Volkswagen Tiguan 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	Volkswagen Tiguan	Dodge Charger
Complaints on file	3,473	8,167
Model years covered	2009–2026	1970–2026
Worst model year	2018	2011
Best model year	2026	2021
Crashes reported	105	370
Fires reported	38	317
Injuries reported	72	224
Deaths reported	1	7
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	6.2%	11.2%

Volkswagen Tiguan by year

247 159 238 214 227 130 106 146 101 450 290 210 184 455 89 93 85 49

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

Engine & Cooling 708 20.4%

Electrical System 519 14.9%

Other & Unspecified 372 10.7%

Airbags 319 9.2%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 264 7.6%

Transmission & Drivetrain 204 5.9%

Fuel & Propulsion 193 5.6%

Steering 184 5.3%

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%