Unclassified problem on the 2012 Dodge Charger
8 crashes 1 fire 5 injuries 14 of the 67 reports for this failure mention a crash, a fire, an injury or a death. Those are the owner's words on the complaint form, not a verified finding, and one report can mention more than one.
Only 36 reports for this mode came with an odometer reading, which is too few for percentiles to mean anything. The page is here because someone linked to it; treat the figures as anecdotes, and see the full report for this year instead.
When unclassified problem gets reported
Owners of the 2012 Dodge Charger report unclassified problem at a median of 55,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 37,500 miles and a quarter after 90,000 miles, from 36 reports that carried an odometer reading.
It is the 66th most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 5,000 miles at the tenth percentile to 110,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 104,372 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
A spread this wide points at use rather than design. Towing, climate, service history and city mileage all move a failure like this, so the median is a weak guide to any individual car.
22% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,628 miles | 36,750 miles | 55,500 miles | 88,806 miles | 110,000 miles |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Of these reports, 8 a crash, 1 a fire and 5 an injury are mentioned. Owners write their own complaints and the agency does not verify them, so read this as what the reports say happened rather than as a confirmed count.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 16 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2020, at a median of 5,000 miles, and latest on the 2007 at 110,000 miles.
By volume the 2006 carries the most reports, with 89; the 2012 has 67. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 dodge charger. The contact stated that while stopped, he was crashed into from the rear by another vehicle traveling 55 MPH and was pushed into a preceding vehicle. Upon impact, the air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained neck, shoulder and head injuries. The vehicle was towed to a private mechanic where the failure could not be replicated. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure and current mileages were 6,800.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 dodge charger. The contact stated that the air bag warning lamp illuminated when vehicle was purchased. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. Months later, a deer crashed into the contact, destroying the front end of the vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. A police report was filed and the contact sustained injuries to the elbow. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and the technician stated that the air bag wiring that was under the seats had become disconnected. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was repaired. The failure mileage was 5 and the current mileage was 33,000. *tr updated 08/06/13*lj updated 08/07/2013 *js
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 dodge charger. The contact stated that whenever starting the ignition, the air bag warning indicator illuminated continuously until the engine was turned off. The contact referenced NHTSA campaign id number 13v118000 (air bags) however, the dealer advised that they only received one part after each recall repair was completed. The manufacturer was notified and they informed the contact that the remedy part would not be available for several months. The approximate failure mileage was 4,456.
Also reported on the 2012 Dodge Charger
Alternator or charging system failure
Other electrical problem
Headlight failure or clouding
Other engine problem
No-start or intermittent start failure
Other powertrain problem
How far this goes
This page is kept out of search results because 67 reports is not enough to publish percentiles from. It stays reachable because somebody looking at this exact car would rather see the reports than be told there are none.
Complaints are voluntary, so 67 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does unclassified problem happen on the 2012 Dodge Charger?
Across 36 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 55,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 37,500 miles and a quarter after 90,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is unclassified problem on the 2012 Dodge Charger?
67 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.7 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed