2008 DODGE CALIBER Complaints

THE CROSSMEMBER/SUB FLOOR IN MY 2008 DODGE CALIBER IS SO ABNORMALLY RUSTED THAT IT IS LITERALLY A DEATHTRAP. THE CAR HAS 120K MILES ON IT. I TOOK IT TO GET NEW TIRES ON IT AND THE MECHANIC RECOMMENDED THAT I JUNK THE CAR AS THE ENTIRE SUBFLOOR IS SEVERELY ROTTED AWAY. I SEARCHED TO SEE IF THERE IS A RECALL AND FOUND OUT THAT ONLY THE 2007 MODEL HAS A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE. I WOULD ARGUE THAT THEY USED THE SAME DEFECTIVE PARTS IN MY 2008 MODEL. THIS IS VERY DISTURBING.

MY SUBFRAME IS RUSTED ALMOST COMPLETELY IN HALF, I CAN NOT DRIVE MY VEHICLE THE DEALER SAYS THE AC DRIPS RIGHT ON THAT FRAME AND THAT'S WHY IT IS RUSTED OUT.

INTAKE MANIFOLD RUNNER, ALTERNATOR, AND LIGHT ON INSIDE ON AND OFF OR STAY ON TO LONG. TIME PERIOD 2010-2016

2008 DODGE CALIBER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE REPAIR WORK NECESSARY TO PASS STATE INSPECTION. CONSUMER STATES REPAIRS SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED UNDER PREVIOUS YEAR MODEL VEHICLE RECALL NOTICE. *SMD ACCORDING TO THE INVOICE, THE FRONT CRADLE WAS RUSTED. *JB

08 DODGE CALIBER SXT PASSENGER FRONT FOG/BLINKER/HAZARD RANDOMLY WORKS. SOME TIMES THE FOG AND BLINKER GOES ON WHEN IN USE AND SOMETIMES IT DOES NOT. SEVERAL ACCIDENTS HAVE ALMOST OCCURRED BECAUSE NO ONE KNOWS THAT I AM TURNING RIGHT IF THEY ARE IN FRONT OF ME. WHEN THE FRONT RIGHT FOG/BLINKER/HAZARD IS NOT WORKING THE BACK IS AND BLINKS FAST TO INDICATE A BULB OUT. THE BULBS HAVE BEEN REPLACED THE WIRING HAS BEEN CHECKED FROM THE TIPM BOX ALL THE WAY TO THE LIGHT. I HAVE GONE OVER 2 MONTHS WITHOUT MY TO SEE WHAT'S WRONG BUT NO ONE CAN FIGURE IT OUT AND THERE ARE NO CODES THAT GENERATE. THE TIPM BOX IS WORKING IN PERFECT ORDER AND THAT IS NOT THE CAUSE. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO 4 DIFFERENT MECHANICS AND NO ONE CAN FIND ANYTHING AS TO WHY THE FRONT PASSENGER FOG/BLINKER IS THE ONLY THING EFFECTED. AND WHY IT IS NOT CONSISTENT. I HAVE BEEN PULLED OVER FOR OVER 20 TIMES BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE. WHETHER ITS A LIGHT OUT OR FAILING TO USE A TURN SIGNAL. THERE'S IS DEF. NO WAY MY CAR WILL PASS AN UPCOMING INSPECTION UNLESS IT DECIDES TO WORK THE DAY I GO. AND SINCE ITS SO RANDOM AND CAN WORK FOR A FEW DAYS IN ROW AND THEN NOT WORK FOR LIKE MONTH ITS DEF. A SHOT IN THE DARK. THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS AND THERE DEF. SHOULD BE SINCE IT IS A MAJOR SAFETY RISK. HAVING A FUNCTIONAL TURN SIGNAL/HAZARD IS A MAJOR SAFETY POINT TO ME ESPECIALLY WHEN I HAVE A CHILD IN THE CAR WITH ME AT ALL TIMES. I'M NOT SURE THE EXACT DATE BUT IT STARTED HAPPENING IN SEPTEMBER OF 2015.

THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER FOG/BLINKER GOES IS NOT ALWAYS FUNCTIONAL. WHEN THE FRONT RIGHT FOG/BLINKER IS NOT WORKING THE BACK BLINKS FAST TO INDICATE A BULB OUT. THE BULBS HAVE BEEN REPLACED THE WIRING HAS BEEN CHECKED FROM THE TIPM BOX ALL THE WAY TO THE LIGHT. I HAVE GONE OVER 2 MONTHS WITHOUT MY CAR TO SEE WHAT'S WRONG BUT NO ONE CAN FIGURE IT OUT AND THERE ARE NO CODES THAT GENERATE. THE TIPM BOX IS WORKING IN PERFECT ORDER AND THAT IS NOT THE CAUSE. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO 4 DIFFERENT MECHANICS AND NO ONE CAN FIND ANYTHING AS TO WHY THE FRONT PASSENGER FOG/BLINKER IS THE ONLY THING AFFECTED AND WHY IT IS NOT CONSISTENT. IT ALSO EFFECTS FROM MY RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER HAZARD LIGHT IT WILL WORK IF THE FOB/BLINKER IS WORKING THAT DAY. AND THE HAZARD WILL NOT WORK IF THE OTHER ONES ARE NOT FUNCTIONAL THAT DAY. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR OVER A YEAR NOW SINCE LAST FEBRUARY OF 2015 BUY I CANNOT RECALL THE EXACT DATE ALSO THE MILEAGE WAS APPROX. 120,000.

"TAKATA RECALL" IN THE YEAR 2014 I EXPERIENCED THE LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING IT . THE VEHICLE WOULD DRIVE BUT SUDDENLY WOULD LOOSE POWER AND STOP PULLING. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS THAT I NEEDED A TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT. ALSO I INQUIRED ABOUT THIS VEHICLE BEING ON RECALL AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WASN'T BUT AFTER READING SEVERAL COMPLAINTS, I FEEL THAT SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE A TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT IS VERY COSTLY. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE FOR TWO YEARS BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM.

WHILE DRIVING CAR I HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM BENEATH THE CAR. I LOOKED UNDER CAR AND SAW THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE CONNECTION OF THE SWAY BAR HAD COME LOOSE FROM THE FRONT CROSS MEMBER. THIS WAS CAUSED BY THE CROSS MEMBER BEING IN A SEVERE STATE OF RUST AND CORROSION. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO A LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIP AND THE SERVICE DEPT. VERIFIED THE RUSTED CROSS MEMBER AND RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE REPLACEMENT.

I BOUGHT MY CAR IN 2009, RAN GREAT AT FIRST UNTIL I HIT OVER 100 THOUSAND MILES. I WAS ON MY WAY OUT OF TOWN TO SEE A FAMILY MEMBER IN THE HOSPITAL. IT WAS 80 DEGREES OUT AND MY CAR JUST SLOWED DOWN ON THE HIGHWAY AND CAME TO A STOP. I THOUGHT IT OVERHEATED SO I WAITED ABOUT 30 MINS AND STARTED IT UP AGAIN. TODAY I WAS AT THE DODGE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THEM LOOK AT IT, TO FIND OUT WHY THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT TIRE WAS MAKING A NOISE(LIKE IT WAS GOING TO FALL OFF). THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE CONTROLL ARM AND THAT I NEEDED TO REPLACE IT. APPARENTLY I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVING THESE ISSUES. WHERE'S THE RECALL DODGE?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE CALIBER. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, AN ABNORMAL TICKING NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE ELECTRICAL THROTTLE CONTROL LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE PANEL AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS EVENTUALLY TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS NO FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.