Here in England. My centre bearing on the drive shaft has failed on my 2015 SXT Challenger. Although my Challenger is a 2015. I was the first to register it in November 2019. I got it when it had only done 5000 miles and have treated it very gently since I’ve had it. No burnouts or careless driving. So why has the centre bearing failed at only 19k ? Seems like a regular fault! Does Dodge think I’m changing my drive shaft every 20k. Here in UK I’ve been quotes £1200 !!
We know exactly how you feel, this is usually the rubber support that holds the center support bearing tearing loose from the support housing. It is simply the rubber aging and failing and should not be happening at all much less at 19,000 miles, but mike t had a failure at 5,000 miles, so there is obviously not even a guesstimate as to how long it lasts. Dodge needs to address this issue and fix it, but if they do, there will be a mass recall and be forced to replace driveshafts, and that will cost them, Big Money. It would seem to be the better option than even risking a person or families life if this happens at high speeds and tears loose from the car, after all, these are high performance cars, and are sold as such.
IMO, the rubber should be replaced with something much more long term durable that could handle the flexing without failing. Or just run a one piece driveshaft with CV joints on each end, the argument being the distance is too far for a one piece driveshaft, yet they have one piece driveshafts in some RAM trucks, so that is a total BS excuse. Good luck with yours, you don't really have a choice but to replace it, if you want to drive the car. Some of us have gone to the aftermarket to acquire a one piece driveshaft from at least one source The Driveshaft Shop, more expensive solution, but a massive peace of mind. Even after the swap out, you cannot get the failure out of your mind, unless of course a shop does it for you and you never see the failure with your own eyes. Ry
