Five problems related to air conditioner have been reported for the 2012 Dodge Avenger. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2012 Dodge Avenger based on all problems reported for the 2012 Avenger.
Passenger side air conditioning will not blow hot air. Driver side works perfectly fine. I've read everywhere that it's a manufacturer's defect with the heater core etc. This will be my last Chrysler product if not recalled and fixed for free.
Takata recall my car had been having this knocking sound, and then developed this sound like something was stretching inside the passenger side. The batter light cam on but the car was ok. The next day it came back on the air conditioning came on them went off all the other lights on the dash kept coming on and off. K stopped at an auto parts store to have them check it, and it would not start all the lights on the dash were on the fritz and reset. When driving on the road it would not let me go above 40 mph and the rpm went up to like 4.
Ive been reading online that there are many people having the same issue I have with my car. When you turn the heater on the passenger side of the car blows out cold air. If I want the passenger side of my car to defrost I have to manually get out of my car and scrape it and even then the inside still is hard to see out of. I cant even bring my daughter in this car because the passenger side of the car seems like it is running the air conditioning in the middle of winter. There is also sometimes was a clicking noise under the passenger side dash which is the actuator. After replacing this it still does the same thing. I hear that it costs thousands of dollars to fix and I believe it is a manufacturer issue and they should resolve it.
Upon using air conditioner or heater. There is a slight knocking noise coming from the passenger side dash. Knocking noise even continues after car has been off for hours. Any time car lights come on knocking noise occurs.
2012 Dodge Avenger. Upon using the vent controls for the heater or air conditioner, a knocking noise progressed near the area of the glove compartment. Heating core failed & had to be replaced, also problem with fuel line, dealer has replaced heating core and fuel line. Knocking noise appears to be a common problem among Dodge Avengers, appropriate recall to fix heating/air compressor should be done.