Vehicle report

1998 DODGE AVENGER

Reported problems

58 complaints · median 83000 miles
ComponentReports
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT11
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL4
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH4
SUSPENSION:FRONT4
AIR BAGS3
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS3
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL3
WHEELS:RIM3
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE2
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM2
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION2
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH2
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP2
STEERING:RACK AND PINION2
WHEELS2
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW1
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM1
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING1
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE1
EQUIPMENT1
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS1
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE1
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY1
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY1
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY1
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR1
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC1
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS1
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR1
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM1
STRUCTURE:BODY1
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR1
SUSPENSION1
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM1
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT1
TIRES:SIDEWALL1
TIRES:TREAD/BELT1
UNKNOWN OR OTHER1

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Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.

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