2009 Dodge Avenger problems
Owners have filed 99 complaints with NHTSA about the 2009 Dodge Avenger. Engine is the most reported problem area, at 12% of complaints. After that come air bags (11%) and electrical system (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 99 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 12% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 4 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 11 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 81,000 miles 76 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 6 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 7 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 12 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 13 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 9 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 8 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 3 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 8 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 4 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 6 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 76 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 81,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 4 complaints mention a crash; 11 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2009 ranks 11th most-complained-about out of 13 model years of the Dodge Avenger with enough data (46 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
I was traveling down a busy road when a truck pulled out in front of me with no time to stop and smashed my whole front end in mainly on the passenger side and I had no air bag depolyment
While driving a 2009 dodge avenger from national car rental (~11,000 miles on the vehicle) at 70 MPH on a florida toll way, the airbags deployed. There was no collision or contact with anything (animal, road debris, etc.), the road was flat and straight, and there were no circumstances or events that would have caused the airbags to deploy. I was talking on a cell phone using a bluetooth headset at the time and had just moved my blackberry, crossing the steering wheel when the airbags deployed.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 dodge avenger. The contact stated that while driving approximately 5 MPH, another vehicle crashed into the front passenger's side of the vehicle as the air bags failed to deploy. A police report was filed however, there were no injuries reported. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where it was diagnosed and repaired. The repairs were unknown. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. In addition, the contact stated that one year later, the air bag warning light re-illuminated.
I was driving out of the city on a street that changes from 25 to 35 MPH, I begin to accelerate and the car stalls and the etc light illuminates. Then with more force on the pedal it only goes up to 10 to 15 MPH. The car shakes and begins to act weird hard to stop to make a turn into a parking lot. I've almost was forced while braking to pulled in front of cars out of my control due to the jumping and shaking of the car. I then let it turn off after parking. I shut off all electric devices running on the car.