How reliable are Dodge Chargers with a Hemi as a used car?

Question

And can they use regular gas as opposed to premium?

Answer 1

their pretty good cars used or new,even the used ones will be well taken care of,people bought these and took good care of them gas mileage isn't worth talking about,if you see 20 miles to the gallon from it your doing really good,most of them though wont even get that,they run and drive really good though,id have any car checked though before i bought it just to be sure about it,its worth a small fee to have one checked,but they are good cars,and have plenty of power,good luck with it.

Answer 2

If you're referring to the original Charger coupes from 1966 to 1971, not so good--even the NASCAR teams had a great white of a problem keeping the 426 Hemi in the race back in the day; the Hemi design pushed the stress limits of the RB block, and many needed aftermarket upgrades to critical components in the lubrication system, the valvetrain, &c. In comparison, the 2006-present sedans (personally, I would have named these sedans Polara, after the legendary Dodge police cars of old, and applied the Charger name to a shortened-to-110" WB coupe structurally based on the sedan) are very reliable, pulling an average to better-than-average rating at Consumers Union.

Answer 3

First the 5.7 hemi runs on midgrade.I owned an 05 300c it is the same platform as the charger.I averaged better than 20 mpg in mixed city highway driving on average about 22 mpg.The hemi motor and transmission is pretty reliable and the only problems I had were cosmetic and electricle.Hopefully the charger doesn't have the same plastic visor clips as the 300 they break easily.Chrome also blistered at 1 year old on my 300.Good luck

Answer 4

The new chargers are really well built high quality cars. I have been thinking about getting one to drive to and from school instead of my truck. As long as you get the 5.7 litre Hemi instead of the SRT 6.1 liter hemi you can use regular gas. But the 6.1 requires premium.

Answer 5

My neighbor is a Tech at a Dodge dealership, and says the new Hemis are coming in left and right needing swaped with new motors around 80k miles on them.

Answer 6

Not Good because if i had a dodge charger id run it hot and take it back, most people buy them for racing and speeding which is bad on the transmission. Get a brand new one and train it yourself.

Answer 7

Please let,s have a little more info like yr.engine size and millage if realible.The older dodge hemis were a very good engine depending on what head work and oiling system,s that have ben installed after market.Check it out.

Answer 8

Which charger are you talking about...

If you have a 426 powered one.... then they are horribly unreliable. The 440 wedge was far better suited for daily transportation.

If you have one of the new ones - they are extremely reliable, especially in comparison.

Answer 9

Look in the Consumer Reports annual issue at the library that includes reliability ratings on cars.

Answer 10

yeah as long there no major tinging but eah there great cxasrs good milegage and performence dont othwer bash them know people who own them all ( moddedf)