2013 DODGE AVENGER Complaints

FROM THE FIRST TIME I BOUGHT THIS CAR THE BRAKES WOULD SQUEAL WHEN I WOULD BACKUP. I TALKED TO THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE DODGE DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND HE SAID IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE AVENGER MODELS FROM THE FACTORY. THEY TRIED TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM BY CLEANING THE BRAKE PADS BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUES DOWN TO THIS DAY. THE CHRYSLER COMPANY SAID THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE PROBLEM. SO BASICALLY I HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE PROBLEM. I GOT THE BBB INVOLVED BUT THEY COULD NOT ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING EITHER. THIS MAY NOT BE A SAFETY ISSUE, BUT IT IS CERTAINLY AN IRRITATION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE AVENGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE HESITATED AND ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FLICKERED OFF AND ON. THE VEHICLE SHORTLY RESUMED NORMAL FUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS BUT THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000.

REAR BRAKES LOUD NOISE ON REVERSE ( DEALER TOLD ME THERE IS NOTHING THEY CANT DO AND TO TAKE IT WITH CHRYSLER. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

PICKING UP CHANGE (MONEY) THE TOP BEZEL CUT FINGER. DUE TO FLAW IN PLASTIC RESULTING IN SHARP EDGE ON TOP FRONT OF PIECE.(BEZEL TRIMMING). CHRYSLER SENT A INSPECTOR OUT TWICE. INSPECTOR STATED TO ME . ALL THE VEHICLES WERE MADE LIKE THIS. DEALER REPLACE SHIFTER BEZEL TRIMMING AND STATED A FLAW IN THE PLASTIC RESULTING IN SHARP EDGE ON THE TOP FRONT OF PIECE. NEW BEZEL TRIMMING STILL SHARP. BUT NOT AS RAGGED. CHRYSLER STATED IN A LETTER DATED 10/03/2014 I RECEIVED. THE INSPECTOR FOUND NO INDICATION OF A MANUFACTURING DEFECT THAT CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO MY FINGER BEING CUT. THIS IS NOT SAFE. IT IS BEING SWEPT UP THE RUG. *TR

I PURCHASED A BRAND NEW 2013 DODGE AVENGER WITH THE 3.6 ENGINE AND SIX SPEED TRANNY ABOUT A WORK LATER I NOTICED ROUGH SHIFTING CLUNKING AND POPPING SOUND FROM THE MOTOR MOUNTS AND CONSTANT THUMPING AND SHUDDERING FROM THE TRANSMISSION. DEALERSHIP KEEPS SAYING IS WRONG WITH IT AND WILL NOT HELP ME. ONE YEAR LATER SAME PROBLEM STILL NO HELP. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE AVENGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, IT TRAVELED ABNORMALLY TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT BRAKE FLUID WAS SMEARED THROUGHOUT THE FRAME AND MASTER CYLINDER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER ON THREE OCCASIONS AND THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FUNCTIONED AS DESIGNED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,741.

TOLD DEALERSHIP IT WAS PULLING TO THE LEFT BUT THEY COULD NEVER SCHEDULE A TIME TO FIX IT. FINALLY TOOK IT TO A DIFFERENT DODGE DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS NO WAY TO FIX THE BACK ALIGNMENT. THEY SAID THAT DODGE HAD INCORRECTLY PUT IT TOGETHER AND THERE IS NO WAY TO FIX IT! THEY TOLD ME I SHOULDN'T DRIVE MY BRAND NEW CAR BECAUSE IT'S PROBABLY NOT SAFE WITH THE ANGLE IN WHICH THE WHEELS ARE! *TR

WHILE IN PARK THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED AND THE ENGINE/TRANSMISSION (?) KICKED BACK. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PUT IN DRIVE IT WOULD ONLY GO ABOUT 10 MPH BUT THE RPM'S WERE AT 4000. IT HAS DONE THIS ABOUT 6 TIMES SINCE I PURCHASED IT 11/2013. *TR

I BOUGHT THE 2013 DODGE AVENGER IN JAN. 2013. MARCH 2013 CAME AND MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD START WIPING DO TO THE OVER CAST AND SHADOWS. WHEN I TOOK IT TO DODGE THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING THEY CAN DO BECAUSE IT WASN'T HAPPENING THEN IN FRONT OF THEM. THEN AT 7500 MILES IN JULY 2013 MY BRAKES STARTED MAKING LOUD NOISES. AT FIRST IT WAS ONLY WHEN I BACKED UP THEN COME AUGUST IT WAS ALL THE TIME. AFTER 5 VISITS OF SCUFFING THE ROADERS UP THEY SAID IF IT HAPPENED AGAIN THEY SAID THEY WOULD REPLACE EVERYTHING IN THE BRAKE SYSTEM CAUSE THERE WAS A LARGE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS IN THE 300 MODELS, DARTS, AND AVENGERS. FIRST TRIP TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT THEY SAID THEY REPLACED THE WHOLE BRAKE SYSTEM ... BRAKES, ROADERS, AND PADS...(THEY STATED THEIR WAS SCARES IN THE ROADERS AND IT SHOULDN'T OF BEEN THAT WAY WITH ONLY 7500 MILES) TO THE FRONT AND REAR . THEY ALSO STATED THEY LEFT MY ACCOUNT OPEN INCASE THAT DIDN'T WORK. HOWEVER THAT WAS A LIE THEY ONLY DID THE REAR AND THAT SAME DAY THE FRONT WAS SO BAD I COULDN'T DRIVE IT. 3 DAYS LATER THEY GOT IT BACK IN TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND DID THE WHOLE FRONT SYSTEM OF THE BRAKES. THAT WORKED FOR 1 WEEK AND I'M REALLY MAD. I HAVE CALLED 17 TIMES LEFT VOICEMAILS FOR THE DEALER SHIP MANAGER AND SERVICE DEPARTMENT. MY BRAKES NOW ARE STICKING AND STILL LOUD AS EVER. THEY STILL HAVE NOT RETURNED MY CALL. I ONLY HAVE 18000. MILES ON THIS CAR. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT FIXED. THIS IS NOT ONLY ME HAVING THIS ISSUE. HELP US BE SAFE RECALL FOR FIX THE PROBLEM PLEASE. *TR

AIRBAG LIGHT KEEP COMING ON WHILE DRIVING WITH WARNING BELL. EVENTUALLY STAYED ON CONSTANTLY. TOOK CAR TO DODGE DEALERSHIP, THEY REPLACED A MODULE AI. TO MONTHS LATER, START HAVING SAME PROBLEM. TOOK IT BACK THEY CLAIM THAT THEY REPLACED THE SAME PART. FEW WEEKS LATER MY AIRBAG LIGHT IS JUMPING BACK ON. *TR