2023 Dodge Charger
This year drew an ordinary 52 complaints for a Dodge Charger — the model's median is 232. What they were about is the unusual part: 15.4% of them mention shifting, against 1.1% 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 | 52 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 232 |
| Involving a crash | 6 |
| Recalls | 2 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 19 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- shifting — 15.4% of this year's complaints, against 1.1% across the other years of this generation (13.4×). Owners wrote it as: shifting, delay.
- brake pedal — 19.2% of this year's complaints, against 3.5% across the other years of this generation (5.5×). Owners wrote it as: brake pedal, dealer who, between.
- later — 19.2% of this year's complaints, against 3.9% across the other years of this generation (4.9×).
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
Forward collision warning: activates randomly. I had to decrease the warning sensitivity to near to reduce the rate at which I was receiving false alarms. Powertrain: noticeable delay after shifting down when using paddle shifters in manual mode. Electrical: T…
Transmission slippage when shifting from reverse to drive that causes a 2-3 second delay before transmission engages. Service manager at Cannons (CDJR) in Greenwood, MS advised that the cause of the slippage was due to fluid friction and that Dodge was aware o…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 24V112000 PARKING BRAKE Fixed free of charge.
- 24V574000 SEATS 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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