Vehicle report
2012 DODGE CHARGER
This model year
What the record shows
The 2012 Dodge Charger is a large car, and the 43rd model year of a nameplate NHTSA records from 1970 to 2027.
The EPA rated three configurations: engines from 3.6-litre six-cylinder to 5.7-litre eight-cylinder, rear-wheel drive only, two transmissions and running on midgrade gasoline and regular gasoline.
Combined fuel economy ranges from 19 to 23 mpg depending on which one you have.
NHTSA's best overall crash rating for this model year is 5 out of five stars.
The federal record holds 648 owner complaints, 14 safety recalls, 1 investigation and 146 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.