2013 DODGE AVENGER Unknown Or Other Problems
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TAKATA RECALL: I WAS DRIVING MY 2013 DODGE AVENGER SXT ON THE HIGHWAY AND I HEARD A POP. AND THEN I FELT ALL THIS AIR BUT ALL WINDOWS WAS UP. I PULL MY SUNROOF COVER BACK AND LOOK AND MY SUNROOF EXPLODED.GLASS EVERYWHERE. MY SUNROOF WAS NOT OPEN AND IT WAS NOT IN THE VENT OPEN OPTION EITHER. IT WAS COMPLETELY CLOSED WHEN THIS HAPPENED ON APRIL 29,2019 AROUND 10:45 AM IN THE MORNING.
I FEEL HEAT COMING FROM THE VENT NEAR THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW. THE MIDDLE VENTS ALONG WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW VENT ONLY BLOWS ALMOST A/C COOL AIR ALL THE TIME.
DRIVER SIDE BLOWS LIKE WARM HEAT, PASSENGER SIDE BLOWS FREEZING COLD AIR. I HAVE SPOKEN TO THREE DIFFERENT DODGE TECHNICIANS AND THEY SAID THIS IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE BETWEEN 2010 AND 2015 DODGE AVENGERS AND ALL DODGE VANS. SOMETIMES REPLACING THE HEATER CORE WILL FIX IT SOMETIMES IT WILL NOT. SOMETIMES REPLACING BOTH THERMOSTATS FIXES IT AND SOMETIMES NOT. SOMETIMES REPLACING BOTH BLENDER DOOR ACTUATORS FIXES IT SOMETIMES IT DOES NOT. SOMETIMES REPLACING THE WATER PUMP FIXES IT AND SOMETIMES IT DOES NOT. MANY PEOPLE HAVE REPLACED ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND IT STILL DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE. DODGE REALLY NEEDS TO FIX THIS ISSUE BECAUSE IT IS RIDICULOUS! THIS IS THE FIRST DODGE I HAVE EVER OWNED AND IT ABSOLUTELY WILL BE THE LAST DODGE I WILL EVER OWN!
THE ACTUATOR BEHIND GLOVE BOX BEGAN TICKING. I REPLACED IT 3 TIMES. I HAVE NOW RESEARCHED AND FOUND THIS IS A KNOWN HEATER CORE ISSUE. I BELIEVE IT HAS A SPLIT CORE SYSTEM. THE HEAT OR DEFROST DOES NOT WORK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THERE ARE MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ONLINE ABOUT THIS. THE COST TO FIX IS AN AVERAGE OF $1100. BUT THIS FIX ONLY WORKS FOR AN AVERAGE OF 1 YEAR AND THEN IT STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL. IT IS MOST DEFINITELY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE A VEHICLE THAT THE DEFROST DOES NOT WORK. WINDSHIELD IS OBSTRUCTED ON ONE SIDE. WILL DODGE DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS? THIS IS A MANUFACTURING PROBLEM OF SOME SORT. THIS CAR ONLY HAS 89K MILES ON IT. I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THIS MATTER. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP TO COME IN AND PAY $150 FOR DIAGNOSTICS THEN IF IT...
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
MY CAR HAS LOST ALL HEAT TO THE PASSENGER SIDE. THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM LIVING IN NORTHERN WISCONSIN WHERE WE HAVE WINTER FOR 6 MONTHS OF THE YEAR. I RECENTLY FIXED THE DOOR ACTUATOR BECAUSE OF THE CLICKING AND THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE HEAT PROBLEM AS WELL SINCE THEY SEEMED TO START AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME. THIS DID NOT FIX THE HEAT ISSUE. I HAVE BEEN READING ABOUT HOW TO FIX THIS PROBLEM AND HAVE FOUND HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS WITH NO ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM. MANY HAVE SPENT THOUSANDS ONLY TO HAVE THE PROBLEM RETURN AFTER A SHORT TIME. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY AN AVENGER ISSUE AND NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF BY CHRYSLER. AS THE DRIVER, I AM WARM, WHILE MY CHILDREN ARE FREEZING.
THE ELECTRONIC THRODAL SYSTEM . MY CAR JUST TURN OFF ON MY FOR NO REASON IT HAS HAPPENED 3X ON THE FREEWAY /5 TIMES WHILE DRIVING ON THE STREET AND 3XS WHILE I HAVE BEEN PARKED.. I HAVE ALMOST BEEN IN 3 ACCIDENTS ON THE FEET DUE TO THIS PROBLEM .THE CAR WILL JUST SHUT OFF AND 15 TO 30 MINUTES LATER START BACK UP . I LOOKED UP AND IT SAID THAT IT WAS A RECALL CONCERNING THIS ISSUE . IT HAPPENED TODAY 2/19/19 AND I HAD TO GET MY CAR TOWED . I HAVE ONLY HAD THE CAR A YEAR AND 3MONTHS
THE POWER STEERING HAS GONE OUT IN MY 2013 DODGER AVENGER, AFTER HAVING THE PUMP REPLACED, THE PROBLEM WAS STILL NOT FIXED. THEN THE HEAT STOPS WORKING, COST O FIX THAT (SUPPOSEDLY THE HEATER CORE) AND THE POWER STEERING (RACK AND PINION ACCORDING TO THE LOCAL DODGER DEALERSHIP) IS APPROX $2000. A QUICK SEARCH IN THE INTER SHOWS THESE ARE COMMON PROBLEMS IN THIS YEAR AVENGER. IT IS THE WAY THE ENGINE WAS PRODUCED THAT YEAR. WHEN IS THERE GOING TO BE A SAFETY RECALL FOR THESE ENGINES THAT LOSE POWER STEERING, LIKE MINE DID, LESS THAN 6 MONTHS AFTER BOUGHT THIS CAR.
MY FRONT PASSENGERS HEADREST DEPLOYED WITHOUT BEING IN A ACCIDENT. NOT REALLY SURE ON THE DATE, SOMETIME IN 2017. I REPORTED IT TO MY CAR DEALER ON 8/17/17. I HAVE CALLED CHRYSLER MANY TIMES. THEY FINALLY OKAYED FIRE BOSCH CRASH DATA RETRIEAL TOOL WHICH WAS DONE ON 10/22/18 AT 2:30 PM AT BILL BRYAN IN THE PARKING LOT. IT SHOWED NO ACCIDENTS. I WAS TOLD THAT AN EMAIL WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN SENT TO THE SERVICE MANGER, WHICH HE SAID HE DIDN'T RECEIVE. I HAVE CALLED MANY TIMES AND KEEP GETTING THE RUNAROUND . I WASN'T IN THE CAR WHEN IT HAPPENED. MY COMPLAINT #51413030. WOLBERT J WAS THE ONE WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO SEND OUT THE EMAIL TO REPACE IT.
STARTED WITH NO HEAT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, AND NOW I HAVE JUST WARM AIR ON THE DRIVER SIDE. THIS ISSUE IS CAUSING A VISIBILITY AND SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE THE WINDSHIELD WILL NOT DEFROST. I HAVE SEEN THIS SAME ISSUE ALL OVER THE INTERNET.
ONLY THE DRIVERS SIDE HAS HEAT... PASSENGER BLOWS COLD AIR THUS WINDSHIELD DOES NOT DEFROST FULLY AND INTERFERES WITH VISIBILITY
WHEN I WAS DRIVING TO WORK, 2 NIGHTS IN A ROW, THE CAR JUST STOPS. I AM PRESSING ON THE GAS BUT IT STOPS AS IF I'M NOT ACCELERATING. I WAS DRIVING AT APPROX 45 MPH WHEN IT HAPPENED. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. IT HAPPENED A HANDFUL OF TIMES. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY COULDN'T TELL ME WHAT WAS WRONG BECAUSE IT WASN'T DOING IT RIGHT AT THAT TIME. I HAVE A FRIEND THAT HAD THE SAME KIND OF CAR AND ACTUALLY GOT A RID OF IT THROUGH THE LEMON LAW BECAUSE IT DID THE SAME THING. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE THE CAR JUST STOPS AND THE WAY I GO TO WORK THERE IS RARELY SOMEWHERE TO PULL OVER LEAVING ME SITTING IN MOVING TRAFFIC BUT I'M NOT MOVING. THERE IS NO CORRELATION REGARDING THE SPEED...
I HAVE A 2013 DODGE AVENGER, GIVEN TO ME AS A GIFT MAY 2013. THE CAR WAS ONLY ABOUT 4 YEARS OLD(10/13/2017) AND I STARTED HEARING A STRANGE CLICKING SOUND, COMING FROM UNDER THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT. SOMETIMES THE HEAT/ AC WOULDN'T KICK ON FOR A FEW MINUTES. IT ENDED UP BEING THE MODE DOOR ACTUATOR,IT COST ME OVER $ 400 ,I ALSO NEEDED FRONT PADS AND ROTORS. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAD 18,000 MILES ON IT. I ALSO HAD TO HAVE THE HOOD OF THE CAR REPLACED (SEPT. 5,2017) BECAUSE THE PAINT STARTED PEELING, THIS AT LEAST WAS COVERED BY DODGE , BECAUSE THEY SAID MINE WAS NOT THE ONLY VEHICLE TO HAVE THIS SAME ISSUE, NOT BECAUSE OF THE WARRANTY. NOW I JUST HAD ALL 4 TIRES, AND BRAKES DONE , BETWEEN 7/2018 AND 11/2018. THE CAR ONLY HAD ABOUT 22,000 MILES. HERE WE ARE IN DECEMBER OF 2018, I...
I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH MY 2013 HEATING SYSTEM. MY DRIVER SIDE VENTS ARE BLOWING HOT AIR , THOUGH MY PASSENGER SIDE IS BLOWING COLD AND I DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO FIX THIS! BAD TIME OF YEAR FOR THIS PROBLEM, MY CHILD AND MYSELF WILL BE FREEZING THIS WINTER! ALSO IT HAS UNDER 100,000 MILES ON IT !! AND NO, IT HAPPENS PARKED OR IN MOTION .THANKS DODGE
2013 DODGE AVENGER HEATER ISSUE. DOES NOT HEAT ON RIGHT SIDE. THE CENTER DASH VENT ON THE RIGHT BLOWS WARM BUT NOTICEABLY COLDER THE. THE LEFT ONE RIGHT NEXT TO IT THAT VENT IN THE DASH NEXT TO THE DOOR AND THE FLOOR VENT FOR THE REAR ARE NOT E EN WARM AL ALL. CAUSES RIGHT SIDE OF WINDSHIELD, RIGHT SIDE WINDOWS AND REAR WINDOW TO FOG UP WHILE DRIVING IN COLD WEATHER. I HAVE HAD THE RADIATOR AND HEATER CORE FLUSHED SEVERAL TIMES AND EVEN REPLACED, ONLY A TEMP SOLUTION, ABOUT 1 WEEK. I HAVE REPLACES THE HEATER CONTROL PANEL AND DOOR ACTUATORS, NO HELP. IN DOING SOME RESEARCH, INTERNET AND TALKING TO REPAIR SHOPS AND DEALER SERVICE EMPLOYEES. THIS IS A CHRONIC DESIGN PROBLEM THAT THERE IS NO SOLID SOLUTION FOR.
NO HEAT PASSENGER SIDE TOP OR BOTTOM ANY TIME WHEN DRIVING IN COLD WEATHER WHEN DRIVING OR STOPPED STARTED 2017 GETTING WORST TOLD BY DEALER IT IS PLUG HEATER CORE HAVE TALK TO SEVERAL OTHER OWNERS AND THEY SAID THEY HAVE SAME PROBLEM
WINDOW DEFROST AND PASSENGER HEAT /AIR. WHILE EITHER IN MOTION OR WHILE DRIVING, NO HEATED AIR EXITS THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER, NOR THE PASSENGER WINDOW DEFROST, LOWER AND CENTER CONSOLE VENTS. HEATED AIR ONLY EXITS THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDSHIELD AND DRIVER'S SIDE DASH VENTS. PROBLEM PERSISTS THROUGH ALL CABIN AIR MODES, AND CIRCULATIONS. THIS SAFETY ISSUE EFFECTS VISIBILITY AND PASSENGER SAFETY BY FAILING TO DEFROST/DEFOG WINDOWS AND KEEPING CABIN TEMPERATURES NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING DURING COLD WEATHER (BLOWING COLD AIR INTO THE CABIN).
THERES A CLICKING SOUND WHEN YOU USE HEAT OR AC UNIT. CLICKING SINCE WE GOT CAR 7/2016. SOMETIMES WHENS IGNITION IS OFF IT STILL DOES IT. SOMETIMES MY FRONT PASSENGER WINDOW WON'T WORK, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT STARTS WORKING AGAIN. HAPPENED TWICE IN NOVEMBER 2018. WAS PARKED AND STARTED DRIVING. WHILE LATER WINDOW WENT UP. ALSO I'VE NEVER RECEIVED ANY RECALL NOTICES. GOT CAR JULY 2016 IN KENTUCKY. NOW LIVE AT 8974 LOWMILLER RD MINERVA, OHIO 44657. HOW DO I KNOW WHAT ALL RECALLS THERE IS? WILL I HAVE TO PAY THESE RECALLS TO BE FIXED? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
WHEN FIRST STARTING CAR IT HEAT IS ON, THERE IS CLICKING FROM GLOVE BOX. NO HEAT ON PASSENGER SIDE OF CAR ONLY ON DRIVERS SIDE
WHEN VEHICLE IS AT OPERATING TEMPERATURE THE PASSENGER SIDE HAS NO HEAT AND WAS TOLD BY A MECHANIC THAT THE HEATER CORE NEEDS REPLACED DUE TO THE COOLANT THAT'S IN THE SYSTEM. THE DRIVERS SEE HAS HEAT BUT NOT THE PASSENGER SIDE
TAKATA RECALL...I HAVE A 2013 DODGE AVENGER.. MY REAR AIRBAG POP OUT WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. ALSO, MY FRONT VENTS ARE BLOWING OUT COLD AND HOT AIR AT THE SAME TIME.
HEATING SYSTEM. PASSENGER SIDE DOES NOT BLOW WARM / HOT AIR WHEN HEATER IS ACTIVATED. HEAT ONLY COMES THROUGH DRIVER SIDE OF VEHICLE WHILE COOL / COLD AIR IS BLOWN THROUGH PASSENGER SIDE. NOT GOOD WHEN IT IS COLD OUT AND WE EXPERIENCE FROST OR SNOW CONDITIONS.
HEATER WILL ONLY BLOW COLD AIR. AT FIRST THE HEATER WOULD BLOW HOT AIR ON ONLY THE DRIVER SIDE. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP IN JAN 2018 TO FIX. THEY FLUSHED THE SYSTEM AND REPLACED THE DOOR ACTUATORS. AFTER THIS IT BLEW WARM AIR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE BUT ONLY LASTED FOR A FEW WEEKS. THE CAR WILL NOW ONLY BLOW COLD AIR ON BOTH SIDES. I TOOK MY CAR BACK TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP RECENTLY AND THEY'RE NOW SAYING WE'LL NEED TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR, RADIATOR CAP, RESERVOIR, ENGINE OIL COOLER, THERMOSTAT, AND HEATER CORE WHICH WILL COST ME $2700. NOTHING WAS DONE WRONG ON MY SIDE AND THIS IS SIMPLY A MANUFACTURE DEFECT AS THE DEALERSHIP HAS TOLD ME THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME WITH AVENGERS AND THERE'RE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ONLINE IN FORUMS SAYING THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED TO THEIR DODGE AVENGER. MY...
HORN KEEPS GOING OFF AND ON WHILE DRIVING, WHILE PARKED OR TURNING CAR OFF. WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE HAD LOSS OF POWER AND STALLED THE SAME DAY THAT HORN WAS GOING OFF. WAS DRIVING ON THE STREET AT 30 MPH WHEN VEHICLE LOST POWER AND THE STALLED.
HEATER CORE PLUGGED DUE TO METAL FLAKES CLOGGING IT.
HEAT WENT OUT ON PASSENGER SIDE. NOTHING SPECIFIC TRIGGERED IT. STARTED AROUND THIS TIME IN AUGUST 2017. BLOWER WORKS, AC WORKS JUST 0 HEAT!!
I PURCHSED THIS VEHICLE USED .AFTER 2 MONTHS THE ENGINE IS SPUTTERING WHEN GOING UP HILL. IT DOESNT FEEL OR SOUND RIGHT
HVAC SYSTEM HAS PROBLEMS. DRIVER SIDE BLOWS HOT AIR BUT PASSENGER SIDE BLOWS COLD AIR. THERE IS A LOT OF CLICKING BEHIND THE GLOVE BOX. I HAVE REPLACED THE ACTUATOR ONCE ALREADY. IT DID NOT FIX THE HEAT AND COLD ISSUE. THE PASSENGER SIDE BLOWING COLD AIR CAUSES THE WINDSHIELD TO FOG UP AND THE PASSENGER WINDOW TO FOG UP. BECOMES A SAFETY HAZARD TO DRIVE. THIS HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING IN TOWN, ON THE HIGHWAY, EVERYWHERE.
THE HEATER ONLY BLOWS WARM ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, ALSO THE AIR CONDITIONER JUST STARTED THE SAME THING. THE AIR CONDITIONER ONLY BLOWS COLD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. WHEN I GOOGLED THE PROBLEMS THAT MY CAR IS HAVING THERE HAS BEEN SEVERAL OF THESE AVENGERS THAT ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. THIS HAS GOT TO BE A MANUFACTURE ISSUE. VIN DOES NOT MATCH WITH ATTACHMENT, SEE ATTACHMENT.*JB
VEHICLE STALLING AND SHAKING, SHUTTING DOWN AND LOOSING POWER WHILE DRIVING. VERY UNSAFE AND CONCERNING
PURCHASED CAR WITH 61,000 MILES AND RIGHT WHEN I PICKED UP CAR NOTICED THAT PASSENGERS SIDE AIR WAS COLD AND DRIVERS SIDE WAS HOT. ALSO WHEN ADJUSTING AIRFLOW FROM VENT, DEFROST, FLOOR, FLOOR/VENT IT DOES NOT CORRECTLY HAVE THE AIR COME OUT AT THE SELECTED LOCATION. THIS IS A PROBLEM HAPPENING WITH THE DODGE AVENGER AND THERE IS NO ANSWER OUT THERE SAYING WHY THIS IS HAPPENING TO ALL YEAR NOT JUST ONE YEAR OF THE DODGE AVENGER. DODGE KNOWS THIS IS A RECALL ITEM BUT WILL NOT ADMIT THEY HAVE THIS PROBLEM AND ASSIST THERE CUSTOMERS. THERE ARE VARIOUS IDEAS OUT THERE SAYING WHY IT IS HAPPENING BUT AS PEOPLE TRY THOSE SOLUTIONS THE PROBLEM IS NOT FIXED OR IT COMES RIGHT BACK. DODGE NEEDS TO MAKE THIS A RECALL IT IS COSTING CUSTOMERS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND KNOW ONE KNOW WHAT TO DO TO FIX 100% INCLUDING DODGE...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE AVENGER. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT NO HEAT WAS COMING FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE HEATER. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO LARRY H. MILLER DODGE RAM SANDY (10985 S AUTO MALL DR, SANDY, UT 84070) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE FLUSHED SEVERAL TIMES AND THE OIL HEATER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT A SERVICE BULLETIN WAS ISSUED FOR THIS FAILURE. HOWEVER, BECAUSE THE VEHICLE EXCEEDED THE THREE YEAR MARK, NOTHING COULD BE DONE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 64,000.
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.
THE A/C / HEATER BLOWS HOT AIR ON DRIVER SIDE AND COLD AIR ON PASSENGER SIDE. DIFFICULT TO DEFROST WINDSHIELD. REPLACED THE BLEND DOOR ACTUATOR BEHIND GLOVE BOX. THIS ONLY FIXED THE CLICKING NOISE. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.
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 ($850) AND THE HEAT WORKED FOR ABOUT A WEEK THEN STARTED BLOWING COLD...
WHEN THE HEATER IS ON FOR A WHILE THE CLICKING NOISE COMES ON
HEATER BLOWING COLD AIR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. IT BLOWS VERY LITTLE HOT AIR ONLY ON THE DRIVER SIDE. THE DEFROST DOES NOT WORK HARDLY AT ALL DUE TO THIS SITUATION. THIS ALL STARTED HAPPENING ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF TO 2 YEARS AFTER PURCHASING MY VEHICLE BRAND NEW. I FEEL LIKE IT'S DANGEROUS TO DRIVE THIS CAR WHEN THE DEFROST IS NEEDED. I TOOK MY CAR TO A DODGE DEALER LAST WEEK AND PAID TO HAVE MY CAR FLUSHED IN HOPES OF MAKING THE HEATER WORK. THAT DIDN'T HELP SO THEY SAID THAT I WOULD HAVE TO BUY A NEW HEATER CORE. SO AFTER OWNING A BRAND NEW CAR FOR A YEAR AND A HALF TO 2 YEARS SHOULD NOT IN MY OPINION NEED A NEW HEATER CORE. I'VE BEEN READING A LOT OF REVIEWS ON THESE CARS AND I SEE WHERE LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING OF...
CLICKING NOISE ON PASSENGER SIDE UPON STARTING CAR. PASSENGER SIDE BLOWS ONLY COLD AIR, BUT DRIVER SIDE BLOWS HEAR WITHOUT A PROBLEM
COLD AIR IS BLOWING OUT OF PASSENGER SIDE VENTS. DRIVER SIDE VENTS BLOW HOT AIR.
HEATER CORE PROBLEM, NO HEAT ON PASSENGER SIDE, CASING SAND CLOGGING THE RADIATOR
HEATER BLOWING COLD AIR ON PASSENGER SIDE. DEALERSHIP STATES HEATER CORE IS PLUGGED UP AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. RECALL SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED.
I HAVE A TICKING NOISE COMING FROM MY GLOVE DEPARTMENT I TOOK IN TO A SHOP TO FIND OUT IT'S MY VENT ACTUATOR THIS PART ONLY COST ABOUT 30$ BUT THE LABOR IS WHAT'S COST THE MOST I WAS TOLD THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE GLOVE DEPARTMENT TO GET TO THE PART WHERE DOES THIS COME FROM AND WHY HAVEN'T THIS BEEN ON RECALL YET I'VE GOOGLED THIS SITUATION AND FOUND OUT THAT IT'S BEEN GOING ON SINCE 2011 IN DODGE CARS AND TRUCKS AND VANS SO I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON WITH THIS PROBLEM
HEADREST POPPED OPEN ON PASSENGER SIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY AND DEPLOYED. NO ONE IN PASSENGER SEAT.
THE HEAT DOES NOT WORK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THIS HAS RARELY BEEN TESTED AS THE CAR DOES NOT GET USED IN THE WINTER MUCH.
THE HEATER ONLY BLOWS HOT AIR OR THE DRIVER SIDE, THE MIDDLE AND PASSANGER SIDE VENTS BLOW COLD AIR, EVEN WHEN THE DEFROST IS ON HEAT
I'VE NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE TO TAKE MY VEHICLE TO HAVE IT FIX FROM THE RECALL ISSUES STATED ON THE ANNOUNCEMENT.
ON SEPTEMBER 26 2016, THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEADREST EXPLODED AND CAME LOSE (FOR NO APPARENT REASON). EXPERIENCING HEADACHE DUE TO THE BUMP ON MY HEAD. DESPITE THE VEHICLE BEING ONLY THREE YEARS OLD, AND WITH JUST 56000 MILES, THE RADIATOR AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN REPLACED! 2013 DODGE AVENGER IS NOT A SAFE CAR TO DRIVE AND NEEDS TO BE THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED FOR QUALITY AND SAFETY. THE HEADREST EXPLOSION HAPPENED WHILE THE ENGINE WAS OFF AND WAS ABOUT TO EXIT THE VEHICLE INSIDE MY GARAGE.
THE TRANSMISSION IS THE PROBLEM. I WAS DRIVING WHEN THE CAR STARTED MAKING NOISES AND STOPPED ON A HILL. I WAS ABLE TO ROLL DOWN THE HILL BACKWARD, AND TURN INTO A PARK ENTRANCE BEFORE THE CAR CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. I TURNED OFF THE CAR STARTED IT AGAIN AND THIS TIME IT WOULDN'T MOVE WHEN I PUT IT IN GEAR EVEN THOUGH THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING. WE HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALER AND TO DATE IT STILL HAS NOT BEEN LOOKED AT.
RECENTLY PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE AND AFTER A WEEK AND A HALF, NOTICED THAT MY CAR IS NOT GEARING CORRECTLY ON ITS OWN AND AT TIMES DECELERATES WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE. ALSO WHEN SHIFTING VEHICLE FROM PARK, REVERSE, DRIVE, ETC... IT MAKES A JUMP WITH A LOUD NOISE.
WHEN STARTING CAR, ALL LIGHTS AND POWER FEATURES WORK BUT CAR WILL NOT TURN OVER. ITS BEEN A PROBLEM THAT COMES AND GOES WITH NO WARNING.
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