YearsTell

all vehicles · every Challenger year · method

Dodge Challenger 2010

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

2.33 per 1,000

3.1 times this nameplate’s own median · from 73 complaints filed in the first three years, of 299 ever. 95% lower bound 1.80.

Against its own model years

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

Model yearPer 1,000Complaints
20091.3429
20102.3373
20110.4216
20121.3458
20131.2059
20140.8142
20150.7645
20160.4127
20170.1711
20180.5234
20190.4529
20230.7236

What owners describe

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

Engine 75 complaints

turn stop1014%

Air Bags 75 complaints

campaign air4560%
part4357%
reasonable4256%
exceeded reasonable4053%
bags however3648%
however part3547%

Electrical System 68 complaints

making1218%

When it breaks

45% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 35,500 miles, from 214 complaints that recorded one).

No clear early or late pattern.

What NHTSA did

1 investigation covering this model year, 0 of which list a recall campaign.

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:

10310725 · 10311535 · 10341079 · 10343530 · 10343887 · 10343939

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.