NHTSA Safety Recalls
2021 Dodge Charger Recalls
The 2021 Dodge Charger has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on March 14, 2024.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2021 Dodge Charger. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 35
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2021 Dodge Charger, 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 Charger
Air bags: side/window: curtain: inflator
- Campaign
- 24V198000
- Reported
- March 14, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 284,982
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2018–2020 Charger, 1 other model
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 Charger, 2 other models
2021 Dodge Charger complaints by year
NHTSA has received 35 owner complaints about the 2021 Dodge Charger, the newest on September 24, 2026. Of these, 2 describe a crash (6%).
In complaints about the 2021 Dodge Charger, the component group named most often is the air bags (46%), followed by the power train (14%) and the engine (9%).
1 of the 2021 Dodge Charger's 2 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags16
- Power Train5
- Unknown Or Other5
- Engine3
- Electrical System2
- Exterior Lighting2
Complaints received, by year
| 2021 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 9 | |
| 2025 | 9 | |
| 2026 | 6 |
Complaints about the 2021 Dodge Charger peaked in 2024, when NHTSA received 9. 57% 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 Charger drew 0.3× the complaints of the median Dodge Charger year in the same window: 16th highest of the 16 ranked years.
That makes 2021 one of the three best-measured Dodge Charger years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 35 complaints about the 2021 Dodge Charger are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Charger by model year
Other 2021 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: September 24, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted