Dodge Avenger: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 20 recall campaigns for the Dodge Avenger, model years 1995 to 2015. NHTSA has 2,563 complaints on file for this model line. 13 of the 15 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Dodge Avenger NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 1% | |
| 2014 Dodge Avenger | 1 | 137 | 80% | 1,435,625 |
| 2013 Dodge Avenger | 5 | 334 | 195% | 2,244,181 |
| 2012 Dodge Avenger | 3 | 400 | 234% | 2,241,875 |
| 2011 Dodge Avenger | 3 | 163 | 95% | 1,889,041 |
| 2010 Dodge Avenger | 3 | 128 | 75% | 1,478,907 |
| 2009 Dodge Avenger | 2 | 52 | 30% | 803 |
| 2008 Dodge Avenger | 6 | 768 | 449% | 368,485 |
| 2007 Dodge Avenger | 4 | 2 | 1% | 366,529 |
| 2000 Dodge Avenger NHTSA page | 1 | 22 | 13% | 393,796 |
| 1999 Dodge Avenger | 1 | 62 | 36% | 393,796 |
| 1998 Dodge Avenger | 2 | 58 | 34% | 421,323 |
| 1997 Dodge Avenger | 2 | 83 | 49% | 394,879 |
| 1996 Dodge Avenger | 2 | 157 | 92% | 559,653 |
| 1995 Dodge Avenger | 2 | 196 | 115% | 559,653 |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
3,775 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Electrical System | 124.8 | 471 |
| Air Bags | 124.2 | 469 |
| Power Train | 99.3 | 375 |
| Engine | 75.5 | 285 |
| Unknown or Other | 74.2 | 280 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 65.7 | 248 |
| Suspension | 64.4 | 243 |
| Seat Belts | 48.5 | 183 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 38.4 | 145 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 37.4 | 141 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- Ram 150029 campaigns
- Durango73 campaigns
- Grand Caravan67 campaigns
- Caravan56 campaigns
- Dakota49 campaigns
- Intrepid15 campaigns
- Ram 250022 campaigns
- Charger83 campaigns
- Ram63 campaigns
- Neon16 campaigns
- Journey26 campaigns
- Ram 350032 campaigns
- Stratus27 campaigns
- Caliber8 campaigns
- Dart41 campaigns
- Challenger44 campaigns
- Magnum13 campaigns
- Nitro11 campaigns
- Shadow11 campaigns
- Dynasty8 campaigns
- Spirit6 campaigns
- Ram Quad Cab0 campaigns
- Dodge Truck8 campaigns
- C Body1 campaign
- Colt11 campaigns
- Sport Utility2 campaigns
- Journey AWD1 campaign
- Nitro 4X40 campaigns
- Stealth4 campaigns
- Ram van3 campaigns
- Ram Pickup1 campaign
- Dodge9 campaigns
- Daytona14 campaigns
- Sprinter 250015 campaigns
- Nitro 4X21 campaign
- Sprinter10 campaigns
- Pickup0 campaigns
- B2509 campaigns
- Caliber AWD0 campaigns
- Durango 4X40 campaigns
- Ram 550012 campaigns
- Sprinter 350014 campaigns
- Stratus Coupe0 campaigns
- Monaco43 campaigns
- Viper12 campaigns
- Aries12 campaigns
- Ram 450012 campaigns
- B3508 campaigns
- SRT-40 campaigns
- Lancer7 campaigns
- Omni23 campaigns
- B1506 campaigns
- Raider2 campaigns
- Ramcharger8 campaigns
- D1503 campaigns
- Mini Ram van4 campaigns
- 60011 campaigns
- Diplomat10 campaigns
- B20018 campaigns
- D10016 campaigns
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Dodge Avenger: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/dodge/avenger/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 29 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 15 May 2019
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Dodge Avenger model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2008 with 6, 2013 with 5, 2007 with 4. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Dodge Avenger model year has the most complaints?
- The 2008 model year, with 768 of the 2,563 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Dodge Avenger name?
- Electrical System: 124.8 per 1,000 component mentions. Air Bags: 124.2 per 1,000 component mentions. Power Train: 99.3 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Dodge Avenger?
- 6 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.