2008 Dodge Avenger electrical system problems
220 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 2008 Dodge Avenger, which is 18% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 220 18% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 91,000 miles 187 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 3 and 13
- Injuries and deaths
- 1 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When electrical system problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 12 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 15 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 22 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 25 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 29 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 24 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 24 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 21 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 7 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 5 |
| 200k+ miles | 3 |
What the data shows
Of the 187 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 91,000 miles, and 26% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 3 crashes, 13 fires, 1 injury.
What owners wrote
Wednesday october 10th 2018 approximately 10:30 a.m. I was on my way to smoothie kind in cooper city located inside of a plaza. As I turned into the parking spot with my foot already on the brake to slow down into said parking spot the vehicle accelerated on its own. I pumped the brakes once nothing stopped the vehicle and it went over the medium between parking spots and hit a unoccupied vehicle on the left front. Then stopped just before hitting a tree.
I was driving home and the car bucked like it was going to stall, just then I lost my dashboard lights, car kept running but sluggish. Got home to see if anyone else had this problem and found out that there was a recall for this issue, exactly what had happened to me was described on chrysler's recall page. So I called chrysler and they told me it wasn't my model, yet everything I read, even on your page, says 2008 dodge avenger and the problems I know have are described to a tee.
Other problems reported for the 2008 Dodge Avenger
- Engine 169 complaints
- Drivetrain & axles 145 complaints
- Cruise control 138 complaints
- Air bags 97 complaints
- Transmission 92 complaints
- Fuel system 70 complaints
- Brakes 37 complaints
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 34 complaints