NHTSA Safety Recalls
2013 Dodge Charger Recalls
The 2013 Dodge Charger has 8 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 15, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2013 Dodge Charger. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 8
- Owner complaints
- 360
- Crashes reported
- 25
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
20 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2013 Dodge Charger, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
8 recalls on the 2013 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 2010–2012, 2014–2015 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 2009–2012 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 2011–2012, 2014 Charger, 4 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 2012, 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 2011–2012, 2014–2016 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 2011–2012, 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 2011–2012, 2014 Charger, 4 other models
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 13V610000
- Reported
- December 6, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,194
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
2013 Dodge Charger complaints by year
NHTSA has received 360 owner complaints about the 2013 Dodge Charger, the newest on August 31, 2026. Of these, 25 describe a crash (7%) and 20 a fire; owners reported 18 injuries.
In complaints about the 2013 Dodge Charger, the component group named most often is the electrical system (46%), followed by the engine (14%) and the power train (13%).
2 of the 2013 Dodge Charger's 8 recalls also concern the electrical system.
Where 2013 Dodge Charger owners gave the mileage (266 complaints), the median was 58,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System167
- Engine50
- Power Train48
- Air Bags41
- Steering30
- Unknown Or Other28
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 8 | |
| 2014 | 32 | |
| 2015 | 53 | |
| 2016 | 51 | |
| 2017 | 67 | |
| 2018 | 46 | |
| 2019 | 36 | |
| 2020 | 28 | |
| 2021 | 16 | |
| 2022 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 6 | |
| 2025 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2013 Dodge Charger peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 67. 40% 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 Charger drew 2.1× the complaints of the median Dodge Charger year in the same window: 4th highest of the 16 ranked years.
That makes 2013 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 360 complaints about the 2013 Dodge Charger are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Charger by model year
Other 2013 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: August 31, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted