there be any telltale evidence of lack of oil changes?

I agree with you. The mileage seems a bit high and this is not a cheap car. I would only consider this type of purchase if, I knew the previous owner or had a satisfactory detailed dealership maintenance report, with warranty in effect. On my Redeye, I have every procedure completed at the dealer and I "watch" the technician. I also watch for specials on the dealer website and have been very lucky getting very reasonable priced oil/filter changes. On the purchase you discussed, "better safe, than sorry."

 

[RichNolen]

I posted this in the pics forum as well, but WHAT causes this dirt and debris in the top of that drivers side tower / shock pillar? Could this be from Submersion?

 

[DavidKFla]

I posted this in the pics forum as well, but WHAT causes this dirt and debris in the top of that drivers side tower / shock pillar? Could this be from Submersion?

If you feel uncomfortable with this purchase then follow your instinct and don't buy it. You will be much happier in the end since you're going to be looking for problems as long as you own it.

 

[RichNolen]

Thank you, good advice.

 

[RichNolen]

and better ones are appearing with less miles.