2014 Dodge Avenger: jerking or lurching

Filed Nov 8, 2020 · Acceleration, Electrical · 3 miles · MO

While the vehicle is moving and with my feet on the gas pedal the rpms drop, the car shudders. About 5 seconds later the rpms jump up but doesn't gain speed. Also the car jerks before accelerating very slow. No codes but clearly there's a problem.

Filed Jul 14, 2020 · Seats · 145,218 miles · TX

While the car was at a complete stop (stationary) with no other cars around, the headrest on the drivers side snapped open jerking the drivers head forward.

Filed Jul 5, 2020 · Driver assistance, Engine · 89,000 miles · MO

The vehicle stalls and jerks violently during acceleration at take off after a complete stop. It struggles accelerating through intersections also at making left n right turns. At random times the vehicle stops in the middle of an intersection after take off and causes cars behind you and those who choose to proceed to run the red light going the intersection to hit you. The car is unsafe to drive making it a safety issue. Come to find out online that alot of dodge avengers are having the same issue. Car also does this while making left and right turns. It jerks n loses acceleration randomly no matter high roms or low rpms. On the highway or street you can't gain acceleration to pass or to get over without risking an accident due to not moving with the speed of traffic. Also am unknown oil leak appears had the car valve cover gasket and oil pan gasket replace and still looses oil. Oil is shooting all over the engine and engine making unknown sound that doesn't trigger a check engine light. But there is a ticking sound coming from engine. Took it to a dodge dealership they found nothing wrong with the engine or transmission. I believe dodge acknowledge these problems but refuse to fix what majority of their customers complaints about this same issue.

Filed Nov 16, 2018 · Electrical · 829,595 miles · KY

Was driving vehicular slowed down almost to a stop and jerked forward as if I wasn't getting any power. Engine light came one. Took to mechanic said it was the throttle acculator control system (per what the code showed) dealer says not under warranty this car barley has 80,000 miles and only 4 years old. This could have caused a bad accident. Scared myself and daughter bad. This was a very busy road.

Filed Oct 4, 2016 · Suspension · 60,000 miles · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 2014 dodge avenger. While attempting to stop the vehicle with the brake pedal depressed, the vehicle jerked. The failure recurred on numerous occasions. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the front driver side ball joint was loose and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 60,000.

Filed Aug 12, 2016 · Acceleration, Engine · 30,000 miles · NC · crash

I was in a car accident as of march, I had front damage hit pretty hard at least the passenger air bag should have deployed but after I got my car back it started cutting off for no reason. I took it back to auto shop that fixed it when the check engine light came on due to revving up between the 3 and 5 RPM and barely moving the lightest touch it would stay stuck between those even slowing down to less 25 MPH as soon as step on the gas it will shoot right back up between 3 and 5 RPM and rev.. I would have to pull over turn my car off and turn the key really hard to turn on and it would go back regular. My car randomly cuts off when stopped at lights or when coming to a stop. If I am in reverse and start to back up it stalls, jerks then cuts off . The dealership and auto shop are not finding anything "wrong" with it. Unknown of what paticular system this is I was told fuel line but I think its the engine the check engine light will come on and then go back . It is happening on and off and no one will look at it unless im paying out of pocket this started happening around 30,000 miles.

Filed Nov 23, 2015 · Brakes, Electrical · 3,000 miles · GA · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2014 dodge avenger. The contact stated that the vehicle was hesitant while driving various speeds and was difficult to start. The contact mentioned that the instrument cluster flickered with various indicators illuminating, the radio shorted as well, the function buttons failed, and the vehicle jerked several times upon coming to a stop and stalled several times. In addition, the brakes made an abnormal noise when engaged. The vehicle was taken to the dealer several times and the failure was unable to be replicated. In addition, while the vehicle was parked, the key fob failed to unlock the vehicle. The contact noticed dark fumes were in the interior of the windows, the door was opened, and flames were inside the vehicle. The fire department extinguished the fire. A police report was not filed, but the contact had a fire inspection report of the incident. The vehicle was unable to be driven due to the failure. The vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 13v043000 (fuel system, gasoline). The vehicle was towed to a dealer by the insurance company to determine the cause of the failure and repairs. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 3,000.