2012 DODGE AVENGER Complaints

MY HEAT ALL OF A SUDDEN STOP BLOWING HOT OR EVEN WARM. I AM UNABLE TO DEFROST MY CAR IN THE VEHICLE OR KEEP MY CHILDREN AND I WARM AND I AM EXPECTING A INFANT ANY DAY. I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND WAS TOLD THAT THE ISSUE WAS FROM CASING SAND CLOGGING THE RADIATOR, HEATER CORE AND THE OIL COOLER. THIS IS A MANUFACTURES DEFECT. A FLUSH OF THE RADIATOR AND HEATER CORE WILL NOT FIX THIS ISSUE. THE COST IS $1200 AND I DON'T THAT KIND OF MONEY RIGHT NOW AND IT IS TO NO FAULT OF MY OWN. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I AM GOING TO DO THIS WINTER.

MY 2012 DODGE AVENGER RT HAS NO HEAT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. NOT ONLY IS THIS UNCOMFORTABLE, IT IS ALSO UNSAFE AS THIS LEADS TO THE WINDSHIELD NOT BEING ABLE TO BE DEFROSTED. MANY SITES I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE WITH THIS SAME ISSUE. DODGE NEEDS TO OWN UP TO THIS AND FIX THIS SAFETY HAZARD.

THE HEAT IN MY VEHICLE WORKS ONLY ON THE DRIVER SIDE. THE MIDDLE AND PASSENGER SIDE VENTS BLOW OUT COOL OR COLD AIR WHEN THE HEAT IS ON. THE HEAT ONLY WORKS WHEN ACCELERATING ON THE HIGHWAY. I HAVE REPLACED TUBING AND BOTH THERMOSTATS AND THE ISSUE IS NOT RESOLVED.

NO HEAT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF CAR, COME FROM THE DEFROSTER AND HEATER VENTS. ONLY COLD AIR, FINE ON DRIVERS SIDE.THIS IS THE SECOND TIME

MY 2012 AVENGER RT IS AT 72600 MILES. BEFORE LAST WINTER WHEN I WAS AT ABOUT 60K MILES ESTIMATED, MY PASSENGER SIDE HEAT STOPPED WORKING. ONLY COLD AIR WILL BLOW FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO DEFROST THE WINDSHIELD WITHOUT STARTING THE CAR FOR AT LEAST 15 MINUTES. I HAVE NOTICED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN THIS MAKE/MODEL BUT YET IT HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED. THE EXPENSE I HAVE SEEN IS BETWEEN $1000 TO $3000 DOLLARS WHICH IS UNACCEPTABLE. FIRST DODGE I HAVE OWNED AND WILL PROBABLY BE MY LAST AS WELL. THE FIRST TIME I NOTICED THE ISSUE WAS WHEN WINTER FIRST CAME AND WE COULDN'T TAKE MY CAR BECAUSE IT WAS TOO COLD FOR MY GIRLFRIEND TO RIDE IN.

PASSENGER SIDE DEFROST VENTS DO NOT BLOW HOT AIR, RESULTING IN POOR FORWARD VISIBILITY DUE TO FOG OR FROST.

THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE HEATING SYSTEM MALFFUNCTION, SO THE PASSAENGER SIDE WINDSHIELD DOES NOT DEFROST AND IT CAUSES A SERIOUS VISIBILITY/SAFETY HAZARD DURING THE COLD SEASON, THE WINDSHIELD REMAINS FOGGED UP WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE TO PULL UP SEVERAL TIMES ON THE FREEWAY TO MANUALLY SCRAPE FROST OFF THE OUTSIDE OF THE PASSENGER SIDE AND MANUALLY WIPE THE MOISTURE OFF THE INTERIOR. THE MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM CAUSED DUE TO FAULTY MANUFACTURING PROCESS WHICH LEFT END PRODUCTS THAT RAPIDLY CLOGS AND DESTROYS THE HEATING SYSTEM. DEALERS WHO WERE CONFRONTED WITH COMPLAINS ADMITS TO THIS. DODGE AVENGER 2012 OWNERS COMPLAINED THAT THEY HAD TO REPLACE HEATER CORES AND RADIATORS, SOME AS EARLY AS 12000 MILES AND THE COST RUNS FROM $1200 TO $3000. THE PROBLEM OFTEN REOCCURS WITHIN MONTHS BECAUSE EITHER THE DEALER USES THE SAME FAULTY PARTS OR THERE IS REMAINING RESIDUE IN THE SYSTEM. DRIVING IN COLD WEATHER IS NOT ONLY UNCOMFORTABLE AND UNHEALTHY, BUT CAUSES A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD DUE TO POOR VISIBILITY THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINS IN SEVERAL AUTO FORUMS. MANY REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALERS WHICH ARE OVERLOOKED AND NEGLECTED. OWNERS WHO LIVE IN WARMER CLIMATES DON'T HAVE THIS PROBLEM OR THESE COMPLAINS WOULD OF BEEN MORE ENORMOUS. DODGE AVENGER 2000,S SHOULD BE RECALLED TO FIX THIS PROBLEM, OR THESE VEHICLES SHOULD NOT BE ON THE ROAD DURING THE COLD SEASON FOR SAFETY REASONS. SOME DRIVERS MENTIONED HAVING TO HAVE A BLANKET FOR RIDERS IN THE PASSENGER SIDE TO USE WHILE TRAVELING WHICH ADDS TO THE HAZARD. NOTE: A DATE ENTRY IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT THIS COMPLAIN BUT THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM EVERY FALL AND WINTER.

THE HEATER IN THE CAR ONLY EMITS HOT AIR FROM DRIVERS SIDE. THE PASSENGER SIDE BLOWS COLD AIR EVEN WHEN FULLY ENGAGED. THE COLD AIR COMING FROM HEATER/DEFROSTER CAUSES WINDSHIELD TO ICE AND/OR NOT CLEAR, AND THEREBY LIMITS DRIVERS VISIBILITY THROUGH PASSENGER SIDE OF WINDSHIELD. I HAVE TO DRIVE SLOWER THAN NORMAL TO BE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE WITH LIMITED VISIBILITY IN WINTER. I THEREFORE PRESENT A PROBLEM TO TRAFFIC APPROACHING FROM BEHIND ME ALSO.

THE HVAC SYSTEM IS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. WHEN THE HEAT IT TURNED ON, IT WILL BLOW HEAT OUT OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE BUT NOT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, THE AIR FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE IS COOL AIR. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM ACCORDING TO RESEARCH I'VE DONE ON THE WEB, AND MOST PEOPLE SEEM TO THING THIS IS A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT THAT SHOULD REQUIRE A RECALL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE AVENGER. AFTER FUELING THE VEHICLE AND DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 3 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO JIM COGDILL DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM (8544 KINGSTON PIKE, KNOXVILLE, TN 37919) WHERE IT WAS INITIALLY DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP FAILED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. AFTER REPLACING THE FUEL PUMP, THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,000. *DT *JB