Owners/service Manual Problems of Dodge Avenger

The passenger side of the heating system malffunction, so the passaenger side windshield does not defrost and it causes a serious visibility/safety hazard during the cold season, the windshield remains fogged up while driving. I have to pull up several times on the freeway to manually scrape frost off the outside of the passenger side and manually wipe the moisture off the interior. The manufacturer is aware of this problem caused due to faulty manufacturing process which left end products that rapidly clogs and destroys the heating system. Dealers who were confronted with complains admits to this. Dodge Avenger 2012 owners complained that they had to replace heater cores and radiators, some as early as 12000 miles and the cost runs from $1200 to $3000. The problem often reoccurs within months because either the dealer uses the same faulty parts or there is remaining residue in the system. Driving in cold weather is not only uncomfortable and unhealthy, but causes a serious safety hazard due to poor visibility through the windshield. There are hundreds of complains in several auto forums. Many reported to the manufacturer and dealers which are overlooked and neglected. Owners who live in warmer climates don't have this problem or these complains would of been more enormous. Dodge Avenger 2000,s should be recalled to fix this problem, or these vehicles should not be on the road during the cold season for safety reasons. Some drivers mentioned having to have a blanket for riders in the passenger side to use while traveling which adds to the hazard. Note: a date entry is required to submit this complain but this is an ongoing problem every fall and winter.

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Heater core plugged despite following coolant service in the owners manual. Symptom was barely warm air from drivers side and cold air from passenger side vents. Repaired at a cost of $1800 in Jan 2018. In Feb 2019 the symptoms have returned. No heat in the car can be a hazardous situation in the northern states where temperatures have reach life threatening lows in recent weeks.

More then (30) times intermittently electrical issues occur causing flashing (numbers/deck/fuse/blank) odometer, power for radio/time goes out, security system does not shut off or will not unlock the car, the car stalls while driving, the windows wont work, and starting the car can take several cranks. More importantly as a major safety issue, me and my daughter were stuck inside my car for an hour and a half because the electrical issue would not allow any of the doors to unlock. The 2008-2010 Dodge Avenger is known for electrical issues and electrical fires. Dodge is not covering these electrical issues under warranty. I did everything possible to unlock the doors such as the door panel button, turning on and off the car, switching gears, driving through the parking lot to trigger the auto speed lock, giving the key to someone through a small gap in the window to have them use the key manually, pressed the unlock on the key remote, none of this worked to unlock the car. I was even on the phone with the Dodge dealership while this occurred and they could not tell me how to get out. We just had to wait out the electrical "fit" the car has. This issue has been impossible to diagnose because it is intermittent, however the car will be at the dealership this coming Tuesday at my expense. It is a huge risk to drive this car due to the possibility of an electrical fire. I don't want my daughter, (still in a car seat) myself, or my husband to burn to death stuck in this car due to the lack of responsibility from Dodge or manufacturer because its hard to diagnose. This should be recalled as there are thousands of complaints online specifically electrical with this car.

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When raining, the vehilce tends to want to "slip out" of gear. It could be at a stoplight or even while I am driving; it feels like when driving a manual car and you're about to stall it, that is how the transmisison/gears feel. I have been driving down the road going approx. 30 mph, it was raining; the rpm's will stay where they are at, but the mph will fluctuate almost as if it is about to stall. However, I have an automatic car. I have been told by several people to take the car in, and have called cutter Dodge (pearl city, hi) about my warrantee, but they don't seem to care too much about my car. Not sure if others are having this issue, but my car is still a "puppy", only has 35,000!! this incident has happened any time it rains, not just on the date given.