Dodge Caliber Complaints (2007)

958 consumer complaints on file.

#10934073December 9, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY, SUSPENSION
THE CROSSMEMBER IS RUSTED AND HAS A HUGE WHOLE IN IT. I GET REGULAR OIL CHANGES AT THE DODGE DEALER, WITH NO MENTION OF THE CROSSMEMBER ISSUE. STARTED HEARING NOISE IN FRONT END TOOK TO MECHANIC AND INFORMED OF ISSUE. AFTER SOME RESEARCH FOUND 10 YEAR EXTENSION OF WARRENTY ON THIS PART. WENT TO GET REPLACED AND FOUND OTHER SUSPENSION ISSUES CAUSED BY THE SEVERE RUST, WHICH THEY WILL NOT COVER. VEHICLE NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AND THE COST FOR US TO FIX IS MORE THAN THE WORTH OF THE CAR!! AT THIS POINT HAVE NO TRADE IN VALUE FOR CAR...
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10928313November 28, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
ENGINE THROTTLE CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON AFTER PUMPING GAS, VEHICLE VIBRATED. LIGHT CAME ON INTERMITTENTLY ON TRIP HOME, WOULD SLOW SPEED DOWN AND IT WOULD GO OFF. EXITED INTERSTATE, CAME TO FULL STOP, ACCELERATED TO GO, AND CAR VIBRATED AND ALMOST STALLED AS PULLING OUT. DROVE VEHICLE FOR TWO MORE DAYS - LIGHT CAME ON AND WOULD VIBRATE - ALMOST STALLED IN 2 BUSY INTERSECTIONS. PREVIOUS RECALL ON 25K 2007 DODGE CALIBERS - MINE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL. UNABLE TO GET AN APPT AT DODGE DEALER FOR A WEEK. DECIDED THIS WAS A SAFETY ISSUE AND DID NOT DRIVE. ISSUE HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING AND STATIONARY, ON HIGHWAY AT HIGH SPEEDS AND ON CITY STREET, TURNING. ISSUE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO NOT GO NORMAL SPEEDS - WAS UNABLE TO GO POSTED SPEED LIMIT. CONTACTED DODGE/CHRYSLER RECALL - THEY WILL NOT ADMIT THIS IS A WIDESPREAD ISSUE. NUMEROUS VEHICLE OWNERS ARE RUNNING INTO THIS AT 90-130K MILES. IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE IF YOUR COMPUTER OR ELECTRONIC MALFUNCTIONS AS YOU ARE DRIVING 70 MPH OR THROUGH A BUSY INTERSECTION AND VEHICLE STOPS. WAS GOING VARIOUS SPEEDS AS I WAS 90 MILES AWAY FROM HOME 70 MPH, THEN TODAY COULD NOT GO HIGHER THAN 40 MPH. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10926211November 15, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH, STRUCTURE:BODY, WHEELS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE SUBFRAME FRACTURED ON THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT REPLACED THE TIRES ON THREE OCCASIONS AND THE REAR WHEEL BEARINGS WERE REPLACED THREE TIMES. FURTHERMORE, THE IGNITION SWITCH CAUGHT FIRE. THE CONTACT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND REPAIRED BY A DEALER AND AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 162,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10925643November 13, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT DOES NOT WORK. REPLACE LIGHT TWICE, NEITHER ONE WORKS. HIGH BEAM WORKS, BUT NOT LOW BEAM. HAVE BEEN TOLD NEED TO REPLACE TIPM (MAIN FUSE BLOCK). APPEARS TO BE TYPICAL PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10924452November 5, 2016
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
MY CAR WILL AS I'M DRIVING CUT OFF LOSE ALL POWER STARTS SHAKING JERKING AND WON'T ABOVE 5TO7 MILES AN HOUR HAPPENS ALL TIME DRIVING WITH MY KIDS FROM SCHOOL IT DOES ON FREEWAY VERY UNSAFE ALMOST GOT REAR-ENDED A COUPLE TIMES VERY SCARY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10919957October 29, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY CAR HESITATES WHEN GOING UP HILL . IT LOOSES ALL POWER AND ONLY DRIVES 5-10 MPH AND WONT GAIN ANY SPEED TILL IM ON FLAT GROUND OR HEADING DOWN HILL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10916805October 18, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE K FRAME PREMATURELY RUSTED WITH EXTENSIVE CORROSION AND THERE WAS A NOISE WHEN TURNING COMING FROM THE LOWER FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS RUST ON THE WHEEL FRAME NEAR THE DRIVERS SIDE TIRE WHEEL FRAMING AS WELL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 124,680.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10915432October 11, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, SUSPENSION
TURN SIGNALS START TO FAIL, EVEN WITH THE FAULTY BULB REPLACED NEWLY REPLACED BULB DOES NOT WORK. BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND DIAGNOSED THE TIPM (TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE) IS FAULTY. CHECKED THE INTERNET AND FORUMS FOR SIMILAR ISSUES OTHER OWNERS HAVE WORSE ISSUES SUCH AS HEADLIGHTS RANDOMLY GOING OUT, STALLING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILING... THAT THEY ARE ENCOUNTERING DUE TO A FAULTY TIPM WHICH CAN BE A SAFETY ISSUE. THE CLOCKSPRING FAILURE CAUSES THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT TO COME ON WHICH SIGNIFIES THAT THE AIRBAG WILL NOT WORK WHEN IT NEEDS TO. THE CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM INTERMITTENTLY WORKS WHICH IS ALSO AFFECTED BY THE CLOCK SPRING. BOTH LOWER CONTROL ARMS BUSHINGS (LEFT AND RIGHT) HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE DUE TO WEAR. SEEMS EXCESSIVE WEAR BETWEEN 58K AND 80K MILES WITH MOSTLY HIGHWAY DRIVING ON SMOOTH ROADS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10914091October 5, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY
EXTENSIVE CORROSION FRONT AND REAR CROSS FRAME MEMBRANE. MAKING VEHICLE DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. DODGE KNEW OF THE PROBLEM AND EXTENDED THE WARRANTY BUT DID NOT INFORM ALL OWNERS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10910540September 29, 2016
SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, THE CROSS MEMBER OF THE VEHICLE BECAME SEVERELY RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 140,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10910178September 28, 2016
STEERING, SUSPENSION
AT LESS THAN 10 MILES PER HOUR THE REAR SUSPENSION FAILED WHILE TURNING ON TO A PUBLIC HIGHWAY. THE DRIVERS SIDE WHEEL ON THE BACK IS READY TO FALL OFF IT IS LAYING AGAINST THE COIL SPRING. THE CAR IS NO LONGER DRIVABLE. THIS IS ALL WITHIN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE FUEL TANK ALSO AND IN MY OPINION COULD BE A PUNCTURE RISK ALSO. THE CAR HAS 106779 MILES ON IT ,ONE OWNER WITH NO COLLISION REPAIRS EVER PERFORMED AND NO UNDERCARRIAGE DAMAGE EVER. CHRYSLER IS PERFORMING REPAIRS ON SELECT VEHICLES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM BUT REFUSE TO REPAIR THIS ONE. HAD THIS FAILURE OCCURRED AT HIGHWAY SPEED IT IS POSSIBLE THE RESULTS COULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC. THIS VEHICLE IS LESS THAN 9 YEARS OLD AND HAS SEEN VERY LITTLE WINTER WEATHER AND HAS NEVER BEEN IN A SALT AIR ENVIRONMENT. I SEE NO DIFFERENCE IN THIS PROBLEM AND THE ONE ASSOCIATED WITH TOYOTAS TRUCK FRAMES OF SEVERAL YEARS AGO. PLEASE HELP BEFORE SOMEONE DIES FROM THIS PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10908178September 20, 2016
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
TAKATA RECALL, THE HEADLIGHT DOESN'T WORK PROPERLY. ONE HEADLIGHT WORKS AND WHEN SWITCHING TO HIGH BEAM THE OPPOSITE SIDE OR THE HEADLIGHT DOES NOT WORK. IT MAYBE, BECAUSE OF THE FUEL BOX GETTING WATER IN IT. BUT WHEN ON HIGHWAY IN MOTION THE STATE PATROL FEELS ITS UNSAFE TO DRIVE THE CAR BEING IN THIS CONDITION
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10906789September 15, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY MOTHER TOOK HER CAR TO HER LOCAL AUTO MECHANIC IN TOWN BECAUSE THE MUFFLER WAS RATTLING. THE MECHANIC TOLD HER THE CAR WAS UNSAFE AND NOT DRIVABLE BECAUSE THE FRAME IS TOTALLY ROTTED. THE CAR FRAME HAS SANK AND NOW IS HITTING THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. THAT WHAT WAS CAUSING THE RATTLE. THE MECHANIC WAS ABLE TO POKE A SCREW DRIVER THRU THE FRAME TUBE. MOM HAS BEEN TOLD BY HER MECHANIC AND A ANOTHER CAR DEALER THAT THE CAR WAS WORTH LESS AND NOT DRIVABLE. VERY FRUSTRATED I CALLED DODGE CUSTOMER SERVICE TO TRY AND UNDERSTAND HOW A 2007 CAR WAS NOT DRIVABLE AND WORTHLESS. DODGE CUSTOMER SERVICE STATED TO BRING THE CAR TO A DODGE DEALER AND THAT THEY WANTED TO GET HER BACK ON THE ROAD RIGHT AWAY. WE BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE RAMSEY DODGE DEALER, SAME PLACE WHERE SHE PURCHASED THE CAR. THE DEALER TOLD US THAT DODGE HAS A CAMPAIGN ON THIS EXACT PROBLEM, OF ROTTED FRAME TUBES AND THAT HER EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS STILL GOOD FOR THREE ADDITIONAL MONTHS. WE HAVE BEEN DENIED A RENTAL CAR UNTIL WE AGREE TO PAY FOR ADDITIONAL RUSTED/ROTTED PARTS AND LABOR TO MAKE THE NECESSARY ROTTED FRAME REPAIRS. THE ESTIMATE IS FOR $1,191.00 IN PARTS AND $910.00 IN LABOR PLUS TAX OF $210.00. THIS IS THE SAME LABOR THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE PERFORMED WITH THE ROTTED FRAME TUBE REPAIR. THE ADDITIONAL PARTS THAT THEY SAY ARE REQUIRED IS BECAUSE THEY ARE ALSO TO RUSTED/ROTTED TO BE REUSED. THIS IS UNCONSCIONABLE. DODGE AND THE DODGE DEALER ARE TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF MY MOTHER. SHE NEEDS THIS CAR. ROBERT IS THE DEALER SERVICE WRITER AND THE CASE # IS 30051333. HER CAR HAS BEEN AT THE DEALER SINCE 9/2/2016. I WILL ATTACH A PHOTO OF THE ESTIMATE. THESE VEHICLES ARE UNSAFE AND SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE ROAD BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10904594September 8, 2016
AIR BAGS
TAKATA RECALL I HAVE A 2007 DODGE CALIBER AND THE AIRBAG LIGHT WANT GO OUT AND I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS LIGHT AND THE RECALL FOR THE AIRBAGS IN THESE CAR. THANK YOU. THERE IS NOTHING THAT HAVE HAPPEN RIGHT NOW BUT I DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO HAPPEN I NEED THIS FIX BEFORE SOMETHING DO HAPPEN. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10903100September 1, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
DRIVING ALONG TEMP SENSOR FOR WHAT I FOUND OUT LATER WAS FOR TRANSMISSION STARTS FLICKERING MAKING THE CAR GO 10 MILES AN HOUR GET TO STOP LIGHT CAR SHUTS OFF HAVE TO TURN KEY OFF AND ON AND HOPE I DON'T GET HIT FROM BEHIND THIS HAPPENS OFF AND ON BUT NOW HAS BECOME CONSTANT CAN'T EVEN DRIVE ANYWHERE THEN TO TOP IT OFF I FIND OUT ITS A COMMON COMPLAINT AND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS WHO CAN AFFORD IT I WILL NEVER OWN ANOTHER CAR THAT HAS THE T.I.P.M. TO DELICATE AND FROM WHAT I GATHER A KNOWN PROBLEM TO DODGE HELP ME FOOT THE COST SO I DON'T LOSE MY JOB OH I WAS COMING TO A STOP AT A RED LIGHT IN THE CITY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10898763August 26, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, AN ABNORMAL NOISE EMITTED FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SUB FRAME HAD CORRODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10897939August 23, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
HELLO, I HAVE A 2007 DODGE CALIBER . I WAS DRIVING BACK FROM UPSTATE NY TO CT AND THE OVERHEATING TRANSMISSION CAME ON . THEN IT STARTED WINNING , IT LOST SPEED EVEN THOUGH I PRESSED THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR . THE RPMS WENT SKY HIGH TO ALMOST 6, BUT I WAS MOVING SLOW . SOMETIMES MY BACK WIDOWS DON'T GO UP OR DOWN . PASSENGER HEAD LIGHT DON'T WORK .. I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING . THEN I DRIVE IT TO MY MECHANIC AND THEY CHECK IT NEXT DAY AND THEY SAY ITS FINE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10895884August 15, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT OBSERVED THAT THE SUBFRAME WAS SEVERELY CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 117,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10893748August 6, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE RADIO, PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT AND VARIOUS OTHER PROBLEMS WHICH A MECHANIC HAS TOLD ME ARE CONTROLLED BY THE TPIM ARE NOT WORKING ! THE HEADLIGHT SHUT OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE! ACCORDING TO EVERYTHING I'M READING, THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR MULTIPLE YEARS AND MODELS OF DAIMLER/ CHRYSLER PRODUCTS. I HAVE TRIED TO REPLACE THE HEADLIGHT TWICE AND IT'S NOT BROKEN. THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED IMMEDIATELY ! IT'S THE POOR ENGINEERING DESIGN OF THE TPIM HOUSING! THE HOUSING HAS MULTIPLE VENT HOLES IN IT AND IT IS LOCATED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT THAT IS OFTEN EXPOSED TO MOISTURE! PLEASE HELP, I DO NO HAVE $1000.00 TO PAY CHRYSLER FOR THEIR POOR ENGINEERING OF THE CAR! THANKS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10893644August 5, 2016
ENGINE
I'M WRITING THIS COMPLAINT ABOUT MY 2007 DODGE CALIBER. AFTER NINE YEARS AND ONLY 79K MILES OF WORKING VERY WELL FOR ME, I SUDDENLY HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION ON MY WAY TO WORK. AT A STOP LIGHT IN THE LEFT TURNING LANE OFF OF A HIGHWAY, ABOUT ONE MINUTE FROM MY JOB, THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR BUT MY CAR DIDN'T MOVE FORWARD. THE ENGINE WAS ON AND I COULD HEAR REVVING SOUNDS FROM THE ENGINE BUT MY CAR JUST DIDN'T MOVE. I WAS STUCK. AFTER GETTING IT TOWED TO SEVERAL MECHANICS, ONE WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO CHECK THE PROBLEM. THEY TOLD ME I HAD A TORQUE CONVERTER LOCKUP. OF COURSE, THEY COULDN'T FIX IT AND REFERRED ME TO ANOTHER SHOP. THAT SHOP COULDN'T FIX IT EITHER AND MY ONLY CHOICE WAS TO GO TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP! NATURALLY, THEIR PRICE TO FIX IT WAS HUGE AT A WHOPPING $4,500! I WAS FURIOUS WITH THE COST AND THE FACT THAT MY CAR ISN'T EVEN TEN YEARS OLD AND I'M HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION! HOW CAN I PAY ALMOST FIVE GRAND TO FIX IT WHEN MY CAR IS BARELY WORTH THREE? PLEASE BE CAREFUL BUYING A DODGE CALIBER. IT MIGHT WORK WELL FOR AWHILE BUT YOU CAN BET AT SOME POINT IN THE NEAR FUTURE IT WILL FALL APART ON YOU!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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