NHTSA Complaint #11328617 — 2013 DODGE AVENGER

WHEN THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT COMES ON, MY CAR STARTS SHAKING VIOLENTLY, NOT RESPONDING AS QUICKLY TO PRESSING GAS PEDAL, JERKING, SLOW ACCELERATION, BOGGING DOWN WHEN I REACH 50 AND THE FEELING OF MY BRAKES APPLYING THEMSELVES MY ROOM GAUGE SOMETIMES ROCKS BACK AND FORTH BEFORE AND AFTER THE GEAR SHIFT...A WEIRD SMELL AND HEAT COMING FROM UNDER THE CAR EVEN THO IT'S NOT READING A HIGHER TEMP... I'VE CHANGED THE CPS TWICE AND THE CODE WILL NOT CLEAR... P0340...THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME BUT IT'S RANDOM AND HAPPENS EVEN WHILE I'M DRIVING...OR WHEN THE CAR IS RUNNING FOR A FEW MINUTES IN PARK...RANDOM...WHILE THE EPISODE IS HAPPENING SOMETIMES I HEAR THIS FAST PACED TAPPING AND "MOVEMENT" BEHIND MY DASH & STEERING WHEEL...I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING I CAN TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM AND NOW I FIND OUT MY CAR HAS RECALLS...MY CAR DEALERSHIP NEVER INFORMED ME IT WAS ON A RECALL LIST...PLEASE HELP BEFORE SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS AS I'M DRIVING...I FEEL LIKE THIS ISSUE COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE MY CAR TO SHUT DOWN OR SOMETHING COULD BLOW UP...I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO AND I DON'T WANT TO ACCIDENTALLY HURT SOMEONE OR MYSELF IF I POTENTIALLY LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE OR THE BRAKES COMPLETELY STOP ME WITHOUT ME APPLYING THEM & I WRECK OR STALL GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY OR INTERSTATE... VERY CONCERNED AND WORRIED ABOUT WHAT TO DO NEXT...WHEN THIS ISN'T HAPPENING TO THE CAR IT BEHAVES & DRIVES PERFECT...IT SEEMS POSSESSED OR IS HAVING A SEIZURE *TR