2009 DODGE CALIBER Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE CALIBER. WHILE DRIVING 3 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED. AFTER INSPECTING, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A SINGLE BOLT THAT ATTACHED TO THE BOTTOM ARM WHICH HAD LOOSENED AND CAUSED THE FRONT PASSENGER WHEEL TO MOVE OUTWARD. THE MOVEMENT OF THE WHEEL PULLED THE DRIVESHAFT OUT OF THE TRANSMISSION AND STOPPED THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 25,000.

TRANSMISSION NOISE LOUD AND SLIPPING I HAVE ANOTHER 09 DODGE CALIBER MAKING THE SAME NOISE AND VERY SLOW TO MAKE IT UP TO SPEED FROM A STOP. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH SHE CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. DURING THE CRASH THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND THE SEAT BELT UNLATCHED CAUSING THE CONTACT TO FALL INTO THE PASSENGER SEAT. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUFFERED INJURIES TO THE LEFT SIDE OF HER BODY. THE CONTACT HAD NOT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND STATED THAT THE SEAT BELT SHOULDN'T HAVE UNLATCHED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 46,000.

09/2009 VEHICLE DIED WHILE DRIVING IN MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC TOWED TO DEALER, SUGGESTED CAR HAD AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM AND FIXED. 08/16/2010 VEHICLE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND VEHICLE WAS JERKING BEFORE IT DIED WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC, TOWED TO DEALER SUGGESTED TRANSMISSION WAS BAD AND FIXED. 09/14/2010 VEHICLE ENGINE WOULD NOT TURN OVER TO START, WHEN STARTED DROVE 5 MILES AND STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC, TOWED BACK TO DEALER SUGGESTED COOLANT WAS LEAKING ON THE RADIATOR AND BATTERY WAS BAD AND FIXED. 09/20/2010 ENGINE, THROTTLE AND ENGINE TEMP LIGHT ON VEHICLE DIED WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC, TOWED BACK TO DEALER SUGGESTING HEAD GASKETS FAILED AND FIXED. 10/21/2010 ENGINE TEMP RUNS HOT, OVERHEATS, MAKES TUGGING SOUNDS AND JERKS WHILE DRIVING, DROVE BACK TO DEALER SUGGESTING THERMOSTATS NOT OPENING FULLY REPLACED AND STATES THE CAR WAS SOLD WITH A BAD ENGINE. 11/04/2010 CAR RETURNED TO DEALER DUE TO JERKING, ENGINE LIGHT ON, MAKING TUGGING SOUNDS AS YOU ACCELERATE, WINDING DOWN SOUNDS WHEN YOU BREAK AND OVERHEATING. *TR

2009 DODGE CALIBER HAS NO ADJUSTMENTS FOR REAR CAMBER AND REQUIRES AN AFTER-MARKET BOLT INSTALLATION FOR FRONT. MY 2009 DODGE CALIBER [XXX], HAS EATEN THE INSIDE EDGES OFF ALL 4 TIRES (SCOOPED) THIS WAS WRITTEN OFF AS TIRE WEAR-OK ON EACH CHRYSLER SERVICE. I NOTICED THAT THE INSIDES OF THE TIRES WERE SCOOPED OUT WHEN THE WHEELS WERE TURNED OUT WHEN I PARKED RECENTLY. ESSENTIALLY, YOU AS THE OWNER GET TO REPLACE FOUR TIRES EVERY 24,000 MILES AND THERE SEEMS TO BE NO SOLID REPAIR. MY CAR HAS 17,425 MILES AND I AM DISGUSTED THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT ESSENTIALLY HAS NO REPAIR. THE BOLT THE INSTALLED IN THE R FRONT ALLOWS FOR A + OR - 1 DEGREE ADJUSTMENT. WHAT HAPPENS IF THE OWNER DOESN'T FIND THE PROBLEM? BLOWOUTS AND CRASHES. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY (AT HIGH SPEED) WHEN IT BECAME NECESSARY FOR ME TO PUNCH THE GAS PEDAL IN ORDER TO MAKE A LANE CHANGE. WHEN I DID THIS, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BROKE OFF JUST BELOW THE SPRING-ACTION PIVOT POINT AND THE ACCELERATOR BECAME USELESS BECAUSE THE SPRING (WHICH IS WIRED TO THE ENGINE'S ACCELERATOR AND RECEIVES ACCELERATION INPUT FROM THE PEDAL TO WHICH IT IS ATTACHED) WAS NO LONGER (OBVIOUSLY) ATTACHED TO THE PEDAL. I WAS THANKFULLY ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND OUT OF TRAFFIC DESPITE HAVING NO ABILITY TO ACCELERATE AT THAT POINT. *TR

AFTER GETTING MISLEADING DIRECTIONS AND GOING DOWN AN UNKNOWN ROAD AND ENDING AT A STOP SIGN, THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE WAITED A COUPLE MINUTES BEFORE DECIDING TO PASS THROUGH THE STOP SIGN ACROSS THE INTERSECTION. UPON PASSING ON OF THE LANES OF TRAFFIC WHERE THERE WAS A VEHICLE AT THE TOP OF THE HILL WHICH GAVE ME MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME TO GET ACROSS THE ROAD AND OUT OF NOWHERE A VEHICLE CAME FROM THE RIGHT SIDE AND STRUCK MY VEHICLE FULL SPEED AT THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. UPON SEEING THE VEHICLE LAST MINUTE MY DRIVER HIT THE BREAKS TO PREVENT MUCH WORSE INJURY AND THE VEHICLE HIT US AND THE PASSENGER WAS THEN JOLTED BACK TOWARD THE PASSENGER DOOR AND FACE STRUCK THE WINDOW AND NOSE WAS BROKEN IN THE PROCESS. NOT ONE AIRBAG DEPLOYED AT POINT OF IMPACT, THEREFORE, ALL THREE PASSENGERS SUFFERED WHIPLASH INJURIES, ONE ALMOST BREAKING HER NECK, ONE BROKEN NOSE, AND KNEE BRUISING. THE VEHICLE AT THE MOMENT IS BEING APPRAISED AT THE MOMENT BUT EVERYTHING UNDER THE HOOD SHIFTED TO THE DRIVER'S SIDE AND IS LOOSE INCLUDING THE BATTERY AND THE RIGHT FRONT TIRED IS SEVERELY DAMAGED WITH THE SHOCK SITTING ON TOP OF IT. *TR

VALVE STEM CORROSION-FAILURE ON A 2009 DODGE CALIBER WITH TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE TWO STEMS AT A COST OF OVER $100.00 EACH. ONE "FELL APART" IN MY FINGERS WHEN CHECKING AIR PRESSURE AND THE OTHER BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING. COULD HAVE BEEN INTERESTING IF IT HAPPENED AT HIGH SPEED. *TR

BOUGHT VEHICLE END OF FEBRUARY 2009. DID NOT HEAR ANY TRANSMISSION NOISE UNTIL SOMETIME IN MAY 2009. TRANSMISSION NOISE WAS GETTING WORSE AND TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER TO HAVE TRANSMISSION NOISE CHECKED OUT. THE DEALER'S DIAGNOSIS WAS THAT TRANSMISSION IS MAKING NOISE WHEN TAKING OFF AND STOPPING. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED @ MILEAGE 7371. DURING MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2010 TRANSMISSION STARTED MAKING SAME NOISE AGAIN. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER TO HAVE TRANSMISSION NOISE CHECKED OUT AGAIN @ MILEAGE 25882. THE DEALER'S DIAGNOSIS WAS THAT TRANSMISSION IS NOISY AND SLIPS INTERMITANTLY AFTER I TOOK TECHNICAIN FOR A DRIVE AND SHOWED THE PROBLEM. DEALER STATED THAT TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS COULD NOT BE FOUND FOR THIS PROBLEM AND THAT CHRYSLER WAS CALLED AND OTHER DEALERS HAVE CALLED ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM. DEALER STATED THAT CHRYSLER STATED THE I SHOULD/COULD DRIVE CAR FOR NOW.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE CALIBER. ON DECEMBER 26, 2009 WHILE TAKEN PACKAGES OUT THE VEHICLE THE GEAR SHIFT FAILED AND THE VEHICLE REVERSED ON ITS OWN. SHE WAS STRUCK BY THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. THE CONTACT RECEIVED INJURIES TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BODY. THE VEHICLE STOPPED WHEN IT COLLIDED INTO A SNOW EMBANKMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER REPLACED THE VEHICLE SHIFTER ASSEMBLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TRADED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 1,627. UPDATED 05/04/10. *LJ THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN SHE PUT THE GEAR IN PARK, SHE DISCOVERED THE VEHICLE WOULD GO IN REVERSE BY ITSELF. THE DEALER REPLACED THE SHIFTER ASSEMBLY. UPDATED 06/30/10.*JB