DODGE Complaints

MY 2012 DODGE RAM HAS ALL THE SYMPTOMS THAT MERITED ATTENTION AND RESOLUTION WITH CHRYSLER COMPANY'S TIPM'S RECALL. MY LIGHTS SOMETIMES COME OWN, IT WOULD NOT START AND THE FUEL PUMP WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE PROBLEM 12/18-23/2017. ONCE I PICKED UP THE TRUCK, IT SOME TIME WOULD START BUT AFTER MANY ATTEMPTS. THIS TIME THE DIAGNOSTIC SHOWED THE TIPM MODULE WAS THE PROBLEM, AND EVEN THOUGH THE DEALERSHIP KNOWS THAT THIS WELL KNOWN DEFECT EXIST, NO ONE WANTS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND REPLACE THE PART AGAIN OUT OF MY TRUCK FROM 12/27/2017 TILL 01/06/2018!. WHAT CRITERIA WAS USED TO DETERMINE WHOSE VEHICLE WITH THE KNOWN DEFECT IS CORRECTED OR NOT, IS NOT CLEAR. I CONTACTED FCA AND WAS INFORMED THAT MY TRUCK WAS NOT INCLUDED ON THE LIST ALTHOUGH THE YEAR, MAKR AND MODEL HAD THOSE ISSUES. I THINK THIS IS SHAMEFUL. I TRUSTED THEIR NAME AND REPUTATION, BUT THEY SHOW NO INTEGRITY.

COMPUTER FAILURE: BAD ALTERNATOR (FOR WHICH THERE IS A RECALL) MALFUNCTIONED, WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, AND AT THE SAME TIME, DAMAGED THE COMPUTER, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO SHUT DOWN. WHILE DRIVING, MULTIPLE WARNING LIGHTS (SEAT BELT, OIL, ALTERNATOR, ETC.) WOULD FLASH ON AND OFF. I WAS TURNED INTO A PARKING LOT AND TURNED INTO A SPACE, BUT THE ENGINE DIED AND I COASTED TO A STOP. CAR WOULD NOT START AFTER THAT.

CAR WAS PARKED IN A CONDO PARKING LOT AND HAD NOT BEEN DRIVEN FOR 3 DAYS. WALKED OUT TO CAR AND SAW SIGNS OF FIRE AT THE GAS INPUT ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE CAR. OPENED THE GAS INPUT DOOR AND GAS CAP WAS MELTED AND DESTROYED, FIRE ASH, ETC. VISIBLE.

THE FIRST TIME I HAD AN ISSUE WITH MY CAR, MY HUSBAND AND I WERE DRIVING ON THE NJ TURNPIKE IN THE LEFT LANE, WITH CARS COMING UP BEHIND US OVER 85 MPH, AND THE CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING AND WE HAD TO PULL OVER AND THE CAR DIED. AFTER AN AWFUL MESS DODGE TOOK IT IN FOR REPAIRS ON THE RADIO AND ELECTRICAL ISSUES. THEY CALLED ME TO PICK IT UP AND AS I DROVE IT OUT OF THE DEALERSHIP THE SAME ISSUE WAS HAPPENING AND THE CAR ALMOST DIED AGAIN. NOW MY CAR SCREEN AND RADIO WILL NOT SHUT OFF EVEN WHEN THE CAR IS OFF. DODGE CAN'T SUPPLY ME WITH A RENTAL, AND MY HUSBAND IS IN THE MILITARY AND I AM PREGNANT. THEY WERE USELESS ON THE PHONE AND I AM TERRIFIED TO DRIVE IN MY VEHICLE!!

HEATER IS BLOWING HOT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE AND COLD ON THE PASSENGERS SIDE WHILE STATIONARY AND DRIVING.

WINDOW DEFROST AND PASSENGER HEAT /AIR. WHILE EITHER IN MOTION OR WHILE DRIVING, NO HEATED AIR EXITS THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER, NOR THE PASSENGER WINDOW DEFROST, LOWER AND CENTER CONSOLE VENTS. HEATED AIR ONLY EXIT THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDSHIELD AND DRIVER'S SIDE DASH VENTS. PROBLEM PERSISTS THROUGH ALL CABIN AIR MODES, AND CIRCULATIONS. THIS SAFETY ISSUE EFFECTS VISIBILITY AND PASSENGER SAFETY BY FAILING TO DEFROST/DEFOG WINDOWS AND KEEPING CABIN TEMPURATURES NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING DURING COLD WEATHER (BLOWING COLD AIR INTO THE CABIN).

I HAVE A 2012 DODGE AVENGER WITH APPROXIMATELY 60K MILES. THE HEAT DID NOT WORK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. I HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY AND TOOK IT TO A DODGE DEALER FOR REPAIR. I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE HEATER CORE. THE ONLY SIGN WAS NO HEAT, NO LEAKS OR SMELLS. THE EXTENDED WARRANTY COMPANY WAS CONTACTED BUT WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT A COVERED REPAIR, IT WAS A MAINTENANCE ISSUE. I ONLY TAKE MY CAR TO THE SAME DODGE DEALER FOR ALL REPAIRS, MAINTENANCE SERVICES, RECALLS, ETC.. I PAID TO HAVE IT FLUSHED, BUT THAT DIDN'T WORK, SO I HAD TO HAVE IT REPLACED AND PAID $1100. I'VE READ THE SAME COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER DODGE AVENGER OWNERS. I CONTACTED DODGE SEVERAL TIMES AND EACH TIME I'M PLACED ON HOLD FOR HOURS AND ONCE I GET THROUGH, THEY RUSHED ME OFF THE PHONE. HOW COULD OVER 100 OTHER DODGE AVENGER OWNERS HAVE THE SAME COMPLAINT AS MYSELF REGARDING THE HEATER CORE. THE DEALER EXPLAINED TO ME THIS IS MANUFACTURE'S DEFECT AND IT SHOULD BE A RECALL. THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD HAVE DONE TO PREVENT THE HEATER CORE PROBLEM. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. NO HEAT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE CLEARLY THROUGH THE ENTIRE FRONT WINDSHIELD.

I GOING DRIVING AT 70 MPH IN I-75 TAMPA FLORIDA AND THE VEHICLE TURN OFF. CHECKING IN INTERNET THE POSIBLE PROBLEM IS OVERHEAD IN THE TIPM. I AM IN THIS MOMENT IN A HIGHWAY FOR 3 HOURS WAITING FOR TOWNING. THE VEHICLE NOT START.

COLD AIR IS BLOWING OUT OF PASSENGER SIDE VENTS. DRIVER SIDE VENTS BLOW HOT AIR.

THERE IS SOMETHING GOING ON WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WHICH CAUSES THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER TO COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN AND LIGHTS TO FLICKER WHEN DRIVING. USUALLY HAPPENS WHEN CAR HEATER IS ON OR DRIVING FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. I HAVE A VIDEO OF THE ISSUE AND SHOWED IT TO CERRITOS DODGE SERVICE DEPARTMENT BUT THEY DIDNT ACKNOWLEDGE ISSUE.