2015 Dodge Challenger
This year drew an ordinary 126 complaints for a Dodge Challenger — the model's median is 78. What they were about is the unusual part: 11.1% of them mention occasions, against 3.6% across the model's other years.
Generation 1 of the Dodge Challenger, which began in 2008. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 126 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 78 |
| Involving a crash | 16 |
| Involving a fire | 3 |
| Recalls | 6 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 18 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- occasions — 11.1% of this year's complaints, against 3.6% across the model's other years (3.1×). Owners wrote it as: occasions, rear end, paddle, instead.
- oem — 7.1% of this year's complaints, against 1.7% across the model's other years (4.3×). Owners wrote it as: oem, mechanic where, support, quite.
- deploy — 7.9% of this year's complaints, against 3.1% across the model's other years (2.6×). Owners wrote it as: deploy, indicate, point during, necessary.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
THE TRANSMISSION HAS VERY HARSH DOWNSHIFTS WHEN LIGHTLY BRAKING OR COASTING TO A STOP. THE TRANSMISSION STAYS ENGAGED AND BOGS DOWN THE CAR, THEN FREES UP SUDDENLY, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LUNGE FORWARD. THERE IS AN AUDIBLE CLUNK FROM THE REAR END WHEN THIS HAP…
I PURCHASED A USED 2015 DODGE CHALLENGER SCAT PACK WITH 6800 MILES. THE RADIATOR STARTED LEAKING AT 7100 MILES. I FOUND THE LEAK AFTER HIGHWAY DRIVING. A PUDDLE FORMED UNDER THE PASSENGER FRONT CORNER OF THE CAR. THE DEALER WILL NOT REPLACE IT SINCE THE OEM WA…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 18E053000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
- 18V332000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 14V749000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 15V114000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 15V282000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 15V461000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Dodge Challenger was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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