2013 DODGE AVENGER Complaints

ENGINE LOCKED UP WHILE MAKING A TURN AROUND ON BUSY HIGHWAY. MADE COMPLETE CAR'S STEERING TO BE LOCKED UP. LUCKY TO BE ALIVE AND OTHER CAR DID NOT SLAM INTO ME. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS VERY PROBLEM ON THIS VERY CAR, HOWEVER MY VIN WAS NOT IN THE LOT OF CARS FOR THIS RECALL. MANAGED TO MOVE OVER SOMEWHAT, BY THE TIME I HAD TOW TRUCK MEET ME (WITHIN THE HOUR) POLICE HAD CAR TOWED. THIS WAS 4 WEEKS AFTER PAYING 1400.00 IN REPAIRS ON OTHER CAR PARTS. 3 SEPARATE TIMES, CAR STALLED, WHILE DRIVING ON BUSY HIGHWAY D/T GAS GAUGE STATING HAD GAS AND REALLY DID NOT. RECALL FOR 2009 AVENGER FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT NOT 2013.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE AVENGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE DRIVER WAS DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. AS A RESULT, THE DRIVER CRASHED INTO A UTILITY POLE. THE DRIVER DID NOT SUSTAIN INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A USED VEHICLE LOT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER AND WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

THE RED LIGHTENING BOLT APPEARS AND THE CAR LOSES NEARLY ALL ENGINE POWER....I READ ON THE INTERNET TO:1} TURN ON IGNITION(NOT ENGINE)...2}PRESS ACCELERATOR PEDAL SLOWLY TO THE FLOOR, THEN ALLOW THE PEDAL TO RETURN(SLOWLY)..3} TURN IGNITION OFF----4{START THE CAR... I HAD TO PULL OVER AND STOP THE CAR AND GO THRU THE INSTRUCTIONS.....IT ALWAYS STARTS AND RUNS FOR A HALF A DAY OR SO, BEFORE IT HAPPENS AGAIN!(I GUESS I HAVE TO KEEP RESETTING THE THROTTLE SENSOR)!....THIS HAPPENS AT 10 MPH AND OR 60 MPH

TAKATA RECALL: I WAS DRIVING MY 2013 DODGE AVENGER SXT ON THE HIGHWAY AND I HEARD A POP. AND THEN I FELT ALL THIS AIR BUT ALL WINDOWS WAS UP. I PULL MY SUNROOF COVER BACK AND LOOK AND MY SUNROOF EXPLODED.GLASS EVERYWHERE. MY SUNROOF WAS NOT OPEN AND IT WAS NOT IN THE VENT OPEN OPTION EITHER. IT WAS COMPLETELY CLOSED WHEN THIS HAPPENED ON APRIL 29,2019 AROUND 10:45 AM IN THE MORNING.

FAULTY TIPM. I WAS IN MOTION DRIVING ON THE CITY STREET. I HAD MY CELLPHONE CHARGING IN THE CIGARETTE LIGHTER PORT AND MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON AT THE SAME TIME. MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS STARTED FREEZING UP IN THE MIDDLE OF MY WINDOW UNTIL I UNPLUGGED MY PHONE. I HAD TO PULL OVER AND WAIT FOR THE RAIN TO STOP. IT EVEN DOES IT WHEN I TURN ON THE AIR CONDITION. SOMETIMES WHEN I PUSH THE LOCK BUTTON ON MY DRIVER SIDE DOOR, ALL 4 DOORS WILL LOCK. BTW, I KNOW IT'S NOT THE BATTERY BECAUSE, I JUST HAD A BRAND NEW ONE INSTALLED 1 MONTH AGO.

AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET THE HOOD FLEW UP INTO THE WINDSHIELD. I WAS ABLE TO GET IT DOWN. ONCE PARKED, I PULLED THE LATCH INSIDE THE CAR TO POP THE HOOD. WHEN I LIFTED, IT CAME STRAIGHT UP. NORMALLY I WOULD HAVE TO PRESS THE PIECE TO RELEASE THE HOOD THE REST OF THE WAY. THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE LATCH AND NOW MY HOOD IS BENT.

I FEEL HEAT COMING FROM THE VENT NEAR THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW. THE MIDDLE VENTS ALONG WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW VENT ONLY BLOWS ALMOST A/C COOL AIR ALL THE TIME.

STARTED THE CAR ONE DAY AND SUDDENLY THE CHECK AIRBAG LIGHT WAS ON. TOOK IT TO A DODGE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE ACTIVE RESTRAINT HEADREST SYSTEM WAS BROKEN. NO DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE TO THE SEAT/HEADREST NOR THE AIRBAG SYSTEM. THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN USED UNUSUALLY AND IT HASN'T BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT.

THE ACTUATOR BEHIND GLOVE BOX BEGAN TICKING. I REPLACED IT 3 TIMES. I HAVE NOW RESEARCHED AND FOUND THIS IS A KNOWN HEATER CORE ISSUE. I BELIEVE IT HAS A SPLIT CORE SYSTEM. THE HEAT OR DEFROST DOES NOT WORK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THERE ARE MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ONLINE ABOUT THIS. THE COST TO FIX IS AN AVERAGE OF $1100. BUT THIS FIX ONLY WORKS FOR AN AVERAGE OF 1 YEAR AND THEN IT STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL. IT IS MOST DEFINITELY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE A VEHICLE THAT THE DEFROST DOES NOT WORK. WINDSHIELD IS OBSTRUCTED ON ONE SIDE. WILL DODGE DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS? THIS IS A MANUFACTURING PROBLEM OF SOME SORT. THIS CAR ONLY HAS 89K MILES ON IT. I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THIS MATTER. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP TO COME IN AND PAY $150 FOR DIAGNOSTICS THEN IF IT WAS A CORE PROBLEM IT WOULD BE AROUND $1200 BUT THEY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING UNTIL I PAID THE $150. WHEN I COMPLAINED THAT IT APPEARED TO BE A DODGE ISSUE ON AVENGERS THE TECH SAID "GOOD LUCK WITH THAT" AND HUNG UP.

DRIVER SIDE BLOWS LIKE WARM HEAT, PASSENGER SIDE BLOWS FREEZING COLD AIR. I HAVE SPOKEN TO THREE DIFFERENT DODGE TECHNICIANS AND THEY SAID THIS IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE BETWEEN 2010 AND 2015 DODGE AVENGERS AND ALL DODGE VANS. SOMETIMES REPLACING THE HEATER CORE WILL FIX IT SOMETIMES IT WILL NOT. SOMETIMES REPLACING BOTH THERMOSTATS FIXES IT AND SOMETIMES NOT. SOMETIMES REPLACING BOTH BLENDER DOOR ACTUATORS FIXES IT SOMETIMES IT DOES NOT. SOMETIMES REPLACING THE WATER PUMP FIXES IT AND SOMETIMES IT DOES NOT. MANY PEOPLE HAVE REPLACED ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND IT STILL DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE. DODGE REALLY NEEDS TO FIX THIS ISSUE BECAUSE IT IS RIDICULOUS! THIS IS THE FIRST DODGE I HAVE EVER OWNED AND IT ABSOLUTELY WILL BE THE LAST DODGE I WILL EVER OWN!