2008 DODGE CALIBER Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE CALIBER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY DECELERATED. THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL LIGHT BEGAN TO FLASH ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,000.

I RECENTLY PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO WITH AIRCHECK. LITTLE DID I KNOW I WAS BUYING A MORE DEFECTIVE CAR THAN I ORIGINALLY HAD. ABOUT A WEEK AGO MY A/C GOES TO CRAP I ASK THE DEALERSHIP TO FIX IT AND ALL HE SAYS IS I KNOW A GUY THAT CAN FIX IT FOR YOU FOR ALITTLE CHARGE. AND TO TOP IT OFF THE A/C GOES OUT ON THE HOTTEST FREAKING DAY OF THE MONTH. THEN MY ENGINE MAKES THIS RATTLING NOISE MY FREAKING RADIO DOESN'T ACCEPT CD'S WHAT KIND OF WHOLE DID I GET MY SELF INTO. AND FOR THIS CAR TO BE A 4 CYLINDER IT DRINKS GAS AS IF IT WHERE A V8. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE DEPRESSED THE HORN, BUT THE HORN DID NOT SOUND. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THEY INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT SHE NEEDED A NEW HORN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 60,000. UPDATED 10/07/11

STARTED HAVING NOISY FRONT END/BRAKE ISSUE @16000 MILES ONE YEAR AFTER PURCHASE, HAVE HAD THE CAR IN 7 DIFFERENT TIMES FOR THE SAME COMPLAINT, THE DEALER JUST KEPT REPLACING DIFFERENT PARTS HOPING THE NOISE WOULD GO AWAY, IT HASN'T, NOW THAT THE CAR IS 2000 MILES OUT OF WARRANTY, THE DEALER TREATS US LIKE WE ABUSED THE CAR, IT ONLY HAS 37000 MILES ON IT!! A NEW CAR SHOULD LAST LONGER THATN 3 YEARS WITHOUT MAJOR SUSPENSION PROBLEMS !! DODGE HAS A REPUTATION OF USING DEFECTIVE SUSPENSION PARTS AND SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR HARD-WORKING CONSUMERS THAT BAILED THEM OUT!!!! ALL I WANT IS MY CAR FIXED THEY CHOOSE TO USE INFERIOR PARTS AND NOW THEY SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THEIR HINDSITE. *TT

AT AROUND 35000 MILES IS WHEN THIS STARTED: WHEN I WOULD SLOW DOWN I WOULD NOTICE THAT IT FELT LIKE MY DRIVER FRONT TIRE WOULD WOBBLE, THIS WENT ON FOR A WHILE, AND NO ONE COULD FIGURE OUT WHAT IT WAS, BLAMED IT ON BAD TIRES. I EVEN TOOK IT TO MY DEALERSHIP BECAUSE MY WARRANTY WAS GOING TO BE UP SOON AND ASKED THEM TO LOOK OVER EVERYTHING AND THEY NEVER FOUND ANYTHING. SO I GOT NEW TIRES AND IT WOULD STILL SOMETIMES SEEM TO WOBBLE BUT IT WASN'T CONSISTENT. FAST FORWARD TO THIS SUMMER (2011) I START TO NOTICE THAT IT IS REALLY BAD PULLING OUT OF MY WORKS DRIVEWAY TURNING LEFT SO I THINK MY SHOCKS ARE GOING BAD. ALSO I START TO NOTICE THAT WHEN I START MOVING AGAIN FROM A STOP IT SEEMS LIKE THE CAR HAS A LITTLE JERK. SO I GO TO GET MY OIL CHANGED AND TIRES ROTATED (DIFFERENT PLACES) AND AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE OIL THEY FILL OUT A LITTLE INSPECTION SHEET, ONLY THING MARKED IS A BAD AIR FILTER. SHOCKS ARE GOOD THEY SAID. TIME TO CHANGE THE BRAKES TOO, SO I BUY SOME WITH THE AIR FILTER AND TELL MY HUSBAND WHEN HE IS CHANGING THEM TO PLEASE LOOK GOOD BECAUSE SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT. WELL, HE FINDS OUT THAT HE CAN COMPLETELY MOVE THE WHOLE WHEEL ASSEMBLY ON ITS OWN! SO I TAKE IT TO A LOCAL SHOP AND BOTH LOWER BALL JOINTS ARE BAD AND MAYBE A TIRE ROD! AT APPROX 48,000 MILES (CURRENT) THIS IS RIDICULOUS!!! SO CALL DODGE DEALERSHIP AND OUT OF WARRANTY SO... UNLESS WE BRING IT DOWN AND ALL THESE OTHER INSTRUCTIONS THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO PAY FOR SOME OF IT. NOT DRIVING THE VEHICLE 45 MILES WHEN THE WHEELS MIGHT SNAP OFF AND FOR THEM TO MOST LIKELY SAY "TOO BAD"! AFTER SEEING HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM SOMETHING IS OBLIVIOUSLY WRONG WITH THE DESIGN OF THE CALIBER, AND FOR DODGE TO DO NOTHING, WE WILL NEVER EVEN CONSIDER A DODGE, OR MAYBE EVEN A CHRYSLER (NEVER HAD ISSUES WITH PAST JEEPS) AGAIN!

HAD MY TIRES ROTATED AND THE MECHANIC SHOWED ME HOW MUCH MY BALL JOINTS WERE WORE OUT AT ONLY 50,000 MILES. DODGE CALIBER 2008 MODEL. *TR

THE FRONT TIRES WERE VIBRATING AND MY STEERING WHEEL WAS SHAKING, SO I THOUGHT THE TIRES NEEDED BALANCING. I BROUGHT THE CAR INTO A FIRESTONE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THE FRONT RIGHT STRUT WAS BLOWN OUT AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THEY SAID THAT THIS WAS A SAFETY ISSUE, AND THAT STRUTS HELP HOLD THE WHEELS TO THE ROAD. ALSO, MY FRIEND WHO IS AN ASE CERTIFIED MECHANIC CHECKED THE STRUT AND HE VERIFIED THAT THE STRUT WAS BROKEN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE CALIBER. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 TO 45 MPH THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SLOWED DOWN TO 30 MPH. SHE ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT GEARS AND THAT DID NOT ASSIST WITH DECREASING THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO ADVISED HIM THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 59,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE CALIBER. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL ILLUMINATED AND THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED WITHIN A FEW MINUTES AND RESUMED IN A JERKING MOTION AT AN EXTREMELY LOW SPEED OF 20 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED. NINE MONTHS LATER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER WHO STATED THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WILL BE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 31,000.

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