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Model years to avoid

Dodge Avenger

What it says about you

Opinion

A mid-size saloon from Dodge's leanest years. It got you there.

Not measured, not from the data, and offered in fun. Everything below this is not.

9 model years on record, 2,592 complaints filed.

The years to look at closely: 2013 (headrest), 2012 (heat), 2008 (park). Everything else drew a normal number of complaints for this model.

What owners report, and when

Faults that dominated the complaints of more than one model year. Not the same question as which year to avoid — a car can have an ordinary number of complaints every year and have most of them be about the same thing.

  • cold 2011, 2012 peak 36.8% of that year's complaints
  • heat 2011, 2012 peak 31.5% of that year's complaints
  • heater 2011, 2012 peak 29.7% of that year's complaints
  • head 2013, 2014 peak 18% of that year's complaints

Every year

  1. 2015 0 recalls 1 complaints
  2. 2014 1 recall 205 complaints
  3. 2013 headrest 548 complaints
  4. 2012 heat 553 complaints
  5. 2011 3 recalls 209 complaints
  6. 2010 3 recalls 163 complaints
  7. 2009 2 recalls 67 complaints
  8. 2008 park 844 complaints
  9. 2007 4 recalls 2 complaints

What does a Dodge Avenger say about you?

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Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints — compared against itself rather than against other cars, so popularity and age do not decide the answer.