2007 Dodge Caliber

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE ANTI SKID AND ABS WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED WITHOUT WARNING. ALL OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS ALSO ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT AND REAR ENDS OF THE VEHICLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH THE MANUFACTURER WHO APPROVED THE REPAIRS PERFORMED BY ANOTHER DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000. UPDATED 02/12/16*LJ *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. WHILE PARKED, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT ABLE TO START AND THE IGNITION ASSEMBLY BURNED. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 144,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE HORN INDEPENDENTLY ACTIVATED AND THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ILLUMINATED AND THE GAUGES AND METERS PROVIDED INACCURATE READINGS. THE VEHICLE STALLED AS IT VEERED INTO A DITCH. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 129,023.

THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL SENSOR KEEPS FLASHING AND I KEEP LOSING POWER TO MY CAR. IT STARTS SHAKING AND MAKING NOISES LIKE IT'S ABOUT TO STALL. I HAVE STALLED SEVERAL TIMES. THIS IS VERY CONCERNING AS I HAVE KIDS AND HAVE TO TRAVEL ROADS WHERE THERE ARE VERY FEW SPOTS TO PULL OVER SAFELY WHETHER IT'S BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC OR ON A MNT WITH A DROPOFF. I AM A SINGLE PARENT AND HELP IS NOT ALWAYS CLOSE.

HEADLIGHT BULB REPLACEMENT SHOULD BE EASY FOR THE CONSUMER AND COMPANY SHOULD BE LIABLE FOR THE LOW BEAM PROBLEM THAT CAUSING LOT OF OWNERS TO REPAIRS COST OF 100 OF 900 DOLLARS. THIS IS A ECONOMY SAFETY ISSUE THAT INCREASE PRESSURE OF THE OWNERS WHO DO NOT AFFORDS SUCH A COSTLY REPAIRS AND DRIVE IN PRESSURE -- ALSO A ISSUE FOR THE SAFETY OF OTHERS. ONE SMALL PROBLEM CAN CAUSE MANY OTHER PROBLEMS. DO NOT LET COMPANY GET OUT OF EASY EXCUSE THAT UNDER NOT A SAFETY PROBLEM.

OUR CAR WAS PURCHASED USED TWO YEARS AGO AND ALWAYS HAD AN ISSUE WITH HESITATION WITH BOTH ACCELERATION AND IDLING AFTER COMPLETELY FILLING THE GAS TANK. LAST WEEK IT STARTED HAVING THE SAME HESITATION/SPUTTERING ISSUE BUT WITHOUT HAVING RECENTLY FILLED UP THE GAS TANK. IT SPUTTERS/HESITATES TO ACCELERATE WHILE GOING ANYWHERE BETWEEN 20-30 MPH (WE DID NOT TAKE IT ON THE FREEWAY OUT OF FEARING IT WOULD DIE GOING FASTER SO WE ARE UNSURE HOW IT DOES AT HIGHER SPEEDS). IT ALSO STARTED TO STALL WHILE IDLING AT A STOP LIGHT. IT STARTED UP AGAIN FINE BOTH TIMES IT DIED BUT CONTINUED TO HESITATE WHILE ACCELERATING. OUR RADIO HASN'T COME ON A FEW TIMES WHEN WE START THE CAR (THIS HAS HAPPENED APPROXIMATELY TEN TIMES SINCE WE'VE HAD THE CAR) AND THE FUSE IS FINE. WE POP THE FUSE OUT AND PUT IT BACK IN AND THE RADIO STARTS UP FINE AGAIN. WE ARE TAKING IT TO A MECHANIC ON SATURDAY TO HAVE THE SYSTEM "UPDATED" BECAUSE WE SAW THERE WAS A BULLETIN ABOUT OUR MODEL OF CAR NEEDING AN UPDATE, BUT I'M FAIRLY SURE THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE TIPM AFTER READING OTHER PEOPLE'S STORIES ONLINE.

ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK I STOPPED AT A LIGHT AND MY CAR JERKED AND ACTED AS THOUGH IT WAS ABOUT TO SHUT OFF AND MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THEN THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE VERY WELL. I WENT BACK TO MY WORK AND HAD THE MECHANIC CHECK IT (I WORK AT A SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION) AND THE LIGHT SAID IT WAS THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR SO I GOT IT REPLACED AND IT DID NOTHING SO WE WENT AHEAD AND REPLACED THR CAMSHAFT AS WELL AND IT WORKED FOR A WEEK OR SO THEN STARTED OFF AND ON. MY HEADLIGHT ALSO STOPPED WORKING AND I REPLACED IT 3 TIMES BEFORE WONDERING WHAT THE HECK! I JUST RECENTLY WAS CITED A TICKET DUE TO THE LIGHT AND SINCE I WAS NOT ABLE TO FIX IT I HAD MY LICENSE SUSPENDED AND WAS DRIVING WITHOUT KNOWING AND ENDED UP GETTING PULLED OVER AGAIN BUT INSTEAD OF EXPLAINING THAT MY CAR SUCKS I WAS ARRESTED AND PUT IN JAIL FOR A COUPLE HOURS SO NOW I HAVE TWO COURT DATES COMING UP ONE FOR MY FIX IT TICKET NOT GETTING FIXED AND ANOTHER FOR DRIVING ON SUSPENDED BECAUSE OF NOT GETTING THE PART FIXED SO IT IS STARTING TO BECOME A MAJOR ISSUE FOR MY WHOLE LIFE IN GENERAL. MY CAR DIES AT ALMOST EVERY STOP LIGHT AND IF I GO OVER 2RPM IT WILL NOT ACCLERATE. I HAD TO REPLACE MAJOR PARTS SUCH AS; MOTOR MOUNTS, STRUTS, PISTONS, CALIPERS, BRAKES, BATTERIES, ETC IN JUST THE SHORT TIME IVE OWNED THE VEHICLE WHICH WAS VERY HARD FOR ME SINCE I DONT MAKE MUCH MONEY. THE CAR IS WIRED VERY ODD AND MY FATHER IS MY GO TO MECHANIC BUT HE COULDNT FIGURE OUT SOME OF THE PARTS. I DONT HAVE THE FINANCES FOR THE TPIM AND FIGURED IT WOULD BE RECALLED BY NOW SINCE ITS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH MOST CALIBERS SO I STUCK IT OUT BUT NOW I DONT KNOW WHATS GOING TO HAPPEN. AS OF TODAY, AUGUST 24, 2015, MY CAR IS NOT RUNNING SINCE IT LOST ALL POWER LAST NIGHT, FIRST THE RADIO STOPPED, THEN THE AC STOPPED BLOWING, THEN THE LIGHTS THAT WORK STARTED TO DIM, AND THEN IT JUST DIED. PLEASE HELP!!!