2011 DODGE AVENGER Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE AVENGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED, THE HORN ACTUATED INDEPENDENTLY AND THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FLICKERED ON AND OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE RESIDENCE AND THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL SMOKE ODOR IN THE CABIN IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DAYTONA DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM & FIAT LOCATED AT 1450 N TOMOKA FARMS RD SUITE A, DAYTONA BEACH, FL 32124, 1450 N TOMOKA FARMS RD SUITE A, DAYTONA BEACH, FL 32124, TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE HORN ASSEMBLY, SPEED SENSOR, AND THE TIPM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,999.

MY HEAT ON MY PASSENGER SIDE NEVER WORKS, IT WILL BLOW AT NOTHING CAUSING ISSUES WITH DEFROSTING PASSENGERS WINDOW AND ISSUE WITH DEFROST ON MY MAIN WINDOW ON PASSENGER SIDE. ALL OTHER VENTS BLOW OUT BUT THAT ONE MAKES A WHISTLE NOISE AND NOTING COMES OUT. IT'S LIKE IT'S BLOCKED, I ASSUMED IT WAS JUST THE CAR, AFTER GOING OVER IN A LANE ON MY PASSENGER SIDE AND HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE BECAUSE I COULD BARELY SEE OUT MY WINDOW TO VIEW MY MIRROR, I LOOKED MORE INTO IT AND HAVE SINCE REALIZED I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE, IN FACT MULTIPLE OTHER COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN FILED AND DODGE HAS DONE NOTHING TO FIX THIS. GET IT TOGETHER!

VEHICLES AIR BAG LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR ABOUT 2 YEARS, I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC AND HE SAID A CODE PULLED INDICATING CIRCUIT 1 IS OPEN, BUT WHEN SEARCHING PARTS IN HIS SYSTEM IT INDICATED THERES NO PARTS FOR FIX AT THIS TIME.

HEAT ONLY BLOWS HOT ON DRIVERS SIDE - PASSENGER SIDE BLOWS COLD AIR. TOOK TO THE DEALERSHIP 01/18 THEY REPLACED THE HEATER CORE AND FLUSHED THE SYSTEM. 11/18 DOING THE EXACT SAME THING. ALREADY COST $1200, TOLD THAT IT IS THE COOLANT AND THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE THE HEATER CORE UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE IT IS CLOGGED. IF IT IS THE COOLANT THEY PUT IN WOULDN'T THAT STILL BE COVERED? THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE FOR THE DEFROSTER ON THAT SIDE ALSO ONLY BLOWS COLD AIR!

DASHBOARD LIGHTS UP WITHOUT WARNING; DEALER FAILED TO CORRECT OR REPORT WHEN FIRST PURCHASED VEHICLE IN 2011. NOW IN 2019, DEALER DENIES RECORD DESPITE HAVING GIVEN US LOANER JEEP AND CHRYSLER 200 IN SEPARATE OCCASIONS. IN 2019, CAR LIGHTS UP RANDOMLY, ENGINE STOPS WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY OR IN REGULAR STREET TRAFFIC OR TURNING AT AN INTERSECTION, AND DEALER REPORTS UNABLE TO CORRECT. EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. WORTH A LAWSUIT. DASH LIGHTS UP, ENGINE SHUTS OFF, STEERING WHEEL LOCKS, CAR SOMETIMES STARTS AGAIN BUT NOT ALWAYS. WE PAID THE DEALER TO FULLY REPLACE THE CRANK SENSOR BUT THAT ISN'T FIXING IT. TPM SENSOR WARNING APPEARED AND ISN'T GOING AWAY DESPITE DEALER STATING IT SHOULD. REPLACING PSI SENSOR DID NOT CORRECT THIS SYSTEM WARNING EITHER. DEALER SAID WARNING APPEARED 518 MILES BEFORE WE TOOK IT IN BUT THE ERROR OCCURRED ON 5/12/19 AND WE TOOK IT IN ON 5/14/19, ONLY DRIVING ABOUT 15 MILES FROM 5/12 - 5/12/19. EITHER DEALER LIED OR INFO ISN'T BEING HELD ON COMPUTER'S MEMORY. TIRED OF ALMOST GETTING CRASHED INTO BECAUSE THE CAR RANDOMLY DIES.

FOR THE 3RD OR 4TH TIME MY CAR HAS SUDDENLY LURCHED/JERKED FORWARD FOR UNKNOWN REASONS. THE FIRST TWO TIMES I WAS AT A RED LIGHT INTERSECTION AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN THE CAR UNEXPECTEDLY JERKED FORWARD WITHOUT WARNING OR EXPLANATION. I RESEARCHED IT ONLINE AND FOUND SIMILAR ISSUES WITH OTHER DODGE OWNERS. SOME MENTIONING THE THROTTLE POSITIONING SENSOR. I'M NOT A MECHANIC SO I HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE AS TO WHAT IS OCCURRING. THIS LATEST OCCURRENCE CAUSED A MINOR SLOW SPEED 'BUMPER TAG' BUMP TO THE CAR AHEAD OF ME TO THE CAR AHEAD. MY DASHCAM CAPTURED THE INCIDENT. THE DASHCAM VIDEO IS *.MOV FORMAT BUT IS VERY CLEAR IN 1080P WITH SPEED, DATE, AND TIME STAMPED. IF YOU WOULD LIKE THAT I WOULD NEED TO EMAIL THAT OTHER THAN THIS WEBSITE PLATFORM. YOU WILL SEE THE BUMPER COLLISION OCCURRED AT 3MPH. NO MARKS WERE LEFT ON EITHER VEHICLES.

DEFROSTER VENT IS NOT PUTTING OUT HOT AIR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF VEHICLE. THIS CAUSES THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOWS AND APPROX. 1/4 OF THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW TO FOG AND OR FROST OVER CAUSING SERIOUS VISIBILITY ISSUES! VEHICLE CAN BE STATIONARY, IN MOTION, ON THE ROAD, IT HAPPENS AT ANYTIME. VEHICLE REPAIR SHOP SAID IT IS A CHRYSLER MANUFACTURING DEFECT WITH THE HEATER CORE ON THE DODGE AVENGERS. REPAIR SHOP FLUSHED THE HEATER CORE BUT STATED THIS IS A TEMPORARY FIX AS THE ISSUE WILL CONTINUE TO REAPPEAR UNTIL CHRYSLER ADMITS THERE IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND ISSUES A RECALL TO RECTIFY THE DEFECT. DUE TO THE WINDOWS FOGGING AND OR FROSTING OVER IN COLD WEATHER, THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE THAT CHRYSLER NEEDS TO TAKE CARE OF ASAP. THIS DEFECT COULD CAUSE ACCIDENTS DUE TO VISIBILITY RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH!

CAR HAS DIED WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC 5 TIMES BETWEEN 01/22/19 AND 03/06/19. PRESENTED MANY DIFFERENT ISSUES, INCLUDING STALL, NO START, NO CRANK, POOR IDLE. TOWED IN 5 TIMES TO 3 DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS AND DEAD AGAIN. OVER $2000 IN OUT OF POCKET COSTS SO FAR AND THE DANGER TO LIFE SITTING IN A DEAD CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF SNOWSTORMS IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. ALSO SEVERAL TIMES IN BETWEEN WOULD NOT EVEN START IN THE DRIVEWAY. AND MANY OTHER WHAT I REFER TO AS "ELECTRICAL GREMLINS"! ALL TIMES DATES AND OCCURRENCES ARE DOCUMENTED IN WRITING, BACKED UP BY TEXTS AND EVEN SOME SHORT VIDEOS SHOWING DASH WITH CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS AND OTHER ISSUES.

2011 DODGE AVENGER EXPRESS. DRIVERS SIDE BLOWS HOT AIR BUT PASSENGER SIDE BLOWS COLD. THIS BEGAN DOING THIS ACTION IN APRIL 2018 AND WHEN I DRIVE ON THE HIGHWAY OR CITY TRAFFIC, IT BLOWS HOT ON ONE SIDE AND THE OTHER SIDE IS COLD. I ALSO NOTICED THAT THE AIR STOPS BLOWING FOR SEVERAL MINUTES THEN COMES BACK ON BY ITSELF.

FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS I ONLY GET HEAT ON MY DRIVER SIDE. PASSENGER SIDE BLOWS COLD AIR. I HEARD IT COULD BE RELATED TO A DEFECT DURING MANUFACTURING PROCESS DODGE WHERE METAL CASING ARE LEFT IN THE ENGINE BLOCK CAUSING THE CORE TO GET CLOGGED AND THAT IS WHY I HAVE THE PROBLEM.