Dodge
Dodge Avenger problems by year
- 193complaints
- 1recall campaigns
- 1model years with a page
Newest report Aug 11, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
Pick your model year
Owner complaints on file for each year.
Complaints for each year on the road
Each model year's NHTSA complaints divided by the calendar years it has been on sale, counting this one (a 2018 model has had 9). Older cars have had longer to collect complaints, so raw totals flatter the new ones. Blue bars are the years to avoid.
Within one model, sales change less from year to year than they do between models, so a jump here is mostly a jump in problems. The call: the years to avoid are the (up to three) highest at 1.5 times the model's median rate or more, and the best are the (up to three) lowest at two thirds of it or less, from 2016 on.
Guide How much should a years-to-avoid list decide? What these lists get wrong
At a glance
- Where the complaints sit
- The 2014 has the most complaints of any Dodge Avenger year here: 193 of 193 (100%).
- Problem across the years
- Airbag is the top problem in every model year with a page, 68 reports in all. Pooled across the years, half of the 30 owners who gave a mileage for airbag were under about 50,000 miles.
- Crash, fire and injury reports
- 12% of Dodge Avenger complaints report a crash, a fire or an injury, against 6% for the typical vehicle on this site.
- Recalls on the top problem
- None of the 1 model years where owners report airbag has a recall on the same system.
- When owners filed
- Filings peaked in 2017 at 46 (full calendar years only). In 2025 there were 2. So far in 2026, 1 more has come in. Filings on record start in 2015.
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Year by year
2014 Dodge Avenger
193 owner complaints, 15 for each year on the road (1.0 times the model median). Most reported: airbag (68 reports, median 50,000 miles), seat belt (60 reports, median 78,000 miles) and stalling (24 reports, median 46,700 miles). 19 reports involved a crash and 10 people were hurt. 1 recall: 16V-668 on the seat belts.
Questions
What is the most common problem on the Dodge Avenger?
Airbag, with 68 reports across the 1 model years that have a page here. It's the single most reported problem on the 2014.
How many recalls does the Dodge Avenger have?
1 recall campaign cover the Dodge Avenger model years 2014 on this site.
How many Dodge Avenger complaints involve a crash, fire or injury?
12% of them, against 6% for the typical vehicle on this site.
Is there a recall for airbag on the Dodge Avenger?
No. None of the 1 model years where owners report it has one on the same system.