Car Problem DataNHTSA records

2001 Dodge Charger

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the exterior lighting. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Latches/Locks/Linkages1
000
Exterior Lighting1
010
Air Bags1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Air Bags
Filed Jul 26, 2016CA

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 (NA) DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED RECALL NOTIFICATIONS FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 15V313000 AND 16V352000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS FOR THE RECALL REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIRS. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT AND VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

Latches/Locks/Linkages
Filed Oct 5, 2015NV

STOPPED AT GROCERY STORE, (STATIONARY), OPENED DRIVERS DOOR AND WOULD NOT SHUT, DOOR LATCH (ACTUATOR) BROKE AND WILL NOT LET YOU SHIFT OR LOCK DOOR FOR SAFETY....DODGE DEALER EXPECTS YOU TO DRIVE THIS UNSAFE VEHICLE TO THEM TO SEE WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT! *TR

Exterior LightingFire
Filed Mar 13, 201440,000 milesOR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2001 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE PASSENGER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT FAILED. WHILE REPLACING THE BULB, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE WIRING HARNESS WAS MELTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2006
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20270100Routine
20262100Routine
20241000Routine
202326200Routine
202214300Routine
202134200Routine
202057321Fatalities reported
2019120530Routine
2018122610Routine
2017128430Routine
2016182620Routine
2015136810Do not drive
20143431082Do not drive
20133608200Do not drive
201264814490Do not drive
201169511640Do not drive
2010232692Do not drive
2009174640Do not drive
20086095220Do not drive
20075545170Do not drive
20061,2945122Do not drive
2001 — this page3010Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.