Dodge Avenger Complaints

3,172 consumer complaints on file.

#766858September 8, 2002
AIR BAGS
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
3
Deaths:
0
#8018127September 6, 2002
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
LOWER BALL JOINT ON THE RIGHT SIDE BROKE WHILE TURNING. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8016781August 20, 2002
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN LOWER ARM BALL JOINT RECALL 00V421002. AFTER FIRST INSPECTION IN OCTOBER 2001, PART FAILED ON 8-3-02. ARMS AND JOINTS WERE ACTUALLY REPLACED. CURRENTLY, COMPRESSION ARM BALL JOINT CRACKED JUST AS THE LATTERAL ARM BALL JOINT THAT WAS RECALLED. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#765651August 14, 2002
SUSPENSION:FRONT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM
I HAVE HAD THIS CAR IN THE SHOP TWICE IN THE LAST YEAR TO REPLACE THESE BALL-JOINTS THAT WERE SUPPOSEDLY REPLACE LAST AUGUST BEFORE I OWNED IT. THAT MEANS THE RECALL HAS BEEN DONE TWICE ALREADY AND NEEDS TO BE DONE AGAIN. WHAT'S THE POINT IN REPLACING A JUNK PART WITH ANOTHER JUNK PART. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#765562August 12, 2002
WHEELS:RIM
BOTH FRONT AND REAR RIGHT RIMS WERE BENT UNDER SEPARATE, UNRELATED AND NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. DEALER WOULD NOT REPAIR BECAUSE OWNER COULD NOT "PROVE" IT WAS NORMAL CONDITIONS. PROBLEM IS WIDESPREAD APPARENTLY WITH THESE RIMS. DOOR ASSEMBLY SEALANT FOR WEATHER STRIPPING BEGAN DRIPPING OVER THE SUMMER AFTER I PURCHASED CAR. STILL DRIPS. DEALER STALLED ON REPAIRS UNTIL I WAS OUT OF MY WARRANTY AND THEN REFUSED TO REPAIR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8015409August 2, 2002
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
WHEN OPENING DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE DOOR HANDLE BROKE OFF WITHOUT ANY FORCE.CONTACTED DEALER. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8015331August 1, 2002
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER ARM
WHEN PULLING INTO DRIVEWAY UPPER RIGHT CONTROL ARM MOUNT SEPARATED FROM BODY, MAKING AN ENORMOUS POPPING SOUND. DEALER STATED IF DRIVEN MORE WHEELS COULD HAVE COLLAPSED.*AK *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8015028July 29, 2002
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM
WHILE WAITING TO HAVE RECALL REPAIRS DONE, FRONT END OF VEHICLE FELL OUT. UNABLE TO DRIVE VEHICLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#566748July 24, 2002
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE HAD A RATTLE THAT SEEMED TO EXTEND THROUGH THE ENTIRE VEHICLE, DEALER STATED THE NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE BRAKES, HOWEVER THE CONSUMER DECLINED THESE REPAIRS, THE DEALER LATER FOUND THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO A CRACKED ENGINE MOUNT, THEY FOUND A CRACK ON THE REAR RIGHT SIDE AND ANOTHER ON THE LEFT FRONT SIDE, CONSUMER HAD ANOTHER INSPECTION IN WHICH ANOTHER PERSON STATED THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES OR MOTOR MOUNT, THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE LOWER CONTROL ARM JOINTS, CONSUMER HAD RECALL REPAIRS PREVIOUSLY, 00V421002, THE INDEPENDENT GARAGE MADE REPAIRS TO THE JOINTS AND THE VEHICLE IS NO LONGER EXPERIENCING ANY OF THE PROBLEMS, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#764616July 23, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
WHEN TRAVELING 60MPH OR BETTER CAR IS HARD TO STOP/RECALL ON BRAKES IN 2000. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8014537July 23, 2002
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
AFTER MAKING AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE RECALL 00V421000 REPAIRS DONE WAS TOLD THAT PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE , AFTER WAITING FOR AN HOUR. SCARED TO DRIVE VEHICLE DUE TO FEAR OF ITS SAFETY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8014412July 22, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY
ENGINE HAS OVERHEATED SIX TIMES ALREADY BECAUSE THERE WAS A SHORT IN WIRES. ALSO, THERMOSTAT HAS GONE OUT SIX TIMES. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8014396July 19, 2002
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 00V421002 CONCERNING LOWER BALL JOINTS. WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY FELT PRESSURE FROM WEAR/ TEAR OF UPPER BALL JOINTS. VEHICLE SHUT DOWN, AND FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WENT TO THE GROUND.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8014228July 18, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING AT 25MPH WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AND NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. VEHICLE TOTALLED.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8013680July 10, 2002
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
THERE IS A BROWN FOG BUILDING UP IN THE HEADLIGHT LENSES, CAUSING THE LIGHT TO BE DIM MAKING IT HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO SEE WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. THE CAUSE IS UNKNOWN AND THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THERE IS NO MOISTURE BUILD UP AND IS NOT ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE LIGHTS. *SCC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#763899July 7, 2002
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
THE DOOR HINGE ON DRIVERS SIDE BUSTED AND NEEDS TO BE WELDED ,BY NO FAULT OF MINE. I HAVE TALKED TO AUTO BODY SHOPS THAT HAVE HAD TO FIX NUMEROUS DOORS ON OTHER AVENGERS. I THINK THIS SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO .I DO NOT THINK I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT IS CLEARLY A DEFECT.I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE I CAN FILE A COMPLAINT BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS A REAL DANGER WHEN YOUR DOOR ON A VEHICLE DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY I WILL LOOK INTO THIS MATTER MORE SO ANYTHING YOU CAN DO ,PLEASE CONTACT ME [XXX]. *AK PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8012830June 27, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE WILL SHUT DOWN BECOMING INOPERABLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#566125June 18, 2002
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
THERE WAS A BALL JOINT RECALL TWICE BUT BOTH TIMES THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG AND DID NOT FIX IT. LATER ON THE BALL JOINTS FAILED. (RECALL # 99V-066/00V-421) *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#762744June 6, 2002
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8010264May 21, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
TRANSMISSION SEALS FAILED WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE STOPPED SHIFTING CORRECTLY, JUST STUCK IN SECOND GEAR.*AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE BRAKES FAILED AND ROTORS WARPED AT 18000 MILES. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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