2013 Dodge Avenger Steering Problems

The contact owns a 2013 Dodge Avenger. The contact stated while driving 50-55 MPH, the vehicle stalled and lost power steering functionality. The contact was able to pull to the side of the road by using physical strength. The vehicle was restarted after several attempts. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to start later the same day. The contact was able to restart the vehicle after several attempts. The contact stated that the failure had been recurring. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact related the failure to NHTSA Campaign Number: 13V552000 (Engine); however, the VIN was not included. The dealer and the manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 162,000.

ENGINE COOLING AND ENGINE MALFUNCTION. CAR STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING AND HAD TO GET IT TOWED THIS HAPPENED APPROXIMATELY AROUND NOV. 8 2018 AND THE CAR HAS NOT WORKED SINCE. WHEEL DOES NOT STAY IN ALIGNMENT WHEN I GET IT ALIGNED

WHEN I MAKE A SHARP TURN RIGHT IT IS AS IF THERE IS NO POWER STEERING. IT HAS HAPPENED ONCE BEFORE BUT THE OPPOSITE AND EVENTUALLY STARTED TO WORK,. THIS IS SCARY.

VEHICLE BRAKES AND STEERING FROZE UP WHILE ATTEMPTING TO GO AROUND ANOTHER DRIVER. THIS RESULTED IN A TOTAL LOSS. THIS WAS ON A DRY CITY STREET. THE DRIVER IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WAS TURNING INTO A BUSINESS, ATTEMPTED TO GO AROUND WHEN THE BRAKES AND STEERING JUST STOPPED WORKING. THIS VEHICLE WAS JUST SERVICE A FEW WEEKS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT.

STEERING WHEEL GOT HARD WHILE TURNING ON A STREET INTERSECTION TALMOST HAD ACCIDENTE

I RECEIVED EMAIL FROM NHTSA ID: 16V273 FOR STEERING HOSE ISSUE. I CALL DEALERSHIP SAID NO RECALL ON MY CAR. ALSO I STILL UNABLE TO KNOW IF MY CAR IS IN DANGER FOR TAKATA AIR BAGS NO RESULTS FOR MONTHS ON THAT TOO. WHAT STEPS DO I DO GET ANSWER ON STEERING AND TAKATA IF MY CAR AND I ARE IN JEOPARDY?

PURCHASED VEHICLE 02/2013 SIX MOTHS LATER NOTICED BRAKE LIGHT WOULD COME ON WHEN COMING TO A STOP GOING DOWN A HILL. TOOK IN FOR SERVICE, TOLD "BRAKE SENSOR IS TOO SENSITIVE." ONE YEAR LATER NOTICED WHEN VEHICLE IS IN MOTION BEYOND 50MPH ENGINE WILL HESITATE- FEELS LIKE IT WILL SHUT OFF. SIMILAR SITUATION WHEN IDLING. TWO YEARS LATER STEERING MAKES LOTS OF NOISE. NONE OF THESE CONCERNS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED WHEN BROUGHT TO STAFF'S ATTENTION AT DODGE DEALERSHIP. DODGE REQUESTS I PAY $107+ FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. NOT HAPPY WITH THIS PURCHASE MORE SO BECAUSE I AM MOTHER TO A THREE YEAR OLD AND EXPECTING...I FEEL VERY UNSAFE IN THIS CAR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE AVENGER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, AN UNUSUAL NOISE EMITTED FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RACK AND PINION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000.

VEHICLE VEERED INTO MY LANE NOT ENOUGH TIME TO STOP HIT THE VEHICLE FROM BEHIND. STEERING LOCKED AND DRIVER AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY ONLY PASSENGER SIDE DID. MY CAR WAS A TOTAL LOST. *TR

I WAS DRIVING FROM ARKANSAS TO TEXAS AND WAS APPROXIMATELY TEN MILES FROM MY DESTINATION WHEN THE CAR PULLED TO THE RIGHT ON A NARROW TWO LANE HIGHWAY HITTING THE APPROXIMATELY ONE FOOT TALL CONCRETE BRIDE SIDE. IT WAS MISTING RAIN AND THE CAR KEPT PULLING RIGHT AND THEN STARTED TO GO INTO A SKID. I TRIED TO STEER TO STOP SKIDDING AND SPUN AROUND INTO THE DITCH AND ROLLED. ONLY THE PASSENGER SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAGS AND THE PASSENGER SEAT AIRBAG DEPLOYED. NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED ON THE DRIVER SIDE OR FROM THE DASH OR STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE FRONT, SIDES AND TOP. THERE HAD BEEN PRIOR WARRANTY REPAIR TO THE DRIVER SEAT AIRBAG BY ORR DODGE OF SEARCY BECAUSE THE AIRBAG SYSTEM MALFUNCTION WARNING LIGHT HAD COME ON IN THE VEHICLE. *TR

THE POWER STEERING HAS GONE OUT IN MY 2013 DODGER AVENGER, AFTER HAVING THE PUMP REPLACED, THE PROBLEM WAS STILL NOT FIXED. THEN THE HEAT STOPS WORKING, COST O FIX THAT (SUPPOSEDLY THE HEATER CORE) AND THE POWER STEERING (RACK AND PINION ACCORDING TO THE LOCAL DODGER DEALERSHIP) IS APPROX $2000. A QUICK SEARCH IN THE INTER SHOWS THESE ARE COMMON PROBLEMS IN THIS YEAR AVENGER. IT IS THE WAY THE ENGINE WAS PRODUCED THAT YEAR. WHEN IS THERE GOING TO BE A SAFETY RECALL FOR THESE ENGINES THAT LOSE POWER STEERING, LIKE MINE DID, LESS THAN 6 MONTHS AFTER BOUGHT THIS CAR.

CAR BEGAN MAKING CREAKING NOISES. TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE INNER TIE RODS WERE BAD AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THIS WAS THE THIRD CAR OF SIMILAR MAKE AND MODEL THAT DAY WITH THE SAME ISSUE. CAR UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY SO THEY WILL FIX IT ONCE I PAY THE DEDUCTIBLE. *TR

2013 DODGE AVENGER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE AND RECALL NOTICES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE ESC LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONSUMER ALSO BELIEVED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 DODGE AVENGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE REAR OF VEHICLE VEERED TO THE LEFT. THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED AN ALIGNMENT PERFORMED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,000. UPDATED 5/27/14*CN UPDATED 05/30/2014 *JS

FROM DATE OF PURCHASE BRAND NEW OFF THE LOT 2013 DODGE AVENGER 3.6L BLACKTOP EDITION. WITHIN A FEW DAYS I STARTED NOTICING THE CAR WOULD PULL TO THE RIGHT. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE ALIGNMENT LOOKED AT AND FIXED AND THEY SAID THEY RE ALIGNED EVERYTHING AND SHOULD BE FINE. AFTER A WEEK I NOTICED IT STARTED TO PULL TO THE RIGHT AGAIN. AT THAT POINT I TOOK IT INTO A DIFFERENT SHOP WHERE THEY ACTUALLY TOLD ME THAT THEY CAN'T RE ALIGN THE CAR BASED ON THE FACT THAT HOW THE CARS SUSPENSION WAS MANUFACTURED AND DESIGN IS FAULTY TO WHERE THE ALIGNMENT WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO BE CORRECTED AND THERE'S NOTHING THEY CAN DO. I AM MILITARY AND HAVE MOVED 2 TIMES SINCE THE PURCHASE AND HAVE TAKIN THE CAR TO SEVERAL SHOPS AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THE SAME. THAT THE ALIGNMENT IS AS BEST AS IT CAN GET AND WILL ALWAYS PULL TO THE RIGHT BASED ON THE DESIGN AND HOW IT CAME FROM THE FACTORY. I'VE HAD THE CAR FOR 3 YRS NOW AND HAVE HAD TO BUY BRAND NEW TIRES EVERY YEAR WHILE ROTATING AND BALANCING MY TIRES EVERY 3 MONTHS. THIS IS A SERIOUS DEFECT AND DODGE WILL NOT TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE FAULT AND HAS NOT PROVIDED ANY HELP IN COMING UP WITH A SOLUTION TO FIX THE SUSPENSIONS ALIGNMENT ALWAYS BEING OFF.

WHILE DRIVING AT A LOW SPEED I PUT MY FOOT ON THE GAS TO SPEED UP AND IT WAS AS THOUGH MY CAR WAS NOT RUNNING AT ALL. NOTHING HAPPENED. I COASTED TO THE END OF THE ROAD AND AT THE STOP SIGN I HIT THE GAS ONLY TO GET CHUGGING, SPITTING AND SPUTTERING SOUNDS AS THE CAR TRIED TO GO. I WAS ABLE TO GO A APPROX 1/4 OF A MILE AND PULLED INTO A PARKING AREA, SHUT THE CAR OFF AND WAITED A FEW MINUTES. THE CAR SEEMED FINE ALTHOUGH A FEW MILES DOWN THE ROAD WHEN I WENT TO PASS A VEHICLE THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO POWER AND THE CAR SMELLED AS THOUGH SOMETHING WAS BURNING. I HAD JUST FUELED THE CAR UP BEFORE THE INCIDENT. A WEEK LATER, I FILLED MY CAR UP AND ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T STALL I HAD THE SAME SITUATION WITH PUTTING MY FOOT ON THE GAS TO PASS A VEHICLE AND NOT GETTING ANY POWER. I HAD THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR AND IT WAS ALMOST LIKE THE CAR WAS BOGGED DOWN IN THE MUD. VERY ALARMING FOR A NEW CAR. ALSO WHEN PASSING A VEHICLE AND GIVING IT THE GAS NOT ONLY DOES THE FRONT END OF THIS CAR LIFT UP IT IS ALMOST AS THOUGH IT FISHTAILS LIKE ON ICE IN THE FRONT END. VERY SCARY AND HARD TO CONTROL THE STEERING WHILE PASSING. *TR

NOTICED AN ISSUE WITH THE STEERING WHEN QUICKLY PICKING UP SPEED TO PASS A VEHICLE. THE STEERING PULLS FAST TO THE RIGHT AND FEELS AS THOUGH THE FRONT END IS FISH TAILING. TOOK THE VEHICLE IN TO HAVE IT CHECKED AND WAS TOLD THIS WAS NORMAL. IT IS CALLED TORQUE STEER AND THAT ALL NEW VEHICLES DO THIS. TRYING TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE IS EXTREMELY HARD. MINE WAS CHECKED, I WAS TOLD IT WAS BAD AND THEY DID ADJUSTMENTS AND AN ALIGNMENT AS WELL AS PUT THE BEST 2 TIRES ON THE FRONT. WITHIN 2 WEEKS MY CAR IS DOING THIS REALLY BAD AGAIN. MY STEERING FEELS LOOSE AND THE CAR IS HARD TO HANDLE AT MOST SPEEDS ABOVE 45 I FEEL AS THOUGH I AM DRIVING ON ICE AT ALL TIMES. WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS NORMAL IS BEYOND ME BUT IT SEEMS TO BE VERY DANGEROUS WHEN YOU CAN NOT CONTROL THE STEERING IN YOUR VEHICLE. *TR

CAR WAS PURCHASED AT THE END OF OCTOBER WITH 17 MILES ON IT. VERY SHORTLY AFTER, THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE DEALERSHIP TURNED THE LIGHT OFF AND IT CAME BACK ON A DAY OR SO LATER. THEY TURNED IT OFF AND SUPPOSEDLY CHECKED THE CAR. A WHILE AFTER NOISES STARTED TO BECOME MORE PREVALENT. THE MAIN NOISE IS COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN AREA. IT HAPPENS WHEN THERE ARE SHARP TURNS, BACKING AND TURNING, AND IF ITS COLD. THE NOISE IS HARD TO DESCRIBE. IT SOUNDS LIKE A THUMP/CLICKING TYPE OF NOISE. VERY ANNOYING AND SOMEWHAT ALARMING SINCE THE DEALERSHIP HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIX IT IN SEVERAL MONTHS...ANOTHER NOISE IS COMING FROM A LITTLE TO THE LEFT OF STEERING COLUMN. THIS IS MORE OF A FAINT NOISE. SOUNDS LIKE SMALL CLICKING. ONE OTHER NOISE CAME FROM THE CENTER OF THE FRONT OF THE CAR. IT SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING JUST DROPPED. LIKE SOMETHING JUST FELL DOWN. IT WAS VERY SCARY ACTUALLY. THE DEALERSHIP HAS WORKED FOR MONTHS TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR AND HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL. THIS WAS MY FIRST PURCHASE EVER AND I AM VERY UNHAPPY. I HAVE BEEN TOLD IT IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE BUT I AM NOT CONVINCED. I THINK IT IS AN ISSUE THAT HASN'T BEEN BROUGHT UP VERY MUCH YET. THE CARS ARE BRAND NEW AND PEOPLE ARE STILL BREAKING THEM IN AND SUCH. I DO NOT FEEL AS SAFE AS I HAD IN THIS CAR. I WILL NEVER PURCHASE DODGE AGAIN. *TR

THE CAR FEELS LIKE IT JUMPS A BIT WHEN GOING FROM ACCELERATING TO SLOWING TO STOPPING. FEELS LIKE A VIBRATION SLOWING DOWN. ALSO THERE HAD BEEN NOISES COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN AREA. AND YOU COULD HEAR LIKE A CLICKING NOISE. THERE WAS ANOTHER DIFFERENT NOISE FROM THAT AREA AS WELL. THE NOISES ARE HARD TO DESCRIBE. IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP AND THEY ARE BASICALLY NOT FINDING ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. THE CLICKING/SOUNDS ARE NOT NORMAL AND THAT VIBRATION IS NOT NORMAL REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEY SAY. THE CAR DOES NOT RUN AS SMOOTH AS A BRAND NEW CAR SHOULD RUN. WILL NOT PURCHASE A DODGE AGAIN. *TR