2012 Dodge Caliber
Safety Score
91
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
49
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2012 Dodge Caliber.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-24 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | Rear subframe rotted out, detached at tire arm...see many complaints online |
| 2024-04-21 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2012 Dodge Caliber. The contact stated that there was a rattling noise coming from the front sub fra… |
| 2023-07-13 | WHEELS | Yes | 0 | Due to the subframe rusting on the undercarriage of the car, the lower ball joint completely detached from the car, cau… |
| 2023-06-21 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | Front and back subframes of car are/were rusted. The front was replaced last year and the rear needs to be done. I'm … |
| 2023-02-15 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | Frame rotted out |
| 2022-06-23 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I recently only had my 2012 dodge caliber for a year now and out of that year it’s been giving me problems since I had … |
| 2022-03-23 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2012 Dodge Caliber. The contact stated while driving at 15 MPH, the stability and throttle body malf… |
| 2021-07-24 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | Lately I have noticed a wobble when I drive on the highway. Saturday, 07/24/2021, I took my 2012 Dodge Caliber with on… |
| 2021-03-15 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | Subframe on the vehicle at 90,000 was found to have SEVERE huge rotted holes in the subframe that is supporting the eng… |
| 2020-09-21 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V668000 (SEAT … |
| 2020-06-29 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | LOCAL REPAIR SHOP DOING OIL CHANGE NOTICED FRONT CROSS MEMBER WAS RUSTED OUT. *TR |
| 2020-03-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I RECENTLY BROUGHT A USED VEHICLE, WHEN I TOOK IT FOR A TEST DRIVE EVERYTHING RAN SMOOTHLY AND THINGS WERE WORKING JUST… |
| 2019-05-09 | ENGINE | No | 0 | ENGINE CRADLE RUSTED OUT AFTER ONLY 7YEARS |
| 2019-05-06 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I RECENTLY BOUGHT THIS CAR FROM NORTHTOWN DODGE IN BUFFALO NY IN JAN OF 2019. AS THE WEATHER GOT WARMER MY TRANSMISSION… |
| 2019-04-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | WAS DRIVING AND LOST ALL POWER WHEN THE LIGHTENING BOLT LIGHT CAME ON. HAD THE THROTTLE BODY REPLACED AND WAS FINE FOR… |
| 2019-02-17 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WHEN BRAKING THE ELECTRIC THROTTLE CONTROL LIGHT FLASHES MOMENTARILY. IT DOES NOT STAY ON. THE CAR DOES NOT BRAKE COMPL… |
| 2018-11-18 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | THE STRUCTURE/FRAME IN THE FRONT OF OUR 2012 DODGE CALIBER WAS SO RUSTED THAT IT BROKE WHILE WE WERE DRIVING. THE FRAME… |
| 2018-11-06 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | PER THE X69 WARRANTY NOTICE I HAD THE CROSSMEMBER REPLACED. THE DEALERSHIP STATES THAT DODGE DOES NOT COVER THE ALIGNME… |
| 2018-05-31 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | MY DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT AUTOMATICALLY UNLATCHES ITSELF. I DON'T HAVE TO BE DOING ANYTHING. I GIVE IT TUG EVERY TIME I… |
| 2018-01-02 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | 2012 DODGE CALIBER BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE THROTTLE CONTROL, CAR WILL NOT DRIVE, IT JERKS IT YOU TRY TO CHANGE GE… |
| 2017-11-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | CAR STALLED ON HIGHWAY. NO WARNING JUST CUT OFF. HAD TO TOW IT TO DODGE |
| 2017-08-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | CAUGHT FIRE WHILE DRIVING WITH MY 2 NEPHEWS IN THE CAR ( AGES 7 AND 9) SMELLED ELECTRICAL BURNING, PULLED INTO PARKING … |
| 2017-04-27 | SEATS | Yes | 1 | MY CALIBER WAS MOVING STRAIGHT DOWN A CITY STREET AND WAS REAR-ENDED. THE AHR IN THE HEADRESTS DEPLOYED ON BOTH FRONT S… |
| 2017-04-24 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN MY CAR ACCIDENT IN APRIL 2017, CAR WAS TOTALED. RECEIVED CONCUSSION AND WHIPLASH AS A RESULT… |
| 2017-02-15 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THE RECALL DESCRIBES PROBLEMS WITH THE OCCUPANT RESTRAINT CONTROLLER, AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT, AND SAFETY BELT RESTRAINT. TH… |
| 2017-02-05 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | I RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL REGARDING MY 2012 DODGE CALIBER, REGARDING A LOSS OF AIR BAG AND SEAT BELT PRETENSIONER DEPL… |
| 2016-11-14 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | MY OILS AND FLUID LEVELS WERE FINE. I HAVE ABOUT 74,000 ON MY VEHICLE, AND JUST HAD A RECENT OIL CHANGE ABOUT 300 MILES… |
| 2016-11-14 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V668… |
| 2016-11-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V668… |
| 2016-11-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V668000 (SEAT … |
| 2016-10-17 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V668000 (AIR B… |
| 2016-09-13 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 1… |
| 2016-09-13 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V668000 (SEAT … |
| 2016-09-02 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | NOTIFIED IN SEPTEMBER 2016 OF A RECALL ON THIS CAR BUT NO REMEDY AT THAT TIME WAS AVAILABLE. AS OF TODAY, MAY 6, 2017, … |
| 2016-09-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THERE IS CURRENTLY A RECALL ON THE VEHICLE POTENTIAL LOSS OF AIR BAG AND SEAT BELT PRETENSIONERS DEPLOYMENT DURING A CR… |
| 2016-07-18 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A RECALL NOTICE WAS RECEIVED FOR NHTS… |
| 2016-04-30 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 DODGE CALIBER. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED AN ABNORMAL BURNING ODOR COMING FR… |
| 2016-04-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | "TAKATA RECALL" I HAVE A 2012 DODGE CALIBER AND THE HORN HAS SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING AND I AM UNSURE WHY. THE HORN IS… |
| 2015-09-15 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | THIS CAR JUST DROPED POWER ON THE HIGHWAY AT 60MPH TO 15 MPH WITH NO WARNING HAD TO FIGHT MY WAY TO THE SHOLDER AND CAL… |
| 2015-07-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE LEFT TAIL LIGHT FIXTURE HAS ACCUMULATED APPROXIMATELY 7.25 INCHES OF WATER/MOISTURE IN SIDE OF IT. THE RIGHT TAIL … |
| 2014-09-25 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 0 | I WAS INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT ON THURSDAY WHERE I HIT A GUARD RAIL PRETTY HARD AND DEAD ON. AT THE TIME I WAS GOING … |
| 2014-04-26 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 2 | I WAS IN A ACCCIDENT WHERE THERE WAS A CAR THAT STOPPED ON HIS BRAKES QUICKLY, AND I HIT THE BACK OF HIM AND MY CAR FLI… |
| 2014-04-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I NOTICE WHERE EVER MY CAR HAS BEEN PARKED FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS OR MORE, WHEN I PUT IT IN REVERSE TO BACK UP THE REAR … |
| 2014-02-05 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | REAR SPEED SENSOR WENT MESSING WITH TRACTION CONTROL CRUISE CONTROL AND ABS SYSTEM NONE OF THEM WORKING SUE TO ONE SENS… |
| 2013-09-06 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | IGNITION KEY CAN BE REMOVED FROM ANY POSITION. DRIVE, NEUTRAL, REVERSE OR ANY. THIS LETS VEHICLE KEY BE REMOVED WITHO… |
| 2013-09-06 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | MT 2012 DODGE CALIBER HAD A ROLL AWAY INCIDENT ON 9/6/2103 WHEN PARKED IN A DRIVEWAY. IT ROLLED AND THEN DOVE DOWN A V… |
| 2013-09-06 | POWER TRAIN | Yes | 0 | MY DODGE CALIBER 2012 SXT STILL UNDER WARRANTY HAD A FAILED MANUFACTURER COMPONENT, THE 'SHIFT INTERLOCK ASSEMBLY' WHIC… |
| 2013-09-05 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | MY CAR CURRENTLY HAS 23000 MILES ON IT AND STILL UNDER STANDARD WARRANTY. WITHIN THE LAST MONTH & 1/2 OR SO THEY HAVE H… |
| 2012-09-22 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 2 | A CAR HIT US IN THE PASSENGER DOOR WE ROLLED AND SLID AND NONE OF THE SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAGS WENT OFF. *TR |