2008 DODGE AVENGER Complaints

WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND NOTICED A DELAYED RESPONSE WHEN PUSHING DOWN ON THE ACCELERATOR, MOMENTS LATER I WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATOR AND THE CAR'S ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL LIGHT APPEARED, THE CAR WAS UNABLE TO GO MORE THEN 15MPH. TOOK THE CAR TO A SERVICE STATION WHERE THEY RAN A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND NO DEFAULTS WERE FOUND. *TR

CAR LOST ACCELERATION AT 35 MPH ELECTRONIC THROTTLE LIGHT CAME ON. ACCELERATION CAME BACK UP. NEXT DAY NO PROBLEMS. THE FOLLOWING DAY CAR WAS SPUTTERING AND LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN THEN WENT OFF. LOST ACCELERATION AGAIN AT 30MPH, WITH LIGHT COMING ON AND THEN GOING OFF. 1 HOUR LATER WHEN TURNING ON CAR ELECTRONIC THROTTLE LIGHT IS FLASHING AND THE WHOLE CAR IS SHAKING BADLY. I WAS ABLE TO COAST THE 1/4 MILE HOME SINCE THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC WITH THE CAR SHAKING THE ENTIRE WAY AND THE LIGHT FLASHING. 10 MINUTES LATER HAD TO GO OUT AND MOVE CAR NO ISSUES. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. I HAD THIS FIXED EXACTLY A YEAR AGO. BEING TOLD IT WAS SOMETHING CLOGGING A HOSE. I FIND THAT HARD TO BELIEVE WHEN SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM AND ALMOST GETTING KILLED WHEN DRIVING. DO A RECALL DODGE. BECAUSE WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY TO FIX THINGS WHEN THE MECHANICS AREN'T SURE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. I'M PRAYING I CAN MAKE IT TO MY GARAGE SAFELY TOMORROW MORNING. I'M TERRIFIED TO DRIVE MY CAR AND HAVEN'T IN 2 DAYS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE AVENGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ELECTRIC THROTTLE WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED AS THE VEHICLE IDLED AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO REPLACED UNKNOWN PARTS ON THE VEHICLE BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 107,000.

VEHICLE STARTED HAVING ISSUES STARTING AND THEN IT WOULD START AND RUN FINE AND THEN DIE.I WAS CONTACTED AND NOTICED THAT THE FUEL PUMP WAS NOT COMING ON AND THEN WOULD ALL THE SUDDEN COME ON ANDTHEN QUIT SO I REMOVED THE REAR SEAT AND UNPLUGGED THE WIRE HARNESS AND COULD SEE WHERE IT HAD BEEN BURNED AND LOOKED AT THE TOP OF THE PUMP WHERE THE HARNESS PLUGS IN AND COULD SEE AND SMELL GAS.I REMOVED THE FUEL PUMP AND YOU COULD SEE WHERE ONE OF THE WIRE HARNESSES INSIDE THE FUEL TANK ON THE FUEL PUMP HAD BURNED A HOLE ALL THE WAY THROUGH.IN THE WHOLE PROCESS OF THIS NO FUSE EVER BLEW TO SHUT POWER OFF AND WAS TOLD THERE IS NO FUSE BY SOMEONE AT THE DODGE DEALER.I PROCEEDED TO LOOK ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND NUMEROUS ACCOUNTS OF THIS SAME ISSUE AND NOBODY HAS REPORTED IT THE CHANGED THERE FUEL PUMP BUT THAT DOES NOT FIX THE ISSUE. IF THERE IS NO FUSE TO BLOW SOMEBODY IS GOING TO GET HURT AND IF THERE IS A FUSE WHY ARE THEY NOT BLOWING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE AVENGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT TWO PULLEYS WERE LOOSE AND THE AIR PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 99,360.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE AVENGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LAMP WAS ILLUMINATED AND THE DOOR LOCKS FAILED TO DISENGAGE. ADDITIONALLY, THE RADIO REMAINED ON AFTER THE KEY WAS REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER HOWEVER, THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 107,000.

I HAVE A 2008 DODGE AVENGER. MY AIRBAG LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY. I NOTICED IF I MOVE PASSENGER SEAT FORWARD OR BACK IT COMES ON AND STAYS ON LONGER. WHEN I'M DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THERE CAN BE NO ONE IN THE SEAT AND THE LIGHT WILL COME ON. AFTER READING ALL THE COMPLAINTS AROUND THIS ISSUE, AIR BAGS DEPLOY WHEN DRIVING AND NOT HITTING ANYTHING, OR AIR BAGS NOT DEPLOYING WHEN IN COLLISION, I THINK THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE! ALL OF THESE PEOPLE WERE TOLD THEIR VIN # DIDN'T MATCH THE RECALL. I MADE APPOINTMENT WITH LITHIA DODGE IN HELENA MT AND THE GUY TOLD ME ON THE PHONE HE DIDN'T EVEN WANT ME TO DRIVE THE CAR BECAUSE OF HOW UNSAFE IT IS. I TOOK IT TO APPOINTMENT TODAY AND THE GUY TODAY TOLD ME THERE ARE NO RECALLS ON MY CAR. HE SAID THE AIRBAG LIGHT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE AIRBAG RECALL. WHAT!?! BIG SURPRISE, MY VIN DOESN'T MATCH!! WHY ARE WE ALL HAVING THE SAME SAFETY ISSUE BUT NOT ON THE RECALL LIST???? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE AVENGER. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 107, 000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE AVENGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE SITTING AT A STOP, THE ENGINE RPMS INCREASED TO 5,000 AS THE ENGINE ROARED ABNORMALLY. THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED MECHANIC, WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 34,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 134,000. THE CONSUMER STATED HE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION ISSUES, ALONG WITH STALLING. THE ACCELERATION ISSUES HAVE BEEN ONGOING AND WITHIN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, IT SEEMED TO BE OCCURRING MORE FREQUENTLY. ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO, HIS WIFE WAS SITTING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT, WITH THE VEHICLE IN PARK, AND WHEN HE RETURNED, SHE EXPLAINED HOW THE VEHICLE REVVED UP ABOVE 5 RPM'S. AFTER THE INCIDENT, THE CONSUMER TOOK HIS WIFE TO AN APPOINTMENT AND WHILE STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN, BEHIND ANOTHER VEHICLE THE VEHICLE REVVED EXTREMELY HIGH AND JUMPED FORWARD ALMOST CAUSING HIM TO HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HIM. THE CONSUMER HAD TO APPLY EXTREME PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE, TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE ALSO STALLED WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT, IN DRIVE. UPDATED 01/09/14

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE AVENGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED, A LIGHTING BOLT ICON LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS THE CRUISE CONTROL INDEPENDENTLY DEACTIVATED. THE WARNING LIGHT STOPPED ILLUMINATING AFTER THE CONTACT SHUT THE ENGINE OFF AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THE WARNING LIGHT CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATE INTERMITTENTLY, THE RPM READING INCREASED AND THE VEHICLE WAS HESITANT UPON ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,879.