Dodge Caliber
Owners filed 1,848 complaints across 7 model years of the Dodge Caliber. The 2007 drew the most (884).
Model years7
Complaints1,848
Recalls10
Fires31
Deaths4
Which Dodge Caliber years should you avoid?
Going by 1,848 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Dodge Caliber years to avoid are 2007 and 2010.
- 2007884 complaints, 4.5× a typical Caliber year, most often about the suspension.
- 20102.7× the usual share of fires, crashes and deaths for a car of its age (3 fires, 12 crashes, 2 deaths).
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Dodge Caliber model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 49 | 1 | 3 | 9 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2011 | 165 | 2 | 1 | 9 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2010Avoid | 157 | 2 | 3 | 12 | Air Bags | Fatalities reported | |
| 2009 | 232 | 1 | 2 | 13 | Suspension | Above average | |
| 2008 | 360 | 0 | 4 | 21 | Suspension | Fatalities reported | |
| 2007Avoid | 884 | 4 | 18 | 54 | Suspension | High concern | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Suspension | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.