Recall Register

Dodge Charger: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 83 recall campaigns for the Dodge Charger, model years 1966 to 2027. NHTSA has 4,404 complaints on file for this model line. 29 of the 38 model years have a page on this register.

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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .

Model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19662
  2. 19673
  3. 19685
  4. 19701
  5. 19715
  6. 19722
  7. 19737
  8. 19741
  9. 19752
  10. 19762
  11. 19772
  12. 19781
  13. 19831
  14. 19841
  15. 19852
  16. 19862
  17. 19871
  18. 20010
  19. 20065
  20. 20075
  21. 20085
  22. 20096
  23. 20106
  24. 201111
  25. 201214
  26. 20138
  27. 20149
  28. 20157
  29. 20165
  30. 20174
  31. 20186
  32. 20195
  33. 20203
  34. 20212
  35. 20223
  36. 20232
  37. 20261
  38. 20271
Dodge Charger: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model yearRecall campaignsComplaintsShare of the line averageUnits in the campaigns
2027 Dodge Charger NHTSA page100%844,027
2026 Dodge Charger NHTSA page100%844,027
2023 Dodge Charger200%2,706
2022 Dodge Charger300%102,386
2021 Dodge Charger200%306,240
2020 Dodge Charger300%332,601
2019 Dodge Charger522%320,542
2018 Dodge Charger61916%5,153,782
2017 Dodge Charger42421%4,900,094
2016 Dodge Charger54841%5,402,256
2015 Dodge Charger76153%8,172,465
2014 Dodge Charger9200173%8,729,555
2013 Dodge Charger8271234%4,159,851
2012 Dodge Charger14539465%9,096,034
2011 Dodge Charger11632545%8,283,774
2010 Dodge Charger6196169%10,516,829
2009 Dodge Charger6153132%9,086,730
2008 Dodge Charger5565488%9,044,029
2007 Dodge Charger5505436%8,801,157
2006 Dodge Charger51,1821020%9,046,498
2001 Dodge Charger NHTSA page033%
1987 Dodge Charger NHTSA page100%95,000
1986 Dodge Charger200%87,149
1985 Dodge Charger222%342,385
1984 Dodge Charger NHTSA page111%340,000
1983 Dodge Charger NHTSA page100%339
1978 Dodge Charger NHTSA page100%22,000
1977 Dodge Charger200%370,372
1976 Dodge Charger200%410,000
1975 Dodge Charger200%385,000
1974 Dodge Charger NHTSA page100%1,537
1973 Dodge Charger700%174,318
1972 Dodge Charger200%201,785
1971 Dodge Charger500%53,246
1970 Dodge Charger NHTSA page111%1,544
1968 Dodge Charger500%6,295
1967 Dodge Charger300%7,329
1966 Dodge Charger200%66,249

The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.

A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Components in the complaints

6,197 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

Dodge Charger: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
ComponentPer 1,000Mentions
Electrical System258.41,601
Engine122.5759
Power Train101626
Air Bags92.6574
Fuel/Propulsion System61378
Steering47.9297
Exterior Lighting40.2249
Fuel System, Gasoline39.4244
Unknown or Other31.6196
Vehicle Speed Control27.8172

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Dodge Charger, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2017, with 5 campaigns.
Complaints about the Dodge Charger, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2015, with 912 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

Dodge: all 118 model lines

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. Dodge Charger: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/dodge/charger/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
15 May 2019
Manufacturer in the recall file
CHRYSLER CORPORATION

The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

Which Dodge Charger model years have the most recall campaigns?
2012 with 14, 2011 with 11, 2014 with 9. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Dodge Charger model year has the most complaints?
The 2006 model year, with 1,182 of the 4,404 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Dodge Charger name?
Electrical System: 258.4 per 1,000 component mentions. Engine: 122.5 per 1,000 component mentions. Power Train: 101 per 1,000 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Dodge Charger?
10 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.