2013 DODGE AVENGER Electronic Stability Control Esc Problems

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...

THE VEHICLE WAS SLOWING DOWN WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. ETC, ESC, AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS WENT ON. THE DOME LIGHT IN THE CAR WAS FLICKERING AND THE LIGHTS IN THE DASHBOARD WENT DARK AND THE SPEEDOMETER WAS NOT VISIBLE. THIS HAPPENED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT. *TR

A COUPLE YEARS AFTER I GOT MY CAR IT WOULD SHUT DOWN WHEN I WOULD COME TO STOP SIGNS AND NO MECHANICS COULD TELL ME WHY. NO LIGHTS EVER CAME ON. IT HAD SHUT DOWN ON THE FREEWAY BEFORE AND LET THE POWER SLOWLY DIE DOWN UNTIL THE CAR TURNED OFF. THAT TIME THE CAR ACTUALLY HAD A LIGHT WHEN I TRIED TURNING IT BACK ON. I ESSENTIALLY HAVE HAD TO REPLACE MY TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE WITHIN A YEAR. THE CAR WOULD OVERHEAT AT TIMES BUT NO LIGHTS WOULD GO OFF SO I JUST COULD LET THE CAR COOL DOWN AND LET THE OVERHEATING STOP. FAST FORWARD TO REPLACING THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION AND MY CAR IS NOW IDLING HIGH EVEN WITHOUT THE GAS BEING TOUCHED. ON THE FREEWAY IT WILL GO TO AS HIGH AS 4000RPMS NOW AND IT FEELS LIKE THE CAR IS GOING TO STOP WORKING AGAIN....

MY AIRBAGS DID NOT GO OFF WHEN I HIT THE CAR IN ONCOMING TRAFFIC. MY FRAME WAS BENT AND BOTH CARS WERE TOTALED. I'VE SUSTAINED MANY INJURIES THAT ARE UNKNOWN OF TREATMENT COMPLETION

IN JANUARY 2020 MY 2013 DODGE AVENGER BEGAN TO HAVE ISSUES THAT RESULTED IN IT STRANDING ME AT VARIOUS TIMES, I HAD THE CAR TOWED AND ASSESSES IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE BATTERY WAS BAD WAS THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED ( LAST REPLACED 2 YEARS PRIOR) THE CAR WAS RETURNED TO ME AND ALMOST 1 WEEK LATER I WAS AGAIN STRANDED WITH A CAR THAT WOULD NOT START AND SO I HAD IT TOWED AND ASSESSED AND THIS TIME IT WAS THE ALTERNATOR , I HAD IT REPAIRED AND RETURNED TO ME THE VEHICLE SEEMED FINE FOR 2 WEEKS WHEN SUDDENLY THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING OR WOULD WORK INTERMITTENLY, THE AC OR HEATER WOULD WORK INTERMITTENLY, THE CAR HORN AND ALARM STOPPED WORKING AND WOULD GO OFF RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL IF THE HEATER WAS ON WHILE DRIVING AND THE ALARM WOULD GO OFF IF IT...

THE HORN ON MY VEHICLE CONTINUES TO BEEPS WHILE DRIVING, THE RADIO NO LONGER TURNS ON AND THE CAR SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT ANY WARNING ALMOST CAUSING ACCIDENTS. I WAS TOLD THE POWER MODULE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ONLINE FROM OTHER CUSTOMERS REGARDING THE SAME ISSUE WITH THIS MAKE/MODEL VEHICLE.

STABILITY CONTROL LIGHT COMING ON WHILE DRIVING AND WHEN PARKED. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. NEEDED TO REPLACE THE BRAKE SWITCH. AIRBAG LIGHT ON. DIAGNOSTIC SHOWS THERE IS A SHORT IN AIRBAG WIRING AND THE AIRBAG WILL NOT DEPLOY IF NEEDED. THIS LIGHT COMES ON AFTER STARTING CAR AND STAYS ON CONSTANTLY.

WHEN HEAT IS ON, THE PASSENGER SIDE BLOWS COLD (I LIVE IN WI SO, WHEN I SAY COLD, I MEAN COLD) AIR FROM EVERY BLOWING PORT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE... OCCURS AT ALL TIMES, WHETHER STATIONARY OR IN MOTION. HAVE TRIED A FEW THINGS RECCOMENDED ON MULTIPLE OTHER PAGES BY PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME EXACT ISSUE. NO HELP. THE DRIVER SIDE VENTS DO BLOW WARM AIR BUT, NOT CLOSE TO AS HOT AS IT SHOULD BE. THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING SINCE RIGHT AROUND 118,000 MILES. I START MY CAR 20 MINUTES BEFORE I LEAVE MY HOUSE AT 5AM TO BRING MY YOUNG CHILDREN TO DAYCARE AND BE TO WORK BY 6. WHEN GETTING IN AFTER BEING STARTED FOR 20 MIN... BARELY ANY DIFFERENCE IN TEMP WHICH, IS FRUSTRATING WHEN YOU DRIVE WITH YOUR BABIES 35 MINUTES IN THE COLD COLD COLD ALONG WITH SEVERAL DEER AND A WINDSHIELD...

CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE. ETS LIGHTS COME ON. CAR WAS IN MOTION ON HIGHWAY.

HEATER BLOWS AIR DRIVER SIDE BUT COLD AIR ON PASSENGER SIDE WHEN HEAT IS ON. HEATER CORE BLOCKAGE. ALSO HAVE A CLICKING NOISE FROM THE ACTUATOR BEHIND THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT

THERE IS NO ELECTRICAL POWER GOING TO THE PASSENGER SIDE HEAD LIGHT ON MY VEHICLE. THE INTERIOR LIGHTS FLASH ON AND OFF WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION.

MY VEHICLE STALLED, STARTED SHAKING, SHUT DOWN AND LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING. THE FOLLOWING THREE WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON; 1) MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT (MIL); 2) ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL (ETC); AND 3) ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC). I HAVE NOTICED THAT THE CAR SEEMS TO STALL WHEN I PUT IT IN DRIVE AND TAKE OFF IS SLOW. IT TAKES ME SEVERAL BLOCKS TO JUST REACH 30 MPH. THE CAR ALSO FEELS AS IF IT IS LUNGING BUT RESUMES A SLOW PACE. TAKE OFF IS EXTREMELY SLOW WHEN I STOP FOR TRAFFIC LIGHTS. THE ENGINE SEEMS TO LOSE PRESSURE. THE CAR WILL REV AND ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN EVEN WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL BEING PRESSED. MY CAR STARTED SPUTTERING IN TRAFFIC, THE CAR REVVED UP LIKE I WAS PRESSING ON THE GAS. THEN YESTERDAY I EXPERIENCED IMMEDIATE LOSS OF POWER IN THE VEHICLE & THE INABILITY TO INCREASE SPEED, ALMOST CAUSING ME TO...

THE FOLLOWING THREE WARNING LIGHTS HAVE STARTED TO COME ON INTERMITTENTLY; 1) MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT (MIL); 2) ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL (ETC); AND 3) ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC). THE MALFUNCTION AND ESC LIGHTS WERE THE FIRST WARNING LIGHTS TO COME ON. THE LIGHTS HAVE ACTIVATED WHILE I AM DRIVING ON DRY PAYMENT WITHOUT ANY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS PRESENT. THE ETC WARNING LIGHT NOW COMES ON TOO. I HAVE NOTICED THAT THE CAR SEEMS TO STALL WHEN I PUT IT IN DRIVE. TAKE OFF IS SLOW. IT TAKES ME SEVERAL BLOCKS OF DRIVING TO REACH 30 MPH. THE CAR WILL ALSO FEEL AS IF IT LUNGED BUT RESUME A SLOW PACE. TAKE OFF IS EXTREMELY SLOW WHEN I STOP FOR TRAFFIC LIGHTS. THE ENGINE SEEMS TO BE LOSING PRESSURE. I HAVE MAINTAINED THE RECOMMENDED OIL CHANGE SCHEDULE. THE AFOREMENTIONED CONDITIONS REPRESENTS A SAFETY HAZARD. I FOUND RECALL # N52 ONLINE WHICH APPEARS TO...

I'VE HAD A FEW ISSUES RECENTLY WITH MY 2013 DODGE AVENGER OVER THE PAST YEAR. WHEN MY CHANGE OIL WARNING INDICATOR COMES ON, SOME OF MY WARNING INDICATOR LIGHTS RANDOMLY COME ON AS WELL. THE FIRST FEW TIMES MY AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND STAY ON. WHEN I TOOK MY CAR FOR THE OIL CHANGE I ASKED THEM CHECK THE AIRBAGS BUT THERE WAS NOTHING INDICATING A PROBLEM AND ONCE THE OIL WAS CHANGED THE LIGHT WOULD GO OFF AND STAY OFF. THE NEXT TIME IT WAS THE ABS & THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM; I GOT THE OIL CHANGED THEY CHECKED, NOTHING WAS FOUND AGAIN. BEFORE THIS LAST TIME, MY OIL WARNING CAME ON ALONG WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE LIGHT, AS IF THE BRAKE WAS UP AND IT STAYED ON EVEN WHEN I DROVE, AGAIN NO PROBLEMS WERE FOUND. LAST NIGHT (5/09/18) CHANGE OIL WARNING INDICATOR CAME...

VEHICLE STALLING AND SHAKING, SHUTTING DOWN AND LOOSING POWER WHILE DRIVING. VERY UNSAFE AND CONCERNING

TAKATA RECALL VEHICLE STALLING AND SHAKING, SHUTTING DOWN AND LOOSING POWER WHILE DRIVING. VERY UNSAFE AND CONCERNING, AS THE VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF RANDOMLY IN TRAFFIC IN THE ROAD. VEHICLE HORN HONKS RANDOMLY, UNABLE TO SHUT OFF. INTERIOR LIGHTS FLASHING RANDOMLY.

THE VEHICLE'S HEATER BLOWS COLD AIR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND WARM AIR FROM THE DRIVERS SIDE SIMULTANEOUSLY. ALL VENTS ( FOOT AREA, FACE AREA, AND WINDSHIELD AREA) ARE AFFECTED.

IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THE CAR IS MOVING OR IF IT IS STATIONARY, THERE IS ONLY WARM AIR ON THE DRIVERS SIDE AND THERE IS COLD AIR BLOWING OUT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. ONLY THE DRIVERS HALF OF MY WINDSHIELD WILL DEFROST. I HAVE REPLACED THE ACTUATOR TWICE AND IT DOES NOT HELP. THE CLICKING UNDER THE DASHBOARD NOT ONLY RETURNS, BUT THE HEAT (OR LACK-THERE-OF) IS NOT AFFECTED. IT STILL ONLY BLOWS WARM AIR ON THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE CAR. THE DEFROST ONLY WORKS ON THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE CAR. I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS OF THIS HAPPENING TO AVENGERS ACROSS THE BOARD, NO MATTER THE MODEL TYPE. ALL DUE IT LOOKS LIKE TO CASTING AND SAND ISSUES. AFTER FLUSHING THE CAR MULTIPLE TIMES, THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE. REPLACED THE HEATER CORE/THERMOSTAT ($850) AND THE HEAT WORKED FOR ABOUT A WEEK THEN STARTED BLOWING COLD...

ETC LIGHTS COMING ON CAR NOT SAFE TO DRIVE, PART WAS REPLACED 6 MONTHS AGO AND RETURNED AGAIN. TAKING TO DEALER BUT I AM TRYING TO GET RID OF THIS CAR FOR THIS ISSUE. I HAVE NOT FOUND A SOLUTION TO THIS ISSUE YET. WHILE DRIVING CAR STARTED SPUTTERING IN TRAFFIC, I HAD TO PULL OVER AND TRY AGAIN TO MAKE IT HOME. ONCE I GOT THERE THE CAR REVS UP LIKE I AM PRESSING ON THE GAS SO I AM GETTING IT TOWED TO DEALER.

I PURCHASED MY DODGE AVENGER BRAND NEW IN 2013. AFTER TWO YEARS OF HAVING MY CAR, MY CAR STARTED TO NOT WANT TO TURN ON. I WOULD CONTINUE TO TRY AND SOMETIMES IT WOULD WORK AND NOT OTHER TIMES. I WENT TO GET THE BATTERY CHECKED AND WAS TOLD IT WAS FINE. I THEN WENT TO A DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID I PROBABLY NEEDED TO GET A FUEL INJECTOR DONE SO I DID THIS AS WELL AND MY CAR STILL TIME TO TIME WILL NOT START. 2ND MY LEFT SIDE BODY PANEL ONE DAY JUST POPPED OUT OF PLACE AND WHEN I WOULD GO TO SHUT MY DOOR IT WOULD MAKE A CLICKING SOUND FROM ME TRYING TO SHUT IT. I WAS NOT IN A WRECK, THERE IS NO EXPLANATION AS TO WHY MY PANEL POPPED OUT OF PLACE. 3. MY CAR IS NOW NOT BLOWING HEAT OUT (AND ITS...

WHILE DRIVING, ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL LIGHT AS WELL AS THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. DRIVER EXPERIENCED IMMEDIATE LOSS OF POWER IN VEHICLE & INABILITY TO INCREASE SPEED, CAUSING REAR TRAFFIC TO TAKE CAUTIOUS ACTION. VEHICLE SLOWED TO APPROXIMATELY 10 - 20 MPH. CAR WAS PARKED FOR A DAY. UPON STARTING AGAIN, NO ISSUE/ WARNING LIGHTS. ONE MONTH LATER, SAME ISSUE. UPON RESTART, WARNING LIGHTS PERSIST. VEHICLE AT OVER 90,000 MILES

TAKATA RECALL THIS CAR KEEPS BURNING OUT 15AMP FUSE. WE'VE NARROWED IT DOWN TO SOME FAULTY WIRES CONNECTED TO RAMPSHIFT SENOR, BUT THE CONNECTOR TO THE SENOR IS NOT AT AN AUTO PARTS STORE.

CAR WILL REV AND ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN EVEN WITH BRAKE PEDAL BEING PRESSED DUE TO MALFUNCTIONS IN THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL I'VE EVEN REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY AFTER READING FORUMS ABOUT THIS SIMILAR PROBLEM AND CAR CONTINUES TO SPORADICALLY ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN AT TIMES WHILE I'M DRIVING OR PARKED. *TR

DRIVING ON INTERSTATE AND CAR JERKS AND THEN SHUTS OFF ! CARS SWERVE AROUND TO AVOID HITTING ME. THANK GOD! I COULD START THE CAR BACK UP TO GET OFF THE ROAD ALL I COULD DO WAS CRY AND PRAY THAT NO ONE HIT ME IN THE BACK! THAT SOMEONE WOULD HELP ME TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD! THAT I WOULD SEE MY CHILDREN AGAIN! CALLED THE TOW TRUCK AND SAT IN MY BECAUSE I WAS NOT PREPARED TO PLAY FROGGER WITH MY LIFE! GOOGLING A HOW TO. UNFORTUNATELY, FOR ME THERE WAS NO OPTION. WHAT REALLY, MADE ME MAD WAS THAT THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS SITUATION! THE MANUFACTURE HAS NOT ADDRESSED THIS FAULTY PROBLEM! *TR

WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY DOING 75 MPH, MY 2013 AVENGER IMMEDIATELY DROPPED TO 40 MPH. IT FELT LIKE A CAR HAD RE ENDED ME, AFTER DROPPING TO 40, MY CAR LOST ALL POWER. MY RPMS WENT TO 0, AND I HAD NO CONTROL WHILE STEERING. IT LEFT ME STRANDED FOR 45 MINUTES AND SUDDENLY TURNED BACK ON. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES ALREADY. ALSO, BEFORE I HAD THE DEALERSHIP DISCONNECT MY HORN, IT WOULD RANDOMLY BLARE. SITTING IN TRAFFIC AND IT WOULD GO OFF. SOMETIMES IT WOULD BEEP ONCE, OTHER TIMES IT WOULD LAST ANYWHERE FROM 2-10 MINUTES. TURNING THE CAR OFF WOULDN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM, IT WOULD ACTUALLY CONTINUE. THE MECHANICS TOLD ME IT WAS MY TIPM (TOTAL INTEGRATED POWER MODULE) THAT CAUSED THIS TO HAPPEN, ONLY SEEN IN CHRYSLER MODELS. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN ONGOING STARTING WITH MY HORN SINCE SEP. 23RD, 2016.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE AVENGER. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE HESITATED BEFORE MOVING FORWARD. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT HAD TO RESTART THE VEHICLE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,000.

I WAS DRIVING FROM ARKANSAS TO TEXAS AND WAS APPROXIMATELY TEN MILES FROM MY DESTINATION WHEN THE CAR PULLED TO THE RIGHT ON A NARROW TWO LANE HIGHWAY HITTING THE APPROXIMATELY ONE FOOT TALL CONCRETE BRIDE SIDE. IT WAS MISTING RAIN AND THE CAR KEPT PULLING RIGHT AND THEN STARTED TO GO INTO A SKID. I TRIED TO STEER TO STOP SKIDDING AND SPUN AROUND INTO THE DITCH AND ROLLED. ONLY THE PASSENGER SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAGS AND THE PASSENGER SEAT AIRBAG DEPLOYED. NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED ON THE DRIVER SIDE OR FROM THE DASH OR STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE FRONT, SIDES AND TOP. THERE HAD BEEN PRIOR WARRANTY REPAIR TO THE DRIVER SEAT AIRBAG BY ORR DODGE OF SEARCY BECAUSE THE AIRBAG SYSTEM MALFUNCTION WARNING LIGHT HAD COME ON IN THE VEHICLE. *TR

BACK OF CAR SLIDES FOR NO APPARENT REASON TOOK TO DEALER 3 TIMES THEY DON,T HAVE A FIX FOR IT CHYRLSER IS GOING TO RECALL THESE AT SOME TIME DON'T KNOW WHEN.VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE THEY WON'T GIVE ME DIFFERENT CAR TO USE UNTIL FIXED. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I HAVE AN ACCIDENT ??? IT IS ONLY CERTAIN SUSPENSION PACKAGES THAT HAVE THIS PROBLEM THEY TELL ME THEY DON'T KNOW TO FIX IT. I BOUGHT THIS CAR NEW HOW THEY CAN ALLOW THESE CARS TO REMAIN ON THE ROAD IS DANGEROUS PLEASE RESPOND LET ME KNOW WHAT TO DO. *TR