2011 DODGE CALIBER Complaints

THE CAR WHILE TRAVELING THE ENGINE WILL SUDDENLY RACE AND LOOSE POWER AND WILL STALL. THE ONLY SOLUTION IS TO SOP THE CAR PUT IN PARK AND RESTART THE ENGINE. HIGHLY DANGEROUS ON A CROWED ROAD OR MAKING TURNS. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO THREE DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS AND NOW THE CAR IS AT JAMES BROWN DODGE IN TAMPA, FL AND I AM RENTING A CAR UNTIL THEY FIX THIS CAR AGAIN. THE CAR HAS BEEN FIXED BY THIS DEALER AND TWO OTHER DEALERSHIP WITH NO SOLUTION. *TR

THIS IS THE THIRD TIME SINCE I HAVE HAD THIS CAR BEGINNING IN SEPTEMBER 2014 WITH ABOUT 60K THE CAR SUDDENLY STALLS MAKING THE CAR VERY DIFFICULT HANDLE. I THINK THE TECHNICIAN CALLED IS CVM MODULE, OR SOMETHING SIMILAR, I WAS IN NORTH CAROLINA AT THE TIME SINCE MY GRANDMOTHER WAS PASSED AWAY. I PAID THEM OVER AN HUNDRED DOLLARS SO THAT I COULD THEN TAKE THE CAR TO A DEALER NEAR MY HOME IN TAMPA FLORIDA. I THEN TOOK THE CAR TO COURTESY DODGE IN OCTOBER WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND SUDDEN STALL IN DANGEROUS TRAFFIC CONDITIONS. I AM IN A CHAPTER 13 AND COURTESY WAS VERY RUDE AND SLOW ABOUT RETURNING THE CAR TO ME WITH ANOTHER HUNDRED DOLLARS OUT OF POCKET. FRIDAY NOV 7 I SPENT A TERRIFYING TRIP OF ABOUT TWENTY MILES STALLING AND RESTARTING THE CAR AND BROUGHT THE CAR TO JIM BROWN DEALERSHIP WHO WAS MORE FRIENDLY TO MY POOR FINANCIAL CONDITION. *TR

AS I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT STARTED TO DECELERATED AND WOULD NOT REGAIN POWER AND THEN THE ( ETC ) LIGHT CAME ON. WITH THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR, I HAD TO GO UP A HILL TO GET IT BACK TO MY CAR AND MY CAR JUST KEPT GETTING SLOWER AND SLOWER TO THE POINT WHERE I WAS AFRAID I WAS GOING TO START DRIFTING BACKWARDS DOWN THE HILL EVEN WITH THE GAS PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. IF THAT HILL WAS ANY BIGGER THEN I WOULD HAVE NOT MADE IT OVER IT. WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP IN THE MORNING AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY, AFTER REPLACING THE THROTTLE BODY HAD NO MORE PROBLEMS. *TR

EVERY SO OFTEN MY CAR JUST LOSES POWER. I WILL BE DRIVING AND THEN IF JUST SLOWS DOWN ITS LIKE I CAN FLOOR THE GAS PEDAL AND IT GOES NO WHERE. IT SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING MORE AND MORE. THIS CAR HAS COST ME SO MUCH MONEY WHILE PAYING FOR IT AND HAVING TO PUT IT IN THE SHOP AS MUCH AS I HAVE. I HAVEN'T EVER HAD A CAR WHERE I WAS DRIVING AND THE CAR JUST LOSES TO POWER. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH IT BUT IT SEEMS WHENEVER IT GETS CHECKED THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY GOING ABOUT 55-60MPH WHEN LIGHTS ON MY DASH CAME ON AND MY RPM DROPPED DRASTICALLY. ALL OF THE SUDDEN I COULD NOT ACCELERATE AND MY CAR LOST SPEED ALMOST INSTANTLY. THE FIRST INCIDENT I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD TO SAFETY. THIS ISSUE CONTINUED A FEW TIMES AFTER AND FINALLY IT CAUSED ANOTHER VEHICLE TO HIT THE REAR BUMPER OF MY CAR. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE OR INJURY SINCE WE WERE AT A SLOW SPEED BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE. I HAD MY CAR TO DODGE DEALERSHIPS AND THEY COULD NOT FIND THE ISSUE UNTIL RECENTLY WHEN I TOOK IT AND THEY SAID MY THROTTLE BODY WAS BAD. I ONLY HAVE ABOUT 79,000 MILES ON THE CAR AND THIS IS NOT A PART THAT SHOULD,D GO BAD THAT FAST. *TR

DRIVER WAS GOING 70-75 AND RUNNING A/C WHEN OIL OVERHEAT INDICATOR CAME ON AND CAR AUTOMATICALLY DECREASED SPEED TO 30 MPH. AFTER SITTING ON SIDE OF FREEWAY FOR APPRO. HOUR TO LET COOL DOWN MADE IT TO DESTINATION. TOOK CAR TO MECHANIC AND NO DEFECT WAS FOUND. AFTER IT HAPPENED TWICE MORE, WAS INFORMED BY DEALER THAT THIS MODEL OF CAR SOMETIMES HAS AN ISSUE THAT THE OIL OVERHEATS AND TRIPS SENSOR THAT FORCES CAR TO SLOW AND THEN STOP. CAN NOT BE DRIVEN LONG AT HIGHER SPEED. ACCORDING TO MECHANIC THERE IS NO FIX. ALSO HAD ISSUE WITH A/C COMPRESSOR. *TR

ETC LIGHT COMING ON WITH CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. LOCKS OUT GAS PEDAL AND LEAVES YOU COASTING ON THE ROAD HOPING NOT TO GET HIT. JUST BOUGHT THE VEHICLE AND HAD TO TAKE IT BACK TO DEALER IMMEDIATELY. THEY SAID PARTS (A SENSOR) WAS ALREADY ORDERED FOR IT. PICKED UP 2 DAYS LATER AFTER REPAIR AND IMMEDIATELY DONE IT AGAIN WHEN DRIVING OUT. TOOK BACK AND DEALER REPLACED COMPUTER. PICKED UP A WEEK LATER AND STARTED AGAIN AFTER 50 MILES. TOOK BACK TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED GAS PEDAL BUT DID NOT RESOLVE. CAR I PURCHASED IS STILL AT DEALER AFTER 3 WEEKS AND ALTHOUGH WORKING WITH CHRYSLER ENGINEERS THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS CAUSING THE ISSUE. WE WERE ALMOST HIT BY OTHER VEHICLES SEVERAL TIMES BECAUSE YOU PULL OUT ON THE ROAD AND SUDDENLY HAVE NO GAS PEDAL. THIS HAPPENS AT RANDOM NO MATTER WHAT YOUR SPEED, LEAVING YOU TRYING TO GET OFF THE ROAD AND OUT OF THE WAY OF OTHER DRIVERS HOPING THEY DON'T HIT YOU WHILE CAR IS STEADILY SLOWING DUE TO NO GAS PEDAL INPUT. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON A 45 MILE PER HOUR ROAD AND THE ENGINE COMPLETELY DIED. I HAD TO GET OVER 2 LANES IN ORDER TO EXIT INTO A BANK DRIVEWAY. TURN SIGNAL AND IT DID NOT WORK AND THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT NEVER CAME ON. I WAS ABLE TO PULL INTO THE DRIVEWAY, OUT OF TRAFFIC BEFORE THE CAR COMPLETELY STOPPED. AFTER I SETTLED DOWN AND CALLED SOMEONE FOR HELP, HE TOLD ME TO TURN OFF THE AIR AND TRY TO RESTART THE CAR. I DID AND THEN PULLED IT INTO A PARKING SPACE, PUT IT IN PARK AND REVVED THE ENGINE. I DID NOT TURN ON THE AIR-CONDITIONING AND DROVE RIGHT TO A DEALERSHIP AND THEY TEST DROVE IT.THE INCIDENT DID NOT REPEAT AND THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST SHOWED NO FAILURE. *TR

DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AROUND 8:15PM. ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH, 2014. I WAS MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN ONTO ONE OF THE STREETS THE LEADS ME TO MY HOME AS I ALWAYS DO. AS I AM MAKING THE LEFT TURN I FELT MY STEERING WHEEL LOSING CONTROL AS I AM TURNING AND THE CAR SHIFTING TO THE LEFT OF THE ROAD ONTO ON COMING TRAFFIC. IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE CAR FROM GOING INTO THE ON COMING TRAFFIC I TRIED TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL OF THE CAR TO MY RIGHT AND I CAN SEE ON MY DASH BOARD OF THE CAR THAT MY SKID LIGHT WAS BLINKING ON AND OFF TRYING TO STABILIZE THE CAR BUT NO SUCCESS AT THIS TIME I AM NOT GETTING MUCH COOPERATION FROM MY STEERING WHEEL AND TO AVOID THE PARKED CARS ON MY RIGHT AS I AM PRESSING THE BREAK THE CAR OR RIGHT WHEEL OF THE CAR MADE A HARD IMPACT WITH THE CURB OF THE SIDE WALK. I IMMEDIATELY PUT THE CAR IN PARK WITH MY HAZARD LIGHTS AND I GET OUT TO ACCESS THE DAMAGES AND THERE WAS NO VISUAL BODY DAMAGE AT THE TIME. I MANAGED TO GET THE CAR HOME WHICH WAS JUST A FEW BLOCKS FROM THE ACCIDENT SITE TO DISCOVER THAT STEERING WHEEL WAS NOT OPERATING PROPERLY IT WAS LIKE IT WAS DOING 360 TURNS AND THE LEFT WHEEL OF THE CAR WAS VERY UNSTABLE. A FEW DAYS AFTER THE WEATHER WAS BREAKING I WAS ABLE TO CALL MY INSURANCE COMPANY, TOW TRUCK AND MECHANIC TO ASSIST WITH THE DAMAGES. THE DAMAGES WHERE ALIGNMENT FRONT WHEELS, STEERING WHEEL, STEERING COLUMN, RIGHT FOG LIGHT, RIGHT WHEEL, BUMPER OVER AND BUMPER SPLASH GUARD. *TR

WHEN I FIRST START MY CAR, THE ENGINE WILL FIRST REV PAST 2500 RPM; THIS IS NOT NORMAL AS IT REVS AROUND 1800 RPM. THE CAR WILL VIBRATE, AND THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL LIGHT WILL COME ON (FLASHES WHEN VIBRATES). AFTER RESTARTING THE CAR, THE LIGHT WILL GO AWAY. BETWEEN 35-45 MPH, THE CAR WILL EITHER FEEL LIKE OR WILL GO INTO A STALL. THE LIGHT WILL COME ON WHEN THE VEHICLE GOES INTO A STALL. THE PREVIOUS WEEK, I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE MAP SENSOR AND THE PCV HOSE REPLACED. A FLASH UPDATE WAS ALSO PERFORMED; NEITHER REPLACING THE PARTS, NOR THE FLASH UPDATE FIXED THE PROBLEM. *TR