2008 Dodge Avenger

A FEW DAYS AFTER I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE I BEGAN HEARING A TAPPING NOISE IN THE ENGINE SOUNDS LIKE KNOCKING (BAD GAS OR ROD). DEALER CLAIMS TO NOT HEAR ANYTHING. TOOK TO ANOTHER DEALER WHICH HEARD THE NOISE, KEPT THE CAR TO INSPECT AND REPAIR STATING THEY THOUGHT THEY KNEW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. CAR WASN'T FIXED I COMPLAINED BECAUSE THE SECOND DEALER ADMITTED TO SPEAKING WITH THE FIRST DEALER THUS THE CAR WASN'T FIXED. THEY LIED TO ME AND TOLD ME IT WAS A FEDERALLY REGULATED EMISSIONS SYSTEM THAT MADE THE CAR SOUND THAT WAY. DEALER #1 OFFERED TO SET UP AN APPOINTMENT WITH A CHRYSLER REP. THEN HE CALLED BACK AND STATED THAT THE REP WOULDN'T BE LOCAL FOR 4-6 WEEKS. THE REP CALLED ME AND BASICALLY STATED THAT IT SOUNDED LIKE I JUST DIDN'T LIKE THE CAR. THE DEALER WOULD NOT TAKE THE CAR BACK, AND WERE RUDE ABOUT REPAIRS. I NEVER SAW THE REP. NOW THE CAR IS MAKING A RUBBING NOISE IN THE STEERING COLUMN AND THE POWER STEERING PUMP SOUNDS LIKE IT IS GOING OUT. I HAVE DONE EVERYTHING TO TRY TO REPLACE THE CAR BUT THE DEALERS HAVE PUT ME OFF SO LONG WITHOUT REPAIRS THAT I AM STUCK WITH THE CAR. LESS THAN 6 MONTHS AFTER I OWNED THE CAR I BEGAN SEEING COMMERCIALS FOR THE CAR ONLY THE PRICE WAS MORE THAN $5,000 LESS THAN WHAT I WAS CHARGED. THEREFORE, THE BANK WANTS AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY IN ORDER TO PUT ME IN ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE IGNITION ROLLS OVER SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE STARTING. SOMETIMES I HAVE TO ATTEMPT STARTING THE VEHICLE THREE TIMES. THE CD PLAYER DOES NOT WORK, IT OVER HEATS AND WILL BURN YOUR HAND IF YOU TOUCH THE DIGITAL DISPLAY. I HAVE HAD FRIENDS IN THE COMMUNITY TO CALL ME AND TELL ME THAT MY CAR SOUNDED AWFUL WHEN THEY SAW ME IN TOWN. ADDITIONALLY I AM PAYING 430 A MONTH FOR THE PAYMENT WHEN THE GIRL ACROSS THE ROAD IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH HER NEW AVENGER YET SHE ONLY PAYS 279 A MONTH AT 11% INTEREST. WITH ALL OF THE PROBLEMS AND THE MISERABLE RIDE THIS CAR OFFERS, I CAN EASILY COMPARE IT TO A BICYCLE " A USED BICYCLE" AT BEST. *TR

REAR SUSPENSION OUT OF CAMBER. NOTHING DONE TO THE CAR TO CAUSE THE CAMBER TO BE OUTSIDE MANUFACTURER SPECIFICATIONS. DEALERSHIP WANTS TO TAKE VEHICLE TO BODY SHOP TO REPAIR CAMBER BY BENDING FRAME OF VEHICLE. WILL NOT COVER TIRES SINCE THEY ARE OUTSIDE THE 6000 MILE WARRANTY & HAVE NOT BEEN ROTATED. SERVICE TECHNICIAN STATED THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF IMPACT MARKS, ETC TO CAUSE THE ISSUE. ALSO STATED THE REAR CAMBER WAS UNADJUSTED ON THIS VEHICLE. *TR

WE OWN A 2008 DODGE AVENGER. WE RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER (H07)CONCERNING AN ELECTRICAL WIRING PROBLEM THAT COULD CAUSE THE CAR TO CUT OFF WITHOUT NOTICE. WE CALLED THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP WHEN WE RECEIVED THE LETTER BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT IT AND SAID THEY WOULD NOTIFY US WHEN THEY RECEIVED INFORMATION. WE NEVER GOT A CALL FROM THEM. WE EXPERIENCED THE CAR CUTTING OFF ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS BUT NEVER WHEN IT WAS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. ON SATURDAY, MAY 3RD, 2008 AT 7PM IN THE EVENING MY SON WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND WAS BRAKING TO STOP AT AN INTERSECTION AND THE CAR CUT OFF CAUSING HIM TO LOSE ALL POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. HE ATTEMPTED TO SWERVE TO AVOID HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF HIM BUT WAS UNABLE TO TOTALLY MISS THE CAR. HE HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF HIM BECAUSE THE CAR WAS TOO HARD TO STEER AND BRAKE DUE TO LOSS OF POWER. AFTER THE ACCIDENT WE CONTACTED DODGE AND OUR LOCAL DEALERSHIP ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT OUR CAR IS NOT INVOLVED IN THE RECALL. SOME 2008 AVENGERS ARE INVOLVED BUT ACCORDING TO OUR VIN THEY TELL US OUR CAR IS NOT INVOLVED. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT. I DON'T KNOW WHY OUR CAR IS NOT INVOLVED IN THE RECALL BECAUSE WE HAVE EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEMS THAT THE RECALL NOTATED. WE WOULD LIKE THE RECALL TO BE REEVALUATED AND OUR CAR AND POSSIBLY OTHER 2008 AVENGERS BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. ONCE THE BODY WORK IS FIXED ON THE CAR, WE WILL TAKE IT TO OUR LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND HAVE THEM CHECK OUT THE PROBLEM. WE ARE AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR UNTIL WE KNOW THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN FIXED BECAUSE NEXT TIME THE ACCIDENT COULD RESULT IN INJURY OR DEATH. *TR

ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS I HAVE HAD MY 2008 DODGE AVENGER 2.4 LITER W/T ENGINE VEHICLE IN THE DEALERSHIPS SHOP TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPAIRED. FIRST, THE SHIFTING WAS VERY HARD AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS BUCKING AND NOT SHIFTING INTO GEAR CORRECTLY. THE SECOND TIME, THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT SHIFTING HARD ANYMORE BUT THE TRANSMISSION WAS LOSING POWER AND BUCKING AGAIN AND THE REPAIR SHOP DID A COMPUTER UPGRADE REPAIR AND I HAD A RENTAL TRUCK FOR TWO DAYS. UPON RETURN OF THE RENTAL TRUCK, MY CAR, WHICH HAD A QUARTER OF A TANK OF GAS IN IT, WAS RETURNED TO ME ON EMPTY WITH THE FUEL LIGHT ON. THE THIRD TIME I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP REPAIR SHOP THE TRANSMISSION WAS STILL BUCKING AND LOSING POWER. THIS TIME I DROPPED THE CAR OFF AND WHEN I RETURNED TO PICK IT UP, NOT ONLY WAS THE TRANSMISSION STILL HAVING THE SAME ISSUE AFTER THE MECHANICS CHANGED THE TORQUE CONVERSION OPERATION, BUT I NOW HAVE A DING IN THE LEFT REAR DOOR THAT WAS NOT THERE WHEN I DROPPED THE CAR OFF. THE DING IS NOT THAT LARGE, HOWEVER, IT HAS CHIPPED THE PAINT OFF AND THE DEALERSHIP REPAIR SHOP TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DAMAGE DUE TO THE AUTHORIZATION SIGNATURE AREA WHERE YOU AUTHORIZE THE DEALERSHIP TO DO THE REPAIRS. THIS IS APPALLING! THE CAR WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN DINGED IF IT WERE NOT FOR ALL THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS VEHICLE. I ALSO HAVE FOUND THAT THE DEALERSHIP, WHO TOLD ME THEY WOULD CONTACT CHRYSLER AND GET A REP INVOLVED, DID NOT DO SO AFTER SEVERAL PHONE INQUIRIES TO THEIR SALES DEPARTMENT. THIS TRANSMISSION IS DANGEROUS AND THE BUCKING IS ONLY DOING FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE ENTIRE PART. *TR

ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING MY 2008 DODGE AVENGER SXT IN LIGHT RAIN, THE VEHICLE LOST ALL ELECTRICAL POWER. EACH TIME THE CAR STALLED THE WIPERS WERE ON. WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DODGE DEALER AND WERE TOLD THERE IS NO PROBLEM. A DAY AFTER HAVING THE CAR LOOKED AT IT STALLED AGAIN, ALMOST CAUSING A REAR END COLLISION. CAR WAS TAKEN BACK TO DEALER IMMEDIATELY, THEY KEPT THE CAR FOR 1 1/2 DAYS AND TOLD US THE SOLENOID VALVE IS GETTING RAW GASOLINE IN IT DUE TO US "TOPPING OF THE GAS TANK WHEN WE FILL IT UP" (NEVER HAVE DONE THAT). THEY REPLACED THE VALVE, BUT THE CAR STILL STUMBLES AS IF IT WERE GOING TO STALL. DODGE TOLD US THERE ARE NO RECALLS OR OTHER COMPLAINTS OUT THERE LIKE OURS, HOWEVER DOING MY OWN ONLINE RESEARCH I FOUND A FAMILY IN FLORIDA ON CARCOMPLAINTS.COM WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS! THIS IS A BIG CONCERN TO MY HUSBAND AND I AS OUR 3 MONTH OLD SON WAS IN THE CAR WHEN THE POWER LOSS HAS OCCURRED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE AVENGER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER IN OCTOBER OF 2007 FOR THE FRONT DOOR LATCH CABLES. HE HAS BEEN ATTEMPTING TO HAVE THE RECALL WORK PERFORMED EVER SINCE, BUT THE DEALER DID NOT HAVE THE PARTS AVAILABLE. THERE HAD BEEN NO FAILURE TO DATE. THE RECALL NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 6,500. UPDATED 04/16/08 *BF UPDATED 04/16/08 *TR