Vehicle
Dodge Magnum
The Charger's estate — same LX platform, same rear-wheel drive, same engines, and the same Mercedes-derived rear suspension and five-speed automatic that came with Daimler's ownership. That inheritance is the useful fact: the W5A580 gearbox and several chassis parts are Mercedes units under Chrysler numbers, and their service data often reads better from that side. The Hemi cars carry cylinder deactivation, whose lifter failures present as a misfire on the deactivating cylinders only, which is the pattern to recognise before condemning coils.
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Generations
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LX 2004–2008
Available with all-wheel drive on the 3.5 and 5.7. The SRT8's 6.1 Hemi has no cylinder deactivation and a different oiling system.
- Body styles
- Estate
- Platform
- Chrysler LX
- Engines
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- 2.7 V6 — EER · petrol · 142 kW (190 hp)
- 3.5 V6 — EGG · petrol · 186 kW (250 hp)
- 5.7 Hemi V8 — EZB · petrol · 254 kW (340 hp)
- 6.1 Hemi V8 — ESF · petrol · 317 kW (425 hp) · SRT8
- 3.0 CRD V6 — EXL · diesel · Europe
- Transmissions
- 4-speed 42RLE automatic · 5-speed W5A580 automatic
- Drivetrain
- Rear-wheel drive · All-wheel drive
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