2023 Dodge Challenger
This year drew an ordinary 164 complaints for a Dodge Challenger — the model's median is 78. What they were about is the unusual part: 48.8% of them mention windshield, against 1% 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 | 164 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 78 |
| Recalls | 2 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 18 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- windshield — 48.8% of this year's complaints, against 1% across the model's other years (47.1×).
- pillar — 17.1% of this year's complaints, against 0% across the model's other years (85.4×). Owners wrote it as: pillar, challengers windshields, tried get.
- impact — 36.6% of this year's complaints, against 8.4% across the model's other years (4.4×). Owners wrote it as: impact, glass, cracks, inspected.
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
ON 12/24/2025 I found a foot long stress crack on the passenger side of the windshield. I was a National Glass Association Technician for 10 years I can tell the difference between a stress crack and an impact crack. There is no reason for this 2023 vehicle to…
-The windshield cracked along the right passenger side with no visible impact points prior to entering the vehicle. -The windshield crack reduces visibility thus increasing the risk of a crash. -The independent service center that replaced the windshield state…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 24V112000 PARKING BRAKE Fixed free of charge.
- 24V573000 SEATS 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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