NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Dodge Charger Recalls
The 2012 Dodge Charger has 14 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 15, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2012 Dodge Charger. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 14
- Owner complaints
- 648
- Crashes reported
- 20
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
49 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2012 Dodge Charger, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
14 recalls on the 2012 Dodge Charger
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, 2013–2015 Charger, 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 Charger, 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 Charger, 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 2006–2011 Charger, 13 other models
Power train: automatic transmission: control module (tcm/pcm/tecm)
- Campaign
- 16V240000
- Reported
- April 25, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 811,290
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2014 Charger, 2 other models
Structure
- Campaign
- 16V043000
- Reported
- January 28, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 441,578
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2011, 2013–2016 Charger
Air bags: side/window
- Campaign
- 15V467000
- Reported
- July 27, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 284,095
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2011, 2013–2014 Charger
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 Charger, 4 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 14V101000
- Reported
- March 4, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 43,431
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2011 Charger
Air bags
- Campaign
- 13V118000
- Reported
- April 3, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 119,497
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2011 Charger, 2 other models
Service brakes, air: antilock: control unit/module
- Campaign
- 12V197000
- Reported
- May 2, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 119,072
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2011 Charger, 1 other model
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module
- Campaign
- 12V042000
- Reported
- February 7, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 9,137
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2011 Charger
Tires: pressure monitoring and regulating systems
- Campaign
- 12V004000
- Reported
- January 6, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 303
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 138, tire pressure monitoring
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Engine and engine cooling
- Campaign
- 11V487000
- Reported
- September 29, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 667
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 6 other models
2012 Dodge Charger complaints by year
NHTSA has received 648 owner complaints about the 2012 Dodge Charger, the newest on May 21, 2026. Of these, 20 describe a crash (3%) and 49 a fire; owners reported 16 injuries.
In complaints about the 2012 Dodge Charger, the component group named most often is the electrical system (55%), followed by the air bags (17%) and the engine (15%).
2 of the 2012 Dodge Charger's 14 recalls also concern the electrical system.
Where 2012 Dodge Charger owners gave the mileage (489 complaints), the median was 64,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System359
- Air Bags111
- Engine94
- Power Train65
- Steering53
- Exterior Lighting52
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 31 | |
| 2014 | 112 | |
| 2015 | 130 | |
| 2016 | 90 | |
| 2017 | 114 | |
| 2018 | 44 | |
| 2019 | 43 | |
| 2020 | 31 | |
| 2021 | 7 | |
| 2022 | 12 | |
| 2023 | 11 | |
| 2024 | 10 | |
| 2025 | 6 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2012 Dodge Charger peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 130. 43% 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 Charger drew 4.8× the complaints of the median Dodge Charger year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 16 ranked years.
That makes 2012 one of the Dodge Charger years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 648 complaints about the 2012 Dodge Charger are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Charger by model year
Other 2012 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: May 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted