NHTSA Complaint #10447870 — 2008 DODGE AVENGER

I OWN A 2008 DODGE AVENGER, PURCHASED IN 2008 WITH 20,000 MILES ON IT, I HAD NOT HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE UNTIL AUGUST 2011 WHEN MY VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT OFF ON ME WHILE I WAS GOING 70 MILES AN HOUR, LOST ALL POWER, IT WAS AS IF MY CAR WAS NOT EVEN ON. I MANAGED TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BEFORE I WENT BACK DOWN TO 0 MPH, MY CAR WOULD NOT TURN BACK ON AND I HAD IT TOWED TO A SHOP, THEY STATED THAT MY BATTERY WAS BAD AND I NEEDED A NEW ONE, I WAS SURPRISED BECAUSE THE BATTERY IS NOT EVEN 3 YEARS OLD. I GOT A NEW BATTERY AND CONTINUED TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH MY RPM'S AND MY CAR DID NOT ACCELERATE AS IT SHOULD HAVE NOR HAS BEFORE, MY RPM'S JERK UP AND DOWN AND MAKE MY CAR SHAKE WHILE IN PARK. NOW IN 2012 TWO WEEKS AGO I WAS DRIVING 40 MILES PER HOUR AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I FELT LIKE I LOST POWER AND MY BOLT LIGHT CAME ON AS WELL AS MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, I TOOK IT TO SHOP AND THEY STATED THAT IT WAS NOTHING, I NEED TO RESET MY COMPUTER AND THEY TRIED, I REPLACED MY AIR FILER, PUT FLUIDS IN MY CAR TO CLEAN IT OUT. I CALLED DODGE AND THEY CLAIM I NEED AN UPDATE ON MY COMPUTER, I TOLD THEM MY PROBLEM AND THEY DID NOT HAVE A STEADY ANSWER, I FEEL THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED I SEE MANY UPSET CUSTOMERS AND A CAR JUST SHUTTING OFF AND SLOWING DOWN LOSING POWER IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING CAN NO BE SAFE, AND THEY ARE SAYING THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE? THERE IS OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING WRONG IF IT JUST SHUTS OFF AND THE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON AND IT DOES NOT ACCELERATE OVER 25 MILES PER HOUR. *TR