2012 DODGE AVENGER Complaints

MY COOLING SYSTEM IS CONTAMINATED BY INFERIOR PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED WITHIN MY DODGE AVENGER. MATERIAL/S WITHIN THE COOLING SYSTEM FAIL AND CAUSE DEBRIS TO BUILD UP WITHIN THE ENTIRE COOLING SYSTEM. THIS MATERIAL/S IS A SANDY LIKE SUBSTANCE THAT BLOCKS CRITICAL COOLING AND HEATING COMPONENTS THAT HAS LEAD TO MAJOR FAILURES OF MY HEATING SYSTEM VIA THE DEBRIS BLOCKING THE HEATER CORE FROM FUNCTIONING. I CERTAIN THAT THIS DEBRIS IS ALSO AFFECTING MY ENGINE'S COOLING FUNCTION.

TAKATA RECALL I HAVE A 2012 DODGE AVENGER R/T. LIKE MANY OTHER AVENGERS, THE HEAT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF MY VEHICLE STOPPED WORKING. I GET NOTHING BUT COLD AIR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. I'VE DONE MY RESEARCH, AND THIS IS A MANAFACTURER DEFECT THAT RESULTS FROM BAD CASTING THAT CAUSES METAL FLAKES TO BREAK OFF AND FILL UP THE HEATER CORE UNTIL IT BECOMES SO CLOGGED THAT IT STOPS WORKING PROPERLY. A SIMPLE FLUSH WILL NOT DO THE JOB, AND THE HEATER CORE MUST BE REPLACED. THIS IS AN EXPENSIVE REPAIR. I HIGHLY BELIEVE THAT THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL, DUE TO THE FACT THAT VISIBILITY IS SEVERELY DECREASED IN WINTER ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CAR. THIS NOT ONLY PUTS THE DRIVER AND PASSENGERS IN DANGER, BUT OTHER VEHICES AND PEDESTRIANS AS WELL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE AVENGER. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE HEATER WOULD NOT OPERATE AND THE WINDOWS COULD NOT BE DEFROSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO FLUSHED THE HEATER CORE, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. IN ADDITION, WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF. DURING THE FAILURE, THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE AND ESP ACTIVATION MALFUNCTION INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURES WERE NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND LOCAL DEALER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 107,000. *BF. CONSUMER STATED MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED ON THE SAME DAY. *JB

HEATER CORE FAILURE. NOTICED THE 2012 DODGE AVENGER PASSENGER SIDE WAS NOT BLOWING HOT AIR. INSTEAD THE AIR WAS COMING OUT COLD NO MATTER HOW MUCH THE TEMPERATURE WAS ADJUSTED. EVEN AFTER DRIVING TO DESTINATIONS THE HEAT NEVER WORKED FO THE PASSENGER SIDE. ONLY THE DRIVER'S SIDE HOT AIR WORKS. TOOK IT TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THEY DID A FLUSH 3 TIMES BECAUSE THEY SAID GUNK CAN SOMETIMES BUILD UP ON THOSE CARS IN PARTICULAR, HOWEVER IT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THEY INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS THE HEATER CORE THAT NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE CAR ONLY HAS 63K MILES SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT A CAR WITH LOW MILEAGE SHOULD EXPERIENCE.

TAKATA RECALL THE DODGE AVENGER 2012 HAS MESSED UP HEATING SYSTEMS. THE LEFT DRIVERS SIDE IS HOT, THEN AS YOU GO TO THE PASSENGER SIDE IT IS ICE COLD. WHEN ON THE HIGHWAYS THE COLD DOESNT GO AWAY. IT STAYS COLD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE THE WHOLE TIME. THE HOTTEST ONE IS LEFT OF THE WHEEL. THEN RIGHT OF THE WHEEL IS LUKEWARM. THEN PASSENGERS LEFT HEATER IS COLD AND PASSENGERS RIGHT HEATER IS FREEZING. DURING THE WINTER IT GETS TO BE -20 OUTSIDE. THERE IS NO WAY I AM ABLE TO DRIVE IN THAT SINCE MY CAR WONT HEAT UP CORRECTLY. NO AUTO SHOP IS ABLE TO FIX THE ISSUE. PLEASE ISSUE A RECALL SO WE ARE ABLE TO DRIVE IN COLD WEATHER AND HAVE OUR HEAT ON. PLEASE STABILIZE THE HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEM TO WHERE IT IS ALL EVEN FOR EVERY HEATER.

MY 2012 DODGE AVENGER CAUGHT FIRE UNDER THE HOOD WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE FWY. I COULD NOT STOP THE CAR BECAUSE THE BRAKE BECAME LOCKED IN PLACE AND I COULDNT PRESS IT DOWN WITH MY FOOT. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE DID NOT WORK. IT WAS UNSAFE TO GET OUT OF THE MOVING CAR, SO I WAS TRAPPED IN THE CAR AS THE FIRE UNDER THE HOOD GREW RAPIDLY. I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF AT THE NEXT EXIT AND WITH QUICK THINKING, I USED THE CURB AT THE END OF THE FWY OFF RAMP TO HELP ME STOP THE CAR. WHEN FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED, THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF MY CAR WAS FULLY ENGULFED. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, CHRYSLER/DODGE HAS HAD REAPEATED COMPLAINTS REGARDING SIMILAR INCIDENTS.

HEAT DOES NOT WORK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR HAVE READ SEVERAL COMPLAINTS FROM NUMEROUS CUSTOMERS COMPLAINING OF THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM HE WORKS FINE ON THE DRIVER SIDE

COLD AIR BLOWING OUT OF PASSENGER SIDE VENTS, WHEN HEAT IS COMING OUT OF DRIVERS SIDE. I HAD THE THERMOSTAT REPLACED, THE RADIATOR FLUSHED, THE HEATER CORE CHECKED. I REPLACED THE HEATER BLEND DOOR ACTUATOR AND THE BLOWER MOTOR CONTROL MODULE AND RESISTER AND STILL HAVE COLD AIR COMING OUT OF THE VENTS.

I HAVE A 2012 DODGE AVENGER V6 WITH ONLY THE DRIVER SIDE HEAT WORKING. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION AS TO WHAT CAUSED IT THERE IS SAND PARTIALS IN THE COOLING SYSTEM FROM THE SAND FORGING OF THE MOTOR AND WHERE THERE WAS NOT PROPER FLUSHING OF THE COOLING SYSTEM BEFORE THE ASSEMBLY OF THE MOTOR. IT IS A CLOSED SYSTEM SO THERE IS NO WAY THAT SAND PARTIALS CAN ENTER THE SYSTEM AND CAUSE THAT ISSUE. DODGE BELIEVES THERE IS NO SAFETY ISSUE WITH IT AND IT IS A "CREATURE COMFORT", BUT WHEN IN FACE THE HEAT DEFROSTS THE WINDOWS TO ENABLE VISIBILITY. WITH NO HEAT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF VEHICLE THE PASSENGER SIDE AND SOME OF THE DRIVER SIDE IS UNABLE TO DEFOG, DEFROST, OR MELT ANY ICE OBSTRUCTING THE VIEW OF THE DRIVER. THIS IS NOT A DRIVER ISSUE, THIS IS A MANUFACTURING ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED.

NO HEAT ON PASSENGER SIDE. AFTER DOING RESEARCH FOUND THE ISSUE IS ONE OF TWO THINGS, 1ST HEATER CORE LOCATION CAUSING IT TO PLUG WITH SAND, AND COSTING 100'S OF DOLLARS TO HAVE REPAIRED ONLY TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPEN AGAIN AND 2ND HEATER BLEND DOOR NOT WORKING PROPERLY. I'VE HAD THE THERMOSTAT REPLACED FIXED THE PROBLEM FOR ONLY A FEW WEEKS. NOW NO HEAT AGAIN ON PASSENGER SIDE.