2014 Dodge Avenger

Typical pattern

5.8% of complaints about the 2014 Dodge Avenger came in the first year, which is unremarkable for a 2014 vehicle — around the middle of the 195 model-years on record. The median complaint arrives at 3.9 yr in service. The most-reported system is air bags (69 complaints), typically at 3.6 yr or about 50,000 miles.

Complaints: 328
Median age at failure: 3.9 yr
Median mileage: 50,000 n=234
Crash / fire / tow: 15.5% of reports
Safety recalls: 1

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

System

0y2y4y6y8y10y12y14y

Air bags

69 reports · 50,000 mi

3.6 yr

20.3%

Engine

42 reports · 52,200 mi

4.7 yr

9.5%

Seat belts

39 reports · 50,000 mi

3.3 yr

17.9%

Electrical system

34 reports · 46,700 mi

3.2 yr

8.8%

Seats

24 reports · 84,000 mi

6.6 yr

4.2%

Other

19 reports · 52,200 mi

5.1 yr

15.8%

Service brakes

16 reports · 20,639 mi

3.0 yr

25%

Speed control

15 reports · 40,500 mi

4.6 yr

13.3%

Safety recalls — NHTSA campaigns

16V668000 2016-09-15

Seat belts:pretensioner

Chrysler (FCA US LLC) is recalling certain model year 2011-2014 Chrysler 200, 2010 Chrysler Sebring, 2010-2012 Dodge Caliber and 2010-2014 Jeep Patriot, Compass and Dodge Avenger vehicles. The Occupant Restraint Control (OCR) module may short circuit, preventing the frontal air bags, seat belt pretensioners, and side air bags from deploying in the event of a crash.

If the frontal air bags, seat belt pretensioners, and side air bags are disabled, there is an increased risk of injury to the vehicle occupants in the event of a vehicle crash that necessitates deployment of these safety systems.

In owners’ own words

Service brakes 1,100 mi 6 mo in service

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 DODGE AVENGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE SWERVED TO THE LEFT ABNORMALLY. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE BRAKES WOULD SQUEAL WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE REPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,100 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 1,528.

Service brakes 8 mi 2.8 yr in service

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 DODGE AVENGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, AN ABNORMAL NOISE EMITTED FROM THE BRAKES AS THE VEHICLE VIBRATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE OPERATED AS INTENDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8.

Service brakes 80,000 mi 3.0 yr in service

LIGHTNING BOLT COMES ON TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT FLASHES LOOSING ALL POWER 20MPH TOP SPEED. DEALER HAS NO IDEA BRAKES SQEEK WHILE BACKING UP AND HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE. STARTED IN SEPTEMBER THEN STOPPED NOW IT IS DOING IT AGAIN. ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON TESTING SHOWS LEAK IN GAS CAP. REPLACED NOW IT'S COMING ON AGAIN.

Electrical system 7,335 mi 9 mo in service

I PURCHASED MY CAR BRAND NEW 0 MILES ON IT IN FEBRUARY ME AND MY GRANNY I HAVE A WHITE ON SHE HAS A BLACK ONE SOON AS SHE PURCHASED HER CAR THE CHARGING PORT WAS FLASHING ON AND OFF AND IT WENT OUT AND JUST TWO WEEKS AGO MY CARS LIGHTS WAS FLASHING ON AND OFF THE CAR WOULDN'T GO PAST 40MPH WITHOUT THE CAR SHAKING AND THE LIGHTS FLASHING I EVEN GOT PULLED OVER I HATE THE CAR. *TR

Other Avenger model years

How to read this

This is what owners reported, not a reliability rating. People file with NHTSA about alarming failures, not routine ones, and complaint volume tracks how many cars were sold.
Failure ages come from the incident date on each complaint, populated on about 83% of records. Mileage is shown where reported — NHTSA’s 2021 system change cut mileage capture to roughly 15%, so it thins out sharply after MY2020.
Every rank compares this vehicle only against others of the same model year. A 2025 car has not had time to accumulate five-year failures, so comparing early-failure share across years is meaningless.
Fourteen make-months distorted by media storms and mass recalls — Toyota in February 2010 ran 11× normal volume across 33 models — are excluded.
Recalls are manufacturer actions and authoritative; complaints are not. A recall listed here may already have been performed on any individual car. Check a specific VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.