2013 DODGE AVENGER Complaints

SEATBELT ON DRIVERS SIDE LOCKS ALL THE WAY IN AND DOES NOT RELEASE. THIS HAS HAPPENED WHILE CAR IS STATIONARY AND IN MOTION (NO BREAKING INVOLVED, DRIVING 25 MPH). HAVE GOT THE SEATBELT TO RELEASE A FEW TIMES AND IMMEDIATELY LOCKS AGAIN. IS CURRENTLY LOCKED ALL THE WAY IN PREVENTING THE SEATBELT FROM BEING WORN.

IN JANUARY 2020 MY 2013 DODGE AVENGER BEGAN TO HAVE ISSUES THAT RESULTED IN IT STRANDING ME AT VARIOUS TIMES, I HAD THE CAR TOWED AND ASSESSES IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE BATTERY WAS BAD WAS THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED ( LAST REPLACED 2 YEARS PRIOR) THE CAR WAS RETURNED TO ME AND ALMOST 1 WEEK LATER I WAS AGAIN STRANDED WITH A CAR THAT WOULD NOT START AND SO I HAD IT TOWED AND ASSESSED AND THIS TIME IT WAS THE ALTERNATOR , I HAD IT REPAIRED AND RETURNED TO ME THE VEHICLE SEEMED FINE FOR 2 WEEKS WHEN SUDDENLY THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING OR WOULD WORK INTERMITTENLY, THE AC OR HEATER WOULD WORK INTERMITTENLY, THE CAR HORN AND ALARM STOPPED WORKING AND WOULD GO OFF RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL IF THE HEATER WAS ON WHILE DRIVING AND THE ALARM WOULD GO OFF IF IT STALLED, FINALLY I CALLED DODGE AND THEY TOLD ME TO BRING IT IN, THEY WOULD FIND OUT WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT I TOLD THEM FROM WHAT I HAD READ IT SEEMD THE ISSUE WAS THE TIPM, 3 DAYS LATER I GET A CALL THAT IT IS THE TIPM AND THAT THEY WILL ALSO NEED TO REMOVE THE ALARM AND THAT THE REPAIR WOULD COST OVER 1900.00 AND WHEN THE CAR IS BACK IT WILL NO LONGER HAVE AN ALARM THOUGH I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE WITH AN ALARM ON THE SHOW FLOOR IT WOULD BE ADDITIONAL COST TO HAVE A NEW ALARM INSTALLED. I HAVE READ THAT THIS ISSUE IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND THAT IT IS VERY DANGEROUS AND DODGE CONTINUES TO IGNORE HOW DANGEROUS THIS IS. THE TIMES THE VEHICLE STALLED I WAS DRIVING, AND COULD HAVE BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT HAD I NOT REACTED QUICKLY AND RECOGNIZED WHAT WAS HAPPENING.

THE HORN ON MY VEHICLE CONTINUES TO BEEPS WHILE DRIVING, THE RADIO NO LONGER TURNS ON AND THE CAR SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT ANY WARNING ALMOST CAUSING ACCIDENTS. I WAS TOLD THE POWER MODULE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ONLINE FROM OTHER CUSTOMERS REGARDING THE SAME ISSUE WITH THIS MAKE/MODEL VEHICLE.

WHILE DRIVING MY CAR APPROXIMATELY AROUND 15MPH ON A SMOOTH ROAD I HEARD A DISRUPTIVE NOISE AND SAW THAT MY PASSENGER HAD BEEN HIT BY THE ACTIVE HEAD REST WHICH WAS DEPLOYED ALTHOUGH WE WERE NOT IN AN ACCIDENT. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION I NOTICED THE CHEAP PLASTIC THAT HOLDS THE PIN IN PLACE INSIDE THE HEAD REST HAD BEEN BROKEN WHICH CAUSED THE ACTIVE HEADREST TO UNEXPECTEDLY DEPLOY.

HELLO I'M [XXX] BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE HORN GOING OFF RANDOMLY WHEN CAR IS RUNNING OR OFF SITTING IN DRIVEWAY. WINDOWS GOING UP AND DOWN ON THERE OWN WITH PRESSING THE BUTTON. HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE LOOKED OVER CAUSE IT'S ANNOYING AND EMBARRASSING DRIVING OR TURNING AND HORN BLOWS AT OTHER DRIVERS. MECHANIC NARROWED IT DOWN TO THE TIPM SYSTEM AND HAVE NOTICED ONLINE OTHER DODGE AVENGER ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

MY CAR DOESN'T START AFTER EVERY 8 HOURS. I HAD A 'DRAWS' TEST ADMINISTRATED ON MY VEHICLE BUT NO ONE CAN TELL ME WHY THIS IS HAPPENING. I DRIVE AROUND WITH A JUMPER BOX TO START MY CAR WHEN NEEDED. FOR THE LAST 3 YEARS I HAVE REPLACE MY ALTERNATOR TWICE AND 4 BATTERIES. PLEASE HELP

BAD HEATER CORE ON MY AVENGER. DOES NOT HAVE A LOT OF MILES ON IT. WAS NOT ABLE TO DEFROST PASSENGER SIDE OF WINDSHIELD, HAD NO HEAT AT ALL ON PASSENGER SIDE OF CAR.

FOR REFERENCE, THIS IS THE COMPLAINT I FILED: "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)."

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE AVENGER. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE HEATER WAS ACTIVATED HOWEVER, THE PASSENGER SIDE VENTS ONLY PRODUCED COLD AIR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER OR A LOCAL MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE AVENGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THEIR SON WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH IN THE RAIN, WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE HEATER ON AND DEFROST THE WINDOWS, THE SYSTEM FAILED. THE CONTACT CONTACTED AAA WHO RECOMMENDED A CERTIFIED MECHANIC. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE CERTIFIED MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE HEATER'S CHORD WAS BLOCKED WITH SAND THAT LEAKED FROM THE ENGINE BLOCK. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, HOWEVER, THE FAILURE OCCURRED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED A SECOND TIME. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.