MODELYEARINDEX

Dodge Charger

2,406 complaints across 12 scored model years and 40 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Dodge Charger Full report
F
Grade 2010–2021
2011 vs model median 7.0×
Model median3× median
Electrical 280
Lights & Visibility 116
Engine 49
Avoid

2011 · 2012

Best

2020 · 2021

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2010
0.71× 72 C
2011
7.00× 617 F
2012
5.86× 481 F
2013
3.19× 259 F
2014
3.12× 257 F
2015
0.98× 103 C
2016
1.27× 147 D
2017
0.97× 115 C
2018
1.02× 120 C
2019
0.85× 85 C
2020
0.51× 45 B
2021
0.34× 37 A
2022 P
0.21× 20 A
2023 P
0.46× 47 B

P — provisional. These years have not completed 60 months on the road, so their totals are incomplete and they are excluded from the verdict.

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG20
City / Highway17 / 26
Engine4.65L, 7 cyl
DriveRear-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$3,325

Recalls

40 campaigns on record, 4 carrying a Park It or Park Outside warning.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
18V332000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING 2014–2018 4,815,661
16V352000 Park it AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2010–2012 4,648,270
15V313000 Park it AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2010 4,077,169
15V461000 EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC. 2015 1,416,903
19V018000 Park it AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2010–2015 1,413,222
16V240000 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM) 2012–2014 811,290
17V435000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR 2011–2014 442,214
16V043000 STRUCTURE 2011–2016 441,578

+ 32 further campaigns

Others in Full-Size Cars

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Acura RLX
none flagged
C
Audi A6
2019
C
Audi A7
2019
C
Audi A8
none flagged
C
BMW 5 Series
20112012
B
BMW 7 Series
2012
B
Buick Lacrosse
20112012
C
Cadillac XTS
2013
C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2011 Charger
Complaints in window
617
Severity-weighted
1,100
Model median (weighted)
157
vs model median
7.00×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
17
Open investigations
1
Score 6.7 F