2011 Dodge Caliber — reported problems
CarFaultIQ holds 256 evidence records for the 2011 Dodge Caliber, drawn from official sources and owner complaints.
What owners report: issue areas
Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 271 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.
- Engine42 (15.5%)
- Air bags (restraint system)36 (13.3%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 2010–2012.
- Suspension30 (11.1%)
- Seat belts25 (9.2%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2010–2012.
- Electrical system24 (8.9%)
- Speed control & accelerator21 (7.7%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2007.
Other / uncategorized: 13 classifications (4.8%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.
These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.
What the records are about, by source
Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.
- Owner complaints (3,694 records, model years 2007–2012) are most frequently classified under: suspension, electrical system and body & structure.
- Manufacturer communications (532 records, model years 2007–2012) are most frequently classified under: equipment & accessories, electrical system and powertrain (transmission & drivetrain).
"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records
Mileage reported when the issue occurred
- 103reports included a mileage
- 81,418average of those mileages
This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.
Evidence by model year
Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.
- 2007 946 records for 2007
- 2008 412 records for 2008
- 2009 269 records for 2009
- 2010 206 records for 2010
- 2011 256 records for 2011
- 2012 152 records for 2012
Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.
Reports mentioning outcomes
- 9mention a crash
- 1mention a fire
- 9mention an injury
These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.
Official records held
- Safety recalls NHTSA 2
- Manufacturer communications NHTSA 86
- Investigations NHTSA 1
- Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 2
- Owner complaints NHTSA 165
Where to go next
- Dodge Caliber coverage hub Published problems, year windows and buyer guidance for this model.
- Evidence Explorer — the underlying records Read the individual recalls, investigations, manufacturer communications and complaints these counts come from.
- All model years of the Dodge Caliber Compare how much evidence is held for each year before narrowing to one.
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