2010 Dodge Challenger
Complaints about this year name amount time far more often than the model's other years — 13% of them, about 34× the usual rate of 0.4%.
Generation 1 of the Dodge Challenger, which began in 2008. 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 | 298 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 78 |
| Involving a crash | 10 |
| Involving a fire | 4 |
| Recalls | 7 |
| EPA combined | 18 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- turn — 22.1% of this year's complaints, against 8.3% across the model's other years (2.7×).
- key — 9.4% of this year's complaints, against 3.6% across the model's other years (2.6×). Owners wrote it as: key, ignition.
- light came — 7.4% of this year's complaints, against 2.4% across the model's other years (3×). Owners wrote it as: light came, oil light.
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
- time recall — 13% of complaints, 32× usual
- bags however — 12% of complaints, 30× usual
- aware issue — 10% of complaints, 24× usual
What owners wrote
THE ENGINE CONTINUES TO RUN WHEN KEY IS TAKEN OUT OF THE IGNITION AND THE CAR CAN CONTINUE TO BE OPERATED. CANNOT GET THE CAR TO TURN OFF. THIS HAPPENS WHEN WE ARE TRYING TO TURN THE CAR OFF AFTER PARKING IT.
WIRELESS IGNITION (WIN)MODULE KEY MAY BE REMOVED PRIOR TO PLACING THE CAR IN PARK OR EVEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD IT MAY FALLOUT. KEY WILL NOT SHUT VEHICLE OFF.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 19V018000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 18V021000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 16V352000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 15V444000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 10V200000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 10V475000 STEERING Fixed free of charge.
- 09V420000 WHEELS Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Dodge Challenger 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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