2008 Dodge Caliber

I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE ON 09/11/2013 AND A DAY LATER I NOTICED THE BACK DRIVERS SIDE FLOOR & MAT WAS SOPPING WET.(IT WAS RAINING THE DAY I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE) I FELT UNDER THE DRIVERS SEAT & THAT WAS WET AS WELL BUT NOT AS WET AS THE BACK. FEELING THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE MAT I NOTICED THAT WAS WET TOO AS WAS THE CARPET UNDERNEATH! I RAN THE SHOP VAC TO GET ALL THE WATER OUT. I WAS GOING AWAY FOR THREE DAYS SO WHEN I GOT TO MY DESTINATION I CHECKED THE FLOOR AGAIN & IT WAS SOPPING WET AGAIN!! THERE WAS NO RAIN THAT DAY! I WILL BE CALLING THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT THIS "USED" VEHICLE TODAY. SO FAR I CLEARED THE WATER OUT TWICE & IT JUST REAPPEARS. WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES COMING THIS COULD BE A VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITION DUE TO THE FLOOR & MATS FREEZING UNDER YOUR FEET WHEN YOUR DRIVING THE VEHICLE!! *TR

GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND WHEN DOWN SHIFTING TO MERGE IN TRAFFIC THE CAR DIED. GOT IT TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD & IT STARTED BUT WAS MAKING A HORRIBLE NOISE. GOT IT TOWED HOME & TO GARAGE WHERE THEY TOOK THE MOTOR APART & FOUND IT HAD 2 BURNT VALVES. TOOK THE HEAD TO ENGINE SHOP & FOUND THAT THE HEAD SEATS ARE BROKEN AND THE OTHER 2 ARE WORN & ALSO HAVE TO BE REPLACED. CANNOT FIND PARTS FROM DODGE & MECHANIC SAID HE HAD TO ORDER THEM FROM JAPAN. NOW A JOB THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AROUND $100 IS COSTING US OVER $500. VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT A CAR WITH THAT LOW MILEAGE WOULD HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN. I STILL OWE 2 YEARS ON THE CAR & BY THE LOOKS OF THE COMPLAINTS ON THE CALIBER I SHOULD HAVE NEVER BOUGHT IT IN THE FIRST PLACE. *TR

THE MAIN ISSUE IS NOT BEING ABLE TO TAKE THE CAR OUT OF "PARK" WHEN IT IS RUNNING. FOR THE PAST YEAR IT HAS HAPPENED INTERMITTENTLY. THE LAST 2 DAYS NONE OF MY TRYING AND RETRYING TO GET IT OUT OF PARK WORKS. ALSO, MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON WHENEVER THEY FEEL LIKE IT. MOSTLY UPON STARTING. I ALSO CANNOT RESET MY CHANGE OIL LIGHT. *TR

AFTER TURNING ON MY CAR IT BEGAN TO LUNGE WHILE IN IDLE. AS I ATTEMPTED TO BACK IT OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL HAD LITTLE TO NO EFFECT. THE CAR WOULD NOT DRIVE MORE THAN 10 MPH, STILL LUNGING. THE INDICATOR LIGHT FOR THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL (ETC) LIT UP AND STARTED BLINKING. I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALER AND THE DIAGNOSTIC ($150) PROVED IT TO BE THE ETC. THE ETC KIT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED WHICH APPARENTLY IS A "DEALER ONLY" PART. THIS IS SUCH A COMMON OCCURRENCE FOR DODGE THAT THE ETC KIT IS ON BACK ORDER AND WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR 2 WEEKS! NOT TO MENTION THE PART COSTS $600+. AND BY THE WAY, I HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED IN 2011! *TR

CPSC: I1340364A. 2008 DODGE CALIBER. CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING THE CAR AT 70 MPH DOWN THE INTERSTATE THE POWER SUDDENLY WENT OUT, AND THE CAR WAS DECELERATING SPEED AT THE SAME TIME. *LN THE CONSUMER STATED THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ACTIVATED, AND JUST AS SHE WAS TRYING TO PULL OVER, THE POWER RETURNED, AND THE VEHICLE TOOK OFF, TRYING TO GET BACK TO 70 MPH. EVER SINCE THE INCIDENT, THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL WHILE ACCELERATING. THE CONSUMER FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET, FROM OTHER OWNERS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, THE 2008 DODGE CALIBER LOSS POWER AND BEGAN TO DECREASE SPEED. I STEPPED ON THE ACCELERATOR BUT THE CAR DID NOT RESPOND. I EXITED THE FREEWAY, AND AFTER I WAS STOPPED AT A LIGHT, I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE, BUT AGAIN, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND. WHEN IT DID, IT JERKED REPEATEDLY UNTIL IT WAS ABLE TO ACCELERATE. WHILE DRIVING THE CAR LOSS POWER AGAIN. ADDITIONALLY, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON FOR A FEW MONTHS PRIOR, A KNOCKING NOISE WOULD COME FROM THE ENGINE, AND A MECHANIC ADVISED ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. LASTLY, WHEN IT RAINS, THE BACK SEAT PASSENGER SIDE AND FLOOR WAS INUNDATED WITH WATER. *TR

IT IS RAINING IN MY VEHICLE. RAIN IS POURING IN THROUGH THE SUNROOF AND ENTERING MY CAR THROUGH THE DOME LIGHT, PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE SUPPORT PILLARS, AND ONTO THE PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE FLOOR AND SEATS THROUGH A FAULTY DRAINAGE SYSTEM. THERE IS ALREADY A SERVICE BULLETIN OUT FOR THE 2007 MODEL FOR THIS ISSUE. I WENT TO DODGE TODAY AND THEY WILL NOT FIX MY CAR PER THEIR SERVICE BULLETIN: 23-043-06 SUBJECT: WATER LEAK FROM HEADLINER, BECAUSE IT IS OUT FOR THE 2007 MODEL. THEY SAID THE EXTENDED WARRANTY I BOUGHT THROUGH CHRYSLER WILL NOT COVER THE PARTS OR LABOR AND THEY WILL NOT APPLY THE SERVICE BULLETIN TO MY VEHICLE BECAUSE I OWN A 2008 VEHICLE. THE ISSUE, NOT TAKEN CARE OF LEADS TO ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, AS REPORTED BY OTHER OWNERS ON VARIOUS BLOGS THAT PERTAIN TO THIS SAME PROBLEM. THIS COMPANY HAS IRRESPONSIBLY PRODUCED A 2008 MODEL WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE 2007 MODEL, HOWEVER, THEY WILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. IN ADDITION, THE PARTICULAR DEALERSHIP I WENT TO AT 9600 ATLANTIC BLVD, JACKSONVILLE, FL, WANTED ME TO PAY AT $105 DIAGNOSTIC FEE IN ADDITION TO THE WARRANTY DEDUCTIBLE OF $100 IF THE WARRANTY WAS TO COVER THE PROBLEM THAT DODGE CREATED IN THEIR COUNTERPRODUCTIVE MANUFACTURING METHODS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TAILLIGHT BECAME FILLED WITH WATER, CAUSING THE TAILLIGHT TO FAIL. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, WHO REMOVED THE LIGHT BUT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE.. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 77,000. *TR

I WAS MAKING A TURN AND THE PASSENGER SIDE TIE ROD BROKE. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE A TIE ROD. THANK GOD MY KIDS WERE NOT IN THE CAR OR I WASN'T ON THE HIGHWAY. WHEN IS SOME GONNA DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. PEOPLE HAVE HAD MORE THAN ONE BAD EXPERIENCE WITH THIS. DODGE NEEDS TO STEP UP AND FIX THESE CARS!! THIS WILL B THE LAST DODGE I EVER BUY. *TR