NHTSA Safety Recalls
2013 Dodge Challenger Recalls
The 2013 Dodge Challenger has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 15, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2013 Dodge Challenger. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 179
- Crashes reported
- 6
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
10 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2013 Dodge Challenger, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2013 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 2010–2012, 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 2009–2012 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 2011–2012, 2014 Challenger, 4 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 2011–2012, 2014 Challenger, 4 other models
Electrical system: wiring: front underhood
- Campaign
- 13V103000
- Reported
- March 21, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,051
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- only the 2013 Dodge Challenger
2013 Dodge Challenger complaints by year
NHTSA has received 179 owner complaints about the 2013 Dodge Challenger, the newest on May 16, 2026. Of these, 6 describe a crash (3%) and 10 a fire; owners reported 7 injuries.
In complaints about the 2013 Dodge Challenger, the component group named most often is the electrical system (58%), followed by the engine (15%) and the air bags (11%).
3 of the 2013 Dodge Challenger's 5 recalls also concern the electrical system.
Where 2013 Dodge Challenger owners gave the mileage (110 complaints), the median was 50,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System104
- Engine27
- Air Bags19
- Power Train16
- Steering15
- Unknown Or Other11
Complaints received, by year
| 2013 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 13 | |
| 2015 | 39 | |
| 2016 | 11 | |
| 2017 | 23 | |
| 2018 | 22 | |
| 2019 | 22 | |
| 2020 | 19 | |
| 2021 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 4 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2013 Dodge Challenger peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 39. 39% arrived between 2012 and 2016, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2013 vehicles, the 2013 Dodge Challenger drew 1.2× the complaints of the median Dodge Challenger year in the same window: 4th highest of the 13 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 179 complaints about the 2013 Dodge Challenger are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Challenger by model year
Other 2013 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: May 16, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted