Owners have filed 10 complaints on the Dodge 600, covering 1984–1987. The system named most often is Power Train (3 reports). Worst years by volume: 1987, 1984, 1986; cleanest: 1985, 1986, 1984. 1 reports describe a crash. On average the car was 8.2 years old when the problem happened.
What breaks on Dodge 600
Grouped by the system owners named — percentages are shares of all 10 600 complaints. Open any row for the full reports in owners' own words.
Power Train 3 Read
Transmission engages harshly due to out of specification rear clutch disc
Consumer vehicle was defective when she bought the vechicle. She purchased the vehicle oct 4, 1999, and vehicle stopped running on oct 11, 1999. Transmission failed transmission fluid ran out of the car. When she put vehicle in drive. It stopped and went into reverse and stayed there. Vehicle wouldn't move. She had to…
When put car into park come back it hard to take out of park to put in reverse . Tt
Fuel System 2 Read
Fuel tank ; leaks because of rust gas leak by the exhaust system. Tt
The fuel line had leaked fuel under the hood & had sprayed on the engine. The fuel line had been changed 4 times in at least 3 years
Seats 1 Read
The driver's seat frame broke, causing the seat to pitch backward on rebound
Engine And Engine Cooling 1 Read
Catalytic converter replaced
Service Brakes 1 Read
Camshaft replaced
Vehicle Speed Control 1 Read
When driving this vehicle at 35 mph the accelerator sticks and the vehicle runs on its own without pressing the gas. Dealer has been contacted. Throttle control sensor replaced, problem fixed. *ak
Structure 1 Read
Driving vehicle, heard noises in front wheel, support k frame was separated and not fastened
600 years to avoid — and the clean ones
Complaints per model year. More reports usually means more cars on the road as well as more trouble, so read the crash and fire columns alongside the count.
| Model year | Complaints | Top system | Crashes | Fires |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Engine And Engine Cooling | — | — | |
| 1986 | Power Train | 1 | — | |
| 1985 | Power Train | — | — | |
| 1984 | Fuel System, Gasoline | — | — |
The same model year, different builds
Every complaint carries the first 11 characters of the VIN — plant, year, body and engine. That is a production series, and complaints are spread across them very unevenly.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Distinct production series | 10 |
| Average complaints per series | 1 |
| Worst single series | 1 complaints |
| Average age at failure | 8.2 years |
A model average of 1 hides a worst series at 1. Enter a VIN above to see the numbers for that exact build instead of the model as a whole.
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How we count
Every figure here comes from complaints owners filed with NHTSA — 1,100,006 of them, covering 1,982 models built between 1981 and 2026.
A complaint is an unverified report: someone wrote down what happened to their car. It is not a confirmed defect and not a recall. What makes the volume useful is the pattern — when thousands of owners of the same build describe the same failure, that is a signal no marketing brochure will give you.
Two things we do that the source does not. First, we compute the age of the car at the moment of failure from the incident date and the model year. Second, we group complaints by the first 11 characters of the VIN — the production series — so a bad plant run does not disappear into a model-wide average.
Frequently asked questions
What are the worst years for the 600?
By complaint volume, 1987, 1984, 1986 drew the most owner reports. Bear in mind that popular years put more cars on the road, so check the crash and fire columns too.
Which 600 years are the cleanest?
1985, 1986, 1984 have the fewest complaints on file. For recent years that can simply mean the cars are young.
How many complaints does the Dodge 600 have?
10 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, covering 1984–1987. Of those, 1 describe a crash and 0 a fire.
Are these complaints verified?
No. They are unverified reports from owners. NHTSA publishes them as filed and investigates only a fraction. The value is in the pattern, not in any single report.
Can I check complaints for one specific car?
Yes — enter its VIN above. We match the first 11 characters, which identify the plant, year, body and engine, so you get complaints on that exact production series rather than the whole model.