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Dodge Avenger 2008

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

3.84 per 1,000

5.2 times this nameplate’s own median · from 238 complaints filed in the first three years, of 830 ever. 95% lower bound 3.35.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model yearPer 1,000Complaints
20083.84238
20090.147
20100.4219
20110.4727
20120.7863
20130.7773
20140.7454

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Power Train 236 complaints

park14461%
out park7532%
shift out4620%
gear shift4620%
stuck park3816%
pink2410%

Electrical System 219 complaints

throttle4420%
electronic3014%
electronic throttle2712%
throttle control2512%
stalls178%
throttle body157%

Vehicle Speed Control 138 complaints

throttle10172%
electronic6950%
throttle control6648%
electronic throttle6446%
control warning2518%
bolt1310%

When it breaks

10% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 70,650 miles, from 721 complaints that recorded one).

Failures arrive late and spread out, which looks like wear. Service history matters more than model year here.

What NHTSA did

1 investigation covering this model year, 0 of which list a recall campaign.

Fleet Vehicle Recall Completion Audit

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

10192638 · 10197028 · 10205313 · 10205845 · 10213886 · 10214317

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is automated checks only, not verified against an external source.