2007 Dodge Caliber

ENGINE THROTTLE CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON AFTER PUMPING GAS, VEHICLE VIBRATED. LIGHT CAME ON INTERMITTENTLY ON TRIP HOME, WOULD SLOW SPEED DOWN AND IT WOULD GO OFF. EXITED INTERSTATE, CAME TO FULL STOP, ACCELERATED TO GO, AND CAR VIBRATED AND ALMOST STALLED AS PULLING OUT. DROVE VEHICLE FOR TWO MORE DAYS - LIGHT CAME ON AND WOULD VIBRATE - ALMOST STALLED IN 2 BUSY INTERSECTIONS. PREVIOUS RECALL ON 25K 2007 DODGE CALIBERS - MINE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL. UNABLE TO GET AN APPT AT DODGE DEALER FOR A WEEK. DECIDED THIS WAS A SAFETY ISSUE AND DID NOT DRIVE. ISSUE HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING AND STATIONARY, ON HIGHWAY AT HIGH SPEEDS AND ON CITY STREET, TURNING. ISSUE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO NOT GO NORMAL SPEEDS - WAS UNABLE TO GO POSTED SPEED LIMIT. CONTACTED DODGE/CHRYSLER RECALL - THEY WILL NOT ADMIT THIS IS A WIDESPREAD ISSUE. NUMEROUS VEHICLE OWNERS ARE RUNNING INTO THIS AT 90-130K MILES. IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE IF YOUR COMPUTER OR ELECTRONIC MALFUNCTIONS AS YOU ARE DRIVING 70 MPH OR THROUGH A BUSY INTERSECTION AND VEHICLE STOPS. WAS GOING VARIOUS SPEEDS AS I WAS 90 MILES AWAY FROM HOME 70 MPH, THEN TODAY COULD NOT GO HIGHER THAN 40 MPH. *TR

HAVE HAD SPORADIC ELECTRICAL ISSUES FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, CHALKED IT UP TO NORMAL WEAR & TEAR. AFTER LOOKING AT OTHER TESTIMONIES ONLINE, BEGINNING TO REALIZE THE ISSUES I'VE HAD ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE OF OTHER CALIBER OWNERS. JUST REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR IN JUNE 2014 AND NOW CAR IS SHUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR 3 WEEKS AND WILL RANDOMLY NOT BE ON FOR A SERIES OF DRIVES ONLY TO COME BACK ON AGAIN. DASHBOARD LIGHTS DO NOT COME ON ALL THE TIME, I'D SAY MORE OFTEN THAN NOT NIGHT DRIVING IS DONE WITH NO DASHBOARD LIGHTS. I CHANGE HEADLIGHTS & TAILLIGHTS FREQUENTLY. ABOUT TO HEAD TO AUTOZONE NOW TO HAVE IT HOOKED UP TO DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE TO SEE IF ANY CODES COME UP FOR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. CHRYSLER NEEDS TO DO A RECALL ASAP OR THERE WILL BE SEVERAL PEOPLES LIVES AT RISK, INCLUDING MY ENTIRE FAMILY SEEING AS HOW THIS IS OUR MAIN VEHICLE. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 SXT CALIBER, BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW IN 07, BUT NOW I HAVE THIS ISSUE. MY HUSBAND DROVE THE CAR TO WORK, ON HIS WAY HOME HE STOPPED AND FILLED THE TANK UP THEN HE WENT TO EAT AT P.HUT. AFTER WE AT HE WENT TO START IT AND NOTHING. IT WOULD ACT LIKE IT WANTED TO, BUT WOULDN'T. WELL TODAY WE LOOK IT UP ON WHAT IT COULD POSSIBLY BE AND SOME SAID IT WAS CAMSHAFT AND CRANKSHAFT SENSORS. WELL WE REPLACED THEM AND STILL NOTHING. SO WE DECIDED TO TAKE THE FUEL PUMP OUT AND BEHOLD THE CONNECTORS GOING INTO THE FUEL PUMP WERE FRIED. WHICH COULD'VE CAUGHT FIRE. CALLED DODGE TO SEE IF THEY HAD ANY RECALLS AND NO THEY DON'T THEY SAID. I TOLD THEM I WASN'T THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS HAD THIS ISSUE. THEY SAID WELL TAKE IT TO THE DEALER BUT YOU WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS, SINCE THE CAR IS OLDER AND HAS SOME MILES ON IT. MY 2 CHILDREN SIT IN THE BACK OF THIS CAR AND NOW KNOWING THAT IT COULD'VE STARTED FIRE WITH THEM IN IT, REALLY PISSES ME OFF AND THERE'S NOTHING THEY ARE GONNA DO ABOUT IT. REALLY???? I WILL BE GOING TO THE DEALERSHIP AND SHOWING THEM WHAT HAPPENED TO FUEL PUMP CONNECTORS AND ASKING WHAT THEY ARE GONNA DO ABOUT IT. IT'S NOT LIKE I'M TAKING THE FUEL PUMP OUT AND BURNING IT UP. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT AND TAKEN CARE OF BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. *TR

WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM THE AIRPORT ON THE HIGHWAY, MY CAR SHUT DOWN UNEXPECTEDLY. MY ELECTRONIC THROTTLE LIGHT ALONG WITH MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. MY POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES SEEMED NOT TO FUNCTION AS I HAD TO MUSCLE THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THANK GOODNESS IT WAS LATE AT NIGHT AND TRAFFIC WAS AT A MINIMUM. THE CAR SPUTTERED SO BAD IT SHUT DOWN ON THE ROAD AFTER I PULLED OVER. AFTER ABOUT 15 MINUTES, I STARTED THE CAR AND LIMPED IT HOME. COULDN'T GET THE CAR TO DO MORE THAN 10MPH. USED MY FLASHERS THE ENTIRE WAY HOME. *TR

ACCELERATED FROM RED LIGHT TO GET ON TO THE FREEWAY, CAR LURCHED FORWARD AND STALLED. POWER WAS LOST AND HAD TO LIMP TO SAFELY GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. ELECTRONIC THROTTLE LIGHT (BARS WITH LIGHTNING BOLT) CAME ON. SHUT THE CAR COMPLETELY OFF AND RESTARTED, DROVE 20 FEET AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. SHUT THE CAR OFF AGAIN FOR 5-7 MIN AND WAS ABLE TO SAFELY GET OFF THE FREEWAY. TOOK IN TO PRIVATE MECHANIC THE NEXT DAY AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY IT SELF WENT BAD AND HE AS SEEN THIS A LOT WITH DIFFERENT MODELS OF DODGE VEHICLES, YET NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED. IS GOING TO COST ME $500 TO GET IT FIXED. I BOUGHT THE CAR BRAND NEW IN 2006 SO WARRANTY IS OUT DUE TO AGE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE WIRING TO THE FUEL PUMP HAD OVERHEATED AND BURNED THE FUEL PUMP. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE FAILURE COULD HAVE LED TO A FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE WAS REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 86,000. UPDATE 09/06/13*LJ

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HAVING THE VEHICLE MAINTENANCED, THE MECHANIC ADVISED THAT THE FUEL PUMP WIRING HAD CAUGHT FIRE, BURNED THROUGH THE FUEL PUMP AND INTO THE FUEL TANK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 152,000. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE ENTERING A RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY AT EXTREMELY LOW SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC THAT LOCATED THE FAILURE AS MELTED FUEL PUMP WIRES. THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 76,000.