Dodge Avenger Complaints

3,172 consumer complaints on file.

#11092446May 8, 2018
AIR BAGS
MY AIRBAG SENSOR HAS BEEN ON HAD A MECHANIC HOOK IT UP TO THE DAIGNOSTIC MACHINE AND WAS TOLD IT STILL HAD TO DO WITH THE AIRBAG IN THE HEAD REST WHICH WAS ALREADY SUPPOSED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. NOW I SEE THERE IS A RECALL ON THE CONTROL/ SENSOR BUT MY CARE IS NOT ON THE LIST. RECALL NOTICE AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE 12/4/2017 AFFECTING 363,930 VEHICLES SUMMARY CHRYSLER (FCA US LLC) IS RECALLING CERTAIN 2012 JEEP LIBERTY AND 2012-2013 CHRYSLER 200 AND DODGE AVENGER VEHICLES. A COMPONENT WITHIN THE OCCUPANT RESTRAINT CONTROLLER (ORC) MAY FAIL AND PREVENT THE ACTIVE HEADRESTS FROM DEPLOYING IN THE EVENT OF A REAR-END CRASH. CONSEQUENCE IF THE ACTIVE HEADRESTS DO NOT DEPLOY IN CERTAIN REAR-END CRASHES, THE FRONT SEAT OCCUPANTS HAVE AN INCREASED RISK OF INJURY. REMEDY CHRYSLER WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE ORC AS NECESSARY, FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON DECEMBER 4, 2017. OWNERS MAY CONTACT FCA CUSTOMER SERVICE AT 1-800-853-1403. FCA'S NUMBER FOR THIS RECALL IS T56. DETAILS ISSUED 12/4/2017 RECALL ID 276176 NHTSA CAMPAIGN # 17V640000 VEHICLES AFFECTED 363,930 COMPONENT AFFECTED AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE NOTE OWNERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), OR GO TO WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV. WHAT TO DO AFTER A CAR RECALL?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11092244May 7, 2018
AIR BAGS, SEAT BELTS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2010 DODGE AVENGER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH AROUND A CURVE, THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND IT ROLLED OVER FOUR TIMES. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE HEAD AND BACK, WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TOWING FACILITY WHERE IT WAS DEEMED DESTROYED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V668000 (SEAT BELTS, AIR BAGS), BUT THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED FOR RECALL REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE UNKNOWN.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#11092118May 6, 2018
POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ENGINE
THE THROTTLE AND ENGINE LIGHT LIT UP ON THE DASH. CAR HAS TROUBLE ACCELERATING AND SPUTTERS TIL LIFT OFF THE GAS PEDAL. SOMETIMES WHEN STARTING IT WILL SPUTTER AND TRY TO QUIT. IT WILL ALSO ACCELERATE BY ITSELF WHEN MY FOOT IS NOT ON THE PEDAL AT ALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11092051May 5, 2018
AIR BAGS
GOOD AFTERNOON, TO WHOM THIS MAY CONCERN. MY VEHICLE HAS THE AIR BAG LIGHT ON AND I HAVE BEEN GOING TO THE DEALER SHIP TO GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF AND EVERY TIME I HAVE GONE TO THE DEALER THEY ARE TELLING ME I HAVE TO PAY FOR THEM TO REMOVE THE AIR BAG LIGHT WHEN A RECALL WAS IN PLACE FOR THE OCCUPANT RESTRAINT CONTROLLER, THEY FIXED THAT ISSUE BUT THE ISSUE OF THE AIR BAG STILL REMAINS. THEY ARE ASKING ME TO PAY $139.00 FOR THEM TO FIND THE ISSUE AND THEN PAY ANOTHER EXTRA AMOUNT TO RESOLVE THIS MATTER. THEY ARE REFUSING TO FIX THIS ISSUE WITHOUT A COST AND IT HAS BEEN WAY TOO LONG TRYING TO GET THIS RESOLVED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11091679May 4, 2018
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), UNKNOWN OR OTHER
VEHICLE STALLING AND SHAKING, SHUTTING DOWN AND LOOSING POWER WHILE DRIVING. VERY UNSAFE AND CONCERNING
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11091901May 4, 2018
ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE AVENGER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE INADVERTENTLY DECELERATED AND THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND POWERED OFF THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, BUT FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 132,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11089746April 23, 2018
VISIBILITY/WIPER
2012 DODGE AVENGER ACT PLUS. STOPPED HEATING ON PASSENGER SIDE AND ONLY DEFROSTS AND UNFOGS THE WINDOW ON THE DRIVER SIDE. THIS IS AN APPARENT MANUFACTURER DEFECT THAT REQUIRES THE HEATER CORE TO BE REPLACED AS A REMEDY. I WOULD URGE DODGE TO DO A PROPER RE ALL BEFORE SOMEBODY DIES DUE TO POOR VISIBILITY. THIS, FIRST, HAPPENED TO MY CAR WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. THE WINDOW WAS COVERED IN STEAM OR FOG (WHATEVER YOU CALL IT) AND THE BLOWER IN THE DASH WAS NOT CLEARING IT FOR PROPER VISIBILITY. I'M GLAD I DID NOT CRASH OR HURT SOMEONE BECAUSE I COULD NOT SEE. AFTER I PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND INVESTIGATED, I REALIZED THAT THE HEAT WAS NOT WORKING ON PASSENGER SIDE, IT ONLY BLEW COLD AIR, BUT DRIVER SIDE WAS WARM AIR. NOT IDEAL FOR COLD PA WINTERS AND I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO FOOT THE BILL FOR AN OBVIOUS MANUFACTURER DEFECT. I HOPE DODGE WILL RECALL THIS AND DO THE RIGHT THING BEFORE SOMEBODY IS KILLED, IF IT HASN'T HAPPENED ALREADY. THERE ARE ENDLESS COMPLAINTS EXACTLY LIKE THIS. STEP UP AND FIX IT!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11089241April 21, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
CAR DIES PERIODICALLY SOMETIMES 4 TO 5 TIMES IN 3 MILES OTHER TIMES IT MAY GO 25 MILES AND NOT DIE. MOST OF THE TIME IT CRANKS BACK OTHERS IT HAS TO SIT FOR 5 OR SO MINUTES. SHOWS NO CODES IN THE COMPUTER COULD IT BE THE MODULE IN THE ECM?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11089140April 20, 2018
VISIBILITY/WIPER
WHEN USING CLIMATE CONTROLS THE AIR ON DRIVER SIDE GETS HOT BUT AIR THROUGH THE VENTS ON PASSENGER SIDE REMAIN COLD. IN WINTER THE WINSHIELD WILL ONLY DEFROST OR DEFOG ONE SIDE WHICH OBSCURES VISION ON PASSENGER SIDE WHICH COULD LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT AND OR DEATH AS A RESULT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11089008April 19, 2018
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
IT STARTED WITH THE BLINKER SHORTING OUT THE LIGHTS INSIDE THE CAR AND THE PROBLEM IS PERSISTENTLY GETTING WORSE. NOW THE HORN GOES OFF WITHOUT NOTICE WHILE DRIVING, NOW THE HORN IS NO LONGER WORKING AT ALL. I WAS NEARLY IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE I COULDN'T WARN A VEHICLE THEY WERE ENTERING MY LANE. I AM CONCERNED THAT MY CAR ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WILL COMPLETELY MALFUNCTION WHILE DRIVING AS THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IS ESSENTIALLY THE BRAIN OF THE VEHICLE. NUMEROUS DODGER OWNERS HAVE EXPRESSED THAT IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE, EVEN TO THE POINT OF COMPLETELY CUTTING OFF WHILE IN TRAFFIC.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11088809April 18, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
I OWN A DODGE 2012 AVENGER AND HAD SOME ISSUES HERE AND THERE BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE VEHICLE JUST DIED FOR NO REASON. I WAS STOPPED IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ON A HILL, READY TO MERGE ONTO THE FREEWAY. THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND I STEPPED ON THE GAS PEDDLE AND NOTHING HAPPENED. I WASN'T SURE WHAT WAS GOING ON SO I PUT ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS WHICH THANKFULLY WORKED. I COULD TELL STRAIGHT AWAY THAT THE CAR WASN'T EVEN ON SO I PUT IT IN PARK AND TURNED THE KEY AND IT STARTED UP. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY DODGE AS IT POSES A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD ESPECIALLY IF I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF HEAVY TRAFFIC ON A FREEWAY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11088385April 16, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHEN IT RAINS I CAN NOT DRIVE I BOUGHT THE CAR A YEAR AGO IN THE CAR HAD THE PROBLEM I DIDN KNO AT THE TIME CAUSE IT WAS WINTER WHEN I GOT IT AND I REALLY FEEL IN DANGER PLEAS HELP
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11088472April 16, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VISIBILITY/WIPER
I DRIVE A 2010 DODGE AVENGER AND HAVE A FEW PROBLEMS WITH IT... WINDOW DEFROST AND PASSENGER HEAT /AIR. WHILE EITHER IN MOTION OR WHILE DRIVING, NO HEATED AIR EXITS THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER, NOR THE PASSENGER WINDOW DEFROST, LOWER AND CENTER CONSOLE VENTS. HEATED AIR ONLY EXITS THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDSHIELD AND DRIVER'S SIDE DASH VENTS. PROBLEM PERSISTS THROUGH ALL CABIN AIR MODES, AND CIRCULATIONS. THIS SAFETY ISSUE EFFECTS VISIBILITY AND PASSENGER SAFETY BY FAILING TO DEFROST/DEFOG WINDOWS AND KEEPING CABIN TEMPURATURES NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING DURING COLD WEATHER (BLOWING COLD AIR INTO THE CABIN). MY HAZARD LIGHT ALSO DO NIT WORK... HAZARD SWITCH INCLUDES THE HEATED SEAT BUTTON AND THE WHOLE THANG SEES TO BE DEAD AND NOT WORKING AT ALL. I'VE CHECKED FUSES AND ALL CONNECTION EVERYTHING IS OKAY BUT STILL NOTHING OUT OF THE SWITCHES AT ALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11084944April 13, 2018
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE AVENGER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE ABOVE 45 MPH WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (BOB FRENSLEY DODGE IN MADISON, TENNESSEE, 615-589-0000) WHERE THE FAILURE WAS DIAGNOSED AS THE POWER CONTROL MODULE. THE DEALER ALSO STATED THAT THE SOLENOID PACK FOR THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 147,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11084802April 12, 2018
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
PASSENGER SIDE HEAT BLOWS COLD AIR OUT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11084389April 10, 2018
VISIBILITY/WIPER
PASSENGER-SIDE DEFROSTER BLOWS COLD RATHER THAN HOT/WARM AIR CAUSING COLLECTION OF CONDENSATION/FROST ON THE WINDSHIELD IN THE WINTER. THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME, REGARDLESS OF IF IN MOTION OR STATIONARY. I'M TOLD IT IS A PARTIALLY BLOCKED HEATER CORE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11083813April 7, 2018
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY HEATER ISN'T BLOWING WARM AIR OUT OF THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR, ONLY THE DRIVER SIDE. THINKING THE DOOR/FLAP ISN'T WORKING PROPERLY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11083551April 6, 2018
ENGINE, STEERING
DRIVING AT 50-55 MPH AND CHECK ENGINE AND OTHER DASHBOARD LIGHTS FLASHED AND STARTED LOSING POWER. PULLED OFF TO SIDE STREET A FEW FEET AWAY. I WAS LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO GET IN CENTER TURN LANE WHERE THE CAR DIED COMPLETELY. POWER STEERING ALSO WAS LOST. WE PUSHED CAR OFF ROAD WHERE IT RESTARTED ABOUT 1/2 HOUR LATER. DRIVING HOME LESS THEN 5 MILES IT DIED BUT STARTED AGAIN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11083624April 6, 2018
ENGINE
PASSENGER SIDE HEAT BLOWS WEAK COLD AIR (DASH, FLOOR, AND DEFROSTER). WINDSHIELD WILL NOT DEFROST. HEATER CORE REPLACED, CLOGGED WITH CASTING SAND FROM MANUFACTURER. TWO WEEKS LATER, NEW CORE CLOGGED. MECHANIC SPENT MOST OF ONE DAY CONTINUOUSLY FLUSHING ENGINE/SYSTEM. SAND STILL FLUSHING OUT AT END OF DAY FROM HEAT/COOLING SYSTEM. CONDITIONS ARE STATIONARY OR MOVING (ANY SPEED) WITH HEATER ON. UNSURE HOW LONG THIS WAS OCCURRING AS I RARELY HAVE A PASSENGER. DRIVER'S SIDE SEEMED TO WORK FINE, SO I DID NOT NOTICE UNTIL ROUTINELY TRANSPORTING PASSENGER AND GOT WORSE TO THE POINT IT WAS DIFFICULT SEEING OUT OF WINDSHIELD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11082416April 2, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THE 2008 DODGE AVENEGER HAD 6 RECALLS. MY 2009 DODGE AVENGER IS DOING EVERYTHING THE 08 WAS RECALLED FOR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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