NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Dodge Charger Recalls
The 2016 Dodge Charger has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 17, 2018.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Dodge Charger. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 182
- Crashes reported
- 7
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 Dodge Charger, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2016 Dodge Charger
Electrical system: wiring
- Campaign
- 18V332000
- Reported
- May 17, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,815,661
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015, 2017–2018 Charger, 14 other models
Power train: driveline: driveshaft
- Campaign
- 18V281000
- Reported
- May 1, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 13,928
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2015, 2017–2018 Charger
Equipment
- Campaign
- 17V824000
- Reported
- December 21, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 61,791
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- Same campaign
- also 18 other models
Power train: axle assembly: axle shaft
- Campaign
- 17V097000
- Reported
- February 14, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 69,298
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015, 2017 Charger, 1 other model
Structure
- Campaign
- 16V043000
- Reported
- January 28, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 441,578
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2011–2015 Charger
Power train: automatic transmission: control module (tcm/pcm/tecm)
- Campaign
- 18E053000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015 Charger, 2 other models
2016 Dodge Charger complaints by year
NHTSA has received 182 owner complaints about the 2016 Dodge Charger, the newest on May 16, 2026. Of these, 7 describe a crash (4%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 15 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Dodge Charger, the component group named most often is the structure (29%), followed by the electrical system (14%) and the engine (14%).
1 of the 2016 Dodge Charger's 6 recalls also concerns the structure.
Where 2016 Dodge Charger owners gave the mileage (106 complaints), the median was 42,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Structure53
- Unknown Or Other32
- Electrical System25
- Engine25
- Fuel/Propulsion System25
- Power Train25
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 8 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 13 | |
| 2018 | 24 | |
| 2019 | 23 | |
| 2020 | 36 | |
| 2021 | 25 | |
| 2022 | 14 | |
| 2023 | 12 | |
| 2024 | 9 | |
| 2025 | 11 | |
| 2026 | 7 |
Complaints about the 2016 Dodge Charger peaked in 2020, when NHTSA received 36. 37% 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 Charger drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Dodge Charger year in the same window: 8th highest of the 16 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 182 complaints about the 2016 Dodge Charger are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Charger by model year
Other 2016 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: May 16, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted