NHTSA Complaint #10542419 — 2008 DODGE AVENGER

WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH, THE ETC LIGHT CAME ON IN ADDITION TO SEVERAL OTHER LIGHTS AND THE VEHICLE SEEMED TO LOSE ALL POWER TO INCLUDE TURN SIGNAL AND ACCELERATION ALMOST CAUSING A HUGE ACCIDENT. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TRIED TURNING THE VEHICLE OFF AND THEN BACK ON AND IT WOULD NOT START. THINKING IT WAS THE BATTERY I CALLED SOMEONE TO GET A RIDE AND JUMPER CABLES AND LEFT THE VEHICLE ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY FOR ABOUT AN HOUR OR TWO. WHEN I RETURNED TO JUMP THE VEHICLE THE VEHICLE STARTED WITH ONLY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. I PROCEEDED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE HOME AND IT ACCELERATED FINE UNTIL I HIT 50+ MPH AND LOST ALL POWER AND ACCELERATION AGAIN SO I PULLED ONTO THE SHOULDER OF THE ONRAMP. WHILE ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ONRAMP, I CONTINUED TO COAST TO AVOID GETTING ACCIDENTALLY HIT DUE TO THE LOCATION. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO COAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH ALL THE WAY TO MY HOUSE WHICH WAS ABOUT 7 MILES AWAY. DURING THIS TIME I HAD NO ACCELERATION OR POWER AND MULTIPLE LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. AFTER THE VEHICLE SAT OVER NIGHT IN MY DRIVEWAY, I WENT OUT TO INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEM AND IT WILL NOT START AGAIN. I CALLED THE MANUFACTURER OF THE VEHICLE AND THEY STATED THAT THERE ARE NO RECALLS PERTAINING TO THE ISSUE THAT I AM HAVING NOR IS IT COVERED BY ANY WARRANTY AND THEY SUGGESTED THEM TOWING IT TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR A DIAGNOSIS WHICH I REALLY DO NOT HAVE THE FUNDS FOR EITHER AT THIS POINT. AFTER READING MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE EXACT VEHICLE TYPE AND ISSUE, I FOUND THIS SITE.