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2012 Dodge Avenger body & structure problems

20 complaints about body & structure have been filed for the 2012 Dodge Avenger, which is 2% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
20 2% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
41,000 miles 17 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
7 and 2
Injuries and deaths
5 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When body & structure problems show up

Body & structure complaints by mileage, 2012 Dodge Avenger Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 41,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 7 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 3 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 41,000 miles
Based on 17 complaints that include mileage. 65% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles1
20k to 40k miles7
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles3
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 17 body & structure complaints that report mileage, the median is about 41,000 miles, and 65% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 7 crashes, 2 fires, 5 injuries.

What owners wrote

Hit a deer at 60 MPH the car started on fire and completely burned up no air bags went off dodge investigated but will not tell us why the car burned up.

Reported at 30,000 miles, March 2014 CrashFireInjury

When I turn on heat or air it make a on going noise while on. When air is on it makes ongoing noise and leaks water underneath glove compartment.

Reported at 30,000 miles, October 2013

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