2008 DODGE AVENGER Complaints

AT OR AROUND 50,000 MILES, IT BECAME ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FILL THE FUEL TANK WITHOUT A VIOLENT BACKSPLASH OF GAS. NO MATTER HOW SLOWLY YOU FILL, OR HOW MANY OPPORTUNITIES YOU GIVE IT TO VENT, YOU STILL END UP WITH A SPILL. WHEN I SAY SPILL, IT MEANS THAT GAS LITERALLY PROJECTS OUTWARD ONTO THE GROUND, AND DOWN THE SIDE OF THE CAR. OFTEN THE TIRE ENDS UP SOAKED, AND OCCASIONALLY YOUR CLOTHING AND OR SHOES. I HAVE FOUND OTHER PEOPLE ON AVENGER SITES COMPLAINING OF THE EXACT SAME THING, THEREFORE I KNOW THIS IS NOT RARE. AROUND THE SAME TIME THIS BEGAN, THE CAR ALSO BEGAN STALLING IN RAINY WEATHER. I DON"T KNOW IF THESE ARE CONNECTED, BUT IT SEEMS SUSPECT. APPARENTLY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THEIR DEALERSHIPS THAT THE ENTIRE FUEL TANK HAS TO BE CHANGED DUE TO A FAULTY ROLLOVER VALVE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE AVENGER AWD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE SPORADICALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG WAS DEFECTIVE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE SEAT, HARNESS AND SENSORS BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT DENIED ANY ASSISTANCE WITH REPAIRS TO THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 24,323.

PULLEY MAKING LOUD NOISE AND ALTERNATOR HAVE WHINE NOISE LIKE IT ABOUT TO START A FIRE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE AVENGER. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 68 MPH WHEN THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED AND COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD; NOT EXCEEDING 20 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING DIAGNOSIS OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 87,900. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

GOING 65 MPH THE ETC LIGHT TURN ON AND I LOST POWER.THEN I TURN OFF THE ENGINE FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES AND IT TURN OFF BUT IT KEEPS LOSING POWER ALL THE TIME. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE AVENGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT GEARS PROPERLY AND COULD NOT BE ACCELERATED OVER 35 MPH. IN ADDITION, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WAS EXTINGUISHED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT THE COMPUTER TO THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT OPERATING PROPERLY AND WAS KEEPING THE VEHICLE FROM COMING OUT OF SECOND GEAR. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 98,000.

I OWN A 2008 DODGE AVENGER, PURCHASED IN 2008 WITH 20,000 MILES ON IT, I HAD NOT HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE UNTIL AUGUST 2011 WHEN MY VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT OFF ON ME WHILE I WAS GOING 70 MILES AN HOUR, LOST ALL POWER, IT WAS AS IF MY CAR WAS NOT EVEN ON. I MANAGED TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BEFORE I WENT BACK DOWN TO 0 MPH, MY CAR WOULD NOT TURN BACK ON AND I HAD IT TOWED TO A SHOP, THEY STATED THAT MY BATTERY WAS BAD AND I NEEDED A NEW ONE, I WAS SURPRISED BECAUSE THE BATTERY IS NOT EVEN 3 YEARS OLD. I GOT A NEW BATTERY AND CONTINUED TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH MY RPM'S AND MY CAR DID NOT ACCELERATE AS IT SHOULD HAVE NOR HAS BEFORE, MY RPM'S JERK UP AND DOWN AND MAKE MY CAR SHAKE WHILE IN PARK. NOW IN 2012 TWO WEEKS AGO I WAS DRIVING 40 MILES PER HOUR AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I FELT LIKE I LOST POWER AND MY BOLT LIGHT CAME ON AS WELL AS MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, I TOOK IT TO SHOP AND THEY STATED THAT IT WAS NOTHING, I NEED TO RESET MY COMPUTER AND THEY TRIED, I REPLACED MY AIR FILER, PUT FLUIDS IN MY CAR TO CLEAN IT OUT. I CALLED DODGE AND THEY CLAIM I NEED AN UPDATE ON MY COMPUTER, I TOLD THEM MY PROBLEM AND THEY DID NOT HAVE A STEADY ANSWER, I FEEL THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED I SEE MANY UPSET CUSTOMERS AND A CAR JUST SHUTTING OFF AND SLOWING DOWN LOSING POWER IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING CAN NO BE SAFE, AND THEY ARE SAYING THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE? THERE IS OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING WRONG IF IT JUST SHUTS OFF AND THE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON AND IT DOES NOT ACCELERATE OVER 25 MILES PER HOUR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE AVENGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FUEL SPILLED OUT FROM THE FILLER NECK WHILE REFUELING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN THE DEALER AND THEY INFORMED HER THAT THE FAILURE MAY BE DUE TO THE FUEL TANK, BUT THEY WEREN'T EXACTLY SURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 79,200. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND THEN THE CAR JUST STARTED LIKE IT WAS WANTING TO CUT OFF WHEN I WAS GIVING IT THROTTLE THE CAR WAS JERKING BACK AND FOURTH I TOOK IT BACK TO THE PLACE I BOUGH IT FROM AND WAITING ON THEM TO FIX THE ISSUE. *KB

DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND MY 2008 DODGE AVENGER SUDDENLY LOSES POWER AND BEGINS TO IDLE AND RUN ROUGH. THE RED ELECTRIC BOLT SIGN CAME ON AND WAS FLASHING. CAR CONTINUED TO RUN FUNNY NOT HAVING NORMAL POWER AND UNABLE TO ACCELERATE. WHEN I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND THEN BACK ON IT RESET. ? *TT