2009 Dodge Avenger
This year drew an ordinary 67 complaints for a Dodge Avenger — the model's median is 209. What they were about is the unusual part: 11.9% of them mention says, against 3.6% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 67 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 209 |
| Involving a crash | 3 |
| Recalls | 2 |
| EPA combined | 22 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- says — 11.9% of this year's complaints, against 3.6% across the model's other years (3.3×). Owners wrote it as: says, driving down, pcm, manifold runner.
- warning lights — 10.4% of this year's complaints, against 3.5% across the model's other years (2.9×). Owners wrote it as: warning lights, straight, pull over.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
THE CAR STALLS WHEN AT A STOP. THE ENGINE CUTS OFF. NO WARNING LIGHTS AND THE DODGE DEALERSHIP CAN NOT FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM. IT HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES.
RED LIGHTING SYMBOL APPEARS ON THE DASH WHILE I'M ON THE HIGHWAY. SUDDENLY MY CAR LOSES ITS HORSEPOWER AND I BEGIN TO COAST. I PULL OVER TO THE SIDE AND THE CAR BEGINS TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY UNTIL I PUT IT IN PARK. WHEN IN PARK, THE CAR IDLES TO ABOUT 2500 RPM. I'…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 09V047000 FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER Fixed free of charge.
- 08V528000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Dodge Avenger was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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