2007 Dodge Magnum
This year drew an ordinary 110 complaints for a Dodge Magnum — the model's median is 321. What they were about is the unusual part: 26.4% of them mention shifter, against 8.6% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 110 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 321 |
| Involving a crash | 7 |
| Involving a fire | 3 |
| Recalls | 5 |
| EPA combined | 18 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- shifter — 26.4% of this year's complaints, against 8.6% across the model's other years (3.1×). Owners wrote it as: shifter, move, broke, common problem.
- replaced vehicle — 13.6% of this year's complaints, against 4.7% across the model's other years (2.9×). Owners wrote it as: replaced vehicle, towed independent, stated after, loud noise.
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
SHE HAD THE ROCKER SHAFT, TRANSMISSION PIN, CONNECTOR, AND LUG NUTS REPLACED ON THE VEHICLE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 26,923 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 17,102.
THE GEAR SHIFTER WOULD NOT MOVE OUT OF PARK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED BY A DEALER NOR REPAIRED. THE [VIN] WAS CONTACTED AND THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 63,300.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 15V313000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 16V352000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 08V583000 POWER TRAIN
- 06V341000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
- 06V493000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
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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