NHTSA Safety Recalls
2011 Dodge Caliber Recalls
The 2011 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 2011 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
- 165
- Crashes reported
- 9
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2011 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 2011 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 2010, 2012 Caliber, 5 other models
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- Campaign
- 11V315000
- Reported
- June 8, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 11,096
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 10 other models
2011 Dodge Caliber complaints by year
NHTSA has received 165 owner complaints about the 2011 Dodge Caliber, the newest on July 2, 2025. Of these, 9 describe a crash (5%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 9 injuries.
In complaints about the 2011 Dodge Caliber, the component group named most often is the air bags (22%), followed by the suspension (18%) and the engine (16%).
None of the 2011 Dodge Caliber's 2 recalls concerns the air bags.
Where 2011 Dodge Caliber owners gave the mileage (102 complaints), the median was 61,710 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags36
- Suspension30
- Engine26
- Seat Belts25
- Electrical System24
- Structure21
Complaints received, by year
| 2011 | 19 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 6 | |
| 2013 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 12 | |
| 2015 | 9 | |
| 2016 | 15 | |
| 2017 | 30 | |
| 2018 | 9 | |
| 2019 | 15 | |
| 2020 | 17 | |
| 2021 | 10 | |
| 2022 | 8 | |
| 2023 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2011 Dodge Caliber peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 30. 25% arrived between 2010 and 2014, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2011 vehicles, the 2011 Dodge Caliber drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Dodge Caliber year in the same window: 4th highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2011 one of the three best-measured Dodge Caliber years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★☆☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 3/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 165 complaints about the 2011 Dodge Caliber are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Caliber by model year
Other 2011 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: July 2, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted