There are 17 owner-reported powertrain & transmission complaints for the 2010 Dodge Avengerin NHTSA's database. These are unverified consumer reports and may not reflect confirmed defects.
The transmission began slipping on Saturday, July 23, 2022 with 120,000 miles on the odometer. The car was driving normally then suddenly went into neutral causing it to slow down and back up traffic until I manually changed to a lower gear. The car was also doing this change to neutral on its own while I was trying to park the car and then when I went back to my car to pull out of the parking space, it took several attempts to engage the gears to move. I limped home with the car and got it parked in my driveway. The transmission fluid reading was normal. The car started doing this shift change to neutral without warning.
The contact owns a 2010 Dodge Avenger. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle lost motive power and stalled without warning. The contact stated that on several occasions the vehicle would not immediately restart. The vehicle was taken to the local mechanic who diagnosed that the PCM was faulty and needed to be replaced. The PCM was replaced with an aftermarket part however, the failure persisted. The local dealer was contact and informed that the manufacturer PCM part had been discontinued and was no longer available for purchase. The manufacturer was not yet contacted. The failure mileage was 142,086.
I was reversing out of a parking spot and when I tried to go forward, the car kept wanting to go in reverse. The shifter then became stuck in park and would not move to another gear. I was in the middle of the road now blocking traffic. The dashboard still showed I was in reverse even though the shift lever was stuck in park. I was forced to keep reversing until I found a safe spot to park. Later I looked up this problem on YouTube and found many videos posted with my same problem with the stuck gear shift. I would definitely say this is a manufacturing defect that needs to be recalled on all versions of the Dodge Avenger car.
The contact owns a 2010 Dodge Avenger. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle would not properly accelerate while depressing the accelerator pedal. Also, while operating the vehicle a knocking noise was present coming from the engine when the air conditioning unit was turned on. The cause of the failure was not determined. The local dealer and manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 150,000.
THE VEHICLE ON THREE SEPARATE TURN AROUNDS DID THE SAME THING AFTER 3 PLUS HRS OF DRIVING STOPPING SHIFTING INTO REVERSE THEN DRIVE. NEAR THE END OF THE RURAL/LOCAL 4 STRAIGHT HRS TRANSMISSION APPEARED TO NOT SHIFT OUT OF FIRST GEAR. EACH TIME THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP WHILE APPLYING BRAKES. THE CAR WAS THEN SHIFTED INTO R(REVERSE) AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS RELEASED AND GAS PEDAL APPLIED APPROXIMATELY. AFTER REACHING THE REVERSED TURNING DESTINATION THE BRAKE WAS REAPPLIED AND CAR CAME TO A STOP. CAR WAS SHIFTED INTO D (DRIVE) FROM R (REVERSE) AND ALL THREE TIMES THE CAR ACCELERATED TO 30 -34 MPH RPMS STAYING AT 3 AND THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DID NOT DID NOT GO INTO NORMAL 2ND YEAR MODE. ALL THREE TIMES THE CAR WAS COMPLETELY STOPPED. THE GEARSHIFT PUT INTO P(PARK FOR 5SEC.) THEN GEAR SHIFT PUT INTO D. THE CAR RAN FIN AGAIN UNTIL TIME TO TURN AROUND. ON THE 3RD ATTEMPT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND IMMEDIATELY THE CAR WAS DRIVEN HOME UNDER 40 MPH 4RPMS. AFTER THE VEHICLE HAS SET FOR 2 PLUS HRS THE FLUIDS WERE CHECKED AND NONE APPEARS LOW THE CAR ALSO DROVE AS NORMAL AS IT HAD AT THE BEGINNING OF THE LAST TRIP. THE CAR WAS ONLY DRIVEN FOR 5-10MINUTESVAND ALL GEARS SEAM TO WORK FINE FLUIDS ARE NORMAL AND THE CHECK ENGINE SYMBOL IS STILL LIT. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE AVENGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN ATTEMPTED TO SWITCH FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE, THE VEHICLE INSTEAD SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 214,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE AVENGER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO A TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 108,272.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE AVENGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR SHIFTER CABLE BECAME LOOSE. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT GEARS AND THE VEHICLE BECAME STUCK IN TRAFFIC. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE WHILE IN TRAFFIC AND RECONNECTED THE CABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FIVE STAR CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM OF MACON (3068 RIVERSIDE DR, MACON, GA 31210, (478) 345-8899), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR GOES OUT CAR SHUTS OFF DURING DRIVING IN TRAFFIC OR AT LIGHT WITHOUT WARNING VERY DANGEROUS, NOTICED OTHER PEOPLE WITH DODGE JOURNEY HAD SAME ISSUE PLEASE HELP. HAPPENED USUALLY WHEN IN MOTION
VEHICLE IS STUCK IN PARK ON THE GEAR SHIFT USED TROUBLESHOOTING WITH THE PINK THING IN THE CONSOLE TO SHIFT GEARS HOWEVER THE DASHBOARD IS REPORTING THAT THE CAR IS IN NEUTRAL THE CAR WILL NOT DRIVE ANYWHERE FROM RESEARCH WE HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING DODGE PROBLEM NOT NECESSARILY WITH THE 2010 BUT WITH ALL THE OTHER DODGES. STUCK ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD NOT ABLE TO GO ANYWHERE AS CAR IS STUCK IN PARK AND SHOWING NEUTRAL WE WERE ABLE TO SHIFT THE CAR FROM PARK TO OTHER GEARS STILL REPORTED IN NEUTRAL
WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 35 MILES PER HOUR, I LOST SPEED DOWN TO ABOUT 15 MILES PER HOUR. I HAD TO STOP, TURN OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTART. THE ISSUE DID NOT REOCCUR, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW MORE TIMES WHEN THE ACCELERATION HAS DECREASED AND THEN JUST STARTED AGAIN AND I TOOK OFF FASTER THAN I WANTED TO GO.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE AVENGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE ETC WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT ACCELERATE OVER 15 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,000.
CAR WOULD START AND RUN FOR A BOUT 3SEC THE ETC LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON. SOMETIMES IT WOULD START RIGHT BACK UP OTHER TIMES IT TOOK MULTIPLE STARTS TO STAY RUNNING...SOMETIMES IT DIDN'T DO IT AT ALL AND WOULD RUN AND START FINE FOR WEEKS. TOOK THE CAR TO AN INDEPENDENT SHOP. THEY COULDN'T GET ANY CODES OFF THE CAR AND COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. CAR WAS REPAIRED WITH NEW SPARK PLUGS, NEW AIR FILTER, AND A THROTTLE BODY CLEANING. PROBLEM PERSISTED THE SAME DAY IT WAS "FIXED". DROVE THE CAR FOR A ABOUT 2-3WEEKS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM INTERMITTENTLY THEN WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 40MPH THE CAR LOST RPMS ALTHOUGH THE PEDDLE WAS BEING PRESSED AND CAR EVENTUALLY STALLED AND SHUT OFF LEAVING THE ABS AND POWER STEERING INOP SO THE CAR WAS DIFFICULT TO TURN AND STOP AND ALMOST RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. THE CAR WAS MOVED TO A PARKING LOT AND LEFT OFF FOR ABOUT 10MINS. TRIED STARTING IT BUT IT WOULD START AND STALL AND IDLE ROUGH BEFORE IT STALLED OUT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WITH THE ETC LIGHT CAME WERE ON. TOOK ABOUT 10MINS AND ABOUT 7 TRIES TO GET THE CAR RUNNING AND THE CAR WAS DROPPED OFF AT A REPAIR SHOP. LOOKS LIKE A COMMON PROBLEM WITHIN THE THROTTLE BODY WITH THE THROTTLE POSITIONS SENSOR WITH 2008-2010 MODEL. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED!!! *TR
THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR WOULD NOT GO OVER 15 MILES PER HOUR. I PULLED OVER, TURNED THE CAR OFF AND IT RESTARTED. THE LIGHT EVENTUALLY WENT OFF AND KEPT COMING BACK ON WITH THE CAR NOT BEING ABLE TO ACCELERATE OVER 15 MPH. I TOOK IT TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP TODAY AND THEY STATED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE COST OF THE PART ALONE IS $257.00 WHICH IS ON BACK ORDER. THERE ARE OVER 1200 ON BACK ORDER AT THIS TIME. THEY ALSO CHECKED TO SEE IF THIS PART WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE 100,000 MILE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY WHICH IT IS NOT. THIS IS PART OF THE POWERTRAIN AND SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE WARRANTY THROUGH DODGE. THERE SHOULD ALSO BE A RECALL ON THIS PART. EVIDENTLY THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM SINCE THERE ARE 1200 ON BACK ORDER. *TR
AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR 30-45 A CLUNKING NOISE BEGINS IN THE LEFT FRONT, WHICH GETS LOUDER THE LONGER THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN DURING ONE DRIVING PERIOD. AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE LONG ENOUGH FOR IT TO COOL DOWN, THE PROBLEMS STARTS AGAIN. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC WHO SAID WAS COMMON PROBLEM BUT NEED TO TAKE TO DEALER FOR CORRECT DIAGNOSIS - AFTER 3 DAYS THE DEALER DETERMINE RACK & PINION NEEDED REPLACED. I BOUGHT THIS CAR NEW & DRIVE 90-95% OF THE TIME ON THE HIGHWAY. ALSO, WHEN BRAKING THE CAR SHIMMIES AND SHIFTS. THEY STATE THIS IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY. MY PREVIOUS VEHICLE WAS A 2008 DODGE WITH 110,000 MILES ON IT AT TRADE-IN, I DROVE MORE IN-TOWN DRIVING WITH IT & IT NEVER NEEDED ANY KIND OF REPAIR. *TR
WHEN RAINING, THE VEHICLE 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 TRANSMISSION/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 WARRANTY, 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. *TR
DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED BRIEFLY AND WHEN THE GAS PEDAL WAS PUSHED DID NOT ACCELERATE. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE LACK OF ACCELERATION THE ELECTRICAL INDICATOR LIGHT APPEARED. THE CAR WAS DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY ONE (1) MILE AND PARKED AT NO TIME DID THE VEHICLE ACCELERATE TO A SPEED HIGHER THAN 15 MPH AND THE INDICATOR LIGHT CONTINUED TO BE PRESENT. ONCE THE CAR WAS PARKED A CALL WAS MADE TO A LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIP AND AN APPOINTMENT MADE TO IMMEDIATELY TAKE THE VEHICLE IN FOR A DIAGNOSIS. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES TO THE DEALERSHIP AT NO TIME DID THE ELECTRICAL INDICATOR LIGHT APPEAR AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON EXAMINATION OF THE VEHICLE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ISSUE WAS WITH THE THROTTLE BODY WHICH WAS REPAIRED. THIS WAS THE SECOND INCIDENT IN WHICH THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED APPROXIMATELY SIX (6) MONTHS EARLIER THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE... WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND REFUSED TO ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND UPON EXAMINATION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE NOTE THAT BOTH TIMES THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE SAME DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR. *TR
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