Tic Tic Tic! 2011 Dodge Charger RT has the infamous Hemi tick. What will the CAR WIZARD do about it? 

It’s crazy how a 2011 car is 10 years old ... I know it’s basic math but that seems like not that long ago

Car wizard should make a wizard alliance for all 50 states so everyone can get an honest mechanic to work on their cars

The fix to the hemi tick is to remove the muffler.

Just a general comment. I’d just like to thank you for, if not reaffirming, at least keeping alive, my faith that somewhere out there are genuinely good, competent, knowledgeable, skillful and, in this industry at least, honest, mechanics out there. Keep up the good work, it’s a joy and pleasure to watch.

Wizard: “You need a vape pen if you drive a Charger” Me: *Laughs in Subaru*

Customer travels 300 KM to get the work done properly by the master wizard ... THAT is showing this guys competence!

"You got a Hemi?" Tick...tick...tick...tick... "Yup!"

"You don't even have a vape pen" Behind every great man is a great woman that will put them on blast at the drop of a hat

There's a difference between performance exhausts and no exhausts! People don't understand the true difference. Thanks for the content

You see when I went to school they don’t show you that they just show you how to replace original parts so I never knew that you could cross reference parts and they’re exactly the same and they’re cheaper so thank you very much for making me realize that because I’m not a rich person I’m poor and you your channel has shown me a lot and I really appreciate that I have a Lotta respect for your channel and a lot of love

Hemi Tick: Beware the sound of a new cam being ground. This one will be round, and your billfold's heart will pound. Repair bills will abound as the Wizard is Bahama bound.

What do you mean, big bills isn't the way to keep customers coming back, I mean Hoovie always comes back. Lol Thanks wizard

The entire platform is a retired Mercedes platform. In 2011 Chrysler updated the control arms with biggerstrut arms and ball joints. When you inspect the drive shaft flex joint look for cracking in the rubber. The transmission is a Nag 1 the cup plugs leak all the time. I've worked for Chrysler since 93 and I don't know what you mean by a normal Hemi tick. I wish could hear the exact noise your referencing. The injectors tick very loud even more so starting 2011.they put noise insulation over the rails to help. The lifter rollers wear out and wipe out the cam lobes. That happens because they moved the cam higher in the block for better valve train geometry. Now the cam does not get constantly bathed in as much oil and there is no oil gally feed to the lifter bores for lubrication. It gets whatever washes over the lifters. If you hear a lifter tick that means the lifter roller is worn and the cam is getting scored. If you have a misfire and you want to determine if it's a bad cam. Do 4 or 5 Accelerations to the redline. Then the engine will start to misfire bad Let it idle and it will smooth out. When the ramp on the cam lobe is damaged it causes the lifter to collapse on hard acceleration. Even if you don't hear a tick it can still be a bad cam.

Nothing better than sitting down on a Saturday evening (in the UK) and watching the wizard 👍

A few years ago I started vaping as a way to quit smoking. It worked, but now I own an 06 charger.

I had a 2010 charger with the v6 I bought from my dads work (old company car) with 220k on it. I sold it with 266k and it was still rock solid. The guy I sold it to still has it and has about 300k on it now. Love these cars

Work on the police version of this all the time. The hemi tick turns into a small chirp which is a lifter getting stuck and the end result is a camshaft being eaten. Seen this at as low as 44,000 miles. Extended idling will cause this due to not enough oil flow to the cam. The one in the video has not had this due to it not idling long periods of time. Keep in mind this has its own version of afm just like gm. Great video tho wizard

The recycled E-class chassis (LH) was one of the few good things to come out of the DaimlerChrysler merger. The trans is an NAG 1 (Neu Automatik Getrieb) 5-speed... pretty reliable. This major restyle (LD) version of the platform included an upgrade to rack and pinion steering... the earlier models had sloppy feeling recirc ball from MB. The early LD vintage looks much better than the earlier years too, while the most recent have an overdone, look-at-me apperance (IMHO). The HEMI tic gets ample attention on RU-vid. Some think it is an early warning of cam lobe wear from inadequate lube flow to the cam and lifter valley... some think it is an early warning of dreaded dropped valve seat failure. Both camps think cylinder deactivation in more recent model years increases the likelyhood either expensive failure. At nearly 200K, that Charger looks damn good.

I love this body style of Chargers. I like the front end styling more than the new body style hellcat chargers.

Always preferred the look of these Chargers over the later ones, very cool seeing you giving one of these a once over!

Wow that engine could use a bath!

Our 2012 Charger R/T is very similar to this one, except for it being black with leather interior. I'm a proponent of the late-model Chrysler hemis - I've owned three, had others for company trucks and all of them have been rock-solid and dependable. We still own my '04 Ram 4x4 hemi that I bought new; it's pushing 200k miles as well and has been silly reliable and solid. We've also owned an '06 Charger R/T, which was traded in on the 2012 when it was new. They're a lot of fun for the money, very comfortable and the aftermarket is strong, too. Yes, that oil pressure switch is a common replacement item on them; I just replaced the one on the 2012 after the dreaded "99psi" issue and don't let Wizard fool you - that mother is a bear to get to, especially if you have large man-hands like me. You wind up having to get under the car and temporarily removing the alternator to access it... As for the "tick", I've only witnessed it in my Ram and only when it's cold; it dissipates fairly quickly once it's been running a minute. Relax about the tick, people - as Wizard says, it's not a big deal. I keep the oil changed in all our hemi vehicles and I only use Mobil1 in them, along with good Hastings filters. I'd rather spend the money on oil changes now than engine rebuilds later. Oh, and even the "base" hemi 5.7 (370hp) is a quick animal, too - our 2012 ran a 13.94 stock when new; I took it down the track just for the fun of it and it surprised me a little. Not bad for a 4000+ pound full dresser car - and on long trips, the car is in the high 20's on fuel economy, too. I'm pleased Wizard agrees with me on these - they're good engines, always have been. -Ed on the Ridge

My 2006 R/T has less miles than that. Reseated the valve seats so they don't drop, changed the lifters to non MDS and removed & capped the solenoids. Did a tune with doablotech to shut off any mds codes. Installed a 6.1 cam and it runs smooth with stock exhaust. Don't want it too loud or you won't hear anything when there is a problem.

My agency went to dodge in 2011, 2015, and 2020. All have the tick. Good, strong 5.7, to withstand hard driving.

Huge thanks for the quick explanation of the Hemi tick I have been scratching my head to troubleshoot it. Thanks more annoying than anything

I waited the whole video hoping you'd start it so we can hear the infamous tick. Then it never came :(

This Chrysler is getting near Toyota build quality with 200 K miles and no oil leaks. Great video Wizard.

200 000 miles and looks fantastic underneath. I am stunned 👍🏻

I worked at the Hemi Engine Plant in Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, Mexico 20 years ago

The LX platform rides very smoothly down the highway. You can mix martinis while cruising at 100 mph. Very comfortable on long road trips.

What I appreciate even more than your considerable knowledge and experience is your honesty. That's the number one thing I look for in mechanics and repairmen, and physicians. Kudos!

You remind me so much of the mechanic I have used for over 25 yrs. I am fortunate to also consider him a friend and never hesitate to refer him to others. Always be a man of your word and the business will always come. Great job.

Chargers, Challengers and 300s are Germericans built in Canada... weird! But I love it!!! Lol

my dad's 2007 ram hemi had the "hemi tick" started at about 130,000 miles and he sold the truck with 280,000 still running fine

I’ve had my 14’ Hemi Charger for about 4 years and it’s been a phenomenal car. It’s also close to 200k and aside from some suspension that just started creaking, it’s been mechanically perfect.

I love Mrs Wizard's comments in the background.

Those are covers on the calipers.

I love the car wizard for his honesty,humbleness, and his realness. (I know those are not words but if you relate you understand)

This is crazy and I really appreciate it. I've got a 70K '05 Hemi Magnum, and it's got both the tick, which I was sure was an exhaust manifold leak but I could never find; and it periodically throws a wrong oil weight code. Guess it's time for sensors!

i dont know why but this was my favorite charger gen it looks so muscular and sharp damn!

Scotty Kilmer would have been in a froth over this car. Nice to hear a real mechanics review. I plan to high mile my Hemi as well, wish me luck.

Appreciate your logical and honest approach to running your business. No wonder everyone in Kansas has a 1/2 mile driveway, you need it to get some peace and quite! PS: our neighborhood peacocks hate straight / loud pipes

My 09 RT had the tick. No big deal I drove it to 250k miles with no issues. General maintenance items. Front suspension was shot when I sold it. My modified 96 neon has a similar tick. I love driving that car though. 33mpg average, it's fast and handles beautifully.

As a fellow mechanic of 26 years I really appreciate your work ethic and honesty. Good honest folks like us can be hard to come by in our line of work. Treated right like we do will always keep them coming back and allows us to be proud of what we do............... Bravo friend...

"Not a lot of pomp and circumstance" - a nice turn of phrase!

I love the 11' - 14' Charger R/T. Would love to own. Its also assembled where I live. Brampton, Ontario, Canada!

When I first moved to Canadian Texas and went to register my truck, they gave me a complementary sawzall to cut my exhaust off.

i shake in fear when i see one of these behind me, especially at night when i can't see what color the car is

Whenever he says let’s put it on a lift I’ll be clapping my hands

I thought the vape thing was a subbie thing 😂

All Hemis tick there are 3 distinct different ticks. 1. Injector tick, harmless noise can temporarily be remedied with a bottle of Gummout. 2. Exhaust manifold stud broken, will tick until it gets warm, caused by a loose or broken exhaust stud. 3. Lifter collapse, expensive fix but not nearly as common as people would have you believe. My 2020 Challenger R/T has ticked like a sewing machine since I got it at 10 miles on the clock (now 13k) Gummout quiets it down til I run that tank through.

Professional and Honest, I would definitely work for this guy.

They located the cam too high up in the block. The cam gets starved of oil at idle because the crank doesn't splash oil up that high.

It would have been nice to clean off the 1/4 inch of soil before working on that engine

I had a 2001 GMC Sierra with the 5.3 v8 that had the famous piston slap. It had it until the second transmission locked up at 408,000 miles. Just kept it maintained and it kept running.

I own a 2011 Charger Pursuit 5.7 Hemi with 201,000 miles. I had the engine rebuilt with the heads, valves, and lifters were rebuilt. Everything is fixed I'm into it for less than 10 grand.

I like the Wizard's take "Charger-Bro with a vape pen". 😁

wow I had no idea there was so much Merc engineering in these american cars. great vid!

My 1988 Chrysler LeBaron Convertible had 2.2L inline 4. The motor really was not that bad. We put near 300K on it. The sound was not really annoying, but made me take pause every once in a while. That was cam slap. You could hear the OHC slapping away at idle.

The parts on those cars are 30% German and 70% American/Canadian. Because all of the modern charger, Challenger RTs, and all Gen 300Cs were made 100% in Ontario Canada. Thank god for the Canadians that helped us Americans out because the Canadians make great engines like the Germans and the Japanese.

Next time on Wizards Shop: these damn kids on my lawn 🤣

Newton had a HUGE car show today (May 1st), where you out there? Drove by Omega, but they don't like gawkers so didn't stop in.

I watched this whole video waiting to hear the tick!!! I'll take your word for it on being benign. Our PD is retiring its Hemi Chargers (our newest one is 2013 now, I think), and we keep a couple out at the academy for EVOC training. Those things had a whole life on the road and that life wasn't easy. And now they get beat on by half a class of trainees! Brake pads every 3 months, oil changes every 6, etc. These things get punished. Not a lot of miles getting put on anymore, but the miles they get are brutal. Similar mileage to what yours is showing here. I started one up and I thought the lifters were collapsed. TICK TICK TICK TICK. I wonder how long these motors last before giving it up. I was impressed that they still run well and do their thing with 200k of cop life under the belt.

I bought a new AWD Hemi Charger in 2013. At 24,000 miles it developed a noise in the geartrain and a vibration, neither of which could be corrected by the dealer after 5 or more visits, Each time their tech(s) verifed the problems existed. Then FCA's "regional expert" said the noise and vibration were "normal"; no more warranty work was authorized! After much vociferous complaining, the dealer took the Hemi back and gave me, at no charge, a new Chrysler 200C. A bad deal, you say? Wrong. That 200C has now gone 55,000 miles with zero problems; it's quick, gets 27 mpg, and is more comfortable than the Hemi ever was. Best car I've owned, and I've owned at least 20, from a Pinto wagon through a Mercedes S class. But I'll never buy another FCA vehicle again after the shoddy treatment by that dealer.

Oklahoma literally has the highest percentage of Vape Shops in the USA.

I thought vape pens is for a Subaru not a Dodge.

i am not fortunate enough to enjoy the services of the Wiiiiiiiizard.... :D, but i do appreciate the tibbits that he provides, if anything, i do not sound like a complete goofus when i take my car to the shop and they try to up sell me on blinker fluid and summer air on my tires heh. in all seriousness, this information does provide a lot of insight on what to look for not only when purchasing a new/used car, but what the real world quality of these vehicles are and what are the most problem areas. i am not sure if you read these or not MR. Wizard, but thank you for all the information and time you take out of your day to keep us well informed.

Honest Mechanics are hard to find. Glad you’re one of them. 63B/91X here.

Impressive for an almost 200K mile car. No leaks!

I quit vaping (on day 4) and now everyone's talking about vaping.

And now Dodge and Fiat are owned by Stellantis, who owns 14 car brands, including Alfa Romeo, Lancia, Masarati, Citroën, Opel, Peugeot, and Vauxhall among others. Reminds me of how the railroads went (and are going through) mega merger mania.

It's amazing that your a genuine daily mechanic and some how find the time to still produce daily videos that are very informative

Mercedes DNA, 30+ years old technology from the W124

The issue with the Hemi 5.7l V8's tick is because the angle of the lifter bores is almost flat and the camshaft is much higher than the old 5.7l Hemi, from 2003 - 2008. This flat planed design gave better valvetrain geometry and increased power quite a bit. However due to this design, the oil would not sufficiently lubricate the valvetrain well, especially if it was idled a lot, when the RPM'S are generally below 950. What FCA failed to do was put in a higher volume, higher pressure oil pump and they hardened a lobe on the front camshaft lobe, which would have pumped the oil at greater rate during idle or low speeds and prevented such a catastrophe and the hardened cam lobe was harder on the lifters. While this issue is less than 5% of all Hemis, the next statement will help. There is a You Tuber by the name of Reignited and he is a Mopar Guru, especially when it comes to the 5.7l v8 hemis. He is the one who found that by putting a Hellcat oil pump in these 5.7l v8, which operates at a higher volume, that this issue was solved. The Hellcat engine oil pump is approximately between $700 - $1000 for the part and that is much cheaper than spending $5000 on rebuilding the top end of this engine. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jkNOXWGXADM.html As far as FCA/ Stellantis is concerned, and this is coming from a Mopar guy, most of FCA's vehicles are junk. The few reliable vehicles they make are the Grand Caravan and Town and Country, (2015 onwards, the 2008-2014 minivans had major electrical fuse box issues), 300, Challenger and Charger, Viper (2009 - 2017), Durango and the Ram 1500 with gas engines. They are not as reliable as Toyotas ( then again, which manufacture is? ) but these vehicles that I mentioned will last you a long time with minor repairs as long as you maintain them very well. Percentage wise, from a reliability standpoint, these vehicles are lemons approximately less than 5% of the time, thus it is generally speaking, very good buys. The new Pacifica, I haven't heard much about its reliability yet. It is still a recent vehicle. Their problematic vehicles are: the entire Jeep line up; all their Fiat vehicles; Journey, 200C and the 2012-16 Dart. These junk vehicles that I mentioned have a failure rate of between 10-30%. The 30% is for Fiat, Jeeps are 20-25% and the Dodges are between 10-20%. By failure, I mean it has given owners consistent headaches in a short period of time. These good and bad ratings are for all FCA / Stellantis vehicles from 2009 onwards.

Thanks for the 'Hemi Tick' info. I've oven 5,7L in four of the Grand Cherokees I've owned and always noticed the 'tick.

My '07 300C with the Hemi has just cracked the metric equivalent of 100,000 miles, and it's still extremely quiet. I don't know if this is down to my religious oil change schedule, the quality of oil and filters I use, or just dumb luck, but that engine has been extremely reliable in the 4 years I've had the car. My oil pressure sensor went out at almost exactly 10 years of age too - Seems to be a common time for the OEM sensor to fail.

I'm really really surprised Wizard said he likes these Hemis. I figured he'd say different. I work for a used dealership and we get tons of hemi-powered cars and truck rolling through here. It's about 50-50 if it has the hemi tick in varying degrees of loudness. As you might expect most customers don't want to buy a vehicle that ticks right off the bat so we do have to fix a lot of them.

'80 and early Ford power steering pumps. Seemed like every one of those things growled.

I have a tic in my 02 Camaro from before I bought it. Now 3x the mileage on it, same tic and still going strong. This tic has never affected anything

I just moved to Kansas. I hope my wife’s car never breaks down but God forbid it does break down I will be bringing it to your shop. I hope I didn’t just jinx myself. God bless you and your family. Love the videos on the boat. Thanks for all the videos on the cars!!!

Caliper covers 🤭🤣

wizard: "vape pen charger bro thing" smirk me: exit full screen, go right to the thumbs up button

The reason for the hemi tick is due to the shaft mounted stamped rockers. They are not pedestal rockers and due to them being stamped and having a little slop (intentionally) built into the shaft clearance it chatters a little.

I can sympathize. I live in Willcox Arizona, and the muffler phenomenon persists here as well. Something about the Midwest and western United States engenders anti-muffler sentiments. An added bonus, as I'm sure you're well aware, is that when they mutilate the factory exhaust systems as they do, it often completely screws the factory settings causing the vehicle to spew an abundance of unburned fuel exponentially increasing the pollutants in the air. You can really tell after two or three gems of driven by in a row, it's nearly impossible to breathe.

Wizard i would be great to hear that engine running next time.

Thieves are cutting out the catalytic converters so now all vehicles in Kanas sound loud.

The hemi tick reminds me of the 2.2 chrysler knock. One year old k cars would pull up to a light and i could hear the knock. I would look at my wife and say thats a k car, right? And she was like yep. How u know? Me, I could hear the knock. Lol

I like the way the Wizard speaks. Good talking points in this industry.

You can shear a sheep 1000 times, but you can only skin it once.

I'm not a sedan guy and also not a dodge guy but for some reason I find this car to look sinister and I love it .... if I was able to come across the right spec for the right price I'd like one....

Great video! I feel these cars get underrated by people. I have one and I have a family member with a 300 which has a ton of miles. They have been very reliable and they get decent highway MPG. In town mileage is not so great but for a big motor full size car it’s good. This car should get more love then it does.

Got a 2011 rt with 60k on the clock.. Couldn't Love it more!!

The owner of this Charger has to be happy, its probably the cheapest repair bill from Car Wizard ever !

You forgot about the code please wash my engine! Wow. Dirt farmah we call that in Maine. Cool post Wiz. Always educational

That 360 modena it's stunningly gorgeous 😱

The Hemi Tick can mean a lifters going bad and it eats the cam but it usually takes lots of mileage. I've got a 2014 Pursuit 5.7 with AWD I kinda want to get a Cam swap for it. it's also in Billet silver metallic

Looks like the "Wizard" got new shop glasses!!!

Yea at 196,000 miles, I wouldn’t worry about a slight tick either way.

I have a '13 charger pursuit. Many owners on the "forums" say the tick can lead to worn out lifters and cams. That is definitely a problem. No cure other than replacing the cam and lifters.

Had no idea there was so much Merc in these Chargers. Not a bad thing! Thanks Wiz!