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Dodge Charger 2011

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

1.29 per 1,000

2.9 times this nameplate’s own median · from 94 complaints filed in the first three years, of 699 ever. 95% lower bound 1.03.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model year	Per 1,000	Complaints
2008	0.33	32
2009	0.29	23
2010	0.56	38
2011	1.29	94
2012	1.94	148
2013	1.04	94
2014	0.96	92
2015	0.30	28
2016	0.47	45
2017	0.33	30
2018	0.59	50
2019	0.44	39
2020	0.15	13
2021	0.14	11
2023	0.18	14

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Electrical System 396 complaints

alternator	212	52%
mode	101	25%
saver	76	19%
battery saver	69	17%
saver mode	65	16%
smell	55	14%

Exterior Lighting 158 complaints

harness	67	42%
side low	27	17%
campaign electrical	13	8%
system exterior	12	8%
lighting service	12	8%
brakes hydraulic	12	8%

Fuel/Propulsion System 81 complaints

passenger	34	42%
passenger side	19	24%
rear passenger	17	21%
puddle	13	16%
back seat	10	13%

When it breaks

9% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 60,000 miles, from 580 complaints that recorded one).

Failures arrive late and spread out, which looks like wear. Service history matters more than model year here.

What NHTSA did

2 investigations covering this model year, 1 of which list a recall campaign. Owners had filed 110 complaints about this component over roughly 25 months before an investigation opened.

Desiccated Air Bag Inflator Rupture

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

10406011 · 10409225 · 10415464 · 10421701 · 10425564 · 10435930

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is automated checks only, not verified against an external source.