NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Dodge Challenger Recalls
The 2012 Dodge Challenger has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 15, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2012 Dodge Challenger. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 253
- Crashes reported
- 11
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
8 fires
On a 2012 Dodge Challenger, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2012 Dodge Challenger
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V018000
- Reported
- January 15, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,413,222
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2011, 2013–2014 Challenger, 5 other models
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 2009–2011, 2013 Challenger, 9 other models
Electrical system: alternator/generator/regulator
- Campaign
- 17V435000
- Reported
- July 10, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 442,214
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and fire
- Same campaign
- also 2011, 2013–2014 Challenger, 4 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 2008–2011 Challenger, 13 other models
Electrical system: alternator/generator/regulator
- Campaign
- 14V634000
- Reported
- October 8, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 435,081
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2011, 2013–2014 Challenger, 4 other models
Air bags
- Campaign
- 13V118000
- Reported
- April 3, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 119,497
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2011 Challenger, 2 other models
2012 Dodge Challenger complaints by year
NHTSA has received 253 owner complaints about the 2012 Dodge Challenger, the newest on February 23, 2026. Of these, 11 describe a crash (4%) and 8 a fire; owners reported 8 injuries.
In complaints about the 2012 Dodge Challenger, the component group named most often is the electrical system (55%), followed by the air bags (19%) and the engine (10%).
2 of the 2012 Dodge Challenger's 6 recalls also concern the electrical system.
Where 2012 Dodge Challenger owners gave the mileage (189 complaints), the median was 53,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System138
- Air Bags47
- Engine25
- Unknown Or Other20
- Steering19
- Power Train17
Complaints received, by year
| 2011 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 10 | |
| 2013 | 12 | |
| 2014 | 35 | |
| 2015 | 46 | |
| 2016 | 27 | |
| 2017 | 40 | |
| 2018 | 29 | |
| 2019 | 26 | |
| 2020 | 11 | |
| 2021 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2012 Dodge Challenger peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 46. 41% arrived between 2011 and 2015, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2012 vehicles, the 2012 Dodge Challenger drew 2.2× the complaints of the median Dodge Challenger year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 13 ranked years.
That makes 2012 one of the Dodge Challenger years to avoid by our method.
The 253 complaints about the 2012 Dodge Challenger are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Challenger by model year
Other 2012 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: February 23, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted