NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Dodge Caliber Recalls
The 2012 Dodge Caliber has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on September 15, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2012 Dodge Caliber. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 49
- Crashes reported
- 9
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2012 Dodge Caliber, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2012 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 2010–2011 Caliber, 5 other models
2012 Dodge Caliber complaints by year
NHTSA has received 49 owner complaints about the 2012 Dodge Caliber, the newest on February 26, 2026. Of these, 9 describe a crash (18%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 6 injuries.
In complaints about the 2012 Dodge Caliber, the component group named most often is the air bags (35%), followed by the seat belts (27%) and the vehicle speed control (14%).
The 2012 Dodge Caliber's only recall also concerns the seat belts.
Where 2012 Dodge Caliber owners gave the mileage (28 complaints), the median was 68,567 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags17
- Seat Belts13
- Vehicle Speed Control7
- Structure6
- Electrical System5
- Engine5
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 15 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2012 Dodge Caliber peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 15. 22% arrived between 2011 and 2015, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2012 vehicles, the 2012 Dodge Caliber drew 0.2× the complaints of the median Dodge Caliber year in the same window: 6th highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2012 one of the three best-measured Dodge Caliber years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★☆☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 3/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 49 complaints about the 2012 Dodge Caliber are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Caliber by model year
Other 2012 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: February 26, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted