2007 Dodge Caliber

I HEARD A RUMBLING NOISE UNDER THE CAR TOOK IT TO DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WASN'T SAFE TO DRIVE. TOLD ME MY WHOLE REAR END WAS RUSTED OUT AND I PAID $1600 FOR REPAIRS. NOW MY CAR MADE A NOISE WHILE MY TIRES WERE GOING TOOK IT SHOP THEY SAID SEE A DEALER ON THE WAY THERE MY CAR STOPPED GOING FORWARD. GOOD THING I WASN'T ON THE HIGHWAY. I COULD BACK INTO A PARKING SPACE SEMI SAFELY. BOTH PROBLEMS IN 3 MONTHS AND MY WARRANTY IS NO MORE ON MY TRANSMISSION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THERE WAS A BOUNCING NOISE UNDERNEATH THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE SUBFRAME. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CROSSMEMBER WAS CORRODED THROUGH WITH CRACKS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT CALLED DICK SCOTT DODGE CHRYSLER (684 ANN ARBOR RD, PLYMOUTH, MI 48170, PHONE NUMBER: (734) 451-2110) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE CROSSMEMBER CORROSION AND WAS TO CALL DODGE CUSTOMER CARE AND ASK ABOUT THE X58 CROSSMEMBER ISSUE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THEY WOULD GET BACK TO HER IN ONE OR TWO BUSINESS DAYS. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 210,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS UNDERGOING AN OIL CHANGE, THE LOCAL DEALER (ZEIGLER CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM, 4200 PARKWAY PLACE SW, GRANDVILLE, MI 49418) DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR CROSSMEMBER AND FRONT ENGINE CRADLE UNDER THE VEHICLE WERE EXTREMELY CORRODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ORIGINALLY REGISTERED IN CANADA AND THE WARRANTY AND RECALLS EXPIRED ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS IMPORTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT NO RECALL WAS AVAILABLE FOR THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 140,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED, THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE SUB FRAME WAS RUSTED WITH A HOLE. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURED WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 136,256.

2007 DODGE CALIBER FRONT ENGINE CRADLE UNDERCARRIAGE CROSSMEMBER SUBFRAME IS A KNOWN ISSUE BUT INSTEAD OF DOING A RECALL, CHRYSLER/DODGE RELEASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THE ITEM. MY SAFETY COMPLAINT IS WHEN I TOOK THE CAR FOR SERVICE BASED ON FRONT END NOISE I FOUND OUT THE FRAME HAD BEEN DANGEROUSLY RUSTED. THE MECHANIC (H&J AUTO REPAIR MILTON, WI), WOULD NOT LET ME DRIVE THE CAR HOME. MY 20 YEAR OLD SON HAD BEEN DRIVING THE CAR FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF AND DRIVES 30 MILES TO AND FROM WORK 3-5 DAYS A WEEK DEPENDING ON HIS SCHEDULE. THE FRAME COULD HAVE LITERALLY BROKE IN HALF WHILE HE WAS DRIVING IT ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY. I BOUGHT THE CAR USED FROM JACK WOLF CHEVROLET IN 2009 AND SEEMED TO BE A PRETTY GOOD CAR EVEN THOUGH THE MODEL HAS SOME DOCUMENTED ISSUES WITH THE FRONT SUSPENSION. MY COMPLAINT IS TWOFOLD. FIRST, I WOULD HAVE EXPECTED CHRYSLER/DODGE TO DO A BETTER JOB OF ALERTING THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE FRAME ISSUE. SECOND, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL DUE TO THE RISK OF POSSIBLE LOSS OF LIFE. THESE CARS ARE STILL BEING RESOLD AND MANY ARE STILL ON THE ROAD. IT'S LIKELY I WILL FIX THE CAR AT MY OWN EXPENSE AS LONG AS IT WILL BE SAFE TO DRIVE. I DIDN'T THINK TO TAKE A PICTURE FRIDAY WHEN IT WAS DIAGNOSED. THERE ARE MANY EXAMPLES AND DISCUSSIONS ON THE TOPIC IN THE CALIBER DISCUSSION GROUPS AND OTHER WEB BLOGS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS RUSTED AND REPAIRED PER AN UNKNOWN RECALL AT SHAPIRO CHRYSLER JEEP IN OSWEGO, NY. SIX MONTHS LATER, WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHOOK AND VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY. THE CONTACT REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT GARAGE, JOE BROWN AUTO KING IN ZACHARY, LA WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR DRIVER SIDE FRAME WAS RUSTED AND FRACTURED. THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED NOT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE RECALL EXPIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEALER SHOULD HAVE REPAIRED THE ENTIRE FRAME DURING THE INITIAL REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, A NOISE WAS HEARD UNDER THE REAR AND FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS RUST ON THE SUBFRAME, WHICH DAMAGED THE RACK AND PINION. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 106,070.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A PREMATURE FAILURE WITH THE CROSS MEMBER BEING COMPLETED RUSTED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND THE CONTACT WAS TO CHECK WITH THE MANUFACTURER TO DETERMINE IF THEY HAD A SERVICE CAMPAIGN OR A MANUFACTURER RECALL TO ADDRESS THE REPAIR. THE VIN AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE NOT AVAILABLE.

I HAVE PROBLEMS WITH SUSPENSION BAR FRONT WAS REPLACED UNDER A 10 YEAR MANUFACTURING WARRANTY BACK WAS RUSTING BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO TOUCH WITHOUT A HOLE THE FOLLOWING YEAR I HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET AT CUNNINGHAM CHRYSLER IN NORTH EAST, PA THEY WILL HAVE DOCUMENTATION OF BOTH. NOW COIL SPRING ON LEFT FRONT SIDE HAS PIECES BREAKING OFF THEY ARE SOLID NOT RUSTED THROUGH AND I WILL HAVE TO REPLACE BOTH SIDES ON FRONT THIS SEEMS TO ALSO BE A DEFECT CAR WAS PULLED INTO DRIVEWAY NO BUMPS WHEN PIECE BROKE OFF