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2010 Dodge Challenger Transmission and drivetrain Problems

Complaints
36about this part
Share
12%of 299 total for the year
Median mileage
17,522miles
Trend
FallingComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are at least 25% lower than in the 3 years before.

NHTSA recorded 36 complaints about the transmission and drivetrain of the 2010 Dodge Challenger, 12% of the 299 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 17,522 miles. 1 of these say a crash was involved and 1 a fire, according to the filers.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“Have a 2010 Dodge Challenger with less than 40,000 miles. Took car to shop at Dodge dealership due to the fact that my check engine light was on (at 38,000 miles). After not diagnosing my car correctly on 3 separate occasions, they finally determined that the car needed a new power module, and several engine sensors were faulty and not working.”

NHTSA complaint #10629335, filed 2014-08, 3,800 miles

“Hello! Hard shifting 6speed manual: I have been having shifting problems with my manual trans for a couple of months. It started back in nov 11 when traveling out of town,got stuck in traffic and clutch started to not disingauge all the way (would creep) had to hold foot on brake or put in neutral even after pulling off the road. Latter when coming home baked into parking space turn key off wanted to put in other gear was very hard to pull out of reverse. Has gotten worse, it is getting harder to shift while driving. …”

NHTSA complaint #10960161, filed 2017-03, 24,000 miles

“Was driving on 4th of july for a holiday celebration. Shifted from 3rd to 4th gear at 35 MPH and the shifter handle broke off. I had to very carefully turn around and drive home with this broken shifter handle. At one point the handle came out of the mount and I had to find the hole again for the shift handle with the dust boot obscuring my view while driving. Since it was a holiday weekend I decided this was a time to replace the shifter handle with the hurst shifter handle supplied by Dodge as a part of my auto purchase using mopar bucks. …”

NHTSA complaint #10562764, filed 2014-02, 17,700 miles

“I've had the same issue as many have described when your Challenger loses all power steering and braking ability while making a right turn at low speeds. Luckily I was pulling into a car wash when this happened and not at my sons elementary school where the deadly potential of killing school kids was there...by the way I was on the way to pick up my kid when I made a last minute choice to get a quick wash. So as stated by everyone else here, put the car in park an was able to start right back up afterwards. …”

NHTSA complaint #10427527, filed 2011-09, 17,250 miles

“2010 Dodge Challenger srt8 automatic. Traveling to work on freeway in stop and go traffic around 15-20 MPH. My car stalled and I had to coast over to the emergency lane. 20 minutes later I started the car and continued to work. I then had car towed to mak haik Dodge on 1-45 north in houston, texas. Dealer could not find anything wrong after keeping my car for 24 hours. The stalling condition has not happened again. The car only had around 450 miles on the odometer when the stall occurred, I now have around 1100 miles on the car.”

NHTSA complaint #10354193, filed 2010-09, 450 miles

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Transmission and drivetrain: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
2022111%
2021316%
2020315%
2019712%
2018811%
2017510%
20161621%
20152923%
2014128%
2013169%
2012177%
201184%
20103612%
20092720%

Other parts of the 2010 Dodge Challenger

Air bags
75 complaintsEngine
75 complaintsElectrical system
68 complaintsSteering
33 complaintsEngine cooling
31 complaintsBrakes
30 complaintsOther or unknown
22 complaintsFuel system
16 complaintsSuspension
7 complaintsVehicle speed control
7 complaintsBody and structure
6 complaintsElectronic stability control
5 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2010 Dodge Challenger

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 30, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

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