2007 Dodge Caliber

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION OVER TEMPERATURE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE A DIAGNOSTIC WAS PERFORMED. THE DEALER CLEANED THE COOLANT LINES, REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND THE TRANS AXLE HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 37,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 39,000. UPDATED 10/24/13*CN THE TRANSMISSION OVER TEMP LIGHT ILLUMINATED IN JULY 2009 AND AGAIN IN OCTOBER 2009. BOTH TIMES THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN AND BARELY MOVE. THE TRANSAXLE WAS REPLACED IN OCTOBER 2009 AND AGAIN IN AUGUST 2013

ON APPROXIMATELY FEBRUARY 5TH AROUND 8:00PM MY FAMILY AND I WERE DRIVING HOME FROM BEING AT SISTER'S HOUSE AND THE DASH BOARD/INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTING WENT COMPLETELY OUT. WE CAN NO LONGER SEE OUR TACHOMETER OR SPEEDOMETER AT NIGHT. WE CONTACTED OUR DEALERSHIP WHILE OUR WARRANTY WAS STILL IN EFFECT AND TO OUR SURPRISE THE WARRANTY DID NOT COVER ELECTRICAL AND WE WERE TOLD THAT IT WOULD COST $800.00+ TO HAVE IT REPLACED. SAFETY HAZARD. NOW AT 88,623 MILES OUR TRANSMISSION IS BEGINNING TO SLIP. DODGE NEEDS TO FIX THIS. *TR

WHILE GOING DOWN I75 THE TRANSMISSION WENT INTO LIMP MODE SLOWED THE CAR DOWN TO 10 MPH ON THE FREEWAY LUCKILY WE HAD SOMEONE FOLLOWING US SO WE WOULDN'T GET HIT...WE HAD TO HAVE MY TOWED 2.5 HRS AWAY FROM WHERE WE LIVE TO HAVE IT FIXED CAUSE NO DEALS WITH THE CVT'S...REALLY NEED TO HAVE A RECALL ON THIS...THIS IS WAY TO DANGEROUS...IT ONLY GOES IN REVERSE WHEN IT GOES INTO LIMP MODE...PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS... THE DEALER WANTS 3000.00 JUST FOR TRANSMISSION WHICH THE NEED TO FIX FOR FREE CAUSE THEY KNOW WHAT THESE CVT'S DO.. *TR

WHILE DRIVING EARLIER THIS MONTH, MY CAR SUDDENLY SLOWED DOWN TO 15 MPH AND WENT INTO LIMP MODE. I COULD BARELY GET THE SPEED UP TO 35 MPH AND KEEP IT AT 35 TO GET THE CAR HOME. AFTER CALLING A LOCAL AUTO SHOP AND TWO AREA DEALERSHIPS (GO DODGE ARAPAHOE AND CHRISTOPHER'S DODGE WORLD), I CAME TO DISCOVER THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WAS WORN. THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE SHOP SAID THAT THIS IS SOMETHING HE HAS OFTEN SEEN. INDEED, AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ON CALIBER FORUMS, IT SEEMS THAT THIS HAPPENS VERY FREQUENTLY TO 2007 CALIBERS. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT IS HAPPENING VERY FREQUENTLY IN 2007 DODGE CALIBERS. SOMEONE COULD GET HURT OR KILLED IF THEIR CAR SUDDENLY SLOWS TO 15-35 MPH WITH NO WARNING. IT IS DANGEROUS, IRRESPONSIBLE, AND IMMORAL FOR CHRYSLER TO CONTINUE TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO DRIVE THE 2007 CALIBERS WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THESE CARS ARE EQUIPPED WITH A FAULTY PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT CAUSES THE CAR TO RAPIDLY DECELERATE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON I40 FROM WILMINGTON, NC THE CAR JUST SHUT OFF UNEXPECTEDLY THROTTLE CONTROL LIGHT(LIGHTNING BOLT) CAME ON, CAR WAS HARD TO CONTROL, WAS SLOWLY ABLE TO GET THE CAR OFF THE ROAD AND RESTARTED, MOMENTS AFTER RESTART WHILE TRYING TO PULL BACK ONTO THE HIGHWAY IT CUT OFF AGAIN, AFTER ATTEMPTING TO GET GOING SEVERAL TIMES IT FINALLY STARTED AND DID NOT CUT OFF UNTIL WE REACHED OUR DESTINATION. THIS HAS HAPPENED DOZENS OF TIMES NOW WITH NO LUCK FINDING A FIX OR BEING ABLE TO PROPERLY DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THIS IS A TERRIBLY SCARY SITUATION TO BE IN ON THE HIGHWAY , I WISH NHTSA WOULD INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM AS I SEE THIS HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THEM HUNDRES OF TIMES FOR THIS MODEL YEAR THE OLDEST REPORT OF THIS WAS IN 9/2006 TO A BRAND NEW 2007 CALIBER THIS IS CRAZY , SOMETHING MUST BE DONE. DODGE IS CONSISTENTLY RIPPING PEOPLE OF WITH REPAIR BILLS THAT DONT SEEM TO BE REPAIRING THE PROBLEM AS YOU CAN READ IN SEVERAL OF THE COMPLAINTS. *TR

I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO THINK OR WHAT TO DO!!!! I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE ISSUES WITH MY CALIBER SINCE I PURCHASED IT. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED WAS BACK IN 2008 OR 2009 AFTER I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND IT DECIDED IT NEEDED TO SHUT OFF ON ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. A WHILE LATER THE ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM DIED AND I HAD NO DASH-LIGHTS/HEADLIGHTS/ EMERGENCY LIGHTS/ WIPERS/ JUST KEEP GOING WITH MORE ELECTRICAL NECESSARY SAFETY EQUIPMENT. THEN ANOTHER SET OF ISSUES AROSE... SINCE WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE PARTS OF THE WHOLE CAR FIXED AND OR REPLACED MOST RECENTLY THE SUSPENSION, TRANSMISSION, AND THE SAME SENSORY THAT WAS FIXED EARLIER (CRANKSHAFT SENSOR). NOW ONLY 4 MONTHS SINCE ALL OF THOSE ISSUES WERE FIXED MY CAR IS WORSE THEN IT WAS BEFORE..... DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE VEHICLE WILL ATTEMPT TO STALL (AS AN AUTOMATIC), THE RPMS HAVE A MIND OF THEIR OWN... OH AND DON'T LET ME FORGET THAT THE DEALER CAN FIND NO ISSUES OR MALFUNCTIONS WITH THE VEHICLE AS IT DOES NOT PRODUCE AN ERROR CODE WHEN CONNECTED TO A DIAGNOSTIC READER. (JUST A SIDE NOTE I MIGHT BE AN IDIOT BUT A MECHANICAL ERROR WILL NOT PRODUCE A ERROR CODE AS IT IS MECHANICAL AND NOT ELECTRICAL...BUT I COULD BE MISTAKEN). NOW WHAT HAPPENS THE DAY I AM DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH MY CHILDREN AND THE VEHICLE DECIDES IT IS DONE AND SHUTS OFF.... I CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE AND THERE HAVE BEEN NO MAJOR FIXES/RECALLS/STATEMENTS. IF IT IS A WELL KNOWN FACT THAT DODGE AND THEIR CVT TRANSMISSIONS HAVE MALFUNCTION ISSUES; WHY CAN'T THERE BE ONE SWIFT FIX TO MAKE THE VEHICLE SAFE TO DRIVE. OR SINCE NO ONE HAS DIED AT THE HAND OF CHRYSLER DUE TO THESE MALFUNCTIONS IT IS NOT IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO BE ADDRESSED? *TR

WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE ON HIGHWAY VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK AND LOSE SPEED. NOW WHEN I PRESS THE GAS PEDAL IT HESITATES AND AT HIGH SPEEDS JERKS AND LOSES POWER. TRUCK BEHIND ME HAD TO SLAM ON BRAKES AND ALMOST CAUSED SEVERE ACCIDENT. DODGE NEEDS TO FIX IMMEDIATELY. I DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY TO EVEN TRY TO FIX SINCE I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START. PLEASE HELP ALL OF US DODGE CALIBER OWNERS. *TR

ON APPROX. OCT. 13, 2011, MY 2007 DODGE CALIBER STALLED AND QUIT RUNNING ON FWY, AND I IMMEDIATELY TOOK TO LOCAL MECHANIC. IT WAS DETERMINED AT THAT TIME THAT A THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY WAS NEEDED TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING. IT WORKED FINE UNTIL DEC. 23, 2011 WHEN I WAS OUT IN THE DESERT MAKING A TRIP TO FLAGSTAFF, AZ. WHEN MY CAR ONCE AGAIN DIED AND STALLED ON HWY I40. I WAS IN FRONT OF A SEMI TRUCK AT A SPEED ABOUT 70 MPH AND IT STARTED STALLING AND THEN DIED RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE SEMI. LUCKILY THERE WAS AN EXIT THAT I VEERED THE CAR INTO AND COASTED INTO A STOP. IT WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL GAS STATION WHERE THERE THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE. I WAS TOLD SINCE THE CAR HAD COOLED OVER 30 MIN. IT WAS "OK TO DRIVE" ABOUT 20 MILES TO DEALERSHIP IN BULLHEAD CITY, AZ. I TOOK IT TO SWANTYS CHRYSLER WHERE IT WAS LEFT THERE OVER CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. I RETURNED TO BE INFORMED THAT THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE PROBLEM AND THE THROTTLE BODY WAS IN WORKING ORDER AND THAT WAS NOT THE PROBLEM. I WAS INFORMED I COULD DRIVE IT HOME, AND WHEN THIS OCCURS, "TO PULL OVER AND LET COOL FOR 30 MIN. AND RESUME DRIVING". I WAS IN FEAR OF MY LIFE AND OTHERS TAKING THE 350 MILE TRIP HOME, NOT DRIVING OVER 60 MPH. I THEN FILED A COMPLAIN WITH CHRYSLER CORP. WHERE I SPOKEN TO NUMEROUS CUSTOMER SERVICE, AND SUPERVISORS. THEY WANTED TO ME GET A SECOND OPINION FROM A CA DEALER, BECAUSE THEY QUESTIONED WHY I "TOOK IT TO AZ." TO BE DIAGNOSED. I EXPLAINED SEVERAL TIMES THAT I DIDN'T TAKE IT THERE, IT FAILED THERE. I CAN GIVE NAMES AND DATES FROM DEC. 28TH UNTIL NOW OF REPS. I HAVE SPOKEN TO. WHEN I TOOK IT TO MOSS BROTHERS IN RIVERSIDE, THEY ALSO DETERMINED THAT THEY COULD NOT PINPOINT THE PROBLEM, BUT SUGGESTED A COUPLE OF PARTS BE REPLACED, AND "IT COULD HELP PROBLEM:" AT THE TUNE OF $800.00, BUT COULD NOT GUARANTEE IT WOULD SOLVE THE ISSUE. *TR

I HAVE HAD CONSTANT PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR. MY KEY ABRUPTLY STOPPED WORKING LAST YEAR AND I HAVE TO PAY $500 BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIP SAID THE COMPUTER COULD NO LONGER RECOGNIZED MY KEY SO I HAD TO GET A NEW ONE. MY GEAR SHAFT BEGAN TO JAM AND I HAD TO PAY $200 TO GET A CHIP REPLACED BECAUSE IT WAS SHOT. NOW MY TOTALLY INCORPORATED POWER MODULE WAS SHOT TODAY WHEN I TOOK IT TO GET CHECKED AT THE DEALERSHIP TODAY. THE COST IS ESTIMATED TO BE $1150. I AM SICK AND TIRED OF ALL THE PROBLEMS THIS CAR IS PRESENTING IN MY LIFE. *TR