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	3,451	8,167
Model years covered	1990–2026	1970–2026
Worst model year	2017	2011
Best model year	1999	2021
Crashes reported	269	370
Fires reported	66	317
Injuries reported	152	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 60 75 337 344 157 99 108 162 181 224 100 19 15 6 53 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 14.8%

Engine & Cooling 362 10.5%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 319 9.2%

Transmission & Drivetrain 305 8.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 270 7.8%

Brakes 267 7.7%

Electrical System 236 6.8%

Other & Unspecified 225 6.5%

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%