NHTSA Complaint #10552554 — 2009 DODGE AVENGER

NOTICE RPM / MPH WOULD REV-UP ...DID NOT THINK MUCH OF IT TILL I NOTICE, HAVING TO APPLY BRAKE S HARDER WHEN COMING TO A STOP BECUASE THE CAR WAS STILL ACCERALING WHILE I WAS APPLING PRESSURE TO BRAKE. NOTICE WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A COMPLETE STOP OR PARTIAL STOP, CAR WOULD STUMBLE (RPM WOULD DROP TO ZERO --JUST AS TO STALL). CHECK ENG. LIGHT CAME ON TOOK CAR DIRECTLY TO SERVICE REPAIR SHOP -CODE P2017(INTAKE RUNNER VALUVE ERROR)-REPLACE INTAK MAINFOLD- (488445AJ). LESS THEN 4 HOURS OF PICK UP, SAME PROBLEM BUT WORST. BACK TO AUTO SERVICE CENTER THEY FOUND NOTHING (NO CODES ,NO ERRORS, NO WARNING LIGHTS). TOOK 2009 AVENGER TO A DEALSHIP-TOLD THEM - DRIVING ISSUES I WAS HAVING & NO WARNING LIGHTS. THEY CAME BACK WITH SAME ERROR "FOUDN CEL ON FOUND INTAKE MAINIFOLD RUNNER VALUE STUCK), I TOLD THEM I JUST HAD PART REPLACED. THEY TOLD ME THE PART IS DEFECTED, TO KEEP MY ORIGNAL WARRANTY IN PLACE IT TOOK CAR BACK TO AUTO SERVICE CENTER WHICH DID THE ORIG, JOB- PLACE PART 2 TIMES (MANIFFOLD INTAKE -KIT) EACH TIME THE CAR CONT. W/ SAME DRIVING ISSUES BUT THE LAST ONE - NO CODES/ERROR AFTER RUNNING A SCAN TEST, CAR WAS STILL STUMBLING FROM TAKE OFF & RPM/MPH REV-UP WHEN BREAK & COMING TO A STOP IT JERKS IN A FORWARD MOTION. BACK TO DEALERSHIP - THEY STATED COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS. PICK UP CAR -STILL SAME ISSUES , CAR WILL BE ON ITS WAY BACK TO A DOGDE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPT. I FEEL THIS ISSUE HAS GOTTEN TO THE POINT OF BEING A SAFEY ISSUE AFTER SERVERAL TIMES NOT BEING ALBE TO STOP AND CAR TRYING TO STALL AS I TRY AND CROSS MAJOR ROADWAY. ONE LAST ISSUE WHICH I HAVE NOTICE WHILE DRIVING HWY MOSTLY I NOTICE MY RPM DROP AND POP RIGHT BACK UP, SPEED ALSO BUT NOT AS BAD. ALL THE ISSUES APPEARS TO BE SOMETHING IS STICKING AND IF ITS THE MANIFOLD -WHAT CAN YOU DO IF YOU CAN ONLY USE DODGE PARTS - REPLACEMENT(3-X'S) WITHIN A 3 WKS TIME. PLZ ADVISE DODGE TO REVIEW. *TR