2007 Dodge Caliber

BOUGHT 2007 CALIBER BRAND NEW AT ABOUT 30,000 MILES HEARD GRINDING AND THUNK NOISE WHEN MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN WENT TO DEALERSHIP THEY STATED THE RIGHT TIE ROD WAS BAD AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. (OF COURSE WARRANTY WAS EXPIRED.). I CALLED CHRYSLER AND OF COURSE THEY DID NOTHING AND I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THEM AT THAT TIME BUT HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET. NOW IT'S THREE YEARS LATER AND MY VEHICLE DID NOT PASS INSPECTION DUE TO THE TIE ROD & WHEEL BEING LOOSE. WHY IS THERE NO RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM? NEVER AGAIN CHRYSLER!! *TR

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

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS THE VEHICLE ERRONEOUSLY DECELERATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE REPLICATED. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000.

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

I CALLED DODGE CHRYSLER ABOUT THE FACT THAT MY CAR NEEDS: 2 REAR LOWER CONTROL ARMS, 2 LATERAL LINKS, STRUTS, BELLOWS, 2 SWAY BAR LINKS,BUSHINGS AND 4 WHEEL ALIGNMENTS. NOT TO MENTION THE ABNORMAL WEAR I'VE HAD ON THESE TIRES, WHERE, CHRYSLER DEALERSHIPS HAVE TOLD ME YOU CAN'T DO WHEEL ALIGNMENTS ON THE REAR OF THE CAR. IT NEEDS 1700.00 WORTH OF REPAIRS. THE CAR IS NOT THAT OLD BUT I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD NEED THIS MUCH REPAIR. I UNDERSTAND YOU CAN'T GET PARTS FOR THIS CAR. NO RECALL? THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER OF THESE CARS WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 25, MPH THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD VIOLENTLY THEN STALLED AFTER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE PCM WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED AND WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

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

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

THE DRIVERS SEAT BELT UNLATCHES BY ITSELF WHEN DRIVING. AFTER IT UNLATCHES THIS WAY IT SOMETIMES TAKES A FEW ATTEMPTS TO GET IT TO LOCK WHEN LATCHING. THIS HAPPENS WITHIN THE FIRST 1 OR 2 MILES OF DRIVING. SPEED IS NOT A FACTOR. THIS STARTED AS AN OCCASIONAL OCCURRENCE, BUT NOW IT HAPPENS ALMOST DAILY. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE. *TR