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Dodge Challenger

Every model year 2016–2023: recalls, owner complaints, NHTSA crash ratings and EPA efficiency side by side, each value traced to the file it came from.

8 Model years 2016–2023
17 Recalls NHTSA campaigns, all years
352 Complaints owner reports, all years
B Newest grade 2023 Safety Signal
2020 Best on record cleanest filed year
Dodge Challenger — photograph via Wikimedia Commons
Dodge Challenger (1959 generation) · Photo: Ermell · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Every Dodge Challenger model year

Source: NHTSA · EPA · one row per year
YearPowertrainsSafetyRecallsComplaintsCrashBest efficiency
2023GasB243★★★★★23 mpg
2022GasB29★★★★★23 mpg
2021GasB219★★★★★23 mpg
2020GasA120★★★★★23 mpg
2019GasB359★★★★★23 mpg
2018GasC375★★★★★23 mpg
2017GasD349★★★★★23 mpg
2016GasB178★★★★★23 mpg

Which model year the record favours

Source: recalls and complaints per year on the road
Years to avoid, with the reasons →Best on the record 2020

On the filed record so far, the 2020 is the cleanest Challenger year we hold, and the 2017 the one to check hardest.

Both figures are divided by the number of years the car has been on sale, because otherwise the oldest year on the page loses every time simply for having been around longer. The current model year and any year under three on the road are left out: their records are not finished.

YearSafety SignalRecalls /yrComplaints /yr
2020A0.23
2021B0.44
2019B0.48
2022B0.52
2023B0.714
2016B0.181 critical
2018C0.491 critical
2017D0.352 critical
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What changed year to year

Source: computed from the filed record
  • 2023: 12 → 13 EPA configurations
  • 2020: 8 → 12 EPA configurations
  • 2019: 10 → 8 EPA configurations
  • 2017: 9 → 10 EPA configurations

Common questions about the Dodge Challenger

Source: EPA, NHTSA and manufacturer press kits

Which Dodge Challenger year is the best used buy?

On the recall record, the 2020 Challenger comes out top of the years before the current one: Safety Signal grade A (92/100), 1 recall and 20 owner complaints on file. That ranks paperwork, not condition — a specific car's history and service record still decide it.

What Dodge Challenger years should I avoid?

2017 has the weakest recall record in this range. The year pages list every campaign, its severity and whether a repair exists yet. Every Challenger model year ranked, with the reasons.

How many recalls does the Dodge Challenger have?

Across model years 2016–2023, NHTSA has posted 17 recall campaigns for the Dodge Challenger. They are counted per model year in the table above, because a campaign almost never covers the whole run — it covers a build range.