1998 Dodge Avenger Review
Fuel Economy
23 mpg
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Great Diamond-Star
Overall Rating
| Performance: | 8 | Fun-to-Drive: | 10 | Build Quality: | 8 |
| Comfort: | 8 | Interior Design: | 9 | Reliability: | 9 |
| Fuel Economy: | 10 | Exterior Design: | 9 | ||
Vehicle
1998 Dodge Avenger 2 Dr ES Coupe
Review
Original owner of a rare ES with 2.0L 5-speed. Had to wait six months just for the factory to build it!!! 140,000 salt-free miles and the paint looks great. Best of all I get 32MPG in mixed driving. Still love the interior cockpit layout and the clean yet aggressive exterior styling. I only wish today's Moper had something that could replace it if I wanted a new car. Other than the usual wear items,my only problem was a reoccurring hesitation issue at low RPMs starting around 90,000 miles;tried everything to fix it! The dealer tried to tell me I babied it too much and caused carbon build-up on the valves? Nope! Recently replaced the crank sensor and that seems to have taken care of it.
Favorite Features
Overall design; still looks contemporary a decade later. 2 doors with reasonable room. Great gas mileage with the manual transmission. Fun to drive; corners like it's on rails. Awesome Infinity factory sound system! I used to call my car a $20,000 life support system for my stereo :-)
Suggested Improvements
It's a well laid out car except for a few bad engineering/design features: it has a semi-like turning radius, in- our-lap "tilt" steering, poor cupholders, illuminated cigarette lighter but no illuminated ignition?, easily blown Infinity speakers, and pitted/peeling rims.
Expensive to repair
Overall Rating
| Performance: | 8 | Fun-to-Drive: | 7 | Build Quality: | 2 |
| Comfort: | 2 | Interior Design: | 3 | Reliability: | 2 |
| Fuel Economy: | 3 | Exterior Design: | 7 | ||
Vehicle
1998 Dodge Avenger 2 Dr STD Coupe
Review
I bought mine used with 125000 miles on it, owned it for a year, the private party i bought it from didnt tell me that the water pump needed replacement@$700.00 (they have to lift the engine to replace it). Head gasket was gone, window buttons fell apart, clearcoat on paint peeled, front struts break, leaks oil everywhere, luckily i was able to trade it in for what i bought it for, ($1100.00).
Favorite Features
Fun to drive, great handling.
Suggested Improvements
interior can be much more comfortable, this car is a spin off of many other dodge/mitsubishi cars, eclips, sebring, just to name a couple. this one was thrown together without thought.
WELL WELL WELL
Overall Rating
| Performance: | 8 | Fun-to-Drive: | 8 | Build Quality: | 7 |
| Comfort: | 9 | Interior Design: | 8 | Reliability: | 8 |
| Fuel Economy: | 8 | Exterior Design: | 7 | ||
Vehicle
1998 Dodge Avenger 2 Dr ES Coupe
Review
Well I have had my Dodge for about 5 yrs now. Bought it with 120k on it now it has 185k. Was ok I guess. I replaced the tranny computer 2 yrs ago and done someother stuff. As in my strut broke blah... I am giving the beast up tho very soon. Its on it last leg. I have to give it some credit. I drove it hard and didnt treat it very Nice. It lasted for the money. Ive been reading some of these reviews. I havent had my handles break but I have the oxidation all over. Super annoying... And the turning radius is worse then a semi truck. But other then that it was a good car for lil old me. Now on to bigger and better things. Sad to see it go : (
Favorite Features
Power everything. The look of it was Nice as well. I really liked it and it lasted me a long time seeing as I got it so cheap and the way I drove it and how many miles it had on it when I bought it. It was comfortable and jus a really Nice car.
Suggested Improvements
The blind spots seeing as I'm small. The oxidation. The turning radius. My headlights are like burned or something so I have basically no head lights. Ohhh p. S. Guys! There was a recall on the ball joint thing! So go get urs fixed for free!
Expect problems
Overall Rating
| Performance: | 7 | Fun-to-Drive: | 8 | Build Quality: | 6 |
| Comfort: | 8 | Interior Design: | 9 | Reliability: | 6 |
| Fuel Economy: | 7 | Exterior Design: | 9 | ||
Vehicle
1998 Dodge Avenger 2 Dr ES Coupe
Review
The car parts were not designed to last forever. If you own one it's very obvious. But if you are into making any car modifications then this car is an excellent choice! To buy this car now, you're not gonna pay a fortune, and you can enjoy making this a beautiful and fun car.
Favorite Features
The design was well thought of
Suggested Improvements
Higher parts quality!
Best Car Ever
Overall Rating
| Performance: | 8 | Fun-to-Drive: | 10 | Build Quality: | 8 |
| Comfort: | 9 | Interior Design: | 7 | Reliability: | 9 |
| Fuel Economy: | 9 | Exterior Design: | 9 | ||
Vehicle
1998 Dodge Avenger 2 Dr STD Coupe
Review
Bought this car from a lady in 03 with 67,000 miles on it. I now have 140,000 and it is still going strong. The only problem I had, was the ball joint broke, but Dodge fixed it. My car is a 4 cylinder 5 speed which is faster and quicker than the auto 6 cylinder. The car handles like a dream and rides perfect. Gas mileage is about 30 miles on the hwy and 22 in town. Run this car till it dies, probably buy another new Dodge avenger because of this one!
Favorite Features
Looks...obviously the front end is very wicked on this car, looks similar to the Viper!
Suggested Improvements
The tilt steering. Wish it had just the wheel part move and not the whole thing! Makes upgrades for the tail lights. You can get Altezza lights for a Neon, but not an Avenger? Come on! I have the euro head lights but now the tail lights don't match!
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