Model Year Scorecard · NHTSA + EPA data

Dodge model years compared

Every Dodge model in the catalogue (1960–2027), with owner complaints, recall campaigns, urgent advisories and fatal-crash involvement summed across all model years. Open a model to see its years side by side and the best and worst year called out.

101,706
Owner complaints
filed with NHTSA, most on the Durango
827
Recall campaigns
distinct NHTSA campaigns, most on the Charger
11
Urgent advisories
do-not-drive & park-outside campaigns
7,901
Fatal-crash vehicles
FARS census, 2020 onward, exact

Dodge models ranked by complaints

Dodge models ranked by NHTSA owner complaints across all model years
Model Years Complaints Recalls Urgent Fatal (FARS) MPG
Durango 1998–2026 (28)
13,744
72 1 1,052 15.9
Grand Caravan 1987–2020 (34)
13,492
66 984 19.9
Ram 1500 1994–2010 (17)
12,410
29 1 13.3
Caravan 1984–2007 (24)
10,530
56 28 19.2
Dakota 1987–2012 (26)
6,631
49 1 784 14.5
Ram 2500 1994–2010 (17)
6,440
22 1 12.6
Intrepid 1993–2004 (12)
6,231
15 26 19
Charger 1966–2026 (37)
5,735
81 1 1,880 20
Journey 2009–2026 (17)
5,274
25 842 19.4
Neon 1995–2020 (14)
3,491
16 143 27.1
Avenger 1995–2014 (13)
3,157
20 403 21.7
Ram 3500 1994–2010 (17)
3,083
32 1
Stratus 1995–2006 (12)
2,654
27 80 20.4
Dart 1960–2016 (34)
2,509
41 300 27.4
Caliber 2007–2012 (6)
1,848
8 233 23.4
Challenger 1970–2023 (27)
1,691
44 1 905 17.4
Magnum 1978–2008 (14)
1,163
13 1 66 15.5
Nitro 2007–2012 (6)
1,114
11 154 18
Sprinter 2500 2003–2009 (7)
155
15
Sprinter 3500 2003–2009 (7)
91
14
Ram 5500 2008–2010 (3)
88
12 1
Viper 1992–2017 (21)
64
12 14 14.3
Hornet 2023–2025 (3)
50
6 1 1 24
Ram 4500 2008–2010 (3)
38
12 1
Ramcharger 1974–2001 (26)
23
8 6 12
Atos catalogue only 2001–2012 (12)
Attitude catalogue only 2006–2025 (20)
Charger Daytona catalogue only 2024–2027 (4)
96
H100 catalogue only 2003–2010 (8)
H100 Van catalogue only 2010–2013 (4)
Ram 1500 Van catalogue only 1995–2003 (9)
Ram 2500 Van catalogue only 1996–2003 (8)
Ram 3500 Van catalogue only 1996–2003 (8)
Ram 4000 catalogue only 1995–2010 (14)
SX 2.0 catalogue only 2003–2005 (3)
Van 1000 catalogue only 2008–2009 (2)
Verna catalogue only 2004–2006 (3)
Vision catalogue only 2015–2018 (4)
i10 catalogue only 2012–2014 (3)

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Sources. Owner complaints, recall campaigns and advisories are from the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation datasets; fatal-crash vehicles from FARS; fuel economy from the EPA. VehDB sums them per model; the figures are not VehDB's own findings.

How to read it. Complaints and recalls are summed over every catalogue year of the model, so long-running best-sellers rank high on volume alone; the model page ranks each year against other vehicles of the same model year, which is the fairer read. Urgent counts do-not-drive and park-outside campaigns. Fatal (FARS) is a census of vehicles in fatal crashes from 2020 onward, exact, and is never mixed with CRSS estimates. MPG is the EPA combined average across the model's trims. Sources are U.S. public domain; nothing here is a verified defect finding.