2016 Dodge Charger
This year drew an ordinary 182 complaints for a Dodge Charger — the model's median is 232. What they were about is the unusual part: 33% of them mention door, against 7.8% across the other years of this generation.
Generation 2 of the Dodge Charger, which began in 2011. 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 | 182 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 232 |
| Involving a crash | 7 |
| Involving a fire | 2 |
| Recalls | 6 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 20 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- door — 33% of this year's complaints, against 7.8% across the other years of this generation (4.2×). Owners wrote it as: door, door panels, door panel, door frame.
- interior — 7.1% of this year's complaints, against 2.3% across the other years of this generation (3.1×). Owners wrote it as: interior, fca.
- driveshaft — 7.1% of this year's complaints, against 2.6% across the other years of this generation (2.8×). Owners wrote it as: driveshaft, power train, highway speeds, means.
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 INTERIOR DOOR PANEL ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR IS SEPARATING FROM THE DOOR LEAVING A GAP BETWEEN THE WINDOW AND THE DOOR PANEL. APPARENTLY, THIS HAPPENS WHEN IT GETS HOT AND THE CHEAP FOAM ADHESIVE FCA USED EXPANDS AND CAUSES THE INTERIOR PANEL TO SEPARATE.
THE INSIDE DOOR PANELS ON THE FRONT AND REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE DETACHED FROM THE DOOR FRAMES. CRONIC CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM LOCATED AT (2515 N EXPY, GRIFFIN, GA 30223; (770) 227-4271) WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NO…
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.
- 18V281000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
- 17V824000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
- 17V097000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
- 16V043000 STRUCTURE Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Dodge Charger 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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