2016 Dodge Charger — 6.2L

The 2016 Dodge Charger sits firmly in the downward arc of this generation's complaint and recall trend, which peaked dramatically in the 2006 launch year (1,293 complaints, 5 recalls) and again around 2011–2012 (692 and 648 complaints, 11 and 14 recalls respectively) before steadily declining. By 2016, complaints had settled to 182 — up modestly from 135 in 2015 but still a fraction of earlier years — while recalls held at 6, down from 8 the prior year and continuing toward 4 in 2017. The top complaint areas for 2016 are Structure (40), Fuel/Propulsion System (18), Unknown or Other (18), and Power Train (14), with 7 crash complaints and 2 fire complaints recorded; the federal data does not specify root causes for these categories. TSBs, which peaked at 328 in 2015, declined to 275 in 2016, suggesting manufacturer technical service activity was beginning to taper as the platform matured. Overall, 2016 represents a mid-decade stabilization point — not the cleanest year in the generation (2017 and later show lower complaint volumes), but well past the troubled early years. For a buyer, this is a reasonable used purchase: complaints and recalls are moderate and trending down, though the slightly elevated complaint count over 2015 warrants a pre-purchase inspection focused on structural integrity and fuel system condition.