Dodge Challenger
Owners filed 1,695 complaints across 16 model years of the Dodge Challenger. The 2010 drew the most (299).
Model years16
Complaints1,695
Recalls64
Fires54
Deaths0
Which Dodge Challenger years should you avoid?
Going by 1,695 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Dodge Challenger years to avoid are 2010.
- 2010299 complaints, 2.3× a typical Challenger year, most often about the engine.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Dodge Challenger model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 43 | 2 | — | — | Visibility/Wiper | Routine | |
| 2022 | 9 | 2 | — | 1 | Seat Belts | Routine | |
| 2021 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 4 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2020 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2019 | 59 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2018 | 75 | 4 | 2 | 9 | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2017 | 49 | 3 | 2 | 7 | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2016 | 78 | 2 | 2 | 10 | Power Train | Routine | |
| 2015 | 127 | 6 | 3 | 16 | Power Train | Routine | |
| 2014 | 149 | 5 | 5 | 16 | Electrical System | Do not drive | |
| 2013 | 179 | 5 | 10 | 6 | Electrical System | Do not drive | |
| 2012 | 253 | 6 | 8 | 11 | Electrical System | Do not drive | |
| 2011 | 193 | 6 | 8 | 5 | Electrical System | Do not drive | |
| 2010Avoid | 299 | 7 | 4 | 10 | Air Bags | Do not drive | |
| 2009 | 133 | 7 | 4 | 8 | Air Bags | Do not drive | |
| 2008 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | Electrical System | Do not drive |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.