Factory build sheet
2012 Dodge Caliber SXT
Build 1C3CDWCA-C · 2L 4cyl · Front-wheel drive · Hatchback
VIN positions 1 through 8 read 1C3CDWCA and position 10 reads C. Those nine characters define this build. Position 9 and positions 11 through 17 differ on every car.
Every Caliber whose VIN starts 1C3CDWCA and carries C in position 10 left the plant with the same engine, transmission, drivetrain and equipment listed below. We know of 19 of them.
- Decoded Jul 7, 2026
- 19 known VINs
Factory specification
As filed by Dodge with NHTSA for this build. Fields the filing does not record are left out entirely — a missing row means no recorded value, not a missing feature.
Engine
- Displacement
- 2 L
- Cylinders
- 4
- Turbocharged
- No
- Fuel type
- Gasoline
Drivetrain
- Drive type
- Front-wheel drive
Body & chassis
- Body class
- Hatchback/Liftback/Notchback
- NHTSA body type
- PASSENGER CAR
- Doors
- 4
- Series
- PM
- Manufacturer
- FCA US LLC
Weight rating
- GVWR class
- Class 1
- GVWR
- 6,000 lb or less
Gross vehicle weight rating is the loaded ceiling set by the manufacturer, not the car's own weight.
How this VIN pattern is read
A 17-character VIN carries two kinds of information: what was built, and which one it is. This page is the first kind — the nine highlighted positions.
| Positions | Characters | What they encode |
|---|---|---|
| 1–3 | 1C3 | FCA US LLC · World manufacturer identifier |
| 4–8 | CDWCA | Model, body style, engine and restraint system |
| 9 | × | Check digit — computed per vehicle, not part of the build |
| 10 | C | Model year — 2012 |
| 11 | × | Assembly plant |
| 12–17 | ×××××× | Production sequence number, unique to each vehicle |
NHTSA safety ratings
Crash-test results are published per model year and body style, so they cover the 2012 Dodge Caliber as a whole rather than this build alone.
Overall
★★★ ★★ 3 / 5
Frontal crash
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
Side crash
★★★ ★★ 3 / 5
Rollover
★★★★ ★ 4 / 5
1 recall campaign is recorded for the 2012 Caliber. Recalls are issued per VIN range — check the VIN of the car you are looking at, not the model.
19 vehicles carry this build
Every VIN we have decoded to 1C3CDWCA-C shares the specification above.
- 19 Known VINs
- 1C3CDWCA 1CD507578
- 1C3CDWCA 6CD503042
- 1C3CDWCA 8CD530954
- 1C3CDWCA 7CD505690
- 1C3CDWCA 6CD530970
- 1C3CDWCA 8CD531019
- 1C3CDWCA 3CD507582
- 1C3CDWCA 0CD505692
- 1C3CDWCA 0CD505708
- 1C3CDWCA 3CD505749
- 1C3CDWCA 7CD505835
- 1C3CDWCA 9CD528954
- 1C3CDWCA 3CD505704
- 1C3CDWCA 2CD505774
- 1C3CDWCA 4CD505811
- 1C3CDWCA 2CD531002
- 1C3CDWCA XCD530941
- 1C3CDWCA 0CD505773
- 1C3CDWCA 5CD505820
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Where this data comes from
Specification fields are decoded from the manufacturer's filings in the NHTSA vPIC database, keyed on VIN positions 1–8 and 10. We publish the filed values as they stand and leave out anything the filing does not record.
Vehicle counts come from the 19 VINs of this build we have seen in dealer inventory. They are a sample of the road population, not a production figure.