Vehicle Data Hub

2006 Dodge Charger transmission problems

45 complaints about transmission have been filed for the 2006 Dodge Charger, which is 2% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
45 2% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
52,000 miles 40 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When transmission problems show up

Transmission complaints by mileage, 2006 Dodge Charger Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 52,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 6 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 4 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 12 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 4 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 5 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 7 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 52,000 miles
Based on 40 complaints that include mileage. 55% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
View the numbers
MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles6
20k to 40k miles4
40k to 60k miles12
60k to 80k miles4
80k to 100k miles5
100k to 120k miles7
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 40 transmission complaints that report mileage, the median is about 52,000 miles, and 55% were reported before 60,000 miles.

None of the transmission 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

2006 charger will not shift out of park. Apparent interlock failure, resulting in broken plastic piece. Based on internet search found that chrysler issued a customer satisfaction notification k39, which only covered certain vehicles. It appears to be a very broad defect.

Reported at 72,689 miles, June 2011

Other problems reported for the 2006 Dodge Charger

Transmission problems in other years

  • 2027
  • 2026
  • 2023
  • 2022
  • 2021
  • 2020
  • 2019
  • 2018
  • 2017
  • 2016
  • 2015
  • 2014
  • 2013
  • 2012
  • 2011
  • 2010
  • 2009
  • 2008
  • 2007
  • 2006

Transmission problems across all Dodge models