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2006 Dodge Charger steering problems

90 complaints about steering have been filed for the 2006 Dodge Charger, which is 5% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
90 5% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
80,000 miles 82 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When steering problems show up

Steering complaints by mileage, 2006 Dodge Charger Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 80,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 6 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 9 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 10 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 15 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 19 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 12 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 4 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 4 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 2 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 80,000 miles
Based on 82 complaints that include mileage. 30% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles6
20k to 40k miles9
40k to 60k miles10
60k to 80k miles15
80k to 100k miles19
100k to 120k miles12
120k to 140k miles4
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles4
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles2

What the data shows

Of the 82 steering complaints that report mileage, the median is about 80,000 miles, and 30% were reported before 60,000 miles.

None of the steering complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

I am about to file a lemon law complaint because dodge has been "unable to duplicate" the most serious problems that have plagued my vehicle, a 2006 dodge charger r/t, since day four of my ownership. I have owned this car for 68 days and of those, I have only been able to drive the functioning car for 19 days. They have fixed a number of minor issues and notified me that they would be unable to fix or do not know how to fix at this time, some minor issues including the air conditioning compressor problems (which…

Reported at 100 miles, August 2005

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 dodge charger. While driving approximately 15 MPH and approaching a stop sign, the headlights flashed off and on and a pop sound emitted from the brake pedal. The contact attempted to accelerate, but an abnormal sound emitted from the rear tires and smoke appeared. Also, the ABS light illuminated and the power steering and power brakes failed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 110,000.

Reported at 110,000 miles, November 2014

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