Dodge Daytona

Owners filed 71 complaints across 4 model years of the Dodge Daytona. The 1990 drew the most (26).

Model years4
Complaints71
Recalls10
Fires6
Deaths2

Which Dodge Daytona years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Dodge Daytona model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

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 Daytona model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
199315
121Power Train › Automatic TransmissionRoutine
199217
212Engine and Engine Cooling › EngineFatalities reported
199113
4—2SeatsRoutine
199026
334Power Train › Automatic TransmissionRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.