NHTSA Safety Recalls
2011 Dodge Avenger Recalls
The 2011 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 2011 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
- 209
- Crashes reported
- 14
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
On a 2011 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 2011 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 2010, 2012–2014 Avenger, 5 other models
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 13V282000
- Reported
- July 2, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 442,320
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2012–2013 Avenger, 4 other models
Steering: column
- Campaign
- 11V315000
- Reported
- June 8, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 11,096
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 10 other models
2011 Dodge Avenger complaints by year
NHTSA has received 209 owner complaints about the 2011 Dodge Avenger, the newest on December 16, 2025. Of these, 14 describe a crash (7%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 6 injuries.
In complaints about the 2011 Dodge Avenger, the component group named most often is the electrical system (20%), followed by the engine (18%) and the air bags (17%).
1 of the 2011 Dodge Avenger's 3 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2011 Dodge Avenger owners gave the mileage (159 complaints), the median was 78,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Unknown Or Other57
- Electrical System41
- Engine38
- Air Bags35
- Visibility/Wiper23
- Seat Belts20
Complaints received, by year
| 2011 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 18 | |
| 2013 | 7 | |
| 2014 | 22 | |
| 2015 | 13 | |
| 2016 | 19 | |
| 2017 | 35 | |
| 2018 | 38 | |
| 2019 | 23 | |
| 2020 | 16 | |
| 2021 | 7 | |
| 2022 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2011 Dodge Avenger peaked in 2018, when NHTSA received 38. 23% arrived between 2010 and 2014, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2011 vehicles, the 2011 Dodge Avenger drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Dodge Avenger year in the same window: 5th highest of the 8 ranked years.
The 209 complaints about the 2011 Dodge Avenger are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Avenger by model year
Other 2011 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: December 16, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted