DODGE Complaints

THE HEADLIGHTS RANDOMLY TURN ON AND OFF EVEN WHEN THE CAR IS NOT RUNNING. THIS IS DRAINING THE BATTERY FREQUENTLY. REPLACING THE BATTERY HAS NOT HELPED WITH THIS ISSUE. THE TURN SIGNALS WILL RANDOMLY BEGIN BLINKING WHILE I'M DRIVING. THE HORN HAS BEGUN SPORADICALLY BEEPING WHILE DRIVING AND ALSO WHEN THE CAR IS OFF AND PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY. THE HEAT HAS COMPLETELY STOPPED WORKING - IT ONLY BLOWS ICE COLD AIR WHICH IS THE LAST THING I NEED WHEN IT IS BELOW ZERO HERE IN THE MORNINGS WHEN I AM LEAVING FOR WORK. THERE IS CLEARLY AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WHICH SEEMS TO ESCALATE OVER TIME - AND IT SEEMS OTHER YEARS OF THIS VEHICLE HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THESE SAME PROBLEMS. I AM NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY THE 2008 HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED. I AM TERRIFIED OF WHAT THIS PROBLEM WILL ESCALATE TO - I HAVE A YOUNG CHILD THAT I MUST TRANSPORT DAILY TO DAYCARE.

VECHILE STALLS WHILE DRIVING WITH NO WARING. NO INSTRUMENT LIGHTS OR HESITATION. THIS NOW HAS HAPPEN TO ME 3 TIME. SPEED RANGING FROM 25-55 MPH. WAS ABLE TO GET THE VAN INTO NETUREL AND RESTARTED WHILE THE VAN WAS COASTING WITHOUT POWER. IT WAS A GOOD THING I DIDNT HAVE ANYONE FOLLOWING TOO CLOSELY. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM. SOMETHING NEEDS DONE ABOUT THIS BEFORE SOMEONE HAS A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE AVENGER. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MOVE FROM A STOP, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 61,000.

WHILE IN DRIVE FOR THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION OR AUTO-SHIFT OPTION, WHETHER IN MOTION OR NOT, THE GEARSHIFT DOES NOT LOCK MOVING THE SHIFT KNOB FROM DRIVE TO ANY GEAR ABOVE NEUTRAL. MOST GEARSHAFTS IN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION VEHICLES LOCK AT NEUTRAL AND THE BRAKE MUST DEPRESS BEFORE GOING INTO REVERSE OR PARK. THIS VEHICLE HAS NO SUCH PREVENTATIVE METHOD AGAINST PERMANENT DAMAGE TO THE DRIVETRAIN/TRANSMISSION/ENGINE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE AVENGER. WHILE STATIONARY AND DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE HEAT BLEW COLD AIR FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE IN THE WINTER. A DEALER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 DODGE JOURNEY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE AIR BAG, THROTTLE CONTROL, AND TIRE PRESSURE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY, ALONG WITH THE KEY FOB LIGHT. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE BRAKES FAILED TO OPERATE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO THE WOODS. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A SPRAINED RIGHT ARM THAT NEEDED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE DIAGNOSIS WAS UNDETERMINED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39,000. *TT

THE CAR LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING UNABLE TO STEER OR STOP AND CAUSED A CRASH INJURING THE DRIVER AND TOTALING THE CAR *TT *TR

EVERY TIME I START THE CAR IT MAKES A TICKING NOISE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FOR ABOUT 15 SECONDS, IT THEN STOPS. THE PASSENGER SIDE IS NOT BLOWING OUT HEAT RATHER COLD AIR.

HEATER CORE PROBLEM, NO HEAT ON PASSENGER SIDE, CASING SAND CLOGGING THE RADIATOR

IN AUGUST 2017 A DEFECTIVE ROLLER BEARING WENT OUT WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY, EFFECTIVELY DESTROYING THE INSIDE OF THE ENGINE. COST TO REPAIR WAS $4,000. IN DECEMBER 2017 TIPM POWER MODULE MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING HEADLIGHTS TO NOT WORK. COST TO REPLACE $1,150. BOTH ITEMS HAVE THOUSANDS OF CONSUMER COMPLAINTS ABOUT BEING DEFECTIVE.