Dodge Avenger Complaints

3,172 consumer complaints on file.

#10563067February 5, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
2010 DODGE AVENGER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE FIRE, AFTER IT WAS STARTED. *SMD THE CONSUMER WAS GIVEN A REPLACEMENT VEHICLE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10563192February 5, 2014
POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I WAS ACCELERATING TO 30 MPH WITH TRACTION SYSTEM ON THAN MY CAR STARTED TO SLOW DOWN HAD HIGH RPM BUT SPEED WAS DECREASING ALMOST HAD A GUY REAR END ME BC OF THE SPEED ACCELERATED FINE THAN JUST DROPPED THIS IS THE 2ND TIME THIS HAPPENED TO ME WITHIN A WEEK . *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10562895February 4, 2014
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGER AVENGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE FAILURE WAS DIAGNOSED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO INDICATED THAT THE AIR BAG SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT BUT NO SOLUTION WAS OFFERED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER 07V240000 (AIR BAGS). THE CONTACT COMPLAINED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT LISTED IN THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10562561February 2, 2014
POWER TRAIN, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), SUSPENSION
REAR SHIFTS SIDE WAYS WHEN GOING OVER ANY BUMP OR EXPANSION JOINT ON ROAD. DRIVING IN SNOW OR ICE IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE REAR IS ALWAYS SLIDING BACK AND FORTH HAD CAR CHECKED AND DODGE DEALERSHIP FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. ASIDE FROM GIVING ME A PANIC ATTACK EVERY TIME THIS HAPPENS, I'M AFRAID I'M GOING TO KILL MYSELF OR SOMEONE ELSE IN A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT FROM THIS PROBLEM. THOUGHT IT WAS SOMETHING WITH THE REAR SWAY BAR BEING MOUNTED IN THE WRONG PLACE OR SOMETHING WITH THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL MALFUNCTIONING. ALSO I THOUGHT IT WAS THE TIRES SO I HAD ALL NEW TIRES PUT ON AND THAT OBVIOUSLY WASN'T THE PROBLEM. I'M SCARED TO DEATH TO DRIVE THIS CAR BUT IT IS MY ONLY OPTION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10562416January 31, 2014
SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE AVENGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER, AND IF THERE WAS ANY WEIGHT ON THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE, IT WOULD START SHAKING VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 26,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10561787January 28, 2014
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE AVENGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE TIMES OVER A PERIOD OF EIGHTEEN MONTHS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000. UPDATED 03/31/14*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED ON 3/9/14, WHILE DRIVING, THE ETC LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN. ALL POWER TO VEHICLE WAS LOST. THE CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER WAS THEN ABLE TO CONTINUE HOME. UPDATED 04/01/2014 *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10561869January 28, 2014
SUSPENSION
HAD WEIGHT IN THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE. ROADS BEGAN TO BECOME LIGHTLY SNOW COVERED. BACK END OF CAR FLOATED, AS IF NOT TOUCHING THE HIGHWAY. CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WAS MINIMAL. SLOWED TREMENDOUSLY TO ENSURE A SOMEWHAT SAFE REMAINDER OF TRIP. HAS HAPPENED TWO OTHER TIMES, ALWAYS WHILE CARRYING EXTRA PASSENGERS OR WEIGHT IN THE CAR. VERY CONCERNING. APPARENTLY, THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT EVEN THE DEALER SERVICE EMPLOYEES ARE AWARE OF. THERE IS NO REAL FIX. THEY HAVE SET REAR ALIGNMENT TO FARTHEST INWARD POSITION TO COUNTERACT REAR TIRES BOWING OUT WITH WEIGHT. I AM SKEPTICAL THIS WILL FIX PROBLEM PERMANENTLY. THEN WILL MY NEXT WORRY BE WEAR ON THE TIRES DUE TO INCORRECT ALIGNMENT? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10561510January 26, 2014
AIR BAGS
BACKING CAR OUT OF THE GARAGE ,AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10560471January 18, 2014
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
AS VEHICLE WAS BEING FILLED WITH FUEL AFTER 1.7 GAL, FUEL VIOLENTLY SPRAYED OUT OF FUEL FILL AND SATURATED MY ENTIRE UPPER TORSO AND SPLASHED INTO LEFT EYE. (EYE WAS FLUSHED WITH WATER UPON RETURNING HOME AND A HOSPITAL VISIT WAS AVOIDED) EVERY TIME THIS VEHICLE AND MANY OTHER AVENGERS HAVE FUEL ADDED TO THE TANK, IT IS REPORTED THAT THERE IS A SEVERE SPLASH BACK OR SPIT BACK THAT OCCURS CAUSING A SEVERE POTENTIAL OF SEVERE RISK TO LIFE, HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT VIA FLAME, FIRE, EXPLOSION OR CONTAMINATION. DEALER CLAIMS THAT PER CHRYSLER THE FUEL FILLER NECK NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT MY COST. AFTER VERY THOROUGH INVESTIGATIONS ON MY OWN, IT APPEARS THAT THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME ISSUE AND THE DEALERS ARE REPLACING FUEL FILLER NECKS AND COMPLETE FUEL TANKS WHERE THE WHOLE ISSUE IS CAUSED BY A FUEL SAFETY ROLLOVER VALVE LOCATED WITHIN THE FUEL SYSTEM. THIS IS NO JOKING MATTER. NONE OF THESE REPAIRS SHOULD HOLD THE OWNERS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COSTLY REPAIRS OF THE FAULTY FUEL SYSTEM WITH SUCH NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FAILURE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10560170January 16, 2014
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO EXIT THE VEHICLE, THE FRONT PASSENGER DEEPLY LACERATED HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER BY SLICING IT ON THE RAZOR-THIN CHROME COVERING OF THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE. BOTH DOOR HANDLES SEEM TO BE PEELING, AND THE CAR IS ONE YEAR, 30,000 MILES OLD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10559816January 14, 2014
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE AVENGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10559319January 10, 2014
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
INTAKE MANIFOLD DEFECTIVE REQUIRING REPLACEMENT. EST. $1300. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10559134January 9, 2014
SUSPENSION
IT HAS A MANUFACTURES DEFECT IN THE REAR END IT HAS BEEN INTO THE DODGE AT LEAST 10 TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM DODGE HAS SENT A TECHNICIAN TO CHAMPAIGN TO LOOK AT THIS PROBLEM AND HE TOLD THE MECHANICS IT WAS A MANUFACTURES DEFECT WITH THE REAR END AND THEIR WAS NO FIX KNOWN. WE HAVE HAS TO HAVE THE UNDERCARRIAGE TIGHTENED ON THE CAR FOUR TIMES BECAUSE OF HOW THE CAR HANDLED AND VIBRATED IT ACTUALLY LOOSENS THE UNDERCARRIAGE WE HAVE PUT ROUGHLY 10 TO 12,000 MILES ON THE CAR WHEN WE GOT THE CAR IT HAD NEW TIRES ON IT WE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE TIRES ALREADY BECAUSE THEY GO OUT OF ROUND BECAUSE OF THE CAR AND OF THE WAY IT HANDLES THE DEALERSHIP I BOUGHT IT AT HAS A NEW OWNER NOW AND HE WONT RETURN MY CALLS AND WE WERE TOLD NOT TO BRING THE CAR BACK THERE ANYMORE I AM A 100 % DISABLED VETERAN AND I NEED A CAR TO GET BACK AND FORTH TO MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS I WANT THE CAR FIXED THE CAR COULD BE A DEATH TRAP THE WAY THAT IS NOW I KNOW DODGE DOESN'T CARE BUT I HOPE U DO MY CASE NUMBER WITH DODGE IS 24303490 I DO CALL THEM I WANT THE CAR FIXED THE VEHICLE HAS A MANUFACTURES DEFECT IN THE REAR END AND DODGE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT SO THEIR HOPING I WILL GO AWAY AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE OUT OF WARRANTY SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT I TALKED TO MR. LONG YESTERDAY ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY AND I TOLD HIM I WOULD HAVE THIS SENT TO YOU TODAY IF YOU NEED TO REACH ME PLEASE CALL ME ANYTIME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10558809January 9, 2014
ENGINE, SUSPENSION, STEERING
2013 DODGE AVENGER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE AND RECALL NOTICES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE ESC LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONSUMER ALSO BELIEVED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10559038January 8, 2014
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE AVENGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AS A LIGHTING BOLT ICON ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE THROTTLE CONTROL BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT DID NOT REPLACE THE THROTTLE CONTROL BODY. THE CONTACT DID NOT CALL THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10558934January 7, 2014
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE AVENGER. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE BECAME RESISTANT TO ACCELERATION ATTEMPTS. ADDITIONALLY, THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL THROTTLE SENSOR WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DETERMINED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY HAD MALFUNCTIONED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 112,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10558938January 7, 2014
ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK I WAS DRIVING APPROX 50 MPH AND I LOSE POWER AND MY ELECTRONIC CONTROL THROTTLE LIGHT CAME ON. I COULDN'T GO FASTER THEN 5 MPH AND MY RPM WOULDN'T PASS 2,000 I PULLED OVER ON SIDE OF ROAD TURNED OFF THE CAR AND TRY TO RESTART BUT IT WOULD ONLY RUN FOR A FEW SECONDS AND CUT OUT AGAIN. MY HOME TOWN MECHANIC SAID THAT THE ISSUE WAS THE THROTTLE BODY. THE TOTAL COST IN REPAIR IS ROUGHLY 500 DOLLARS, AND READING ONLINE THERE ARE MORE DRIVERS OUT THERE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. I THINK DODGE SHOULD DO A RECALL ON THERE 2008 DODGE AVENGERS AND UP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10558631January 6, 2014
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE AVENGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG SENSOR WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED AND FLASHING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER ID NUMBER: 07V240000 (AIR BAGS). THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT SHE EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE DEFECTS INVOLVING THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM INCLUDING AN INOPERABLE CRUISE CONTROL FUNCTION, A SPORADIC LOSS OF ENGINE POWER, AND THE VEHICLE STALLING WHEN THE REMOTE KEY WAS USED TO OPEN THE DOORS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ALSO NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN 08V152000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECTS AS LISTED IN BOTH RECALLS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10558729January 6, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY MALFUNCTIONED, PREVENTING RPM IN EXCESS OF 2500RPM AND CAPPING SPEED AT 5MPH UPHILL OR 30MPH DOWNHILL (INCLINE DEPENDENT). AT THIS TIME, ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL LIGHT APPEARED ON DASH. SINCE THIS TIME (3 DAYS SO FAR), THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN INOPERABLE. ATTEMPTS TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THIS MALFUNCTION BY SEARCHING THE INTERNET HAVE SHOWN NUMEROUS OTHER CONSUMERS HAVE HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS, PARTICULARLY WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL (2008 DODGE AVENGER), AND ATTRIBUTE IT TO A PROBLEM WITH THE THROTTLE BODY - EITHER THROTTLE BODY ITSELF, THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR, WIRES LEADING TO THROTTLE BODY, ELECTRICAL CONTROL OF THROTTLE BODY, I.E. WHETHER MALFUNCTION IS BATTERY-LIFE-DEPENDENT, ETC. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10557972December 31, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I WAS DRIVING MY 2011 AVENGER, AND WHENEVER I WOULD GO OVER 2000 RPM MY ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL LIGHT WOULD COME ON. THEN IT WOULD TURN OFF, THEN IT WOULD COME BACK ON IF I WENT OVER 2000 RPM, AND THEN MY THROTTLE LIGHT WOULD START BLINKING AND MY TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT WOULD COME ON. I COULDN'T GO OVER 10 MPH, UNLESS I PULLED OVER AND TURNED MY CAR OFF, AND TURNED IT BACK ON. I TOOK IT THE SHOP, AND THEY TOLD ME I NEED TO REPLACE MY THROTTLE CONTROL SINCE IT'S BAD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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