Dodge Avenger problems??
I have a 95 Dodge Avenger. It seems that I might
have a furl injection problem. My car shuts off
every so often and fuel has difficulty circulating.
Does anyone know if this is a common problem????
Dodge Avenger
have a furl injection problem. My car shuts off
every so often and fuel has difficulty circulating.
Does anyone know if this is a common problem????
Dodge Avenger
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The 4-speed automatic transaxle is yet another problem product of Chrysler - not Mitsubishi. However, it may not be as bad in this car as it is in the larger LH cars and minivans, where it has an awful reputation.
Has anyone experienced the same problems?
I have a 96 Avenger with 145,000 miles on it, and it's been having slight electrical problems (thank god it's not loaded with any power options). My right blinker intermittently screws up by the front blinking very fast, and the back not at all. It's very hard to predict when it will happen, and when it won't. I'm sure it's just a bad connection somewhere, but still. Also, about a week ago, the light that's supposed to come on when you turn on the defroster stopped turning on, even though the defroster works. Oh yeah, another thing is when at night I turn on the lights, the HVAC controls don't have any lights on, so you can't see anything.
The transmission just died while I was in busy traffic. I do have the extended warranty, I purchased it because of trading in my 1996 Dodge Status when the power steering went out. Foolishly, I bought another Dodge.
It has 47,000 miles. Last week, it was pulling way to the right (which I now find is calling steering drift) and I took it in for alignment. It didn't need alignment. They re balanced the tires (I have this done continuously) which keeps the car on track for awhile. Several times I have had the shimmying problem with the steering wheel.
The tires also wore out quickly, the back ones at 40,000. Put the old front ones on the back and brand new babies on front, and just replaced the worn out pair.
The sun-roof cover has broken two times but repaired under warranty. The DC player broke at around 20,000 miles and was replaced. This last summer they tore the dash apart to find a rattle, related the dash, etc., and it is now making a noise again.
The latest thing, when we had the car into the mechanic (not Chrysler) for the alignment, was that he noticed an oil leak all over the bottom of the car. I then took it to the Dodge dealer on Wednesday. They supposedly looked all over and there was no leak. They put fluorescent dye into the engine fluid and told me to wait two weeks. Because there is a deductible under the extended warranty, I paid the $44.00 for this.
As soon as I left the dealers, I knew the car was no better, it was worse. It has been handling very bad with the ram's racing, etc. I had called and asked about this, and they told me I must have been on ice when this happened.
When I returned to my office, I immediately called and complained. They said no problem with the brakes, nothing at all.
My daughter took the car out that night and came home saying it was driving like oh*t, and now had a knocking noise in the back or front, or both.
I then took it first thing Thursday morning to the dealer. I drove with the radio off and listened to all of the noises. It also would stick when I stepped on the brakes, etc. I tried to pass a car (normally I can pass in about 30 seconds) and this car barely moved. (V6) I couldn't make it by, so I slowed down to get back behind the car. The gears jumped and it just revved, right there on the highway.
I got to the dealer and they all just smiled at me. (I'm a woman) I went for a test drive with the manager, and he tried getting it up to 70, etc., and of course it complied. He told me the only problem was that I needed fuel deicer (NEVER have needed this, and I live in a very cold area). All of the knocks and catchings were caused by this, he said.
I left the dealer and got the car filled up, put the alcohol deicer in. About a half-mile later, in extremely heavy traffic, it clunked and the speed went down to 0. I got it to move a little bit further so I could get onto an exit ramp.
It had to be towed in (I used AAA) but now am wondering if Chrysler should reimburse those towing expenses? When I got to the dealer, the one service advisor said, well, I most likely got bad gas when I filled it up. They said I couldn't have a loaner yet under my service contract because it wasn't proven to need overnight repair.
They gave me a ride back to the office. An hour later they called and said something about a pin breaking in the differential. (Which I did read about today) Now I could have a loaner car. When I came back to the dealer, the manager was giving me a sheepish grin and oh, I guess we were wrong stuff.
Out of curiousity as to what a differential pin was, I entered transmission problems in Yahoo search. I was floored to find a Chrysler Problems Web Page. I then did searches through Dogpile and found lots of problems by other consumers. (This was this afternoon) and ran off everything I could find.
Now I am searching through Google and came upon this site. Sorry for long post! Even though I have the extended warranty for about 28000 miles yet, which is good, I want to know about all of the TSB's I read, for problems on the 1998 Avenger that I have never been notified, or had fixed. What are others doing about making sure everything gets fixed, or possibly getting the cars replaced or refunded?
Also, I think the 4 cyl engine is A LOT better. And maybe they build them better for Canada, which is where I live.
Sorry to hear you have so many problems with your car. But if you ever get rid of it and want something sporty, practical, beautiful and reliable, I would very strongly recomment a 95+ Nissan Maxima SE. My parents have owned one for 3 years, and the only thing that had to be done to it (at 50,000 miles) was a replaced fuel injector, which was completely covered by warranty, even though it's a 95 and rebuilt.
It has trouble starting. When it does start it idles OK but it doesn't have power during accelerations. Our first thought was the fuel filter, but we opened the line out of the filter and got a very good flow, so it didn't look bad. So now we are thinking of the fuel pump might be having so problems.
As a side note during one of our test drives the check engine light came on and I lost acceleration immediately. The manual suggests that this has to do with exhaust gas flow. So this is confusing our ability to trouble-shoot our problem.
Is there someone out there that has had a similar problem or might even know the answer to our dilemma.
Than for reading, please mail me if you have any good advice for me. Please use the subject Dodge Avenger. I don't open any unknown mail.
That isn't Chrysler's fault.That's the tire manufacturer!!!2 brake jobs in that amount of time with your tire and wheel problems??? What are you complaining about???
I am no defender of Chrysler and it's sub- par quality,but buying a car and expecting to not even have to add oil [as Saturn flamers seem to think]or replace the brakes is simply absurd.
The only REAL problem you had was with the 0x sensor, and a little investigation might have turned up a higher quality one than the one Chrysler uses.I think this is more a case of simply piling on, than it is another lousy Chrysler product.
As for eating tires, this should have been a solvable problem. Should this occur again, go to an alignment shop that works on performance cars...find out where the Ferrari dealer gets his wheel alignments, or the local guys who drag-race. A good shop can fix a tire-eating problem!
Unfortunately, there was a very heavy downpour while it was sitting outside at the dealership, and it sat in a puddle that came up to the bottom of the door, but not over. The interior was removed and dried out, and after another week, I had to call and see if the car was complete. They said yes...
When I arrived, the vehilce would not stay running at idle, and was squeeling really loud. The mechanic that drove my car out to my was a moron. He said that was normal for the car. I informed him that he was lying. It turns out that the tensioner had rusted and needed to be replaced. After 4 days, I called, and was told the vehicle was ready again. When I arrived, the tensioner belt was sqeaking. I needed the car for my job, so I started the 2 mile drive home. The tensioner belt broke. I called the dealer, and was towed back. I needed to buy a new belt now. The car also gained the ability to shift in and out of gears without the clutch down.
At this point I told the service manager to get the dealership manager, and buy my car back. I got barely enough to pay what little I had left on my loan.
Bottom line:
The five star dealership that was supposed to be a better service enviroment was the worst service I have ever received anywhere
The parts system that Chrysler has is very poor
The dealership had never called me to let me know that my car was ready to go
I never received a loaner even though it was clearly the dealerships fault
Chrysler has good initial quality, but cannot back it up with proper service
Chrysler will never make a profit until it treats customers like they mean something.
Just my 2 cents