Vehicle report
2009 DODGE CHALLENGER
This model year
What the record shows
The 2009 Dodge Challenger is a compact car, and the 40th model year of a nameplate NHTSA records from 1970 to 2023.
The EPA rated six configurations: engines from 3.5-litre six-cylinder to 6.1-litre eight-cylinder, rear-wheel drive only, three transmissions and running on regular gasoline.
Combined fuel economy ranges from 15 to 20 mpg depending on which one you have.
The federal record holds 133 owner complaints, 4 safety recalls and 35 service bulletins for it.
Counts are reports, not rates. A complaint is something an owner chose to file; it is unverified and unadjusted for how many of these cars were sold, so the useful comparison is against other model years of the same car. Recalls and investigations carry more weight because a manufacturer or regulator acted on them.
Reading this report
Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.