2008 Dodge Avenger

ON TUESDAY MAY 31,2011 AT 8:00 AM I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 40 MINS WHEN I APPROACHED A STOP LIGHT. I TURNED THE A/C ON AND NOTICED A PLASTIC SMELL. I TURNED INTO THE GAS STATION TO INVESTIGATE. IN LESS THAN TWO MINUTES MY ENTIRE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS IN FLAMES. THE CAR IS A TOTAL LOSS. MY VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL THAT COULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS. DODGE IS RESPONSIBLE! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE AVENGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD LOSE POWER ABNORMALLY AND STALL WHENEVER IT WOULD RAIN ACCOMPANIED BY AN UNUSUAL FLUCTUATION IN THE ENGINE RPMS. THE FAILURE WOULD OCCUR ONLY WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP NOT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 75,231. UPDATED 05/25/11 *BF THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THERE WAS NO REMEDY FOR THE FAILURE AS OF YET. UPDATED 06/03/11

AT 51000 MILES ON MY 2008 DODGE AVENGER, STARTED SMELLING ANTIFREEZE ODOR INSIDE THE CAR. EVENTUALLY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND ELECTRICAL LIGHT INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE CAR RAN EXTREMELY ROUGH AND STARTED TO RUN HOT. EVENTUALLY ENGINE WOULD LOSE POWER THEN SHUT OFF AND NOT BE ABLE TO RESTART FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS. DID NOT APPEAR TO BE LOSING RADIATOR FLUID. TOOK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND FOUND THAT THE THERMOSTAT HOUSING, (MADE OUT OF PLASTIC) WAS CRACKED AND IT WAS LEAKING ANTIFREEZE FROM THAT POINT. HAD PARTS REPLACED. THE PART AND SERVICE WAS WARRANTED FOR 12 MONTHS/12000 MILES. 10 MONTHS LATER, BUT 30000 MILES LATER, CURRENT VEHICLE MILEAGE 81000, SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN, SAME PARTS REPLACED. *TR

I WAS SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN ON 9/18 WHEN, IN THE MIDDLE OF TURNING AND WHILE THERE WERE OTHER VEHICLES DRIVING TOWARDS ME, MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKING IN THE POSITION IT WAS IN, MY BRAKE LOCKED SO I COULDN'T SLOW DOWN, MY GAS LOCKED AND ALL THE DASH LIGHTS WENT OFF. THE CAR STALLED. THE ONLY THING I WAS ABLE TO DO, WAS PUT THE CAR IN PARK AS FAST AS POSSIBLE AND TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON. LUCKILY, THE CARS THAT WERE HEADING RIGHT TOWARDS ME SWERVED AS TO NOT HIT ME AND THE CAR THAT I WAS HEADING STRAIGHT FOR WAS ABLE TO MOVE BEFORE WE HAD A HEAD ON COLLISION. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE AND WHERE I PURCHASED THE WARRANTY, AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. MY BIGGEST FEAR IS THAT I HAVE TWO SMALL CHILDREN AND HAVE TO TRAVEL ON THE FREEWAY NEXT TO LARGE SEMI'S AND IF THIS HAPPENS THERE, WE WILL SURELY DIE IN A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT SEEING AS HOW MY WHEEL LOCKS AS WELL AS MY BRAKES. I ONLY HOPE THAT MORE INVESTIGATION WILL BE DONE TO PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE AVENGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING AT 20 MPH AND OVER, THE VEHICLE WOULD WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WOULD ALWAYS RESTART AND WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE OR PRODUCE A FAILURE CODE FROM THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER A TOTAL OF 45 TIMES AND THE DEALER WAS NEVER ABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED HE WAS PREVIOUSLY INVOLVED IN A CRASH WHERE THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING AND HE CRASHED INTO TREES. THERE WERE FRONT END DAMAGES TO THE VEHICLE YET THE CONTACT WAS UNINJURED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AS 25,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 87,000.

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

ON SATURDAY 07/10/10 I HAD DRIVEN MY CAR AND DID SOME SHOPPING THAT I NEEDED TO DO. ON SUNDAY 07/11/10 I WAS PLANNING TO GO GROCERY SHOPPING. I GOT IN MY CAR STARTED THE ENGINE AND TRIED TO PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE TO GET OUT OF MY GARAGE. THE CAR WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE IT WAS STUCK IN PARK. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES OF TRYING TO GET THE GEAR SHIFT TO MOVE OUT OF PARK I GAVE UP AND WENT INTO THE HOUSE. ON MONDAY 07/12/10 I HAD TO CALL A TOW TRUCK TO COME AND PICK UP MY CAR AND TOW IT TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE THE CAR WAS STILL STUCK IN PARK. WHEN THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER GOT TO MY HOUSE HE INFORMED ME THAT I WAS THE 3RD DODGE AVENGER IN THE LAST WEEK THAT HE HAD TO TOW TO A GARAGE BECAUSE THE GEAR SHIFT WAS STUCK IN PARK. WHEN I WENT TO PICK UP MY CAR AT THE DEALERSHIP I WAS TALKING TO THE MECHANIC AND HE INFORMED ME THAT HE HAD TWO OTHER DODGE CARS IN THE SHOP THAT HE WAS WORKING ON THAT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AS MINE. ONE WAS A DODGE AVENGER AND THE OTHER WAS A DODGE MAGNUM. HE SAID THAT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS HIS SHOP HAS BEEN REPAIRING MORE AND MORE DODGE VEHICLES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, GEAR SHIFT STUCK IN PARK. HE STATED THAT THERE WERE AT LEAST 12 - 15 CARS IN THE LAST MONTH THAT THEY HAD TO FIX. I FEEL THAT SOMEONE NEEDS TO LOOK INTO THIS OF WHY SO MANY DODGE CARS GEAR SHIFTS ARE GETTING STUCK IN PARK AND THAT DODGE NEEDS TO POSSIBLY DO A RECALL OF THIS PRODUCT. I HAVE ONLY HAD MY CAR 6 MONTHS AND I FEEL THAT THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. *TR

I BOUGHT A 2008 DODGE AVENGER IN JULY OF 2009. FROM THE TIME THAT I PURCHASED THE CAR I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH IT. THE FRONT DRIVER DOOR LATCH WOULD MALFUNCTION CAUSING THE DOOR TO COME OPEN AND/OR NOT SHUT AT ALL. THIS HAPPENED TWICE. DODGE CORRECTED IT THE FIRST TIME BUT REFUSED THE SECOND TIME. MY LEFT SPEED SENSOR WENT OUT AND HAD TO BE REPLACED; THE AIRBAG LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND STAY ON AND DODGE TOLD ME THE DEFECT DID NOT INCLUDE MY VIN NUMBER; MY CAR GOUT STUCK IN PARK AND DODGE WOULD NOT HELP ME WITH THAT EITHER. ON JUNE 30, 2010 WHILE DRIVING ON HWY 41 IN PORT CHARLOTTE FLORIDA MY ENGINE COMPARTMENT BURST INTO FLAMES. THERE IS A RECALL ON MY CAR AS TO THIS DEFECT ALSO BUT, ONCE AGAIN, I WAS TOLD BY DODGE THAT IT DID NOT INCLUDE MY VIN NUMBER. I HAVE BEEN RAN IN CIRCLES FOR ONE WEEK WITH NO ANSWERS OR ASSISTANCE FROM DODGE. I HAVE ONLY ASKED THAT THEY PROVIDE ME WITH TRANSPORTATION UNTIL THE CAUSE OF MY ENGINE FIRE CAN BE DETERMINED AND YET AGAIN, NO RESPONSE FROM DODGE. I FELT IN FEAR OF THIS VEHICLE AND CALLED DODGE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS ASKING THAT THEY DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE AVENGER. WHEN THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE THE ENGINE STALLED; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE BEGAN FUNCTIONING NORMALLY WITH NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. WHEN THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP IT SURGED FORWARD. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED FOR THE MALFUNCTIONS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 19,000.