NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Dodge Challenger Recalls
The 2016 Dodge Challenger has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 17, 2018.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Dodge Challenger. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 78
- Crashes reported
- 10
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 Dodge Challenger, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2016 Dodge Challenger
Electrical system: wiring
- Campaign
- 18V332000
- Reported
- May 17, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,815,661
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2015, 2017–2018 Challenger, 14 other models
Power train: automatic transmission: control module (tcm/pcm/tecm)
- Campaign
- 18E053000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015, 2018 Challenger, 2 other models
2016 Dodge Challenger complaints by year
NHTSA has received 78 owner complaints about the 2016 Dodge Challenger, the newest on April 27, 2026. Of these, 10 describe a crash (13%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 10 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Dodge Challenger, the component group named most often is the power train (21%), followed by the electrical system (19%) and the engine (15%).
1 of the 2016 Dodge Challenger's 2 recalls also concerns the power train.
Where 2016 Dodge Challenger owners gave the mileage (47 complaints), the median was 16,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train16
- Electrical System15
- Engine12
- Air Bags11
- Unknown Or Other11
- Steering9
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 14 | |
| 2018 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 10 | |
| 2020 | 9 | |
| 2021 | 8 | |
| 2022 | 7 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 6 | |
| 2025 | 4 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2016 Dodge Challenger peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 14. 47% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Dodge Challenger drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Dodge Challenger year in the same window: 9th highest of the 13 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 78 complaints about the 2016 Dodge Challenger are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Challenger by model year
Other 2016 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: April 27, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted