2008 DODGE AVENGER Complaints

TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON. EVERY SINCE I HAVE BEEN HAVING VARIOUS PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR. SUCH AS ENGINE ROUGH IDLING/STALLING, TRANSMISSION ISSUES, TIRE PRESSURE MONITOR DON'T WORK, ENGINE WON'T START/DEAD BATTERY. JUST A LOT OF UNUSUAL PROBLEMS. I BE DRIVING THE VEHICLE CITY OR HIGHWAY. DON'T MATTER WHETHER I AM DRIVING STRAIGHT OR TURNING. THIS VEHICLE WILL STALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. YET STALL RIGHT BACK UP. ALL STARTED AFTER THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING LIGHT CAME ON. I BELIEVE IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE TIRE MONITOR SYSTEM. I HAVE BEEN TAKEN CHANCES, HOPING THAT IT WILL GO AWAY LIKE IT STARTED. MY REPAIR SERVICE CAN'T FINE THE PROBLEM AND SAID TO CHECK FOR RECALLS. THESE UNSAFE CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE. HELP NEEDED

THE INTAKE MANIFOLD RUNNER CONTROL IS SHOWING AS "STUCK OPEN" CAUSING THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO BE LIT UP AND THE CAR CANNOT BE INSPECTED. I HAVE REPLACED THIS PART 3 TIMES IN 3 YEARS. THE PART IS EITHER DEFECTIVE FROM EVERY SOURCE, THE CAR IS CAUSING THE ISSUE, OR THE COMPUTER ISN'T FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. THIS HAS COST ME THOUSANDS AND LEFT ME WITHOUT A VEHICLE FOR OVER A YEAR. THIS IS A PART THAT SHOULD LAST A DECADE IF YOU TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOUR AUTOMOBILE.

INTERMITTENTLY, WHEN THE SWITCH IS ON THEY WILL TURN OFF AND ON BY THEMSELVES. FAST TO SLOW AND SLOW TO FAST. CAUSES VERY DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THIS HAPPENS WHEN CAR IS MOVING, OBVIOUSLY IN RAINY CONDITIONS. MOST RECENT ACCURATE 2-13-18 HIGHWAY AND CITY STREETS.. ALSO MY AIR AND COOLING FAN HAS BEEN RUNNING INTERMEDIATE ON HIGH AND NOW IS NOT WORKING AT ALL. NOT TO MENTION ISSUES WITH WIRING HARNESS.

I WAS STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION IN MY SUBDIVISION TO LET SOME KIDS CROSS THE STREET. ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE ENGINE SLOWED DOWN LIKE IT WAS GOING TO DIE AND THEN SPED UP. THE CAR STARTED TO LURCH FORWARD. I PUSHED THE BRAKE DOWN THE REST OF THE WAY TO KEEP THE CAR FROM RUNNING OVER THE KIDS.

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AND ALL LIGHTS WHEN OFF AND CAR SHUT OFF AND I HAD NO CONTROL I WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE

I'VE ALREADY HAD TO REPLACE THE POWER CONTROL MODULE (PCM) ONCE JUST A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, AND NOW I HAVE TO REPLACE IT AGAIN AND MY CAR HAS BEEN OUT OF COMMISSION AND SITTING AT A MECHANIC'S REPAIR SHOP FOR ALMOST 2 MONTHS NOW AFTER FIXING OTHER THINGS FIRST BEFORE FINALLY DETERMINING IT WAS THE PCM AGAIN. CAR WILL NOT REV ABOVE 2.0 RPM AND IS IN "LIMP MODE" WITH THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT ALONG WITH THE LIGHTNING BOLT SYMBOL PRESENT ON THE DASHBOARD.

CAR HAS BEEN RANDOMLY STALLING FOR NO REASON. AFTER SITTING A FEW MINUTES THE CAR WILL RESTART AND DRIVE OK UNTIL IT HAPPENS AGAIN. THE HORN RANDOMLY WORKS AND SOMETIMES GOES OFF BY ITSELF. IT WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT WAS THE TIPM CAUSING THE HORN ISSUE BUT THEY DO NOT KNOW WHY IT IS STALLING. POSSIBLY COULD BE THE TIPM AS WELL.

LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR REAR OF CAR HIT A GUARD RAIL SPUN AROUND A COUPLE TIMES AND FRONT OF CAR HIT AN EMBANKMENT CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE LEFT REAR OF THE CAR AND TRUNK LID AND FULL FRONTAL DAMAGE INCLUDING BENDING THE FRAME HOWEVER THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY

AIRBAG DID NOT FULLY DEPLOY FROM STEERING WHEEL, CURTAIN AIRBAGS ABS SEAT AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED ON DRIVER SIDE , SHOULDER STRAP OF SEAT BELT LOCKED OUT. RESULTING IN MULTIPLE INJURIES TO ME WHICH I WAS DRIVER- NOT SURE HOW ACCIDENT HAPPENED. 95% FACIAL FRACTURES , NEEDED PLASTIC SURGERY , INJURY TO S1 JOINTS, RIGHT HIP SOCKET , INJURY IN L4& L5 KNEES , RIBS BRUISED BADLY, SEVERE CONCUSSION..

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE AVENGER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE HEADLAMPS ILLUMINATED INDEPENDENTLY AND ALL THE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THERE WAS A BURNING ODOR INSIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO RESTART AND WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STARTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED LATER THAT DAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BACK TO THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND WAS REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. THE FAILURE RECURRED DAYS LATER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO MOTOR MILE DODGE (2395 ROANOKE ST, CHRISTIANSBURG, VA 24073) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TPMS NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE DEALER ALSO STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INLCUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 08V152000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 188,500. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED.