NHTSA Safety Recalls
2017 Dodge Challenger Recalls
The 2017 Dodge Challenger has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 17, 2018.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2017 Dodge Challenger. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 49
- Crashes reported
- 7
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2017 Dodge Challenger, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2017 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 2015–2016, 2018 Challenger, 14 other models
Engine and engine cooling: engine
- Campaign
- 17V496000
- Reported
- August 8, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,207
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and fire
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Power train: automatic transmission: control module (tcm/pcm/tecm)
- Campaign
- 17V431000
- Reported
- July 7, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 7,802
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2017 Dodge Challenger
2017 Dodge Challenger complaints by year
NHTSA has received 49 owner complaints about the 2017 Dodge Challenger, the newest on September 25, 2025. Of these, 7 describe a crash (14%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 6 injuries.
In complaints about the 2017 Dodge Challenger, the component group named most often is the electrical system (33%), followed by the suspension (12%) and the engine (10%).
1 of the 2017 Dodge Challenger's 3 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2017 Dodge Challenger owners gave the mileage (22 complaints), the median was 30,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System16
- Unknown Or Other16
- Suspension6
- Engine5
- Power Train5
- Steering5
Complaints received, by year
| 2017 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 10 | |
| 2021 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 7 |
Complaints about the 2017 Dodge Challenger peaked in 2020, when NHTSA received 10. 43% arrived between 2016 and 2020, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2017 vehicles, the 2017 Dodge Challenger drew 0.4× the complaints of the median Dodge Challenger year in the same window: 11th highest of the 13 ranked years.
That makes 2017 one of the three best-measured Dodge Challenger years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 49 complaints about the 2017 Dodge Challenger are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Challenger by model year
Other 2017 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: September 25, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted