NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Dodge Dart Recalls
The 2016 Dodge Dart has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 9, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Dodge Dart. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 261
- Crashes reported
- 14
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 Dodge Dart, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2016 Dodge Dart
Power train: automatic transmission: lever and linkage: floor shift
- Campaign
- 25V674000
- Reported
- October 9, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 298,439
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2015 Dart
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 19V293000
- Reported
- April 11, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 298,439
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015 Dart
Equipment
- Campaign
- 17V824000
- Reported
- December 21, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 61,791
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2015 Dart, 18 other models
Visibility: windshield wiper/washer
- Campaign
- 16V813000
- Reported
- November 8, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 53,155
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2016 Dodge Dart
Electrical system: software
- Campaign
- 16V113000
- Reported
- February 26, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,122
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2015 Dart
2016 Dodge Dart complaints by year
NHTSA has received 261 owner complaints about the 2016 Dodge Dart, the newest on October 19, 2026. Of these, 14 describe a crash (5%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 9 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Dodge Dart, the component group named most often is the power train (33%), followed by the engine (25%) and the electrical system (18%).
2 of the 2016 Dodge Dart's 5 recalls also concern the power train.
Where 2016 Dodge Dart owners gave the mileage (155 complaints), the median was 49,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train86
- Engine66
- Unknown Or Other60
- Electrical System48
- Service Brakes26
- Fuel/Propulsion System13
Complaints received, by year
| 2015 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 7 | |
| 2017 | 19 | |
| 2018 | 34 | |
| 2019 | 70 | |
| 2020 | 26 | |
| 2021 | 16 | |
| 2022 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 17 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 19 | |
| 2026 | 43 |
Complaints about the 2016 Dodge Dart peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 70. 51% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 261 complaints about the 2016 Dodge Dart are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Dart by model year
Other 2016 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: October 19, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted