NHTSA Safety Recalls
2021 Dodge Challenger Recalls
The 2021 Dodge Challenger has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 26, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2021 Dodge Challenger. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 19
- Crashes reported
- 4
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2021 Dodge Challenger, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2021 Dodge Challenger
Electrical system: instrument cluster/panel
- Campaign
- 21V664000
- Reported
- August 26, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 135
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 101, controls and displays
- Same campaign
- only the 2021 Dodge Challenger
Visibility: windshield
- Campaign
- 21V516000
- Reported
- July 8, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 21,258
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 212, windshield mounting
- Same campaign
- also 2020 Challenger, 2 other models
2021 Dodge Challenger complaints by year
NHTSA has received 19 owner complaints about the 2021 Dodge Challenger, the newest on July 16, 2026. Of these, 4 describe a crash (21%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2021 Dodge Challenger, the component group named most often is the air bags (21%), followed by the electrical system (21%) and the engine (16%).
1 of the 2021 Dodge Challenger's 2 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags4
- Electrical System4
- Engine3
- Power Train3
- Steering2
- Structure2
Complaints received, by year
| 2021 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2021 Dodge Challenger peaked in 2023, when NHTSA received 4. 74% arrived between 2020 and 2024, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2021 vehicles, the 2021 Dodge Challenger drew 0.3× the complaints of the median Dodge Challenger year in the same window: 12th highest of the 13 ranked years.
That makes 2021 one of the three best-measured Dodge Challenger years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 19 complaints about the 2021 Dodge Challenger are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Challenger by model year
Other 2021 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: July 16, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted