2008 Dodge Caliber

SECOND TIME THIS AS HAPPENED IN LESS THEN 3 YRS. DRIVING CAR NO WARNING LIGHT EVER CAME ON THE FIRST TIME. LOST POWER CAR DIED. HAD IT TOWED TO DEALERSHIP $600 COST NO REAL ANSWER FROM DEALER SHIP. NOW DEC 25TH 2013 DRIVING HOME AND LIGHT ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL INDICATOR LIGHT COMES ON . CAR PUTT'S ALONG . AGAIN THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED, SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED AND DODGE WILL HAVE A LAW SUIT ON THEIR HANDS. I AND MANY OTHERS WILL TELL OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILIES NOT TO BUY ANYTHING MADE BY DODGE . PRETTY SAD SOMEONE WILL HAVE TO DIE TO GET THIS COMPANY TO DO A RECALL AND FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, A LOUD CLICKING NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE (TIPM) NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

VEHICLE IS AN AUTOMATIC, 2.0L ENGINE. WHILE AT A STOP, IN ANY GEAR, FOOT ON OR OFF THE BRAKE, MY CAR WILL IDLE ROUGHLY, RPMS FLUCTUATE RAPIDLY BETWEEN 200-900 OR HIGHER, AND THE VEHICLE WILL SOMETIMES STALL AND SHUT DOWN WHILE DOING THIS. THIS ROUGH IDLE AND STALLING OUT WILL ALSO HAPPEN WHILE SLOWING DOWN/DECELERATING, AS WELL AS ACCELERATING FROM A STOP OR SLOWER SPEEDS. THE ISSUE TENDS TO HAPPEN MORE WHEN THE ENGINE TEMPERATURE HAS WARMED UP A BIT FROM NORMAL DRIVING, BUT HAS OCCURRED AT LOWER TEMPERATURES AS WELL. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO MY LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIP AT LEAST THREE TIMES IN THE PAST THREE MONTHS; ON THE FIRST VISIT, THEY REPLACED THE PCV VALVE, IGNITION COIL, AND SPARK PLUGS ($400); ON THE NEXT TWO VISITS, THEY CLAIM THEY CANNOT REPLICATE THE ISSUE, AND NO ERROR CODES APPEAR ON THEIR DIAGNOSTIC COMPUTERS. I HAVE HAD THE FUEL INJECTORS CLEANED, AND HAD OTHER MECHANICS INSPECT THE CAR; THEY CANNOT FIND ANY NEEDED REPAIRS OR ERROR CODES, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REPLICATE THE ISSUE. THE CAR CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE THIS ISSUE, NO MATTER WHAT REPAIRS I HAVE DONE. I AM IN CONTACT WITH CHRYSLER/DODGE CORPORATE CUSTOMER RELATIONS, AND HAVE AN OPEN CASE WITH THEM, THOUGH THEY AND THE DEALERSHIP STATE MY CAR "HAS NO WARRANTY WITH DODGE," AND THUS THE ISSUE ISN'T COVERED, NOR DO I HAVE ANY CLAIM TO FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM CHRYSLER/DODGE. MY VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT MY LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIP, IN HOPES THEY MIGHT FINALLY BE ABLE TO REPLICATE THE ISSUE AND FIND A CAUSE/FIX. *TR

I HAVE REPLACED THE BULBS MULTIPLE TIMES ON THE TURN SIGNALS. THE BRAKE LIGHTS CONTINUE TO COME ON AND OFF AT THEIR LEISURE . SOMETIMES, THE TURN SIGNALS ON THE FRONT WORK AND SOMETIMES NOT. THIS IS BECOMING A REGULAR INCIDENT AND IS VERY DANGEROUS SINCE I DRIVE LONG DISTANCES FREQUENTLY. I ALSO HAVE BEEN STOPPED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT SEVERAL TIMES FOR DEFECTIVE BULBS, LUCKILY ONLY WARNINGS SO FAR.

THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IN LESS THAN A YEAR I AM HAVING TROUBLE WITH THIS. I LOOK THIS UP ONLINE AND A LOT. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. MY ETC (ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL LIGHT) COMES ON. MY CAR LOSES POWER AND SOMETIME STOP RUNNING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. I HAVE THE PCM REPLACE IN THE CAR THAT COST ABOUT $600 AND I AM HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN. LOSING POWER IN A VEHICLE IS VERY DANGEROUS. I STARTED HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM IN MY 2011 DODGE CARAVAN THE DEALER SAYING THE CYLINDERS ARE MISFIRING. SOMETHING NEEDS TO DONE ABOUT THIS. *TR