Buick Enclave vs Dodge Charger

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Buick Enclave	Dodge Charger
Complaints on file	3,314	8,177
Model years covered	2008–2026	1970–2026
Worst model year	2011	2011
Best model year	2021	2021
Crashes reported	142	370
Fires reported	32	317
Injuries reported	119	224
Deaths reported	0	7
Most complained-about part	Airbags	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	8.8%	11.2%

Buick Enclave by year

779 290 358 285 174 109 352 221 158 203 92 69 75 31 21 24 11 58 4

08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Airbags 773 23.3%

Steering 445 13.4%

Engine & Cooling 380 11.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 359 10.8%

Electrical System 277 8.4%

Other & Unspecified 187 5.6%

Body & Structure 178 5.4%

Brakes 126 3.8%

Dodge Charger by year

1 1 13 4 1,905 678 835 229 303 1,043 957 493 530 198 264 199 167 165 74 45 23 47 1 2

70 84 85 01 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Electrical System 1,952 23.9%

Engine & Cooling 1,201 14.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 807 9.9%

Airbags 780 9.5%

Fuel & Propulsion 768 9.4%

Brakes 431 5.3%

Steering 416 5.1%

Other & Unspecified 408 5.0%