2008 DODGE AVENGER Complaints

IN MOTION AT RANDOM TIMES MY ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL LIGHT WILL FLASH AT THE SAME TIME I LOSE ALL POWER AT ANY SPEED.....FROM COMING INTO MY DRIVEWAY TO HIGHWAY SPEED 40-50MPH TO INTERSTATE SPEEDS 65MPH I WAS WITH MY VERY I'LL MOM WHO HAS TO TRAVEL WITH MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT AND WHEN SHE IS IN AN ACCIDENT, AND LEFT UNABLE TO GET TO HER SET DESTINATION, WOULD SUFFER AND DID FINALLY TODAY ....WE HAD TO SIT PARKED FOR LONGER THAT SHE MEDICALLY IS ABLE TO BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL. IT SHOULD BE RECALLED & RESOLVED BEFORE SOMEONE IN MY CAR, OR MYSELF, GETS HURT OR KILLED. I HAVE HAD MY AVENGER SINCE FEBRUARY - MARCH 2009 AND TODAY IS DECEMBER 2018 AND IT HAS HAPPENED FOR OVER 2 YEARS TO ME JUST BECAUSE I AM STILL ALIVE, DON'T MEAN IT SHOULDN'T BE RESOLVED. AGAIN, THIS HAPPENED BEFORE I GOT TO THE MILEAGE I AM NOW AND IS STILL HAPPENING. MY AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD EVEN WORK......, IF I WAS TO IMPACT FROM THE LOSS OF POWER THAT'S CAUSED FROM, THE ETC. PLEASE RECALL & FIX THIS.

WHEN I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. I ASKED THE DEALER AND HE SAID HE WAS JUST SITTING FOR AWHILE WHEN I DROVE AWAY IT WAS OFF THEN 2 WEEKS LATER CAME BACK ON. WHEN I TOOK IT TO EUROZONE THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE HEADS NEED REPLACED THAT'S 2900.00. I LOOKED TO SEE IF THIS PART WAS RECALLED AND IF IT HAD BEEN REPLACED ON MY VEHICLE I AM UNABLE TO SEE WHERE IF AT ALL THIS HAS BEEN ADDRESSED BY THE DODGE MAKERS??? I LOVE MY VEHICLE I JUST WANT IT TO RUN LIKE ITS SUPPOSE TO ALSO MY TIRE LIGHT IS ON AND HAVE REPLACED ALL TIRES AND STILL WILL NOT GO OFF EVEN AFTER BEING RESET. ALSO MY CAR HAS AN ANTIFREEZE SMELL LIKE THE CAR IS HOT BUT NEVER SHOWS THAT IN THE TEMP GAUGE IT'S GETTING HOT AT ALL. PLEASE SOMEONE GIVE ME SOME INFO ON WHAT I CAN DO TO FIX THESE PROBLEMS???? NOW THE NEW LIGHT IS MY BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATES WHEN I AM DRIVING THEN SHUTS ITSELF OFF.

I WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT AND THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE SEATBELT DID NOT RESTRAIN ME. I HIT THE STEERING WHEEL REALLY HARD. I HAVE CHEST PAINS, AND MIGRAINES. I AM NOW WAITING FOR MY MRI RESULTS. I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET ABOUT TO GET ON THE HIGHWAY. MY CAR WAS TOTALED OUT BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY *DT UPDATED 12/11/18*JB

WHEN I FIRST PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON , I ASKED THE SALES PERSON WHY AND HE SAID HE HASN'T BEEN DROVE IN A WHILE . HE TOOK IT FOR A RIDE AND WHEN HE CAME BACK THE LIGHT WAS OFF . A WEEK LATER IT CAME BACK ON AND I TOOK IT TO AUTO ZONE THEY SAID IT WAS THE IGNITION COIL . I FIXED THAT AND IT STILL COMES UP RANDOMLY. NOW MY CAR STILL SOUNDS HORRIBLE WHEN I START IT AND I HAVE TO REPLACE THE STARTER AND I'VE BARLEY HAD THE CAR SINCE MARCH . ALSO MY CAR TURNS OFF RANDOMLY NOW WHILE I'M IN A REVERSE MOTION. HAPPENS FREQUENTLY. ALSO THE TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT IS ON AND WON'T GO AWAY . I REPLACED TIRES AND THEY SAY IT'S A SENSOR. A LOT OF PROBLEMS AND THE SALES PERSON NEVER TOLD ME THERE WAS ANY RECALLS ON THIS VEHICLE.

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR STALLS THE ELECTRICAL DOES NOT SHUT OFF BUT I LOOS THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE BUT THE CAR STARTS BACK UP IMMEDIATELY THIS HAPPENS IN THE MIDDLE OF INTERSECTIONS, ON THE FREEWAY AND WHILE TURNING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2008 DODGE AVENGER. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE CONTACT DROVE OFF THE ROAD AND CRASHED INTO A CEMENT BARRIER IN AN EFFORT TO AVOID A CRASH WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY AND THE SEAT BELTS FAILED TO OPERATE AS INTENDED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A SEVERE CONCUSSION, BLEEDING ON THE BRAIN, A SPRAINED ANKLE, A FRACTURED NOSE, FRACTURED RIBS, AND SEVERE BACK TRAUMA. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS REQUIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED TO A RECOVERY FACILITY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 187,000. SEE ALSO 11139251. *DSY. *DT *JB

TAKATA RECALL....AIR BAG LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON THE ENTIRE TIME DRIVING...2. SOMETIMES MY DRIVING LIGHTS DON'T WORK PROPERLY AND AT THE VERY SAME TIME MY WINDSHIELD WASHER WON'T WORK AT ALL WHILE DRIVING. 3. RIGHT SIDE HEAT BLOWS WARM & PASSENGER SIDE BLOWS COLD WETHER PARKED OR MOVING

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 10TH 2018 APPROXIMATELY 10:30 A.M. I WAS ON MY WAY TO SMOOTHIE KIND IN COOPER CITY LOCATED INSIDE OF A PLAZA. AS I TURNED INTO THE PARKING SPOT WITH MY FOOT ALREADY ON THE BRAKE TO SLOW DOWN INTO SAID PARKING SPOT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. I PUMPED THE BRAKES ONCE NOTHING STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND IT WENT OVER THE MEDIUM BETWEEN PARKING SPOTS AND HIT A UNOCCUPIED VEHICLE ON THE LEFT FRONT. THEN STOPPED JUST BEFORE HITTING A TREE. I'AM NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED BUT THEIR SEEMS TO BE AN ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION BECAUSE MY MILEAGE HAS DISAPPEARED SINCE.

FLOOR HEATING ISSUE. WARM ON THE DRIVERS SIDE, COLD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE IN THE WINTER. THE OPPOSITE IN THE SUMMER. ALWAYS WHILE DRIVING. SUMMER WITH WINDOWS DOWN HEAT IS DRAWN OUT ON THE DRIVERS FEET. WINTER WITH THE HEAT ON DRIVING HIGHWAY, COLD AIR RUSHES IN THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR.

TAKATA RECALL- I HAVE BEEN IN TWO ACCIDENTS WITH MY DODGE AVENGER 08. FIRST WAS WHEN I HIT A DEER MY ENTIRE BODY WAS SLAMMED INTO THE STEERING COLUMN, KNEW OUT TEETH AND BROKE BONES MONTHS AGO, NO AIRBAG DEPLOYED NOR DID NOT SEAT BELT ENGAGE. THE CAR WAS IN MOTION TRAVELING ABOUT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE SECOND ACCIDENT WAS RUN OFF THE ROAD BY A VAN TRAVELING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD COMING AT ME. I HAD TO SERVE HARD RIGHT, I ENDED UP IN A DEEP DITCH IN WHICH I SLAMMED INTO A CEMENT WASHY AGAIN NO AIRBAG, NO SEAT BELT, HIT MY HEAD SO HARD I WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS, SEVERE FACIAL TRAUMA, BACK, NECK AND HEAD. STILL HAVE NO SHORT TERM MEMORY AS WELL AS SEVERE BACK PAIN THIS HAS RUINED MY LIFE. *DT INVALID VIN CONSUMER STATED SHE WAS THE ONLY PERSON IN THE CAR AND THERE WAS NO FATALITY. UPDATED 10/18/18*JB SEE ALSO ODI 11149522. *DSY.