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Driving and car cuts off without warning. Could be going 35 mph could be going 65 mph. Have to shift to N to cut car back on. Sometimes it won't cut back on. I pressed gas after light turned green in a busy intersection and car cut off in middle of intersection. This has happened in more than one occasion and almost caused many accidents. Throws code for crankshaft position sensor. It has been replaced and still not helping. Also replaced throttle body position sensor. This is happening with A LOT of these vehicles. All online forums talk of the same problem. Don't know if it's the computer itself because the check engine light rarely comes in when this happens. Then it throws random codes.
Just bought the car, within a month the brakes were grinding. Took it to the dealership and there was a power train leak which they replaced. A few days later, I was at an intersection turning and my wheel completely locked, causing me to hit the car in front of me and the air bags deployed. An officer happened to be on the same road and saw that my car was also smoking as well which may have been due to the previous power train leak. I looked at other recalls and sure enough, there are some on the 2011-2013 regarding steering and brake systems as well. They definitely need to check the 2014 Dodge Avenger as well for similar issues. Now the front passenger area and my axel is ruined and needs to be replaced.
The vehicle stalls and jerks violently during acceleration at take off after a complete stop. It struggles accelerating through intersections also at making left N right turns. At random times the vehicle stops in the middle of an intersection after take off and causes cars behind you and those who choose to proceed to run the red light going the intersection to hit you. The car is unsafe to drive making it a safety issue. Come to find out online that alot of Dodge Avengers are having the same issue. Car also does this while making left and right turns. It jerks N loses acceleration randomly no matter high roms or low rpms. On the highway or street you can't gain acceleration to pass or to get over without risking an accident due to not moving with the speed of traffic. Also am unknown oil leak appears had the car valve cover gasket and oil pan gasket replace and still looses oil. Oil is shooting all over the engine and engine making unknown sound that doesn't trigger a check engine light. But there is a ticking sound coming from engine. Took it to a Dodge dealership they found nothing wrong with the engine or transmission. I believe Dodge acknowledge these problems but refuse to fix what majority of their customers complaints about this same issue.
I was less than 1 mile from home. I noticed the throttle wasnt responding as it should when I pressed the pedal. The etc light was blinking and the traction light was on. I was not able to drive over 20 mph and I was almost rear ended by the vehicle behind me. After having it towed and having two mechanics look at it, they determined it to be a throttle body failure. This was replaced. I picked the car up. Less than 1/2 a mile from the shop, I lost power again and the same lights reappeared with the engine light now lit up. I took it back. He ran the code and it was showing possible an vacuum issue. He kept it over night to take a looked at it again. It was determined their was no vacuum issue and now a code for the map sensor was being reported. It was replaced and the mechanic drove it three times at different distances. No issues. I pick the car up. I get almost home (3 miles away). Etc light blinks, engine light on, traction light on. At this point the mechinca believes it to be the PCM which he says is a common issue with Dodge. So at this point he is going to put the old throttle body and map sensor back on and replaced the PCM.
- Kannapolis, NC, USA
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The throttle and engine light lit up on the dash. Car has trouble accelerating and sputters til lift off the gas pedal. Sometimes when starting it will sputter and try to quit. It will also accelerate by itself when my foot is not on the pedal at all.
The first time the throttle control warning light came on, I was mid-turn into oncoming traffic when my vehicle stalled, completely stopping almost causing another vehicle to T-bone me. Car shut off and when I restarted it, it automatically accelerated. Arrived at my destination within a mile and later that day when I turned on my car to go home, the light was off and no issues. A couple days go by, on my way to work again, I am trying to stop for a red light, throttle control warning light comes on and car accelerates instead causing me to run the red light. Throttle control light stays on for the rest of the day but when I go to drive it the next day its off and no issues. Took car in to get oil changed and other unrelated work done and they don't find any issues. About 3 weeks go by, don't drive the car for 5 days, it drives fine the first day and then today (the second day) on my way to work, I went to slow down for a stop light, when I pushed on the gas to accelerate again, throttle control light comes on and I have the gas pedal to the floor but car won't go above 13 mph. Drove this way for about 3 miles, making no stops worried that I wouldn't be able to get it to go at all, until I was somewhere safe that I could park the vehicle. Just went to go turn it on after about 4 hours and light is still on.
I have a 2014 Dodge Avenger rt 3.6 vvt... I purchased it with around 32,000 miles and right around 55000 miles my ac went out im being told its the evaporator and is gonna cost 700 hundred dollars to fix and now at 70,000 miles its starting to makes this tapping noise they say it's probably the lifters or something but it sounds like its low on oil but its not the dealer basically wants money
Lightning bolt comes on traction control light flashes loosing all power 20mph top speed. Dealer has no idea brakes sqeek while backing up and have been replaced twice. Started in September then stopped now it is doing it again. Engine light comes on testing shows leak in gas cap. Replaced now it's coming on again.
I was driving my car and as I came to a light my car started to idle really rough like it was going to stall the rpms went all the way down to almost 200rpm then I put the car in neutral and hit the gas a bit so it wouldn't stall and it revved up to 1000 RPM and then shut off completely and the electronic throttle control light flashed at me. Then I restarted my car and there were no lights on. The car was idleing really rough. I have the 2.4L I-4. its never ran that way before so I continued to drive and about twenty minutes later it did the same exact thing. I am out of my bumper to bumper warranty so a dealer wanted 100 just to take a look at the car I went to autozone to have the computer scanned and he said their were no codes. He told me he didn't know what the issues could be either. This is the 5th time this has happened to me. The other day when I was backing pulling out of my driveway I went to put it in reverse it wouldn't go into reverse then all of a sudden as I was giving it a little bit of gas it slammed into reverse it almost felt like the transmission fell out of the car. And it chirped the tires. Then after I backed out my engine stalled and the etc light came on. ( electronic throttle control)then I attempted to start my car and it drove fine like nothing had happened.
I was trying to reverse after making a U-turn on a business avenue in queens, NY and after turning around, I put the car in reserve to go back a little bit to complete my U-turn, and my car would not reverse, instead moves forward, even though the vehicle was put into reverse position. I turn off the engine and turn it back on, put the car in reverse, and it continues to do the same thing. Someone help me push it back while in neutral and I then put it in drive and it was ok after that. My children was in the car with me and this happened on a busy ave. I am concerned for the safety for everyone. My children are always with me in my car. Please take a closer look at this problem with my car and many others. Thank you.
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- Dunn, NC, USA