1997 DODGE AVENGER Complaints

17" WHEEL RIMS BEND VERY EASILY,ONCE BENDING NEED TO REPLACE ENTIRE WHEEL. ALSO, CAUSED HE LUG:NUTS TO BREAK OFF.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AT NIGHT ON LEFT CURVE IN ROAD, ACCIDENT OCCURRED, NEITHER AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. DEALER CONTACTED, STATED THE IMPACT WAS UNDERNEATH DAMAGE AND AIRBAG WOULD NOT DEPLOY. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. POLICE REPORT FILED. *AK

WIRING HARNESS WAS RUBBING ON HOOD INSULATION. THE INSULATION WAS RUBBED THROUGH AND THE WIRES WERE BARE.

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS ARE WARPED. PROBLEM IS ONGOING, AND DEALERS CANNOT FIX PRBOBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DEATILS. *AK

WINDSHIELD WAS TOO SMALL WHEN INSTALLED CAUSING THE RUBBER MOLDING AND THE SEALANT TO COME OUT.

VEHICLE EXPERIENCES CONTINUED PROBLEMS WITH SUSPENSION, SEVERAL REPAIR ATTEMPTS HOWEVER CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS.

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH TRAILING ARM ON THE REAR SUSPENSION WAS MAKING NOISE. WHEN STEPPING ON THE BRAKES VEHICLE TURNED TO LEFT SIDE. WHEN VEHICLE STOPPED IT S PULLED TO THE RIGHT. MANUFACTURER AND DEALER HAD BEEN CONTACTED. DEALER HAD REPAIRED VEHICLE ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM SEVEN TIMES. *AK

LEFT INTERSTATE AND ENTERING ROADWAY WHEN CONSUMER BEGAN TO BRAKE AND THERE WERE NO BRAKES. REAR ENDED A 18-WHEELER. VEHICLE COULD NOT BE STOPPED, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER AND SON WERE INJURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. CONSUMER CALLED CHRYSLER AND THEY SAID THAT BECAUSE THE MANIFOLD HAS SO MUCH DAMAGE DUE TO THE CRASH, THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE WHETHER CONSUMER HAD NO BRAKES PRIOR TO CRASH. *AK

WARPED FRONT BRAKE ROTORS, CAUSING SEVERE VIBRATION IN FRONT END AND EXCESSIVE SQUEALING OF THE BRAKES. *AK

PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT STAYS LOCKED WHILE JUST SITTING STILL. CONSUMER HAS TO PRESS THE RELEASE BUTTON ABOUT 3 OR 4 TIMES BEFORE THE BELT RELEASES. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, BUT THE DEALER HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *AK