NHTSA Safety Recalls
2018 Dodge Challenger Recalls
The 2018 Dodge Challenger has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 9, 2018.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2018 Dodge Challenger. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 75
- Crashes reported
- 9
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2018 Dodge Challenger, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2018 Dodge Challenger
Electrical system: wiring: front underhood
- Campaign
- 18V524000
- Reported
- August 9, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 12,779
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 14 other models
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 Challenger, 14 other models
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 18V280000
- Reported
- May 1, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 71
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 6 other models
Power train: automatic transmission: control module (tcm/pcm/tecm)
- Campaign
- 18E053000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2016 Challenger, 2 other models
2018 Dodge Challenger complaints by year
NHTSA has received 75 owner complaints about the 2018 Dodge Challenger, the newest on September 2, 2026. Of these, 9 describe a crash (12%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 8 injuries.
In complaints about the 2018 Dodge Challenger, the component group named most often is the electrical system (37%), followed by the power train (11%) and the steering (8%).
2 of the 2018 Dodge Challenger's 4 recalls also concern the electrical system.
Where 2018 Dodge Challenger owners gave the mileage (35 complaints), the median was 22,012 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System28
- Unknown Or Other28
- Power Train8
- Steering6
- Wheels6
- Air Bags5
Complaints received, by year
| 2018 | 10 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 17 | |
| 2020 | 7 | |
| 2021 | 11 | |
| 2022 | 10 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 7 | |
| 2025 | 4 | |
| 2026 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2018 Dodge Challenger peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 17. 60% arrived between 2017 and 2021, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2018 vehicles, the 2018 Dodge Challenger drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Dodge Challenger year in the same window: 8th highest of the 13 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 75 complaints about the 2018 Dodge Challenger are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Challenger by model year
Other 2018 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: September 2, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted