NHTSA Safety Recalls
2017 Dodge Charger Recalls
The 2017 Dodge Charger has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 17, 2018.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2017 Dodge Charger. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 128
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2017 Dodge Charger, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2017 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 2014–2016, 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 2015–2016, 2018 Charger
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: axle assembly: axle shaft
- Campaign
- 17V097000
- Reported
- February 14, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 69,298
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2016 Charger, 1 other model
2017 Dodge Charger complaints by year
NHTSA has received 128 owner complaints about the 2017 Dodge Charger, the newest on August 13, 2026. Of these, 3 describe a crash (2%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 4 injuries.
In complaints about the 2017 Dodge Charger, the component group named most often is the electrical system (38%), followed by the structure (16%) and the engine (14%).
1 of the 2017 Dodge Charger's 4 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2017 Dodge Charger owners gave the mileage (61 complaints), the median was 38,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System48
- Unknown Or Other31
- Structure20
- Engine18
- Power Train17
- Steering8
Complaints received, by year
| 2017 | 9 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 11 | |
| 2019 | 10 | |
| 2020 | 24 | |
| 2021 | 27 | |
| 2022 | 21 | |
| 2023 | 9 | |
| 2024 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 9 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2017 Dodge Charger peaked in 2021, when NHTSA received 27. 42% 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 Charger drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Dodge Charger year in the same window: 12th highest of the 16 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 128 complaints about the 2017 Dodge Charger are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Charger by model year
Other 2017 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: August 13, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted