NHTSA Complaint #10224175 — 2008 DODGE AVENGER

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