1996 DODGE AVENGER Complaints

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT RIGHT SIDE HEADLIGHT HAS A FILM OR COATING THAT OBSTRUCTS VISION. *AK

THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT COMES LOOSE AND THE SEAT SLIDES UP WHEN APPLYING BRAKE. YH

LOWER CONTROL ARM AND BALL JOINT ARE PUNCTURED AND LEAKING DUE TO PRIOR RECALL (99V-066). YH

PANIC ALARM MALFUNCTION. DEPLOYED ON ITS OWN. COULD NOT TURN OFF. WENT OFF AFTER 3 MINUTES. DEPLOYED AGAIN WHEN OPENING DRIVERS DOOR. ON FOR ANOTHER 3 MINUTES. AGAIN WHILE DRIVING; AGAIN WHEN TURNING LEFT. DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE AFTER ONCE AT DEALERSHIP. WERE NOT ABLE TO FIND PROBLEM. SHIMMED BUTTON UNDER HOOD. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT 60 MPH. DRIVER'S AIRBAG DEPLOYED 60 SECONDS AFTER IMPACT. BUT, PASSENGER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK

VEHICLE CHECKED IN OCTOBER FOR RECALL ON DEFECTIVE BALL JOINT BOOTS. WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT AFFECTED. THREE MONTHS LATER HAD TO REPLACE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS. THIS OCCURRED AT 46,100 MILES. DEALER STATED THAT PROBLEM DUE TO "NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR." CUSTOMER RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIRS. I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL OTHER COMPLAINTS OF BALL JOINT FAILURE THAT HAVE OCCURED AFTER THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED. WAS ALSO TOLD BY DEALER THAT THIS FAILURE WAS MINOR AND IT WAS OKAY TO OPERATED VEHICLE FOR A WEEK UNTIL I GOT VEHICLE REPAIRED.*AK

THERE WAS A RECALL ON BALL JOINT BOOTS. I HAD THIS CHECKED 10/12/99. ACCORDING TO DEALER EVERYTHING WAS FINE. THREE MONTHS LATER, I NOW HAVE A DEFECTIV EBALL JOINT IN MY RIGHTT FRONT. DEALER STATES THAT THE RECALL WAS ONLY FOR THE BOOT, WHICH ACCORDING TO THEM IS/WAS OKAY. THEY CLAIM THE BALL JOINT FAILURE IS DUE TO NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR AT 46,000 MILES? *AK

ANTI-THEFT DEVICE GOES OFF. CONSUMER HAS PROBLEM WITH ACCESS TO VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THEREWAS A LOUD UNDER CARRIAGE NOISE COMING FROM THE BALL JOINTS. THE NOISE WAS MILD AT FIRST, BUT THEN THE NOISE REALLY BECAME LOUD. CONSUMER WAS SHOWN A PRINTOUT BY DEALERSHIP WHICH DID NOT INCLUDE THIS VEHICLE IN RECALL 99V066003 DAIMLER/CHRYSLER/LOWER BALL JOINT BOOT. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THERE IS VIBRATION. ALSO ENGINE HEAD GASKET LEAKS. *AK