2018 DODGE CHALLENGER — Complaint #1602363
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NHTSA Complaint about SUSPENSION:FRONT:STABILIZER BAR filed September 12, 2019
NHTSA complaint #1602363 (ODI reference 11255061) concerns a 2018 DODGE CHALLENGER and was filed on September 12, 2019. The owner reports the failure occurred on August 24, 2019. The vehicle had 24,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to New York based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as suspension:front:stabilizer bar, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same DODGE CHALLENGER cohort independently describe similar suspension:front:stabilizer bar failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2018 DODGE CHALLENGER shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 DODGE CHALLENGER. WHILE THE CONTACT'S SON WAS DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO RESTART AND WAS TOWED TO ISLAND CHRYSLER DODGE RAM (LOCATED AT 1239 HYLAND BLVD, STATEN ISLAND, NY 10305, 718-667-8989). THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND REAR DIFFERENTIAL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. AFTER LEAVING THE DEALER, WHILE DRIVING, SEVERAL WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE AXLE, IGNITION COIL, SPARK PLUGS, ANTI-LOCK BRAKES, AND STABILIZER BAR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE VEHICLE, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO CALL THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR DISPUTE SETTLEMENT FOR FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR DISPUTE SETTLEMENT AND WAS PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 32195089NY. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WA
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1602363 |
| ODI Number | 11255061 |
| Date Filed | September 12, 2019 |
| Failure Date | August 24, 2019 |
| VIN | 2C3CDZGG8JH |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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