NHTSA Complaint #10636947 — 2011 DODGE AVENGER

DURING 2013 MY CAR WOULD GIVE ME PROBLEMS STARTING IN COLD WEATHER. TO REMEDY THIS I WOULD TURN ON THE LIGHTS BEFORE TURNING ON THE VEHICLE. IT WORKED. I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHILE I HAD WARRANTY FOR A CHECK UP AND THEY TOLD THEY SPOTTED NO PROBLEM CODES AND THE CAR WAS FINE. SEPTEMBER 15 2014 IT BEGAN TO GET CHILLY AGAIN. AS I WAS DRIVING, GOING UPHILL, THE LIGHTNING BOLT CAME BACK ON AND MY CAR DROPPED TO 20 MPH IMMEDIATELY. I REFERRED TO THE CAR MANUAL AND FOUND THIS IS CALLED A ETC ISSUE, ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL. I'VE BROUGHT THIS ATTENTION TO DEALERSHIP WHILE MY WARRANTY WAS STILL ON THE CAR, AND EVEN THO I STATED THE ISSUE WAS THERE, IT WASN'T ATTENDED TO BECAUSE NO PROBLEM CODES CAME UP. MY LOCAL MECHANIC RAN A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND STILL NO CODES COME UP. ASIDE FROM THIS, THERE IS A HEAVY KNOCKING NOISE WHEN MY AIR CONDITIONER IS TURNED ON FOR SOME TIME. IDK WHAT THIS ISSUE IS BUT AGAIN I HAD BROUGHT IT UP WHILE I WAS UNDER WARRANTY AND NOTHING WAS DONE. *TR