Dodge Avenger Complaints

3,172 consumer complaints on file.

#11318726March 19, 2020
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE AVENGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO EXCEED 30 MPH WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RPM REVVED TO EXTREMELY HIGH LEVELS HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS ALSO SLIPPING DUE TO THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE NEEDING TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT WAS ALSO CONCERNED THAT THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE WAS DEFECTIVE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 08V528000 (POWER TRAIN). DAYTONA DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM & FIAT (1450 N TOMOKA FARMS RD, SUITE A, DAYTONA BEACH, FL 32124 386-274-0571) WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND CONFIRMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SUBJECTED TO AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THE POWER TRAIN HOWEVER, THE DEALER DECLINED TO PROVIDE THE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 191,336.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11318590March 18, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FUEL PUMP IS GOING OUT AND I SEEN IN 2012 THERE WAS A RECALL WITH THE FUEL SYSTEM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11317783March 12, 2020
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
A COUPLE YEARS AFTER I GOT MY CAR IT WOULD SHUT DOWN WHEN I WOULD COME TO STOP SIGNS AND NO MECHANICS COULD TELL ME WHY. NO LIGHTS EVER CAME ON. IT HAD SHUT DOWN ON THE FREEWAY BEFORE AND LET THE POWER SLOWLY DIE DOWN UNTIL THE CAR TURNED OFF. THAT TIME THE CAR ACTUALLY HAD A LIGHT WHEN I TRIED TURNING IT BACK ON. I ESSENTIALLY HAVE HAD TO REPLACE MY TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE WITHIN A YEAR. THE CAR WOULD OVERHEAT AT TIMES BUT NO LIGHTS WOULD GO OFF SO I JUST COULD LET THE CAR COOL DOWN AND LET THE OVERHEATING STOP. FAST FORWARD TO REPLACING THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION AND MY CAR IS NOW IDLING HIGH EVEN WITHOUT THE GAS BEING TOUCHED. ON THE FREEWAY IT WILL GO TO AS HIGH AS 4000RPMS NOW AND IT FEELS LIKE THE CAR IS GOING TO STOP WORKING AGAIN. ALSO THE DOOR BLEND ACTUATORS AND OTHER ACTUATORS HAVE BEEN MAKING NOISE FOR ABOUT 4 YEARS. MY AIR LINE HAS NO LEAKS AND IS COLD BUT THE AIR THAT COMES OUT OF MY VENTS IS ALMOST WARM FEELING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11317779March 12, 2020
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE HANDLE ON THE DOORS HAS BROKEN THE SEAL CUTTING OPEN MY HANDS MANY TIMES
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#11317780March 12, 2020
AIR BAGS, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), SEAT BELTS
MY AIRBAGS DID NOT GO OFF WHEN I HIT THE CAR IN ONCOMING TRAFFIC. MY FRAME WAS BENT AND BOTH CARS WERE TOTALED. I'VE SUSTAINED MANY INJURIES THAT ARE UNKNOWN OF TREATMENT COMPLETION
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#11317652March 12, 2020
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE ACTIVE HEAD REST BROKE AND DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING. THE INSIDE PLASTIC THAT HOLDS THE RETAINER ROD BROKE, CAUSING THE HEADREST TO DEPLOY. THE CAR WAS PARKED OVERNIGHT IN A PARKING SPOT OUTSIDE MY HOME WHEN THIS OCCURRED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11317123March 9, 2020
SEAT BELTS
SEATBELT ON DRIVERS SIDE LOCKS ALL THE WAY IN AND DOES NOT RELEASE. THIS HAS HAPPENED WHILE CAR IS STATIONARY AND IN MOTION (NO BREAKING INVOLVED, DRIVING 25 MPH). HAVE GOT THE SEATBELT TO RELEASE A FEW TIMES AND IMMEDIATELY LOCKS AGAIN. IS CURRENTLY LOCKED ALL THE WAY IN PREVENTING THE SEATBELT FROM BEING WORN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11317134March 9, 2020
SEATS
ON 3/9/2020 AT APPROXIMATELY 4:30 PM WHILE DRIVING SOUTH ON INTERSTATE 55 JUST SOUTH OF SOUTHAVEN MISSISSIPPI WHEN THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADREST DEPLOYED SPRINGING THE HEAD REST FORWARD WITH CONSIDERABLE FORCE. MY WIFE WAS SITTING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AT THE TIME AND WAS STRUCK BY THE HEADREST IN THE HEAD AND COMPLAINED THAT IT HIT HER HEAD SO HARD THAT IT HURT. WE WERE NOT INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AT THE TIME AND WERE TRAVELING AT THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT. I HAD NOT HAD TO BREAK HARD OR ANYTHING. THE HEADREST JUST CAME APART. AFTER SOME RESEARCH I SEE THIS IS SUPPOSE TO BE A SAFETY FEATURE THAT WOULD OCCUR IN AN ACCIDENT. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT. AFTER ARRIVING HOME I NOTICED A METAL PIN IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SEAT REST AND BROKE PLASTIC IN THE LOCATION WHERE THE PIN SHOULD BE LOCATED. NOW I AM CONCERNED THAT THE DRIVERS SEAT MAY DO THE SAME THING AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.I ALSO NOW HAVE THE ISSUE OF A COSTLY REPAIR FOR A DEFECTIVE DESIGN FLAW.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#11316524March 6, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
THE CAR WOULD INTERMITTENTLY ACCELERATE WITH OUT ME USING THE GAS PEDAL. I LEARNED THERE WAS A THROTTLE CONTROL SYSTEM ISSUE. THE FLAP INSIDE THE THROTTLE BODY WOULD NOT CLOSE CAUSING THE CAR TO WANT TO MOVE FORWARD QUICKLY EVEN IN STOPPED TRAFFIC. NEARLY CAUSED ME TO REAR END A CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I HAVE LEARNED THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE IN THE DESIGN AND HAS BEEN REDONE. VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR AND DANGEROUS IF CHRYSLER KNOWS THIS IS A PROBLEM WHY NOT RECALL IT?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11316282March 5, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I CHANGED THE 3 BLEND DOOR ACTUATORS AND I'M NOT STILL NOT GETTING HEAT AIR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF MY CAR, ONLY DRIVERS SIDE. THE DEALERSHIP WILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11316283March 5, 2020
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
IN JANUARY 2020 MY 2013 DODGE AVENGER BEGAN TO HAVE ISSUES THAT RESULTED IN IT STRANDING ME AT VARIOUS TIMES, I HAD THE CAR TOWED AND ASSESSES IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE BATTERY WAS BAD WAS THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED ( LAST REPLACED 2 YEARS PRIOR) THE CAR WAS RETURNED TO ME AND ALMOST 1 WEEK LATER I WAS AGAIN STRANDED WITH A CAR THAT WOULD NOT START AND SO I HAD IT TOWED AND ASSESSED AND THIS TIME IT WAS THE ALTERNATOR , I HAD IT REPAIRED AND RETURNED TO ME THE VEHICLE SEEMED FINE FOR 2 WEEKS WHEN SUDDENLY THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING OR WOULD WORK INTERMITTENLY, THE AC OR HEATER WOULD WORK INTERMITTENLY, THE CAR HORN AND ALARM STOPPED WORKING AND WOULD GO OFF RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL IF THE HEATER WAS ON WHILE DRIVING AND THE ALARM WOULD GO OFF IF IT STALLED, FINALLY I CALLED DODGE AND THEY TOLD ME TO BRING IT IN, THEY WOULD FIND OUT WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT I TOLD THEM FROM WHAT I HAD READ IT SEEMD THE ISSUE WAS THE TIPM, 3 DAYS LATER I GET A CALL THAT IT IS THE TIPM AND THAT THEY WILL ALSO NEED TO REMOVE THE ALARM AND THAT THE REPAIR WOULD COST OVER 1900.00 AND WHEN THE CAR IS BACK IT WILL NO LONGER HAVE AN ALARM THOUGH I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE WITH AN ALARM ON THE SHOW FLOOR IT WOULD BE ADDITIONAL COST TO HAVE A NEW ALARM INSTALLED. I HAVE READ THAT THIS ISSUE IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND THAT IT IS VERY DANGEROUS AND DODGE CONTINUES TO IGNORE HOW DANGEROUS THIS IS. THE TIMES THE VEHICLE STALLED I WAS DRIVING, AND COULD HAVE BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT HAD I NOT REACTED QUICKLY AND RECOGNIZED WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11315966March 4, 2020
SEATS
WHILE DRIVING MY CAR APPROXIMATELY AROUND 15MPH ON A SMOOTH ROAD I HEARD A DISRUPTIVE NOISE AND SAW THAT MY PASSENGER HAD BEEN HIT BY THE ACTIVE HEAD REST WHICH WAS DEPLOYED ALTHOUGH WE WERE NOT IN AN ACCIDENT. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION I NOTICED THE CHEAP PLASTIC THAT HOLDS THE PIN IN PLACE INSIDE THE HEAD REST HAD BEEN BROKEN WHICH CAUSED THE ACTIVE HEADREST TO UNEXPECTEDLY DEPLOY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11316024March 4, 2020
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE HORN ON MY VEHICLE CONTINUES TO BEEPS WHILE DRIVING, THE RADIO NO LONGER TURNS ON AND THE CAR SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT ANY WARNING ALMOST CAUSING ACCIDENTS. I WAS TOLD THE POWER MODULE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ONLINE FROM OTHER CUSTOMERS REGARDING THE SAME ISSUE WITH THIS MAKE/MODEL VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11315952March 3, 2020
POWER TRAIN
I WAS DRIVING 35 MPH ON A STREET WHEN THE ENGINE LIGHT POPPED ON AND THE CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING THE WHEEL BECAME VERY STIFF AND THE BRAKES WEREN'T WORKING. I MANAGED TO TURN THE WHEEL ENOUGH TO MAKE A TURN ON A NON BUSY STREET AND MANAGED TO PUT IT IN PARK ONCE IT STOPPED ROLLING. I TURNED THE CAR OFF FOR 10 MINUTES BEFORE STARTING IT UP TO HEAD TO THE MECHANIC UP THE ROAD TO THE MECHANIC. DIAGNOSTIC SAYS CATALYTIC CONVERTER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11315452March 1, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
MY FAMILY WAS ON OUR WAY OUT OF TOWN WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY TURNED OFF WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY WE HAD SOMEONE PUSH US TO THE CURB AND WE WE CRANKED THE CAR IT STARTED RIGHT UP BUT EVER SINCE THEN IT'S BEEN 5 YEARS NOW IT WILL CUT OFF WHENEVER! U NEVER KNOW WHEN IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IT JUST STOPS AND U CAN PULL OVER AND CRANK IT BACK IT MIGHT CRANK RIGHT THEN AND IT MIGHT NOT WE HAVE HAD TO WAIT AS LONG AS AN HOUR NEEDLESS TO SAY THIS CAR IS BASICALLY SCRAP I LOVED MY CAR UNTIL THIS STARTED MY DADS A MECHANIC AND HE SAYING IT HAS TO BE ELECTRICAL HE'S SEEN TO MANY OF THEM BURNET UP NEEDLESS TO SAY IT'S AN EMERGENCY ONLY CAR I JUST WISH THEY WOULD FIGURE IT OUT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT THIS IS HAPPENING TOO
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11315454March 1, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
CARS HAS BEEN RANDOMLY STALLING AND STOPPING WHILE IM DRIVING. IT HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES ON THE DAY IT HAPPENED. MY HORN ALSO INTERMITTENTLY GOES OFF WITH NO WARNING AND SOMETIMES IT SOUND OF FOR MINUTES AT A TIME. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH THE ISSUE POINTS TO THE TIPM (TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE).
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11315347February 29, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
HELLO I'M [XXX] BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE HORN GOING OFF RANDOMLY WHEN CAR IS RUNNING OR OFF SITTING IN DRIVEWAY. WINDOWS GOING UP AND DOWN ON THERE OWN WITH PRESSING THE BUTTON. HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE LOOKED OVER CAUSE IT'S ANNOYING AND EMBARRASSING DRIVING OR TURNING AND HORN BLOWS AT OTHER DRIVERS. MECHANIC NARROWED IT DOWN TO THE TIPM SYSTEM AND HAVE NOTICED ONLINE OTHER DODGE AVENGER ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11312031February 28, 2020
ENGINE
MY CAR DOESN'T START AFTER EVERY 8 HOURS. I HAD A 'DRAWS' TEST ADMINISTRATED ON MY VEHICLE BUT NO ONE CAN TELL ME WHY THIS IS HAPPENING. I DRIVE AROUND WITH A JUMPER BOX TO START MY CAR WHEN NEEDED. FOR THE LAST 3 YEARS I HAVE REPLACE MY ALTERNATOR TWICE AND 4 BATTERIES. PLEASE HELP
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11311512February 25, 2020
ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
WATER BEHIND DRIVER SEAT ON FLOOR BOARD, LOCKING MECHANISM FOR PASSENGER DOOR STOPPED WORKING, REAR TAIL LIGHTS COMPLETELY STOPPED WORKING, HAS A SHIFTING PROBLEM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11310909February 23, 2020
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
VEHICLE HEATING SYSTEM FAILS TO PRODUCE HEAT ON PASSENGER SIDE. PROPER OPERATION OF COOLING SYSTEM CHECKED: FAILED THERMOSTAT REPLACED, COOLANT FLUSH PERFORMED, AIR BLED FROM SYSTEM PROPER COOLANT LEVEL CHECKED. HEAT IS PRODUCED ON DRIVERS SIDE, BUT STILL NOT ON PASSENGER SIDE. VENTILATION FANS CHECKED AND ARE FUNCTIONING AND BLOWING AIR. FAILED AIR BLENDER MOTORS REPLACED, ALL WORK PROPERLY AGAIN. CABIN AIR FILTER REPLACED. CAR STILL ONLY BLOWS COLD AIR ON PASSENGER SIDE. WAS INFORMED THAT THIS IS A KNOWN HEATER CORE ISSUE. VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 90,000 MILES
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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