Dodge Caliber Complaints

1,939 consumer complaints on file.

#10409377June 29, 2011
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 20 MPH WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF WHEN RESTARTED, THE STEERING WAS RESET. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED THE COMPUTER BU THE FAILURE RECURRED WITHIN ONE WEEK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHO ADVISED THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE COMPUTER A SECOND TIME. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE COULD QUALIFY FOR A BUY-BACK PROGRAM BUT THE FAILURE WOULD HAVE TO RECUR AT LEAST FOUR TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,600. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10408796June 24, 2011
SUSPENSION:FRONT
2007 DODGE CALIBER REQUIRED BALL JOINT REPLACEMENT AT 71,100. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED REGULARLY AND WAS CORRECTLY ALIGNED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10408803June 24, 2011
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. NO REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,200 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10408798June 24, 2011
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
2007 DODGE CALIBER AWD SUFFERED POWER LOSS, LOSS OF BRAKING RESULTING IN FLASHING ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL LIGHT AND TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHTS TO ACTIVATE. VEHICLE BECAME UNDRIVABLE AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER FOR REPAIR. DEALER REPORTED THAT REPLACEMENT OF THROTTLE BODY WAS REQUIRED AT A COST OF 500.00. DEFECTIVE FRONT BALL JOINT WAS REPORTED AND REPLACED. A SEPARATE COMPLAINT FOR THIS HAS BEEN SUBMITTED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10409568June 23, 2011
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
I BOUGHT THIS CAR ON 4/11/2011, AND THIS CAR SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING THE FIRST TIME AT 402 MILES , IT HAS HAPPENED ANOTHER FOUR TIMES. THE CAR DIES LIKE THE KEY WAS SHUT OFF NO WARNING OF ANY KIND. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER 06/22/2011 AND AS USUAL THEY COULD FIND NO PROBLEM WITH IT. I DO KNOW THAT DODGE HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH THE 2010 CARAVAN, (FALTY WIN MODULE) SO I WOULD THINK THAT SOMEONE WOULD BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT THAT THIS IS THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS SITUATION MUST BE TAKEN CARE OF BEFORE SOMEONE GET'S KILLED BECAUSE THEIR CAR DIED WHILE IN TRAFFIC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10408665June 23, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
2007 DODGE CALIBER 2.0 CVT TRANSMISSION: BOUGHT JUNE 13/2007 BRAND NEW VIN [XXX] 5 MI ON VEHICLE WHEN PURCHASED WE ARE SENIOR CITIZENS ON SOCIAL SECURITY 31,000 MILES SCRAPING , GRINDING NOISE NOT BRAKES- HAS GOTTEN WORSE -MUCH WORSE. GRINDING STARTS AS SOON AS CAR PUT IN GEAR, WORSE AS SPEED INCREASES. TALKED WITH DODGE DEALERS SERVICE DEPARTMENTS -IN ALBANY NY AND BALTIMORE MD THEY KNOW OF THE PROBLEM:TURNS OUT TO BE INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION. NOT REPAIRABLE. WE WERE BLESSED TO MAKE IT HOME SAFE FROM TRIP TO UPSTATE NY FROM MARYLAND. ERAS STILL RINGING 24 HRS LATER. TOLD OUT OF WARRANTY AND COST WILL BE $6,000 TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION!! THIS IS NOW A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM FOR THE 'WORD CLASS POWERTRAIN. DAIMLER CHRYSLER, NISSAN AND HYUNDAI - ALL USED THIS TRANSMISSION THEY JOINTLY DEVELOPED. IS NTSB GOING TO DEMAND A RECALL?? [XXX] PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10408695June 23, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. IN ADDITION, THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THE VEHICLE WOULD DECELERATE INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO ADVISED THAT THE ALTERNATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND THE PART WAS ORDERED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10407582June 20, 2011
SUSPENSION:FRONT
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 30 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ABNORMALLY VEER TO THE LEFT. THE CONTACT PROCEEDED TO APPLY THE BRAKES AND WAS BARELY ABLE TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE TO AVOID A CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE AS THE CONTROL ARM ASSEMBLY, BUSHING AND RODS NEEDING REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 70,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10407440June 19, 2011
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
THE 2011 DODGE CALIBER I PURCHASED HAD SEVEN (7) MILES ON IT WHEN I TEST DROVE IT. THE VEHICLE HAS STALLED WITHOUT WARNING AT THE STOP LIGHT AND WHILE IN MOTION. MOST OF THE STALLS WERE EXPERIENCED AFTER MAKING A TURN. IT HAS STALLED FIVE TIMES. I HAVE NOT REACHED THIRTY DAYS OF OWNERSHIP. THE IGNITION SWITCH HAS STUCK WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE AT LEAST EIGHT TIMES. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN FOR SERVICE TWICE. THE DEALERSHIPS STATED THEY ARE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE STALL OR THE IGNITION STICKING ON THE FIRST SERVICE VISIT. ON THE SECOND SERVICE VISIT, THEY AGAIN REPORTED THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE STALL, BUT DID ACKNOWLEDGE THE IGNITION STICKING AND REPORTEDLY REPLACED THE IGNITION. THE IGNITION STUCK WHEN I STARTED THE VEHICLE TO LEAVE THE DEALERSHIP AND STALLED TWO DAYS LATER. I HAVE EXPERIENCED NEARLY BEING STRUCK BY APPROACHING TRAFFIC AS I MADE A LEGAL LEFT TURN AND BARELY CLEARED THE INTERSECTION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10406937June 15, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
LAST WEEK I STARTED NOTICING A LOUD RATTLE IN THE ENGINE OF MY CALIBER. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE BELT TENSIONER. I GOT IT REPLACED AND IT GOT RID OF THE SQUEAKING NOISE BUT NOT THE RATTLE. I DID RESEARCH ONLINE AND DISCOVERED THAT MANY PEOPLE WERE HAVING ALTERNATOR PROBLEMS AND SHOWED SIMILAR SYMPTOMS AS MINE DID. I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND SAID THAT IT WOULD BE $680 TO REPLACE. I DECIDED TO GO WITH ANOTHER MECHANIC BECAUSE IT WAS CHEAPER. THIS MECHANIC REPLACED IT AND SHOWED ME THE OLD PART, IT WAS COMPLETELY BURNT. HE SAID THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO WAY THAT A CAR WITH 60,000 MILES ON IT SHOULD HAVE AN ALTERNATOR IN THIS CONDITION. HE ALSO MENTION THAT IT COULD HAVE CAUGHT ON FIRE. WHY IS THERE NOT A RECALL ON THIS? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10407048June 15, 2011
AIR BAGS
MY WIFE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT TODAY IN HER 2007 DODGE CALIBER SXT. SHE WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 35MPH AND ANOTHER VEHICLE SLID ACROSS THE ROAD IN FRONT OF HER AND SHE HIT THE SIDE OF THAT TRUCK WITH THE FRONT OF HER CAR. IT DONE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DAMAGE. IT BUSTED THE FRONT CLIP OFF THE CAR AND YOU COULD SEE THE METAL BUMPER BEHIND THE FRONT CLIP WHICH WAS SEVERELY BENT TOWARD THE ENGINE AND DID BUST THE RADIATOR BUT NO AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT HAPPENED. SHE DID RECIPE SOME BRUISING ON HER NECK AND SHOULDER FROM THE SEATBELT. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10406265June 14, 2011
SUSPENSION:FRONT
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED A SQUEAKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. ALSO, WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD GO OVER A ROAD BUMP, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD FEEL LOOSE AND JERK WHENEVER MAKING A TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BOTH AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS WHERE THE TECHNICIANS ALL DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE AS THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE LOWER CONTROL ARMS AND BALL JOINTS. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND A REPORT WAS FILED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,000. UPDATED 07/28/11*LJ UPDATED 07/28/11
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10405967June 11, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
HORN DEFECT ON 2008 DODGE CALIBER. HORN DOES NOT WORK DESPITE 3 ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR BY DEALER. PURCHASED AT HERITAGE FORD IN CORYDON, INDIANA AND REPAIRED BY GERDON CHRYSLER/DODGE IN CORYDON. HORN SOUNDS ON FIRST PUSH, THEN WILL NOT SOUND FOR SEVERAL HOURS OR DAYS WHEN PUSHED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10405879June 10, 2011
SEAT BELTS, AIR BAGS
MY PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG RANDOMLY DISARMS AND MY DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBELT COMES UNDONE OFTEN. SOMETIME TAKES 2-3 TIMES OF TRYING TO FASTEN SEAT BELT TO GET IT TO SECURE. CRUISE CONTROL HAS ALSO GONE OUT. LOVE MY CAR, BUT NOT HAPPY WITH ALL THE PROBLEMS POPPING UP. IT IS ONLY 4 YEARS OLD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10406387June 7, 2011
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY OUR CAR REPAIR TECHS THAT BOTH OF OUR TIE RODS IN THE FRONT OF THE CAR HAVE GONE BAD. THE CAR ONLY HAS 70,000 ON IT, THE FIRST WENT BAD AT ABOUT 65K AND HAD THAT REPLACED. THIS IS NOT NORMAL AND WOULD LIKE THIS MATTER LOOKED INTO. I DID MORE RESEARCH ONLINE AND FOUND MANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS FOR THAT YEAR AND MODEL. I HAVE HAD MANY CARS OF DIFFERENT MAKES AND NEVER HAD A ISSUE LIKE THIS, NOT NORMAL AT ALL!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10404188June 2, 2011
STEERING, SUSPENSION
FRONT END STARTED CLUNKING AT APPROX 57,000 MILES. HAD CHECKED AND REPLACED TIE ROD ENDS AND BALL JOINTS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10404079June 1, 2011
SUSPENSION:FRONT
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE HEARD A BANGING NOISE WHEN SHE DROVE OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD OR WHEN MAKING A TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO REPLACED THE FRONT LEFT CONTROL ARM, FRONT LEFT STRUT, AND BOTH SWAY BARS. THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED THE FRONT RIGHT LOWER CONTROL ARM BUSHING AS IT WAS HITTING THE FRAME. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO PAID FOR A PORTION OF THE REPAIRS. THE CONTACT BEGAN HEARING ANOTHER NOISE AND PLANNED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 63,432. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 45,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10402858May 26, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
THE TURN SIGNAL STAYED ON, EVERYTHING ELECTRIC SHUT OFF, THEN WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND TOOK OUT MY KEY, THE CAR WAS STILL RUNNING!! THIS HAPPENED TWICE AND NO ONE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT COULD POSSIBLY BE WRONG. THEN MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON. THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST READ P0708. I WAS TOLD I CANNOT SIMPLY FIX THIS SENSOR, THAT I WOULD NEED A WHOLE NEW TRANSMISSION. MY CAR IS 4 YEARS OLD AND HAS 53,000 MILES ON IT! HOW COULD I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION, WHO CAN AFFORD A NEW TRANSMISSION!? THE CAR HAS BEEN EXTREMELY WELL TAKEN CAR OF, NORMAL OIL CHANGES, INSPECTIONS, I JUST BOUGHT 2 NEW FRONT TIRES! THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10401494May 18, 2011
SUSPENSION:FRONT
IN AUGUST 2009 WITH ONLY ABOUT 48,000 MILES ON THE CAR, I HAD TO REPLACE DRIVERSIDE FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM AS A BUSHING THAT KEPT FALLING OUT. NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY NOR ANY RECALLS. NOTICED THE PART WAS REDESIGNED SO CHRYSLER WAS AWARE OF A PROBLEM. NOW, THE PASSENGER SIDE APPEARS TO BE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AND A MECHANIC STATED THE PASSENGER SIDE BALL JOINT IS BAD WITH ONLY 77,000 MILES ON IT AND THE BALL JOINT ON THE NEWER CONTROL ARM IS ALSO STARTING TO SHOW WEAR . I FOUND A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS OF WITH A SIMPLE INTERNET SEARCH . THE BALL JOINT CANNOT BE SERVICED OR REPLACED WITHOUT REPLACING THE WHOLE CONTROL ARM AT A COST OF ABOUT $250 JUST FOR THE PART. ALL OTHER CARS I HAVE OWNED HAD BALL JOINTS LAST WELL OVER 150,000 MILES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10401144May 16, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE CALIBER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND THE ELECTRIC THROTTLE CONTROL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND THE TECHNICIANS INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE COMPUTER AND THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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