1 NHTSA safety recall covers the 2014 Dodge Avenger. Owners have filed 205 complaints with NHTSA about this model year. Every recall repair is free at any Dodge dealer.
Is yours affected? Recalls cover ranges of VINs, not every 2014 Dodge Avenger. Check your Avenger by VIN and confirm open recalls at NHTSA.gov.
Each campaign as NHTSA published it: what is wrong, what can happen, and the fix. Newest first.
Owners filed 205 complaints with NHTSA about the 2014 Dodge Avenger, reporting 20 crashes, 3 fires, 10 injuries. Dodge has issued at least 135 technical service bulletins (repair instructions to dealers) for this model year. Complaints are unverified owner reports; a recall is the manufacturer’s admission of a safety defect.
Read Dodge Avenger owner complaints and bulletins, every year
NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation lists this model year in one investigation. An investigation is not a recall; it is how NHTSA decides whether one is needed.
Owners have filed 205 complaints with NHTSA about the 2014 Dodge Avenger. A few in their own words, shortened. Complaints are unverified and are not proof of a defect or of any recall.
“Passenger headrest deployed without cause or accident and hit passenger in head. Resulting in headache and pain.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11423812
“JUST BOUGHT THE CAR, WITHIN A MONTH THE BRAKES WERE GRINDING. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THERE WAS A POWER TRAIN LEAK WHICH THEY REPLACED. A FEW DAYS LATER, I WAS AT AN INTERSECTION TURNING AND MY WHEEL COMPLETELY LOCKED, CAUSING ME TO HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AND THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11416143
“I WAS DRIVING THE CAR DOWN THE ROAD WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE WHEELS LOCKED UP AND PULLED HARD LEFT AND MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP AS WELL AND I CRASHED”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11278733
“TAKATA RECALL I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND MY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY NOR DID MY SEAT BELT RESTRAIN ME. I HAD NO IDEA MY VEHICLE EVEN HAD A RECALL ON IT.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11145137
“THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 DODGE AVENGER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. DURING THE CRASH, THE FRONT END WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED; HOWEVER, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11114161
Search the official database: NHTSA. Excerpts are quoted from the public record, shortened at a sentence and with personal details removed.
Not every 2014 Dodge Avenger is in every recall. Enter your 17-character VIN to see the recalls on record for your exact vehicle, then confirm which are still open at NHTSA.gov or with any Dodge dealer.