Dodge Challenger — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 4,764 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Electrical system1,244 (26.1%)Official recall records for this system: 17, covering model years 2010–2021.
• Engine662 (13.9%)Official recall records for this system: 9, covering model years 2015–2018.
• Air bags (restraint system)562 (11.8%)Official recall records for this system: 16, covering model years 2008–2015.
• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)376 (7.9%)Official recall records for this system: 11, covering model years 2008–2018.
• Steering296 (6.2%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 2010.
• Brakes216 (4.5%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 2019–2023.

Other / uncategorized: 370 classifications (7.8%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (3,378 records, model years 2008–2023) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, engine and air bags (restraint system).
• Safety recalls (98 records, model years 2008–2023) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, air bags (restraint system) and tires & wheels.
• Transport Canada recalls (94 records, model years 2008–2023) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), electrical system and engine.
• Manufacturer communications (4,442 records, model years 2008–2023) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, equipment & accessories and powertrain (transmission & drivetrain).

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

• 2,186reports included a mileage
• 48,593average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 2008 51 records for 2008 51
2. 2009 193 records for 2009 193
3. 2010 364 records for 2010 364
4. 2011 328 records for 2011 328
5. 2012 431 records for 2012 431
6. 2013 396 records for 2013 396
7. 2014 360 records for 2014 360
8. 2015 489 records for 2015 489
9. 2016 362 records for 2016 362
10. 2017 251 records for 2017 251
11. 2018 339 records for 2018 339
12. 2019 379 records for 2019 379
13. 2020 345 records for 2020 345
14. 2021 309 records for 2021 309
15. 2022 223 records for 2022 223
16. 2023 204 records for 2023 204

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 220mention a crash
• 108mention a fire
• 198mention an injury

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 98
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 4,442
• Investigations NHTSA 16
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 94
• Owner complaints NHTSA 3,378

Explore the underlying evidence records

Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle

These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.

• P0513 in 16 records · 2018–2021
• P0456 in 14 records · 2019–2019
• P2299 in 8 records · 2015–2017
• P0300 in 7 records · 2013–2013
• P0733 in 4 records · 2020–2023
• P057B in 3 records · 2018–2020
• P0299 in 2 records · 2019–2020
• P0306 in 2 records · 2019–2019
• P0606 in 2 records · 2013–2014
• P219A in 2 records · 2013–2014
• U0140 in 2 records · 2013–2014
• P000B in 1 record · 2016–2016

A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.