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Love my Avenger
Roxie, 09/23/2018
updated 03/28/2024
2013 Dodge Avenger R/T 4dr Sedan (3.6L 6cyl 6A)
9 of 11 people found this review helpful
I have owned this 9 years I love it! when I accelerate on the on ramp it really moves with the v6. Has a big trunk, I have 142,000 miles on it, only brakes and oil changes, battery, spark plugs new tires I have been lucky with this car. I don’t want to drive a crossover or SUV. This is my 14th new vehicle I did the mini van with kids. Either I am just lucky or I treat my cars well. People always tell me my car looks brand new. 2023 I still love this car, No way would I drive an electric vehicle, nor do I want to look like every person driving and SUV just a different color. My last Vehicle was a Jeep Compass big mistake tie rods went out shortly after 36,000 and then traction control I traded that in for this car. I also get 25 MPG , I can't complain.
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Avenger is in the middle of the road
Dave Drake, 10/06/2018
2013 Dodge Avenger SE 4dr Sedan (2.4L 4cyl 4A)
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
Good car for the price, not super loaded with bells and whistles but gets us from A to B with out any problem. Comfortable as far as we need bought it new in ‘13 and have 45k miles on it, no major issues with it and it seems to be holding up well. The back seat is small and not comfortable but we don’t need to use it often. No leaks and did the front and rear brakes along with new tires recently and were good to go! The only problem was the power mirror switch went out at about 40k but was inexpensive and easy to replace.
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Don't do it!
Kumacho, 09/12/2016
updated 03/18/2019
2013 Dodge Avenger SXT 4dr Sedan (2.4L 4cyl 6A)
16 of 24 people found this review helpful
I have had more than 25 cars in my life. Of those I have purchased 5 new cars. This is the worst new car I have ever owned and one of the worst overall cars I have ever owned. It overheated within 5,000 miles of ownership. An orange grime appeared in the overflow tank and when I took it to the dealership they told me they had seen it numerous times and it was casting material that had not been completely flushed from the system at the factory. The cruise control would refuse to turn on at times and the dealership could never reproduce it so it never was repaired. It just became an issue I had to “live with”. Fit and finish is mediocre at best. The plastic surrounding the radio and middle vents in the dash never matched and again, the dealership stated replacing it wouldn’t change the gaps or the poor fit. The car had a surge from the day I bought it. It also would start up and surge after a cold start, as if it were running too lean. After three new releases of programing for the engine management computer the surge was still there. It would surge at 25-35 mph and at 60ish mph. For 178 horse power this car has undesirable and inexcusable torque steer. Leave a light from a stop and the car will pull hard right. Leave the light under hard acceleration and if you don’t have ahold of the wheel you will do an un-commanded lane change in short order. The transmission never shifted smoothly. Going uphill it would hunt for a gear. Each time the transmission changes gears the torque steer pulls on the steering so going up a hill you are constantly correcting. The airbag warning light went off at 50,000 miles. Source was a terrible design by Dodge. There is a bungee cord pulling down on the wire bundle that leads to the headrest airbags. Place a 220 pound man in the driver’s seat with this bungee cord pulling on the wires and you get broken wires. Doesn’t take an engineer to figure that one out. Overall – Poor design, poor build quality, poor economy, horrible dealer support (or lack thereof) and a car that appears to be built to die in 5 years or less. *UPDATE* Chrysler has stopped production on the Dart, 200 and Avenger. These platforms were substandard compared with others in the same class. Since I created this review; I have traded the Avenger for a Nissan Altima. I traded it with the same company that has sold me my last 5 cars. The best they would offer me for trade was $5,600. Trouble from the day I purchased it, poor MPG, mediocre quality and a horrid resale value.
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2013 avenger
bradyhenson, 02/11/2013
2013 Dodge Avenger SE 4dr Sedan (2.4L 4cyl 4A)
46 of 73 people found this review helpful
Fun to drive, performance is good, quality is excellent, cool car! Comfortable driver and passenger seats.
Good car
Hannah, 04/08/2019
2013 Dodge Avenger SE 4dr Sedan (2.4L 4cyl 4A)
4 of 5 people found this review helpful
The Dodge, Avenger is a good car. It is very comfortable has lots of storage, is roomy. It get great fuel milage. It honestly is overall a great car.
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