2011 Dodge Avenger defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2011 Dodge Avenger. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• Active Head Rest Inadvertent Deployment
  Preliminary Evaluation PE19014 · opened Sep 9, 2019 · closed Feb 25, 2026

  The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened PE19014 on September 9, 2019, to investigate 128 consumer complaints alleging that the Active Head Rest (AHR) inadvertently deployed without the occurrence of a crash or other rear impact event in model year (MY) 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango vehicles.When O…

• Engine stall
  Preliminary Evaluation PE12016 · opened Jun 18, 2012 · closed Oct 15, 2012

  During PE12-016, Chrysler identified a condition in model year (MY) 2011 Chrysler 200 and Dodge Avenger vehicles equipped with 3.6L engines that may result in engine stall when stopped or travelling at very low speeds.According to Chrysler, this condition occurs when the Powertrain Control Module (PCM) initiates a purg…