NHTSA Complaint #11229678 — 2009 DODGE AVENGER

ENGINE issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number 11229678
Vehicle 2009 DODGE AVENGER
Component ENGINE
Date of Incident
Date Filed
Mileage 184,174 miles
Crash No
Fire No
Injuries 0
Deaths 0
Vehicle Towed No
State MI

Consumer Description

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WAS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED DOWN TO A LOWER GEAR, THE ENGINE REVED UP AND THEN WITHIN A FEW MINS STALLED OUT. WITH NO WARNING ALSO ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS WERE LIT UP. WHEN I TRIED TO RESTART THE CAR IT JUST CLICKED AFTER JUMP START BECAUSE OF TRYING TO START IT ...RESTARTED BUT STILL WAS "STUCK" IN THE LOW GEAR AND STALLED OUT AGAIN. I THEN CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND HAD IT TOWED HOME. I LOOKED UP RECALLS FOR THE YEAR OF THE MODEL AND FOUND THE RECALL #H33- TCM/PCM WAS RECALLED ON 712 MODELS BY VIN IT SAYS MINE ISN'T ONE OF THOSE BUT BY DESCRIPTION IT DID EXACTLY AS THE RECALL DESCRIBES. I WAS ON A VERY BUSY INTERSTATE ROAD DURING 4TH OF JULY TRAFFIC AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT TRYING TO PULL OFF THE ROAD AS MY CAR SUDDENLY SLOWED DOWN AND THEN STALLED

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