Factory build sheet
2012 Dodge Avenger R/T
Build 1C3CDZBG-C · 3.6L 6cyl · Front-wheel drive · Sedan
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 1C3CDZBG and position 10 reads C. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Avenger whose VIN starts 1C3CDZBG and carries C in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 465 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 465 known VINs
- 2 listed for sale now
Factory specification
As filed by Dodge with NHTSA for this build. Fields the filing does not record are left out entirely — a missing row means no recorded value, not a missing feature.
Engine
- Displacement
- 3.6 L
- Cylinders
- 6
- Engine manufacturer
- Chrysler
- Turbocharged
- No
- Horsepower
- 283 hp
- Fuel type
- Flexible Fuel Vehicle (FFV)
Drivetrain
- Drive type
- Front-wheel drive
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Sedan/Saloon
- NHTSA body type
- PASSENGER CAR
- Doors
- 4
- Series
- JS
- Manufacturer
- FCA US LLC
Weight rating
- GVWR class
- Class 1
- GVWR
- 6,000 lb or less
Gross vehicle weight rating is the loaded ceiling set by the manufacturer, not the car's own weight.
The same build, other model years
Dodge used the VIN pattern 1C3CDZBG for 2 model years. Nothing but the year changes between these pages, so the price gap between them is depreciation on an identical car.
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2012 You are here code C
- 2013 R/T 3.6L 6cyl Sedan · 752 vehicles code D $7,950
How this VIN pattern is read
A 17-character VIN carries two kinds of information: what was built, and which one it is. This page is the first kind — the nine highlighted positions.
| Positions | Characters | What they encode |
|---|---|---|
| 1–3 | 1C3 | FCA US LLC · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | CDZBG | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | C | Model year — 2012 |
| 11 | × | Assembly plant |
| 12–17 | ×××××× | Production sequence number, unique to each vehicle |
NHTSA safety ratings
Crash-test results are published per model year and body style, so they cover the 2012 Dodge Avenger as a whole rather than this build alone.
Overall
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
Frontal crash
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
Side crash
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
Rollover
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
3 recall campaigns are recorded for the 2012 Avenger. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
465 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 1C3CDZBG-C shares the specification above.
- 465 Known VINs
- 2 Listed for sale now
Vehicles of this build
A fixed sample of 1 vehicles carrying this configuration — each with its own history page. The sample refreshes quarterly, not nightly, so it stays put between visits.
Cars are filed by a fixed rule based on the VIN, so a car never moves between groups.
Neighboring configurations
Other factory configurations of the Avenger, each with its own build sheet. The set is fixed by the VIN patterns themselves, so it does not shuffle as prices or inventory move.
- 2012 SXT 2.4L 4-cyl · Sedan saloon · FWD 4,992 vehicles · $4,995 median
- 2013 SE 3.6L 6-cyl · Sedan saloon · FWD 3,737 vehicles · $5,740 median
- 2013 R/T 3.6L 6-cyl · Sedan saloon · FWD 752 vehicles · $7,950 median
- 2013 SXT 3.6L 6-cyl · Sedan saloon · FWD 2,236 vehicles · $5,995 median
- 2014 SXT 2.4L 4-cyl · Sedan saloon · FWD 1,419 vehicles · $7,699 median
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Where this data comes from
Specification fields are decoded from the manufacturer's filings in the NHTSA vPIC database, keyed on VIN positions 1–8 and 10. We publish the filed values as they stand and leave out anything the filing does not record.
Vehicle counts come from the 465 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.