2021 Dodge Charger
This year drew an ordinary 64 complaints for a Dodge Charger — the model's median is 232. What they were about is the unusual part: 9.4% of them mention displayed, against 0.7% across the other years of this generation.
Generation 2 of the Dodge Charger, which began in 2011. 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 | 64 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 232 |
| Involving a crash | 4 |
| Recalls | 2 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 19 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- displayed — 9.4% of this year's complaints, against 0.7% across the other years of this generation (12.7×).
- put — 15.6% of this year's complaints, against 5.5% across the other years of this generation (2.9×).
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
There is an open recall for curtain side airbag with no remedy available. In April 2024, vehicle displayed service airbag system. vehicle was taken to dealership and the issue was the passenger seat harness airbag. Dealership states it is a warranty issue and…
while driving approximately 60 MPH and making a left turn, the power steering failed to operate properly, causing the steering wheel to become difficult to turn in either direction. The contact stated that the "Electric Power Steering Failure" message was disp…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 21V516000 VISIBILITY Fixed free of charge.
- 24V198000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Dodge Charger 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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