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Dodge Avenger tire blowout problems

26 of the 3,158 owner complaints about the Dodge Avenger describe tire blowout or tread separation, most of them for the 2012 model year.

owner complaints
26
worst model year
2012
typical mileage
60,000
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.

By model year

  • 2014
    1
  • 2013
    3
  • 2012
    7
  • 2011
    1
  • 2010
    3
  • 2009
    1
  • 2008
    3
  • 1998
    3
  • 1996
    1
  • 1995
    3

What owners say

Filed Dec 1, 2019 · Engine · MN

The heat only works on the drivers side the vents on the passenger side still blow air but it is ice cold whether the car is parked or in motion the passenger side does not blow out warm air this is an issues that needs to be recalled.

Filed Jul 24, 2019 · Visibility · 5 miles · NE · crash

My heat on my passenger side never works, it will blow at nothing causing issues with defrosting passengers window and issue with defrost on my main window on passenger side. All other vents blow out but that one makes a whistle noise and noting comes out. It's like it's blocked, I assumed it was just the car, after going over in a lane on my passenger side and hitting another vehicle because I could barely see out my window to view my mirror, I looked more into it and have since realized I'm not the only one, in fact multiple other complaints have been filed and dodge has done nothing to fix this. Get it together!

Filed May 6, 2019 · Wheels · 95,000 miles · FL

I bought 4 new goodyear eagle ls2 225/35r17 tires on august 08/2018 at a local goodyear store. On 05/05/2019 my granddaughter with her one year old baby in the back car seat. Were approaching the freeway, while still on the entrance ramp the front tire totally blew out and disintegrated. There was less than 10% of tire left on the wheel. She pulled off onto the grass and waited for assistance from the highway patrol. There was no damage at all to the aluminum rims, as she didn't drive any farther. I have never seen a blowout disintegrate more than ninety percent of the tire. I am not an expert, but this sure looks like a defect in the tire itself. Once again absolutely no damage to my aluminum rim.

Filed Jan 8, 2019 · Visibility · FL

My heater blows cold air out of three of the four vents when the heater is turned on. For one year there was a clicking sound behind the dashboard at randoms times during the day and night if the car was on or off it didn't matter the clicking could be heard inside and outside of the car. At this time when the heater was in use, cold air would blow out of the 2 passenger vents only. As time goes on the vents are being affected one by one. I now have only one vent that blows warm air when the heat is on and the others blow cold air.

Filed Dec 3, 2018 · Engine · 53,568 miles · CA

My heater is not blowing out hot air. I was told that casting sand was in the cooling reservoir that's causing the heater to not blow out hot air and that the casting sand will cause sludge in my cooling system. Even though this is no fault of my making and this happened at the manufacturing plant dodge will not fix their mistake nor is it covered by my lifetime added care plus warranty.

Filed Oct 16, 2018 · 70,000 miles · OH

The heat in my vehicle works only on the driver side. The middle and passenger side vents blow out cool or cold air when the heat is on. The heat only works when accelerating on the highway. I have replaced tubing and both thermostats and the issue is not resolved.

Filed Aug 17, 2018 · 154,000 miles · LA · crash · fire · 6 injuries

Loud noise or ticking burning smoking blow out on bridge months prior had to manually shift my car into its grinding gears

Filed Feb 8, 2018 · Electrical · NY

Heat only works on drivers side. Only cold air will blow out on passenger side. I live in upstate ny where it snows a lot. It is difficult to keep windshield defrosted on passenger side of car. I have been the sole owner of the car. This started about a year ago and happened weather. At is in motion or not.

Filed Dec 9, 2017 · Engine · 60,000 miles · VA

My avenger blows heat out on driver side and cold air on passenger side. I was told it was the blend air door actuator but I have changed it. Now my car heats up and still blows cold air until I start moving and then it still takes a little while to blow out heat.. I've seen that other owners are having the same issue with their avenger.

Filed Jan 18, 2017 · Tires, Wheels · 46,000 miles · PA

We have never had a flat tire until we bought this car, the monitoring valve stems have to be defective. We have had three blowouts all on the highway within the past three years due to these stems. Is there a recall? If not there should be. We would get rid of them but they tell us the light on the dashboard will stay on. There is no warning, the light does not come on and we check our tire pressure. I see dodge has had recalls on these stems but not for the avenger. Each time we lose the tire too, by the time we can pull out of traffic on the highway. It costs us $120 dollars each time for the tire new monitoring valve stem, having it programmed and a tire, already $360.00 and the possibility of getting killed changing the tire each time. Can you help us? We have one original one left and we know it is going to go? The car was purchased from milford chrysler dodge jeep dealer, milford pa 18337, phone number [xxx]. Thank you, [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).

Related recalls

No recalls on record for this model year.

Questions about the Dodge Avenger tire blowout

Which Dodge Avenger years have tire blowout or tread separation problems?

The model years with the most reports are 2012 (7 complaints), 1995 (3 complaints) and 1998 (3 complaints).

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