2016 Dodge Challenger at 12,750 miles
You did not give a mileage, so this uses 12,750 — the median reported failure mileage for this model year, which is a rough stand-in for “a typical example of this car”. Put your real reading in the box below for an answer about your car.
At 12,750 miles on this car
At 12,750 miles on a 2016 Dodge Challenger, 10 of the failure modes other owners have reported already have their median report at or below your reading, and 0 more fall inside the window where they are usually reported. The heaviest of the ones already due is airbag failed to deploy in a crash.
Already past the median 10
Half of all reports of these failures came in at or below where your car is now.
- Airbag failed to deploy in a crash 2k
- Infotainment screen failure 10k
- Control arm, ball joint or bushing failure 6k
- Other wheel or tire problem 4k
- Complete transmission failure 10k
- Other suspension problem 2k
- Wiring harness or short circuit 8k
- Loss of braking 7k
- Airbag inflator rupture 1
- Other driver assistance problem 8k
You are in the window 0
Your reading falls inside the middle half of reports for these.
Nothing here.
Typically later 16
Reported further down the road than where you are.
- Other engine problem 16k
- CV axle or driveshaft failure 16k
- Lifter, cam or cylinder-deactivation failure 16k
- Other brake problem 16k
- Ignition switch, key fob or immobilizer failure 19k
- Sunroof failure or glass breakage 25k
- Other powertrain problem 25k
- Other fuel system problem 33k
- Headlight failure or clouding 39k
- Backup camera failure 41k
- Seat belt or retractor failure 44k
- Other body or interior problem 45k
4 more.
Timing unknown 10
Reported, but too few owners gave an odometer reading to place them.
- Control module (ECM/PCM/BCM) failure 3×
- ABS module or sensor failure 3×
- Airbag warning light or occupant sensor fault 3×
- Tail light, brake light or signal failure 2×
- Excessive oil consumption 1×
- Alternator or charging system failure 1×
- Audio or connectivity failure 1×
- Other electrical problem 1×
- Other speed control problem 1×
- Other visibility problem 1×
Why the list is generic until you type a number
Every figure below is a comparison against your odometer, so with no reading given the page has to pick one: 12,750 miles, roughly what a 2016 car covers at 12,000 miles a year. A reading 30,000 miles either side of that moves failures between the columns, which is the difference between a useful list and a generic one.
Already inside the reported range
10 failure modes on the 2016 Dodge Challenger have a median reported mileage at or below 12,750: airbag failed to deploy in a crash (median 1,900 miles, 7 reports), infotainment screen failure (median 10,000 miles, 4 reports), control arm, ball joint or bushing failure (median 5,000 miles, 4 reports), other wheel or tire problem (median 5,000 miles, 4 reports), complete transmission failure (median 10,000 miles, 3 reports) and other suspension problem (median 2,000 miles, 3 reports).
These are the ones worth mentioning to a mechanic by name at the next service. Being past a median is not being overdue — it means the reports cluster below where you are now, so if the failure was going to be typical, it would already have happened.
Still ahead of you
16 further modes sit above your reading, the nearest being other engine problem at a median of 15,000 miles. On a car you intend to keep, these are the ones that decide whether it is worth keeping.
What this list is not
It is a reading of what owners of other 2016 Dodge Challengers reported, and at what odometer reading they reported it. It is not a maintenance schedule, not a diagnosis, and not a prediction about this car: two identical cars with different service histories are not the same car.
Complaints are filed voluntarily, mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers, and a failure mode with few reports has a wide window even when the median looks precise. Modes with fewer than 8 dated reports are shown without percentiles for that reason.
Where 12,750 miles falls on the curve
The three columns above sort the failure modes one by one. This is the same evidence in aggregate: every dated report on this model year, stacked up in the order the odometer readings arrived. The dashed line marked you is where your car sits. How much of the line is to the left of that mark is how much of this model year's reported trouble is, on the evidence, already behind you.
About 39% of the dated reports on this model year had already been filed by 12,750 miles. That is the share of the problems that show up in this record, not of the problems this car will have. A further 1 report came in above the top of the scale, which is why the line stops short of the top.
- Line share of reports filed by that mileage
- Dashed the mileages called out above
A steep early climb means a car whose reports cluster young, which is the pattern of a defect rather than of wear. A line that only gets going past six figures is the opposite. Neither shape says anything about the specific car in your driveway, and a curve built from a few dozen readings can be moved by one owner with a talkative afternoon.
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Questions this page answers
What should I expect at 12,750 miles on a 2016 Dodge Challenger?
10 of the failure modes owners have reported on the 2016 Dodge Challenger have a median report at or below 12,750 miles, and 0 more fall inside the mileage window where they are usually reported. That is a watch list drawn from other owners, not a prediction about this car.
How to use the three columns. The left column is the list to hand a mechanic before you buy, and to check the service history for if you already own the car. The middle column is what to budget for this year. The right column is not a reprieve — it is a reminder that a used car has a bill schedule, and this is roughly where it falls. All of it is drawn from 109 owner complaints about this exact model year, not from a maintenance manual. How the percentiles are computed.
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