NHTSA Safety Recalls
2013 Dodge Avenger Recalls
The 2013 Dodge Avenger has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 10, 2017.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2013 Dodge Avenger. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 548
- Crashes reported
- 26
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
10 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2013 Dodge Avenger, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2013 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 2012 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 2010–2012, 2014 Avenger, 5 other models
Engine
- Campaign
- 13V552000
- Reported
- November 6, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 521
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 3 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 2011–2012 Avenger, 4 other models
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 13V043000
- Reported
- February 6, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,785
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and fire
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2013 Dodge Avenger complaints by year
NHTSA has received 548 owner complaints about the 2013 Dodge Avenger, the newest on August 6, 2026. Of these, 26 describe a crash (5%) and 10 a fire; owners reported 42 injuries.
In complaints about the 2013 Dodge Avenger, the component group named most often is the air bags (28%), followed by the engine (22%) and the electrical system (18%).
1 of the 2013 Dodge Avenger's 5 recalls also concerns the engine.
Where 2013 Dodge Avenger owners gave the mileage (379 complaints), the median was 71,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags154
- Engine120
- Unknown Or Other102
- Electrical System98
- Seats60
- Seat Belts52
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 13 | |
| 2014 | 34 | |
| 2015 | 25 | |
| 2016 | 58 | |
| 2017 | 97 | |
| 2018 | 73 | |
| 2019 | 82 | |
| 2020 | 69 | |
| 2021 | 40 | |
| 2022 | 16 | |
| 2023 | 11 | |
| 2024 | 17 | |
| 2025 | 9 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2013 Dodge Avenger peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 97. 24% arrived between 2012 and 2016, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2013 vehicles, the 2013 Dodge Avenger drew 1.6× the complaints of the median Dodge Avenger year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 8 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 548 complaints about the 2013 Dodge Avenger are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Avenger by model year
Other 2013 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: August 6, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted