- VIN: 1B3CC4FB9AN18****
- Low price: $5596
- Fair price: $6576
- High price: $7555
- MPG: 21 mpg city / 30 mpg hwy
- Interior Color: Dark Slate Gray
- Color: Stone White Clear Coat
- Mileage: 53,525
- Year: 2010
Ownership Cost for 2010 Dodge Avenger SXT
Estimated: $38237 over the next 5 years
|
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
Year 4 |
Year 5 |
Total |
| Depreciation |
$1931 |
$927 |
$811 |
$734 |
$657 |
$5060 |
| Insurance |
$1673 |
$1732 |
$1792 |
$1855 |
$1920 |
$8972 |
| Fuel |
$1814 |
$1868 |
$1934 |
$2011 |
$2102 |
$9729 |
| Maintenance |
$2519 |
$1496 |
$884 |
$665 |
$2179 |
$7743 |
| Repairs |
$876 |
$1046 |
$1190 |
$1311 |
$1512 |
$5935 |
| Taxes & Fees |
$538 |
$538 |
$538 |
$538 |
$538 |
$797 |
| Total Ownership Costs |
$9352 |
$7130 |
$6690 |
$6626 |
$8439 |
$38237 |
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger) Air Bag Loc Side: All Rows Body Class: Sedan/Saloon Destination Market: U.S., Canada, Mexico, Other Export Market (BUX) Displacement CC: 2400.0 Displacement CI: 146.45698582735 Displacement L: 2.4 Doors: 4 Drive Type: FWD/Front Wheel Drive Engine Cylinders: 4 Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline Make: DODGE Manufacturer: FCA US LLC Manufacturer Id: 994 Model: Avenger Model Year: 2010 Other Engine Info: Sales Code for Engine - EDG,ED3 Other Restraint System Info: Active Seatbelts for all seating positions. Plant Company Name: Sterling Heights Assembly Pretensioner: Yes Seat Belts All: Manual Series: JS Series2: H (High Line) Steering Location: Left Hand Drive (LHD) TPMS: Direct Trim: SE/SXT Turbo: No Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
| Model year |
COMPONENT |
Complaint |
| 1997 |
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE |
A LEAKING HEAD GASKET WAS CONFIRMED BY OUR LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIP, AT WHICH TIME THEY VOLUNTEERED INFORMATION THAT "INFERIOR" HEADGASKET MATERIAL HAD BEEN USED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED. I ASKED IF IT HAD BEEN RECALLED AND WAS ADVISED THAT IT HAD NOT. I WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NO OTHER RELIEF AVAILABLE, AS THE WARRANTY HAD LONG EXPIRED. I OBTAINED A QUOTE FOR REPAIRS FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND SEVERAL INDEPENDENT SHOPS. BECAUSE OF A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN PRICE, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AT THE DODGE DEALERSHIP. WHEN THE WORK WAS COMPLETED, I WAS INFORMED BY THE INDEPENDENT SHOP THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WE COULD HAVE DONE, IN DRIVING THE VEHICLE, TO CAUSE THE HEADGASKET TO FAIL. THEY FURTHER ADVISED THAT THE REPLACEMENT GASKET, WHICH WAS PURCHASED FROM DODGE, WAS TOTALLY REDESIGNED. ON MY RETURN HOME, I CALLED THE DAIMLER CHRYSLER CONSUMER HOT LINE. THEIR REPRESENTATIVE QUICKLY OFFERED TO REIMBURSE THE COST OF THE HEAD GASKET MATERIALS, BUT WOULD NOT REIMBURSE LABOR COSTS, AS THE REPAIRS HAD NOT BEEN PERFORMED AT ONE OF THEIR DEALERSHIPS. IT WAS OF NO CONCERN TO THEIR HOT LINE REPRESENTATIVE THAT ONE OF THEIR OWN DEALERSHIPS HAD ADVISED THAT NO RECOURSE WAS AVAILABLE TO US.*JB |
| 2010 |
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL |
I WAS DRIVING ALONG PACHECO PASS IN THE NIGHT. AT ONE SECTION THERE WAS LARGE WHITE PAINT STRIPS (BIGGER IN FOOTPRINT WHEN YOU COMPARE IT WITH THE TRAFFIC DIVIDER BROKEN LINES) WHEN THE VEHICLE PASSED OVER THIS PAINTED SECTION ON THE HWY BECAUSE OF THE SMOOTHER SLIPPERY SURFACE. I SEEMED TO LOSE CONTROL, THE STEERING BECAME TOO FLUID, AND LATER IF I EXCEEDED 65 MILES ON A NORMAL ROAD I FELT THAT I WAS LOOSING CONTROL, SOMETHING WEIRD HAD HAPPENED TO THE AUTOMATIC STABILITY CONTROL SYSTEM. I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO MENTION THAT IT WAS VERY WINDY, BUT SMALLER VEHICLES WERE ZIPPING PAST WITHOUT ANY APPARENT PROBLEMS. I REALIZED THAT IF I DRIVE BELOW 50 MILES I DIDN'T EXPERIENCE THIS PROBLEM OF STABILITY AND LOOSE STEERING. AFTER SOME DISTANCE I PULLED OVER, STOPPED THE CAR, TURNED OFF THE IGNITION AND THEN STARTED AND BEGAN DRIVING, I DIDN'T EXPERIENCE THIS LOSS OF STABILITY AFTER I DID THIS. IT SEEMED LIKE THERE IS SOME KIND OF A SOFTWARE GLITCH IN THE AUTOMATIC STABILITY CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE I WAS DRIVING IN. WHICH WAS A RENTED DODGE AVENGER 2010 I'M POSTING THIS IN THE HOPE THAT NHTSA TAKES UP THE MATTER AND RESEARCHES STABILITY OF VEHICLES WHEN DRIVING ON PAVEMENT WHICH HAS A PAINTED SECTION & ALSO LOOKS INTO THE TRIGGER MECHANISMS OF THE AUTOMATIC STABILITY CONTROL WHEN ENCOUNTERED WITH SUCH A CASE. *TR |
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