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Model years to avoid

Dodge Charger

What it says about you

Opinion

The intention was to be looked at. It worked. Not every look was the one being aimed for, and it was still worth it.

Not measured, not from the data, and offered in fun. Everything below this is not.

21 model years on record, 6,965 complaints filed.

The years to look at closely: 2014 (alternator), 2013 (alternator), 2012 (alternator), 2011 (alternator), 2008 (electrical system), 2007 (park), 2006 (tank). Everything else drew a normal number of complaints for this model.

What owners report, and when

Faults that dominated the complaints of more than one model year. Not the same question as which year to avoid — a car can have an ordinary number of complaints every year and have most of them be about the same thing.

  • alternator 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 peak 32.4% of that year's complaints
  • bags 2019, 2020 peak 43.9% of that year's complaints
  • electrical system 2008, 2012 peak 38.6% of that year's complaints
  • manufacturer made 2019, 2020 peak 33.3% of that year's complaints
  • made aware 2019, 2020 peak 33.3% of that year's complaints
  • shift 2007, 2023 peak 33.2% of that year's complaints
  • shaft 2015, 2016 peak 11.1% of that year's complaints

Every year

  1. 2026 0 recalls 1 complaints
  2. 2025 nothing on record 30 complaints
  3. 2024 0 recalls 24 complaints
  4. 2023 2 recalls 52 complaints
  5. 2022 3 recalls 26 complaints
  6. 2021 2 recalls 64 complaints
  7. 2020 3 recalls 57 complaints
  8. 2019 5 recalls 226 complaints
  9. 2018 6 recalls 232 complaints
  10. 2017 4 recalls 128 complaints
  11. 2016 6 recalls 182 complaints
  12. 2015 8 recalls 270 complaints
  13. 2014 alternator 689 complaints
  14. 2013 alternator 725 complaints
  15. 2012 alternator 661 complaints
  16. 2011 alternator 698 complaints
  17. 2010 6 recalls 238 complaints
  18. 2009 6 recalls 175 complaints
  19. 2008 electrical system 624 complaints
  20. 2007 park 570 complaints
  21. 2006 tank 1,293 complaints

What does a Dodge Charger say about you?

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Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints — compared against itself rather than against other cars, so popularity and age do not decide the answer.