2012 DODGE AVENGER Complaints

THE PROBLEM STARTED WITH "CLICKING" SOUND COMING FROM BEHIND GLOVEBOX WHEN HEAT OR AIR WAS TURNED ON. WOULD STOP CLICKING AFTER ABOUT 30 TO 45 SECONDS. THAT WENT OFF AND ON FOR ABOUT A YEAR. NOW, THERE IS ONLY HOT AIR COMING FROM THE DRIVER SIDE VENTS AND COLD AIR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WHEN HEAT IS ON. IT NO LONGER CLICKS WHEN THE BLOWER IS ON BUT ONLY HAVE HEAT TO ONE SIDE OF THE CAR. THIS ISSUE HAPPENS REGARDLESS IF THE CAR IS PARKED OR IN MOTION.

MY HEATER IS NOT BLOWING OUT HOT AIR. I WAS TOLD THAT CASTING SAND WAS IN THE COOLING RESERVOIR THAT'S CAUSING THE HEATER TO NOT BLOW OUT HOT AIR AND THAT THE CASTING SAND WILL CAUSE SLUDGE IN MY COOLING SYSTEM. EVEN THOUGH THIS IS NO FAULT OF MY MAKING AND THIS HAPPENED AT THE MANUFACTURING PLANT DODGE WILL NOT FIX THEIR MISTAKE NOR IS IT COVERED BY MY LIFETIME ADDED CARE PLUS WARRANTY.

IN APRIL 2018 AND AGAIN IN NOVEMBER 2018 MY CAR STALLED, COMPLETELY DIED WHILE I WAS STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT ON A HILL. I HAD TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND RESTART THE CAR. THIS WAS ON A HILL, HEADING TO A HIGHWAY ENTRY.

HEATER CORE. BLOWS HOT AIR ON DRIVER'S SIDE, COLD AIR ON PASSENGER SIDE ALL THE TIME WHEN USING HEATER.

THE HEAT HAS STOPPED WORKING ON THE PASSANGER SIDE MAKING THE DEFROSTER NOT TO WORK. THOS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO ADDRESSED.

HEATER CORE PER DODGE DEALERSHIP IS STOPPED UP. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE THE HEAT WOULDN'T GET UP TO A SATISFACTORY TEMPERATURE, THEY TESTED IT & SAID THEY COULD TRY FLUSHING BUT THEY THOUGHT IT NEEDED REPLACING.

MY CAR IS BLOWING COLD AIR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. I JUST HAD THE HEATER CORE AND THE ACTUATOR DOOR REPLACED BACK IN THE SUMMER AND IT COST US OVER 2000.00. THIS ISSUE STARTED BACK IN FEBRUARY AND WE WAITED UNTIL SUMMER TO FIX IT BUT NOW A FEW WEEKS INTO THE COLD WEATHER AND HERE WE GO AGAIN. THE HEAT WORKED FOR ABOUT A WEEK AND NOW THE PASSENGER SIDE IS BLOWING COLD AIR AGAIN . I CALLED DODGE AND WAS TOLD IT WAS A MANUFACTURES DEFECT BUT THERE WAS NO RECALLS SO THEY STATED THAT I HAD TO PAY TO GET IT FIXED AGAIN. THE PLACE THAT FIXED IT STATED THAT THE HEATER CORE HAS LIKE A FILM THAT BREAKS OFF AND THE PARTICLES BLOCK THE HEAT. THERE IS SO MANY PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES BUT MANY CALLS TO DODGE AND THEY WILL NOT PAY TO HAVE THIS FIXED. CAN YOU HELP, I CAN NOT AFFORD TO FIX THIS AGAIN! AND I HAVE A 30 MILE COMMUTE TO WORK, NOW I AM SICK FROM BEING SO COLD DAILY.

HEATER AND DEFROST DO NOT WORK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR, LEAVING HALF OF THE WINDSHIELD FOGGED UP. THIS CAUSES BAD VISIBILITY ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CAR. LOOKING ON THE INTERNET, THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE (DODGE AVENGER)

SINCE 2016, MY CAR HAS BEEN OUT OF HEAT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND IS NOW STARTING TO LOSE HEAT ON THE DRIVER SIDE. I HAVE HAD GREAT UP-KEEP ON MY CAR AND GET IT FIXED ON A REGULAR BASES. DURING THE WINTER MY CAR IS FREEZING COLD. IT IS ONLY LETTING HEAT OUT ON THE FAR LEFT DRIVER SIDE VENT AND THIS IS STARTING TO BLOW COLD AIR TOO. IT TAKES FOREVER TO WARM THE INSIDE OF MY CAR OR NEVER WARMS UP AT ALL. I'M UNSURE WHAT THE UNDERLYING PROBLEM IS THAT I SEE IS VERY COMMON FOR THIS TYPE OF CAR. BEING IN THE MILITARY I DON'T HAVE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO GET THIS FIX. IT IS TOTALLY A MANUFACTURES DEFECT AND NEED TO FIXED IMMEDIATELY.

THERE IS A CLICKING NOISE IN THE DASH DUE TO THE A/C SYSTEM. THE DEALER IS AWARE OF THIS BEING AN ISSUE IN MANY CARS AND REFUSES TO FIX IT. IT APPEARED JUST AFTER THE WARRANTY WAS EXPIRED. THIS HAPPENS WHENEVER THE A/C OR FAN IS RUNNING.