The car continues to accelerate when you remove your foot from the gas pedal. This is an intermittent problem. Car has been to the dealership 4 times for the same issue. Repair technicians have been unable to duplicate the issue.
2011 Dodge Avenger acceleration complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2011 dodge avenger. The contact stated that while exiting a driveway at 20 MPH, the vehicle accelerated independently up to 40 MPH. The contact depressed the brake pedal but the vehicle failed to slow down or stop. The contact crashed into a post. There were no injuries. The contact was able to place vehicle in neutral and turn the vehicle off. Once restarted, the failure was resolved. The vehicle was taken to dealer however the dealer was unable to duplicate failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue however no assistance was provided. The current and failure mileage was 39,000... Updated 08-27-12 *bf updated 08/30/2012
The car has a tremendous delay when you press the gas pedal from any speed. This has almost caused me a few accidents already when crossing intersections that have no traffic signals. The vehicle finally reacts after a second or two of having pressed the gas pedal but the pedal is pressed so far by me already that it ends up accelerating incredibly abruptly that is also dangerous. Seems to be a computer issue because the horn also has the same 1-2 second delay before it finally beeps after you press the horn pad on the steering wheel. Also when you go to turn the car on it suffers from a 1-2 second delay before the starter begins to crank the engine over. Its like the computer is soooo slow to react to commands by the driver and this is dangerous when it affects the gas pedal acceleration reaction time and the horn pad reaction time. Please address this since I own this vehicle and will end up selling it if the dealer cant repair this excessive computer reaction issue. When I spoke to a dealer about this they said it was normal to have this long reaction time and it was done by chrysler for "safety reasons" which made no sense to me that taking away driver control over acceleration is advantageous or "safe" in any way, shape or form.. It has created and put me in dangerous situations already since I don't feel I have control of the acceleration of the car since it does not accelerate immediately when you press the gas pedal. The same applies to the horn delay after you hit the horn pad on the steering wheel, what "safety reason" could that justify this car has to get these issues resolved to prevent future accidents due to these problems. Please look into these complaints.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 dodge avenger. The contact stated that the vehicle was driving at idle speeds when there was an increase in engine rpms and the vehicle acceleration increased. The failure was resolved temporarily when the engine was restarted. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer and the manufacturer was not contact. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 640 and the current mileage was 1010.
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