2017 Dodge Charger Earns NHTSA Five-Star Safety Rating
CARS.COM — The 2017 Dodge Charger has earned the top safety rating of five stars from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration.
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The 2017 overall five-star rating, which applies to rear- and all-wheel-drive models of the sedan, equals the rating earned by the Charger in the 2016 federal ratings.
The 2017 Charger earned five stars out of five in NHTSA’s individual side crash and rollover resistance tests, and four stars for front crash testing. NHTSA included the Charger’s available front crash and lane departure prevention systems as recommended technologies.
The Charger’s score beats the four-star NHTSA overall rating earned by the 2017 Chrysler 300, its Fiat Chrysler Automobiles stablemate with which it shares a platform. The 300 scored just four stars in front crash testing. The related 2017 Dodge Challenger two-door also received five stars overall.
The Charger’s score equals that of full-size sedan competitors including the Chevrolet Impala and the Ford Taurus, both of which earned five stars overall for 2017.
The 2016 Charger fell short of a Top Safety Pick Plus rating in the separate Insurance Institute for Highway Safety ratings due to a marginal score — on a scale of good, acceptable, marginal and poor — in the tough IIHS small-overlap front crash test, a test not done by NHTSA. It earned the top score of good in the remaining IIHS tests and a superior rating for its front crash prevention system. IIHS confirmed that the ratings will carry over to the 2017 model.
