2012 Dodge Avenger complaints

IN JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2018, MY 2012 AVENGER RT BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE INSUFFICIENT/NON-EXISTENT AIRFLOW AND LACK OF HEAT TO THE RIGHT-SIDE WINDOW DEFROSTERS AND ALL PASSENGER VENTS (EXCEPT THE FRONT-LEFT DRIVER VENTS), CREATING VISIBILITY HAZARDS AND AN UNCOMFORTABLE DRIVING ENVIRONMENT FOR BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGERS. DURING THE FOLLOWING 2018 SUMMER, THE AIR COOLING EFFECT AND WINDOW-DEFOGGING WAS ALSO DIMINISHED, ESPECIALLY FROM THE INEXPLICABLE REDUCED AIRFLOW COMING FROM PASSENGER VENTS. THE HEATER/DEFROSTER HAD MAJOR DIFFICULTY DEFROSTING THE WINDSHIELD AND RIGHT-SIDE FRONT WINDOW. IN EARLY 2019, I BROUGHT MY AVENGER TO A REPAIR SHOP RECOMMENDED BY SEVERAL FRIENDS AND ASSOCIATES, AND THE SHOP RECOMMENDED A COOLANT SYSTEM FLUSH AND INSPECTED AIR BLEND DOOR ACTUATORS, BUT THOSE WERE FINE. THE ENGINE ALSO OCCASIONALLY RAN WARMER THAN USUAL, HOWEVER THAT MAY HAVE BEEN DUE TO A STUCK THERMOSTAT WHICH WAS FOUND DURING THE SHOP'S DIAGNOSTICS AND WAS REPLACED. THE REPAIR SHOP STATED THAT THE COOLANT/RADIATOR/HEATER CORE FLUSH DID REMOVE A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF SLUDGE. THE SYSTEM FLUSH ALSO SEEMS TO BE A RECOMMENDED DEALERSHIP SERVICE ACTION AS A "REMEDY." HOWEVER, THE COOLANT/HEATING SYSTEM FLUSH HAD LITTLE EFFECT ON THE HEATING ISSUE AND THE RIGHT WINDOW DEFROSTER AND PASSENGER VENTS STILL HAD DRASTICALLY REDUCED AIRFLOW DESPITE THE BLOWER AND ALL BLEND DOORS/ACTUATORS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY.

DODGE LEFT RESIDUAL MACHINING DEBRIS IN THE AVENGER ENGINE BLOCKS THAT FLOWS WITH COOLANT INTO THE HEATER CORE AND RADIATOR CAUSING THE HEATER CORE TO CLOG UP AND BLOCKS HEAT TO PASSENGER SIDE IN THE WINTER CAUSING UNSAFE OR UNFIT TO OPERATE IN COLD WEATHER. I'VE HAD MY AVENGER IN DODGE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY CONFIRM MY HEATER CORE IS BLOCKED. IT COSTS OVER 2K TO FIX THIS ISSUE CAUSED BY DEFECTIVE OR LACK OF DODGE FACTORY ENGINE INSPECTIONS. I'VE SPOKEN TO FCA THE DODGE PARENT COMPANY AND THEIR ANSWER IS WE SHOULD'VE HAD EXTENDED WARRANTY EVEN THOUGH I'M WITHIN THE MILEAGE FOR THE FACTORY WARRANTY BUT OUT OF AMOUNT OF YEARS COVERAGE . MY AVENGER HAD EXTENDED WARRANTY FROM AN OUTSIDE SOURCE BUT THAT COMPANY WILL NOT COVER DODGE CREATED MALFUNCTIONS. THE ATTACHED INFO SHOWS MY AVENGER AT THE DODGE DEALERSHIP ON 03-06-2019. I ALSO HAD IT SERVICED IN WICHITA AT PR AUTOGLASS AND AUTO SERVICES JUST PRIOR TO BRINGING IT TO DODGE DEALERSHIP. PR AUTOGLASS AND SERVICES STATED IT IS THE HEATER CORE AND THAT THE PROBLEM CANNOT BE FLUSHED OUT AS IT HAS ACCUMULATED IN THE HEATER CORE BLOCKING IT FROM BEING PROFESSIONALLY FLUSHED. THE RESIDUE WAS ALSO EVIDENT IN THE RADIATOR BUT FLUSHING DID REMOVE THAT THE BEST WE CAN TELL. DODGE HAS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH HAVING LEFT THIS DEBRIS IN THE ENGINE BLOCKS DURING THE MACHINING PROCESSES ON AVENGERS.

AC WORKS ON BOTH SIDES . WHEN HEAT IS TURNED , HEAT ONLY WORKS ON DRIVERS SIDE. COLD AIR BLOWS ON PASSENGERS SIDE AND ON PASSENGER SIDE DEFROST. DRIVER SIDE HEAT AND DEFROSTER HAS NO ISSUES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE AVENGER. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE BRAKE, TURN SIGNALS, HEADLAMPS, AND PARKING LIGHTS FAILED TO OPERATE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE (TIPM) NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO OURISMAN CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (12430 AUTO DR, CLARKSVILLE, MD 21029, (410) 988-8100) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIPM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 58562756. NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000.

THE FRONT OF THE HOOD ON THE AVENGERS HAS CORROSION. CHRYSLER REPLACED SOME OF THEM BUT NOT MINE EVEN THOUGH IT WAS STILL UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. THEY SAID IT HAD TO BE CLAIMED THE FIRST YEAR. I THINK CHRYSLER SHOULD RECALL ALL OF THE HOODS BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL CORRODED.

CADILLAC CONVERTER RECALL- WHEN THE CADILLAC CONVERTER WENT OUT THE CAR MADE A HORRIBLE NOISE AND LOST POWER TO ACCELERATE. COME TO FIND OUT THE PRESSURE BLEW BACK AND POPPED HOSES OF AND BROKE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. THE FLAP CANT OPEN AND CLOSE. CHRYSLER SAID THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS NOT DUE TO THE CADILLAC CONVERTER BUT TEO AUTO MACANICA SAID IT WAS. THIS IS A $700 REPAIR DUE TO A RECALL! HAD BEEN DRIVING CAR AROUND TOWN ALL DAY. STOPPED TO TURN AND LOUD NOISE HAPPENED. LUCKLY COASTED TO BLOCKS TO HOUSE AND HAD TOW TRUCK TAKE TO REPAIR SHOP.

I BOUGHT 4 NEW GOODYEAR EAGLE LS2 225/35R17 TIRES ON AUGUST 08/2018 AT A LOCAL GOODYEAR STORE. ON 05/05/2019 MY GRANDDAUGHTER WITH HER ONE YEAR OLD BABY IN THE BACK CAR SEAT. WERE APPROACHING THE FREEWAY, WHILE STILL ON THE ENTRANCE RAMP THE FRONT TIRE TOTALLY BLEW OUT AND DISINTEGRATED. THERE WAS LESS THAN 10% OF TIRE LEFT ON THE WHEEL. SHE PULLED OFF ONTO THE GRASS AND WAITED FOR ASSISTANCE FROM THE HIGHWAY PATROL. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE AT ALL TO THE ALUMINUM RIMS, AS SHE DIDN'T DRIVE ANY FARTHER. I HAVE NEVER SEEN A BLOWOUT DISINTEGRATE MORE THAN NINETY PERCENT OF THE TIRE. I AM NOT AN EXPERT, BUT THIS SURE LOOKS LIKE A DEFECT IN THE TIRE ITSELF. ONCE AGAIN ABSOLUTELY NO DAMAGE TO MY ALUMINUM RIM.

WHEN HEATER ACTIVATED, ONLY DRIVERS SIDE BLOWS HEAT WHILE PASSENGER SIDE BLOWS COLD. VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE DUAL AIR CONTROLS. CAUSING A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE WINDSHIELD ONLY DEFROSTS ONE SIDE AND OTHER SIDE FOGS UP.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE AVENGER. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO HEAT THE VEHICLE AND ACTIVATE THE WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER, THE CONTACT REALIZED THAT THE FEATURES WERE INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE HEATER CORE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ALSO, MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS THE ACTUATOR DOORS. INDEPENDENT DEALER CUT AND OPEN THE DASH AND FOUND HEATER CORE WAS PLUGGED WITH SILICONE AND DUST PARTICALS FROM WHEN FACTORY PUT ENGINE TOGETHER. THE VEHICLE WAS CURRENTLY BEING REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 146,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. *BF *JB

WHEN OPENING THE DOOR A CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE DASH. CLOSED THE DOOR AND STAYED INSIDE A FEW MINUTES & IT STARTED CLICKING AGAIN. I HAD TO REPLACE THE TIE RODS AT 63,000 AND THE SWAY BAR CLIP IS BROKEN.

HEATER DEFROST OR AIR-CONDITIONING. DOESN'T DEFROST THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW.

DRIVING CAR CUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF ROAD AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON THAT IS NOT GOOD AND I THINK IT IS NOT SAFE

THERE IS NO HEAT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE BUT THERE IS HEAT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THERE SEEMS TO BE A MECHANICAL DEFECT WITH THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE STALLED ON A HILL IN PARK AND STARTED TO ROLL DOWN THE HILL AND THE BRAKE AND EVERYTHING STOPPED WORKING AT THAT MOMENT IN THE CAR. I ALSO HAD ANOTHER INCIDENT WITH THE CAR STALLING WHILE DRIVING AND DUE TO THIS IT CAUSED ANOTHER ACCIDENT. THE CAR IS ALSO WELL KEPT, BUT IT SEEMS TO HAVE A MECHANICAL DEFECT

AC STARTS TO ONLY BLOW COLD AIR ON ONE SIDE OF THE CAR, THEN NO HEAT AT ALL. DEFROST STOPS WORKING AT THIS POINT. VERY DANGEROUS WITH SNOW/ICY CONDITIONS WHERE WINDSHIELD FROSTS OVER. MAY BE THE DOOR ACTUATOR OR HEATER CORE.

THE PASSENGER SIDE ONLY BLOWS COLD AIR WHEN THE HEAT/DEFROST IS ON. THIS CAUSES MY PASSENGER WINDOW TO NOT DEFROST. THIS HAPPENS NO MATTER IF THE CAR IS AT IDLE OR WHILE DRIVING. THE PASSENGER SIDE WILL ONLY BLOW COLD AIR. THE DRIVER SIDE HEAT/DEFROST WORKS FINE. I HAVE BEEN TOLD IT'S ANYTHING FROM AN ACTUATOR TO THE HEATER CORE. I LIVE IN A STATE WHERE WE HAVE COLD WINTERS AND FREQUENT SNOW. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS IT IMPAIRS MY ABILITY TO SEE MY PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR, ETC.

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.

RECURRING HEATER PROBLEM WHERE THERE IS SOME HEAT ON DRIVER'S SIDE AND NONE ON PASSENGER SIDE. HAD CAR IN 3 TIMES TO FLUSH HEATER CORE TO TEMPORARILY FIX PROBLEM. THIS IS AN APPARENT MANUFACTURER DEFECT THAT CANNOT BE RESOLVED WITH REGULAR MAINTENANCE OR REPAIRS. A NEW HEATER CORE IS THE ONLY SOLUTION AND THIS SHOULD BE COVERED BY DODGE SINCE IT IS A KNOWN MANUFACTURER DEFECT WITH THE PLATING IN THE SYSTEM COMING LOOSE AND PLUGGING THE HEATER CORE.

THROTTLE CONTROL LIGHT COMES ON AND VEHICLE LOSES POWER...COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE AVENGER. WHILE DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, COLD AIR EMERGED FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE VENT INSIDE THE VEHICLE. ALSO, THERE WAS NO HEAT COMING FROM THE FLOOR VENTS. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FREEDOM CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM BY ED MORSE (815 E CAMP WISDOM RD, DUNCANVILLE, TX 75116, (972) 427-4019) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE OIL COOLER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THE RADIATOR WAS CLOGGED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 126,135.

MY CAR ONE DAY JUST STARTED BLOWING COLD AIR WHEN MY HEATER IS ON. I TALKED TO THE DEALER SHIP AND SAID IT WAS A ACTUATOR THAT HAD GONE OUT. I MENTIONED TO THEM ABOUT SEEING ONLINE THAT A SOME OTHER AVENGER OWNERS WHERE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE AND THAT IT WAS CAUSED BUT SAND AND METAL FLAKES LEFT OVER FROM CASTING FILLING UP THE HEATER CORE AND RADIATOR. AFTER MY SECOND TRIP BACK TO THE DEALER FOR THEM TO LOOK AT IT THEY TOLD ME THAT MY HEATER CORE WAS BURNT UP AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I TOOK IT TO A RADIATOR SHOP AND ASKED FOR A SECOND OPINION AND WAS TOLD THAT AFTER LOOKING INTO THE PROBLEM AND LOOKING AT THE HEATER CORE THAT IT WAS NOT BURNT UP AND THO IT COULD USE A GOOD FLUSHING WAS NOT THE ISSUE.

TOLD HEATER CORE WAS BAD AT 57,000 MILES BY DEALERSHIP DUE TO NO HEAT ON PASSENGER SIDE BUT HEAT ON DRIVER'S SIDE AND IS A KNOWN MANUFACTURE DEFECT IN THIS CAR. CAR IS VERY WELL MAINTAINED.

HEATER CORE IS BLOCKED WITH CASTING SAND FROM ENGINE MANUFACTURING PROCESS MAKING IT UNSAFE TO DRIVE DUE TO INOPERABLE DEFROST OR HEAT. WINDSHIELD ICED OVER WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE.

I WAS ON A HILL ABOUT TO TURN ONTO THE FREEWAY WHEN MY VEHICLE TURNED OFF/STALLED. I WAS MOVING ABOUT 10 MILES PER HOUR AND WHEN I WENT TO TURN RIGHT I FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL, AT WHICH POINT I REALIZED MY VEHICLE HAD STALLED. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME I HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE WITH MY VEHICLE WITHIN THE LAST YEAR.

MY COOLING SYSTEM IS CONTAMINATED BY INFERIOR PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED WITHIN MY DODGE AVENGER. MATERIAL/S WITHIN THE COOLING SYSTEM FAIL AND CAUSE DEBRIS TO BUILD UP WITHIN THE ENTIRE COOLING SYSTEM. THIS MATERIAL/S IS A SANDY LIKE SUBSTANCE THAT BLOCKS CRITICAL COOLING AND HEATING COMPONENTS THAT HAS LEAD TO MAJOR FAILURES OF MY HEATING SYSTEM VIA THE DEBRIS BLOCKING THE HEATER CORE FROM FUNCTIONING. I CERTAIN THAT THIS DEBRIS IS ALSO AFFECTING MY ENGINE'S COOLING FUNCTION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE AVENGER. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE HEATER WOULD NOT OPERATE AND THE WINDOWS COULD NOT BE DEFROSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO FLUSHED THE HEATER CORE, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. IN ADDITION, WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF. DURING THE FAILURE, THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE AND ESP ACTIVATION MALFUNCTION INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURES WERE NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND LOCAL DEALER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 107,000. *BF. CONSUMER STATED MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED ON THE SAME DAY. *JB

TAKATA RECALL I HAVE A 2012 DODGE AVENGER R/T. LIKE MANY OTHER AVENGERS, THE HEAT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF MY VEHICLE STOPPED WORKING. I GET NOTHING BUT COLD AIR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. I'VE DONE MY RESEARCH, AND THIS IS A MANAFACTURER DEFECT THAT RESULTS FROM BAD CASTING THAT CAUSES METAL FLAKES TO BREAK OFF AND FILL UP THE HEATER CORE UNTIL IT BECOMES SO CLOGGED THAT IT STOPS WORKING PROPERLY. A SIMPLE FLUSH WILL NOT DO THE JOB, AND THE HEATER CORE MUST BE REPLACED. THIS IS AN EXPENSIVE REPAIR. I HIGHLY BELIEVE THAT THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL, DUE TO THE FACT THAT VISIBILITY IS SEVERELY DECREASED IN WINTER ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CAR. THIS NOT ONLY PUTS THE DRIVER AND PASSENGERS IN DANGER, BUT OTHER VEHICES AND PEDESTRIANS AS WELL.

TAKATA RECALL THE DODGE AVENGER 2012 HAS MESSED UP HEATING SYSTEMS. THE LEFT DRIVERS SIDE IS HOT, THEN AS YOU GO TO THE PASSENGER SIDE IT IS ICE COLD. WHEN ON THE HIGHWAYS THE COLD DOESNT GO AWAY. IT STAYS COLD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE THE WHOLE TIME. THE HOTTEST ONE IS LEFT OF THE WHEEL. THEN RIGHT OF THE WHEEL IS LUKEWARM. THEN PASSENGERS LEFT HEATER IS COLD AND PASSENGERS RIGHT HEATER IS FREEZING. DURING THE WINTER IT GETS TO BE -20 OUTSIDE. THERE IS NO WAY I AM ABLE TO DRIVE IN THAT SINCE MY CAR WONT HEAT UP CORRECTLY. NO AUTO SHOP IS ABLE TO FIX THE ISSUE. PLEASE ISSUE A RECALL SO WE ARE ABLE TO DRIVE IN COLD WEATHER AND HAVE OUR HEAT ON. PLEASE STABILIZE THE HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEM TO WHERE IT IS ALL EVEN FOR EVERY HEATER.

HEATER CORE FAILURE. NOTICED THE 2012 DODGE AVENGER PASSENGER SIDE WAS NOT BLOWING HOT AIR. INSTEAD THE AIR WAS COMING OUT COLD NO MATTER HOW MUCH THE TEMPERATURE WAS ADJUSTED. EVEN AFTER DRIVING TO DESTINATIONS THE HEAT NEVER WORKED FO THE PASSENGER SIDE. ONLY THE DRIVER'S SIDE HOT AIR WORKS. TOOK IT TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THEY DID A FLUSH 3 TIMES BECAUSE THEY SAID GUNK CAN SOMETIMES BUILD UP ON THOSE CARS IN PARTICULAR, HOWEVER IT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THEY INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS THE HEATER CORE THAT NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE CAR ONLY HAS 63K MILES SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT A CAR WITH LOW MILEAGE SHOULD EXPERIENCE.

MY 2012 DODGE AVENGER CAUGHT FIRE UNDER THE HOOD WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE FWY. I COULD NOT STOP THE CAR BECAUSE THE BRAKE BECAME LOCKED IN PLACE AND I COULDNT PRESS IT DOWN WITH MY FOOT. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE DID NOT WORK. IT WAS UNSAFE TO GET OUT OF THE MOVING CAR, SO I WAS TRAPPED IN THE CAR AS THE FIRE UNDER THE HOOD GREW RAPIDLY. I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF AT THE NEXT EXIT AND WITH QUICK THINKING, I USED THE CURB AT THE END OF THE FWY OFF RAMP TO HELP ME STOP THE CAR. WHEN FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED, THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF MY CAR WAS FULLY ENGULFED. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, CHRYSLER/DODGE HAS HAD REAPEATED COMPLAINTS REGARDING SIMILAR INCIDENTS.

HEAT DOES NOT WORK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR HAVE READ SEVERAL COMPLAINTS FROM NUMEROUS CUSTOMERS COMPLAINING OF THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM HE WORKS FINE ON THE DRIVER SIDE

COLD AIR BLOWING OUT OF PASSENGER SIDE VENTS, WHEN HEAT IS COMING OUT OF DRIVERS SIDE. I HAD THE THERMOSTAT REPLACED, THE RADIATOR FLUSHED, THE HEATER CORE CHECKED. I REPLACED THE HEATER BLEND DOOR ACTUATOR AND THE BLOWER MOTOR CONTROL MODULE AND RESISTER AND STILL HAVE COLD AIR COMING OUT OF THE VENTS.

I HAVE A 2012 DODGE AVENGER V6 WITH ONLY THE DRIVER SIDE HEAT WORKING. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION AS TO WHAT CAUSED IT THERE IS SAND PARTIALS IN THE COOLING SYSTEM FROM THE SAND FORGING OF THE MOTOR AND WHERE THERE WAS NOT PROPER FLUSHING OF THE COOLING SYSTEM BEFORE THE ASSEMBLY OF THE MOTOR. IT IS A CLOSED SYSTEM SO THERE IS NO WAY THAT SAND PARTIALS CAN ENTER THE SYSTEM AND CAUSE THAT ISSUE. DODGE BELIEVES THERE IS NO SAFETY ISSUE WITH IT AND IT IS A "CREATURE COMFORT", BUT WHEN IN FACE THE HEAT DEFROSTS THE WINDOWS TO ENABLE VISIBILITY. WITH NO HEAT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF VEHICLE THE PASSENGER SIDE AND SOME OF THE DRIVER SIDE IS UNABLE TO DEFOG, DEFROST, OR MELT ANY ICE OBSTRUCTING THE VIEW OF THE DRIVER. THIS IS NOT A DRIVER ISSUE, THIS IS A MANUFACTURING ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED.

THE DRIVER'S SIDE BLOWS HOT AIR BUT THE PASSENGER'S SIDE BLOWS COLD AIR.

NO HEAT ON PASSENGER SIDE. AFTER DOING RESEARCH FOUND THE ISSUE IS ONE OF TWO THINGS, 1ST HEATER CORE LOCATION CAUSING IT TO PLUG WITH SAND, AND COSTING 100'S OF DOLLARS TO HAVE REPAIRED ONLY TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPEN AGAIN AND 2ND HEATER BLEND DOOR NOT WORKING PROPERLY. I'VE HAD THE THERMOSTAT REPLACED FIXED THE PROBLEM FOR ONLY A FEW WEEKS. NOW NO HEAT AGAIN ON PASSENGER SIDE.

I PURCHASED THIS CAR BRAND NEW IN 2012. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING IT FOR ABOUT 3 YEARS WITH NO HEAT ON PASSENGER SIDE. THIS CAUSES NO TO LITTLE VISIBILITY ON FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW AND THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. I HAVE PAID TO HAVE SOME OF THE VENDOR DOORS REPLACED TO NO FIX TO THIS ISSUE.

I HAVE A 2012 DODGE AVENGER SXT PLUS. I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH A HEATING ISSUE FOR ABOUT 2 YEARS NOW. I FINALLY FLUSHED THE HEATER CORE AND AM FINDING SAND THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM. THIS IS GOING TO CAUSE ME TO HAVE TO REPLACE ALL THE COMPONENTS. AS FAR AS I CAN TELL THIS IS A CASTING ISSUE AND SHOULD BE A RECALL. I HAVE SAMPLES OF THE SAND AS WELL IF NEEDED. IF I HAD DRIVEN THIS MUCH LONGER THE ENGINE MAY HAVE LOCKED UP.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE AVENGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VENTS INSIDE THE VEHICLE BLEW OUT COLD AIR WHEN THE HEAT WAS ACTIVATED. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FLUSHED THE RADIATOR, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT HAD AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THE VEHICLE AND WAS UNCERTAIN IF IT WOULD COVER THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

I HAVE A 2012 DODGE AVENGER THAT HAS HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE HEATER FOR A WHILE NOW. IT BLOWS COLD AIR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND WARM AIR ON THE DRIVERS, COLD IN THE MIDDLE. WE HAVE REPLACED THE BLEND DOOR ACTUATOR ABS THIS ONLY GOT RID OF THE CLICKING NOISE, IT DID NOT FIX THE HEAT ISSUE. I HAVE READ SEVERAL OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS AND WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHY THE ISSUE HAS NOT BEEN DEALT WITH YET AND WHY IT'S NOT RECALLED.

NO HEAT IN CENTER OR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR. WINDOWS WILL NOT DEFROST. ONLY GETTING HEAT ON LEFT WINDOW AND DRIVERS SIDE DEFROST. DOES IT STATIONARY AND WHILE DRIVING. REPLACED CONTROLS, HEAT PUMP ETC. STILL NOT WORKING.

HEAT DOESN'T WORK ON PASSENGER SIDE.

THE HEATING SYSTEM IN THE DODGE AVENGERS HAVE PERSISTENT PROBLEMS. THIS USUALLY INVOLVES THE HEATER CORE. THE HEAT WILL OFTEN FAIL ON ONE OR BOTH SIDES. USUALLY THE PASSENGER SIDE FAILS. MY HEATER FAILED IN 2016, THEN FAILED AGAIN LESS THAN 2 YEARS LATER IN 2018. REPAIRING THE HEATER COSTS ABOUT $1200. THE DODGE SERVICE MANAGER INFORMED ME THIS IS CAUSED BY A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT WHEN DODGE PUT "STOP-LEAK" INTO THE ENGINES DURING THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS. I'M TOLD THE STOP-LEAK BREAKS OFF INSIDE THE ENGINE THROUGH TIME AND DESTROYS THE HEATER IN THE DODGE AVENGER, REQUIRING REPLACEMENT EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS AT ABOUT $1200 FOR THE REPAIR. I'VE DISCOVERED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THE SAME ISSUE AT THE WEB SITE BELOW. THERE IS NO RECALL I'M AWARE. REQUEST A RECALL OF AFFECTED VEHICLES ORE FREE REPAIR BY DODGE WHEN THE HEATER BREAKS. HTTPS://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/DODGE/AVENGER/2012/AC_HEATER/HEATER_NOT_WORKING_PROPERLY.SHTML

MY HEATER BLOWS COLD AIR OUT OF THREE OF THE FOUR VENTS WHEN THE HEATER IS TURNED ON. FOR ONE YEAR THERE WAS A CLICKING SOUND BEHIND THE DASHBOARD AT RANDOMS TIMES DURING THE DAY AND NIGHT IF THE CAR WAS ON OR OFF IT DIDN'T MATTER THE CLICKING COULD BE HEARD INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE CAR. AT THIS TIME WHEN THE HEATER WAS IN USE, COLD AIR WOULD BLOW OUT OF THE 2 PASSENGER VENTS ONLY. AS TIME GOES ON THE VENTS ARE BEING AFFECTED ONE BY ONE. I NOW HAVE ONLY ONE VENT THAT BLOWS WARM AIR WHEN THE HEAT IS ON AND THE OTHERS BLOW COLD AIR.

THE DEFROSTER AND HEATER VENTS ONLY PUT OUT HEAT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE VEHICLVE. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THE HEATER CORE NEEDED REPLACEMENT FO THIS SAME PROBLEM. COST IS AROUND $1,000 TO DO THE REPAIR. ALL HAVE BEEN REPLACE BY A DODGE DEALER. THE LAST TIME REPAIRED A SERVICE MANAGER SAID IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. POOR DESIGN AND RESPONSE. DODGE CORPORATE IS USELESS ON THIS MATTER.

ONE DAY CAR CUT OFF AS SOON AS I GOT HOME AND IT NEVER CAME ON AGAIN GOT THE ALTERNATOR REPLACE AND BATTERY CHARGED UP AND IT STILL WILL NOT START AND THE MECHANIC CANT FIND THE PROBLEM.

MY 2012 DODGE AVENGER HAS HEATING ISSUE. HEAT COMES OUT OF THE VENT ON THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE CAR BUT COLD AIR ON PASSENGER SIDE. I HAVE LOOKED THE ISSUE UP AND ALOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. WHY IS THE ISSUE WITH 2012 AVENGER NOT BEING ADDRESSED. I CAN'T DRIVE THIS CAR IN UPSTATE NEW YORK IN THE WINTER BECAUSE IT IS UNSAFE. I CAMT SEE OUT ANY OF MY PASSENGER SIDE WINDOWS OR RIGHT SIDE OF DASH BECAUSE IT ALL FOGGED UP AND FROSTED DUE TO NO HEAT IN THAT SIDE OF CAR.

MY HEAT STOPPED WORKING ON HALF OF MY CAR AND I FLUSHED THE HEATER CORE AND REPLACED THE BLEND DOOR ACTUATORS AND IT STILL DOESN'T WORK.

TWO SEPARATE INCIDENTS HAVE HAPPENED. FIRST WAS IN NOVEMBER 2018. I WAS DRIVING HOME ON A CITY STREET WHEN THE VEHICLE FLASHED THE THROTTLE BODY SENSOR LIGHT ALONG WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND THE CAR LOST POWER AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PAST 25MPH. BROUGHT TO DODGE DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THEY COULDN'T CHECK THE ETC LIGHT DUE TO IT SHUTTING OFF WITH RESTART OF THE VEHICLE BUT WAS TOLD I NEEDED A NEW ALTERNATOR. FIXED THE ALTERNATOR AND NO PROBLEMS AGAIN UNTIL JANUARY 2019. THIS TIME I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON A VERY BUSY HIGHWAY AND THE CAR FLASHED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND DIED WHILE IN MOTION. POWER STEERING WAS VERY TIGHT BUT I WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SAFELY AND PUT THE CAR IN PARK. AFTER 4 TRIES OF RESTARTING THE VEHICLE, IT STARTED BACK UP BUT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS STILL ON. I WILL BE TAKING IT BACK TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP IN HOPES OF FINDING OUT WHAT IS WRONG, BUT AM NERVOUS BECAUSE OF WHAT I HAVE READ AMONGST OTHER AVENGER OWNERS.

PASSENGER SIDE HEATER/DEFROSTER VENTS BLOW COLD AIR, WHILE DRIVER SIDE BLOWS WARM AIR.

AT ALL TIMES - HOT AIR ONLY BLOWING ON DRIVER SIDE.

PROBLEM: HEAT DOES NOT COME OUT OF THE PASSENGER SIDE VENT. AFTER A MONTH OR TWO, NO HEAT AT ALL. THE HEATER CORE WAS REPLACED ON THIS PIECE OF JUNK 3 TIMES (WHICH FIXED THE PROBLEM EACH TIME). NOW THE DEALER SAYS THE PART IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY, AND THE DEALER WILL NOT REPLACE IT FOR FREE AGAIN. THIS IS HAPPENING TO 2012 AVENGERS. NOT JUST THIS ONE. IT HAPPENED FEB 2014, NOV 2014, AND NOV 2015. I DONT DRIVE THIS MUCH AND NOW ITS TOO LONG SINCE THE LAST FIX (NO MORE WARRANTY COVERAGE). DODGE KNOWS THERE IS BUILD UP IN THE HEATER CORE WITH THIS YEAR/MODEL. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT. IT WAS A NOT A WEAR AND TEAR OR AGE OF VEHICLE ISSUE. I BOUGHT THIS BRAND NEW. THIS WAS A PROBLEM BEFORE IT LEFT THE FACTORY. I HAVE THREE DODGES AND YOU CAN GUARANTEE I WONT BUY ANOTHER (ILL CONSIDER IF/WHEN THEY MAKE THIS RIGHT) PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED INVOICES FROM THE DEALER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THIS IS AN ISSUE WITH MANY MANY MANY DODGE 2012 AVENGERS. THEY KNOW THIS.