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2012 Dodge Charger brakes problems

47 complaints about brakes have been filed for the 2012 Dodge Charger, which is 5% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
47 5% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
60,000 miles 37 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
3 and 2
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When brakes problems show up

Brakes complaints by mileage, 2012 Dodge Charger Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 60,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 2 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 5 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 11 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 7 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 8 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 2 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 60,000 miles
Based on 37 complaints that include mileage. 49% 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 miles2
20k to 40k miles5
40k to 60k miles11
60k to 80k miles7
80k to 100k miles8
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles2
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 37 brakes complaints that report mileage, the median is about 60,000 miles, and 49% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 crashes, 2 fires, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2012 dodge charger. The contact stated while driving approximately 60 MPH, the vehicle in front suddenly stopped and rear ended another vehicle as the brake pedal was depressed but the vehicle failed to stop. The contact stated that he test drove the vehicle previously to purchasing and was informed that the brakes were just serviced as the reason for the brakes being slow to stop the vehicle. The contact stated that during the test drive the brake warning light was illuminated.

Reported at 49,000 miles, January 2020 CrashInjury

Tl* the contact owns a 2012 dodge charger. While driving 35 MPH, the steering became unstable and the ABS, brake, engine, and ESC warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was towed to efird chrysler jeep dodge (located at 1711 w lucas st florence, sc 29501) where it was diagnosed that the electrical and power steering needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and did not assist.

Reported at 95,340 miles, July 2017

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