Subaru Impreza 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	Subaru Impreza	Dodge Charger
Complaints on file	3,460	8,177
Model years covered	1990–2026	1970–2026
Worst model year	2017	2011
Best model year	1999	2021
Crashes reported	270	370
Fires reported	66	317
Injuries reported	153	224
Deaths reported	5	7
Most complained-about part	Airbags	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	14.3%	11.2%

Subaru Impreza by year

2 48 8 69 25 38 55 27 54 13 339 64 113 95 68 84 249 149 63 75 338 344 157 99 108 162 182 225 100 19 17 6 54 10 1

90 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 26

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

What breaks

Airbags 510 14.7%

Engine & Cooling 363 10.5%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 319 9.2%

Transmission & Drivetrain 306 8.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 270 7.8%

Brakes 269 7.8%

Electrical System 237 6.8%

Other & Unspecified 226 6.5%

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%