NHTSA Safety Recalls
2009 Dodge Charger Recalls
The 2009 Dodge Charger has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 9, 2018.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2009 Dodge Charger. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 174
- Crashes reported
- 9
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2009 Dodge Charger, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2009 Dodge Charger
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 18V021000
- Reported
- January 9, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 328,177
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2013 Charger, 9 other models
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 2006–2008, 2010–2012 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 2006–2008, 2010 Charger, 12 other models
Wheels: lugs/nuts/bolts/studs
- Campaign
- 09V420000
- Reported
- October 29, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 12,656
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2010 Charger, 2 other models
Tires: pressure monitoring and regulating systems
- Campaign
- 08V642000
- Reported
- December 5, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 175
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2 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 2006–2008 Charger, 1 other model
2009 Dodge Charger complaints by year
NHTSA has received 174 owner complaints about the 2009 Dodge Charger, the newest on June 5, 2025. Of these, 9 describe a crash (5%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 10 injuries.
In complaints about the 2009 Dodge Charger, the component group named most often is the air bags (26%), followed by the electrical system (26%) and the engine (18%).
3 of the 2009 Dodge Charger's 6 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2009 Dodge Charger owners gave the mileage (124 complaints), the median was 70,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags45
- Electrical System45
- Engine32
- Steering18
- Tires18
- Wheels12
Complaints received, by year
| 2009 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 10 | |
| 2011 | 12 | |
| 2012 | 13 | |
| 2013 | 14 | |
| 2014 | 12 | |
| 2015 | 31 | |
| 2016 | 37 | |
| 2017 | 10 | |
| 2018 | 11 | |
| 2019 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 6 | |
| 2021 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2009 Dodge Charger peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 37. 21% arrived between 2008 and 2012, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2009 vehicles, the 2009 Dodge Charger drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Dodge Charger year in the same window: 9th highest of the 16 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 4/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 174 complaints about the 2009 Dodge Charger are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Charger by model year
Other 2009 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: June 5, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted