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2008 DODGE CALIBER — Complaint #664566

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NHTSA Complaint about AIR BAGS:KNEE BOLSTER filed April 6, 2008

NHTSA complaint #664566 (ODI reference 10223501) concerns a 2008 DODGE CALIBER and was filed on April 6, 2008. The owner reports the failure occurred on April 1, 2008. The vehicle had 3,992 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Pennsylvania based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as air bags:knee bolster, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.

The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: yes, fire: no, injuries: 2, fatalities: 0. A complaint that flags a crash, fire, or fatality is escalated on NHTSA's internal review queue and factors more heavily into any Preliminary Evaluation decision on this make and model. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.

Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same DODGE CALIBER cohort independently describe similar air bags:knee bolster failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2008 DODGE CALIBER shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2008 DODGE CALIBER
Component
AIR BAGS:KNEE BOLSTER
Crash
Yes
Injuries
2
State
Pennsylvania
Mileage
3,992 mi

Complaint Description

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. *TR

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 664566
ODI Number 10223501
Date Filed April 6, 2008
Failure Date April 1, 2008
VIN 1B3HB28B88D

Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.