2010 Dodge Avenger

The contact owns a 2010 Dodge Avenger. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle would not properly accelerate while depressing the accelerator pedal. Also, while operating the vehicle a knocking noise was present coming from the engine when the air conditioning unit was turned on. The cause of the failure was not determined. The local dealer and manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 150,000.

I KEEP HAVING THE VEHICLE FIXED AND THEN THEY KEEP TELLING ME NOTHING ELSE NEEDS TO BE FIXED WITH IT. IT KEEPS PULLINGN WHEN I COME TO A STOP AND THEN DECELERATES WHILE I'M DRIVING AND I HAVE TO PULL OVER ON THE HIGHWAY OR PULL OFF THE HIGHWAY AND START THE CAR AGAIN. NO LIGHTS COME ON THERE'S OIL IN THE CAR I JUST HAD AN OIL CHANGE I JUST HAD TO BRAKE PADS FIXED EVEN THOUGH THE BRAKES KEEP SQUEAKING THE ROTORS ARE NEW XCETERA. THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME IT HAS DECELERATED I HAD TO HAVE A PART REPLACED A COUPLE YEARS AGO BECAUSE IT WAS DOING THE SAME THING. TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S ANY RECALLS ON THE CAR IN ORDER TO GET THOSE RECALLS FIXED. IT DID THE SAME THING LAST YEAR AND WHEN I TOOK IT IN THEY FIXED ANOTHER PART. IT'S NEVER THE SAME PART THAT THE MECHANICS FIX AND SAY IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM.

THE VEHICLE ON THREE SEPARATE TURN AROUNDS DID THE SAME THING AFTER 3 PLUS HRS OF DRIVING STOPPING SHIFTING INTO REVERSE THEN DRIVE. NEAR THE END OF THE RURAL/LOCAL 4 STRAIGHT HRS TRANSMISSION APPEARED TO NOT SHIFT OUT OF FIRST GEAR. EACH TIME THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP WHILE APPLYING BRAKES. THE CAR WAS THEN SHIFTED INTO R(REVERSE) AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS RELEASED AND GAS PEDAL APPLIED APPROXIMATELY. AFTER REACHING THE REVERSED TURNING DESTINATION THE BRAKE WAS REAPPLIED AND CAR CAME TO A STOP. CAR WAS SHIFTED INTO D (DRIVE) FROM R (REVERSE) AND ALL THREE TIMES THE CAR ACCELERATED TO 30 -34 MPH RPMS STAYING AT 3 AND THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DID NOT DID NOT GO INTO NORMAL 2ND YEAR MODE. ALL THREE TIMES THE CAR WAS COMPLETELY STOPPED. THE GEARSHIFT PUT INTO P(PARK FOR 5SEC.) THEN GEAR SHIFT PUT INTO D. THE CAR RAN FIN AGAIN UNTIL TIME TO TURN AROUND. ON THE 3RD ATTEMPT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND IMMEDIATELY THE CAR WAS DRIVEN HOME UNDER 40 MPH 4RPMS. AFTER THE VEHICLE HAS SET FOR 2 PLUS HRS THE FLUIDS WERE CHECKED AND NONE APPEARS LOW THE CAR ALSO DROVE AS NORMAL AS IT HAD AT THE BEGINNING OF THE LAST TRIP. THE CAR WAS ONLY DRIVEN FOR 5-10MINUTESVAND ALL GEARS SEAM TO WORK FINE FLUIDS ARE NORMAL AND THE CHECK ENGINE SYMBOL IS STILL LIT. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE AT 60MPH, MY GAS PEDAL SIMPLY STOPPED WORKING. MY RPMS ON THE DASHBOARD WENT TO 0(ZERO) AND MY VEHICLE BEGAN SLOWING DOWN. I BECAME STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREEWAY WITH CARS HONKING AT ME. I COULD NOT DO ANYTHING BUT TURNING OFF THE VEHICLE, THEN TURNING IT BACK ON. WHEN IT STARTED UP, I BEGAN DRIVING FOR ABOUT 1/2 OF A MILE AND IT STALLED AGAIN. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF TO THE SHOULDER, BUT THE STEERING BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN, AND SO DID THE BRAKE. IT'S AS IF I WAS FORCING THE CAR TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, AND THE BRAKE WAS FIGHTING AGAINST MY FOOT. I SAT FOR 10 MINUTES BEFORE STARTING THE VEHICLE AGAIN AND QUICKLY EXITING THE FREEWAY. I TOOK IT TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC, AND HE PULLED A CODE STATING IT WAS A FAULTY THROTTLE BODY. AFTER INSPECTING IT, HE RECOMMENDED A COMPLETE CLEANING OF IT. SO HE CLEANED IT. I WENT TO DRIVE HOME AND THE CAR STALLED AGAIN, THIS TIME AS I WAS COMING TO A STOP SIGN. WITH CARS BEHIND ME HONKING, IT BECAME EMBARRASSING, SO I EXITED THE VEHICLE AND PUSHED IT OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AS MY PASSENGER STEERED THE VEHICLE. THEY NOTICED THE SAME DIFFICULTY IN STEERING AND THE HARD BRAKE. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED, DUE TO MY INABILITY TO DO SO DUE TO FINANCIAL REASONS. UPON DOING SOME RESEARCH THERE ARE MANY OTHER 2010 DODGE AVENGER OWNERS FACING THIS SAME SAFETY HAZARD. AS WELL AS THIS ISSUE, MY CAR WILL RANDOMLY 'HONK' ON ITS OWN. JUST THE OTHER DAY, WHILE SITTING AT A RED LIGHT, IT STARTED TO AGGRESSIVELY HONK. THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME STARTED DRIVING(THOUGH IT WAS A RED) AND ALMOST RAN INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. A NEARBY OFFICER SAW THIS AND PULLED ME OVER. I WAS GIVEN A VERBAL WARNING AND TOLD TO GET THE ISSUE RESOLVED IMMEDIATELY. THE OFFICER WAS BEING KIND, AND TOLD ME, HE COULD HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED AWAY FOR NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAVE 129,000 MILES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE AVENGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 20 MPH. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. CUTTER CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE OF PEARL CITY (905 KAMEHAMEHA HWY, PEARL CITY, HI 96782, (808) 564-9640) DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

FOR MONTHS NOW MY CAR KEEPS STALLING I HAVE 62,000 MILES. I WILL BE AT A STOP LIGHT AND CAR WILL STALL. IT WILL START BACK UP AND THEN STALL AGAIN. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE AND SAID NOTHING APPEARED IN THE CODES AS THERE WERE NO ISSUES. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND THEY CLAIM THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE ISSUE WAS AND THAT THEY RELY ON THE DEALERS TO DIAGNOSE. TODAY MY CAR STALLED AGAIN I WAS ABLE TO GET HOME AND I SHUT IT OFF AND STARTED BACK UP AGAIN WHILE RECORDING IT ON MY PHONE WHEN THE ENGINE STALLED MY ELECTRONIC THROTTLE WARNING LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BOTH CAME ON AND THE OFF. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND WOULD LIKE YOU TO PLEASE DOCUMENT AND LET CHRYSLER KNOW THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I'VE READ MANY INSTANCES ONLINE OF THIS HAPPENING AND CONSUMERS REPLACING THE ETC JUST TO HAVE IT ACT UP AGAIN. THE COST TO REPAIR IS SOMEWHERE AROUND 400-800 DOLLARS. AT 62K I FEEL THAT THEY PUT A VEHICLE ON THE MARKET AND NOW SHOULD HAVE ENOUGH COMPLAINTS FROM THE CONSUMER TO INVESTIGATE AND ISSUE A RECALL.

THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF RANDOMLY . SOMETIMES WHEN DRIVING IT WILL EXPERIENCE LOSS OF POWER AND OR ROUGH IDLING . SOMETIMES IT WILL SEEM AS IF THE GAS PEDAL IS BEING PRESSED ON ITS OWN . SOMETIMES IT WILL LOSE POWER AND ONLY DO 10 MPH EVEN WITH THE GAS PEDAL FLOORED . SOMETIMES THE CAR DIES COMPLETELY . USUALLY TURNING THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN WILL SOMEWHAT FIX IT WHERE IT WILL AT LEAST DRIVE .

I HAVE A 2010 DODGE AVENGER WHICH I PURCHASE IN APRIL OF 2015. AND IN 2015 I HAD TO PUT IT IN THE SHOP TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE CONTROL BODY BECAUSE I WAS LOSING ACCELERATION WHILE DRIVING. HERE WE ARE 1.5 YEARS LATER AND I AM HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC THAT WAS WORKING ON MY CAR, AFTER 2 UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO FIX IT, THEY CONTACT A DODGE DEALERSHIP, WHICH STATED THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE. AFTER DRIVING MY CAR FOR MORE THAN 10 MINUTES, THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE INDICATOR LIGHT BEGINS TO FLASH. I AM UNABLE TO ACCELERATE PAST 20 MPH. OR IF I AM STOPPED, THE CAR JERKS FORWARD WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE AVENGER. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, THE THROTTLE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE ENGINE STALLED. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BATTERY FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED A THIRD TIME. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 75,000.