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Dodge Charger 2014

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

0.96 per 1,000

2.2 times this nameplate’s own median · from 92 complaints filed in the first three years, of 346 ever. 95% lower bound 0.76.

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 109 complaints

alternator	32	29%
mode	22	20%
battery saver	16	15%
saver	16	15%
saver mode	14	13%
included	13	12%

Steering 63 complaints

pump	23	35%
steering pump	19	29%
service power	10	15%

Engine 61 complaints

chrysler

20%

When it breaks

25% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 55,000 miles, from 242 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:

10587723 · 10595198 · 10596977 · 10598451 · 10614549 · 10615085

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.