Need Roadside Assistance For Your Dodge?
Rear-wheel drive, wide tires, and on a lot of them no spare at all. A Charger or Challenger on the shoulder is usually a tire call that turns into a tow because nobody carries the size.
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Dodge roadside help, dispatched nationwide
Road Rescue Network dispatches 24/7 roadside help for Dodge cars and SUVs. The Charger and Challenger have a specific problem: staggered, wide, low-profile tires that most roadside trucks do not stock, and an inflator kit in place of a spare. Getting the size on the call is what decides whether you are driving away or riding on a bed.
Who builds a Dodge, and why it changes the rescue
Dodge is now a performance brand rather than a full line, and the Charger and Challenger put large displacement engines on ordinary driveways. The practical problem is geometry, not power. Wide rear tyres and a low front air dam decide whether a conventional truck can load one without taking the front of it off.
Dodge is an American brand of automobiles and a division of Stellantis, based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Dodge vehicles have historically included performance cars, and for much of its existence, Dodge was Chrysler's mid-priced brand above Plymouth. The Dodge main factory operated in Hamtramck, Michigan, from 1910 until it closed in January 1980.Dodge on Wikipedia
What a rescuer has to know before they roll on a Dodge
These are the things that go wrong when a Dodge gets whichever truck was closest instead of the right one.
There is an inflator kit where the spare should be
Many Chargers and Challengers ship with a sealant and compressor kit instead of a spare wheel, and performance trims are the most likely to have nothing at all. Sealant handles a tread puncture and does nothing for a sidewall or a blowout, which is the failure these cars actually have.
The rear tires are wider than the fronts and nobody stocks them
Wide-body and performance models run a staggered setup, so a rear tire is not interchangeable with a front and the sizes are not the ones a general tire truck carries. Reading the full size off the sidewall when you call is the single most useful thing you can do, because it determines whether a tire can be brought to you.
Front clearance on SRT models fights a standard ramp
Performance Dodges sit low at the nose with a front lip that a normal flatbed approach angle will catch. They want extended ramps, wood or a low-angle bed. It is the same problem a Corvette has and it is solved the same way, by saying so at dispatch.
Rear-wheel drive and a lot of power is a winter recovery pattern
These cars get stuck on grades, in snow and on wet grass in ways an all-wheel-drive sedan does not, and often only inches from the pavement. Many of those calls are a short winch rather than a tow, which is a much cheaper outcome if the right truck turns up.
The Dodge calls we take
Flat tire with no spare
Sealant where the puncture allows it, or a correct-size tire brought to the vehicle. Staggered and wide-body sizes are confirmed on the call before anyone rolls.
Towing
Flatbed transport with extended ramps or wood for low-clearance SRT and wide-body models.
Winch-out and recovery
Snow, grass, grades and soft shoulders, which is where rear-drive Dodges spend their winters.
Jumpstart, lockout and fuel
Jump and battery replacement, lockouts opened without damage, and fuel brought to the vehicle.
How a Dodge has to be moved
Worth reading to whoever shows up, whether or not we sent them.
Rear-wheel-drive Chargers and Challengers can be moved with the drive wheels lifted, but a flatbed is the safe default and is required for all-wheel-drive versions. Low-nose SRT and wide-body cars need a shallow approach, extended ramps or wood, or the front lip pays for it. A Durango with all-wheel drive belongs on a bed.
Dodge models we cover
Owners of performance cars that are expensive to get wrong, plus Durango families and everyday drivers out of factory coverage. Every rescuer carries current general liability insurance and works to standardised response and pricing practices.
Dodge roadside assistance in major US metros
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Statewide coverage
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Where a Dodge gets looked at
A tow ends somewhere. These are the businesses listed in our directory in the largest metros, with a direct-dial number on every one.
Repair shops
1,044 citiesIndependent garages in the directory, listed by city. Where the vehicle goes once it is off the truck.
Tire shops
639 citiesFor the flat that cannot be plugged, and for the makes that carry no spare at all.
Parts counters
2,936 citiesBatteries, bulbs, belts and fluids, close to where the vehicle stopped.
Body and collision
1,799 citiesAfter a recovery, for the panel damage the tow was not the worst of.
Dodge roadside questions
My Challenger has a flat and there is no spare in the trunk.
That is normal on a lot of them. There is usually a sealant and compressor kit, which will handle a nail in the tread and will not handle a sidewall cut or a blowout. Read the whole size off the tire sidewall when you call, especially if the car is wide-body, because the rears are a size most trucks do not carry and we need to source it before rolling.
Will a normal tow truck damage the front of my SRT?
It can, if it comes with a standard ramp angle. The nose sits low and the front lip catches. Say the trim when you call and the truck that arrives will have extended ramps, wood or a low-angle bed.
I slid off into the grass. Is that a tow?
Often it is just a winch, which costs far less. Rear-wheel drive with that much power gets stuck a few feet off the pavement all winter. Tell dispatch how far off you are and whether the car is level and undamaged.
Dodge and its model names are trademarks of their owner. Road Rescue Network is an independent nationwide dispatch network and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or an authorised agent of Dodge. We name the make because it is what our rescuers service.
Dodge down right now?
One number reaches a live dispatcher. Tell them the model and what it is doing, and the truck that leaves is the one that can actually take your car.