Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHEELS | |||
| 08/15/2012 | 54100 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2009 dodge avenger. the contact stated that the rear passenger tire failed while driving approximately 65 mph. in addition, the rear driver's side tire failed while the vehicle was parked in a residential garage. the vehicle was taken to the dealer who inspected the tires and located the failure at the valve stem and air pressure sensors, which were corroded due to road salts. the dealer replaced the air pressure sensors and the valves. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure and advised the contact that the failure was not recalled. the vehicle was repaired. the approximate failure mileage was 54,100 and the current mileage was 54,416. | |||
| 08/15/2012 | 54100 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2009 dodge avenger. the contact stated that the rear passenger tire failed while driving approximately 65 mph. in addition, the rear driver's side tire failed while the vehicle was parked in a residential garage. the vehicle was taken to the dealer who inspected the tires and located the failure at the valve stem and air pressure sensors, which were corroded due to road salts. the dealer replaced the air pressure sensors and the valves. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure and advised the contact that the failure was not recalled. the vehicle was repaired. the approximate failure mileage was 54,100 and the current mileage was 54,416. kmj | |||
| 08/15/2012 | 54100 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2009 dodge avenger. the contact stated that the rear passenger tire failed while driving at approximately 65 mph the tire went flat and the driver rear tire failed while the vehicle was parked in the garage. the vehicle was taken to the dealer inspected the tires and located the failure at the valve stem and air pressure sensor was corroded due to salt. the dealer replaced the air pressure sensors and valves. the manufacture was made aware of the failure and advised that the failure was not recalled. the vehicle was repaired. the approximate failure mileage was 54,100 and the current mileage was 54,416. li | |||
| 06/09/2012 | 42010 | ||
| On 9 june 2012 the vehicle experienced a total loss of pressure to the front driver's side tire at 25 mph. the vehicle was pulled over immediately and the tpms valve had broken apart and fallen into the tire. the sensor/stem was replaced and the wheel and undamaged tire remounted. on 1 july 2012, the monitoring system indicated that there was low pressure to the rear driver's side tire. the vehicle was travelling at 70 mph on the highway. when monitoring the pressure, the psi was dropping about 1 psi every 5 minutes. the vehicle was pulled into the next rest stop 5 miles later and the stem was coming apart in various places. air was leaking from the base of the stem. the entire sensor was barely being held onto the wheel by what remained of the outside of the stem. the tire was changed and the vehicle driven back home with a spare. after arriving home, the front passenger side stem was found to have split down the middle but still maintaining pressure. the rear passenger side did not appear to have any damage. on 2 july 2012 all sensors/stems were removed from the vehicle and replaced to avoid any future dangerous failures. | |||