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Dodge Charger 2013

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

1.04 per 1,000

2.4 times this nameplate’s own median · from 94 complaints filed in the first three years, of 367 ever. 95% lower bound 0.83.

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 168 complaints

alternator	87	51%
mode	31	18%
saver	26	15%
battery saver	24	14%
saver mode	19	11%
diagnosed alternator	18	11%

When it breaks

24% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 58,359 miles, from 271 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 43 complaints about this component over roughly 21 months before an investigation opened.

Vehicle rollaway, engine on

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:

10487444 · 10513924 · 10520241 · 10524326 · 10524731 · 10531600

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.