NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Dodge Avenger Recalls
The 2012 Dodge Avenger has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 10, 2017.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2012 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
- 554
- Crashes reported
- 34
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
7 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2012 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 2012 Dodge Avenger
Seats: front assembly: head restraint
- Campaign
- 17V640000
- Reported
- October 10, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 363,930
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2013 Avenger, 2 other models
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 2010–2011, 2013–2014 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 2011, 2013 Avenger, 4 other models
2012 Dodge Avenger complaints by year
NHTSA has received 554 owner complaints about the 2012 Dodge Avenger, the newest on September 28, 2026. Of these, 34 describe a crash (6%) and 7 a fire; owners reported 35 injuries.
In complaints about the 2012 Dodge Avenger, the component group named most often is the air bags (20%), followed by the electrical system (20%) and the visibility/wiper (17%).
1 of the 2012 Dodge Avenger's 3 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2012 Dodge Avenger owners gave the mileage (391 complaints), the median was 70,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Unknown Or Other163
- Air Bags109
- Electrical System109
- Visibility/Wiper95
- Engine87
- Seat Belts43
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 10 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 22 | |
| 2014 | 31 | |
| 2015 | 53 | |
| 2016 | 44 | |
| 2017 | 77 | |
| 2018 | 119 | |
| 2019 | 91 | |
| 2020 | 55 | |
| 2021 | 20 | |
| 2022 | 11 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 8 | |
| 2025 | 6 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2012 Dodge Avenger peaked in 2018, when NHTSA received 119. 21% arrived between 2011 and 2015, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2012 vehicles, the 2012 Dodge Avenger drew 1.7× the complaints of the median Dodge Avenger year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 8 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 554 complaints about the 2012 Dodge Avenger are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Avenger by model year
Other 2012 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: September 28, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted