2011 Dodge Charger problems
Owners have filed 1,042 complaints about the 2011 Dodge Charger with NHTSA. Electrical system accounts for 38.7% of them — the clear leader, ahead of exterior lighting at 15.5%.
Complaints1,042
Crashes38
Fires90
Injuries26
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Electrical system 38.7% · 403
Exterior lighting 15.5% · 161
Fuel/propulsion system 7.6% · 79
Engine 7.4% · 77
Air bags 5.0% · 52
Service brakes 3.8% · 40
Steering 3.7% · 39
Electronic stability control (ESC) 3.7% · 39
Severity
Of those complaints, 38 describe a crash, 90 describe a fire and 26 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Across the 14 model years of the Dodge Charger in this data, 2011 ranks 2nd by complaint volume — 2006 draws the most.
Filings have fallen off, 13 in the last three years against 32 in the three before. That is normal as a generation leaves the road.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 58,000 miles.
In owners' own words
When driving the car it started flashing the abs brake light and traction control light, then the steering became very hard to do then it went into battery saving mode and the battery light came on. All of this happened without warning while driving. Was told by Dodge the alternator went out and that the v8's were not covered under the recall only the v6's even though mine did the same as the ones under recall. Electrical system
The contact owns a 2011 Dodge Charger. The contact received a notification for nhtsa campaign number: 14v634000 (electrical system); however, the parts needed were not available. The dealer stated that the parts were still not available. The contact believes that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time. The manufacturer was not made aware of the delay. The contact had not experienced a failure. Electrical system
I was driving from my home to work at approximately 40 miles per hour and my car completely shut down. I lost power steering, power brakes, and the engine died. I took the car to the local Dodge dealer and they said that the alternator had gone bad and had also caused the battery to fail. I googled the issue and found hundreds of complaints concerning alternators failing while driving Dodge chargers. Electrical system · reported at 58,571 miles
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
Safety recalls
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