2007 Dodge Caliber

A SMALL BRASS BUSHING FELL ON MY RIGHT FOOT ONE DAY WHILE DRIVING. I PICKED IT UP AND PUT IT IN THE CONSOLE CUP HOLDER. A FEW DAYS LATER WHILE ACCELERATING ONTO THE HIGHWAY THE GAS PEDAL STUCK AND THE ENGINE REVVED. THIS HAS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES SINCE. I CALLED CHRYSLER TO CHECK IF MY CALIBER WAS COVERED UNDER THE GAS PEDAL RECALL. I WAS TOLD THE RECALL ONLY COVERED VEHICLES FROM A CERTAIN DATE RANGE. MY CALIBER WAS MANUFACTURED 2/06. *TT

WHEN PUMPING GAS I CANNOT ALLOW IT TO 'FILL UP' BECAUSE THE GAS WILL LEAK OUT INSTEAD OF TELLING THE HANDLE TO STOP PUMPING GAS AS IT NORMALLY SHOULD. I AM AWARE THAT DODGE DURANGO HAD A RECALL ON THIS VERY MATTER, YET THE CALIBER HAS NOT. I HAVE TO KEEP TRACK OF HOW MANY GALLONS I PUT IN SO AS NOT TO LET IT OVER FLOW. AM I THE ONLY OWNER OF A DODGE CALIBER HAVING THIS ISSUE WITH THE FUEL SYSTEM/GASOLINE? *JS

THE RECALL CANNOT BE COMPLETED BECAUSE OF FAULTY WIRING BY VIKING DODGE OF CRYSTAL LAKE. THIS DEALERSHIP IS OUT OF BUSINESS. I HAVE DOCUMENTATION THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL INSTALLED BY VIKING DODGE WAS NOT A MOPAR APPROVED PART. I HAVE FURNISHED CHRYSLER ALL THE DOCUMENTATION STATING THAT THIS IS CAUSING A PROBLEM WITH THE THROTTLE PEDAL. THEY HAVE TOLD ME I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR CORRECTING THE INCORRECT INSTALLATION BY ONE OF THERE OLD DEALERSHIPS. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WHEN THE TECHNICIAN DETECTED THAT THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS EXHIBITED SEVERE RUST AND CORROSION. THE SHIMS, FRONT BRAKES AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED. IN ADDITION, THE INNER TIE RODS LOOSENED FROM THE STEERING RACK AND THE FRONT CONTROL ARM BUSHING SEPARATED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23,167. UPDATED 06/05/12*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THAT CHRYSLER HAS SINCE REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 06/06/12 *JS

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

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS UNDER WARRANTY, THE REAR WIPER AND THE RADIO STOPPED FUNCTIONING NORMALLY. THE WIPER DID NOT WORK AT ALL, AND THE RADIO WAS LOSING THE SOUND WHEN THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING BUT WAS NORMAL WHEN ON ACC. DEALER RE FLASHED THE TIPM AND SAID IF IT EVER HAPPENED AGAIN, I SHOULD DISCONNECT THE BATTERY AND HOLD THE LEADS TOGETHER FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AND IT SHOULD FUNCTION NORMALLY AGAIN. A FEW MONTHS LATER, THE REAR WIPER STOPPED AND THE RADIO BEGAN TO FADE OUT ONCE AGAIN. I DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY AS INSTRUCTED BUT TO NO AVAIL. BOTH DEALERS I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO HAVE GONE OUT OF BUSINESS. THE NEAREST DEALER IS OVER 200 MILES AWAY. I HAVE LIVED WITH THIS PROBLEM NOW FOR TWO YEARS. NOW, MYSTERIOUSLY, THE REAR WIPER HAS BEGUN TO FUNCTION ONCE AGAIN ALL BY ITS SELF. THE RADIO?.....NOT AT ALL. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE TIPM IS PROBABLY AT FAULT. I SUGGESTED THAT TO THE MECHANIC WHILE MY VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY BUT I WAS ASSURED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TIPM SO DODGE WOULD NOT REPLACE THE UNIT. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME A DODGE COMPONENT OF MINE HAD FAILED WHILE UNDER WARRANTY AND DODGE WOULD NOT REPLACE THE UNIT. DODGE WOULD WAIT UNTIL AFTER MY VEHICLE(S) WERE OUT OF WARRANTY AND AT THAT POINT I WAS TOLD THE UNIT(S) NEEDED REPLACEMENT. IS THIS SOME KIND OF SCAM THAT AUTOMOBILE DEALERS RUN? I FEEL THAT DODGE SHOULD REPLACE MY TIPM AT NO COST TO ME SINCE I SPECIFICALLY NOTED THIS ISSUE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

I PURCHASED THIS CAR USED FROM A DEALERSHIP DUE TO THE FACT THAT I HAVE AN HOUR DRIVE TO AND FROM WORK AND IT APPEARED TO HAVE GREAT GAS MILEAGE. WITHIN MY FIRST TWO WEEKS OF OWNERSHIP THE STARTER WAS STUCK ENGAGED AS I DROVE AND CAUGHT FIRE. THIS I REPLACED KNOWING WITH AGE, STARTERS AND ALTERNATORS DIE. A MONTH AFTER SERVICING THE STARTER, I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT A SPEED OF 67MPH IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WHEN A LIGHTENING BOLT (ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL SENSOR LIGHT) FLASHED AND THE CAR JERKED AS IF IT WERE TO STALL. I CONTACTED MY LOCAL DODGE DEALER WHO INFORMED ME THAT IT PROBABLY WAS THE THROTTLE BODY AND THAT I MIGHT AS WELL DRIVE THE CAR FOR A BIT BECAUSE THE LIGHT WAS NOT STAYING LIT. EVERY SINCE THEN THE LIGHT HAS FLASHED ON ATLEAST ONCE A MONTH WITH THE CAR VIOLENTLY JERKING AS TO STALL. I STARTED THE CAR LAST WEEK AND THE IDLE WAS MISERABLE SO FIGURED THE THROTTLE BODY HAD GONE. TOOK THE CAR TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP TO READ CODES ON THE PC. CODE WAS FOR THE THROTTLE BODY. THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED BY A CERTIFIED DEALERSHIP MECHANIC. WITHIN 30 MILES AND 30MINS AFTER LEAVING THE GARAGE THE CAR WAS JERKING TO STALL AS BEFORE BUT THE LIGHT WAS NOT ON. SEEM TO BE A SERIOUS PROBLEM CONSIDERING STALL ON INTERSTATE AT THOSE SPEEDS AND HIT BY A SEMI WOULD CAUSE INSTANT DEATH. THE VALUE OF MY CAR IS NO LONGER HIGH BUT YOU CAN GUARANTEE THE LOAN AND PAYMENTS ARE. I AM A PRESCHOOL TEACHER AND MAKE A VERY SMALL INCOME. TOOK CAR INSTANTLY BACK TO DEALERSHIP BUT I KNOW THEY WILL FIND NOTHING, CHARGE TO MUCH, AND SEND ME ON MY WAY WITH A DEATH SENTENCE. SEEMS AS THOUGH DODGE/CHRYSLER HAS DECIDED THAT AS LONG AS NO DEATHS IT IS OK TO CARRY ON WITH THIS REFUSAL TO ADMIT THAT THEY MADE A BAD PRODUCT. HOW ABOUT ROBBING! ALL I WANT IS MY CAR FIXED BUT OF COURSE THEY WILL NOT ADMIT ANYTHING. SUPPOSE I WILL HAVE TO CALL THE NEWS, FAX THE CEO'S, AND DIE . *TR

MAY 2011 HEARD A CLUNKING NOISE. 48000 MILES ON 2007 DODGE CALIBER. HAD IT CHECKED OUT AND BALL JOINT AND CONTROL ARM NEEDED REPLACED AND 4 NEW TIRES THAT WERE WORN FROM THE VEHICLE ALIGNMENT CAUSED FROM THESE ISSUES. NOW MARCH 2012, WE HAD ISSUES WITH SQUEAKING NOISE ON LEFT SIDE AND HAD IT CHECKED OUT. HOT BURNING SMELL NOTICED AND HAD BROKEN COIL SPRING AND STRUT THAT WE'RE CAUSING WEAR ON TIRE. WE WILL NEVER BY A DODGE AGAIN! *TR