NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Dodge Charger Recalls
The 2006 Dodge Charger has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 24, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2006 Dodge Charger. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 1,294
- Crashes reported
- 21
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
12 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2006 Dodge Charger, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2006 Dodge Charger
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 16V352000
- Reported
- May 24, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,648,270
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2012 Charger, 13 other models
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 15V313000
- Reported
- May 26, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,077,169
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2010 Charger, 12 other models
Power train: automatic transmission: lever and linkage: column shift
- Campaign
- 08V583000
- Reported
- November 6, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 20,283
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2009 Charger, 1 other model
Service brakes, hydraulic
- Campaign
- 06V149000
- Reported
- May 3, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 44,367
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 05V460000
- Reported
- October 6, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 256,409
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 6 other models
2006 Dodge Charger complaints by year
NHTSA has received 1,294 owner complaints about the 2006 Dodge Charger, the newest on August 26, 2026. Of these, 21 describe a crash (2%) and 12 a fire; owners reported 28 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2006 Dodge Charger, the component group named most often is the engine (30%), followed by the fuel/propulsion system (24%) and the power train (17%).
2 of the 2006 Dodge Charger's 5 recalls also concern the power train.
Where 2006 Dodge Charger owners gave the mileage (1,081 complaints), the median was 80,500 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine388
- Fuel/Propulsion System305
- Power Train218
- Fuel System, Gasoline215
- Electrical System145
- Air Bags103
Complaints received, by year
| 2005 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 35 | |
| 2007 | 70 | |
| 2008 | 26 | |
| 2009 | 26 | |
| 2010 | 39 | |
| 2011 | 67 | |
| 2012 | 54 | |
| 2013 | 209 | |
| 2014 | 248 | |
| 2015 | 141 | |
| 2016 | 101 | |
| 2017 | 82 | |
| 2018 | 61 | |
| 2019 | 43 | |
| 2020 | 29 | |
| 2021 | 18 | |
| 2022 | 14 | |
| 2023 | 14 | |
| 2024 | 6 | |
| 2025 | 5 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2006 Dodge Charger peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 248. 12% arrived between 2005 and 2009, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2006 vehicles, the 2006 Dodge Charger drew 2.9× the complaints of the median Dodge Charger year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 16 ranked years.
That makes 2006 one of the Dodge Charger years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 4/5
The 1,294 complaints about the 2006 Dodge Charger are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Charger by model year
Other 2006 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: August 26, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted