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Dodge Caliber

Every Dodge Caliber model year on file, 2006 to 2012. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years1,848150 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years72006 to 2012
Recall campaigns8Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins389Summed across model years
By model year

The 2007 model year drew the most complaints, 884, 48% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

02505007501,0002006200788420082009201020112012
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Suspension leads the Dodge Caliber complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Suspension
491
Electrical system
339
Structure
331
Engine and cooling
253
Powertrain
220
Speed control
187
Steering
172
Airbags
159
Lighting
128
Fuel system
85
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Dodge Caliber model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Dodge Caliber by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2012Hatchback4922.419611100
2011Hatchback1657.37502186
2010Hatchback1578.36412144
2009Hatchback2326.05731035
2008Hatchback3606.75850051
2007Hatchback8848.61,0724153
2006Not decoded10.01000020
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Dodge Caliber

  • 17V-824 Dec 21, 2017
    List of the affected trailer models is available at: https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2017/RMISC-17V824-0103.pdf
    Equipment · 62k vehicles
  • 16V-668 Sep 15, 2016
    Occupant Restraint Control (OCR) module may short circuit, preventing the frontal air bags, seat belt pretensioners, and side air bags from…
    Airbags · 1.44M vehicles
  • 11V-315 Jun 8, 2011
    Some of these vehicles may have been built with a missing or incorrectly installed steering column pivot rivet
    Steering · 11k vehicles
  • 10V-234 Jun 3, 2010
    Pivot bushings in vehicles with oversized accelerator pedal bearing pockets may become dislodged and potentially cause the accelerator pedal to…
    Speed control · 25k vehicles
  • 10V-197 May 11, 2010
    Some vehicles may have been built with an incorrect door lock rod in the right front door
    Latches and locks · 123 vehicles
  • 08V-528 Oct 9, 2008
    New adhesive used in the power train control module (pcm) manufacturing process can cause the printed circuit board to break
    Powertrain · 712 vehicles
  • 07V-196 May 7, 2007
    Certain passenger vehicles equipped with rear disc brakes fail to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard (fmvss) no.…
    Wheels · 410 vehicles
  • 06V-493 Dec 29, 2006
    On certain vehicles, the antilock brake system (abs) control module software may cause the rear brakes to lock up during certain braking conditions
    Brakes · 51k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.