2008 Dodge Avenger

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE AVENGER. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH THERE WAS AN ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODEL LIGHT THAT ILLUMINATED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BECAUSE THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO DRIVE DUE TO THE SHAKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC. THERE HAVE BEEN NO DIAGNOSTIC TEST PERFORMED. THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000.

VEHICLE STALLING SINCE DATE OF PURCHASE FEBRUARY 2009. BROUGHT INTO DEALERSHIP WITH COMPLAINT AND THEY REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP. PROBLEM CONTINUED WITH THE ADDITION OF A GAS SMELL AFTER INITIAL START OF VEHICLE. HAVE BROUGHT THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN FOR OTHER COMPLAINTS AND I AGAIN TOLD THE SERVICE DEPT THAT THE CAR CONTINUED TO HAVE THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE STALLING AND GAS ODOR. THE SERVICE DEPT TOOL MY CAR FOR A TEST DRIVE WHILE I WAS STILL THERE AND SINCE THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM MY VEHICLE WAS NOT SERVICED FOR THE ISSUE NOR WAS IT FIXED. I CALLED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE LOOKED AT ONCE AGAIN IN FEBRUARY 2011 AND WAS TOLD I WOULD BE CALLED BY THE NEW PERSON IN CHARGE OF MY CAR AND I DID NOT RECEIVE A CALL. I DID SPEAK WITH SOMEONE GIVING THEM THE DETAILS OF THE FAS SMELL AND THE STALL ISSUE. AFTER 2 WEEKS OF NO RETURN CALL I CALLED THE SERVICE DEPT AND WAS TOLD MY WARRANTY HAD JUST EXPIRED AND WOULD NOT BE COVERED. WHEN I SPOKE TO THE SERVICE DEPT IN FEBRUARY I ASKED ABOUT SEVERAL RECALLS THAT HAD TO DO WITH THE ELECTRICAL WIRING OF THE SAME MODEL AND YEAR AS MY VEHICLE AND WAS TOLD IT DID NOT INCLUDE MY VIN # BUT THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF ELECTRICAL ISSUE OF THESE VEHICLE AND THE SERVICE DEPT CANNOT SEEM TO FIND THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS UNTIL THE CAR COMPLETELY BREAKS DOWN. ON MAY 5, 2011 MY CAR STALLED AGAIN AND THE DEALERSHIP SAYS IT IS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WITH THE CAR. MY CAR WOULD STALL SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK WHILE SITTING AT A LIGHT AND THE GAS SMELL WOULD OCCUR EVERYTIME I START THE CAR. THE DEALERSHIP DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO FIX/FIND THE PROBLEM UNTIL THE CAR NO LONGER RUNS. THE ELECTRICAL ISSUE BURNED OUT THE BATTERY AND COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE AVENGER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIANS STATED THE BATTERY AND FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS AWARE OF RECALL 08V152000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: WIRING) AND WAS INFORMED BY THE MANUFACTURER THE REPAIRS HAD BEEN PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57,300.

I HAVE A 2008 DODGE AVENGER RT. IN THE BEGINNING OF DECEMBER, WHEN I WOULD START UP MY CAR ALL OF THE WARNING LIGHTS WOULD COME ON AND THEN THE CAR WOULD CUT OFF. I WOULD TRY AGAIN IN 30MINS OR SO AND IT WOULD START AND STAY RUNNING, BUT THE ENGINE LIGHT WOULD STAY ON AND READ NO BUS. EVENTUALLY THE LIGHT WENT OFF AND THE CAR RAN FINE. THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN EXCEPT THIS TIME THE CAR WOULDN'T COME BACK ON. I HAD AAA COME OUT TO CHARGE AND CHECK THE BATTERY, AND THEY SAID THAT MY BATTERY WAS DEAD, BUT IT WAS A GOOD BATTERY. SOMETHING IN MY ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WAS CAUSING IT TO DRAIN. I TOOK MY CAR TO THOMPSON CHRYSLER AND TOLD THEM THAT IT WASN'T THE BATTERY. THEY CLAIMED TO FIX THE PROBLEM DAYS LATER, BUT WITHIN AN HOUR OF PICKING IT UP I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM, WARNING LIGHTS EXCEPT THIS TIME THE CAR WAS SHAKING VIOLENTLY. I TOOK THE CAR TO THEM 4 TIMES WITH TODAY BEING THE 5TH. THEY REPLACED MY BATTERY 2 TIMES AS IF THAT WAS THE PROBLEM AND RIPPED OUT MY ALARM SYSTEM THE LAST TIME. I HAD TO PAY FOR THIS, BUT THE SAME PROBLEM IS NOT FIXED. CORPORATE WAS OF NO HELP IN THE SITUATION. I AM SEEKING LEGAL COUNSEL BECAUSE THIS MORNING I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WHEN THE CAR SHUT OFF. I'M JUST RELIEVED THAT THE BABY WASN'T IN THE CAR. *TR

I HAVE A LEAKY TRUNK IN MY 2008 DODGE AVENGER. MY WINDOW ALSO STOPPED WORKING ON MY DRIVERS SIDE. AFTER SEARING THE INTERNET I DISCOVERED MANY OTHERS WITH THIS SAME ISSUE. IF AN OFFICIAL RECALL NOTICE WAS MADE THIS WOULD PREVENT VEHICLE OWNERS FROM SPENDING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON REPAIRS THAT SHOULD BE MADE BY THE DEALER. THE TRUNK HAS BEEN LEAKY SINCE I BOUGHT THE CARD AND DODGE KEEPS TELLING ME NOTHING IT WRONG. IT ALSO MAKES MY THIRD BREAK LIGHT GO OUT I'VE BEEN ISSUED 3 POLICE WARNINGS FOR THIS. I HOPE I NEVER GET A TICKET. ALSO, MY WINDOW IS NOW STUCK DOWN AND IF IT RAINS I WILL HAVE DAMAGE. AS FOR THE TRUNK ITS ALSO MOLDY AND MAKES ME SICK WHEN I GET INTO THE CAR. *TR

A/C IS BLOWING OUT HOT AIR, I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT I NEEDED TO GET A REPLACEMENT COMPUTER COMPONENT. I TOLD THEM AT THE TIME THAT MY CAR HAS ONLY 70000+ PLUS MILES AND THAT SHOULD NOT BE REPLACED PLUS I HAD OLDER CARS AND PEOPLE WITH OLDER CARS NEVER ONCE HAD TO GET THE AC FIX AND THEY HAVE OVER 150000 TO 200000 MILES ON THEIR CAR. MEAN WHILE BACK SEVERAL YEARS AGO, MY CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE DO TO HAY FALLING IN THE ROAD, THEREFORE ALL WIRING/EQUIPMENT UNDER THE HOOD GOT REPLACED. CURRENTLY MY DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT DOES NOT STAY FASTEN ALL THE TIME. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE AVENGER. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AND WAS ABLE TO RESUME NORMALLY. THE FAILURE OCCURRED THREE DIFFERENT TIMES AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THERE WAS A RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 08V152000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THEY INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NOT A RECALL. THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THAT THE DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR WOULD BE AT THE OWNER'S EXPENSE. THE CONTACT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF NOTIFYING THE MANUFACTURER TO VERIFY THE VIN IN REGARDS TO THE RECALL DEFECT. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT.

WHILE I WAS DRIVING WITH THE AIR CONDITIONING ON I NOTICED THE LEFT 2 VENTS WERE COMING OUT WARM AIR. A COUPLE DAYS LATER THERE WAS A MIST COMING THROUGH THE ONLY 2 VENTS THAT WORK. I TOOK IT IN AND WAS TOLD MY HEATERCORE/HEATER HOUSING WAS BROKE. THAT WOULD COST $900.00 TO FIX. ALSO I HAVE HAD MY CAR STALL 6 TIMES, MOSTLY WHEN IT IS RAINING AND I AM COMING TO A STOP SIGN OR STOP LIGHT. I TOOK IT IN FOR THAT BUT THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING. I ALSO HAD THE CLOCK RUN 2 MIN FAST EVERY DAY OR TWO. THAT HAD TO BE UPDATED WHICH DOESN'T MAKE SINCE TO ME SINCE IT IS A 2008 CAR. IT SHOULD NOT NEED AN UPDATE ON THE CLOCK. THAT WAS $50.00. THE CAR HAS 56,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

MY 2008 DODGE AVENGER STARTED MAKING A LOUD NOISE. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME IT WAS MY ALTERNATOR. BUT I HAVE POWER TO EVERYTHING. THEY TOLD ME THEY COULD GET ONE FOR 360.00 +100.00 LABOR. TOTAL MILES 78,000. I WAS ALSO TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED ALOT ON MINI VANS.AND OTHER CARS,BUT COME TO FIND OUT IT MAY JUST BE THE CLUTCH BEARING AND ONLY GOING TO COST 75.00 TO FIX. SEEMS TO ME CHRYSLER WOULD NOT TRY TO SELL YOU THINGS YOU DON'T NEED. SOMEONE NEEDS TO BRING THEM TO THE CARPET. THE CAR WAS ONLY 3,000 MILES OUT OF THE EXT.ML.WARRANTY. *TR