The Lemon Index$900 middle bill · most between $750 and $1,000
Higher than the $800 middle bill owners of all 77 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 59,000 miles (5 reports).
Dodge Challenger owners reported paying a median of $900 for a alternator replacement, with the middle half of bills between $750 and $1,000. That's from 7 owner reports (7 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $5000%
- $500–$1,00057%
- $1,000–$2,50043%
- $2,500–$5,0000%
- $5,000 and up0%
Share of the 7 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2011 Dodge Challenger3$800 middle bill
- 2012 Dodge Challenger4$1,000 middle bill
Reports per model year, with the middle bill where there are 3 or more. YouTube amounts count for the generation the video covers.
How often owners report the failure
- 2011 Dodge Challenger62 complaints name it32% of that year's complaints
- 2012 Dodge Challenger54 complaints name it21% of that year's complaints
- 2014 Dodge Challenger25 complaints name it17% of that year's complaints
- 2013 Dodge Challenger15 complaints name it8% of that year's complaints
- 2010 Dodge Challenger10 complaints name it3% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a alternator. Raw counts: popular years get more complaints. A complaint is a report, not proof of a defect.
Engines in these years
3.6 Pentastar V6 · 5.7 HEMI V8 · 6.4 HEMI (392)
Engines with a page of their own that this model was sold with in the years above. Owners don't always say which engine they had.
Engine codes that can lead here: P0562. A code is where a shop starts, not proof the part failed.
Keep going
- Dodge Challenger reliability by year
- Alternator replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
The details
How we count
Every number here is a repair bill an owner reported, never a shop's price list. Two sources: the bills owners wrote in their own complaints to the U.S. government (NHTSA), and the dollar amounts owners said out loud in YouTube repair and ownership videos. A figure counts for a repair when that repair is the part named nearest to it. Left out: purchase prices, payments, rentals, towing, warranties and deductibles, amounts under $50 or over $15,000, parts-only prices ("the part was $80 on Amazon"), bills for two different repairs named together, and money someone else paid. One number per complaint (or video) and repair: the biggest, so it's the bill, not the diagnosis fee.
The range is the middle half of the bills (the 25th to the 75th percentile), so one wild number can't swing it. Owners who complain to the government often had expensive repairs, so a typical bill can be lower. Costs vary by shop and region, by dealer vs independent shop, by parts and by miles. This is what owners reported, not a quote for your car.
Check the bills yourself
NHTSA complaint numbers (search them at nhtsa.gov): 11582712, 11010867, 10905158, 10668943, 10641272, 10632982, 10604422.
Quick answers
How much does alternator replacement cost on a Dodge Challenger?
Dodge Challenger owners reported a median of $900, and the middle half paid $750 to $1,000, from 7 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Dodge Challenger alternator replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Dodge Challenger middle bill of $900 is higher than the $800 owners of all 77 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Dodge Challenger repair costs come from?
From 7 complaints to NHTSA: what owners themselves said they paid. They aren't verified bills or a shop's quote.
Which Dodge Challenger years report this failure most?
In complaints to NHTSA, owners of the 2011 (62), 2012 (54), 2014 (25) Dodge Challenger named it most. Raw counts, not a failure rate.
Sources: NHTSA owner complaints and YouTube videos (amounts said out loud), sorted by The Lemon Index. Owner reports, not a price quote. Costs vary by shop and region.