2012 DODGE AVENGER Visibility/wiper Problems

Window Defrost and Passenger Heat /Air. While either in motion or while driving, no heated air exits the passenger side of the windshield defroster, nor the passenger window defrost, lower and center console vents. Heated air only exits the driver's side windshield and driver's side dash vents. Problem persists through all cabin air modes, and circulations. This safety issue effects visibility and passenger safety by failing to defrost/defog windows and keeping cabin tempuratures near or below freezing during cold weather (blowing cold air into the cabin).

Window Defrost and Passenger Side Heat/Air. Either while in motion or while driving, no heated air exits the passenger side of the windshield defroster, nor the passenger window defrost, lower and center console vents. Heated air only exits the driver's side windshield and driver's side dash vents. This results in the passenger side of the front windshield being fogged up and low visibility. Problem persists through all cabin air modes and circulations. This safety issue effects visibility and passenger safety by failing to defrost/defog windows and keeping cabin tempuratures near or below freezing during cold weather (blowing cold air into the cabin). I've looked online and there are many reports of this problem, including Dealer Star Case - S1207000008, and multiple dialogs on various forums (like https://www.avengerforumz.com/threads/passenger-side-no-heat-from-vents.60250/). There's a picture showing the sludge within the heater core - I'll copy and include that picture below. This is completely a manufacturing defect, and it affects the safety and drivability of the vehicle. Please feel free to contact me, if you need additional information. Thank you.

Window Defrost and Passenger Heat /Air. While either in motion or while driving, no heated air exits the passenger side of the windshield defroster, nor the passenger window defrost, lower and center console vents. Heated air only exits the driver's side windshield and driver's side dash vents. Problem persists through all cabin air modes, and circulations. This safety issue effects visibility and passenger safety by failing to defrost/defog windows and keeping cabin tempuratures near or below freezing during cold weather (blowing cold air into the cabin).

Window Defrost and Passenger Heat /Air. While either in motion or while driving, no heated air exits the passenger side of the windshield defroster, nor the passenger window defrost, lower and center console vents. Heated air only exits the driver's side windshield and driver's side dash vents. Problem persists through all cabin air modes, and circulations. This safety issue effects visibility and passenger safety by failing to defrost/defog windows and keeping cabin tempuratures near or below freezing during cold weather (blowing cold air into the cabin)."

It seems to be a common issue that I'm experiencing as well. When I turn the heat on it only blows hot on the driver side. So depending on the weather conditions, it may completely fog up the passenger side of my window. Making it dangerous for driving when you're trying to defrost a window with cold air.

My wipers stop in the middle of the windshield when it’s pouring outside. Now my horn won’t turn off! I was told that it’s the TIPM and it’s a known issue with my car.

"WINDOW DEFROST AND PASSENGER HEAT /AIR. WHILE EITHER IN MOTION OR WHILE DRIVING, NO HEATED AIR EXITS THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER, NOR THE PASSENGER WINDOW DEFROST, LOWER AND CENTER CONSOLE VENTS. HEATED AIR ONLY EXITS THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDSHIELD AND DRIVER'S SIDE DASH VENTS. PROBLEM PERSISTS THROUGH ALL CABIN AIR MODES, AND CIRCULATIONS. THIS SAFETY ISSUE EFFECTS VISIBILITY AND PASSENGER SAFETY BY FAILING TO DEFROST/DEFOG WINDOWS AND KEEPING CABIN TEMPURATURES NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING DURING COLD WEATHER (BLOWING COLD AIR INTO THE CABIN)."

Mileage: 108,442

WINDOW DEFROST AND PASSENGER HEAT /AIR. WHILE EITHER IN MOTION OR WHILE DRIVING, NO HEATED AIR EXITS THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER, NOR THE PASSENGER WINDOW DEFROST, LOWER AND CENTER CONSOLE VENTS. HEATED AIR ONLY EXITS THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDSHIELD AND DRIVER'S SIDE DASH VENTS. PROBLEM PERSISTS THROUGH ALL CABIN AIR MODES, AND CIRCULATIONS. THIS SAFETY ISSUE EFFECTS VISIBILITY AND PASSENGER SAFETY BY FAILING TO DEFROST/DEFOG WINDOWS AND KEEPING CABIN TEMPURATURES NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING DURING COLD WEATHER (BLOWING COLD AIR INTO THE CABIN).

Mileage: 70,000

NO HEAT ON PASSENGER SIDE. AFFECTS DEFROSTING AND CREATES A SAFETY ISSUE.

Mileage: 43,000

HAD CAR WORKED ON ONCE AT DEALER FOR SAME ISSUE IN 2013. HOT AIR ON DRIVERS SIDE COLD AIR ON PASSENGER. WINDOW DEFROST AND PASSENGER HEAT /AIR. WHILE EITHER IN MOTION OR WHILE DRIVING, NO HEATED AIR EXITS THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER, NOR THE PASSENGER WINDOW DEFROST, LOWER AND CENTER CONSOLE VENTS. HEATED AIR ONLY EXITS THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDSHIELD AND DRIVER'S SIDE DASH VENTS. PROBLEM PERSISTS THROUGH ALL CABIN AIR MODES, AND CIRCULATIONS. THIS SAFETY ISSUE EFFECTS VISIBILITY AND PASSENGER SAFETY BY FAILING TO DEFROST/DEFOG WINDOWS AND KEEPING CABIN TEMPURATURES NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING DURING COLD WEATHER (BLOWING COLD AIR INTO THE CABIN). THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM SINCE WE BOUGHT THE CAR NEW.

DRIVER SIDE VENT BLOWS HOT AIR WHEN HEAT IS ON, BUT CENTER AND PASSENGER SIDE BLOW COLD AIR. THIS CAUSES FOGGING OF THE WINDSHIELD, WHICH MEANS I CAN'T SEE OUT THE WINDOW. I'VE READ THIS IS COMMON WITH THE 2013-2013 AVENGER.

Mileage: 125,000

DRIVERS SIDE HEATER WORKS OKAY BUT THE PASSENGERS SIDE IS VERY COLD... I LIVE IN A COLD CLIMATE AREA AND THE WINDOWS ARE ALWAYS FROZEN 😩 IT'S SO HARD TO KEEP THE CAR WHEN THIS DOESN'T WORK IT'S VERY UNSAFE

Mileage: 98,000

HEAT AND DEFROST FOR WINDSHIELD DOES NOT WORK ON PASSENGER SIDE. EVEN IF I SCRAPE THAT SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD IT STILL FROST OVER AS I DRIVE CAUSING VISIBILITY TO BE DIFFICULT ON THAT SIDE. I'VE READ A LOT OF REVIEWS AND THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE ON THE V6 VERSIONS. THIS IS A MANUFACTURE ISSUE A LONG WITH BEING A SAFETY CONCERN. BEING ABLE TO SAFELY SEE IS NOT ACCESSORY IT IS ESSENTIAL. SO MANY COMPLAINTS WITH THIS EXACT ISSUE ONLY LEADS BACK TO THE MANUFACTURE. HAS NOTING TO DO WITH VEHICLE MAINTENANCE. THIS COMPANY NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE!

Mileage: 65,000

DEFROSTERS DOESN'T WORK BECAUSE HEAT ON PASSENGER SIDE DOESN'T WORK. I'VE HAD THE ACTUATOR REPLACED AND WAS TOLD IT WAS MY THERMOSTAT, AFTER I'VE GOTTEN THAT REPLACED I WAS TOLD IT WAS MY HEATER CORE! I CAN'T DRIVE MY CAR DURING RAINY DAYS BECAUSE DEFROSTERS DOESN'T WORK DUE TO NO HOT AIR.

WITH HEAT ON COLD AIR BLOWS ON PASSENGER SIDE NOT KEEPING THE WIDOW FROM FOGGING OVER

THE HEAT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WENT OUT WHILE THE DRIVERS SIDE STILL HAD HEAT. WE WERE DRIVING IN SNOW AND ICE AND HAD VERY LIMITED VISIBILITY OUT OF THE WINDSHIELD OF THE PASSENGER SIDE AS WELL AS THE SIDE WINDOWS WHEN CHECKING FOR TRAFFIC WHILE DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE IN DODGE AVENGERS. THE ACTUATOR WAS CHANGED WHICH DID NOT HELP. THE DRIVERS SIDE HEAT IS NOW VERY REDUCED WHICH IS CAUSING MORE VISIBILITY ISSUES IN DRIVING IN SNOW AND RAIN

Mileage: 230,000

THE PASSENGERS SIDE OF MY HEATER INCLUDING DEFROSTERS'S BLOWS COLD AIR. THE CAR ONLY HAS 50,500 MILES. THIS CAUSES THE PASSENGERS SIDE TO NOT PROPERLY DEFROST AND FOR ANY PASSENGER IN THE CAR TO BE COLD AS COLD AIR IS BLOWING AT THEIR FEET OR FACE DEPENDING ON WHERE THE CONTROL IS SET. THIS IS A CONTINUED ISSUE UNTIL I FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.

Mileage: 50,500

CONTINUOUSLY NO HEAT FROM ANY OF PASSENGER VENTS, INCLUDING THE REAR VENT BELOW THE PASSENGER SEAT FOR PASSENGERS IN BACK SEAT & A STRONG SMELL OF ANTI-FREEZE WHEN THE HEAT IS TURNED ON TO THE POINT OF NAUSEA, X2 WINTERS NOW, EST. 62,000 MILES, MAY HAVE BEEN THAT WAY AT 50,000 MILES WHEN I BOUGHT IT, BUT DIDN'T NEED HEAT THAT TIME OF THE YEAR OF EARLY SPRING.

Mileage: 62,000

PASSENGER SIDE HAS ONLY COLD AIR BLOWING OUT OF THE DEFROSTER. DRIVER'S SIDE IS HOT AND WORKING PROPERLY. THIS CONDITION APPLIES WHEN THE VEHICLE IS FULLY WARMED UP, DRIVING, ACCELERATING OR STATIONARY

Mileage: 170,000

THE VEHICLE BLOWS HOT AIR ON THE DRIVERS SIDE, BUT COLD AIR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. SINCE IT IS BLOWING ONLY COLD AIR ON ONE HALF OF THE WINDSHIELD THE WINDOWS ICE UP, FREEZE UP AND FOG UP. THIS IS A DRIVING HAZARD, SINCE THIS IMPAIRS VISIBILTY.

Mileage: 90,000

THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER PUTS OUT COLD AIR EVEN AFTER THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN WARMED UP AND DRIVEN FOR A WHILE. THIS OFTEN MAKES MY CAR DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS TO DRIVE BECAUSE THE WINDSHIELD WILL NOT DEFROST OR DEFOG IN A TIMELY MANNER OR AT ALL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE AVENGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEATING SYSTEM WAS NOT WORKING AND AFFECTED HER ABILITY TO DEFROST THE WINDOWS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE HEATER CORE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,000.

Mileage: 86,000

NO HEAT TO DEFROST PASSENGER SIDE WINDSHIELD MAKING DIFFICULT TO SEE ANYTHING COMING FROM THE RIGHT

Mileage: 92,000

PASSENGER SIDE VENTS ONLY BLOW COLD AIR. AFTER DRIVING FOR OVER AN HOUR, THE DRIVERS SIDE VENT WILL BE BLOWING WARM AIR WHILE THE PASSENGER SIDE IS STILL BLOWING COLD AIR. UNABLE TO DEFROST WINDSHIELD AND WINDOWS CAUSING VISIBILITY ISSUES.

Mileage: 71,500

HEAT ONLY WORKS ON DRIVERS SIDE PART OF THE TIME. HAVE FOUND OUT THIS IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT WITH THE HEATER CORE. WITH NO HEAT ON PASSENGER SIDE I CAN NOT DRIVE MY CAR IN THE WINTER. I CAN NOT DEFROST MY WINDSHIELD DUE TO NO HEAT AND IF I AM DRIVING IN SNOW OR FREEZING WET TEMPERATURES MY WINDSHIELD W FREEZES UP. THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM I HAVE HAD SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR IN 2018. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP I BOUGHT IT FROM AND FOUND OUT IT WAS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. FILED A COMPLAINT WITH DODGE AND WAS TOLD I WOULD HAVE TO BRING THE CAR IN FOR DIAGNOSTIC WHICH WOULD BE CHARGED TO SEE WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT. HAVE READ THAT MANY AVENGER OWNERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH NO REAL FIX BY DODGE. IT IS A HEATER CORE DEFECT. WHICH IS OVER A $1,000 FIX THAT I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR DUE TO IT BEING A DEFECT FROM THE MANUFACTURER.

Mileage: 85,000

PASSENGER SIDE HEATER/DEFROSTER INOPERATIVE (BLOWS COLD AIR) CAUSING POOR VISIBILTY IN INCLEMENT AND COLD WEATHER. BEGAN SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE IN SEPT 2017 AND HAS CONTINUED SINCE

Mileage: 140,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE AVENGER. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE DEFROST WAS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY FOR THE CENTER AND PASSENGER VENTS. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MADDOX MOTOR COMPANY (LOCATED AT 564 GLOVER RD, SIDNEY, NE 69162, (308) 254-5577) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE HEATER CORE NEEDED TO BE FLUSHED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; BUT CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000.

Mileage: 68,000

KNOCKING COMING FROM PASSENGER SIDE EVERY 20 MINUTES. HEATER NOT WORKING BLOWS OUT COLD AIR AND NOW THERE IS KNOCKING COMING FROM DRIVER SIDE AS WELL DEFROSTER DON'T WORK ON PASSENGER SIDE MAKES HARD TO SEE DURING RAINING AND FOGGY WEATHER

Mileage: 100,000

VEHICLE WAS SERVICED FOR AIRBAG RECALLS HOWEVER THE LIGHT STAYS ON CONSTANTLY. NOT LONG AFTER BUYING THE VEHICLE, I WOULD PUT USE THE TURN SIGNAL AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD COME ON, THEY STILL DO FROM TIME TO TIME. I TOOK IT IN FOR SERVICE AT THE DEALER AND THEY COULD NOT FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM. ALSO, FROM TIME TO TIME, THE AIR CONDITIONER BUTTON WILL NOT WORK. THE ONLY WAY TO GET IT TO WORK IS TO RAPIDLY TURN THE KNOB FROM SIDE TO SIDE. IT HAS SOMETIMES TAKEN UP TO 5 MINUTES TO GET IT TO WORK.

AIR BAG LIGHT WAS COMING ON AND OFF FOR DRIVERS HEAD REST AIR BAG WAS TAKEN IN FOR THAT RECALL NOW SAME PROBLEM IS HAPPENING AGAIN ALSO HAVE THAT AWESOME DODGE DEFECT WERE THE HEATER BLOWS HOT ON DRIVERS SIDE AND ICE ICE COLD ON PASSENGER SIDE THESE ARE PRETTY MAJOR DEFECTS WITCH DODGE HAS KNOWN ABOUT AND SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE

Mileage: 35,000

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.

Mileage: 75,000

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.

Mileage: 54,700

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.

Mileage: 115,000

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.

Mileage: 117,500

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

Mileage: 107,000

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.

Mileage: 57,800

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.

Mileage: 80,000

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.

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.

Mileage: 50,000

HEAT DOESN'T WORK ON PASSENGER SIDE.

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.

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

Mileage: 75,150

THERE IS NO HEAT ON PASSENGER SIDE, INCLUDING DEFROST. I LIVE IN A COLD CLIMATE AND NOT HAVING DEFROST TO CLEAR MY WINDSHIELD IS HAZARDOUS. I WAS QUOTED OVER 1200$ TO FIX THIS AND TOLD IT IS A REGULAR ISSUE WITH THIS CAR. THE HEAT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE HAS SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASED SINCE THE LACK OF HEAT ON PASSENGER SIDE.PROGRESSIVELY WORSENING PROBLEM

WHEN USING HEAT/DEFROST COLD AIR BLOWS FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE VENTS. THIS CAUSES PASSENGER SIDE OF WINDSHIELD TO FOG OVER WHEN ITS COLD OUTSIDE. ALSO, THE COLD AIR BEING BLOWN FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE VENTS WILL NOT MELT/DEFROST ICE AND SNOW ON PASSENGER SIDE IF WINDOWS. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL CAR, BUT DIDGE WILL NOT STAND BEHIND THE ISSUE AFTER WARRANTY IS EXPIRED.

THERE IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT WITH THE HEATING SYSTEM THAT AIDS IN KEEPING WINDOWS DEFROSTED. EVERY VENT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE ONLY BLOWS OUT COLD AIR, WHILE THE DRIVERS SIDE IS WARM. THE WINDSHIELD & ALL WINDOWS IN THE PASSENGER SIDE WILL NOT DEFROST CAUSE EXTREME VISIBILITY ISSUES.

Mileage: 128,000

THE HEAT HAS STOPPED WORKING ON THE PASSANGER SIDE MAKING THE DEFROSTER NOT TO WORK. THOS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO ADDRESSED.

HEATER AND DEFROST DO NOT WORK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR, LEAVING HALF OF THE WINDSHIELD FOGGED UP. THIS CAUSES BAD VISIBILITY ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CAR. LOOKING ON THE INTERNET, THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE (DODGE AVENGER)

Mileage: 90,000

THIS ISSUE IS A DEFECTIVE HEATER CORE. CASTING AND METAL SHAVINGS CLOG HEATER CORE TO WHERE YOUR CAR CANNOT HEAT THE PASSENGER SIDE OF YOUR CAR. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS DUE TO THE CAR NOT HAVING THE ABILITY TO DEFROST FRONT AND BACK WIND SHIELDS DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER. THE PROBLEM ARISES WITH HOW TO THE HEATER SITS BEHIND THE DASH. IT CAUSES THIS ISSUE TO REPEAT EVEN IF HEATER CORE IS REPLACED. THIS PROBLEM IS VERY DANGEROUS AND IS A $1,000 PLUS REPAIR THAT WILL REPEATEDLY OCCUR NEARLY EVERY YEAR OR SO.

Mileage: 36,000

WINDOW DEFROST AND PASSENGER HEAT /AIR. WHILE EITHER IN MOTION OR WHILE DRIVING, NO HEATED AIR EXITS THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER, NOR THE PASSENGER WINDOW DEFROST, LOWER AND CENTER CONSOLE VENTS. HEATED AIR ONLY EXITS THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDSHIELD AND DRIVER'S SIDE DASH VENTS. PROBLEM PERSISTS THROUGH ALL CABIN AIR MODES, AND CIRCULATIONS. THIS SAFETY ISSUE EFFECTS VISIBILITY AND PASSENGER SAFETY BY FAILING TO DEFROST/DEFOG WINDOWS AND KEEPING CABIN TEMPURATURES NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING DURING COLD WEATHER (BLOWING COLD AIR INTO THE CABIN)

Mileage: 81,245

HEATER CORE ISSUES FROM FACTORY FAIL BECAUSE OF SAND BUILT UP IN HEATER CORE SO NO HEAT ON PASSENGER SIDE AND CAUSES WINDSHIELD TO FOG UP IMPAIRING VISSION

Mileage: 88,400

HEAT AND DEFROST ON PASSENGER SIDE ONLY BLOWS COLD AIR. ONLY 1/2 OF WINDSHIELD FROST CLEARS MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO SEE OUT PASSENGER SIDE WINDSHIELD AND WINDOW FOR ONCOMING TRAFFIC, PEDESTRIANS, ETC. WHEN FIRST TURNING ON, PASSENGER SIDE CLICKS FOR 30 -60 SECONDS. THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMENT ISSUE WITH THIS CAR AND IS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN!

Mileage: 150,000

HEATER AND DEFROSTER ON PASSENGER SIDE OF VEHICLE HAVE STOPPED WORKING. MECHANIC STATED IT WAS DUE TO A MANUFACTURING ISSUE WITH THE HEATING CORE AND RADIATOR, BUT DODGE WILL NOT COVER REPAIR EXPENSES. LACK OF DEFROSTER ON PASSENGER SIDE POSES SEVERE SAFETY RISKS DUE TO LACK ON VISIBILITY, ESPECIALLY DURING COLD WEATHER.

Mileage: 81,000

WINDOW DEFROST AND PASSENGER HEAT /AIR. WHILE EITHER IN MOTION OR WHILE DRIVING, NO HEATED AIR EXITS THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER, NOR THE PASSENGER WINDOW DEFROST, LOWER AND CENTER CONSOLE VENTS. HEATED AIR ONLY EXITS THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDSHIELD AND DRIVER'S SIDE DASH VENTS. PROBLEM PERSISTS THROUGH ALL CABIN AIR MODES, AND CIRCULATIONS. THIS SAFETY ISSUE EFFECTS VISIBILITY AND PASSENGER SAFETY BY FAILING TO DEFROST/DEFOG WINDOWS AND KEEPING CABIN TEMPURATURES NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING DURING COLD WEATHER (BLOWING COLD AIR INTO THE CABIN).

SINCE OCTOBER 2015 IVE HAD ISSUES WITH THE DEFROSTING OF THE FRONT WILDSHIELD IN COLDER WEATHER. THIS REDUCES VISABILITY AND WITH SAFELY OPERATING THE VEHICLE. THE LEFT OR DRIVERS SIDE GETS WARM BUT THE RIGHT OR PASSENGER SIDE BLOWS ONLY COLD AIR. THIS DOES NOT ALLOW THE REMOVAL OF ICE OR FOG OFF THE WINDSHIELD THUS NOT ALLOWING YOU TO SEE COMPLETELY WHILE IN MOTION. IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE MANUFACTURER DUE TO POOR DESIGN AND A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. THEY REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND WILL NOT COVER THE REPAIR. IT IS A VERY COSTLY FIX AND I FEEL MANY LIKE MYSELF CANNOT AFFORD TO REPAIR AND WILL ONE DAY IF NOT ALREADY COST IN HUMAN LIFE. MY VEHICLE STARTED WITH THESE ISSUES AT AROUND 30,000 MILES BUT DUE TO TIME RESTRICTIIN OF VEHICLE WARRANTY IT IS NOT A COVERED REPAIR. VEHICLE IS NOW AT 60,000 AND ISSUE SEVERLY AFFECTS VISIBILITY AND SAFE OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL AS IT SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON ISSUE WITH THE MANUFACTURE ON VARIOUS MODELS AND YEARS.

Mileage: 30,000

HEATER CORE ISSUES LEAD TO INABILITY TO DEFROST WINDOWS AND EXCESS FOG IN THE CABIN.

Mileage: 72,000

MY HEAT ALL OF A SUDDEN STOP BLOWING HOT OR EVEN WARM. I AM UNABLE TO DEFROST MY CAR IN THE VEHICLE OR KEEP MY CHILDREN AND I WARM AND I AM EXPECTING A INFANT ANY DAY. I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND WAS TOLD THAT THE ISSUE WAS FROM CASING SAND CLOGGING THE RADIATOR, HEATER CORE AND THE OIL COOLER. THIS IS A MANUFACTURES DEFECT. A FLUSH OF THE RADIATOR AND HEATER CORE WILL NOT FIX THIS ISSUE. THE COST IS $1200 AND I DON'T THAT KIND OF MONEY RIGHT NOW AND IT IS TO NO FAULT OF MY OWN. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I AM GOING TO DO THIS WINTER.

THE PASSENGER SIDE DOES NOT BLOW HOT AIR PREVENTING THE DEFROST ON THAT SIDE.

NO HEAT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF CAR, COME FROM THE DEFROSTER AND HEATER VENTS. ONLY COLD AIR, FINE ON DRIVERS SIDE.THIS IS THE SECOND TIME

THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE HEATING SYSTEM MALFFUNCTION, SO THE PASSAENGER SIDE WINDSHIELD DOES NOT DEFROST AND IT CAUSES A SERIOUS VISIBILITY/SAFETY HAZARD DURING THE COLD SEASON, THE WINDSHIELD REMAINS FOGGED UP WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE TO PULL UP SEVERAL TIMES ON THE FREEWAY TO MANUALLY SCRAPE FROST OFF THE OUTSIDE OF THE PASSENGER SIDE AND MANUALLY WIPE THE MOISTURE OFF THE INTERIOR. THE MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM CAUSED DUE TO FAULTY MANUFACTURING PROCESS WHICH LEFT END PRODUCTS THAT RAPIDLY CLOGS AND DESTROYS THE HEATING SYSTEM. DEALERS WHO WERE CONFRONTED WITH COMPLAINS ADMITS TO THIS. DODGE AVENGER 2012 OWNERS COMPLAINED THAT THEY HAD TO REPLACE HEATER CORES AND RADIATORS, SOME AS EARLY AS 12000 MILES AND THE COST RUNS FROM $1200 TO $3000. THE PROBLEM OFTEN REOCCURS WITHIN MONTHS BECAUSE EITHER THE DEALER USES THE SAME FAULTY PARTS OR THERE IS REMAINING RESIDUE IN THE SYSTEM. DRIVING IN COLD WEATHER IS NOT ONLY UNCOMFORTABLE AND UNHEALTHY, BUT CAUSES A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD DUE TO POOR VISIBILITY THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINS IN SEVERAL AUTO FORUMS. MANY REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALERS WHICH ARE OVERLOOKED AND NEGLECTED. OWNERS WHO LIVE IN WARMER CLIMATES DON'T HAVE THIS PROBLEM OR THESE COMPLAINS WOULD OF BEEN MORE ENORMOUS. DODGE AVENGER 2000,S SHOULD BE RECALLED TO FIX THIS PROBLEM, OR THESE VEHICLES SHOULD NOT BE ON THE ROAD DURING THE COLD SEASON FOR SAFETY REASONS. SOME DRIVERS MENTIONED HAVING TO HAVE A BLANKET FOR RIDERS IN THE PASSENGER SIDE TO USE WHILE TRAVELING WHICH ADDS TO THE HAZARD. NOTE: A DATE ENTRY IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT THIS COMPLAIN BUT THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM EVERY FALL AND WINTER.

Mileage: 62,000

PASSENGER SIDE DEFROST VENTS DO NOT BLOW HOT AIR, RESULTING IN POOR FORWARD VISIBILITY DUE TO FOG OR FROST.

Mileage: 101,586

THE HEATER IN THE CAR ONLY EMITS HOT AIR FROM DRIVERS SIDE. THE PASSENGER SIDE BLOWS COLD AIR EVEN WHEN FULLY ENGAGED. THE COLD AIR COMING FROM HEATER/DEFROSTER CAUSES WINDSHIELD TO ICE AND/OR NOT CLEAR, AND THEREBY LIMITS DRIVERS VISIBILITY THROUGH PASSENGER SIDE OF WINDSHIELD. I HAVE TO DRIVE SLOWER THAN NORMAL TO BE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE WITH LIMITED VISIBILITY IN WINTER. I THEREFORE PRESENT A PROBLEM TO TRAFFIC APPROACHING FROM BEHIND ME ALSO.

Mileage: 25

I BOUGHT MY 2012 AVENGER IN 2014 AND THE HEAT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DON'T WORK IT HAS BEEN THAT WAY SINCE I PURCHASED IT. THE SALESMAN WAS THE ONE WHO NOTICED IT THE DEALER SAID THEY WOULD FIX IT, HOWEVER I DIDN'T GET AROUND TO FAST ENOUGH BECAUSE I HAD TO GO AWAY FOR THE ARMY AND SINCE I DIDN'T GET IT DONE RIGHT AWAY THEY VOIDED THE DEAL THEY MADE WITH ME. HERE I AM FOUR YEARS LATER STILL NO HEAT ON THAT SIDE OF THE CAR. I GOT MARRIED AND NOW HAVE A NEWBORN SON AT HOME AND HERE IT IS ABOUT TO BE WINTER AGAIN AND NO HEAT AND THIS IS OUR ONLY VEHICLE AND NO WAY TO GET OUT OF THE LOAN TO PURCHASE A DIFFERENT CAR. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN FOR SEVERAL REASONS ONE BEING THE WINDOW DOESN'T DEFROST WHICH MAKES VISIBILITY CLOSE TO IMPOSSIBLE AND TWO IF MY FAMILY GETS STUCK ON THE ROAD SOMEWHERE WE WILL FREEZE TO DEATH.

PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW FROSTS / ICES OVER IN WINTER DUE TO LACK OF ANY DEFROSTER / VENT HEAT. HEAT IS DELIVERED NORMALLY TO DRIVERS SIDE WINDSHIELD. THE LACK OF VISIBILITY THROUGH HALF OF WINDSHIELD IN WINTER CONDITIONS CREATES AN UNSAFE CONDITION.

I BOUGHT THE CAR USED AND HAVE HAD IT FOR ABOUT 9 MONTHS. EVERYTHING WAS WORKING FINE, WE KEEP REGULAR VEHICLE MAINTENANCE AND THE HEAT STOPS WORKING THE IN THE CAR ENTIRELY. THE VENTS BLOW COOL AIR NO MATTER THE SETTING WHICH MEANS THE WIDOWS DO NOT DEFROST AT ALL. THIS IS DANGEROUS IN THE WINTER TIME CONSIDERING I CANNOT SEE. I HAVE SEEN NUMEROUS PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM.

Mileage: 100,000

NO HEAT ON PASSENGER SIDE OF VEHICLE, CAUSING NO CLEARING OF WINDOWS ON PASSENGER SIDE OF VEHICLE, MAKING IT UNSAFE TO DRIVE

Mileage: 90,000

I HAVE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH MY HORN SOUNDING WHILE DRIVING AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THE HORN CONTINUED TO SOUND WHILE DRIVING AT DIFFERENT TIMES WITHOUT WARNING AND ON AUGUST 1, 2018 I WAS DRIVING AND IT WAS RAINING AND MY HORN STARTED SOUNDING AND I HAD MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON AT THE TIME AND WHEN THE HORN SOUNDED THE WIPERS STOPPED WORKING FOR A FEW SECONDS AND WHEN THE HORN STOPPED SOUNDING THE WIPERS BEGAN WORKING AGAIN. I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET AT THE TIME.I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY KEPT IF FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND THEN DIAGNOSED THE ISSUE AS TOTAL INTEGRATED POWER MODULE.

Mileage: 71,043

2012 DODGE AVENGER ACT PLUS. STOPPED HEATING ON PASSENGER SIDE AND ONLY DEFROSTS AND UNFOGS THE WINDOW ON THE DRIVER SIDE. THIS IS AN APPARENT MANUFACTURER DEFECT THAT REQUIRES THE HEATER CORE TO BE REPLACED AS A REMEDY. I WOULD URGE DODGE TO DO A PROPER RE ALL BEFORE SOMEBODY DIES DUE TO POOR VISIBILITY. THIS, FIRST, HAPPENED TO MY CAR WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. THE WINDOW WAS COVERED IN STEAM OR FOG (WHATEVER YOU CALL IT) AND THE BLOWER IN THE DASH WAS NOT CLEARING IT FOR PROPER VISIBILITY. I'M GLAD I DID NOT CRASH OR HURT SOMEONE BECAUSE I COULD NOT SEE. AFTER I PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND INVESTIGATED, I REALIZED THAT THE HEAT WAS NOT WORKING ON PASSENGER SIDE, IT ONLY BLEW COLD AIR, BUT DRIVER SIDE WAS WARM AIR. NOT IDEAL FOR COLD PA WINTERS AND I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO FOOT THE BILL FOR AN OBVIOUS MANUFACTURER DEFECT. I HOPE DODGE WILL RECALL THIS AND DO THE RIGHT THING BEFORE SOMEBODY IS KILLED, IF IT HASN'T HAPPENED ALREADY. THERE ARE ENDLESS COMPLAINTS EXACTLY LIKE THIS. STEP UP AND FIX IT!

Mileage: 60,000

WHEN USING CLIMATE CONTROLS THE AIR ON DRIVER SIDE GETS HOT BUT AIR THROUGH THE VENTS ON PASSENGER SIDE REMAIN COLD. IN WINTER THE WINSHIELD WILL ONLY DEFROST OR DEFOG ONE SIDE WHICH OBSCURES VISION ON PASSENGER SIDE WHICH COULD LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT AND OR DEATH AS A RESULT.

Mileage: 45,000

PASSENGER-SIDE DEFROSTER BLOWS COLD RATHER THAN HOT/WARM AIR CAUSING COLLECTION OF CONDENSATION/FROST ON THE WINDSHIELD IN THE WINTER. THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME, REGARDLESS OF IF IN MOTION OR STATIONARY. I'M TOLD IT IS A PARTIALLY BLOCKED HEATER CORE.

Mileage: 90,000

DRIVER SIDE RECEIVES HEAT ONLY WHILE DEFROSTING WINDOW PASSENGER SIDE IS COOL AIR AND NEEDS ADDITIONAL INTERVENTION TO CLEAR WINDOW. WHEN HEATING CABIN AREA ONCE MORE ONLY DRIVER SIDE RECEIVES HEAT PASSENGER SIDE IS COLD. VEHICLE WAS IN BOTH MOVING AND STATIONARY POSITIONS ON ALL OCCURANCES AND STARTS OFF ON CITY STREETS INTO HIGHWAY.

Mileage: 125,000

STARTING IN FALL OF 2016 THE VENTS ONLY BLOW COLD AIR OUT OF PASSENGER SIDE AND LUKEWARM AIR OUT OF DRIVER SIDE. THE WINDOWS DO NOT DEFROST AND FOG UP CONSTANTLY DURING THE WINTER TIME WHILE I AM DRIVING. MY VISION IS CONSTANTLY IMPAIRED DURING COOL AND COLD WEATHER. MY CHILDREN HAVE TO BRING LAYERS OF BLANKETS TO GET TO SCHOOL WITHOUT FREEZING. I HAVE TO DRIVE WITH GLOVES ON TO KEEP MY HANDS FROM GOING NUMB. I HAVE HAD THE THERMOSTAT REPLACED AND THE SYSTEM FLUSHED BUT YET THE PROBLEM STILL GOES ON. I WAS TOLD THAT THE HEATER CORE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED IN ORDER TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM AND NOT JUST A ONE TIME INCIDENT. I DO NOT HAVE AN EXACT DATE FOR WHEN IT HAPPENED BUT INSTEAD EVERY DAY THE TEMPERATURE WAS BELOW 30 SINCE I'VE BOUGHT THE CAR IN APRIL OF 2016.

Mileage: 75,000

IVE BEEN READING ONLINE THAT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE I HAVE WITH MY CAR. WHEN YOU TURN THE HEATER ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR BLOWS OUT COLD AIR. IF I WANT THE PASSENGER SIDE OF MY CAR TO DEFROST I HAVE TO MANUALLY GET OUT OF MY CAR AND SCRAPE IT AND EVEN THEN THE INSIDE STILL IS HARD TO SEE OUT OF. I CANT EVEN BRING MY DAUGHTER IN THIS CAR BECAUSE THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR SEEMS LIKE IT IS RUNNING THE AIR CONDITIONING IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER. THERE IS ALSO SOMETIMES WAS A CLICKING NOISE UNDER THE PASSENGER SIDE DASH WHICH IS THE ACTUATOR. AFTER REPLACING THIS IT STILL DOES THE SAME THING. I HEAR THAT IT COSTS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO FIX AND I BELIEVE IT IS A MANUFACTURER ISSUE AND THEY SHOULD RESOLVE IT.

THE HEATER CORE HAS FAILED CAUSING ONLY MILD HEAT ON THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. WHILE ONLY COLD AIR WILL BLOW ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. WITH THIS FAILURE FROM BAD CASTING SAND REMOVAL UPON MANUFACTURING OF THE VEHICLE IT HAS CAUSED THE THERMOSTAT TO FAIL CAUSING MY VEHICLE TO RUN FAR BELOW OPERATING TEMP. SINCE THE CABIN SPACE CANNOT RECEIVE FULL HEAT IT MAKES FOR DANGEROUS OPERATING CONDITIONS IN COLD CLIMATES AS I CANNOT DEFROST THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. THIS HAS MADE OPERATING THE VEHICLE DURING WINTER DANGEROUS AS I CANNOT SEE WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WILL NOT PROVIDE PASSENGER SIDE HEAT NO MATTER IF THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION OR NOT. WHILE IN MOTION THE VEHICLE WILL NEVER GET TO OPERATING TEMP NOR WILL THE FRONT WINDSHIELD DEFROST.

IT STARTED ALMOST 2 YEARS AGO, MY HEAT IN MY 2012 DODGE AVENGER STARTED TO NOT WORK. I HAVE HAD IT FLUSHED 4 TIMES AND THAT NEVER HELPED. I HAVE HAD THE BLENDOR ACTUARTOR REPLACED TWICE AND THAT DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE. I HAVE ALSO REPLACEDBOTH THERMOSTATS REPLACED TWICE IN THE LAST YEAR AND THAT DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE. IT SEEMS TO BE A MYSTERY TO THE THREE MECANICS/DEALERSHIPS THAT I HAVE TAKEN MY CAR TO FOR REPAIR ON WHAT THE ISSUE IS. I HAVE LOOKED UP MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ON THIS MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR AND EVERYTHING SHOWS THAT IT IS A MANUFACTURE DEFECT/ISSUE WHICH IS THE SAND/SLUDGE IN THE HEATER CORE AND RADIATOR. I AM A SINGLE MOM OF 2 CHILDREN AND I DON'T NEED TO BE DRIVING IN A CAR WITH NO HEAT WHEN IT IS 0 DEGREES OUTSIDE. I HAVE HAD THIS CAR LOOKED AT MULTIPLE TIMES AND HAVE PUT A LOT OF MONEY INTO THIS CAR. WITH THIS CAR ONLY BEING 6 YEARS OLD, THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAVING THESE ISSUES. THIS IS NOT A CUSTOMER DEFECT THIS IS A MANUFACTURE DEFECT. I NEED DODGE/CHRYSLER TO RESPOND AND REPAIR THIS ISSUE AS LIKE I SAID BEFORE HAVE PUT A LOT OF MONEY INTO THIS VEHICLE (100'S AND 1,000'S OF DOLLARS) I BOUGHT MY 2012 DODGE AVENGER BRAND NEW, IT ONLY HAD 4 MILES ON IT WHEN I LEFT THE DEALERSHIP, IT WASN'T EVEN PAID OFF WHEN I STARTED HAVING THE ISSUES.

"WINDOW DEFROST AND PASSENGER HEAT /AIR. WHILE EITHER IN MOTION OR WHILE DRIVING, NO HEATED AIR EXITS THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER, NOR THE PASSENGER WINDOW DEFROST, LOWER AND CENTER CONSOLE VENTS. HEATED AIR ONLY EXITS THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDSHIELD AND DRIVER'S SIDE DASH VENTS. PROBLEM PERSISTS THROUGH ALL CABIN AIR MODES, AND CIRCULATIONS. THIS SAFETY ISSUE EFFECTS VISIBILITY AND PASSENGER SAFETY BY FAILING TO DEFROST/DEFOG WINDOWS AND KEEPING CABIN TEMPURATURES NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING DURING COLD WEATHER (BLOWING COLD AIR INTO THE CABIN)." HAVE HAD NUMEROUS REPAIRS OVER LAST YEAR WITH NO RESOLUTION. KNOWN SAFETY ISSUE!

Mileage: 70,000

STARTING LAST WINTER,2016, HEATER BEGAN TO BLOW COLD AIR MORE SO ON PASSENGER SIDE. THIS WINTER TOOK TO VERY GOOD MECHANIC WHO FLUSHED SYSTEM ,CHECKED ACTUATOR DOORS AND ELECTRICAL.HE SAID HOW HEATER CORE WAS MOUNTED CAUSES RESIDUE,THAT CAN'T BE FLUSHED OUT,AND WAS CAUSING LACK OF HEAT TO MOST OF CABIN.ALSO THERE IS LITTLE OR NO DEFROST WHICH IS SO VERY DANGEROUS.MANY PEOPLE HAVE REPLACED HEATER CORE TO FIND THR SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. HOPE THERE IS HELP.

Mileage: 45,000

HEATER BLOWS COLD AIR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AT ALL TIMES, AND HAS WEAK HEAT ON DRIVERS SIDE AS WELL WHICH CAUSES WINDOWS TO FOG UP AND NOT BE ABLE TO BE DEFROSTED LIMITING VISIBILITY GREATLY. IT ALSO IS VERY UNCOMFORTABLE BEING IN THE CAR WITHOUT A PROPERLY WORKING HEATER.

Mileage: 78,000

I HAVE A 2012 DODGE AVENGER WITH APPROXIMATELY 60K MILES. THE HEAT DID NOT WORK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. I HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY AND TOOK IT TO A DODGE DEALER FOR REPAIR. I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE HEATER CORE. THE ONLY SIGN WAS NO HEAT, NO LEAKS OR SMELLS. THE EXTENDED WARRANTY COMPANY WAS CONTACTED BUT WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT A COVERED REPAIR, IT WAS A MAINTENANCE ISSUE. I ONLY TAKE MY CAR TO THE SAME DODGE DEALER FOR ALL REPAIRS, MAINTENANCE SERVICES, RECALLS, ETC.. I PAID TO HAVE IT FLUSHED, BUT THAT DIDN'T WORK, SO I HAD TO HAVE IT REPLACED AND PAID $1100. I'VE READ THE SAME COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER DODGE AVENGER OWNERS. I CONTACTED DODGE SEVERAL TIMES AND EACH TIME I'M PLACED ON HOLD FOR HOURS AND ONCE I GET THROUGH, THEY RUSHED ME OFF THE PHONE. HOW COULD OVER 100 OTHER DODGE AVENGER OWNERS HAVE THE SAME COMPLAINT AS MYSELF REGARDING THE HEATER CORE. THE DEALER EXPLAINED TO ME THIS IS MANUFACTURE'S DEFECT AND IT SHOULD BE A RECALL. THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD HAVE DONE TO PREVENT THE HEATER CORE PROBLEM. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. NO HEAT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE CLEARLY THROUGH THE ENTIRE FRONT WINDSHIELD.

Mileage: 60,000

WINDOW DEFROST AND PASSENGER HEAT /AIR. WHILE EITHER IN MOTION OR WHILE DRIVING, NO HEATED AIR EXITS THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER, NOR THE PASSENGER WINDOW DEFROST, LOWER AND CENTER CONSOLE VENTS. HEATED AIR ONLY EXIT THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDSHIELD AND DRIVER'S SIDE DASH VENTS. PROBLEM PERSISTS THROUGH ALL CABIN AIR MODES, AND CIRCULATIONS. THIS SAFETY ISSUE EFFECTS VISIBILITY AND PASSENGER SAFETY BY FAILING TO DEFROST/DEFOG WINDOWS AND KEEPING CABIN TEMPURATURES NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING DURING COLD WEATHER (BLOWING COLD AIR INTO THE CABIN).

Mileage: 76,000

THE HEATER CORE ON THE DODGE VEHICLES CLOGS EASILY. THE WAY THAT CLOG DEVELOPS ONLY EFFECTS THE PASSENGER SIDE HEAT. IN THESE SITUATIONS, THE HEAT IS AVAILABLE ONLY ON THE DRIVER SIDE. THIS WILL GREATLY EFFECT THE VISIBILITY ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THIS IS A WIDELY KNOW COMPLAINT AMONG ALL DODGE VEHICLES.

Mileage: 40,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE AVENGER. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE PASSENGER SIDE HEATER WAS FAULTY AND ONLY COLD AIR BLEW FROM THE VENTS. DURING THE FAILURE, THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE FRONT WINDSHIELD COULD NOT BE DEFROSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ALL-STAR DODGE (11503 ST. CHARLES ROCK RD, BRIDGETON, MO 36044) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE COOLING SYSTEM WAS CLOGGED WITH SLUDGE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENTIRE COOLING SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CAUSE OF THE SLUDGE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 34,599.

Mileage: 34,599

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE AVENGER. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS ATTEMPTING TO DEFROST THE WINDOWS, THE PASSENGER SIDE DEFROSTER FAILED TO OPERATE. ALSO, THE ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DODGE COUNTRY AT (888) 676-8389 (1902 E CENTRAL TEXAS EXPY, KILLEEN, TX 76541) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE HEATER CORE AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

Mileage: 60,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE AVENGER. WHEN THE VEHICLE'S HEATER WAS ACTIVATED, THE SYSTEM FAILED TO OPERATE AS INTENDED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE DEFROSTER FAILED TO DEFROST THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDSHIELD OR THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT WINDOW. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THERE WAS VERY LITTLE COMING OUT OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE VENTS OR DEFROSTER AND NO HEAT WAS COMING OUT OF THE PASSENGER SIDE VENTS OR DEFROSTER. THE FAILURE CAUSED ICE TO FORM ON THE INSIDE OF THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDSHIELD AND FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DON'S AUTO CLINIC INC (1110 N MITCHELL ST, CADILLAC, MI 49601, (231) 775-2413) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE DUAL HEATER CORE FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,500.

Mileage: 66,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE AVENGER. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE HEATER WOULD NOT BLOW WARM AIR FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE VENTS. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO USE THE DEFROSTER, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WINDSHIELD AND PASSENGER MIRROR COULD NOT BE DEFROSTED DUE TO THE FAILURE. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000. *LN ENTIRE RIGHT SIDE WOULD NOT DEFROST. UPDATED 7/26/18*JB

Mileage: 65,000

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL RANDOMLY STOP WORKING. ISSUE HAPPENS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY AND IN MOTION. I WAS ON THE EXPRESS WAY IN A DOWNPOUR RAIN AND MY WIPERS STOPPED WORKING, I HAD ZERO VISIBILITY AND HAD TO PULL OVER FOR 20 MINUTES UNTIL THEY CAME BACK ON.

Mileage: 72,000

THE HEAT DOES NOT BLOW HOT AIR ON THE PASSENGERS SIDE OF THE CAR. THIS INCLUDES THE WINDSHIELD, CAUSING A SAFETY ISSUE AS IT ONLY CLEARS THE FOG ON ONE SIDE. DODGE SERVICE SHOP SAID THE ISSUE IS A KNOWN CHRYSLER ISSUE, REQUIRING A NEW RADIATOR, HEATER CORE, AND COOLANT BOTTLE. AT AN ESTIMATE OF $2235.00. HOWEVER CHRYSLER IS REFUSING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT CLAIMING IT IS NOT A KNOWN ISSUE.

THE HEAT BLOWS HOT ON THE DRIVER SIDE BUT BLOWS COLD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE CAUSING THE WINDOWS AND WINDSHIELD TO FOG UP AND REDUCE VISIBILITY NOT TO MENTION POSSIBLE FROSTBITE FROM SITTING ON THAT SIDE.....GETS PRETTY COLD HERE IN MINNESOTA. BOUGHT THE CAR NEW AND THE HEAT HAS NEVER REALLY BEEN GREAT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE,BUT NOW IT'S LIKE TURNING THE A.C. ON. I HAVE READ SOME INTERESTING ARTICLES ABOUT PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES AND IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S A MANUFACTURES DEFECT AND PRETTY EXPENSIVE TO FIX,DOESN'T MATTER IF THE CAR IS AT IDLE OR GOING DOWN THE ROAD. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

AT AROUND 100,000 MILES MY PASSENGER SIDE HEAT STOPPED WORKING WITH ONLY MY DRIVER SIDE HAVING SOME WARMTH. THIS WAS VERY SUDDEN. NOW, 3 WEEKS LATER THERE IS NO HEAT IN MY 2012 DODGE AVENGER SE. IT'S THE MIDDLE OF WINTER AND I CANNOT SEE BECAUSE WITHOUT HEAT I HAVE NO DEFROSTER. THE CAR IS NOT OVERHEATING, AND MY COOLANT LEVELS HAVE BEEN FINE. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE WHICH SHOULD WARRANT A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE. I AM TAKING IT TO THE AUTOMOTIVE SHOP THIS WEEK, BUT WORRY BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE STATING THEY HAD TO PAY HUGE SUMS OF MONEY FOR DODGES MANUFACTURING DEFECT. PLEASE RECALL THIS DEFECT. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

MY PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON AN OFF NO MATTER IF ANYONE IS IN THE SEAT OR NOT. TOOK MY CAR TO DODGE WAS TOLD THERES NO RECALL YET I LOOKED UP MY CAR IN FRONT OF THE SERVICE GUY SHOWED HIM THE INFORMATION HE TOLD ME THAT WASN'T TRUE I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR MY CAR TO BE CHECK. ALSO MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON WHEN THEY WANT TO YET THERE'S A RECALL FOR THAT AS WELL AN SERVICE CONTINUE TO SAY THE INFORMATION NOT TRUE. DO THEY JUST NOT WONT TO FIX IT. BOTH ARE SO TO THE TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE (TIPM) , WHICH IS A CONTROL MODUAL THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP TO BE DIAGNOSE BECAUSE OF WINDSHIELD WIPER NOT WORKING PROPERLY. WHEN WIPERS ARE TURN ON THEY WOULD RANDOMLY STOP OUT OF NO WHERE THEN TAKE SEVERAL SECONDS SOMETIMES MINUTES BEFORE COMING BACK ON, THE DIAGNOSTIC CAME BACK INTERNAL SHORT IN TIPM. I'VE NOTICED IN MANY RESEARCH ONLINE THERE HAS BEEN MANY RECALLS AND PROBLEM REGARDING TIPM FROM DODGE, JEEP, CHRYSLER. ALSO I'VE HAD SHORTAGE IN MY POWER WINDOW NOT WANTING TO WORK BUT WILL EVENTUALLY START AGAIN AND AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON ALL THOSE COULD BE RELATED TO THE BAD TIPM. THE FIRST TIME I'D NOTICED THE WINDSHIELD WIPER NOT WORKING I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON A RAINING NIGHT ON THE PARK WAY DOING 65MPH WITH A SEMI TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME THEN OUT OF NO WHERE THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS GOT STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHIELD I COULD NOT SEE BECAUSE IT WAS RAINING KIND OF HARD SO I HAD TO DRIVE 20MPH WITH MY EMERGENCY FLASHES ON BECAUSE I WAS LESS THEN A HALF OF MILE FROM MY EXIT THEN I PULLED OVER AT THE FIRST STORE OFF THE EXIT. THE OTHER SCENARIO WITH THE WINDOWS NOT ROLLING DOWN I WAS ON MY WAY TO THE DOCTOR MY DRIVER SIDE WINDOW WAS DOWN WHEN I PULLED UP TO THE PARKING LOT IT WOULDN'T ROLL BACK UP AFTER I LEFT THE DOCTOR I GOT HOME 5 HOURS LATER I DECIDED TO GIVE IT ANOTHER TRY IT WAS WORKING FIND. MY AIR BAG LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR ABOUT 4MONTHS NOW AND I'VE NOTICE THERE'S BEEN RECALLS ON MY VEHICLE ABOUT THE AIR BAG.

Mileage: 51,039

DRIVING CAR DOWN I-20 ON A CLEAR DAY. WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE WINDSHIELD BLADES CAME ON AND STAYED ON FOR SEVERAL MINUETS., THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL MORE TIMES. DEALER SAID THERE WAS NO PROBLEM, BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT SEE A CODE. SEVERAL MONTHS LATER IT WAS STORMING AND YOU COULD VAGUELY SEE SEVERAL YARDS IN FRONT OF YOU. THEN WITH OUT WARNING WIPER BLADES CUT OFF. IF SOMONE ELSE WOULD HAVE BEEN AROUND I WOULD BE DEAD.

Mileage: 225

HEAT DOES NOT WORK ON PASSENGER SIDE DEFROST OR VENTS. THIS CAUSES A SAFETY ISSUE WHEN LOOKING OUT THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDSHIELD AND PASSENGER DOOR WINDOW. THE WINDOWS FOG UP AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO LOOK OUT THE WINDOWS WHEN TURNING OR CHANGING LANES. *TR

Mileage: 67,000

MY 2012 DODGE AVENGER SXT IS HAVING WIPER AND AC PROBLEMS. MY WIPERS GO ON AND OFF BY ITS SELF THIS BEEN GOING ON FOR THE PAST YEAR I'VE TAKEN THE CAR TO TWO DEALERSHIPS AND THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. I HAVE VIDEOS OF THE CAR LOCKED AND THE WIPERS ARE GOING OFF BY ITS SELF. WHEN DRIVING IN ACCLIMATE WEATHER THE WIPERS WILL STOP WORKING. THE AC HAVE BEGAN MAKING A CLICKING NOISE WHILE TURNED ON OR OFF. NOT SURE WHAT'S CAUSING THE NOISE. THE NOISE BEGAN AFTER TAKING IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO DO A RE-WIRING FOR THE WIPERS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE AVENGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED TO OPERATE. THE NEXT DAY, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS OPERATING ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND THE KEYS WERE NOT INSIDE THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT IN ORDER TO SHUT THE WIPERS OFF THE BATTERY WAS DISCONNECTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE WAS FAULTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

Mileage: 70,000

NO HEAT ON PASSENGER SIDE DEFROSTERS I WARM CAR UP FOR 10 MIN. DRIVER SIDE CLEARS BUT PASSENGER SIDE IS STILL FROSTED OVER IT TAKES ABOUT 15 MILES TO FINALLY CLEAR OFF. *TR

Mileage: 28,244