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Demonstrating that good cop cars can also go bad, Chrysler has announced a recall of Dodge Chargers and Magnums equipped with the police package and column shifter. While the cars aren't exactly taking sides with the villainous, they are having difficulty displaying the proper transmission gearshift position on the dash. This error is leading to more than a few headaches for men and women in uniform, and can be downright dangerous if they're not in the gear they think they are. The recalled cruisers are 2006-2009 models, and they number more than 20,000 strong (including the 150 sold to Kuwait). Dealers will reportedly add a locking mechanism to the gearshift cable to keep the displays honest.

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Dodge recalls over 20,000 Charger and Magnum cop cars originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sheriff Buford T. Justice will now be able to chase your Bandit *** all over the country if he's protecting and serving behind the wheel of a 2009 Dodge Charger police car. The Charger's 368-horsepower HEMI is nearly double what Pontiac was putting underneath the screaming chicken back in '77, and gives the cop-spec Charger the most power of any police car on offer; plenty of snort underfoot when it's time to apprehend individuals devoid of respect for the law. Hot pursuit will last longer, too, with Chrysler's Multi Displacement System switching off half the cylinders in the V8 to conserve 20-percent more fuel. The venerated Ford Panthers were rugged and inexpensive for fleets, but the Charger gives officers a firepower upgrade while also offering a chassis that's far more capable. It's never been advisable to attempt running from the police, but that's now an extremely bad idea with the upgraded Charger on the beat. We discovered this first hand, not when we were arrested, but when Dodge gave us a cop-spec Charger to play with for a week, which you can read about here. Press release after the jump.

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2009 Dodge Charger Cop Car gets boost in power and fuel economy originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Slow news day, so maybe this just seems more entertaining right now than it really is. The guys over at Popular Mechanics had the keys to a Dodge Charger police car and shot some video of themselves doing a couple of burnouts and donuts with this Hemi-powered beast. Personally, we'd prefer to see them chasing down some unsuspecting speeders and illegal street racers, and then beating them at their own game. Our lawyers have advised us to strike that last line, so please forget you ever heard it. Something about impersonating an officer and making irresponsible suggestions to break the law.

Thanks for the tip, Ben.

[Source: Popular Mechanics]

VIDEO: PM does burnouts in Police Charger originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 10:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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