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Dodge air conditioning & heating problems

Across all Dodge models in NHTSA's complaint database, 162 complaints involve air conditioning & heating. The Dakota accounts for the largest share (19%). The single worst model year is the 2005 Dakota with 12 air conditioning & heating complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
162 about air conditioning & heating, all Dodge models
Most affected
Dakota 19% of these complaints
Typical mileage
62,000 miles 87 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
3 and 20

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Dodge models

ModelComplaintsShare
Dakota3119%
Avenger1912%
Durango138%
Caravan127%
Monaco117%
Ram 1500106%
Grand Caravan85%
Stratus85%
Neon74%
Intrepid64%

Worst model years for air conditioning & heating

  1. 2005 Dodge Dakota12 complaints
  2. 1991 Dodge Monaco9 complaints
  3. 2012 Dodge Avenger8 complaints
  4. 2013 Dodge Avenger7 complaints
  5. 2001 Dodge Dakota7 complaints

Air conditioning & heating complaints by model year

Dodge air conditioning & heating complaints by model year 0 10 20 1990: 3 '90 1991: 12 1992: 2 '92 1993: 2 1994: 7 '94 1995: 7 1996: 10 '96 1997: 6 1998: 9 '98 1999: 8 2000: 14 '00 2001: 16 2002: 12 '02 2003: 5 2004: 1 '04 2005: 14 2006: 1 '06 2007: 3 2008: 4 '08 2009: 1 2010: 1 '10 2011: 3 2012: 10 '12 2013: 8 2014: 1 '14 2015: 1 2020: 1 '20
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
View the numbers
Model yearComplaints
19903
199112
19922
19932
19947
19957
199610
19976
19989
19998
200014
200116
200212
20035
20041
200514
20061
20073
20084
20091
20101
20113
201210
20138
20141
20151
20201

Among the 87 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 62,000 miles.

Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.