The manufacturer filed it. Here it is, by model.
Dodge Hornet: deaths and injuries the manufacturer reported to NHTSA
Dodge reported 20 incidents alleging a death or injury in a Dodge Hornet, model years 2023–2025, in its quarterly Early Warning reports to NHTSA (49 CFR 579.21), through 2026 Q1. Each is a claim the manufacturer received, not a finding; NHTSA does not verify them.
By model year
Source: manufacturer EWR death and injury reports and production reportsThe model year is the one the manufacturer named in the report. A model year with its own page links to it. “Built” is the manufacturer’s cumulative production for the model year from its latest Early Warning production report; the rate is incidents per 100,000 of them.
By the system the claimant named
Source: as the manufacturer reported it| System named | Incidents | Killed |
|---|---|---|
| Service Brake System | 8 | 0 |
| Air Bags | 5 | 0 |
| Other | 5 | 0 |
| Electrical System | 3 | 0 |
| Structure | 3 | 0 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 2 | 0 |
| Rollover | 2 | 0 |
| Steering System | 1 | 0 |
| Suspension System | 1 | 0 |
| Seat Belts | 1 | 0 |
| Service Brake System, Air | 1 | 0 |
| Lane Departure | 1 | 0 |
| Forward Collision | 1 | 0 |
An incident naming several systems is counted under each. “Fire” and “Other” are categories in the rule, not systems.
Every one of these, dated and numbered
The defect dossier for the Dodge Hornet puts each report beside the recalls, investigations, bulletins and owner complaints on the same system, as a PDF and two CSVs: the Dodge Hornet, one system, every model year, numbered as exhibits.
The incidents
Source: VIN shown as NHTSA publishes it: the first eleven characters| Incident | Model year | State | Killed | Injured | Systems named | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-12 | 2024 | NY | 0 | 1 | Electrical System | 2025 Q4 |
| 2025-10-04 | 2024 | WV | 0 | 1 | Steering System · Service Brake System · Vehicle Speed Control · Rollover | 2025 Q4 |
| 2025-08-06 | 2024 | NE | 0 | 1 | Structure | 2025 Q3 |
| 2025-06-19 | 2024 | OH | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2025 Q2 |
| 2025-06-07 | 2024 | IL | 0 | 1 | Air Bags · Other | 2025 Q2 |
| 2025-05-12 | 2025 | MI | 0 | 1 | Structure | 2025 Q2 |
| 2025-03-14 | 2024 | TX | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System | 2025 Q1 |
| not reported | 2024 | CA | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System | 2025 Q1 |
| 2025-02-27 | 2024 | CA | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System | 2025 Q1 |
| 2025-02-19 | 2024 | TX | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System | 2025 Q1 |
| not reported | 2024 | NY | 0 | 1 | Electrical System | 2024 Q4 |
| 2024-11-21 | 2024 | AL | 0 | 2 | Air Bags · Seat Belts | 2025 Q1 |
| 2024-09-29 | 2024 | MI | 0 | 1 | Suspension System | 2025 Q1 |
| 2024-08-26 | 2024 | NJ | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System, Air · Other | 2024 Q4 |
| not reported | 2023 | OH | 0 | 1 | Structure | 2024 Q2 |
| 2024-03-28 | 2024 | MT | 0 | 1 | Electrical System · Vehicle Speed Control · Rollover · Lane Departure | 2024 Q2 |
| not reported | 2024 | FL | 0 | 1 | Forward Collision | 2024 Q1 |
| 2023-11-17 | 2023 | MI | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System · Air Bags · Other | 2023 Q4 |
| 2023-08-28 | 2023 | IL | 0 | 3 | Service Brake System · Air Bags · Other | 2023 Q3 |
| 2023-06-05 | 2023 | MD | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System · Other | 2023 Q2 |
Each row above is a claim or notice Dodge received alleging a death or injury in a Dodge Hornet and reported to NHTSA as 49 CFR 579.21 requires; NHTSA does not verify it, and a Hornet that sold more will have more rows. All Dodge models · What these reports are, and are not.