2020 Dodge Charger
This year drew an ordinary 57 complaints for a Dodge Charger — the model's median is 232. What they were about is the unusual part: 43.9% of them mention bags, against 5.2% 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 | 57 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 232 |
| Involving a crash | 10 |
| Involving a fire | 2 |
| Recalls | 3 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 19 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- bags — 43.9% of this year's complaints, against 5.2% across the other years of this generation (8.4×).
- manufacturer made — 33.3% of this year's complaints, against 8.9% across the other years of this generation (3.8×).
- made aware — 33.3% of this year's complaints, against 9.1% across the other years of this generation (3.7×).
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
notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V198000 (AIR BAGS); however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of…
notification of NHTSA Campaign Numbers: 24V198000 (Air Bags); however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The dealer was contacted and confirmed that parts to do the recall repair were not yet available. The contact stated that the manufac…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 20V512000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
- 21V516000 VISIBILITY Fixed free of charge.
- 24V198000 AIR BAGS 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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