2012 DODGE AVENGER Complaints

I BOUGHT MY 2012 AVENGER IN 2014 AND THE HEAT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DON'T WORK IT HAS BEEN THAT WAY SINCE I PURCHASED IT. THE SALESMAN WAS THE ONE WHO NOTICED IT THE DEALER SAID THEY WOULD FIX IT, HOWEVER I DIDN'T GET AROUND TO FAST ENOUGH BECAUSE I HAD TO GO AWAY FOR THE ARMY AND SINCE I DIDN'T GET IT DONE RIGHT AWAY THEY VOIDED THE DEAL THEY MADE WITH ME. HERE I AM FOUR YEARS LATER STILL NO HEAT ON THAT SIDE OF THE CAR. I GOT MARRIED AND NOW HAVE A NEWBORN SON AT HOME AND HERE IT IS ABOUT TO BE WINTER AGAIN AND NO HEAT AND THIS IS OUR ONLY VEHICLE AND NO WAY TO GET OUT OF THE LOAN TO PURCHASE A DIFFERENT CAR. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN FOR SEVERAL REASONS ONE BEING THE WINDOW DOESN'T DEFROST WHICH MAKES VISIBILITY CLOSE TO IMPOSSIBLE AND TWO IF MY FAMILY GETS STUCK ON THE ROAD SOMEWHERE WE WILL FREEZE TO DEATH.

HEATER AND DEFROSTER FAILED ON PASSENGER SIDE. WINDSHIELD WILL NOT DEFROST CREATING LOSS OF VISION ON HALF OF WINDSHIELD AND PASSENGER SIDE WINDOWS. THIS OCCURS WHILE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY AND IN MOTION.

THE PASSENGER SIDE HEATER DOES NOT BLOW HOT AIR. HALF OF THE CAR IS COVERED IN FROST/CONDENSATION MAKING VISIBILITY ALMOST NON EXISTENT. IN HUMID OR COLD CLIMATES, THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD AS PASSENGER SIDE WILL NOT DEFROST/DEFOG AT ANY POINT, MAKING DRIVING THE VEHICLE DANGEROUS. COSTS TO REPAIR THIS ISSUE COST ALMOST $3000 DOLLARS AND IS CAUSED BY A DEFECT WHEN MANUFACTURING THE VEHICLE. DODGE INTENTIONALLY ALLOWS THIS PRODUCT ON THE MARKET WITHOUT CLEANING THE METAL SAND FROM THE HEATING SYSTEM DURING PRODUCTION, KNOWING THAT THIS WILL BE AN ISSUE DOWN THE ROAD AFTER THE VEHICLE IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY.

PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW FROSTS / ICES OVER IN WINTER DUE TO LACK OF ANY DEFROSTER / VENT HEAT. HEAT IS DELIVERED NORMALLY TO DRIVERS SIDE WINDSHIELD. THE LACK OF VISIBILITY THROUGH HALF OF WINDSHIELD IN WINTER CONDITIONS CREATES AN UNSAFE CONDITION.

WHILE SITTING IN THE STATIONARY VEHICLE THE DRIVER SIDE ACTIVE HEADREST DEPLOYED WITH OUT BEING IN A COLLISION.

I BOUGHT THE CAR USED AND HAVE HAD IT FOR ABOUT 9 MONTHS. EVERYTHING WAS WORKING FINE, WE KEEP REGULAR VEHICLE MAINTENANCE AND THE HEAT STOPS WORKING THE IN THE CAR ENTIRELY. THE VENTS BLOW COOL AIR NO MATTER THE SETTING WHICH MEANS THE WIDOWS DO NOT DEFROST AT ALL. THIS IS DANGEROUS IN THE WINTER TIME CONSIDERING I CANNOT SEE. I HAVE SEEN NUMEROUS PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM.

NO HEAT ON PASSENGER SIDE OF VEHICLE, CAUSING NO CLEARING OF WINDOWS ON PASSENGER SIDE OF VEHICLE, MAKING IT UNSAFE TO DRIVE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE AVENGER. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AFTER THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO JACKSONVILLE CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM ARLINGTON (9600 ATLANTIC BLVD, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32225, (877) 677-5782), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VIN AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE UNKNOWN.

I HAVE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH MY HORN SOUNDING WHILE DRIVING AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THE HORN CONTINUED TO SOUND WHILE DRIVING AT DIFFERENT TIMES WITHOUT WARNING AND ON AUGUST 1, 2018 I WAS DRIVING AND IT WAS RAINING AND MY HORN STARTED SOUNDING AND I HAD MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON AT THE TIME AND WHEN THE HORN SOUNDED THE WIPERS STOPPED WORKING FOR A FEW SECONDS AND WHEN THE HORN STOPPED SOUNDING THE WIPERS BEGAN WORKING AGAIN. I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET AT THE TIME.I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY KEPT IF FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND THEN DIAGNOSED THE ISSUE AS TOTAL INTEGRATED POWER MODULE.

HEATER CORE LEAKING ABOVE GAS PEDAL. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IT'S GOING TO NEED TO BE REPLACED SINCE OWNING THE VEHICLE.