Super Cheap Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Unsurprisingly Turns Out to Be a Nightmare
This Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat was seriously cheap to buy, but there are some very good reasons why that was the case.
Now out of production and officially a discontinued model – not to mention replaced by the new Charger and its choice of either I-6 or EV power – it stands to reason that the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat will one day be a coveted collector’s item. For now, however, there are boatloads of these 700 horsepower machines out there ripe for the picking, though many of them are in what one might call less than desirable condition, the victims of, well, bad drivers and lots of abuse.
That’s certainly the case with this 2016 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat that was recently purchased by Tyler Hoover of the Hoovie’s Garage YouTube channel, who tends to go around looking for trouble when it comes to used vehicles. Though Hoover has unearthed some decent gems in his quest to find the “cheapest” of everything, that isn’t the case here – not by a long shot. In fact, Hover has already discovered plenty of them, including a ticking noise from its Hemi powerplant, but he also only paid $26,000 for it.
Though it only has 70k miles on the clock, the key fob isn’t working properly, and there are issues with the stereo system, while the steering wheel shakes when he hits highway speeds. The Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat has also been in a whopping four accidents, but Hoover’s mechanic – David Long, aka The Car Wizard – still thinks he can fix it and Hoover could be all-in for less than the cost of a nicer one.
The bumper is quite literally falling off as well, and the tires are so worn out that you can see the steel cords inside. The frame doesn’t appear to be mangled, but there are some leaking fluids, and the brakes are essentially shot altogether. The lifters and camshaft will probably need to be replaced, as Long believes that they’re causing the ticking noise, and the starter needs to be replaced as well.
Overall, it just looks like the former owner of this Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat failed to maintain it properly, and also obviously wasn’t terribly great at driving it, considering the fact that they’ve run into multiple objects. Ultimately, it’s going to cost around $8,000 to fix the car’s issues, which isn’t quite as bad as Hoover originally thought, at least, but it’s still a pretty hefty amount of coin to spend on a car with a rather lengthy accident history, regardless.
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