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Dodge Avenger 2012

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

0.78 per 1,000

1.1 times this nameplate’s own median · from 63 complaints filed in the first three years, of 554 ever. 95% lower bound 0.59.

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.

Unknown Or Other 163 complaints

heater8351%
cold air6439%
core5534%
heater core5433%
blows4025%
heat passenger2314%

Electrical System 109 complaints

cold2120%
passenger side2120%
heat2019%
heater1817%
cold air1312%
core1010%

Air Bags 109 complaints

occupant restraint1110%
belts air109%
bags seat109%

When it breaks

12% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 70,000 miles, from 391 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.

Active Head Rest Inadvertent Deployment

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:

10449202 · 10453388 · 10455599 · 10459108 · 10468144 · 10470116

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.