I drive a 2013 Dodge Charger RT MAX. It has a 5.7 Hemi. Just under two years ago, my car overheated. I took it to Firestone. My radiator had a hole in it. Firestone fixed it. About 5 months later, (in September 2020) it overheated again. Thinking it was the same issue, I took it back. They checked it and I had two head gasket leaks. They said they could fix it. They completed the work. About a month ago (April 2021) it overheated again. I took it back to Firestone, they checked it and could not find anything wrong with it. They recommended I take it to a dealer. I called around and found Owen's Automotive (ASE certified). They checked it and found the head gaskets were leaking. They recommended I take it back to Firestone for warranty work. I checked Firestones website, they did not have specifics for head gaskets, but everything else was 12 month, 12,000 mile warranties (which I was well within both), I took it to Firestone and after a month of back and forth, they refunded my money. I took my car back to Owen's Automotive, they ended up having to replace the heads because of faulty work Firestone did. I've had my car back for approximately 600 miles now and the oil got to 239 degrees, coolant at 229 degrees. It was 73 degrees outside temperature. I was stuck in traffic, but I was going at about 40 MPH at the time. I took it back to Owen's and they said that they can't find anything wrong with the car. They checked the sensors, the thermostat, the coolant, they did a block test, checked the oil, checked the radiator, made sure the actual temp is what's showing on the read-out, and everything appears to be working properly. They don't want me to just throw money at it in hopes a random fix will correct it. They have done all the checks they can do. They also said that it's within Chrysler specifications for my car. Is this true? Is my car overheating? Am I wasting my time trying to fix an issue that really isn't an issue? Please help!!

 

Welcome to DF! Moving this to the Charger section for ya.

239 on oil temp really isn't out of line, though, the 229 for coolant seems a tad high...... unless it was REALLY hot out, you were running the a/c, and not moving very fast....

Did Firestone replace the radiator?

 

Firestone did replace the radiator, hoses, thermostat, coolant, and oil.

 

Wonder if they put in the wrong radiator..... or bad thermostat....