Dodge Charger vs Nissan Altima

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	Dodge Charger	Nissan Altima
Complaints on file	8,167	20,238
Model years covered	1970–2026	1993–2025
Worst model year	2011	2014
Best model year	2021	2004
Crashes reported	370	1,256
Fires reported	317	317
Injuries reported	224	783
Deaths reported	7	17
Most complained-about part	Electrical System	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	11.2%	11.7%

Dodge Charger by year

1 1 13 4 1,904 678 835 229 303 1,042 957 492 530 197 264 199 167 165 74 42 21 47 1 1

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 1,199 14.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 807 9.9%

Airbags 776 9.5%

Fuel & Propulsion 767 9.4%

Brakes 431 5.3%

Steering 416 5.1%

Other & Unspecified 407 5.0%

Nissan Altima by year

150 120 216 117 141 141 110 199 202 1,321 1,099 334 1,364 1,043 598 1,376 2,150 541 320 579 2,981 1,396 1,203 790 521 322 356 262 120 55 39 62 10

93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 3,482 17.2%

Transmission & Drivetrain 2,205 10.9%

Airbags 1,967 9.7%

Electrical System 1,775 8.8%

Body & Structure 1,769 8.7%

Other & Unspecified 1,496 7.4%

Steering 1,346 6.7%

Lights 1,235 6.1%