NHTSA Complaint #10374763 — 2008 DODGE AVENGER

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