NHTSA Safety Recalls
2014 Dodge Avenger Recalls
The 2014 Dodge Avenger has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on September 15, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2014 Dodge Avenger. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 205
- Crashes reported
- 20
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2014 Dodge Avenger, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2014 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 2010–2013 Avenger, 5 other models
2014 Dodge Avenger complaints by year
NHTSA has received 205 owner complaints about the 2014 Dodge Avenger, the newest on August 11, 2026. Of these, 20 describe a crash (10%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 10 injuries.
In complaints about the 2014 Dodge Avenger, the component group named most often is the air bags (34%), followed by the engine (20%) and the seat belts (19%).
The 2014 Dodge Avenger's only recall also concerns the seat belts.
Where 2014 Dodge Avenger owners gave the mileage (145 complaints), the median was 50,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags69
- Engine42
- Seat Belts39
- Electrical System33
- Seats24
- Unknown Or Other19
Complaints received, by year
| 2014 | 12 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 22 | |
| 2016 | 21 | |
| 2017 | 46 | |
| 2018 | 27 | |
| 2019 | 33 | |
| 2020 | 20 | |
| 2021 | 7 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 8 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2014 Dodge Avenger peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 46. 49% arrived between 2013 and 2017, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2014 vehicles, the 2014 Dodge Avenger drew 1.2× the complaints of the median Dodge Avenger year in the same window: 4th highest of the 8 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 205 complaints about the 2014 Dodge Avenger are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Avenger by model year
Other 2014 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: August 11, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted