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2009 Dodge Charger engine problems

Owners reported engine problems in 42 complaints for the 2009 Dodge Charger, 18% of the complaints on file. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
42 18% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
98,000 miles 38 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 4
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When engine problems show up

Engine complaints by mileage, 2009 Dodge Charger Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 98,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 6 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 6 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 4 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 6 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 7 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 3 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 98,000 miles
Based on 38 complaints that include mileage. 24% 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 miles1
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles6
60k to 80k miles6
80k to 100k miles4
100k to 120k miles6
120k to 140k miles7
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles3
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 38 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 98,000 miles, and 24% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 4 fires, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

In the last four months, my 2009 dodge charger has stalled three times without warning. It doesn't sputter, then die. It just shuts down. The first two times, I was driving straight. This last time, 12/08/14, I was turning in a parking lot. I lost my power steering and my power breaks. I hit the concrete base of a light pole hard enough to blow out my front driver-side tire and bent the tie rod. There is quite a bit of damage to the front quarter panel, bumper and broke the headlight.

Reported at 150,000 miles, December 2014 CrashInjury

This is a dodge charger in the austin independent school district's police force fleet. After performing routine maintenance and upon start up, the auto began to have a hard engine knock. After further investigation we found that a valve seat had failed and entered the piston cylinder causing a catastrophic engine failure. The engine is a 5.7 hemi. This is the second dodge 5.7 hemi to have this type of engine failure in less then a year, and at about the same engine mileage.

Reported at 71,251 miles, April 2012

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