2007 Dodge Caliber

STRUTS AND BALL JOINTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 5 TIMES SINCE OWNING THIS CAR THE PAST 5 YEARS. CURRENTLY BEING REPAIRED AFTER SUBFRAME BROKE WHILE I WAS DRIVING. DID SOME RESEARCH AND APPARENTLY THIS IS A HUGE ISSUE. NOT ONLY WHILE I WAS DRIVING WHEN IT BROKE, I HAD MY KIDS WITH ME. WHILE MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN ONTO A BUSY STREET I HEARD A LOUD 'SNAP' AND LOST ALL CONTROL OF MY CAR.

CAR STOPPED WHILE DRIVING SEVERAL TIMES AND THEN WOULD T START AT ALL. REPLACED FUSE AND IT RAN FOR A LITTLE BIT AND THEN WOULDN'T ACCELERATE OVER 40. AFTER GETTING BACK HOME ENGINE WOULDN'T START AT ALL OR IT WOULD TAKE ALMOST 30 MINUTES TO TRY AND IT WOULD SOMETIMES FIRE UP. NOW IT WILL NOT START AT ALL. STARTER IS NEW AND THE ONLY OTHER THING WE CAN THINK IS MAYBE ELECTRICAL. THAT AND THE LACK OF ACCELERATION ARE MAJOR PROBLEMS AND IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED!

MY CAR STARTED TO STALL A MONTH AGO AFTER GETTING A NEW BATTERY PLACED INTO MY VEHICLE. THE ETC (ENGINE THROTTLE CONTROL) LIGHT WOULD POP UP ON MY DASH. I COULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE. SO ONCE I WENT TO A MECHANIC SHOP, THEY READ THE CODES AND IT SAID I NEEDED MY CAMSHAFT POSITION CENSOR FIXED. PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN DAYS LATER. THEY THEN SAID IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY, THEY PUT IN A NEW ONE. THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN, MY CAR ACTUALLY STALLED WHILE I WAS TURNING IN A INTERSECTION. THAT IS DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY WHEN MY DAUGHTER IS IN THE CAR. I WENT BACK AND THEY HAD TO KEEP MY CAR FOR A WEEK BECAUSE THEY SAID IT WAS MY ECM AND THEY HAD TO ORDER THE PART. I GOT MY CAR BACK ON THURSDAY JUNE 29TH, 2017 AND MY CAR STALLED AGAIN ON JUNE 30TH. I AM QUITE FRUSTRATED AT THIS POINT BECAUSE I'M NOTICING THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE AND DODGE IS NOT ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE. SOMEONE WILL AND PROBABLY ALREADY HAS DIED BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE.

THOUGHT I HAD A LOOSE BELT CALLED DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT CAR TOLD TO DODGE DEALERSHIP I DID THAT $90.00 SERVICE FEE SAID I NEEDED NEW ALTERNATOR $1,086.00, I COULD NOT AFFORD THAT TOOK IT TO AMERICA'S THEY SAID FOR $615.00 REPLACE THEN THEY CALLED AND SAID NEED ALL NEW TIE RODS WELL THAT WOULD BRING IT TO $1077.00. I COULD ONLY GET A LOAN FOR $1,000.00 SO THE TIE RODS I CANNOT GET. AFTER THE DODGE DEALERSHIP HAD MY CAR WHEN THEY GAVE IT BACK TO ME THAT CAR WAS RUNNING SO BAD AND SHAKING WHICH IT NEVER DID. I BOUGHT THE CAR I HAD 70,000 THAT WAS 3 1/2 YEARS AGO NOW I ONLY $75,000 MILES ON CAR. MY CAR ALWAYS RAN SMOOTH ON HIGHWAYS AND CITY STREETS . THERE WAS JUST A NOISE ON MY CAR. THE CAR RAN GREAT. PEOPLE COULD HEAR THE NOISE ALSO AS I AM DEAF SO I COULD BARELY HEAR NOISE WITH MY HEARING AID ON. I HAD THE CAR INSPECTED JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO AND PASSED INSPECTION THEY DROVE THE CAR.

HAD A LOUD GRINDING SOUND COMING FROM REAR OF CAR THOUGHT IT WAS THE BREAKS, PUT THE CAR ON JACK TOOK TIRE OFF OFF AND NOTICED THAT SUBFRAME OF THE CAR WAS COMPLETELY ROTTED OUT. NOW WHEN I ROTATED THE TIRES BEFORE WINTER I NOTICED TYPICAL SURFACE RUST NOW THERE IS A BIG HOLE AND COMPLETELY UNSAFE. I WENT ON LINE TO LOOK IT UP AND NOTICED A LOT OF PEOPLE COMMENTING ON AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. I CALLED DODGE AND WAS TOLD TO CALL CORPORATE, CORPORATE EXPLAINED THAT AS OF AUGUST 2016 MY EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS EXPIRED. THEY TOLD ME TO BRING THE CAR INTO DODGE CALL THEM BACK AND THEY WOULD SEE IF THEY COULD GET AN EXCEPTION. SINCE 3/27/17 I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR A CALL BACK, I CALLED 3/30/17 TO FIND THAT THEY DENIED MY CLAIM WHEN I ASKED FOR A MANAGER THEY STATED IT WOULD BE ANOTHER DAY BEFORE ANYONE WOULD CALL ME. NOW I CALL THEM BACK AND I KEEP BEING PUT ON HOLD BEING TOLD THEY CANNOT TRANSFER ME. THIS IS A GOOD CAR WITH A LOT OF LIFE LEFT AND NOW DODGE WON'T DO ANYTHING FOR ME WHEN I'VE BEEN A LOYAL CUSTOMER. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A SAFETY ISSUE THEY KNOW ABOUT AND SHOULD GRANT SOME KIND OF GOOD WILL ASSISTANCE. DEALER SHIP WANTS OVER $1200 TO DO IT. THIS IS CRAZY. ANY HELP I COULD GET WOULD BE APPRECIATED. I MUCH LIKE EVERYONE ELSE MAKING THE COMPLAINTS CANNOT AFFORD TO DO THE WORK MYSELF AND CAN'T AFFORD TO JUST GO BUY A NEW CAR.

I HAVE COME ACROSS TWO VEHICLES NOW THAT WERE BOTH KNOWN FOR K-FRAME/SUB-FRAMES RUSTING OUT AND BOTH HAVE RECALLS FOR THIS ISSUE BUT THIS SPECIFIC VIN ON BOTH OF THESE DONT QUALIFY FOR THIS ISSUE. BOTH OF THESE VEHICLES HAVE NO RUST ANYWHERE ON THE UNDER BODY BUT YET THE K-FRAME ON THEM ARE COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT AND BOTH HAVE BROKE AT THE A-ARMS. HOW IS IT THAT THE CONSUMERS ARE BEING ALOUD TO ONLY FIX THIS ISSUE ON "SOME" VINS AND NOT OTHERS WHEN ITS THE SAME EXACT ISSUE??? WHY IS IT THAT THEY ARE ALOUD TO CONTINUE TO PT THE SAME CRAP PART ON THE VEHICLE INSTEAD OF FIXING THE PROBLEM THAT IS CAUSING IT TO RUST OUT. I WILL PUT BOTH VIN'S BELOW FOR YOU TO EXAMINE. 2007 DODGE CALIBER - 117K MILES 2008 JEEP PATRIOT - 54K MILES