2007 Dodge Caliber

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS, DEFROSTER, AND RADIO BECAME INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V234000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 130,000. UPDATED 05/17/16*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE CROSSBAR WAS REPAIRED. *JS

HAVE HAD SEVERAL BATTERIES, STARTERS AND ALTERNATORS REPLACED OVER THE PAST 3 YEARS. CAR HAS 140,000 MILES ON IT. RECENTLY THE ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON. NOW WHEN IT RAINS, THE DASHBOARD WARNING LIGHTS GO OFF LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE WITH THE THE WARNING BELL SOUNDING. CAR WON'T GO OVER 20MPH. IF I TURN IT OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN (SOMETIMES AFTER A FEW TRIES) IT STARTS UP FINE. LIKE THE CAR BUT CAN'T AFFORD WHATEVER IS WRONG TO FIX IT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN AND ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNDETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS TEST DRIVEN BY A MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V234000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 17,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. WHEN ANOTHER DRIVER OPERATED THE VEHICLE, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND VEERED INTO A CORN FIELD. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE BY DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED BY A DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V234000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 91,000. UPDATED 11/04/15*LJ UPDATED 2/1/2016 *JS *CN

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!!!

THE TOTAL INTEGRATED POWER CONTROL MODULE (TIPM) IS THE LATEST DIAGNOSIS MADE (7/31/15) FOR MY 2007 DODGE CALIBER. HISTORY: BEGINNING IN 2010 I BEGAN TO NOTICE AN INTERMITTENT TERRIBLE WHINING NOISES AND LOSS OF POWER, WHICH I ATTRIBUTED TO (INCORRECTLY) TO THE DODGE CVT AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THE EVENTS WOULD OCCUR THEN O GO AWAY ONLY TO RETURN AGAIN. THEN BEGINNING IN 2011 THE EVENTS WERE FOLLOWED SHORTLY THEREAFTER BY ELECTRICAL COMPONENT FAILURES ALL OF WHICH CAUSED ME TO MAKE EMERGENCY SHOULDER PULL OFFS DUE TO SIGNIFICANT POWER LOSS AND THE ACRID ODOR AND SMOKE OF SMOLDERING PLUMES OF SMOKE. THE ACRID SMELL AND SMOKE WOULD STOP WHEN I SHUT DOWN THE VEHICLE; HOWEVER THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO A MECHANIC IN EACH OF THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTED INCIDENTS: 1/3/11 (MILEAGE 67,877) TOW AND REPLACE STARTER - $429.00 1/7/12 (MILEAGE 73,943) TOW AND REPLACE WARRANTED STARTER - $179.00 2/14/13 (MILEAGE 85,490) TOW AND REPLACE WARRANTED STARTER- $189.00 3/7/14 (MILEAGE 97,383) TOW AND REPLACEMENT STARTER - $324.03 2/15/15 (MILEAGE UNKNOWN) REPLACE ALTERNATOR $406.00 5/20/15 (MILEAGE 102,660) REPLACEMENT STARTER $491.27 7/17/15 (MILEAGE 103, 320) REPLACEMENT STARTER $ (NO CHARGE) 7/17/15 (MILEAGE 103, 325) UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE ELECTRICAL PROBLEM 7/31/15 (MILEAGE 103, 325) REPLACEMENT (TIPM) $ 1242.00 (ESTIMATE) COME ON DODGE/DAIMLER CHRYSLER/FIAT MAKE THIS RIGHT OR FOREVER FOREGO FUTURE PRODUCT PURCHASE

DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH AND CAR TRANSMISSION TEMPERATURE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE POWER TO THE CAR DECLINED TO A COAST AND I HAD TO TRY AND PULL TO THE SHOULDER IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WITH SNOW ON THE ROAD WHICH ALMOST CAUSED ME TO GET HIT BY OTHER VEHICLES GOING THE SPEED OF 70 MPH. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES I HAVE TAKEN IT IN TO THE DEALER WHOM RECOMMENDED THAT I HAVE THE TRANSMISSION SERVICE DONE BY THE DEALER WHICH I PAID FOR AND COMPLIED TO HAVE PERFORMED. IT CONTINUED TO HAPPEN AND STILL LOOSES POWER GOING HIGHWAY SPEED OF 65. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER OVER AND OVER AND THEY DENY ANY LIABILITY AND SAY EVERYTHING IS OK. I HAVE THE LIFETIME POWERTRAIN WARRANTY ON THE VEHICLE. I AM GOING TO END UP DEAD THANKS TO A FAULTY TRANSMISSION IN THE CAR. IT HAS NEVER TOWED ANYTHING SO NO STRESS IS EVER APPLIED TO THE TRANSMISSION. NOW I AM PISSED BECAUSE MY WIFE WAS ALMOST HIT WHEN SHE WAS DRIVING IT ON THE HIGHWAY DURING RUSH HOUR AND IT REDUCED POWER ON HER. I HAVE PAPERWORK SHOWING THE DEALER CHECKING IT AND SAYING IT IS OK NOT TO MENTION THE NUMEROUS TIMES I HAVE GONE IN AND THEY SAY THEY HAVE HEARD NOTHING REGARDING PROBLEMS WITH THE CALIBER. IF YOU LOOK ON LINE THERE ARE PLENTY OF US CITIZENS THAT ARE PLAQUED WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM.......UPDATED 12/03/15 *BF UPDATED 11/13/2017*CN

AT 132000 MILES, I AM REPLACING BOTH CONTROL ARMS FOR THE FOURTH TIME ON MY 2007 DODGE CALIBER SXT 2.0L, NO TO MENTION THE NUMEROUS CV BOOTS AND BALL JOINTS. WITH THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS I HAVE SEEN ONLINE, IT IS SURPRISING THAT NO RECALL EFFORTS (AT LEAST SEEMINGLY) HAVE BEEN MADE FOR SUCH A DANGEROUS AND COSTLY DEFECT. I IMPLORE YOUR COMPANY, PLEASE INVESTIGATE THE CONCERNS AND HAVING CHRYSLER-DODGE FIX THEIR ERRORS!!! EVEN MY MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT THE LENGTH OF THE ARM IS JUST SHORT ENOUGH TO CREATE CONTINUAL ISSUES. THIS ISN'T RIGHT. AS A RESULT OF SO MANY REPAIRS ON THIS VEHICLE, I WILL NEVER OWN A CHRYSLER-DODGE PRODUCT AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING ON I-40 WHEN I HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD, MY ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON FROM MEMPHIS, TN TO JAMESTOWN, TN. I WAS NOT HAVING ANY DRIVING PROBLEMS, THE CAR DROVE FINE. I TOOK IT IN TO ADVANCE AUTO AND HAD THEM RUN THE OBD2 ON IT. IT PULLED 4 CODES AND THEY ARE AS FOLLOWS... P2006 INTAKE MANIFOLD RUNNER- STUCK CLOSED. I ALREADY CHANGED THAT PART ON 6/6/15 P1607 POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE - INTERNAL SHUTDOWN. P0722 OUTPUT SHAFT SPEED SENSOR P0717 TURBINE INPUT SHAFT SPEED SENSOR NOW AS I SAID, MY CAR SEEMS TO RUN FINE AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHY THESE SENSORS ARE SHOWING UP. WHAT CAN I DO TO RESET THE CODES, I ALREADY DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY AND LEFT IT OVER NIGHT BUT ENGINE LIGHT IS STILL ON. WHAT CAN I DO? THANK YOU [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).' *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE ELECTRICAL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND RESUMED TO NORMAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.