NHTSA Safety Recalls
2010 Dodge Avenger Recalls
The 2010 Dodge Avenger has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 15, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2010 Dodge Avenger. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 163
- Crashes reported
- 16
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
8 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2010 Dodge Avenger, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2010 Dodge Avenger
Seat belts: pretensioner
- Campaign
- 16V668000
- Reported
- September 15, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,435,625
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2011–2014 Avenger, 5 other models
Steering: electric power assist system
- Campaign
- 10V475000
- Reported
- October 7, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 23,237
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 4 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic
- Campaign
- 10V009000
- Reported
- January 11, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 20,045
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 5 other models
2010 Dodge Avenger complaints by year
NHTSA has received 163 owner complaints about the 2010 Dodge Avenger, the newest on May 4, 2026. Of these, 16 describe a crash (10%) and 8 a fire; owners reported 13 injuries.
In complaints about the 2010 Dodge Avenger, the component group named most often is the electrical system (25%), followed by the air bags (23%) and the vehicle speed control (17%).
None of the 2010 Dodge Avenger's 3 recalls concerns the electrical system.
Where 2010 Dodge Avenger owners gave the mileage (125 complaints), the median was 75,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System40
- Air Bags37
- Vehicle Speed Control27
- Engine23
- Power Train20
- Unknown Or Other17
Complaints received, by year
| 2010 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | |
| 2012 | 7 | |
| 2013 | 13 | |
| 2014 | 19 | |
| 2015 | 14 | |
| 2016 | 23 | |
| 2017 | 25 | |
| 2018 | 12 | |
| 2019 | 12 | |
| 2020 | 11 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 4 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2010 Dodge Avenger peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 25. 20% arrived between 2009 and 2013, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2010 vehicles, the 2010 Dodge Avenger drew 0.5× the complaints of the median Dodge Avenger year in the same window: 6th highest of the 8 ranked years.
That makes 2010 one of the three best-measured Dodge Avenger years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
The 163 complaints about the 2010 Dodge Avenger are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Avenger by model year
Other 2010 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: May 4, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted