Dodge Avenger Complaints

3,172 consumer complaints on file.

#11195516April 10, 2019
ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I PURCHASED A 2008 DODGE AVENGER SE 2.4L A FEW MONTHS AGO. CAR HAS BEEN SHUTTING OFF ON ME WHILE I AM DRIVING WITHOUT WARNING. THIS HAPPENED ON VITY STREETS AND HIGHWAY. SO FAR IT STARTS BACK UP BUT THEN WILL DO IT AGAIN UNEXPECTEDLY. I HAVE NEARLY WRECKED DUE TO THIS. I HAVE ALSO MISSED WORK 3 DAYS SO FAR THIS WEEK. I CALLED MANY DEALERSHIPS AND TAKEN TO SHOP WITH NO SOLUTION. I HAVE MINOR PASSENGERS IN THIS CAR WHEN IT IS OCCURING. THE RECALL FOR THIS OSSUE WAS FOR AVENGERS 2007-2008 BEGINNING APRIL 15, 2007...MY CAR STATES IT WAS MANUFACTURED LESS THAN A MONTH LATER WITH THE SAME EXACT ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11194533April 8, 2019
STRUCTURE:BODY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
ON 3-31-19 ME AND MY 2 DAUGHTERS WERE DRIVING ON EXPRESSWAY, I STARTED SMELLING BURNING AND SEEN SMOKE COMING FROM HOOD ON DRIVER SIDE OF CAR, IT APPEARED TO BE COMING FROM THE ENGINE UNDER HOOD AND PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD. I TURNED CAR OFF AND I TOLD KIDS TO GET OUT AND WE WALKED DOWN EXPRESSWAY. I TOLD KIDS TO STAY THERE AND WENT TO WALK BACK TO OPEN HOOD AND CHECK IT, ON MY WAY BACK TO IT, IT HAD STARTED ON FIRE. I WENT BACK TO MY KIDS AND CALLED POLICE. WITHIN TEN MINUTES THE WHOLE CAR WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11193660April 3, 2019
ENGINE
ENGINE FAILURE TWICE IN A YEAR AND CAUSED BY PARTS THAT WAS APPARENTLY NOT UNDER WARRANTY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11193723April 3, 2019
STRUCTURE:BODY
AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET THE HOOD FLEW UP INTO THE WINDSHIELD. I WAS ABLE TO GET IT DOWN. ONCE PARKED, I PULLED THE LATCH INSIDE THE CAR TO POP THE HOOD. WHEN I LIFTED, IT CAME STRAIGHT UP. NORMALLY I WOULD HAVE TO PRESS THE PIECE TO RELEASE THE HOOD THE REST OF THE WAY. THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE LATCH AND NOW MY HOOD IS BENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11191981March 27, 2019
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I FEEL HEAT COMING FROM THE VENT NEAR THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW. THE MIDDLE VENTS ALONG WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW VENT ONLY BLOWS ALMOST A/C COOL AIR ALL THE TIME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11191633March 26, 2019
SEATS
STARTED THE CAR ONE DAY AND SUDDENLY THE CHECK AIRBAG LIGHT WAS ON. TOOK IT TO A DODGE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE ACTIVE RESTRAINT HEADREST SYSTEM WAS BROKEN. NO DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE TO THE SEAT/HEADREST NOR THE AIRBAG SYSTEM. THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN USED UNUSUALLY AND IT HASN'T BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11190431March 21, 2019
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DRIVER SIDE BLOWS LIKE WARM HEAT, PASSENGER SIDE BLOWS FREEZING COLD AIR. I HAVE SPOKEN TO THREE DIFFERENT DODGE TECHNICIANS AND THEY SAID THIS IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE BETWEEN 2010 AND 2015 DODGE AVENGERS AND ALL DODGE VANS. SOMETIMES REPLACING THE HEATER CORE WILL FIX IT SOMETIMES IT WILL NOT. SOMETIMES REPLACING BOTH THERMOSTATS FIXES IT AND SOMETIMES NOT. SOMETIMES REPLACING BOTH BLENDER DOOR ACTUATORS FIXES IT SOMETIMES IT DOES NOT. SOMETIMES REPLACING THE WATER PUMP FIXES IT AND SOMETIMES IT DOES NOT. MANY PEOPLE HAVE REPLACED ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND IT STILL DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE. DODGE REALLY NEEDS TO FIX THIS ISSUE BECAUSE IT IS RIDICULOUS! THIS IS THE FIRST DODGE I HAVE EVER OWNED AND IT ABSOLUTELY WILL BE THE LAST DODGE I WILL EVER OWN!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11190529March 21, 2019
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE ACTUATOR BEHIND GLOVE BOX BEGAN TICKING. I REPLACED IT 3 TIMES. I HAVE NOW RESEARCHED AND FOUND THIS IS A KNOWN HEATER CORE ISSUE. I BELIEVE IT HAS A SPLIT CORE SYSTEM. THE HEAT OR DEFROST DOES NOT WORK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THERE ARE MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ONLINE ABOUT THIS. THE COST TO FIX IS AN AVERAGE OF $1100. BUT THIS FIX ONLY WORKS FOR AN AVERAGE OF 1 YEAR AND THEN IT STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL. IT IS MOST DEFINITELY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE A VEHICLE THAT THE DEFROST DOES NOT WORK. WINDSHIELD IS OBSTRUCTED ON ONE SIDE. WILL DODGE DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS? THIS IS A MANUFACTURING PROBLEM OF SOME SORT. THIS CAR ONLY HAS 89K MILES ON IT. I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THIS MATTER. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP TO COME IN AND PAY $150 FOR DIAGNOSTICS THEN IF IT WAS A CORE PROBLEM IT WOULD BE AROUND $1200 BUT THEY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING UNTIL I PAID THE $150. WHEN I COMPLAINED THAT IT APPEARED TO BE A DODGE ISSUE ON AVENGERS THE TECH SAID "GOOD LUCK WITH THAT" AND HUNG UP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11190390March 20, 2019
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
THERE IS NO HEAT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE BUT THERE IS HEAT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THERE SEEMS TO BE A MECHANICAL DEFECT WITH THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE STALLED ON A HILL IN PARK AND STARTED TO ROLL DOWN THE HILL AND THE BRAKE AND EVERYTHING STOPPED WORKING AT THAT MOMENT IN THE CAR. I ALSO HAD ANOTHER INCIDENT WITH THE CAR STALLING WHILE DRIVING AND DUE TO THIS IT CAUSED ANOTHER ACCIDENT. THE CAR IS ALSO WELL KEPT, BUT IT SEEMS TO HAVE A MECHANICAL DEFECT
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#11186857March 14, 2019
ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE MY CAR STARTED TO EMIT BLACK SMOKE FROM THE HOOD, I PULLED OCER TO THE RIGHT HAND SHOULDER TO INSPECT THE SMOKE WHEN I GOT OUT THERE WERE FLAMES COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD I CALLED 911 IMMEDIATELY. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS OR ABNORMAL GUAGE READINGS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE FIRE STARTED SPONTANEOUSLY AND IVE NEVER HAD AN ISSUE WITH THIS CAR BEFORE ITS ALWAYS BEEN EXTREMELY RELIABLE. THE CAR IS A TOTAL LOSS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11186911March 14, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
CONTINUOUS ENGINE AND ELECTRONIC AND FUEL AND ELECTRICAL ISSUES WITH CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ACTIVATED WITH NO RESOLVE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11185548March 9, 2019
VISIBILITY/WIPER
AC STARTS TO ONLY BLOW COLD AIR ON ONE SIDE OF THE CAR, THEN NO HEAT AT ALL. DEFROST STOPS WORKING AT THIS POINT. VERY DANGEROUS WITH SNOW/ICY CONDITIONS WHERE WINDSHIELD FROSTS OVER. MAY BE THE DOOR ACTUATOR OR HEATER CORE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11185593March 9, 2019
VISIBILITY/WIPER
THE PASSENGER SIDE ONLY BLOWS COLD AIR WHEN THE HEAT/DEFROST IS ON. THIS CAUSES MY PASSENGER WINDOW TO NOT DEFROST. THIS HAPPENS NO MATTER IF THE CAR IS AT IDLE OR WHILE DRIVING. THE PASSENGER SIDE WILL ONLY BLOW COLD AIR. THE DRIVER SIDE HEAT/DEFROST WORKS FINE. I HAVE BEEN TOLD IT'S ANYTHING FROM AN ACTUATOR TO THE HEATER CORE. I LIVE IN A STATE WHERE WE HAVE COLD WINTERS AND FREQUENT SNOW. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS IT IMPAIRS MY ABILITY TO SEE MY PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR, ETC.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11184873March 7, 2019
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
HEATER CORE PLUGGED DESPITE FOLLOWING COOLANT SERVICE IN THE OWNERS MANUAL. SYMPTOM WAS BARELY WARM AIR FROM DRIVERS SIDE AND COLD AIR FROM PASSENGER SIDE VENTS. REPAIRED AT A COST OF $1800 IN JAN 2018. IN FEB 2019 THE SYMPTOMS HAVE RETURNED. NO HEAT IN THE CAR CAN BE A HAZARDOUS SITUATION IN THE NORTHERN STATES WHERE TEMPERATURES HAVE REACH LIFE THREATENING LOWS IN RECENT WEEKS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11184892March 7, 2019
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
RECURRING HEATER PROBLEM WHERE THERE IS SOME HEAT ON DRIVER'S SIDE AND NONE ON PASSENGER SIDE. HAD CAR IN 3 TIMES TO FLUSH HEATER CORE TO TEMPORARILY FIX PROBLEM. THIS IS AN APPARENT MANUFACTURER DEFECT THAT CANNOT BE RESOLVED WITH REGULAR MAINTENANCE OR REPAIRS. A NEW HEATER CORE IS THE ONLY SOLUTION AND THIS SHOULD BE COVERED BY DODGE SINCE IT IS A KNOWN MANUFACTURER DEFECT WITH THE PLATING IN THE SYSTEM COMING LOOSE AND PLUGGING THE HEATER CORE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11184492March 6, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
CAR HAS DIED WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC 5 TIMES BETWEEN 01/22/19 AND 03/06/19. PRESENTED MANY DIFFERENT ISSUES, INCLUDING STALL, NO START, NO CRANK, POOR IDLE. TOWED IN 5 TIMES TO 3 DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS AND DEAD AGAIN. OVER $2000 IN OUT OF POCKET COSTS SO FAR AND THE DANGER TO LIFE SITTING IN A DEAD CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF SNOWSTORMS IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. ALSO SEVERAL TIMES IN BETWEEN WOULD NOT EVEN START IN THE DRIVEWAY. AND MANY OTHER WHAT I REFER TO AS "ELECTRICAL GREMLINS"! ALL TIMES DATES AND OCCURRENCES ARE DOCUMENTED IN WRITING, BACKED UP BY TEXTS AND EVEN SOME SHORT VIDEOS SHOWING DASH WITH CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS AND OTHER ISSUES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11184497March 6, 2019
VISIBILITY/WIPER
DEFROSTER VENT IS NOT PUTTING OUT HOT AIR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF VEHICLE. THIS CAUSES THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOWS AND APPROX. 1/4 OF THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW TO FOG AND OR FROST OVER CAUSING SERIOUS VISIBILITY ISSUES! VEHICLE CAN BE STATIONARY, IN MOTION, ON THE ROAD, IT HAPPENS AT ANYTIME. VEHICLE REPAIR SHOP SAID IT IS A CHRYSLER MANUFACTURING DEFECT WITH THE HEATER CORE ON THE DODGE AVENGERS. REPAIR SHOP FLUSHED THE HEATER CORE BUT STATED THIS IS A TEMPORARY FIX AS THE ISSUE WILL CONTINUE TO REAPPEAR UNTIL CHRYSLER ADMITS THERE IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND ISSUES A RECALL TO RECTIFY THE DEFECT. DUE TO THE WINDOWS FOGGING AND OR FROSTING OVER IN COLD WEATHER, THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE THAT CHRYSLER NEEDS TO TAKE CARE OF ASAP. THIS DEFECT COULD CAUSE ACCIDENTS DUE TO VISIBILITY RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11184281March 5, 2019
VISIBILITY/WIPER
THE HEATER CORE IS COLD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WHICH IS A WELL KNOWN AND WELL DOCUMENTED ISSUE WITH THIS CAR AND OTHER MOPAR MAKES/MODELS. DODGE HAS ADMITTED ITS A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT BUT WILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. NOT ONLY IS IT FREEZING IN MY CAR BUT THE WINDSHIELD WONT DEFROST ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE FRONT AND SIDE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOWS. THE VISIBILITY IS TERRIBLE AND IS LIKELY TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11184293March 5, 2019
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THROTTLE CONTROL LIGHT COMES ON AND VEHICLE LOSES POWER...COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11184333March 5, 2019
ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
HEAT ONLY BLOWS HOT ON DRIVERS SIDE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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