NHTSA Safety Recalls
2010 Dodge Caliber Recalls
The 2010 Dodge Caliber has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 15, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2010 Dodge Caliber. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 157
- Crashes reported
- 12
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2010 Dodge Caliber, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2010 Dodge Caliber
Seat belts: pretensioner
- Campaign
- 16V668000
- Reported
- September 15, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,435,625
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2011–2012 Caliber, 5 other models
Latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch
- Campaign
- 10V197000
- Reported
- May 11, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 123
- Same campaign
- only the 2010 Dodge Caliber
2010 Dodge Caliber complaints by year
NHTSA has received 157 owner complaints about the 2010 Dodge Caliber, the newest on November 2, 2025. Of these, 12 describe a crash (8%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 15 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2010 Dodge Caliber, the component group named most often is the electrical system (20%), followed by the air bags (20%) and the suspension (17%).
None of the 2010 Dodge Caliber's 2 recalls concerns the electrical system.
Where 2010 Dodge Caliber owners gave the mileage (115 complaints), the median was 78,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System32
- Air Bags31
- Suspension26
- Unknown Or Other22
- Engine20
- Vehicle Speed Control18
Complaints received, by year
| 2010 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 15 | |
| 2014 | 25 | |
| 2015 | 7 | |
| 2016 | 21 | |
| 2017 | 20 | |
| 2018 | 11 | |
| 2019 | 14 | |
| 2020 | 12 | |
| 2021 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 7 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2010 Dodge Caliber peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 25. 17% arrived between 2009 and 2013, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2010 vehicles, the 2010 Dodge Caliber drew 0.5× the complaints of the median Dodge Caliber year in the same window: 5th highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2010 one of the three best-measured Dodge Caliber years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
The 157 complaints about the 2010 Dodge Caliber are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Caliber by model year
Other 2010 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: November 2, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted