MODELYEARINDEX

Dodge Caliber

154 complaints across 3 scored model years and 3 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Dodge Caliber Full report
C
Grade 2010–2012
2010 vs model median 1.0×
Model median3× median
Electrical 14
Engine 14
Speed Control 8
Weakest

2010 · 2011

Best

2011 · 2012

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2010
1.04× 66 C
2011
1.00× 67 B
2012
0.45× 21 A

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG24
City / Highway23 / 27
Engine2L, 4 cyl
DriveFront-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$2,550

Recalls

3 campaigns on record.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
16V668000 SEAT BELTS:PRETENSIONER 2010–2012 1,435,625
11V315000 STEERING:COLUMN 2011 11,096
10V197000 LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH 2010 123

Others in Compact Cars

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Acura ILX
20142016
C
Audi A3
20152017
C
BMW 1 Series
none flagged
C
BMW I3
none flagged
C
Buick Verano
none flagged
C
Chevrolet Bolt EV
2017
C
Chevrolet Cobalt
none flagged
C
Chevrolet Cruze
20112012
C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2010 Caliber
Complaints in window
66
Severity-weighted
132
Model median (weighted)
127
vs model median
1.04×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
2
Open investigations
0
Score 69 C