Dodge Charger, model years 2015 to 2018. Filed by Chrysler (FCA US LLC) and reported to NHTSA on 1 May 2018. 13,928 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Chrysler (FCA US LLC) is recalling certain 2015-2018 Dodge Charger pursuit police vehicles equipped with all-wheel drive and V8 engines. The front driveshaft universal joint may seize or fracture causing the shaft to detach from the vehicle.
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
Dodge's own number for this recall: U37. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 18V281 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 18V281 cover?
- Dodge Charger, model years 2015-2018.
- What is wrong with them?
- Chrysler (FCA US LLC) is recalling certain 2015-2018 Dodge Charger pursuit police vehicles equipped with all-wheel drive and V8 engines. The front driveshaft universal joint may seize or fracture causing the shaft to detach from the vehicle.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the front driveshaft detaches from the vehicle it may become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Chrysler will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front driveshaft, free of charge. The recall began June 27, 2018. Owners may contact Chrysler customer service at 1-800-853-1403. Chrysler's number for this recall is U37.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Dodge calls this recall U37, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “If the front driveshaft detaches from the vehicle it may become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 18V281 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Chrysler (FCA US LLC) |
| System at fault | Power Train:Driveline:Driveshaft |
| Reported to NHTSA | 1 May 2018 |
| Model years | 2015-2018 |
| Vehicles named | DODGE CHARGER |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the front driveshaft detaches from the vehicle it may become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Chrysler will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front driveshaft, free of charge. The recall began June 27, 2018. Owners may contact Chrysler customer service at 1-800-853-1403. Chrysler's number for this recall is U37.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 816 notices in the record whose component field names power train. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 42 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 18V281, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/18v281/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
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The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 18V281 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
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484f9f94 - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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