2013 DODGE AVENGER Complaints

CPSC: 2013 RED DODGE AVENGER-: CONSUMER STATED WHILE TRYING TO PUT HER SHOE BACK ON HER FOOT, HER FOOT HIT AN OPENING OF METAL ABOVE THE BRAKE PEDAL AND ACCELERATOR, AND IT CAUSED HER FOOT TO BLEED PROFUSELY. *SS THE CONSUMER WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM DUE TO PAIN AND SWELLING OF HER RIGHT FOOT. *JB

I RECIEVED A RECALL NOTICE FROM FCA TELLING ME THAT MY AIR BAGS AND SEAT BELTS MIGHT NOT WORK IN A CRASH AND THERE IS A RECALL BUT THEY DON'T HAVE REMEDY AVAILABLE AND THEY WILL CONTACT ME WHEN THEY FIGURE OUT HOW TO FIX IT. I HAVE SMALL CHILDEREN AND IF I GET INTO A CAR CRASH I HOPE THAT MY SEAT BELTS AND AIR BAGS WOULD WORK AND FOR DODGE TO TELL ME NOT TO WORRY EVEN THOU THEY MIGHT NOT WORK IS UNACCEPTABLE.

WHEN I MAKE A SHARP TURN RIGHT IT IS AS IF THERE IS NO POWER STEERING. IT HAS HAPPENED ONCE BEFORE BUT THE OPPOSITE AND EVENTUALLY STARTED TO WORK,. THIS IS SCARY.

I'VE NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE TO TAKE MY VEHICLE TO HAVE IT FIX FROM THE RECALL ISSUES STATED ON THE ANNOUNCEMENT.

WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY DOING 75 MPH, MY 2013 AVENGER IMMEDIATELY DROPPED TO 40 MPH. IT FELT LIKE A CAR HAD RE ENDED ME, AFTER DROPPING TO 40, MY CAR LOST ALL POWER. MY RPMS WENT TO 0, AND I HAD NO CONTROL WHILE STEERING. IT LEFT ME STRANDED FOR 45 MINUTES AND SUDDENLY TURNED BACK ON. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES ALREADY. ALSO, BEFORE I HAD THE DEALERSHIP DISCONNECT MY HORN, IT WOULD RANDOMLY BLARE. SITTING IN TRAFFIC AND IT WOULD GO OFF. SOMETIMES IT WOULD BEEP ONCE, OTHER TIMES IT WOULD LAST ANYWHERE FROM 2-10 MINUTES. TURNING THE CAR OFF WOULDN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM, IT WOULD ACTUALLY CONTINUE. THE MECHANICS TOLD ME IT WAS MY TIPM (TOTAL INTEGRATED POWER MODULE) THAT CAUSED THIS TO HAPPEN, ONLY SEEN IN CHRYSLER MODELS. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN ONGOING STARTING WITH MY HORN SINCE SEP. 23RD, 2016.

ON SEPTEMBER 26 2016, THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEADREST EXPLODED AND CAME LOSE (FOR NO APPARENT REASON). EXPERIENCING HEADACHE DUE TO THE BUMP ON MY HEAD. DESPITE THE VEHICLE BEING ONLY THREE YEARS OLD, AND WITH JUST 56000 MILES, THE RADIATOR AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN REPLACED! 2013 DODGE AVENGER IS NOT A SAFE CAR TO DRIVE AND NEEDS TO BE THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED FOR QUALITY AND SAFETY. THE HEADREST EXPLOSION HAPPENED WHILE THE ENGINE WAS OFF AND WAS ABOUT TO EXIT THE VEHICLE INSIDE MY GARAGE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE AVENGER. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, THE TRACTION CONTROL INDICATOR ILLUMINATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD A DOWNSHIFT ISSUE AND WOULD NOT SWITCH GEARS PROPERLY. IN ADDITION, THE ENGINE OVERHEATED DUE TO A COOLANT OVERFLOW. FURTHERMORE, THE ENGINE MADE A LOUD SHAKING NOISE WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 65,225. UPDATED 01/25/17*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED A/C IS BROKEN, AND WINDOWS/DOOR LOCKS JAM. *TR

VEHICLE BRAKES AND STEERING FROZE UP WHILE ATTEMPTING TO GO AROUND ANOTHER DRIVER. THIS RESULTED IN A TOTAL LOSS. THIS WAS ON A DRY CITY STREET. THE DRIVER IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WAS TURNING INTO A BUSINESS, ATTEMPTED TO GO AROUND WHEN THE BRAKES AND STEERING JUST STOPPED WORKING. THIS VEHICLE WAS JUST SERVICE A FEW WEEKS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE AVENGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED WITHOUT WARNING OR IMPACT. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A CERTIFIED MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE CLOCK SPRING FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 44,000. UPDATED 11/17/16*LJ UPDATED 11/17/16.*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE AVENGER. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH OVER A RESIDENTIAL SPEED BUMP, THE PASSENGER SIDE HEAD REST DETACHED FROM THE SEAT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,000.