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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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NHTSA publishes the first 11 characters of the VIN with every complaint — that identifies the plant, model year, body and engine. So these are reports from cars built exactly like this one, not an average across the whole model.
1C3CDWDA4CD••••••2012 Dodge CALIBER
That is about average for the 2012 Dodge CALIBER — 3 complaints per build across 14 builds.
5on this build
44on the model
14builds in total
4involved a crash
Most reportedPower Train 3Vehicle Speed Control 3Engine 1Air Bags 1
What owners of this build wrote
Air BagscrashSep 2014
I was involved in a car accident on thursday where I hit a guard rail pretty hard and dead on. At the time I was going 35 mph in the pouring rain. My airbags never deployed. This is very bothersome as I have had issues with this car before not starting all the time when I first…
Power TraincrashSep 2013
Ignition key can be removed from any position. Drive, neutral, reverse or any. This lets vehicle key be removed without being in park position. The 2012 dodge caliber can just roll away. Caught car a few times rolling. Now had a very recent serious crash. It was sitting behind…
Unknown Or OtherNov 2018
The structure/frame in the front of our 2012 dodge caliber was so rusted that it broke while we were driving. The frame broke when we pulled off of the interstate and stopped at the end of an exit. This issue has not been addressed by a recall, b ut a bulletin has been released
Power TraincrashSep 2013
My dodge caliber 2012 sxt still under warranty had a failed manufacturer component, the 'shift interlock assembly' which controls drive, park, reverse, nuetral and all transmission settings. Vehicle was parked on blacktop area behind my house and rolled forward. It plunged…
Power TraincrashSep 2013
Mt 2012 dodge caliber had a roll away incident on 9/6/2103 when parked in a driveway. It rolled and then dove down a very steep hill with trees which eventually stopped the car rolling down the hill. The manufacturer defect has been diagnosed as a failure of the shifter…
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Decoded via NHTSA vPIC. Recalls, complaints and safety from NHTSA; MPG from EPA fueleconomy.gov. Full history reports from our partner. VIN 1C3CDWDA4CD532070 · decoded Sep 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.