2005 Dodge Magnum
Complaints about this year name tank far more often than the model's other years — 16% of them, about 12× the usual rate of 1.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 638 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 110 |
| Involving a crash | 22 |
| Involving a fire | 9 |
| Recalls | 7 |
| EPA combined | 18 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- tires — 17.1% of this year's complaints, against 3.6% across the model's other years (4.7×). Owners wrote it as: tires, tire, wear, alignment.
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.
Also unusual this year
- tires — 10% of complaints, 26× usual
- stalls — 10% of complaints, 21× usual
- gas — 14% of complaints, 6× usual
What owners wrote
ENGINE STALLS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING FUEL FILL-UP. STALLED ON HIGHWAY, DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING THE CAR STEADY. CAR NOW HESITATES TO START. CAN ONLY FILL GAS TANK HALFWAY.
AFTER FILLING UP WITH GAS, THE ENGINE WILL STALL AND SHUT OFF AT AN IDLE. THIS HAPPENS IMMEDIATELY AFTER FILLING UP THE GAS TANK. ONCE I MAKE IT HOME AFTER IT STALLS 2 TO 3 TIME AND IT SITS OVER NIGHT IT IS FINE THE NEXT DAY. THE ENGINE STALLS WHEN SITTING AT…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 16V352000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 14V770000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 15V313000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 05V460000 POWER TRAIN
- 04V335000 SEAT BELTS
- 04V334000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 04V333000 SEAT BELTS
How this was worked out
Every year of the Dodge Magnum 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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