Had weight in the back of the vehicle. Roads began to become lightly snow covered. Back end of car floated, as if not touching the highway. Control of the vehicle was minimal. Slowed tremendously to ensure a somewhat safe remainder of trip. Has happened two other times, always while carrying extra passengers or weight in the car. Very concerning. Apparently, this is a problem that even the dealer service employees are aware of. There is no real fix. They have set rear alignment to farthest inward position to counteract rear tires bowing out with weight. I am skeptical this will fix problem permanently. Then will my next worry be wear on the tires due to incorrect alignment?
2011 Dodge Avenger suspension complaints
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When traveling at 55 or faster the rear of the car sways/bounces sideways on bumps in the road. The more weight in the back seat or trunk area the more it sways/bounces. I have taken it to 2 dealers and they both could not find anything. I have had an aliment done but they said it was not needed and they could not find anything wrong. They said to take it to a dealer and have the sway bar checked. I'm have gotten no were with this problem.
Front end makes a popping noise from the passenger side on uneven terrain at all speeds. Dealer couldn't find anything and I had the first tire rotation at this time. We took our first road trip (approx 1700 miles round trip) and noticed vibration on trip. Found tire dust covering rear of car and rear fender wells. The rear tires had almost completely worn through the innermost tread. Dealer performed an alignment check, said front was slightly out and corrected it. Left front was -.7 camber and right front was -.7. At 1500 miles the dealer finally agreed to replace the tires through the good year prorated warranty, claiming the ware problem was a tire issue. We are now at 18000 miles with no signs of excessive tire wear. Popping noise in front in seems to be getting worse, dealer once stated they tightened the cradle bolts. It had no effect. We again have vibration at highway speed and the rear end wobbles back and forth on uneven terrain.
Rear shifts side ways when going over any bump or expansion joint on road. Driving in snow or ice is very dangerous because rear is always sliding back and forth had car checked align is good they said sway bar is conected too far away from wheels allowing rear to sway.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 dodge avenger. The contact stated that whenever traveling over uneven pavement, the vehicle would shake uncontrollable. The contact stated that the failure felt as if the rear of the vehicle was not contacting the pavement when the failure occurred. The failure caused the windshield wiper to become detached from the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and the contact was advised that the suspension and struts were not in need of repair. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 36,000 and the failure mileage was 41,000.
I have purchased 3 dodge avengers 2010 and 2011. Each of the cars are doing the same thing stalls while driving I thought it was the transmission. I have taken the cars back to the dealer on numerous occasions 5 to 6 times and the tech could not find anything wrong. I was driving my kids to school and began to press the gas from the light and it turned off the car behind me almost hit us. I was driving going 10 MPH and the car turned off. I was in a school zone. I was at a stop light and it stalls. I cannot understand this and the techs are oblivious also. I have had enough and I just purchased this car.
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