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DODGE CHALLENGER
2,347 NHTSA complaints and 34 safety recalls across model years 1970–2023.
- Complaints
- 2,347
- Recalls
- 34
- Model years
- 18
The DODGECHALLENGER appears in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database with 2,347 consumer safety complaints and 34 recall campaigns across 18 model years (1970–2023). That averages roughly 130 complaints per model year. Report counts can differ between model years for many reasons; this dataset does not establish the cause of a difference.
Complaint volume on a nameplate alone is not a reliability verdict: a long-running bestseller can accumulate more filings than a low-volume niche model because more vehicles are on the road. The table below shows report counts and published NHTSA crash-test ratings side by side for each model year. The filing-year histogram shows the timing of submitted reports, not a causal trend.
NHTSA has 20 investigation files tied to this model, with 1 currently open. Investigation records, complaint reports, and recall campaigns each provide different context. Use the official NHTSA VIN lookup and the underlying notices to research a specific vehicle; PlainCars does not infer a vehicle-risk or pricing conclusion from these records.
Complaints by Year
| Year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 46 |
| 2022 | 10 |
| 2021 | 26 |
| 2020 | 32 |
| 2019 | 90 |
| 2018 | 113 |
| 2017 | 70 |
| 2016 | 107 |
| 2015 | 181 |
| 2014 | 210 |
| 2013 | 248 |
| 2012 | 336 |
| 2011 | 253 |
| 2010 | 433 |
| 2009 | 171 |
| 2008 | 17 |
| 1981 | 3 |
| 1970 | 1 |
Complaint Filing Trend
NHTSA complaint volume by year filed (not model year).
Filings moved from 978 in 2017-2021 to 370 in 2022-2026, a fall of 62.2%. That is the 34th percentile of change across the 772 nameplates with enough filings in both windows to compare, where 0 is the steepest fall and 100 the steepest rise.
Filing volume, not a reliability verdict: counts also move with how many vehicles are on the road, how old they are, and whether a recall drew attention. Computed from this portal's NHTSA filing-year records over the same two windows the trend rankings use.
Year filed (bar labels show the complaint count).
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NHTSA Investigations 1 Open
Vehicle entrapment
Back up camera failure
Vehicle entrapment
Active Head Rest Inadvertent Deployment
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Alternator failure
Rear suspension knuckle fracture
2000-2001 DODGE RAM PICKUP HOOD LATCH
ENGINE STALLING & ELECTRIC POWER LOSS
SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAG FAILURE
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Data sources
Data vintage: August 2026. Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) complaints database, NHTSA recall campaign API, NHTSA NCAP crash-test ratings, and NHTSA FARS for fatality cross-reference.
Every figure on PlainCars is rendered directly from NHTSA complaint and safety data, no number is typed in by an editor. DODGE CHALLENGER totals are aggregated from the linked NHTSA model-year rows; no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.