2014 DODGE AVENGER Complaints

THE PASSENGER SIDE OF MY AVENGER IS BLOWING NOTHING BUT COLD AIR. THE HEATER AND DEFROST ON THE DRIVERS SIDE WORKS GREAT. IN WINTER DRIVING THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW WILL NOT DEFROST AND THIS CAUSES A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. I HAVE READ WHERE MANY OTHERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND CHRYSLER CORP. WILL DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. I BELIEVE IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH DEBRIS COMING FROM THE WATER JACKETS AROUND THE ENGINE. IT IS NOT THE BLENDER DOOR AS I HAVE HAD IT CHECKED. FLUSHING OR REPLACING THE HEATER CORE IS PROBABLY NOT AN OPTION SINCE IT WILL JUST CLOG THE HEATER CORE AGAIN AND THIS IS VERY EXPENSIVE. UNTIL ENOUGH PEOPLE COMPLAIN THIS WILL JUST KEEP HAPPENING UNTIL DODGE FIGURES OUT HOW THEY CAN FIX IT PERMANENTLY. THIS IS DANGEROUS IN WINTER WEATHER AND IT IS A MYSTERY, AFTER SPENDING 100'S OF DOLLARS ON A CAR YOU SHOULD EXPECT TO GET WHAT YOU PAID FOR.

WAS DRIVING VEHICULAR SLOWED DOWN ALMOST TO A STOP AND JERKED FORWARD AS IF I WASN'T GETTING ANY POWER. ENGINE LIGHT CAME ONE. TOOK TO MECHANIC SAID IT WAS THE THROTTLE ACCULATOR CONTROL SYSTEM (PER WHAT THE CODE SHOWED) DEALER SAYS NOT UNDER WARRANTY THIS CAR BARLEY HAS 80,000 MILES AND ONLY 4 YEARS OLD. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A BAD ACCIDENT. SCARED MYSELF AND DAUGHTER BAD. THIS WAS A VERY BUSY ROAD.

TAKATA RECALL I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND MY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY NOR DID MY SEAT BELT RESTRAIN ME. I HAD NO IDEA MY VEHICLE EVEN HAD A RECALL ON IT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 DODGE AVENGER. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE HEADREST DEPLOYED AND THE HEAD RESTRAINT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO PREVENT WHIPLASH IN A REAR END COLLISION POPPED OFF THE SEAT. THE CONTACT WAS NOT INJURED. THE DEALER (SHOTTENKIRK CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM, 200 LIBERTY BLVD, CANTON, GA 30114, (678) 535-3417) WAS CALLED AND DENIED ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THE FAILURE EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE PAST INCIDENTS REPORTED ON THE INTERNET. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT TO GO TO ANOTHER DEALER AND PAY THE DEDUCTIBLE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS UNDER AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, WHICH COULD POSSIBLY COVER THE REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000. *TT CONSUMER STATED CORPORATE OFFICE IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *JB

CAR HESITATES WHEN TRYING TO GET UP TO SPEED ON THE FREEWAY TO PASS OR EVEN AT A COMPLETE STOP.HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES AND MULTIPLE SPEEDS.

I WAS LESS THAN 1 MILE FROM HOME. I NOTICED THE THROTTLE WASNT RESPONDING AS IT SHOULD WHEN I PRESSED THE PEDAL. THE ETC LIGHT WAS BLINKING AND THE TRACTION LIGHT WAS ON. I WAS NOT ABLE TO DRIVE OVER 20 MPH AND I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED BY THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME. AFTER HAVING IT TOWED AND HAVING TWO MECHANICS LOOK AT IT, THEY DETERMINED IT TO BE A THROTTLE BODY FAILURE. THIS WAS REPLACED. I PICKED THE CAR UP. LESS THAN 1/2 A MILE FROM THE SHOP, I LOST POWER AGAIN AND THE SAME LIGHTS REAPPEARED WITH THE ENGINE LIGHT NOW LIT UP. I TOOK IT BACK. HE RAN THE CODE AND IT WAS SHOWING POSSIBLE AN VACUUM ISSUE. HE KEPT IT OVER NIGHT TO TAKE A LOOKED AT IT AGAIN. IT WAS DETERMINED THEIR WAS NO VACUUM ISSUE AND NOW A CODE FOR THE MAP SENSOR WAS BEING REPORTED. IT WAS REPLACED AND THE MECHANIC DROVE IT THREE TIMES AT DIFFERENT DISTANCES. NO ISSUES. I PICK THE CAR UP. I GET ALMOST HOME (3 MILES AWAY). ETC LIGHT BLINKS, ENGINE LIGHT ON, TRACTION LIGHT ON. AT THIS POINT THE MECHINCA BELIEVES IT TO BE THE PCM WHICH HE SAYS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH DODGES. SO AT THIS POINT HE IS GOING TO PUT THE OLD THROTTLE BODY AND MAP SENSOR BACK ON AND REPLACED THE PCM.

I BOUGHT MY CAR AND LIKE A MONTH LATER WAS NOTIFIED OF A RECALL IT WAS FOR THE AIRBAG , HOWEVER MY SEATBELT WOULD JUST COME UNLATCHED. I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR THE RECALL TO BE FIXED AND DID MENTION IT TO THE DEALER. I THAN RECEIVED THE CAR BACK AND I AM STILL HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. I WILL BE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD OR FREEWAY AND YOU CAN HEAR IT UNLATCH AND COMES OFF. IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING MORE OFTEN AND NO ONE KNOWS WHY.

PASSENGER SIDE AIR VENTS BLOW ONLY COLD AIR WHEN USING HEATER. DRIVER SIDE BLOWS HEATED AIR WITH A ELECTRIC BURNING SMELL. CRUISE CONTROL WILL NOT STAY ENGAGED. TRACTION CONTROL CONTINUALLY ENGAGES WHILE DRIVING ON DRY ROADS.

I BOUGHT THIS CAR AT A DEALERSHIP ON JULY 30, 2018 WITH 58,200 MILES. IT WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE FROM 9/7/18 WHILE WAITING FOR THE PERMANENT TAG BECAUSE THE TEMPORARY TAG EXPIRED. AFTER A WEEK I NOTICED OIL ON THE FLOOR AND DECIDED TO TAKE IT TO A DEALERSHIP. I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. LUCKILY, I WAS NOT SPEEDING, THE CAR WAS PUSHED TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP. THE NEXT DAY AFTER DIAGNOSES, WE WERE TOLD IT WAS THE ENGINE AND WE NEED TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP TO FIX IT BECAUSE WE JUST BOUGHT THE CAR FROM THEM. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME, I NEED $6,000.00 TO CHANGE THE ENGINE. THE MILEAGE WAS ABOUT 61,000 WHEN THE CAR WAS RETURNED. NOW, I DON'T HAVE A CAR AND IN THE HOLE FOR OVER $11,000.00 THE DEALERSHIP IS JUST GIVING ME THE RUN AROUND AT THIS TIME. DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. DODGE DOES NOT PARTICIPATE ARIZONA FOR LEMOM LAW.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAS CRITICAL INTERNAL ERRORS WHERE CAR WILL JUST SHUT-OFF COMPLETELY. I'VE BEEN ON HIGHWAY MANY TIMES WHERE MY 2014 DODGE AVENGER SE V6 HAS LOST POWER AND COMPLETELY IDLES. THE BATTERY IS STILL WORKING BUT CAR WILL NO LONGER START. I HAVE INFANT CHILD AND THIS DEFECT HAS BECOME A SOURCE OF ANXIETY EVERY TIME I DRIVE THIS VEHICLE. ALSO, THE NUTS AND BOLTS SEEM TO COME UNDONE FROM THE SIDE FRAMES BELOW THE DRIVER AND REAR DOORS, AS WELL AS BOLTS UNDER HOOD SUCH AS ON THE ENGINE COMPARTMENTS. FINALLY, ROYALTY AUTO INFORMED ME THAT THE OIL FILTER HOUSING UNIT ON THIS VEHICLE IS STOCKED WITH PLASTIC, WHEN IT SHOULD BE MADE FROM ALLOY METAL TO ENSURE QUALITY AND SAFETY.