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2008 Dodge Caliber Air bags Problems

Complaints
22about this part
Share
6%of 360 total for the year
Median mileage
68,436miles
Trend
FallingComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are at least 25% lower than in the 3 years before.

NHTSA recorded 22 complaints about the air bags of the 2008 Dodge Caliber, 6% of the 360 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 68,436 miles. 12 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“Sitting on I-10 stopped when a tractor trailer rear ended me. His speed was 40 miles per and no airbags deployed. The front air bags should have helped me from getting my face cut and prevented my injury. I wish the bags would have worked. We just had the car checked out at the Dodge dealer a few months prior. The driver front bag burning me would have been better then the blunt force to my face.”

NHTSA complaint #10459986, filed 2012-05, 86,500 miles

“I was going home one evening when I swerved to miss a deer and I went off a little ditch and hit a tree. None of my air bags deployed. I was flown to the hospital. I had shattered my shoulder, broke my hip, ankle, and 7 of my ribs. I was bed bound and wheel chair bound for 3 months and could not walk at all. It was very devastating. I was in very good health but not now. I did have to learn to walk again but I did it. I do have to live with some limitations now. Very disappointed that none of my air bags deployed.”

NHTSA complaint #10641384, filed 2014-10, 68,436 miles

“It w approximately 9:20 am on may 12, 2014 when I was returning home from my sons home in rochester, ny to livonia, mi. I was driving on the freeway and all of a sudden my left drivers side back wheel it the gravel in the far left lane nearest to the guard rail. I turned my wheel and when I did the car started to spin hit the guard rail head on and spun again and I went head on into a ditch and totaled my whole front end and my injuries were devastating. My entire air bag system did not implode. My family in ny took all pictures from where the car was towed. …”

NHTSA complaint #10649000, filed 2014-10, 39,000 miles

“Was traveling 30 to 35 MPH west on highway approaching intersection with green light, another 4 door sedan traveling east made left hand turn in front of my vehicle. The other vehicle was directly in front of my vehicle before it was seen, I slammed on the brakes and hit both doors of the other vehicle with the front end of my vehicle causing extensive front end damage. The vehicle is equipped with 2 front airbags and a knee airbag on the drivers side. None of the airbags deployed.”

NHTSA complaint #10223501, filed 2008-04, 3,992 miles

“I was traveling to a t intersection; I was the one who was required to make the left or right hand turn. My brakes stopped working and I went from ~55mph to 45mph over the course of a football field or so. I should have been able to stop completely but that wasn't the case. It was the 2008 Caliber srt4. The srt4 has a massive brake kit from the charger and magnum on it which should have made it stop relatively quickly. I mashed my vehicle into another vehicle at the intersection and my airbags did not deploy. …”

NHTSA complaint #10246329, filed 2008-10, 10,000 miles

Air bags: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
20121735%
20113622%
20103120%
200973%
2008226%
2007465%

Other parts of the 2008 Dodge Caliber

Suspension
113 complaints
Body and structure
87 complaints
Electrical system
58 complaints
Engine
43 complaints
Transmission and drivetrain
37 complaints
Steering
35 complaints
Other or unknown
28 complaints
Vehicle speed control
27 complaints
Brakes
22 complaints
Wheels
16 complaints
Exterior lighting
14 complaints
Fuel system
14 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2008 Dodge Caliber

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

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