2013 DODGE AVENGER Complaints

THE CAR FEELS LIKE IT JUMPS A BIT WHEN GOING FROM ACCELERATING TO SLOWING TO STOPPING. FEELS LIKE A VIBRATION SLOWING DOWN. ALSO THERE HAD BEEN NOISES COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN AREA. AND YOU COULD HEAR LIKE A CLICKING NOISE. THERE WAS ANOTHER DIFFERENT NOISE FROM THAT AREA AS WELL. THE NOISES ARE HARD TO DESCRIBE. IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP AND THEY ARE BASICALLY NOT FINDING ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. THE CLICKING/SOUNDS ARE NOT NORMAL AND THAT VIBRATION IS NOT NORMAL REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEY SAY. THE CAR DOES NOT RUN AS SMOOTH AS A BRAND NEW CAR SHOULD RUN. WILL NOT PURCHASE A DODGE AGAIN. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT A LOW SPEED I PUT MY FOOT ON THE GAS TO SPEED UP AND IT WAS AS THOUGH MY CAR WAS NOT RUNNING AT ALL. NOTHING HAPPENED. I COASTED TO THE END OF THE ROAD AND AT THE STOP SIGN I HIT THE GAS ONLY TO GET CHUGGING, SPITTING AND SPUTTERING SOUNDS AS THE CAR TRIED TO GO. I WAS ABLE TO GO A APPROX 1/4 OF A MILE AND PULLED INTO A PARKING AREA, SHUT THE CAR OFF AND WAITED A FEW MINUTES. THE CAR SEEMED FINE ALTHOUGH A FEW MILES DOWN THE ROAD WHEN I WENT TO PASS A VEHICLE THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO POWER AND THE CAR SMELLED AS THOUGH SOMETHING WAS BURNING. I HAD JUST FUELED THE CAR UP BEFORE THE INCIDENT. A WEEK LATER, I FILLED MY CAR UP AND ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T STALL I HAD THE SAME SITUATION WITH PUTTING MY FOOT ON THE GAS TO PASS A VEHICLE AND NOT GETTING ANY POWER. I HAD THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR AND IT WAS ALMOST LIKE THE CAR WAS BOGGED DOWN IN THE MUD. VERY ALARMING FOR A NEW CAR. ALSO WHEN PASSING A VEHICLE AND GIVING IT THE GAS NOT ONLY DOES THE FRONT END OF THIS CAR LIFT UP IT IS ALMOST AS THOUGH IT FISHTAILS LIKE ON ICE IN THE FRONT END. VERY SCARY AND HARD TO CONTROL THE STEERING WHILE PASSING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE AVENGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AFTER WAITING SEVERAL MOMENTS, THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AND RESUMED AT A LOW SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THERE WAS A RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 13V043000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE); HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 936.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE AVENGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A POLE HOWEVER, THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 3,000. *TR

CAR WAS PURCHASED AT THE END OF OCTOBER WITH 17 MILES ON IT. VERY SHORTLY AFTER, THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE DEALERSHIP TURNED THE LIGHT OFF AND IT CAME BACK ON A DAY OR SO LATER. THEY TURNED IT OFF AND SUPPOSEDLY CHECKED THE CAR. A WHILE AFTER NOISES STARTED TO BECOME MORE PREVALENT. THE MAIN NOISE IS COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN AREA. IT HAPPENS WHEN THERE ARE SHARP TURNS, BACKING AND TURNING, AND IF ITS COLD. THE NOISE IS HARD TO DESCRIBE. IT SOUNDS LIKE A THUMP/CLICKING TYPE OF NOISE. VERY ANNOYING AND SOMEWHAT ALARMING SINCE THE DEALERSHIP HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIX IT IN SEVERAL MONTHS...ANOTHER NOISE IS COMING FROM A LITTLE TO THE LEFT OF STEERING COLUMN. THIS IS MORE OF A FAINT NOISE. SOUNDS LIKE SMALL CLICKING. ONE OTHER NOISE CAME FROM THE CENTER OF THE FRONT OF THE CAR. IT SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING JUST DROPPED. LIKE SOMETHING JUST FELL DOWN. IT WAS VERY SCARY ACTUALLY. THE DEALERSHIP HAS WORKED FOR MONTHS TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR AND HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL. THIS WAS MY FIRST PURCHASE EVER AND I AM VERY UNHAPPY. I HAVE BEEN TOLD IT IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE BUT I AM NOT CONVINCED. I THINK IT IS AN ISSUE THAT HASN'T BEEN BROUGHT UP VERY MUCH YET. THE CARS ARE BRAND NEW AND PEOPLE ARE STILL BREAKING THEM IN AND SUCH. I DO NOT FEEL AS SAFE AS I HAD IN THIS CAR. I WILL NEVER PURCHASE DODGE AGAIN. *TR

HIGH SPEED FRONT END CRASH. AVENGER STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE FROM BEHIND AND VEERED OFF TO LEFT AND HIT CEMENT JERSEY WALL HEAD ON. DRIVER WAS WEARING SEAT BELT. SIGNIFICANT FRONT-END DAMAGE ESPECIALLY TO DRIVER SIDE. DRIVER SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURY - C-1 FRACTURE; BOTTOM OF SKULL FRACTURE; LOWER VERTEBRAE FRACTURES; AND BROKEN NOSE. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *TR

I WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT ON OCTOBER 21 2012 FRONT END CRASH THE AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY THE DAMAGE WAS FROM GRILL TO DRIVER SIDE DOOR. *TR