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1970 Dodge Challenger Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Dec 23, 2020
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Dec 23, 2020

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 1970 Dodge Challenger. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

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Other / unspecified
Filed Dec 23, 2020
Fire reported

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1970 DODGE CHALLENGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE K&N X-TREME AIR FILTER AND MODEL NUMBER: UNKNOWN HAD BEEN INSTALLED ON THE VEHICLE. AFTER RESTARTING THE ENGINE FLAMES WERE PRESENT COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE AIR FILTER HAD CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE CONTACT QUICKLY EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES AND REPLACED THE AIR FILTER WITH A DIFFERENT BRAND FILTER. THE LOCAL DEALER O'REILLYS AUTO PARTS LOCATED AT 472 WALLACE WILKINSON BLVD B, LIBERTY, KY 42539 AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT VAPORS COULD BUILD UP INSIDE THE AIR FILTER CAUSING A FLAMES TO IGNITE. NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

NHTSA ID
11384679
Incident
Sep 1, 2020
Mileage
100 mi

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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