For every car sold, owners filed more complaints about the 2011 Caliber than about the typical Caliber year: 1.8 times as many. Among the 3 Caliber years with enough complaints to compare, owners filed the fewest about the 2008 (0.37 per 1,000 sold) and the most about this one, the 2011 (0.72).
Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.
1.8 times this nameplate’s own median
Counted from 29 complaints filed in the first three years, of 165 ever. 95% lower bound 0.46.
The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters. The bar is how many complaints each rate rests on.
| Model year | Per 1,000 | Complaints | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 0.37 | 31 | |
| 2009 | 0.43 | 26 | |
| 2010 | 0.30 | 12 | |
| 2011 | 0.72 | 29 | |
| 2012 | 0.40 | 9 |
No phrase appears often enough in these complaints to describe them reliably.
No clear early or late pattern.
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For every car sold, owners filed more complaints about the 2011 Caliber than about the typical Caliber year: 1.8 times as many. Among the 3 Caliber years with enough complaints to compare, owners filed the fewest about the 2008 (0.37 per 1,000 sold) and the most about this one, the 2011 (0.72). The typical year is the median across its model years.
The parts owners named most often in complaints filed to date: Air Bags (36), Suspension (30), Engine (26).
Complaint records cannot settle that on their own. They count safety problems owners chose to report to the federal government, not every repair. What they do show is how this year compares with the other Caliber years: for every car sold, owners filed more complaints about the 2011 Caliber than about the typical Caliber year: 1.8 times as many.
Among years with enough complaints to compare, the 2008, at 0.37 per 1,000 sold. Every Caliber year, ranked.
No guide we read covers the Caliber.
Example records behind this page, each on NHTSA’s own site: