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Dodge Caliber · 2011

2 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·16V668000·2016-09-15

    Chrysler Recalls Vehicles Due to Potential Airbag and Seat Belt Failure

    Chrysler is recalling specific 2010-2014 models because a module may short circuit, preventing airbags and seat belt pretensioners from deploying in a crash.

    Product
    JEEP — JEEP, DODGE, CHRYSLER COMPASS, CALIBER, PATRIOT, SEBRING
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·11V315000·2011-06-08

    Chrysler Group Recalls 2011 Vehicles for Steering Column Rivet Defect

    Chrysler Group is recalling 11,096 model year 2011 vehicles because a missing or incorrect steering column rivet could compromise safety in a frontal crash.

    Product
    CHRYSLER — CHRYSLER, JEEP, DODGE TOWN AND COUNTRY, PATRIOT, NITRO, COMPASS
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.

Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Federal investigations — 1 open

  • PE11009 Preliminary Evaluation · steering:linkages:tie rod assembly
  • PE10012 Preliminary Evaluation · vehicle speed control:accelerator pedal
  • PE08052 Preliminary Evaluation · power train:automatic transmission:lever and linkage:column shift
  • EA06004 Engineering Analysis · open · steering
  • EA05018 Engineering Analysis · power train:automatic transmission:control module (tcm/pcm/tecm)
  • PE05056 Preliminary Evaluation · steering

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2007 · suspension 209 complaints, median 74,900 mi
    Includes 1 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2007 · electrical 170 complaints, median 97,000 mi
    Includes 4 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2007 · body 104 complaints, median 111,000 mi
    Includes 1 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2007 · steering 101 complaints, median 65,000 mi
    Includes 1 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2008 · suspension 96 complaints, median 99,999 mi

Technical service bulletins

260 manufacturer service bulletins across 7 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2012: 4.0/5 · 49 complaints · most complained-of: airbags
  • 2011: 3.6/5 · 165 complaints · most complained-of: airbags
  • 2010: 3.7/5 · 157 complaints · most complained-of: airbags
  • 2009: 3.6/5 · 232 complaints · most complained-of: powertrain
  • 2008: 3.6/5 · 377 complaints · most complained-of: suspension

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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