2000 DODGE AVENGER Complaints

LOWER BALL JOINTS,DUPLICATE LETTER RESPONDED TO BY MICHAEL JORDON ON 4-1-03 REFERENCE 10004221. THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE AFTER THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED, HOWEVER THE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER THE PROBLEMS HE WAS EXPERIENCING WERE NOT RELATED. *JB

I HAVE 2 DODGE CARS, BOTH 2000, AN INTREPID AND AN AVENGER. THE SPEED SENSOR HAS GONE OUT IN BOTH CARS IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR 2002. BOTH HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY, CAUSING IMMEDIATE DECELERATION. I SENT A LETTER TO CHYRSLER IN JULY OF 2002, BUT GOT NO RESPONSE. I HAVE THE INVOICES FROM THE REPAIRS AND THE PART # IS THE SAME ON BOTH CARS. *JB

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING THE BALL JOINTS, THE DEALER RESEALED THE BALL JOINTS, HOWEVER 5 MONTHS LATER THE HUB BEARINGS, STRUTS, THE UPPER AND LOWER CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS AND THE RIGHT SIDE LOWER BALL JOINT WAS REPLACED, CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER FAILED TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM WITH THE BALL JOINTS WHICH CAUSED NUMEROUS REPAIR BILLS, THE DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT NONE OF THE PROBLEMS WAS RELATED TO THE RECALL.*JB

VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT GEARS, THE DEALER FOUND THAT TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LEAKING THROUGH A CRACK IN THE TRANSMISSION CASE, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT IT CAME FROM THE FACTORY WITH THE CRACK AND THAT IT WOULD TAKE SEVERAL DAYS TO ORDER AND RECEIVE THE PART FOR REPAIR.*JB

HAVE ONLY 12000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. HAD TO REPLACE FRONT PADS AND HAD REAR ROTORS TURNED. INFORMED BY MECHANIC (NON DEALER) THAT REAR ROTORS WERE WARPED. UNSURE IF TURNING WILL DO ANY GOOD. DEFECT MATERIAL??? THIS IS UNUSUAL FOR A NEW CAR. AK *SCC ***DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS****750510

WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH VEHICLES FRONT END STARTED TO SHAKE AND MAKE A HUMMING NOISE. CONSUMER SLOWED VEHICLE DOWN, AND CAR HYDROPLANED AND LANDED ON SIDE OF ROAD. THEN, CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO STOP CAR. CONSUMER HAS YET TO CONTACT DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING WOULD STEP ON BRAKES PEDAL TO STOP OR REDUCE SPEED, BUT BRAKES WOULD SUFFER EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK

BOTH FRONT WHEELS HAVE BENT NEAR THE RIM. BOTH TIMES, THE TIME AND DATE OF THE INITIAL FAILURE WAS UNKNOWN. THIS DAMAGE WAS NOTICED LATER, WHEN THE VEHICLE STARTED WOBBLING. THE LEFT WHEEL BENT SO SEVERLY THAT THE AIR WAS LET OUT. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN DRIVEN SAFELY AND NOT UNDER ANY UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES. DODGE HAS OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. RIM APPEARS SUSCEPTIBLE TO DAMAGE, DISTORTION AND FAILURE UNDER NORMAL DRIVING. NO POTHOLES, CRACKS OR OTHER ANOMOLIES WERE NOTICED BEFORE DAMAGE OCCURED ON BOTH WHEELS.

I WAS TRAVELING AROUND 80MPH ON I 75. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED. IT WAS LIKE HITTING A WALL. I WENT FROM 80 MPH TO LESS THEN 30 MPH. TRASMISSION IS NOW SLIPPING INFREQUENTLY. *AK

THE FIRST PROBLEM WITH THE MODULATOR IN THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS ON 02/05/00. THERE WERE 2544 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR WAS NOT BRAKING PROPERLY. THE FOLLOWING DAY THE ABS FAN CONTINUED TO RUN AFTER THE CAR WAS TURNED OFF. THE CAR WAS STILL NOT BRAKING PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO NALLEY DODGE. ON 05/22/00, WITH 6,438 MILES ON THE CAR, THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT IN AGAIN. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS BEING PRESSED TO THE FLOOR, HOWEVER, THE BRAKES WERE NOT STOPPING THECAR. I HAD AN APPOINTMENT SET FOR 7 AM. AT 12 PM, I CALLED TO GET AN ASSESSMENT OF THE PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD THE CAR HAD NOT BEEN LOOKED AT YET. I EXPRESSED MY CONCERN DUE TO THE FACT I HAD AN APPOINTMENT AND IT WAS NOT GRANTED. I WAS GIVEN A CALL WITHIN AN HOUR AND WAS TOLD THE CAR WAS READY.. ACCORDING TO THE REPAIR BILL, THE BRAKE FLUID WAS LOW AND IT JUST NEEDED TO BE TOPPED OFF. ON 06/01/00, AT 7,314 MILES, I BROUGHT THE CAR IN AGAIN FOR THE SAME PROBLEM AS ON 05/22/00. I WAS TOLD THE MASTER CYLINDER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WHEN I EXPRESSED MY CONCERN AS TO WHY IT WAS NOT REPLACED ON 05/22/00; I WAS TOLD A DIFFERENT TECHNICIAN LOOKED AT IT, ON THE PREVIOUS DATE. WHEN I COMPARED ALL 3 BILLS, I NOTICED THE MASTER CYLINDER MODULATOR WAS REPLACED TWICE. IT WAS REPLACED ONCE ON 02/05/00, AND AGAIN ON 06/01/00. I WAS NOT GIVEN A GOOD REASON AS TO WHY THE MODULATOR WAS NOT REPLACED ON 05/22/00, AND IT HAD TO BE BROUGHT IN AGAIN, 876 MILES LATER, FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THE SERVICE ADVISOR AT NALLEY DODGE, DERRICK, SEEMED UNCONCERNED WITH OUR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE VEHICLE NOT STOPPING ON THREE SEPERATE OCASSIONS WITHIN THE FIRST 8000 MILES OF OUR OWNERSHIP OF A NEW VEHICLE. WE ARE NOW SEEKING ARBITRATION TO RECEIVE A NEW VEHICLE WITHOUT BRAKING PROBLEMS.*AK